The happy little days of the Ye family

Old Mrs. Ye gathered all the things she found in the house and put them on the table in the back room. Others gathered around excitedly.

"20 taels of silver notes, a jade thumb ring, "Hundred Family Surnames", an old writing brush, a set of four books with explanations and an old screen." Old Mrs. Ye counted the things everyone found one by one.

The four people who were looking for him in the outer room had their eyes shining brightly when they looked at the banknotes and jade rings.

Especially looking at Ye Xilin's proud expression after finding something, Father Ye and Ye Donglin felt even more uncomfortable than losing their money.

It's all because there are no good things in the outer room. Why don't you look for them in the inner room?

Ye Donglin opened the pieces of waste paper that Wang Chunyu picked up on the ground one by one, and found that they were half-written poems and of no use.

Old Mrs. Ye put away the banknotes and the jade ring, and gave the Four Books and "Hundred Family Surnames" to Ye Donglin for safekeeping, and would later use them for Xiaoqi and other children in the family.

These books were used by Xiao Tongsheng and had been opened. Mrs. Ye felt that there would definitely be a scholar in their family in the future, so she specifically told Ye Donglin to take good care of them.

Ye Donglin took the book and said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of it and study hard with Xiao Qi from now on."

Mrs. Ye gave the old writing brush to Father Ye casually. He usually kept accounts for the braised pork shop, so it came in handy.

The small screens on six sides naturally belong to Ye Mu.

Mrs. Ye has high hopes for Mother Ye, "This screen is beautiful. The frame on it is all carved. If it is replaced with new embroidery, it will definitely be worth a lot of money."

"Next time I go to the county to sell embroidery, I will bring this screen with me. If shopkeeper Li wants it, I will do it." Ye Mu suddenly felt a huge pressure and did not finish her words.

Mrs. Ye nodded, "You have to ask in advance. Otherwise, if you don't use it after it's ready, your efforts will be in vain."

Mrs. Ye didn't pay too much attention to the screen. Today's focus is on treasure hunting. There are still several houses that have not been searched, so we must hurry up.

When she bought the house yesterday, Mrs. Ye had already figured out the layout of the house clearly.

There are a total of 6 main rooms and 2 wing rooms in the house.

In addition to the hall, there are 5 main rooms, one is the room where Mr. Xiao sleeps, one is the study room, and the other looks like a room where the female family members live.

There was a small dressing table in the room, and the layout looked like a concubine or a third-in-law.

The last two main rooms were empty, with nothing in them, and they didn't look like they were inhabited.

I don’t know if it was originally empty, or if Mr. Xiao was too short of money and emptied everything.

Thinking of Mr. Xiao, Mrs. Ye couldn't help but spit on him:

"Bah, you are still so lustful at your age, and you are not afraid of dying on a woman's belly and ruining your family fortune sooner or later."

After saying that, he glared at Mr. Ye next to him fiercely, and the old man suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

The two wing rooms are where the servants live.

The study is just to the left of the largest main room, and it looks quite big.

However, everything inside had been moved away, leaving only two old-looking bookshelves.

The study looks like a place for reading, and there shouldn't be anything valuable in it.

Ye Xilin was really not interested in hunting for treasure in the study.

"Who would hide money in the study?"

On the contrary, Mr. Ye and Wang Chunyu valued the study very much, and they tried to find some useful books for the scientific examination in the study.

In the huge study room, there were only two broken chairs and two old bookshelves, and nothing else.

The two old bookshelves were empty. Ye Xilin searched every corner and even the gap on the edge, only to get his hands full of dust.

Ye Xilin shook the old bookshelf vigorously. When he saw that nothing fell out, he moved the bookshelf away.

Then he knocked on the wall behind the bookshelf, and unexpectedly, Ye Xilin actually found a hidden compartment.

Behind the bookshelf, there is a place that makes a crisp sound when knocked, which is obviously different from the thick sounds next to it.

Ye Xilin immediately became interested and became excited.

The location of the hidden grid was found correctly, but Ye Xilin never found the mechanism to open the hidden grid.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang.

"There is a hidden compartment here. Come here quickly." Ye Xilin called everyone over.

Wang Chunyu learned carpentry from Wang Carpenter and knew some mechanisms and ingenuity.

Wang Chunyu found a small switch not far from the wall and fiddled with it for a while before opening the secret compartment.

This secret compartment was so secretive that everyone thought there must be a treasure hidden in it.

The moment the secret compartment opened, everyone held their breath, not daring to blink, and stretched their necks to look forward.

But when the secret compartment was completely opened, it was discovered that it was empty again.

Everyone was excited and excited a second ago, anticipating what treasures there would be inside, but when the secret compartment was opened, everyone was disappointed.

At this time, Ye Xilin only wanted to curse, and this was already the third empty secret space he had found.

Is he just too lucky, or too unlucky?

Ye Xilin didn't give up, so he put his hand in and groped inside the secret compartment, not even missing the corners.

Unfortunately, the secret compartment was cleaner than his face and nothing was found.

Ye Xilin, who was full of swear words, finally couldn't bear it anymore and cursed in a low voice:

"Damn it, it's too clean."

Then she was slapped by Ye Mu, "Don't say bad words."

Ye Xilin's face was full of swear words before he had time to say them out, and he had to swallow them pitifully.

Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and kicked the bookshelf next to him.

The calmest one was Mr. Ye, who was analyzing everyone calmly:

"We can find good things in the old house because everyone is dead outside and no one knows about the things hidden in the house, so it's an advantage for us."

"This house is where the young master of the Xiao family lives while studying. There is no way there could be a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry hidden in it."

"In addition, people sell it normally, and the valuable things inside have been taken away long ago, and they will not be left to outsiders in vain."

"The things we can find now are all small things that were accidentally missed. Don't expect too much."

Everyone understands the truth, but after listening to Mr. Ye's analysis, he felt even more depressed.

When Ye Xilin was studying in the academy, he liked to doze off and felt that he was not in harmony with the aura of the study.

So he turned around and went to another room, which was obviously the room where the female family members lived.

Seeing that Ye Xilin had moved, Father Ye and Mrs. Ye quickly followed him. The remaining four people stayed in the study to continue the search.

This room is on the right side of Mr. Xiao's house, and most of the things in it are there.

The small dresser, wardrobe, table, chairs, and big bed are all still there, but the wood of these things doesn't look very good.

It didn't look like a house where important people lived, so everyone guessed that it was a concubine or a third-in-law's house.

"I heard that the maids of wealthy families all wear gold and silver. If it's really a concubine or a third-in-law living in the house, maybe you can find something good."

Ye Xilin was very excited as soon as he came in, feeling that he would definitely gain something.