Chapter 213

The news brought back by the gray pigeon and Little Little Cangcang, who had gone to the old gold mine in Yuanbao Mountain to scout, was nothing special.

The old gold mine had been thoroughly buried.

There was simply no way to find where the exit was.

And because it had been secretly mined and managed by the Japanese at the time, no other businesses had developed around it.

They just secretly dug for gold and secretly transported it back to their country.

So very few people knew about it.

Common people who went in to hunt, if they didn't run into them, fine; if they did, they wouldn't survive.

By the time the mine shaft was buried, a major mountain flood broke out, causing the river to change its course, so the traces were almost invisible.

The exploration team Little Little Cangcang saw had already left Yuanbao Mountain and headed north.

Despite this, Lu Qiaoge still wanted to go and see for herself, but there was no rush.

In the evening, the tabby cat wore its exclusive little satchel around its neck and ran out of the city like a wisp of smoke along the wall.

Lu Qiaoge went for a walk with her grandmother. When she returned, Xiao Si told her: "Second Sister, Hua Hua ran away with a little cloth bag hanging around its neck. I guess it must have gone to find Brother Qin for something delicious."

Lu Qiaoge didn't take it to heart. She looked at old photos with Grandma Lu for a while and listened to her talk about her sacrificed grandfather and the cenotaph that had been set up.

For some reason, a thought popped into Lu Qiaoge's mind, and she blurted it out: "Grandma, could it be that Grandpa didn't die? Maybe he lost his memory, doesn't know who he is, so he never came back to find you, Dad, and the others..."

At this moment, the grandmother and granddaughter were sitting in the courtyard, while Su Hui and Lu Qiao Ling were in the room researching how to improve the taste of shortbread and corn cakes.

Lu Zhiguo was working overtime and hadn't returned.

Old Lu was drinking tea, chatting, and bragging with a group of fellow workers under the tree outside the gate.

Meng Xia went to visit Mother Sun in the backyard and also took the opportunity to ask her to introduce a partner for her third daughter.

After Xiao Si reported the tabby cat's movements to Lu Qiaoge, he went to recite his lessons.

With the help of his second and third sisters, he had already reviewed the curriculum from grades one to four, but the family still decided to let him start from grade three when school started.

Anyway, his illness had just recovered, and now was the time for consolidation; it was better for the learning environment to be relatively relaxed.

Xiao Si also felt this was good, but he had never been to school before and was worried he wouldn't keep up when school started, so he was still working very hard.

At this moment, only Xiao Si's reading voice and the whispers of the grandmother and granddaughter were in the courtyard.

Then Grandma Lu heard Lu Qiaoge's sudden whim, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Lu Qiaoge looked at her grandmother in great surprise.

Could it be that the old lady had already thought of her sudden whim?

Sure enough, Grandma Lu said: "You think I haven't thought of this possibility? Actually, no one would think of the bad side. At first, I was full of expectation, but later, as time passed, I stopped expecting it."

To say something selfish and vicious, I still hope he's gone. That way, it's better for your dad, your fourth uncle, and even all of you. As for what you said about losing his memory, I understand that.

There was a guy named Dazhu in my home village who fell off a roof and hit his head on a stone. He was saved, but he forgot everything from before.

I always think, no matter which possibility it is, it's better if he never appears again. You understand what I mean, Qiao Ge?"

Lu Qiaoge understood perfectly.

She looked at Grandma Lu with admiring eyes.

Her grandmother's presence was actually not strong at all. Most of the time, she was half-asleep in the courtyard, helping out when she could, and never bossing anyone around when she couldn't.

For Meng Xia, she was truly the best mother-in-law in the world.

So even though Meng Xia hadn't taken a liking to Su Hui at first, she was actually very good to her.

Also, from accompanying her granddaughter to the countryside, one could see that Grandma Lu didn't favor boys over girls either.

This was an old lady who lived very clearly.

Lu Qiaoge immediately said: "Grandma, I understand. I won't mention it again."

What one did now still depended on one's background.

No matter which possibility it was, for the current Lu family, it couldn't be called good news.

Lu Qiaoge gave her grandmother a thumbs up.

She knew all too well what kind of old ladies were unreasonable and favored boys over girls.

This was truly "having an old person in the family is like having a treasure."

Just as Lu Qiaoge was about to go to sleep, the tabby cat jumped in through the open back window. The little cloth bag hanging around its neck hit the windowsill with a clatter.

【Little fairy, hurry up and open it. There are good things in my little cloth bag. Dian Dian sent them to you.】

Dian Dian was the new name for the spotted squirrel.

It was given by the tabby cat.

Unexpectedly, that little squirrel was actually sending her gifts.

Judging by the shape of the little cloth bag, it seemed like two pebbles or something, or maybe two mountain walnuts?

That was what Lu Qiaoge thought at the time.

She didn't expect that after opening it, there were two crystal-clear pieces of amber inside.

The leaves wrapped in the amber were distinct.

Lu Qiaoge couldn't put them down. She couldn't help but ask the tabby cat curiously: "Do you know where Dian Dian got them?"

【Dian Dian said it picked them up in the mountains of Dabeishan. That was the territory of another squirrel, but that squirrel was injured, so it stayed with it for a few days and found food for it. It didn't leave until the squirrel was better, but unexpectedly, it discovered two pretty stones in a tree hole on the way. Little master, so this is called amber.】

Lu Qiaoge nodded.

This thing was even rarer than gold.

Was the little squirrel worried she would forget it?

It seemed she would have to go see the little squirrel often in the future.

These little animals had really become spirits.

No, there were also silly ones, like the old black cat and the little yellow dog.

Hua Hua told them not to disturb her if there was nothing going on, so they really didn't dare to come.

On Sunday, Lu Qiaoge got ready and waited for Qin Hengzhi to pick her up to go to Old Bai's house.

Meng Xia was so nervous she kept circling, constantly looking at Lu Qiaoge, looking from head to toe.

She was worried that something would be amiss and she would be made a laughingstock by Qin Hengzhi's maternal family.

Mainly because Lu Qiaoge looked no different from usual.

Lu Qiaoge said helplessly: "Mom, stop circling. If you keep circling, I'll get dizzy."

Then Meng Xia stuffed 50 yuan into Lu Qiaoge's hand and said: "We don't have anything presentable at home. You go to the department store to buy gifts. Don't let Hengzhi spend money. I know you have money, but Mom has to give you this."

Lu Qiaoge didn't refuse. Since it was her mom's intention, she would take it.

Meng Xia also urged: "Hengzhi's grandfather must have known about our family's conditions long ago."

Lu Qiaoge understood what Meng Xia meant and said with a smile: "Mom, I'll act according to my ability and definitely won't puff up my face to look fat."

Although Lu Qiaoge said so, Meng Xia was still worried and couldn't help but sigh.

This was the disadvantage of mismatched family backgrounds.

If you take a particularly good gift, people will say it must have been bought with Qin Hengzhi's money. Can her family afford such a good gift?

If you take something very ordinary, their conditions are so good, it's not that they look down on it, but it's about the same.