Chapter 86

86. Chapter 86: A Box of Gold and Silver Treasures

She finally knew why her mother ran all the way to the mountain to use this ice maker. With this noise, it absolutely couldn't be used in the village.

Although their house was at the end of the village, quite far from where the villagers lived, this sound, especially in such a quiet night, would definitely attract the attention of the villagers.

This mountain was far from the village, and there were many trees around, which could well isolate the noise of the ice maker.

Jiang Xiaoxiao sat by the fire and waited, gradually feeling sleepy.

It was only eight or nine o'clock now, which was really too early for a modern person like her.

Sitting and waiting for three hours was not a way. She simply stood up and walked around the fire, preparing to wake up.

Jiang Wei was transferring the ice cubes made by the ice maker into the space. Although the ice storage tank could also store ice cubes, the effect was far less than her own space.

After all, time in the space is static, and anything put in will have its time frozen.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao standing to the side bored, she simply took out two sweet potatoes from the space and said: "Xiaoxiao, you find two branches on the side to roast sweet potatoes."

Jiang Xiaoxiao saw the sweet potatoes in Jiang Wei's hand, and her eyes lit up instantly.

In her mind, she couldn't help but recall the roasted sweet potatoes sold on the street in winter in the modern era, sweet, soft, and glutinous. Eating hot roasted sweet potatoes was definitely the happiest thing in winter!

She swallowed, hurriedly turned on the flashlight, and went to find branches around.

If she remembered correctly, sweet potatoes were only introduced to the country after the Ming Dynasty. This era definitely didn't have sweet potatoes. Eating sweet potatoes this time might be the only time, and the last time, in this ancient world.

The open space around had been cleared by Jiang Wei, with almost no debris and combustibles. Jiang Xiaoxiao simply turned on the flashlight and looked for it in the outer circle.

This walk went a little further.

It was pitch black all around, but under the light of the flashlight, a large area was illuminated. She soon found a few branches in front and walked up happily.

Just as she walked halfway, her feet were tripped by something, and she fell forward.

"Ah!"

She fell heavily to the ground.

"What's wrong!?"

Jiang Wei hurried over, saw Jiang Xiaoxiao who had fallen, and was both helpless and amused: "Why can you fall even when walking?"

"It seems something tripped me..." Jiang Xiaoxiao climbed up from the ground and said with a bitter face.

Jiang Wei heard this and looked at her feet, then her expression tightened.

Jiang Xiaoxiao saw her mother's expression suddenly change, and also lowered her head to look at her feet. The light from the flashlight that had fallen to the ground happened to illuminate this piece of land.

She clearly saw the thing that tripped her, a knife handle buried in the soil.

But that knife handle was completely different from the kitchen knife handle she saw at home. The kitchen knife handle at home was made of wood, while the knife handle that tripped her was made of silver, and it had started to rust. She didn't know how long it had been buried in the soil.

Jiang Xiaoxiao instantly thought of the cold weapons commonly used in ancient wars, and couldn't help but turn pale: "Th-this is a knife... Why would this thing be here?"

Jiang Wei stepped forward, used a branch to dig away the surrounding soil, and the complete appearance of the knife handle was gradually revealed. The silver handle was carved with scroll patterns and gilded fish roe patterns, with a hole for a hand strap.

Jiang Xiaoxiao also saw the patterns on it, and the feeling in her heart became worse and worse. This kind of fish roe engraving process was usually used by palace nobles in ancient times. Commoners or ordinary noble families didn't dare to use it.

Jiang Wei held the knife handle, pulled it hard, and pulled out the whole knife.

It was a large curved knife!

Even though it had been buried underground for a long time, one could still see that the blade was cold and sharp.

"This is a weapon forged by a skilled craftsman." Jiang Wei looked at this curved knife, and a hint of amazement flashed in her eyes.

For her, who was used to various hot weapons and cold weapons, she could naturally see that this was an excellent knife!

"Mom, why is there a knife stuck here...?" Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the soil on the ground, and couldn't help but recall the routines in the novels she had read. This kind of good knife was valuable, not something an ordinary person could make, and it couldn't be abandoned at will. Could it be used to mark something?

"Mom, you dig under this knife and see, maybe something is buried underneath!"

Jiang Wei nodded: "Okay."

She put the knife aside, took out a hoe from the space, and started digging the ground where the curved knife was pulled out.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the hoe, feeling ashamed in her heart. Her mother really stuffed everything into the space...

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a deep pit had been dug in the ground, but there was nothing underneath.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed: "It seems I thought too much, there is nothing underneath..."

"Maybe it's buried deep." Jiang Wei was still digging.

Jiang Xiaoxiao could only wait for her mother to dig for a while longer.

She was thinking about the two sweet potatoes, looking at the deep pit with nothing, and just about to persuade Jiang Wei to give up, suddenly—

"Dug it up."

"What is it?" Jiang Xiaoxiao hurriedly lowered her head to look.

Jiang Wei used a hoe to dig away the surrounding soil, revealing a golden box underneath.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up. This golden box had been buried in the soil for so long, and it didn't rust at all!

Only things made of pure gold will not rust.

Jiang Wei threw down the hoe, knelt by the pit, bent down, and reached into the bottom of the pit with both hands at the same time, before taking out the whole box.

Jiang Xiaoxiao saw Jiang Wei show a strenuous expression for the first time, and couldn't stop being surprised in her heart. She had seen her mother's strength with her own eyes. Holding such a box was actually a bit strenuous?!

Could it be that something valuable was packed in this box?

This golden box was not small, and it pressed the soil underneath into a depression when placed on the ground.

"It's locked." Jiang Xiaoxiao was slightly disappointed. There was a gold lock on the outside of the box.

But then again, this box was buried underground and used to hide things, so it must be locked on the outside.

However, before she could be disappointed for two seconds, her mother took out a chainsaw from the space, "Let me open the lock."

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

Now, even if her mother took out a grenade or an Italian cannon in front of her, she wouldn't be surprised...

With a "buzzing" sound, the gold lock was sawed off.

Jiang Xiaoxiao hurriedly picked up the broken gold lock and wiped the dust off it. This was pure gold and could be worth a lot of money.

"Let's see what's inside first, it's strangely heavy when I pick it up..." Jiang Wei put away the chainsaw and couldn't wait to lift the lid of the box.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's gaze followed into the box. The next second, she felt her eyes were almost blinded.

Jiang Wei looked at her with a strange look: "... Xiaoxiao, you wouldn't really be some god reincarnated, would you?"