By the time everything was over, it was already 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening, everyone had already gone back, Yuan Ping and they were all tired and went to sleep, Yuan Shanshan was pulled by a group of women to talk, and Zhou Chen followed Yuan Bu in the direction of his house.

The whole village seems to be unusually quiet, and the lights are not as bright as in the city, but this point, which is as sparse as the stars in the sky, and not so evenly distributed, so you have to turn on a flashlight, otherwise you are likely to fall.

Of course, these have no impact on Zhou Chen.

"It's my house in front of me." Yuan Bu pointed to a brightly lit stilted building in front of him and said.

Zhou Chen looked in the direction of his finger, which was very lively at this time, with bursts of laughter from time to time, and the sound of machines grinding things from time to time.

"Your house is still lively."

"Hehe, otherwise I wouldn't have brought you over at this time, this time is the busiest time for my family."

"Are those people here to gamble on stones?"

"Hey, you know that, too."

"I've only heard it from people, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

Saying that the two of them had arrived at the place, those people obviously didn't notice Zhou Chen and them, they all locked their eyes on a large round table under the incandescent lamp, there was an old man who was constantly polishing a round stone, the old man seemed very careful, every movement was extraordinarily light, with the acceleration of the movements of the old man's hands, the scene became extraordinarily quiet.

At this time, there was a middle-aged man in front of the mouth of the crowd, standing at the front with staring eyes, and his forehead was also covered with sweat, and the sweat kept dripping downward, until the old man turned off the machine in his hand and blew off the dust on the cobblestone, and at this time a green jade stone was exposed.

"Green Jade, congratulations to the boss."

"Thank you, thank you."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he still held a red envelope in his hand, stuffed it into the old man's hand, took the jade and held it in his hand, and then hurriedly stuffed it into the bag that he was holding under his squeaky nest, hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd, found his car on the bamboo forest road next to him, and left in a hurry.

Zhou Chen only found out at this time that there were still a lot of luxury cars parked in the bamboo forest, obviously these people were driven by people who gambled on stones, but what made Zhou Chen still a little puzzled was why these people ran so far here at night to gamble on stones?

Is there anything else that can't be done here?

"Hehe, Zhou Chen, let me tell you, don't bother them now, now they only have stones in their eyes." After listening to Yuan Bu's words, Zhou Chen suddenly found that these people under the stilted building really didn't seem to notice them, but there to see what material the next stone that was about to be ground could produce.

"Let's go into the house and see my Abba."

"Your Abba hasn't rested at this time?"

It's already very late in the countryside now, and the elderly are used to going to bed early.

"Hey, my Dad is a night owl, I heard my grandmother say that he was studying in the county seat when he was young, and he had to call his parents to go to school every week, do you know what my Dad ran out for?"

"Play?"

"Hehe, I went to do business, and I set up a stall outside at night, and then when he graduated, he had already bought a house in our county."

"Then your father is very powerful."

Yuan Bu smiled, and soon entered the house, while Zhou Chen stood on the stairs outside, this is not allowed to trespass, if there is no invitation from the master, it is the biggest disrespect to others.

"Welcome, lad, to our house." The old man stood at the door in his pajamas and made a gesture of invitation to Zhou Chen.

"It's an honor, and it's a pleasure to visit your home." Zhou Chen entered the room and found that there were still a few people in suits sitting inside, and each of them was holding a white iron lockbox in their hands, and when they saw Zhou Chen coming in and clicked, they closed the box, and Zhou Chen found that there was actually a box of money inside the moment when he closed the box.

"This is the son-in-law of our stockade, let's continue."

"Oh, go ahead then."

After listening to the old man's words, they were obviously relieved, as the saying goes, good money is exposed, if this person is a bad person, maybe he will be in trouble.

"Old Yuan, this is the deposit we gave you, this year's Jade King has to leave it for me."

"Elder Yuan, it was all left to us in the past, do you say this year is the same as before?"

"I said two, can you give it to me this year, you have taken it all these years."

The three of them began to argue, these people brought so much money in order to be able to get the jade king, Zhou Chen had heard that every place that produces jade will select the jade king every year, and that piece of jade is also the most valuable target for many people, because the texture and size of this jade are the best and largest.

"Three, I'm sorry this year, you also know the rules of our village." Yuan Bu's father hugged the three of them with a serious face, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, everyone." ”

"Then I'll take my leave."

"Yuan Lao has any good jade, don't forget to inform me."

"I'll go back soon, goodbye Yuan Lao."

The three of them went out with the box as they spoke, and at this time Yuan Bu whispered in Zhou Chen's ear: "This year's jade, we want to use it in the village, just like the jade you got during the day today." ”

"Oh, that's right." Zhou Chen nodded, and then heard Yuan Bu's father, and said with a smile: "Haha, young man, you came at the right time today, as an elder, I have to give you a good thing." ”

Zhou Chen hurriedly said, "No, no, it's too polite, how can I accept your things." ”

"You are the first time to go to our village, and you are also Ah Ping's future son-in-law, you must accept this thing, otherwise it will be spread out when the time comes, I will be scolded, I must accept it." Yuan Bu's father said and went to the inner room.

