The closer he got to this pile of firewood, the more intense the vitality in Ji Nian's palm surged, like a thirsty traveler in the desert who suddenly discovered a sweet spring. This pile of firewood is neatly piled into a rectangle along the corner of the wall, so it is very convenient for Ji Nian to find the target.

According to the induction of the palm, in just a few minutes, the six seemingly inconspicuous, black and non-slippery wood segments were pulled out, and in the entire firewood pile, only these six were rosewood, exactly the same as the one Liu Guangli took away at the beginning.

Although it is said that six have been found, it is a pity that the quality is not very good, either too thick and too short, or too thin and too long. Of course, Ji Nian also knows that it is unrealistic to find complete wood.

After coming out of the toilet, Ji Nian walked to the courtyard with six wooden segments, and after seeing his actions, Liu Guangli stopped what he was doing with some puzzlement, stood up and asked: "Ji Nian, what are you doing, do you want to bring some firewood to the mountains to cook?" Don't worry, there is a lot of wood on the mountain, so you don't have to bring it with you? ”

"Brother Liu, that's the case, I don't know if you still remember the piece of wood I took out of your medicine basket when I went to Zhonghai City two days ago?" Ji Nian said with a smile after putting the wooden segment down.

"Well, yes, that's the same thing." Liu Guangli nodded.

"That wood is not ordinary, it is very useful to me, I just wanted to ask if there is anything at home, but I don't care about it because I am busy lecturing all the time. No, when I went to the toilet just now, I found that there were still a few firewood on your firewood, so I brought them first. ”

"Brother Liu, say hello to you, just give me these wood, of course, I won't take it in vain, because I came in a hurry, and I didn't have much cash with me, there are a total of six thousand yuan here, you order, even if it's money to buy wood." As he spoke, Ji Nian took out an envelope from his backpack, which contained six thousand yuan, and handed it over directly.

This move suddenly startled Liu Guangli, he shook his hand again and again, took a few steps back and refused: "Ji Nian, what are you doing here, isn't it just a few firewoods?" It doesn't matter if you take all the firewood, it's not worth much anyway, there are more on the mountain, and you give me so much, isn't this a slap in the face, besides, I can't take your money? Hurry up and put it away, I can't ask for any of this money. ”

"Yes, child, you hurry up and put it away, we are poor, if the people in the village know that a few pieces of wood are sold to you for so much money, you will be poked in the backbone by the big guys, and our family will not want to raise their heads in the stone village for the rest of their lives." Zhou Lihua walked out of the kitchen after hearing the movement, and said urgently after seeing this situation.

"Hey, it's not what you think, listen to me."

After Ji Nian asked Zhou Lihua and Liu Guangli to sit down, he said to the two of them calmly: "Don't hide it, Aunt Zhou, Brother Liu, the reason why I am interested in these six roots is because this is not ordinary wood, there is a mystery in it, I don't know if you have heard of rosewood?" ”

"Rosewood? What kind of wood it is, I haven't heard of it. Liu Guangli shook his head stunned.

Zhou Lihua also blinked her eyes, her face full of doubts.

Haven't heard of it? This is also normal, the information of the people in the village is relatively closed, it is good to be able to distinguish the herbs, where can I figure out the difference between wood, but not knowing does not mean that Ji Nian needs to choose to deceive or conceal, this is not his character.

Even if it is to make money, he has to earn it openly. This is not to say that he picked up leaks in the antique market, that is the gap in eyesight, nor does it mean that these woods were picked up by himself in the mountains, they should be their own, this is all found from Liu Guangli's house. If you don't give them an explanation, Ji Nian's conscience will be uneasy.

Some money can be earned, some money can't be earned, and you must always have a clear conscience and be upright when you do things, this is not pedantic, but morality.

"Let me tell you briefly, rosewood is a very expensive piece of wood, and furniture made from a whole piece of wood would be very valuable. But like these, because they are basically broken branches, it is impossible to make furniture. However, it can be carved into pendant jewelry such as bracelets, and the price is also expensive. The one that Brother Liu brought last time was in the best condition, and these are almost the same, if you sell it, you can find the right way, and you can sell it for twenty or thirty thousand. But there are other costs involved, so the price may fluctuate somewhat. ”

Ji Nian just used his vitality to find these green dragon woods, and he didn't take a closer look, he didn't want the vitality that had finally recovered to pass like this. Even if he used it, he would have to wait until he went up the mountain to find other green dragon woods before using them, so he couldn't be sure of the grade and value of these woods now, maybe the inside was hollow, so he would lose money.

If Ji Nian is asked to pay more money, to be honest, he can't come up with it.

After putting the six thousand on the stone table, Ji Nian took out an envelope from his bag, which also contained six thousand yuan. The wooden stick was sold to Zhao Jingluo for 10,000 yuan, and he received a salary of 3,000 from Qihuang Pavilion, plus the rest before, he only had a total of 15,000 deposits on hand. Excluding the money spent, this ten thousand two is almost all his family property.

"Brother Liu, I sold that wooden stick for 10,000 last time, and this is 6,000, which belongs to you."

