Volume 1 Chapter 0010 Human heart, a strange thing
After falling into the water, Nan Yi first breathed a sigh of relief.
He saw two alive turtles in the water, which meant that the well water was fine.
Then……
"Shit, alive?"
Nan Yi suddenly realized that if these turtles were kept here when the well was dug, what had they been eating to survive over the past few decades?
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
A second later, his premonition came true.
Nan Yi had already touched the bottom of the well. He endured the pain and opened his eyes wide, and saw a corpse lying at the bottom of the well.
The corpse was wearing a military uniform. If Nan Yi was not mistaken, this should be the standard uniform of the Guangdong Army, with the rank of major.
The water is 5.83 meters deep and the water temperature is around 2 degrees Celsius. There are not many impurities in the water and there should not be many microorganisms. It is not surprising that it has not rotted for decades.
Nan Yi quickly came to a conclusion and ignored the body, instead he started to feel around the well wall. After a quick search, he found that there was no mechanism to open the well, just as he expected.
Following the principle of handsome guys never leave empty-handed, Nan Yi started to work on the corpse. He first searched all the pockets, but apart from two Yuan Datou coins, he didn't find any other valuables.
Not giving up, he lifted the body a little and reached down.
Hey Hey!
There is a surprise !
Nan Yi touched a briefcase and lifted it with his hand. It was heavy.
Open……
Hurray!
Nan Yi took off his shirt, wrapped his briefcase, held it tightly, and quickly swam upstream.
"Brother, are you okay? I was so worried!"
As soon as she appeared, Liu Zhen above cried out with tears in her eyes.
"Silly girl, it's okay. I'll tie the shirt to the rope, and you pull the rope up first."
"good."
Nan Yi tied the shirt to the rope and Liu Zhen pulled it up.
As the rope went up, Nan Yi was too lazy to wait for the rope to come down. He sank into the water, then kicked off with his legs and most of his body rushed out of the water. He used his left hand to gain leverage from the uneven part of the well wall and shot out of the water. He spread his legs and stuck on the well wall in a split position.
Adjusting his posture and using his hands and feet, Nan Yi climbed up.
Ding!
The sound of metal falling to the ground was heard, and Nan Yi's men were already sitting on the well platform.
"Brother, yellow...yellow croaker."
Liu Zhen spoke stutteringly, pointing at the gold bars that had fallen and were scattered all over the ground.
Nan Yi scanned the ground and said, "This is a large yellow croaker, weighing 312.5 grams, with a gold content of 991."
As he spoke, he bent down to pick up a piece, held it in his hand to examine it for a while, and then weighed it. "Alas, what a pity, it's not standard gold, and the weight is insufficient, at most about 280 grams. I hope the gold content is not too low."
"1, 2, 3... Bro, that's 18 dollars in total."
"Um."
Nan Yi nodded, somewhat unmoved.
He remembered that the gold price this year should not exceed US$180 per ounce, which means that the value of these yellow croakers would not exceed US$32,000.
In 1980, the highest point of gold was about 700...
Forget it, if I can’t remember it, then forget it. It won’t exceed $130,000 anyway.
Compared with the golden nanmu in this house, it's nothing.
Fortunately, it is relatively easy to cash in this gold, so it can be used as capital.
"Brother, are we rich?"
"Not really. Have you seen enough? If you have, put it away."
"Where should we put it?"
"Don't worry about it. I will be responsible for hiding it. Don't tell anyone about this."
Liu Zhen nodded vigorously, "I won't tell you even if you kill me."
"Haha, it's not that serious." Nan Yi smiled and said, "The water in this well is not clean. Don't draw water from the well in the future. This place is only about 300 meters away from the river, and the terrain is relatively low. We can dig a canal to bring the river water here."
Nan Yi didn't intend to tell Liu Zhen that there was a body down there. It was enough for him to know about this kind of thing. Telling Liu Zhen would only scare her.
