Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 255 Amber Reappears
Lu Qiaoge's gaze fell on the topmost stone.

The basement was poorly lit, so I couldn't see the color of the stones, but they were definitely not ordinary large stones.

Lu Qiaoge shone her flashlight over the stone, and its surface gleamed with a cold, matte sheen. She touched it, and the moment her palm touched it, she felt an indescribable warmth slowly flowing from the stone into her hand.

Lu Qiaoge abruptly withdrew her hand.

Upon closer inspection, it was clearly a jadeite rough with a sandy skin.

She shone the flashlight closer, and the yellowish-white beam suddenly refracted into a tiny, needle-like green spot.

Lu Qiaoge's fingertips twitched slightly. This piece of jade still had a window cut into it.
She was absolutely certain it was true because she felt it.

Lu Qiaoge slowly straightened up. This was the first time she had felt energy from something else since coming to this world. She touched the gold again but felt nothing. It seemed that only jade could.

No, that's not right either. She also has five jade bracelets and six jade pendants at home, all made of jadeite, just like a pool of clear water.

But when you touch it, you can't feel anything.

Is it because it's too small?

She did touch them one by one back then.

So, these stones must all be raw jadeite?

Lu Qiaoge took out the stone she had just seen. She felt nothing when she held it. After thinking for a moment, she pressed her palm down again.

The feeling from before returned in the vast expanse of Mount Sumeru.

Lu Qiaoge remained calm; she had experienced this feeling before during the apocalypse.

Even if it's hardly needed in this era, since we already have it, let's keep it.

As for the value of this jade, Lu Qiaoge didn't even consider it.

However, after only about a minute, Lu Qiaoge withdrew her hand. In the darkness, a hint of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes; this was something she hadn't expected.

Lu Qiaoge looked at the stone again; the fist-sized stone had been shattered into powder.

Inside this box, the large stones are the size of footballs, while the smaller ones are about the size of a man's fist.

Lu Qiaoge clenched her hands, carefully sensing her body and mental energy in the darkness.

It has a strange, indescribable silky smooth feel.

Yes, both strength and speed have increased.

Lu Qiaoge felt that if she ran to the foot of Yuanbao Mountain now, the place where she had a picnic with Qin Hengzhi's comrades last time, starting from the North Gate, it would probably take her less than three minutes.

That's fast enough to be considered top speed.

Lu Qiaoge didn't delay any longer. After all, the power and speed were hers to keep, so it didn't matter when she looked at them.

But if I don't open all these boxes, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night.

Lu Qiaoge opened the remaining nineteen boxes.

It really is like opening a blind box.

That long-lost feeling of excitement welled up in my heart again.

There are eight boxes filled with gold sand.

There are five boxes filled with jadeite rough stones of various sizes.

There were two boxes containing gold nuggets and gold ingots mixed with stones.

There were four more boxes. When Lu Qiaoge opened one of them, her pupils contracted. It was a box full of amber.

After a moment of hesitation, Lu Qiaoge understood, because the place with the most amber was Fushun in Northeast China.

The Japanese who stole gold from the old mines went to Fushun and looted it extensively, but he didn't hand it over. Instead, he secretly transported it back to Jiangcheng, intending to smuggle it back to his family through special channels.

Like gold, the moment you open the box, you can feel the delicate, warm, and bright luster of amber with its vibrant color.

Lu Qiaoge was very patient this time, looking at them one by one.

There are basically two types: gem-quality amber and insect amber.

They are colorful and varied in shape. Each one, even when covered in dust, is still radiant, beautiful, and dazzling.

It's so beautiful.

Lu Qiaoge's gaze fell on the remaining three boxes.

She took the flashlight and shone it on them one by one.

Everything was amber, a dazzling display.

Among the insects, ants were the most numerous. Lu Qiaoge also saw a small fish made of amber, and there were many more unidentified substances.

Grandpa has a few of them; he bought them at a high price and cherishes them immensely.

But she had four large boxes full of them.

Fu*shun was extensively exploited by the Japanese in the past, so there is no doubt that this was another stronghold of the Japanese.

Fortunately, it wasn't open to the public. If we had come back in a few years, their descendants might have found it.

Those despicable robbers!
Lu Qiaoge remembered the two amber pieces that Dian Dian had given her. Now that she thought about it, they might have been from the same batch, played with by them. They weren't in a hurry, thinking they could dominate for hundreds of years, but they failed. So the gold sand got lost on the way, and then Dian Dian found it...

These are too valuable for research; she can't keep them all.

But since she already has the item, there's no rush.

When the right opportunity presented itself, she donated it.

It can't be moved for the time being. The environment in the basement is quite good, with low humidity but not dry either, otherwise these amber pieces wouldn't have been preserved so well.

Place the four boxes filled with amber back in their original positions.

Lu Qiaoge then arranged the others back to their original positions.

There were twenty-nine boxes: fifteen boxes of gold sand, four boxes of gold nuggets, six boxes of raw jadeite, and the last four boxes of amber.

Just then, Little Cangcang, who was guarding the well, flew in, but wisely didn't fly inside. Instead, it stayed at the landslide site and said to Lu Qiaoge, "Little master, someone is knocking on the door. It's Aunt Bai from next door. She said the water in your well is delicious and she wants to fetch a bucket of water..."

The tabby cat perched on the wall, somewhat regretful that it couldn't go inside. Although it was very powerful and virtually invincible, it worried that it might lose its grip on the rope and fall into the water.

It is most afraid of water.

The only option left was to send Xiao Cangcang to inform the young master.

Actually, both Big Mouse and Little Mouse are fine.

But this is a well, and the shrewd rat wouldn't dare go down to inform its young master without his permission.

The most suitable one is Xiao Cangcang.

Lu Qiao shone his flashlight around, then said to Xiao Cangcang, "You and the others, don't look for the entrance yet. Stay where you are and don't move."

Little Cangcang: [Yes, little master.]

Lu Qiaoge took a flashlight and led Xiao Cangcang out of the basement.

Lu Qiaoge held the rope with one hand and closed the door that had been opened in the well wall with the other.

I must say, the design is really ingenious; you can't tell at all when it's closed.

But then again, without a certain amount of strength, it really wouldn't be possible to open it after it's been rusted shut for so many years.

Lu Qiaoge restored the well to its original state and tidied herself up as well.

Then he quickly walked towards the main gate.

Aunt Bai carried two buckets, her face beaming with smiles: "Comrade Xiao Lu, I'm sorry, it's just that your water is really delicious. It's a famous sweet water well in this area. We used to come here to fetch water all the time."

The tabby cat meowed a few times.

[Little master, she's lying. The lady of the house has a bad temper and doesn't like them coming to fetch water. She also doesn't keep in touch with the neighbors much.]

The main reason is that his house is large and made of bricks and tiles, which led to jealous neighbors reporting him multiple times. Therefore, they rarely interact with each other.

But I heard from Mrs. Qian that the water in our well is really delicious, just like spring water, sweet and refreshing.

(End of this chapter)