Chapter 259: Gold Ingot
Her voice was too loud, so Shen Yunlian quickly covered her mouth.
But at this moment, the shock on Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei’s faces had not disappeared.
Yun Jiao slightly lifted her chin.
“I found it in the sea, am I amazing?”
Of course you’re amazing!
Wang Mei was so excited that she hugged Yun Jiao and kissed her fair, tender, and beautiful little face several times.
“Jiaojiao, you are truly a big treasure!”
How could this thing she found be so valuable?
They had lived by the sea for so long, yet in most of their lives, even their entire lives, they had never found anything valuable.
Their Yun Jiao, who was only four years old, had already found so much.
Oh my, are they raising a golden baby at home!
After the excitement, the two sisters-in-law completely opened the box and then, with eyes shining, began counting the gold inside.
Inside were gold ingots, the ten-tael kind.
There were at least a hundred gold ingots in here.
With so many gold ingots, weighing at least a hundred catties, it was a good thing Yun Jiao was strong; an ordinary person really couldn’t carry them back.
“Wash them with water.”
They closed all the doors, fetched water, and began cleaning the dirt attached to the gold ingots.
Wang Mei held a gold ingot, grinning happily: “She looks so good.”
“Right Jiaojiao, why did you come back alone, where are your father and uncle?”
Yun Jiao, holding a small brush, followed along washing the gold ingots.
“At sea, we encountered someone bitten by a shark, and Dad and the others took him to the hospital.”
“What?!”
“That’s really unlucky, the person didn’t die, did they?”
“No, he almost died, but I saved him.”
“You saved him?”
Upon hearing this, the two women’s gazes fell on her.
“The shark that bit him was quite large. How could you, so small, be so brave? Were you injured?”
Yun Jiao turned around in front of them: “See, I’m fine.”
“I brought the orca with me.”
Oh, then that’s fine.
“Alas, the risks at sea are not small. Fortunately, you can breathe underwater, otherwise, we wouldn’t be reassured about you going out to sea.”
“I hope the person is alright.”
Those who go out to sea to fish are usually young and strong adults, the pillars of their families.
If this person were truly gone, and a family had fewer young and strong adults, their lives would be difficult.
“Mom, I want to buy two beautiful bracelets.”
Yun Jiao was clever and didn’t tell her mother how much those beautiful bracelets cost.
“Buy them!”
Looking at the pile of gold, Shen Yunlian was generous.
“Our Jiaojiao earned money by her own ability, money she retrieved from the sea, so buy whatever she wants.”
Wang Mei: “We still have quite a bit of money left from selling the ambergris. How about we put this gold aside for now?”
Shen Yunlian thought the same way.
Having lived for so long, they knew better than the child Yun Jiao that gold was a hard currency in any era.
They still had plenty of money at home, and since they were not lacking money, the gold could definitely be saved.
Yun Jiao naturally had no objections.
However, where to hide such precious items was a problem.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe returned after taking the person to the hospital.
They were puzzled on their way home, wondering why the house was so tightly shut during the day.
“What’s going on? Is no one home?”
Yun Linhe knocked on the door; the house was quiet.
Just as he was about to get the key, the door opened.
The next second, he was pulled inside by his wife.
Yun Linhai: What’s going on!
Wang Mei: “Eldest Brother, come in quickly.”
Their sneaky demeanor was full of mystery.
Yun Linhe scratched his head: “Wife, what are you doing? This is our own home, your behavior makes it look like we’re stealing from someone else’s house.”
Then he was beaten up by Wang Mei.
“Can you speak properly? If you can’t speak, shut up!”
“Really, you’re the only one with a big mouth, and you can’t say anything good all day.”
Yun Jiao, watching from the side, chuckled.
Yun Linhe didn’t dare to fight back, but he could still deal with this little girl Yun Jiao, right?
He hugged Yun Jiao and ruffled her hair.
“Still laughing? Is your uncle’s joke that funny?!”
Yun Jiao humped and decided to complain: “Aunt, Uncle is bullying me.”
Without any surprise, Yun Linhe was dealt with again.
Covering his ears, Yun Linhe dejectedly followed them to the bathroom amidst the laughter of his elder brother and Yun Jiao.
Then…
Did he take a wrong turn?
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe, the brothers, had the same stunned look for a moment, then took a step back in unison, turning their heads to look at the furnishings in the room.
Did they walk into someone else’s house?
“No, this is our own home!”
Did they see wrong just now?
The two of them stepped into the bathroom again.
“Holy crap!”
Seeing the stack of gold ingots on the ground, Yun Linhe couldn’t help but swear excitedly.
“This, this…”
The two brothers widened their eyes: “Is this ours?”
Wang Mei and Shen Yunlian felt immensely satisfied seeing their expressions.
“Jiaojiao brought it back.”
“No, didn’t Jiaojiao go out to sea with us? When did she…”
At this point, Yun Linhe and Yun Linhai suddenly reacted.
“It’s that broken wooden box!”
The two said in unison.
“No wonder it was so heavy, it was the weight of gold.”
“Jiaojiao, where did you find it?”
Yun Jiao, with her hands behind her back, accepted everyone’s gaze.
“I was playing with the orca, and I discovered a very large sunken ship on the seabed.”
“A sunken ship!”
Everyone was shocked.
“There must be more than just this one box in there.”
Yun Linhai: “Could it be the sunken ship your godfather mentioned? He said he wanted to salvage it, but you found it directly?”
“Yes.”
Yun Linhe regretted: “We can’t reach that deep part of the sea, otherwise, we would have gone with Jiaojiao to take a look.”
It would be so exciting to see what a sunken ship looked like with their own eyes.
Perhaps they could even find treasure.
Unfortunately, unlike Jiaojiao, they couldn’t breathe underwater or withstand the water pressure.
Yun Jiao: “Ask Godfather, he said he has diving equipment.”
“Right, we need to tell your godfather about the sunken ship.”
They had already agreed that Sun Yaotong would fund the expedition and provide the equipment for everyone to find and salvage the sunken ship.
Now that the sunken ship was found, Yun Jiao could explore and search for treasure before Sun Yaotong arrived.
However, the sunken ship was so large that it was unrealistic for Yun Jiao to find all the treasures inside by herself.
Sun Yaotong had also contacted a shipyard for them, so their large iron ship was also secured.
Since he had helped them so much, they couldn’t keep the discovery of the sunken ship a secret.
Yun Linhe patted Yun Jiao’s head: “Before your godfather arrives, whatever you can retrieve from that sunken ship is yours.”
Yun Jiao nodded.
After finishing lunch, Yun Jiao was already thinking about the two bracelets she wanted to buy.
When Yun Linhai thought of the price of those bracelets, his excitement from finding so much gold lessened considerably.
Shen Yunlian rolled her eyes when she saw his gloomy expression.
“If Jiaojiao wants to buy bracelets, let her buy them. We’re not lacking money now, and our daughter should be raised richly.”
Besides, that money was Jiaojiao’s own.
Yun Linhai looked glum: “The two bracelets she wants cost a hundred thousand.”
“What? A hundred thousand?!!!”
?? Today is my younger sister’s birthday, I went out to play. I rushed this chapter when I got back, so this is the only chapter.