"No, that won't work. The river water still drops more than one meter from the riverbank. How deep should we dig the canal?"
"Stupid, you don't need to worry about the drop in height. Just install a water truck in the river. I am worried about where to buy so many water pipes. If the canal is open to the sky, the naughty kids in the team will definitely urinate in it. Besides, snakes and toads can easily get in."
"Can't you ask the brigade to issue a letter of introduction to buy it at the factory? Or, brother, you don't have enough money?"
"No, I have my own considerations. Don't worry about these things. Little girl, I noticed that you have grown more than two centimeters. Are your clothes a little tight?"
"Hey, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. Look at this sleeve. It used to be quite a bit longer. Now it can barely cover my wrists."
Nowadays, when clothes are made, they are made bigger. Most people's clothes are loose, hoping that they can be worn for a few more years.
If you see someone outside wearing new clothes that fit them well, there is no doubt that their family conditions must be unusual.
The shirt on Liu Zhen is even more strange. It was obviously left over from her brother's clothes, and then he altered it and gave it to her. This is a common phenomenon in many families nowadays.
"A few days ago, I went to the commune and bought you a dress. It's a little too big, and it didn't fit you properly before, but now it can. When we move here, I'll find it for you."
"Yeah, brother, you're so nice."
"Don't worry about it, let's continue cleaning up."
After four days of hard work, the two of them finally managed to tidy up the house so that it could be lived in.
Then it took another two days, with Nan Yi as the foreman and Liu Zhen as the assistant, to remove the original stove in the kitchen and build a new one.
Taking advantage of the night, Nan Yi secretly asked for a painting of the Kitchen God. There was no shrine on the stove, and no Kitchen God in the shrine, so he always felt that something was missing.
…
"Zhen'er, in order to reduce our future troubles, you have to do something now."
"whats the matter."
"Borrow money! Ask everyone in the educated youth camp to borrow money. Tell them that this house costs 2,000 yuan to buy. I paid 200 yuan, but you didn't pay a penny. I feel bad. Moreover, if the money is not paid back in three years, the house will be taken back.
In short, the more miserable you make yourself sound, the better, and it would be best if you even cry.
According to my prediction, Lin Guangwei and Qu Jing should lend you money, and Li Hai will also lend you money, but he himself has no money and is unable to do so. Zhao Hongzhuang may lend you some money as a pretext, but others probably won’t lend you money…”
"Brother, why do you want me to do this?"
"We got such a big house. The people in the brigade were fine. They didn't dare to take it. They wouldn't be jealous if we got it. But the educated youth camps were different. There would definitely be people who would be jealous, and there would be more than just one or two.
Let's not make ourselves miserable and let them feel balanced. Who knows what they will plot behind our backs.
We have gained the advantage, but we have to make them feel balanced. Hatred of the rich and unwillingness to see others doing well is the real psychology of most people.
Just remember one thing: don’t show off your wealth.
We can just live our good life behind closed doors without letting others know."
"Well, shall I go now?"
"Go ahead. I'll wait for you where the revolutionary grass is being cut. If the results of borrowing money are not satisfactory, you can find me there."
"good."
After Liu Zhen left, Nan Yi also left the house and walked towards the river five minutes later.
After smoking two cigarettes by the river and waiting for almost an hour, Nan Yi saw Liu Zhen's figure before one o'clock.
When she reached Nan Yi, Liu Zhen said with a sad face, "Brother, only Sister Qu Jing lent me 10 yuan. Brother Guangwei and Brother Li have no money. Others also told me that they have no money. In fact, I know Ke Hongxing and Jiang Biyun are rich. They... wuwuwu, I am so unpopular."
"Hahaha, silly girl, don't let your imagination run wild." Nan Yi stroked Liu Zhen's head, "Just pretend to be faint for a while. I won't wake you up, so don't open your eyes."
"ah?"
