When he returned to the village, it was completely dark. At this time, the village had not installed street lights like in later generations. Lin Tao turned on the motorcycle lights and drove all the way to his door. Seeing that there were no people gathered at the door, he rode his motorcycle into the yard with confidence. Usually, at this time, the simple wooden benches on the open space beside the canal at the doorstep were already full of people chatting and enjoying the cool air.

Surprisingly, my parents and brother Lin Hai were both at the door of the house. When they saw Lin Tao coming in, they all looked over.

"Xiao Tao, what are you doing? I came back so late?" Mother Li Yumei couldn't help asking before Lin Tao could get a motorcycle.

"What is in this bag?" Lin Guodong's attention was already filled with two full canvas bags. He could see that the content in this bag was quite large.

"Come on, brother, let's carry this thing into the house first, let's go into the house and talk." Lin Tao did not answer directly, but said to Lin Hai first, then got out of the car, untied a canvas bag and handed it to Lin Hai who was walking over.

"What's so heavy?" Lin Hai felt heavy as soon as he got started, but he didn't open it, so he just carried it into the room.

Lin Tao carried the rest into the room. When he reached the door, he heard the movement behind him. He turned his head and saw that his father had already walked to the gate and closed the big iron door.

I felt sad about my father's rigorousness, but I was even more grateful for the decision I made. It would be better to say it now, otherwise it would be difficult to hide it from me and then reveal it later. I am afraid that it would be better to make it happen in front of Yan Jin's father.

When the family of four entered the house, Lin Tao directly pulled the things on the coffee table aside, and then placed a canvas bag on the coffee table. The old-fashioned pure wood handmade coffee table made a squeak when it was placed on the canvas bag. The whole family heard it, the things in the canvas bag were so heavy!

Lin Tao opened the cable of the canvas bag, took out a few silver ingots and placed them on the coffee table, then stood up and said, "This is what I dug out in the river dam..."

"Is this... silver ingot?" Lin Hai and Li Yumei were still standing there. Lin Guodong had already taken a breath, stepped forward two steps, carefully picked up a silver ingot and looked carefully, "There are words on it... This is the official silver of the Qing Dynasty?!"

Lin Guodong came here by an educated youth in the countryside. Although his father was already poor, he had seen the world. He could tell what this thing was at a glance. He put down the silver ingot in his hand, pointed to two canvas bags, and asked Lin Tao with a stern tone: "It's all here?"

"There are big and small, but they are all." Lin Tao nodded, remembered something again, and added: "By the way, there is also a gold ingot." As he said that, he took out the gold ingot from his pocket and handed it to Lin Guodong.

Lin Guodong took the gold ingot, just glanced at it, and didn't look carefully. His mind was no longer on this, and his eyes were still sternly looking at Lin Tao: "Honestly, where did you come from?"

"Didn't Xiaotao say it just now? It was dug in the river dam!" Li Yumei came to her senses, with a happy expression, but it was not because she had a fortune all at once, but because of her son's ability - it was also a skill to dig out this thing.

"Don't talk!" Lin Guodong glared at Li Yumei and continued to ask Lin Tao: "Although our family is not rich and my father is not very educated, I have taught you since I was a child and I can't do some crooked things..."

"Dad, I know what you are worried about." Lin Tao said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't do anything to dig up people's ancestral graves. I know our family's rules, I will never get involved in pornography, gambling, drugs, etc. These things should have been hidden by the rich men in the Qing Dynasty, but they were not dug up... The location is in the area of ​​the Puchengzi."

When it comes to the location, everyone in the family feels like they suddenly realize that there are many treasures in the ruined city. This is a legend, but someone has indeed picked up good things.

"Then why are you doing there alone? What good things are there in the river dam?" Lin Guodong still had a trace of doubt and continued to ask, "It's still so late?"

"Does Xiaotao want to pick up jade?" Lin Hai, who had been silent, interjected: "The piece of jade that Wang Dong's father in the next village picked up under the river dam in the early years is said to have bought it for 2,000 yuan!"

Lin Tao looked at his brother gratefully, but in fact he thought of this reason. Suilaihe is known as the "golden jade bottom". Before the Qing Dynasty, there was an official gold mine. There was a jade mountain at the source. Jade seed material of different colors can often be picked up in the river. However, the level of jade is not high, and most of them have black spots commonly known as fly shit, which are not of high value. But if you can pick up seed material with good quality and no impurities, it is worth some money these days. Although Lin Tao dug a tributary of Suilaihe, its nature is similar. During the flood season, some good stones will be washed down.

"Yes, that's what I think. I was originally trying to pick up a piece of jade, but I didn't expect to meet something even more scary." Lin Tao explained.

