As soon as it was dawn, Wang Fan heard a noise in the hall and knew that his mother had gotten up and was ready to go out to work. He walked out of the room and said, "Mom, let's not do anything this morning, I have something very important to discuss with you." ”

When Wang Fan's mother heard this, she immediately put down the farm tools in her hand and said nervously, "What's the important thing?" ”

Although the son in front of her is only fifteen years old, he is already the backbone of the family in her mind, and he said that very important things must be important.

Wang Fan returned to the room and took out the short sword and said in a low voice: "Mom, you see, this is what the man gave me before he died yesterday, I looked at it carefully last night, this sword is made of gold, and this sapphire is also real, and you can get at least 50,000 yuan if you sell it in the gold, silver and jewelry market in Shancheng." So, I want to sell swords today. ”

Wang Fan knew that this sword was worth far more than 50,000 yuan, but he was worried that he would frighten his mother if he said too much.

"Fifty thousand!" Wang Fan's mother screamed, and at the same time subconsciously covered her stomach with one hand, and the 50,000 yuan also frightened her.

Wang Fan hurriedly comforted: "Mom, 50,000 yuan is very little money for people in big cities, and it is not enough to buy a two-square-meter house. You can rest assured that most of the money from my sale will be deposited into your account with the Agricultural Bank. It's okay to keep some cash in hand. ”

Wang Fan's mother's nervous expression relaxed, and she sighed: "Alas, yes, the people in the city are much richer than our mountain people, Fan'er, although my mother knows that you have always been steady in your work, but after all, you have never been to a mountain city, and it is the first time to do such a big deal, do you want your uncle Zhu to accompany you?" ”

Wang Fan said with a smile: "Uncle has inconvenient legs and feet, so let him go with him and ask me to take care of him, and the travel fee will cost double." ”

Hearing the word fare, Wang Fan's mother's expression became nervous again, "Yes, it costs a lot of money to go to the mountain city, but there are only more than 100 yuan at home." But there are one or two catties of dried honeysuckle, you give it to your uncle, and ask him to pay you enough money for the passage first, and then sell this thing and return it to him. If you can sell it for 50,000 yuan, you have to give some money to your uncle, who has helped you a lot before. ”

Wang Fan nodded, "Okay, I still have a few dozen yuan in my bank card, and my uncle will be enough to give me a few hundred yuan." ”

After eating breakfast in a hurry, Wang Fan took Zhen'er out of the house.

The bag for his first long trip in his life was simple, a schoolbag that had been with him for two years, containing a few summer clothes, plus a short sword and a treasure and a princess cat.

In order to communicate with Zhen'er face-to-face and close, Wang Fan hung his schoolbag on his chest. In one hand he also carried a plastic bag containing bulging honeysuckle.

The red sun showed a smiling face from the top of the eastern mountain, and the summits of the mountains were suddenly covered with a layer of pink color. But the morning mist still fills those valleys, and thousands of creatures still lie in the unfathomable valleys dreaming sweetly.

Zhen'er poked her head out of her schoolbag and looked around curiously, if the mood of the two of them was a little heavy yesterday, then today is relaxed and happy.

There were very few pedestrians on the mountain road, and Wang Fan walked out of the mountain with confidence and boldness to talk to Zhen'er.

"Jen'er, how old are you?"

Although Wang Fan knew that it was a bit inappropriate to ask the girl's age, as a protector, it was necessary to know the age of his protected person.

Zhen'er didn't seem to mind at all, and replied briskly: "I'm fifteen years old this year! ”

"Then we're peers! Hehe! Wang Fan said with a smile.

"Wang Fan, where did your father go? I haven't seen it at your house. Jen asked.

Zhen'er's very ordinary question touched one of Wang Fan's few sensitive nerves, and he whispered: "My father died ten years ago. ”

When Wang Fan was five years old, his father died in an accident while working at a construction site in the city, and afterwards, the foreman compensated 10,000 yuan for the funeral expenses.

