Return to Splendid

Chapter 115 Tips on Borrowing Money

Xing Yi quickly left the valley.Only when we were far away did we look back at where we were.

This should be the middle section of a river fork on the left side of the upper reaches of the reservoir. After the power plant built the reservoir and impounded the water, the river fork and the valley sank to the bottom of the reservoir. Looking for stones in the future can only be found in the dry season when the reservoir shrinks and the valley is exposed. Chance.

Xing Yi then thought that the opening time of the provincial strange stone expo should be five days later.

The gentleman surnamed Hong sent to "Fighting Sky" to participate in the second session.

In other words, the man surnamed Hong has not yet met the chicken blood stone, and is still working hard in the valley... But on my side, by chance, I was lucky enough to meet it in this deep and unknown valley.

Xing Yi left the valley and returned the same way. He met up with Wen Qiyi where he found the nest of the red-bellied bird. Pay attention to Wen Qiyi, but he was still empty-handed...

Returning to the hydropower plant, Xing Yi asked the old carpenter to come forward that night and mobilized the villagers to follow him down to the valley. From dark to midnight, using the light of the flashlight, he moved back a total of more than a hundred stones, as big as A bucket is as small as a bowl.

The stones were placed in the cave behind the old carpenter's house, where their family stored their potatoes.

The cave was almost as big as a room, with piles of stones and holes for footing. The old carpenter also piled some corn stalks and sorghum stalks at the entrance of the cave, so that ordinary people could not find it.

Xing Yi squatted inside, with the flashlight hanging on his chest, checking the stones one by one, looking at them from different angles, hoping to find the shocking fighting sky.

After working for three hours, I couldn't find it.

The old carpenter stood behind him and watched him quietly playing with the stones.

He asked the old carpenter, what was the name of the valley?

The old carpenter shook his head, he didn't know either.

The valley does not have a name yet, but a man surnamed Hong was interviewed by a reporter and said that his stone came from a place called Hongshigou. It should be that people later built the stone. The stone has not yet come out, so the valley forks. It can only remain unknown.

He selected the toad-shaped stone, washed away the dirt with water, and wiped it dry.

"Does it look like a toad?" he asked the old carpenter.

"It looks like it, but the base of its tail is too small."

The upper body of the red hamo stone was fine, but there was some excess on the upper part of the tail. After cleaning it with a toothbrush, a pile of dots the size of rapeseed appeared.

I picked it with a bamboo skewer and pried it with a wire, but it couldn't be removed. The small dots were native to the toad and were a part of its body. After cleaning, the pigment of the small dots became even deeper.

There was no other way. Forcibly removing these little dots would inevitably cause scars on the toad's tail, which would affect the whole thing, so we had to give up.

"Wash them clean like eggs laid by a toad." said the old carpenter.

He told the old carpenter that the stone would be sent to the province, where a strange stone expo was being held, and he would send it to experts there for evaluation.

He pulled out a tree root from the pile of wood collected by the old carpenter, put the stone on it, made a pose, and said, "I want to ask you to help carve a base and put it like this."

The old carpenter thought about it and asked, "Then what style do you want me to carve?"

Xing Yi said: "It's up to your imagination."

"When do you want it?"

"The sooner the better, I will take him to the province the day after tomorrow."

The old carpenter stared at the stone for a while, then he got an idea and started working on it.

In order not to hinder the old carpenter, Xing Yi returned to the hut. He had to think about where to borrow money to pay for the stone removal.

After a tiring day, sleepiness quickly set in. Before I could think of who to look for, I closed my eyes.

The toad stone jumped out of the valley, squatting in front of it and chirping. Rows of small tadpoles climbed off its back and slipped into the stream. The big toad swam in front, and the small tadpoles followed closely in a line, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

This was the sweetest sleep in half a month. When I woke up, I felt relaxed and went to see the old carpenter's work progress. The base was already taking shape in the hands of the old carpenter.

The old carpenter's idea was a small stream with rippling waves and red stones embedded in it, just like a toad swimming in the stream. The small dots on its back were soaked in water and came to life.

Xing Yi's eyes lit up, and the scene in his dream flashed before him. Then a scene popped up, and four words were gradually revealed: endless life.

Well, that's the name of this stone.

He murmured: "Well, now, no matter [-], it's still worth [-]."

"What did you say?" asked the old carpenter.

He said: "With your pedestal, someone will definitely bid on this stone."

"You mean someone paid for it?"

"Yes, I am sure of that."

The old carpenter shook his head repeatedly: "What's the use of spending so much money on a stone? He must have taken the wrong medicine."

Xing Yi smiled and asked the old carpenter to carve the base deeper so that the stone could be embedded more firmly.

He is going to see Wen Qiyi now.

He first told Wen Qiyi that there was a place where he could clearly see the real nest of the red-bellied bird. There were five speckled eggs inside, which he had discovered when he went hunting for birds last time. According to his estimation, the nest should have been out by now. It would be fun to take the little bird back and raise it to grow up.I don’t know if you like it,

Wen Qiyi said: "The birdcage in my office is specially used to raise little birds. It has been empty for more than a year. Where is this nest of birds, please take me there quickly."

Xing Yi said: "It's too early to go now, which will disturb the adult birds. They are very sensitive. According to the habits of this kind of bird, when disturbed, they will stay away from the nest and never come back. The young birds are too small, even if they are brought back to be raised in captivity, , it won’t survive. So we need to be patient and wait a few more days.”

Wen Qiyi said: "Don't lie to others."

Xing Yi said: "I have to wait for you to arrange a new job for me. Can I do anything sorry to you at this time?"

"Okay, I believe you, how about we wait a week before going?"

"It's a word."

Then he said: "I'm sorry, I'm in trouble. I need money urgently. Please think of a way to borrow some for me."

Wen Qiyi rolled his eyes, shrugged, patted himself on the butt, and said, "I don't have any money on me, and I don't have any at home either."

"I'm not asking you to borrow money, I'm asking you for help. I'm asking someone else to borrow money. I won't let the borrower suffer. I'll pay the interest and keep it high or low."

"What do you mean?"

"In other words, it is much higher than bank interest."

"How much is a lot?"

"To be more specific, lend me one thousand now, and I will pay back one thousand two within one month."

"I do not understand."

"You don't understand, do you? Let's put it this way, for example, if you lend me one thousand, just give me eight hundred, and two hundred will be deducted on the spot, which is the interest."

"Then the borrowed money is still one thousand?"

"Of course, 1000 yuan is a lot."

"What if I can't pay it back by then?"

"Do what you say."

"According to industry regulations, the interest must be doubled."

"You know."

"This is not a matter of understanding or not, it is a matter of basic rules."

"Rules are made by people."

"Is it okay?"

"Of course, who told me I need money urgently?"

"Then you have to write an IOU."

"Write."

"Okay, I'll go ask and see if they want to borrow it."