40: Zero Yuan Purchase, a Big Bang

"Dad, think about it carefully. Did you put them somewhere else? Don't you remember?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!!"

When Fang Lairong said this, he remembered something, a light flashed in his eyes, he reached out his hand to support his son beside him, stood up staggeringly, raised his feet, and walked out.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

"Hurry, help me out to the yard. I have buried something under the old locust tree in the yard."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Led by Fang Lairong, they walked towards the old locust tree. The old locust tree was still standing upright with lush branches and leaves.

The clever Fang Xiaohai had already gone out to find tools. When the others followed Fang Lairong to the old locust tree, Fang Lairong came to the location where the treasure was buried according to his memory. When he wanted everyone to start digging, everyone remembered to find tools.

At this moment, Fang Xiaohai rushed over with a shovel in his hand.

Fang Xiaohai ran to the tree, picked up a shovel and started digging according to the location provided by Fang Lairong.

As the soil was dug up layer by layer, a large wooden box buried underground was soon revealed.

Everyone was extremely nervous when they saw the box appear. Fang Xiaohai worked even harder, and soon he and his father dug out the box.

When the two lifted the box out of the ground, they could feel the weight of the box. They were extremely happy, thinking that everything Fang Lairong had hidden in the box was still there.

In addition, when he saw the rusty copper lock hanging outside the box, he became more certain of his guess.

Fang Feifei had been paying attention to the movements on this side in the space, watching the changes in people's emotions as if she was watching a movie. In order to add to the atmosphere, she also took out a can of popcorn and a bottle of soda to enjoy.

When Fang Lairong saw the children carrying out the large wooden box that they had buried her in, he immediately took two steps forward to check it out. Only when he saw that the copper lock on the wooden box was intact did he feel relieved.

Fang Lairong took out a key from his arms and slowly inserted it into the copper lock.

With a "click" sound, the copper lock was opened. Fang Lairong stretched out his hand and pushed open the lid of the box. A smell of dirt and mildew hit his face.

Looking closely, I saw that the box was full of nothing but soil.

Fang Lairong's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief. He thought he was seeing things because of his old eyesight.

He raised his hands and rubbed his eyes, then looked over again. The box was indeed full, but the thing inside was just a box full of dirt.

"How is this possible? My gold, my jewels, my antiques..."

Fang Lairong's voice was almost choked with sobs. He staggered a few steps and was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, his son Fang Jiayao supported him.

When the people around saw that such a large wooden box had been dug out, and thought that it was filled with valuable things, they could imagine that they would be able to live a worry-free life in the days to come by relying on these things.

Thinking of this, the depressed mood of everyone who was driven out of the Fang family and lost the Fang family's wealth disappeared.

When they saw what was in the box, they were filled with disbelief and astonishment.

Fang Xiaohai was stunned on the spot, and the shovel in his hand slipped quietly. He didn't expect that he had spent so much effort to dig out such a box of things.

Fang Xiaohai couldn't accept it. He squatted down, grabbed the shovel in his hand, and started digging the soil in the box.

"There must be something else in this box, right, Grandpa?" Fang Xiaohai asked Fang Lairong loudly, but his hands did not stop moving, digging the soil in the box with a shovel.

He prayed for a miracle to happen, but after he shoveled out all the dirt in the box, he didn't see a single coin.

Fang Xiaohai threw the shovel in his hand to the ground with a clanging sound, and he looked at Old Man Fang.

"What's going on? Where's the money?"

Fang Lairong looked at the empty wooden box with empty eyes. He muttered to himself, his tone full of despair and confusion.

"It's gone, everything is gone. I put the gold and jewelry into the box with my own hands, locked it, and buried it, but now it has become like this. All the money I have hidden in private business for a lifetime is gone."

"If I had known this would happen, I would not have paid back the amount written in the account book when I was at Fang's house just now. I guess they wouldn't dare to do anything to me if I didn't pay them back. Haha... I just thought that there was such a large amount of property hidden here..."

What Fang Lairong said was like a bolt from the blue to everyone's ears.

If Fang Lairong had no money left, how could his family maintain the rich life they had before?

How could they, who were used to a life of luxury, adapt to the life of ordinary people?

Such a loud commotion here did not attract the attention of the servants, because Fang Lairong asked everyone to come to the study to discuss important matters with his descendants. In order to avoid being heard by others, he ordered the servants to stay in the first courtyard and not step into the second courtyard for the time being.

Suddenly Fang Lairong had an idea. He remembered what his elder brother Fang Lai Fu had said before, and that the account book he had hidden so carefully was also turned out, and the gold, silver and treasures he had hidden were also gone.

In addition, I haven’t seen the gatekeeper Lao Ding for such a long time.

Putting all these things together, he came to the conclusion that Lao Ding betrayed him. He stole all the valuables in the house and handed the account book to the head of the family, his eldest brother Fang Lairong, who caused him to be kicked out of the house.

"Okay, very good, I trust you so much, but you dare to betray me!!" Fang Lairong let out an unwilling growl.

When everyone heard this, their expressions suddenly changed.

Fang Xiaohai couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa, do you mean that there is a traitor in our family?"

Fang Lairong nodded heavily, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.

Fang Xiaohai's mind started spinning as he recalled that there was someone he hadn't seen recently.

"Grandpa, where is Butler Lu? Why haven't I seen him recently? Did he betray us?"

"It shouldn't be Butler Lu. I sent him to Shanghai to deal with a bitch. If it wasn't for this bitch who rescued the child and ruined my plan, there wouldn't be Fang Feifei and her five siblings now. The position of the head of the family..."