In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn of the following year.

On this day, I was lying on the grass on the riverbank basking in the sun. The autumn breeze made me feel very comfortable, and I fell asleep quickly.

I don't know whose buffalo suddenly ran onto the boat at this time, and not only ate up my leftovers from lunch, but also stepped on a hole in the bottom of my boat.

I drove the buffalo away, and tears flowed down my eyes as I watched the hole being trampled out.

Stop, stop. Let's put away my tears first.

Although the bottom of the boat was trampled out of the hole by the buffalo, no water came out of the hole.

I thought it was very strange, and when I looked closely, I realized that there was a mezzanine at the bottom of the boat.

I picked up the broken pieces of wood, and was surprised to find that there was something hidden in the mezzanine.

I put my hand in, and my heart jumped to my throat - I was touching a silver dollar!

- Only silver dollars are so thick that they will be wrapped in oiled paper into strips!

I picked one up and flipped it, it was heavy, it was indeed a silver dollar.

I didn't have time to think about who would hide their belongings under this boat, when I heard Master Wu on the other side calling me. He asked me to take him across the river, and I told him that my boat had been trampled by oxen, and that I would not be able to carry any more passengers today.

In the past, Master Wu, who often laughed at me, was inferior to me today.

He told me that he was going to Kunming, the provincial capital, to do him an urgent business, and asked me to do him a favor and cross the river as soon as possible.

I saw that the expression on his face was not deceiving me, but it was heavy. Presumably he was going to do a very important and big thing, and this matter seemed to be a little tricky.

Today, he didn't sit on a sliding pole either, but only took a subordinate.

I had to take off my clothes and stuff them into the hole and put on a straw hat.

I rowed over to pick him up with my upper body.

Instead of laughing at me today, he didn't say a word. As soon as the boat reached the shore, he jumped down and walked away without looking back. After his subordinates gave the money, they also hurriedly trotted to follow.

I didn't think much of what had happened to him, so I quickly took out my clothes and laid them out at the bottom of the boat, and took out the silver dollars from the mezzanine and wrapped them in my clothes.

I had to go back and forth ten times before I ran out of the silver dollars in the mezzanine.

The guest is not pulled, and the ship is not guarded. I hurriedly pulled Yu'er back from her mother's room and closed the door.

Yu'er misunderstood me and whispered, "Which couple would do something like that during the day and wait until it gets dark." ”

She thought I was in a hurry to live as a couple with her. No wonder when I left her mother's room, my mother-in-law stared at me with strange eyes, and the smile on her face meant the same thing. Presumably she misunderstood me, too.

I pulled her up to the silver dollar and told her that the oil paper bag was full of silver dollars.

Looking at the mountains of silver dollars, Yu'er was so shocked that she almost found her chin on the ground.

I told her where the dollar came from.

She said: "Who would hide so much money in the mezzanine of the ship? ”

I said, "When ordinary people have money, they first go to buy land and build houses. ”

She said: "How can a rich man hide in the mezzanine of a ship when he has so much money? ”

I said, "The police didn't lie to me, this is indeed a ship of river and ocean thieves." ”

She said: "Yes, only the river and ocean thieves cannot find a place to hide on land, but only on the ship." ”

I said: "Only the Jiangyang thieves did not dare to buy land and build houses on the shore, they knew that they would arouse the suspicion of others and called the police, and the police found out." ”

She said, "Why do you sell it cheaply? ”

I said, "Ordinary people don't dare to buy things from the police, because they are not only afraid of the police, but also afraid of being deceived." ”

"Rich people don't need to go to the police to buy boats," she said. ”

We said in unison, "So it's cheaper for me." ”

She said: "Now I am relieved, since the police are selling the stolen goods of the thieves, it means that these Jiangyang thieves have all been arrested by the police." ”

I said, "We don't have to worry about the Jiangyang thieves coming to us for money." ”

She said: "Yes, Jiang Yang's thief was caught by the police, and there is only one result. ”

We said in unison, "Shoot!" ”

Then we hugged each other and laughed happily.

This night, Yu'er and I didn't sleep. We closed the door and counted the silver dollars under the oil lamp.

I opened a silver dollar and saw that there were Shuanglong, Dulong, and Yuan Datou. There are those made in Yunnan Province, Sichuan Province, and Northeast Bureau.

These silver dollars have been touched by many hands, and the dragon and Yuan Datou on them have been touched brightly. For some reason, some of them were beaten like pot lids.

What does this mean? This means that all of these silver dollars are genuine.

After a night of counting with Yu'er, I finally counted 10,000 silver dollars.

We hid the dollar, took a plank and repaired the bottom of the boat, and continued the ferry as if nothing had happened. The only thing that has changed is that I no longer stay on the boat at night. I don't know why, no one came to steal my boat.

A month later, Mr. Wu, who had gone to Kunming, returned.

His face was rather ugly, as if he had encountered a very difficult problem. I knew that he didn't say a lot at this time, so I chatted with his subordinates. From the mouth of his subordinates, he learned that Master Wu's son had committed an accident in Kunming, and it would take a lot of money to settle it, and Master Wu came back this time to sell his more than 50 acres of land and house and use it to save his son.

In front of Master Wu, I can't ask his family what his son is guilty of.

I used to wait until it was dark to get home. But today, I sent Mr. Wu over and went home. It's just because I see the hope of making a fortune again.

I went back and told Yu'er that I was going to buy Master Wu's field on the other side.

Yu'er strongly objected, and her reason was: too far. It is neither convenient for planting, nor convenient for management, and even more inconvenient at harvest time. Everything was inconvenient, and she asked me what else I was buying it for?

I bought it for the first reason: cheap. Master Wu is in a hurry to use the money now, and the land he sells will definitely be very cheap, so we can buy it first and sell it at a high price when we have the opportunity.

She still objected, on the grounds that Master Wu's fields were all under the hillside, far from the water source. If there is a good year of wind and rain, if there is a drought year, you can only wait for the grain to be harvested.

I reminded her that drought and flood years don't happen very often, they happen only once in decades or even centuries, and I don't believe they happen in the years when we buy the land.

She wanted to object, but I took her hand, stared into hers, and slowly lowered my head to let my forehead against hers.

At this point, her mind went blank, and she had to say yes to me.

I didn't rush to Mr. Wu to talk about buying the land, I quietly continued to ferry.

- Just because there are many people who go to his house to buy fields at this time.

I know from other people's mouths that although there are many people who buy fields, none of them have made a price that satisfies Master Wu. The most out was only 3,000 silver dollars.

If you want to buy more than 50 acres of land and a deep house compound for 3,000 silver dollars, Master Wu will not be willing to kill him.

There are also some people who are not only unwilling to pay a high price, but also want to let Master Wu cut it into parts and sell it. How could Master Wu agree?

Not only can it not be sold at a good price, but it is also difficult to sell. The good fields are bought, and the bad ones are sold to?

And most importantly, how long will this be sold?

And the most precious thing for Master Wu now is time.

As many people come, as many people leave empty-handed.

Gradually, Master Wu lost his patience and became irritable.

However, there was not a single person who went to his house to buy the land.

Master Wu knew that they were waiting for him to reduce the price.

I knew it was time for me to make a move.