"This is our rule, if you want to go to our jade mine, I will tell my father later, you can stay at my house tonight, otherwise I will have to go there tomorrow morning to call you." After Yuan Bu waited for his father to go in, he whispered to Zhou Chen.

"Thank you very much." Zhou Chen really wants to take a look, if there is really something he wants, even if he spends a lot of money, it is worth it, and every time his strength improves, it will bring great benefits to himself.

At this time, Yuan Bu's father had already come out of it, still carrying a package wrapped in red cloth in his hand, he walked to the table where the tea set was placed and carefully opened the package, only to see a pair of golden ingots wrapped in it, and he didn't know what to do.

"Come on, you take this."

"Oh, this can't be done, such a valuable thing." Zhou Chen hurriedly waved his hand, this is not an ordinary thing, gold is an old and valuable thing, and he can't accept it.

"It's okay, this is our rule here, some people generally make jewelry for silver or something, our family is a little richer than others, I don't have jewelry or anything, I can only give this." Yuan Bu's father saw that Zhou Chen did not accept it, so he patiently explained.

Yuan Bu, who was sitting on the side, also came to help and said, "You just accept it, this is a little bit of our family's heart for you and Shanshan's girl." ”

Zhou Chen had no choice but to take it, and had to sigh that the people here were really enthusiastic. The night was a lively scene, with all the people gathered around the fire for a grand welcome ceremony, and then all sorts of things were sent out.

Zhou Chen was a little embarrassed, why did he always take other people's things? I didn't buy any gifts or anything when I came, and I was really embarrassed.

"Then I'll take it." Zhou Chen didn't want to spoil people's interest, if he didn't accept it, it was very likely that people would be unhappy, Zhou Chen took the thing, and the old man obviously became very happy: "Haha, good, good." ”

Yuan Bu said: "Abba, tomorrow I will take Zhou Chen to the jade mine at home to have a look, what do you say?" ”

"Oh, go ahead, but be careful, it's been raining in that place lately, and the road is a little difficult to walk, and I heard that three or four people have already fallen down the hill on their bikes." The old man obviously agreed without even thinking about it, this jade mine is extremely profitable, whether it is ancient or now, jade is a good thing that is deeply liked by people.

"Well, it's not early today, you take Zhou Chen to rest, I still have to wait for an important guest." Yuan Bu's father asked Zhou Chen and Yuan Bu to go to the inner room to rest, while he himself continued to sit there and drink tea.

"Why do you go to rest alone, your Abba is so old, can your body eat?"

"Alas, there's no way, those big bosses outside only recognize me Abba, but not me, if I stay there, people won't necessarily take care of me."

"Looks like you're going to have to learn from your father."

"Yes, I have to study hard."

The two of them entered it, and Zhou Chen realized that it was not the same thing as he thought.

Behind this is actually another stilted building, because the front house is built a little tall, and the back is blocked, so if you are a foreigner, you must not know, there is a house behind this.

I went up two more flights of stairs and found that the four doors were obviously four rooms.

"This is where you rest tonight, go to bed early, and you'll have to go to the mine tomorrow."

"Well, you too."

Zhou Chen pushed the door in, and found that the space inside was not so big, there was a single bed in the corner of the wall, the bedding on it was new, and on the opposite side of the bed was a large stack of books, and the lamp on it was on.

Zhou Chen took off his shoes, went to bed and took out the jade pendant he got during the day, and finally put it in his pocket, this place is not a good place to absorb spiritual power, he doesn't want to make the whole village panic.

Zhou Chen took off his clothes and just turned off the lights, closed his eyes to sleep, and suddenly heard angry sounds and fierce gunshots in front of him.

"Bang Bang ......"

"Bastard!"

Zhou Chen suddenly sat up from the bed, and he didn't even have time to pull the heels of his shoes, so he rushed out, and at this time, Yuan Bu behind him also followed.

When Zhou Chen arrived at the front, Yuan Bu's father was standing at the door with an angry face, holding the door with his hand to prevent himself from going down, and blood was dripping and falling on the ground.

"Bang Bang ......"

"Flutter ......"

Because Yuan Bu's father blocked the door, Zhou Chen couldn't see what was going on outside, and just as Zhou Chen stepped forward to see what was wrong with the old man, the crisp sound of gunfire rang out again and the sound of bullets entering the flesh.

"Abba, what's wrong with you?" Yuan Bu rushed out from behind Zhou Chen with an arrow step, hugging his father's body, and at this time Zhou Chen had already rushed out of the door.

There was no one outside, apparently they had all fled, and there were two people on the ground in a pool of blood, one of them was the master who opened the stone, and the other was shot by a young man in a suit, both of whom were killed by one shot.

At this time, the whole village had already rushed to this side, so it was no wonder that such a loud noise was not alarmed.