Two envelopes, a full 12,000 yuan, were placed on the table like this, and Liu Guangli and his mother were dumbfounded. This amount of money is definitely a huge amount of money for their family, and they didn't expect to get such an unexpected surprise for no reason.

Twelve thousand is not a small amount of money. Their family can't make so much money after a year of planting. But now Ji Nian actually said that the wood burned by their family as firewood can be worth so much money. Can you not be so mysterious, doesn't that mean that your family usually uses money to light a fire? It's not a joke, is it?

"Ji... Ji Nian, you're not kidding me, are you? Can this wood really be sold for so much money? Liu Guangli swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked a little stammering.

"Brother Liu, I'm serious." Ji Nian patted the two envelopes on the table and said.

"No, our family can't ask for this money." Zhou Lihua suddenly stepped forward and pushed the envelope to Ji Nian, her expression was extremely resolute, and there was a kind of sincerity on her old cheeks.

"Xiao Nian, even if what you say is true, these pieces of wood are really that valuable, it has nothing to do with our family. In fact, you can not tell us the value of the wood, you can just take it in front of us and sell it. If that's the case, we don't know anything. But you told us, not only did you say that you also had to give money, and you were so sincere to us, so how could we be embarrassed to take this money. ”

"Auntie, I..."

"Xiao Nian, you listen to me first. You can come to our village and tell Xiaoli so much knowledge of astragalus cultivation, are we very grateful, not to mention that you still take good care of him in Zhonghai City, and my aunt doesn't know how to thank you. ”

"When Xiaoli got the wood from Zhonghai City, if you don't say it, he will throw it away, and if you don't say it, we will burn it. It's because you said it that we know they're valuable. So that we can pick up the wood in the future, and we can sell it for money. We don't charge money, we just pay the tuition. The eldest lady is in charge of this matter, Xiaoli, you can't take Ji Nian's money. Zhou Lihua interrupted Ji Nian's words and said categorically.

"Auntie, you can't say that." Ji Nian pushed the two envelopes over again.

"Auntie, although you are right, I really can't just take these woods with such peace of mind. If you don't take this money, you won't take it away, you can burn it if you want to, and throw it away if you want to throw it away. As for picking up these pieces of wood to sell in the future, I can help Brother Liu find a market, and if I can still find it, let Brother Liu take it all to Zhonghai City, and I promise to find a good buyer for him. Auntie, you don't think you have a lot of money, right? I'll be honest with you, I've got all that on hand, and it's all here. ”

"You kid, what are you talking about, Auntie didn't mean that."

Zhou Lihua saw that Ji Nian's attitude was also very resolute, there was no possibility of maneuvering, and after a deep groan, she raised her head and said, "That's it, since you have to give this money, we can't ask for it all." We'll take one of them, six thousand, and you will take the other six thousand. We rural people pay attention to draught and do not forget to dig wells, and when Xiaoli still uses you in the future, you can help a little more at that time. The aunt speaks sincerely, you should understand what the aunt means, right? ”

"Yes, auntie, if you say so..."

Ji Nian paused, put away an envelope, and pulled out a bunch of them at random, not to mention about twenty sheets, and handed them to the child next to the stone table. This boy's name is Xuanxuan, and he is Liu Guangli's son, "Brother Liu, this is the first time I came to the house, and I didn't buy any gifts for the child, so I will buy this for the child himself, you can't shirk it anymore, otherwise you will look down on me." ”

Speaking of which, Liu Guangli didn't have a mother-in-law, so he took the money instead of Xuanxuan and smiled innocently.

"Ji Nian, then I'll accept it for the child. But you say the wood is really that valuable? ”

"It can't be said that all of them are valuable, but it is just that some of them are valuable, and they are also divided into types and grades. This is just like the astragalus herb you plant, the price of a good one is high, and the price of the general one is low. Brother Liu, I know you must be regretting it now, wondering if you have burned this kind of wood as firewood before. All I can say is that if it is burned, it will be burned, and we can't turn back time. But if you can still find this wood, you can make up for it. Can you tell me where you found all this wood? Ji Nian asked the most critical question.

Only finding the source of the green dragon wood is the king.

"Yes, Xiaoli, tell Ji Nian where you picked up these woods? Got an impression? Zhou Lihua couldn't wait to ask, she didn't care about the money on the table, but if she said that all the money placed on the mountain outside was money, she wouldn't pick it up in vain.

"Mom, this is the firewood I usually pick up from the mountain, the mountain is full of it, how can I remember where I picked it up?" Liu Guangli smiled bitterly, he knew that these pieces of wood were so valuable, and he had to write down the location of everything he picked up.

"Those are the places where you usually collect firewood, is it possible to go far? Just take Ji Nian all the way around. "Zhou Lihua is simply there.

"That's right, Brother Liu, let's go around casually." Ji Nian said with a smile.

"It's fine." Liu Guangli was itchy by these pieces of wood, "Then let's hurry up and eat, and after eating, we will go up the mountain and take advantage of the bright hall outside to walk a few more places." ”

"No problem."