Zhen'er's two sparkling eyes widened and stared at Wang Fan's face, waiting for more detailed information.

But Wang Fan is reluctant to continue to speak on this topic, if he continues, Zhen'er will definitely ask why 10,000 yuan is equivalent to his father's life? In fact, even in the countryside nowadays, 10,000 yuan is no longer enough to bury a person decently, or even enough to buy a cup of mellow wine that a rich person drinks.

After looking at each other for a moment, Zhen'er seemed to have perceived a trace of sadness hidden in Wang Fan's eyes, she lowered her head and sighed: "Alas, the old world is much worse than I imagined!" ”

But Wang Fan would not let his negative emotions last more than five minutes, and he walked out of the gloomy mountain dock to the sun-drenched mountain pass. He raised his head and looked at the morning sun on the horizon and said loudly, "Zhen'er, when you follow me to the mountain city, you will come to a completely different conclusion!" ”

After speaking, he lowered his head and said softly: "Zhen'er, tell me about your world, what is your world like?" How many are there now? ”

Zhen'er was infected by Wang Fan's optimistic and open-minded temperament, and her emotions rose, she stretched her neck outward and said happily: "The sky of our world is golden, and there are two red suns in the sky!" ”

Wang Fan stopped his steps, lowered his head and said in surprise: "There are two suns in your world? ”

"Yes, a sun brother and a sun brother, they are always inseparable." Zhen'er's tone and expression made Wang Fan seem to see the face of an innocent girl. He hurriedly looked away and walked on. "Do you have a mountain there?" ”

"Of course, our mountains shine golden everywhere in the sun, because the mountains are full of gold and stones, and besides, we have the Flame Mountain there!"

Wang Fan almost fell off the cliff because of emotional instability and distraction, but he grabbed the branch of a tree next to him to stand firm.

He gasped and bowed his head and said, "Zhen'er, you said that your mountains are full of gold? ”

"Yes, gold is the least valuable to us."

"What about the Flaming Mountain?"

"Needless to ask, there was a fire on the top of the mountain, and the stones on the top of the mountain were burned red. According to historical records, in the first year of our ancestors in the New World, they experienced hundreds of large and small earthquakes and dozens of volcanic eruptions, and the houses that were finally built may be destroyed in the blink of an eye. This has been going on for a hundred years. In addition to earthquakes and volcanoes, there is another thing that our ancestors of the Ba people did not expect, when they arrived in the new world, people's bodies became much heavier, it was very difficult to walk, and it was more difficult to do things. But after a few generations, the new world became a paradise for our Ba people, there were less than 10,000 people when our ancestors first went, and after 500 years, now we have almost a million! Jen'er's tone was full of pride.

But Wang Fan is very unimpressed with the number of people that Zhen'er is proud of, because in this world, the population of Fengxian alone exceeds one million.

But what does Jen'er mean by 500 years? He stopped and looked down and asked:

"You're saying it's only been five hundred years since the Ba people left here for the New World?"

"yes, five hundred years is a long time!" Zhen'er said with emotion.

"But we have been here for at least 2,000 years, because Qin Shi Huang unified China 2,000 years ago, and the Ba people must have left here before that and went to the outside world." Wang Fan said.

"What's going on?" Zhen'er asked puzzled.

"Obviously, different world times are different." Wang Fan said confidently, and then took a big step and continued to move forward, "Time and space are relative, this is the theory of relativity, I didn't understand it very well before, but now I understand." By the way, Zhen'er, are there any other kinds of people in your world besides the Ba people? ”

"Nope! My father said that if there are several races in a world, there will be constant wars, which is why our family has been blessed with the treasures of the gods of Hal for generations, but they have not returned to the old world. Jen'er said.

