The next morning, Zhang Yang cooked a packet of instant noodles and thought about where to go to continue making money. For Zhang Yang, who had never seen the world, this was the only way he could think of to make money using his ability. As for gambling stones and other things, he had only heard of them but had never encountered them before.

  Thinking about his own plan, someone suddenly knocked on the door. Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, hastily looked at his money, all of which he had put away, and since there was nothing unusual in the room, he went to open the door.

  The landlady stood at the door with a smile on her face and said: "Little Zhang, there's something I'd like to discuss with you!"

  To the elderly at home Zhang Yang are very respectful, hastily opened the door and said: "Grandma you come in and say!"

  The old lady took a look around the room and saw that, just like before, there was nothing of value. She rolled her eyes, these workers didn't know how to add any decent things.

  "It's like this, Little Zhang. We agreed on a rent of 300 yuan per month back then. You also know that prices have risen sharply now, and 300 yuan is really too little. I, the old lady, need to make a living too." The old lady muttered to herself.

  Zhang Yang's face changed slightly, and he asked: "How much did you say it would rise?"

  The old lady smiled and said: "Five hundred a month!"

  "What five hundred!" Zhang shouted out loud.

  The old lady's face changed and she said: "What's wrong with 500? With the current rate of inflation, 500 is not a lot at all!"

  Zhang Yang's face turned ugly, he didn't understand how the old lady could say that. When he first rented the house, Zhang Yang was new to the big city and eager to find a place to live. He didn't dare contact those expensive intermediaries, so he looked at the small ads on the side of the road and found this place. In the end, he spent 300 yuan to rent a room with only over ten square meters. There wasn't even a kitchen, it was just a warehouse that had been cleaned up and rented out as a house.

  Zhang Yang didn't understand and thought that housing prices in big cities were just that expensive, so he spent 300 yuan to rent it.

  It wasn't until later, when he became familiar with the place, that he realized 300 yuan could get him a month's stay in a small hotel, which even had TV and fans. But here, there was nothing, just a broken-down house.

  However, Zhang Yang is a bit nostalgic and thought of renting it out, so he didn't mind about this. Unexpectedly, the old lady suddenly said she wanted to raise the rent.

  "We originally agreed on 300 yuan a month, how can you just raise it like that!" Zhang Yang angrily asked.

  The old lady hummed and said: "Little Zhang, didn't your salary also increase? I only increased yours by 200 yuan a month, not much."

  "If it's like this, then I won't rent it."

  The old lady sneered and said: "Even if you don't rent it out, you still have to pay next month's rent."

  Zhang Yang looked at the old landlady in disbelief. He had never thought that the kind and gentle old lady he had been seeing all along would have such a shameless side.

  "What's going on? I've already moved out, what more do you want?" Liu Jian shouted angrily.

  The old lady suddenly shouted: "Elder son, come in! This little brat refuses to pay rent!"

  The door was pushed open with a bang, and a fat man over 1.8 meters tall walked in, his face full of anger, shouting: "Mom, who dares to bully you, living in my house without paying rent, are they looking for death?"

  The old lady pointed at Zhang Yang with a proud smile: "It's this kid!"

  Zhang Yang saw this situation and instead calmed down and asked: "What does this mean? Am I forced to rent whether I want to or not?"

  The fat guy nicknamed Erzi laughed and said, "Can't you see that this is a reasonable thing? My old lady said to raise the rent, so just hand over the money happily, otherwise you'll be in trouble."

  The old lady's tone softened a bit: "Little Zhang, I understand that it's not easy for you to work outside, but you should also understand me. I'm just relying on this house rent to make a living. You don't want to go to the police station over this matter, do you?"

  The second son said: "I'm not scaring you, my brother is the director of the police station. You're just a migrant worker from another place, if you mess with me, believe it or not, I'll have you arrested and detained!"

  When he heard the two words "detention", Zhang Yang's face changed slightly.

  The two sons thought Zhang Yang was afraid, and continued to intimidate him: "We are native Tianjin people, we can deal with you easily, hand over the rent quickly, and this matter will pass."

  Zhang Yang clenched his fists, staring at the mother and son in front of him, one playing the red face and the other playing the black face. He was so angry that he wanted to punch them both to death. Originally, Zhang Yang had made some money and planned to move away in a few days to find a better place. Before leaving, he would tell them about the gold under the ground.

  But this disgusting performance made Zhang Yang suddenly see how ugly human nature is, no wonder these tenants came and went, none of them stayed long, he used to think it was because of the conditions, now it seems that it's all because of this greedy mother and son who drove them away.

  "Alright, here you are, here you are!" Zhang Yang took out 500 yuan from his pocket and handed it to the old lady.

  Waiting until they were far away, Zhang Yang looked at the cement floor and a hint of madness flashed in his eyes. Since you can treat me like this today, I'll take the gold that originally belonged to your family, there's nothing more to say.

  It's called a cement floor, but it's uneven and bumpy, with some places even showing the dirt underneath. It's easy to imagine that this cement floor is just for show. After spending so much money on lottery tickets, Zhang Yang no longer pays attention to these small changes.

  But now he has changed, Zhang Yang decided that even if it's just a little bit to dig out, he wants to dig out the gold under the ground. After being indignant for a long time, Zhang Yang finally calmed down and went out.

