Chapter 173 All Over the Ground
Chapter 173 All Over the Ground
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"What about this one? Oh! No, why is the skin a little green?" Zhou Xiaozhou threw the stone in his hand away.
Ge Meili stretched out her hand to stop it, but it was too late, so she said casually: "Big ship, the one you just threw! It actually looks a bit like it?"
Zhou Xiaozhou...
"You didn't tell me earlier."
Zhou Xiaozhou stood up and hurriedly ran to the place where the stone was thrown, hoping to find back the piece of "suspected jade" seed material with a slightly green surface that he had just thrown away.
Ge Meili followed her and wanted to go to another place to have a look. This place was really full of treasures.
"Sister Zhou, what are you looking for?" Wu Sanmei came to her and asked.
Wu Sanmei has been observing these two people.
It's mainly about the way these two people do things. In fact, they are quite free-spirited, and when they are in high spirits, they don't even try to hide it, which makes it hard for people not to notice.
"Is that so?" Wu Sanmei was holding several stones of different sizes in her hand. Without exception, they all looked relatively white and had a faint lustrous luster.
In such an environment, the stones covered with sand can look moist, so this thing may really be extraordinary.
This is Zhou Xiaozhou’s inner thought.
Nodding silently, Zhou Xiaozhou took the stones from Wu Sanmei and handed them to Ge Meili.
Brother Ge was also stunned. This little girl is really meticulous.
But the stone in her hand was really good, and it made the corners of her mouth curl up slightly.
"Dachuan'er, didn't I like to go to Xinjiang for a while? It's Hotan. This thing is really similar to the ones there!" Ge Meili whispered to Zhou Xiaozhou again like a thief.
Zhou Xiaozhou really wanted to push her away. Sister, do you have to be so obvious? Now everyone present knows that there is something wrong with this stone. How can I fool them later?
Ge Meili motioned her to look around. Where else was there? These two children didn't count.
Zhou Xiaozhou looked around and found that the only two outsiders present were the Wu family's siblings, while the rest of the Wu family had already gone to work.
"Hehe!" Zhou Xiaozhou first smiled awkwardly at Wu Sanmei, then took the stone from Ge Meili's hand and held it up to the sun above his head.
The sunshine in May is not too scorching, but it is very bright. When you shine the sunshine on the stones, you can vaguely see the delicate texture inside the stones. It feels so clear!
Good stuff, absolutely good stuff!
"Third sister, this is a good thing," the big liar Zhou Xiaozhou began to deceive the little girl, "Where did you find it?"
"This kind of stone? There are a lot of them over there. Do you like it, Sister Zhou?"
"No, it's my husband who likes it. He has a tank of carp. Putting small stones like this in the water must be very pretty. I want to pick some for him and give him a fish tank full of these white and transparent small stones. It must be very pretty."
"It's right there. I'll take you there. There aren't many stones like this here. You'll find more at the bottom of the stream! The children in the village sometimes pick some up and take them home to play with."
Ge Meili cursed inwardly, "What a waste of resources."
Zhou Xiaozhou didn't think so, he just felt that the villagers didn't know the value of the goods.
It's better not to know the goods! Only then will Zhou Xiaozhou have room to show her talents.
At this time, Zhou Xiaozhou was extremely grateful that the second uncle of the Wu family and his two eldest grandsons left to do their real work - queuing up to wait for water to irrigate the fields when they started picking up stones.
Otherwise, with those few cunning people around, it would be hard for her to fool them.
Those people probably thought that she and Ge Meili were not doing their job and were just picking up stones for fun, so they left.
After walking a few steps, they arrived at the place where Wu Sanmei had just picked up stones. Wu Xiaobao was squatting there picking up stones.
As soon as he arrived at the place, Zhou Xiaozhou leaned over and looked, and saw that the ground was covered with stones of all sizes, the same kind that Ge Meili had just put in her pocket.
Otherwise, they are the natives! Only they know everything about this place.
Looking back at the stone I had just spent half a day painstakingly selecting, its quality was no match for any stone lying on the ground.
Zhou Xiaozhou threw the stones he had picked up to the ground and started to choose again.
Ge Meili also joined the stone selection battle.
Are you kidding? There are jade seeds all over the ground. Which woman can resist such temptation?
"This is good! Brother Ge, you see this clearly."
"This one is not bad either. After wiping off the dust, it looks even whiter than lard!"
"Ah! This one is good, it even has some green patterns on it!"
"Oh my god, little brother Ge, come and look, there's something as big and round as your head."
What kind of adjectives are these? Ge Meili couldn't bear to listen to it anymore and really wanted to seal Zhou Dachuan'er's mouth with tape.
Finally, Zhou Xiaozhou carefully selected six medium-sized, oily and white stones and put them in his pocket.
Ge Meili was more greedy than her and chose eight stones, saying something like "If you want to be free, you have to choose eight stones". The largest one was as big as a fist.
Zhou Xiaozhou put all the stones into his trouser pockets, which were bulging and looked ugly. Ge Meili then dispersed her stones and placed them in all the pockets of her clothes.
Ge Meili also laughed at Zhou Xiaozhou: "Fortunately, my clothes today have enough pockets, otherwise I would have to be the same as you. Hey! Dachuan'er, do you want to choose two more for Lu Linlin?"
The two of them did what they said and picked two pieces that looked of good quality from the ground and put them in Ge Meili's pocket.
On the way back, we didn’t walk fast because all four of us were a little tired.
By the time he reached the clear water, Zhou Xiaozhou had already started panting.
After all, the return journey was uphill, and if Zhou Xiaozhou walked fast, he would find it a bit too much to handle with his physical strength.
She can't be compared with Ge Meili who is good at outdoor activities. Ge Meili is not embarrassed or nervous now, and looks in better condition than the Wu siblings who are used to walking on mountain roads.
The Qinshui that Wu Sanmei mentioned is a small pond surrounded by stones under a small stone wall. Not far above the stone wall is the school.
The water in the small pond is very clear, and the key is that the water is still flowing out little by little. Once it flows out of the small pond, it penetrates into the soil and nourishes the plants nearby.
Zhou Xiaozhou sat on a tree stump to rest and observe the surrounding environment.
This small forest at the bottom of the gourd waist is densely forested and deep, so it is not easy to lack water. This can be seen from the fact that the plants here are still growing healthily.
So the question is, it has not rained for nearly a month, but the weather in April and May is not very hot. The vegetation in the village is lush and tall, conserving water, and there is no sign of soil and water being damaged, so why is there no water flowing down from the upstream?
Zhou Xiaozhou thought about this several times and discussed it with Chen Dahe in private. They were not locals and did not know the situation here, but the dry flow of this small stream was really strange.
But today they also know that the water in the well has become less, so they still have to consider the problem of groundwater.
Wu Sanmei quickly filled a bucket of water and was about to carry it upstairs when Zhou Xiaozhou called her.
"Third sister, don't leave in a hurry."
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