Lin Guodong basically believed it. But he hesitated for a moment, looked up and said again: "Let's go, take me to see!"

"It's so dark..." Li Yumei persuaded.

"I'm not afraid of darkness in this matter!" Lin Guodong directly interrupted Li Yumei's words. In the face of major issues, he was really "arbitrary".

Lin Tao knew that this would happen, but he was not worried. After all, what he said was basically true.

Carrying my father to the treasure dig again.

Seeing Lin Tao turning on the flashlight and pointing out the place where he was dug, Lin Guodong dug out the jar with a shovel, and then he completely believed it. He buried the jar again and went home with Lin Tao.

When they got home, Li Yumei and Lin Hai looked at Lin Guodong's expressions and knew that it was okay. The whole family sat in the living room, looking at the canvas bag on the coffee table.

"According to national laws, these are to be handed over..." Lin Guodong suddenly said.

"Don't think about it!" Li Yumei's first sentence.

Almost at the same time, Lin Hai said, "No, right?"

"I'm useful!" Lin Tao's words made Lin Guodong stop talking.

"Have you done such a thing before?" Li Yumei glanced at Lin Guodong: "Think about it, there were more things than this at that time, and I was not as active as you!"

When Lin Tao heard this, his gossipy heart immediately rose and asked, "Dad has dug something, too?"

Lin Hai was obviously very interested, and asked the same question: "What?"

Lin Guodong was a little helpless, but his wife revealed her foundation. He sighed and said, "I said this is the legal provision, but it is definitely not that strict in actual operation... I dug up copper coins back then, so I can't compare with this one."

"There are more than a dozen sacks!" Li Yumei said with a smile: "There are so many things!"

"So much?" A word flashed through Lin Tao's mind: Qian Jiao!

Lin Guodong nodded and recalled: "That was more than twenty years ago, your mother and I were not married yet, and we were not as good as you. At that time, it was still a production team, working together and eating in a big pot. It was about spring. We were plowing the fields in shifts, and I was responsible for plowing and checking the depth of the plow. That day was night, and it was about this time. Dongfanghong tractor took the plow over there. I heard a clatter behind me. I thought the plow had been on the gravel stone, so I went over to see it with a flashlight. Unexpectedly, I saw the copper coins that plowed out of the ground and a stone slab was overturned by the plowshare."

Speaking of this, Lin Guodong took a sip of water before continuing: "I didn't say anything at that time. I waited until I got off work that night and returned to the team, and I told the people in the same group about this. The next day, several people in our group who were on the same group took the sacks and started to pick them up. They picked up about 16 or 7 sacks of solid copper coins. Finally, they borrowed the tractor from the team and sold them to the scrap company of the county supply and marketing cooperative. The money they exchanged for bought a cow. During that time, the food in our group improved a lot!"

Lin Hai heard this and said, "I have only replaced a cow with a dozen sacks?"

"At that time, copper was not as valuable as it is now." Lin Guodong sighed and said, "I picked up some well-preserved ones at that time. I originally planned to be a souvenir or something, but later I don't know where I went."

"How many of those that cannot be used?" Lin Tao asked.

"There are probably more than a dozen sacks." Lin Guodong thought for a while and said, "Later, I asked the old man in the village. It is said that there was a temple there, maybe it was hidden by the monks in the past."

Lin Tao thought with emotion: If the collectors of copper coins in later generations knew about this situation, they would probably sigh. This is a veritable money cellar! The amount of copper coins in it is no worse than those large money cellars that have been born in later generations. They just turned into copper... But thinking about the years in China, there are probably no such things at all.

After Lin Guodong finished speaking, he thought of Lin Tao's words just now and asked: "Xiao Tao, what's the use of getting these silver ingots?"

Lin Tao did not hide his thoughts: "I plan to use most of these ingots to find someone to mortgage and borrow some money to buy cotton."

"Are you sure?" Lin Guodong had already guessed in his heart, so it was not surprising. Li Yumei and Lin Hai were a little surprised, but they had no intention of objection. The family had a good relationship, and these things would not give them any other ideas.

"It's 70% or 80%!" Lin Tao didn't dare to say it. He really wanted to use these silver ingots to mortgage it. Of course, this is just the first step, and there is still a follow-up plan, but there is no need to say it out.

"Then you decide!" Lin Guodong was a little relieved and a little lost. His son grew up and had his own ideas. But his father could not help much, which made him feel a little dereliction of duty.

Lin Tao saw it but couldn't say anything. In fact, he had a clearer position on his father in his heart. With the help of the information in his mind, his father is indispensable in a relatively large plan.

Lin Tao did not make a sound, lowered his head and picked up some of the silver ingots, put them in a bag and handed them to Li Yumei: "Mom, I'll leave this to you to save!"
Chapter completed!