Chapter 367

After Wang Dashu finished cursing, everyone else subconsciously started cursing too.

However, Wang An didn't say a word; after shattering the skull with the ice chisel, he casually picked up a shovel.

Then, Wang An used the shovel to pick out the bones of the golden rat-tail one by one.

Along the way, he also took out all the gold rings, jade thumb rings, and gold belts from the white bones.

When Wang An shoveled out the shattered skull and threw it outside the pit, he vaguely saw a flash of light fly past his eyes.

Wang An, who had already turned his head, suddenly realized something.

What kind of thing could glow inside a dead person's head?

That damn thing was nine times out of ten a night-luminescent pearl!

Upon realizing this, Wang An instantly felt a huge surprise crashing down on him!

That was a night-luminescent pearl!

You must know that before Wang An went into the labor camp in his past life, he was a very wealthy man, but even with his wealth at that time, he had never owned a natural night-luminescent pearl.

Of course, synthetic ones don't count, because the two are simply not in the same league.

From ancient times to the present, night-luminescent pearls have always been extremely rare treasures.

It is said that this thing is a level higher than the He Shi Bi, which shows just how precious it is.

The one that the old woman of the Qing Dynasty had in her mouth was valued at over 10 million taels of silver in 1908, which would be over 800 million in Chinese currency.

Yet, when China wanted to buy it back, those people in the Ugly Country wouldn't sell it!!!

Later, according to Sun Dabala's account,

That night-luminescent pearl could be said to be the only one of its kind in the world, weighing four taels and two qian; it was two pieces that formed a round sphere when joined, and when joined, it would emit a cold green light, clear enough to illuminate hair within a hundred paces at night.

From this, one can see just how incredibly awesome that pearl was.

Although the one in this dead person's mouth certainly wouldn't be that valuable, regardless, in this era, it would easily be worth millions.

Of course, Wang An wasn't short of money, so he definitely wouldn't sell it.

Therefore, although Wang An already had his suspicions, his face remained calm.

After all, wealth moves people's hearts, let alone a priceless night-luminescent pearl.

Wang An continued to throw the bones of the golden rat-tail out, landing them perfectly next to the skull outside the pit.

After Wang An threw out the last bone of the golden rat-tail, all that remained in the coffin, besides the two female skeletons and a pile of clothing scraps, was a long, black stone.

This black stone was the pillow stone the dead person had been resting their head on; it looked plain and unremarkable, but Wang An felt that this stone was definitely not an ordinary one.

So Wang An threw the shovel aside, bent down, and pried out the pillow stone.

It must be said that while this pillow stone didn't look big, it was genuinely heavy, weighing at least forty or fifty jin.

However, it was pitch black, and it was truly impossible to tell what material it was.

Wang An exerted force with both arms, lifted the pillow stone, and pushed it out of the pit, where it landed on the skull.

Wang An wasn't worried at all that this pillow stone would crush the night-luminescent pearl inside the skull, because the hardness of a natural night-luminescent pearl is about the same as jade or agate, and in any case, harder than stone.

Finally, Wang An looked at the incense burner in front of the outer casket, felt it was also a good item, and collected it as well.

In fact, even now, Wang An still felt that something was missing in the grave pit, but since customs differ between ethnic groups, Wang An couldn't figure it out.

Fortunately, the grave pit had been dug to the bottom, so there was no need to continue researching.

Thus, all the valuable items in the grave pit had been collected.

After thinking for a moment, Wang An covered the coffin back up with the two pieces of the lid, looked around, and said to everyone:

"Everything is done here, let's all head out."

After speaking, Wang An threw several bags out of the pit and was the first to climb out. While everyone else was in the pit cleaning up tools, Wang An quickly moved the pillow stone aside and pried the night-luminescent pearl out of the skull's mouth.

Without taking the time to look at it, Wang An quickly stuffed the pearl into the inner pocket of his overcoat.

But even in that brief glance, Wang An discovered that this night-luminescent pearl was the size of a pigeon egg.

To be honest, although Wang An had never owned a night-luminescent pearl in his past life, he had seen two, and he had to admit that this one from the golden rat-tail was certainly not small.

The key was that this pearl looked quite translucent, and the light it emitted was dim and diffused; it was truly beautiful!

After putting the pearl away, Wang An waited a while, and everyone climbed out of the pit one after another.

Without waiting for Wang An to call them, everyone reburied the outer casket in the pit, and as for the bones of the golden rat-tail, everyone tacitly ignored them.

Digging a pit is hard, but filling it is very easy; a few minutes later, everyone had filled the soil back around the large pit.

Taking all their belongings back to the sled, everyone worked together to chop firewood, boil water, and heat up dry rations.

When they entered the mountains in the morning, they hadn't considered spending the night, so the dry rations everyone brought weren't much.

After eating at noon, although they could eat again at night, they couldn't get full.

Everyone had worked all day; although they weren't particularly tired, they were very hungry.

So Feng Chengmin thought for a moment and said to Wang An: "Shall we go, Little An, let's go catch some fish?"

Wang An was stunned upon hearing this; what kind of fish are you catching in the middle of the night?

The key is that there are no strainers or nets, what are we using to catch them?

However, when he saw everyone taking occasional sips of liquor, Wang An nodded.

It's impossible to sleep in the middle of the night anyway, so it's better to find something to do; mainly, Wang An wasn't full either.

But Wang An still subconsciously asked: "Old Uncle-in-law, what are we using to catch fish?"

Feng Chengmin said with a chuckle: "I have thin wire on the sled, can't we just make a strainer right now?"

Wang An was happy to hear this and said:

"Old Uncle-in-law, you're really something. Alright, I'll ask them to see who's coming."

Wang An stood up and asked everyone: "I'm going to catch fish with my Old Uncle-in-law, who's coming with us?"

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, he quickly received responses from several of the younger generation:

"I'll go with you."

"I'll go with you too."

"Count me in."

And the older ones, Wang Yong and Lin Hongjun, as well as the elders, all watched this scene with smiles.

Thus, everyone started working together, some chopping trees, some peeling bark.

Mainly because it was pitch black, they had to make more torches.

Everyone was busy making torches, while Feng Chengmin went to make the strainer.

Thanks to my good brother "An Lan" for the tip, thank you, thank you, I salute you.

(End of chapter)