Wang Fan nodded to express deep understanding, Zhen'er's words reminded Wang Fan of an important question, "Zhen'er, you said that you have a brother, has he been caught by Hall Master Hu or the cathead man this time?" ”

"No, my brother happened to go to the countryside to inspect the grain harvest, and at that time, my uncle saw that he couldn't beat it, so he sent someone to report to my brother and let him hide in the countryside temporarily, and the master of Hu Tang would definitely send someone to arrest my brother."

"Who is that Hu Tang Master? How many apprentices does he have? Your father must have an army in addition to the palace guards, even if your father is controlled by the bad guys, your brother is a prince, and he can lead the Pakistani army to counterattack the palace. Wang Fan's tone was like a buried military wizard, and he finally had an opportunity to publicly express his strategy and tactics.

Zhen'er's mood plummeted, and she said in a low voice: "Tang Master Hu likes to fight and kill since he was a child, and he has practiced martial arts, he dreams of returning to the old world all day long, and later opened a martial arts hall before and after accepting a total of twenty-one apprentices, my father has always disliked the restless person of Hu Tang Master, and he is a little worried about seeing more and more apprentices, so he found an opportunity to order his martial arts hall to be closed and not allowed to recruit apprentices to practice martial arts." ”

Wang Fan stopped again, looked down at Zhen'er and said puzzledly, "Master Hu is only twenty-one apprentices? How many guards are there in your palace? ”

"There are hundreds of guards in the Ba Palace, and half of them are dedicated to protecting my royal palace. Because there had never been such a rebellion, and it was late at night, the guards were all sleeping...", Jen'er said here and paused.

Wang Fan was obviously dissatisfied with Zhen'er's explanation, and he said condescendingly in the tone of a general: "What about the Pakistani army? How many people are there? Why didn't your uncle join them in the counterattack on the Ba Wangfu? ”

Zhen'er looked at Wang Fan and said, "I thought that the Heaven World would not fight, so after the country arrived in the New World, there was never any army, only my uncle's security team to maintain law and order." There were two hundred members of the security team, one hundred of whom were stationed in the city of Hal and another hundred were scattered in the countryside. ”

Wang Fan understood at once, he took a big stride and continued to walk out of the mountain, and said in a relaxed tone: "I don't think your brother will just hide in the countryside, he will gather the hundred security guards in the countryside and wait for the opportunity to fight back." With your brother's cooperation, we only need to bring a gun and 100 rounds of ammunition back to Pakistan to win a big victory! ”

Although Jinliu Township is located in a poor and remote area, there are also some shops on both sides of the highway centered on the township government compound, such as a small supermarket, one or two small restaurants, an Internet café and tea house, etc., among which the largest flow of people is a farmers' market.

This farmer's market is actually a dozen small vendors gathered in a greenhouse to do business, because there are meat to buy fish, vegetables and fruits, so it is inevitable that the greenhouse will be filled with the smell of stinky fish and meat, especially in the summer.

Wang Fan's uncle Zhuzi broke a broken leg since collecting medicine, and was forced to rent a stall at this farmers' market to sell some heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs and some mountain specialties such as sweet potatoes and dried chestnuts. Although Wang Fan's school place is very close to here, Wang Fan was only forced to come here when he had something to find his uncle.

Holding his breath, he entered the chaotic and smelly farmers' market to find his uncle, and Wang Fan helped his uncle out to speak.

The two came to a dark corner behind the greenhouse, Wang Fan took out a short sword from his schoolbag and said in a low voice: "Uncle, I picked up this thing in the mountains yesterday, I studied it, it should be made of gold, you see, this sapphire is also real, and it will definitely sell it at a good price if it is sold in the gold, silver and jewelry market in the mountain city." ”

The pillar looked like a middle-aged man with a thin face and no smile, he was a little surprised to hear his nephew's words, he picked up the short sword, squinted his eyes, looked left and right, and then took out the sword and looked at it for a moment, inserted the sword back into the scabbard and returned it to Wang Fan.