  This time, Zhang Yang took out all the cash and encountered such a landlord. He didn't dare to put the money at home, in case it was stolen, he had nowhere to reason with. After all, Zhang Yang was still young and lacked social experience. As long as the rental contract was signed, even if the other party wanted to raise the rent, they couldn't use such a method.

  Took the bus to another district, Zhang Yang gained several thousand yuan again. Except for leaving one thousand yuan for spare use, all the others were deposited into the bank by Zhang Yang.

  After leaving the bank, Zhang Yang came to a hardware store.

  After turning around for a few rounds, Zhang Yang felt somewhat disappointed. The tools here were really too big. If he bought them back like this, it would easily arouse the old lady's suspicion.

  The boss asked: "What did you buy, young man?"

  "I want to buy a more solid shovel, preferably a smaller one that can be folded."

  The boss smiled and said: "Young man, what you're talking about is a military shovel. You need to go to the military service company to buy it. I don't have any here."

  Zhang Yang hastily thanked the boss and then searched everywhere, finally finding a military supplies service company in an inconspicuous alley.

  After going in, Zhang Yang saw military coats, uniforms and various tools inside.

  "Hello, is there a military shovel here?" Zhang Yang asked.

  The salesperson asked: "Which one do you want? The long one, the short one, or the foldable one, domestic or foreign?"

  "Abroad, I want a foldable and sturdy one."

  The salesperson picked up a military green iron shovel and said: "This one is imported, very sturdy. Those who go camping outdoors all buy this kind."

  "How much money?"

  "One hundred and thirty yuan!" said the salesperson.

  "Is it that expensive?"

  "The imported ones are a bit more expensive, but the domestic ones are fine for forty-five!"

  Let's just buy the more expensive one!

  Looking at the camouflage uniform, he thought of himself working late into the night, and other clothes not being resistant to dirt. Zhang Yang bought a set of camouflage uniforms, a pair of military boots, and a military backpack for carrying soil. When he walked out of the store, he had spent a total of 300 yuan.

  Fortunately, I earned several thousand yuan today, and Zhang Yang's consumption started. Even so, Zhang Yang was heartbroken. However, thinking of that box of glittering gold, Zhang Yang's heart ignited again.

  Back in the room, Zhang Yang locked the door from the inside, pulled up the curtains and turned on the light.

  After listening and finding no movement in the courtyard, General Zhang Yang took out his shovel, changed into his military uniform, put on his military boots, and wore gloves to start his digging career.

  The ground was indeed as Zhang Yang had expected, with just a thin layer of cement on top. At the spot where the earth was exposed, a strong dig revealed that the cement floor had been dug up, exposing the mud underneath.

  Zhang Yang carefully listened to the movements in the yard, his heart pounding, there is a saying that goes "a thief's heart is always nervous", which might be his current mood, as a good young man, this kind of thing he has never done before.

  If it weren't for the landlord's old lady being too overbearing, Zhang Yang wouldn't have chosen to do this.

  Without a sound, Zhang Yang took a deep breath and continued digging downwards. An hour later, Zhang Yang sat on the ground, drenched in sweat, with a hole already dug out of the earth.

  Zhang Yang wasn't someone who hadn't done farm work before, he had a lot of physical strength, but he was really too nervous. Every time a car passed by on the road, Zhang Yang would nervously stop and his hands would be covered in cold sweat.

  Fortunately, the hardest part has been dug out, and what's left is just soil and stones. He lay down in front of the window and looked outside, but there was no movement at all. Zhang Yang thought that the old lady might have gone out with her son.

  The landlady actually doesn't live here, she has a house in the small district up front and comes here every day just to attract tenants, because there are almost no tenants who stay here for more than two months. At first, I didn't understand the market and was cheated, but after a long time, who would still be willing to live here? Not to mention the landlady's frequent rent increases.

  Just before the other tenants returned to their rooms, Zhang Yang finally dug out the trunk.

  The box wasn't very big, over ten centimeters high, thirty centimeters long, and nearly twenty centimeters wide. On top was an old-fashioned lock that had rusted, Zhang Yang used a military shovel to pry into the gap of the box, with one effort, the box creaked open.

  These gold bars seem to be shining, Zhang Yang's excited breathing almost stopped, gold bars, densely packed with gold bars!!!

  He excitedly picked up a handful, his eyes fixed on it without blinking, and this feeling had him enthralled. It wasn't until after a long while that he came back to himself, slowly counting them out - a full fifty gold bars!

  Zhang Yang took out all the gold bars, one by one, and laid them on the bed. Then he lay down on the bed, looking at this bar, touching that bar... so many gold bars! Zhang Yang didn't know what to do anymore, his heart only had one thought: I've become rich!!!

  After taking out the gold bars, it was much more exciting than when they were underground with Zhang Yang. At this time, even if the landlady didn't raise his rent, he wouldn't think of telling them anymore.

  No wonder they say money can move people's hearts, seeing so much gold, who can remain calm.

  After a while, Zhang Yang suddenly thought, how much are these gold bars worth?

  The salesperson who sold himself a mobile phone said that this mobile phone can access the internet, Zhang Yang hurriedly took out his mobile phone.

  After searching online and seeing the prices above, Zhang Yang's mouth could no longer be closed.

  During the Republic of China era, a gold bar was generally 1,000 grams. At today's price of 420 yuan per gram, one gold bar would be worth 420,000 yuan. There were fifty bars in total, so that would be 21,000,000 yuan.

  After getting this number, Zhang Yang was stunned, and when he calculated it, he was frightened.