After Nan Yi finished speaking, he hugged Liu Zhen and jumped into the river.
“Ahhh…Brother, I don’t know how to swim.”
"Don't panic, just don't move, I won't let anything happen to you."
Nan Yi covered Liu Zhen's mouth and nose and sank into the water, floating up after a few seconds.
"Okay, you can start to feel dizzy. Don't open your eyes until I tell you."
"Okay, got it."
Liu Zhen nodded and closed her eyes.
After swimming to the shore with Liu Zhen, Nan Yi picked her up and ran towards the brigade headquarters crying.
"Zhen'er, Zhen'er, please don't die..."
"If you die, how can I explain to your family..."
"Oh God, please save my Zhen'er..."
"Uncle Xian, Uncle Xian..."
As they approached the brigade headquarters, Nan Yi's howling became louder. Along the way, he had already dealt with many people's questions.
"What happened?"
Xian Yaodong heard the howling and poked his head out from the brigade headquarters.
"Uncle Xian, Zhen'er has drowned and hasn't woken up yet. Quickly...quickly start the boat and take her to the hospital."
" Ohhhh, here it comes."
Xian Yaodong was in front, Nan Yi was holding Liu Zhen behind, and the two ran towards the pier by the river.
After the boat had been sailing for a few minutes, Nan Yi said to Liu Zhen, who was in her arms, "Okay, you can wake up now."
"Brother, I almost couldn't hold back my laughter just now, your shouting was so funny."
Liu Zhen opened her eyes and started giggling.
"Fortunately you didn't laugh. If you had laughed, all your efforts would have been wasted."
" Uncle Xian, has the health center agreed?"
"It's all settled, just as you said. Pneumonia is contagious, so it's best not to have contact with others for half a year." Xian Yaodong said depressedly, "I said, if you don't want Liu Zhen to work, just say it directly, why do you have to make so many fuss?"
"I'm just trying to make it easier for you to explain. In the next six months, Zhen'er won't be working. I read the latest "Mouthpiece Newspaper" and it said that the higher-ups are already discussing the resumption of the college entrance examination.
Ten years, Uncle Xian, our country hasn't had a serious college student in ten years. I bet that the college entrance examination will be resumed this year, and I have to let Zhener study hard. "
"What if you guessed wrong and the college entrance examination is not resumed this year?"
"If you didn't guess it right, then you didn't guess it right. It's good to let Zhen'er take a good rest for a while."
"As for you, if she stops mowing the pig grass, someone else will take over. If she wants to continue doing it in the future, she won't be able to do it."
"It's okay. If I guess wrong, I will find a way to send Zhener to take the factory recruitment exam." Nan Yi said indifferently.
"Well, whatever you want. I tell you, the diving equipment you want will arrive in two days, and our business can start soon."
"Okay, let's get started now that the stuff has arrived. Uncle Xian, is it okay for us to go in the water?"
"It's okay. My reputation is a reliable guarantee. The boats from Wenchangwei can enter Shencun Bay. Besides, both sides have regulations that the waters of Shencun Bay are a no-man's land.
Otherwise, do you think it is so easy for those who swim to swim across?
What can you do if you go into the water? Just stand on the shore and fire machine guns, and no one will be able to get through.
Isn’t it that both sides have agreed that on our side, as long as someone goes into the water, we will leave them alone; on the other side of Xiangkeng, as long as someone runs into the city, we will not arrest them. This is called the resistance policy.”
The three of them arrived at the commune. Xian Yaodong went to get the medical records, while Nan Yi and Liu Zhen went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a stack of large bowls, a stack of rice bowls, and three vegetable basins.
There was no need to buy a large bowl, but unfortunately there were only three vegetable bowls left, so I had no choice but to use the large bowl instead.
At that time, not many people in the countryside used vegetable basins. They all used large bowls to serve vegetables, and there was no need for the supply and marketing cooperatives to have more vegetable basins.
