Chapter 83 Treasure Hunt

"Second brother, actually, think about it, the situation in the country isn't very good right now. Maybe it's better for them to be abroad. As long as everyone is doing well, there will still be opportunities to meet." He Caiwei didn't know how to comfort him.

For businesspeople, being abroad is actually much better than being in China at this time.

"Yes, I will work hard in the future. I hope that when they come back, I will be able to stand in front of them with my head held high and proud." Lu Qingzhu is a very carefree person. She was a little frustrated just now, but now her smiling face is back.

"Then let's go check the place later. Second brother, you don't really want to find those things again, do you? Why don't you think about it? Even if we do find them, can we bring them back? Or will we have to go through all that trouble and ask Uncle to come over again?" He Caiwei really didn't know what he was thinking. If they really found those things, the small ones would be fine, they could bring them back, but what if there were many? What about the larger boxes? Could the two of them, with their small bodies, carry them back?

Is it possible to keep it from being discovered like this? That's unlikely.

"Uh, little sister, I really haven't thought about this question. But I don't have high hopes of finding anything. I just came out to explore and have some fun. Don't take it too seriously. There's really not much. The last time we found something was just good luck. Do you think those people are stupid? They ran away and didn't take the stuff with them. Did they think they'd leave it here for someone else to find? You didn't see how ruthless those people were. They even peeled off several layers of plaster from the walls."

"The house we went to before, the entire wall of the study had been torn down. Did those people think someone would use gold or something like that as bricks? That would be stupid! Wouldn't gold change color if it was in the wall?" Based on the knowledge that Lu Erge had, gold was a relatively soft substance and couldn't be used as bricks at all.

“It seems a bit tragic, but that’s because you haven’t seen anything worse, Second Brother. When my mother and I traveled south, we saw a place where the entire floorboards had been dug down two meters deep. Not to mention the inner walls, even the outer walls were dug through. Which do you think is more tragic?” He Caiwei really didn’t expect her Second Brother to think this way.

Indeed, what they could think of, others could also think of. It was normal for the plaster to be peeled off, after all, someone once used gold bricks as wall bricks. Of course, many people can make such connections, so she had seen many large houses with their walls and floor tiles peeled off, which was quite normal. It was just that her second brother seemed to have never seen anything like it, and he found it incredible that the plaster had been peeled off.

"What? The floor has been dug two meters deep. Are they trying to dig a tunnel? Did they find anything?" Lu Qingzhu asked somewhat naively.

"How would I know? When we passed by there, all that was left were ruins. The houses were about to collapse. We didn't dare to go in and take a look. How about I take you to see it next time you come, Second Brother?" He Caiwei looked at her naive and innocent Second Brother with a half-smile.

"No, no, please." Lu Qingzhu quickly waved his hand. He wasn't really stupid. If others couldn't find the item, would it still be there when he arrived?

As the two spoke in hushed tones, they entered the first house. He Caiwei looked around, clicked her tongue twice, and shook her head.

“This house is even more ‘clean’ than the ones I’ve encountered before. Look at the floorboards, they’ve practically been dug up from every nook and cranny. Do you believe that if it rains or snows heavily for a day or two, this house will collapse?” He Caiwei and her brother wandered around for a bit and then found a staircase to sit down.

"It's clean enough. Even the floor tiles and waste sand that were dug up have been removed." Lu Qingzhu looked at the house and found it to be truly clean. The house they had visited before, at least the bricks and plaster that had been removed were still in their original places. But all the bricks that had been soaked down and the sand and gravel on the ground had been cleared away. It was truly clean, with only dust and nothing else.

"Alright, do you want to go check out the place you found in the toilet or the kitchen? There shouldn't be anything in those places that would lead anyone astray, except for food." He Caiwei looked at the dejected Lu Qingzhu with a bit of a laugh.

"Hey, you know what, we have to go check it out, lest we miss something good. I'm telling you, the one we saw before was really inconspicuous, right at the very bottom corner of the wall. The grout lines were all plastered with black mud, so you really couldn't see it unless you looked very closely." Lu Qingzhu's interest was piqued when she mentioned this.

He stood up, dusted himself off, and pulled his sister into the toilet. He Caiwei was speechless; this brother was so unreliable.

Ten minutes later, Lu Qingzhu was back to his dejected self. He had just gone to the toilet and kitchen, and kicked every single brick still stuck to the wall, but none of them were the same as the ones before.

"Alright, alright, hurry up, we need to act fast. Such a good opportunity doesn't come every day. We need to get back early. If Auntie finds out we ran away, I don't think we'll get more than just a beating. Come on, let's go back to the toilet upstairs. I've made a new discovery." He Caiwei looked at his dejected look, then at the upstairs, and pulled him upstairs again. She had just discovered that the toilet was still in good working order.

Even squat toilets are rare these days, let alone such an exquisite toilet; it must have been imported from abroad. Although he hadn't looked closely, this kind of toilet has two water storage compartments.

I just don't know why this toilet wasn't vandalized.

"What discovery? Where is my sister?" As soon as Lu Qingzhu heard about the new discovery, her eyes immediately lit up as she stared at her sister in front of her, her gaze as bright as a puppy seeing a bone.

"Didn't you see anything different in that nice bathroom upstairs?"

"The different place? Oh, that toilet, yes, that toilet bowl. The whole house is dilapidated, but that toilet bowl is just missing a corner. Little sister, is there something in the toilet bowl? But where could you hide it?" It's not Lu Qingzhu's fault for not knowing where to hide it, after all, that toilet bowl doesn't look like a place to hide things.

"I have a feeling there's something hidden in here. Why don't you see where it might be?" He Caiwei deliberately teased him.

Lu Qingzhu didn't insist. She ran over and started cleaning the toilet herself, groping around. Anyway, no one had used it for a long time, the water had been cut off, and it didn't smell anymore.

Lu Qingzhu looked left and right, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something. She picked up the water tank cover at the back. The water inside had dried up, and there were only a few parts left. There was nothing else. Lu Qingzhu looked at her sister with a puzzled expression.

He Caiwei walked over, snatched the lid from his hand, and threw it on the ground. It shattered with a crash, spilling out some gold melon seeds and several necklaces.

Lu Qingzhu stared in astonishment, her mouth agape. No, they hadn't touched the toilet seat at all. How did her sister know there was something inside?