"Wang Fan, you think too much, this thing is made of brass at most, and that sapphire is just a glass of glass. Take it and sell it for a maximum of one or two hundred dollars. Think about it, if it is a treasure, how can the owner leave it in the mountains and let you pick it up? ”

Wang Fan had already been mentally prepared for his uncle's reaction, and said with a serious expression: "Uncle, I carefully measured the specific gravity of this thing last night, it is heavier than copper, but it is almost the same as the specific gravity of gold, so it must be made of gold." Since it was made of gold, this sapphire must be real. Didn't you meet a rich man in the city who went to our mountains to hunt wild boars with a shotgun before? It must have been dropped by those people. ”

Uncle Zhu only had a primary school diploma and was in awe of scientific terms such as what gravity was attached. What's more, he knew that the nephew in front of him was among the best in Jinliu Junior High School in all subjects. Hearing Gao Caisheng's nephew's tone of affirmation, the expression on Zhuzi's face changed from disapproval to surprise.

Hurriedly asked: "Wang Fan, how much do you estimate you can sell?" ”

"At least 100,000!" Wang Fan said with confidence, his uncle has been in the farmers' market for a few years, and he can be said to be well-informed, as long as he doesn't say that there are more than one million, he should not be frightened.

Uncle Zhuzi's rare smile showed a charming smile on his face, and his tone was a little hurried, "Wang Fan, you said to go to the mountain city?" That uncle will accompany you once! Your uncle and I haven't been to the mountain city until middle age, and it just so happens that your cousin is on vacation, so let her come and see the stall for a few days. ”

"Ahem!" Wang Fan's throat was a little dry, and his uncle's unexpected enthusiasm made him a little embarrassed.

"Uncle, I heard that it takes about ten hours to take a long-distance bus from Fengxian to Shancheng, and it takes even longer to take a steamer, and my uncle's health is not good, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear it. In addition, I sold my sword and had the money to go to another place to do some errands before I went home. ”

Uncle Zhuzi's eyes widened, "Going to another place?" Where? What to do? ”

Faced with his uncle's questioning, Wang Fan was dumbfounded for a while, he couldn't say that he was going to buy guns illegally, and when he was embarrassed, he looked down and saw Zhen'er who was poking his head out and looking around, and opened his mouth: "Go to the pet market in another place to see if you can..."

Uncle Zhuzi noticed that Wang Fan's schoolbag on his chest contained a cat. He asked in surprise, "Wang Fan, when did you get a cat?" ”

"This cat was given by a classmate, and it's very smart." Speaking of this, he hurriedly changed the topic, handed the plastic bag in his hand to his uncle, and said, "Uncle, my mother brought you these honeysuckles, and said that you would give me 500 yuan for the passage first, and then I will give you 10,000 yuan after I sell this sword." With the money, my uncle can take my cousin to the mountain city on a big steamer for a few days. ”

Hearing that it could be divided into 10,000 yuan, Uncle Zhuzi was immediately overjoyed, but he shirked in his mouth: "10,000 yuan is too much, is 500 yuan enough?" I'll see how much of it is on me. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and took out a worn-out wallet, took out all the cash in it, counted it, sighed, and said, "Alas, it's too hot these days, and business is not very good, there are only two hundred and thirteen yuan here, why don't I borrow two hundred more for you?" ”

Wang Fan didn't want to trouble his uncle anymore, so he said, "No need, I still have two hundred yuan on me." ”

"It's okay, you take the money first, in case you are short of money in the mountain city, find a public phone to call my mobile phone, and I will deposit money in your bank card."

Uncle Zhuzi said as he took out a mobile phone from his jacket pocket and shook it in front of Wang Fan, which was an old item he bought from a stall for thirty yuan. Although this kind of mobile phone has long been unfashionable, since he has a mobile phone, he feels that he has really transformed from a medicine farmer to a businessman.