Chapter Sixteen: The Jade Snuff Bottle (Part One)

  Suppressing his excitement, Li Yang slowly calmed down. He couldn't tell his parents about the special ability yet, or they would worry even more.

  Li Yang had already made up his mind. He would dig up the things underground by himself, and then tell his parents that he had found them by accident. After that, he would go find Zhang Ying to appraise their value. If it was worth a good amount of money, he would sell them off, keep some for reserve, and use the rest to buy a house in Mingyang City. The remaining amount could be left for his older brother, who had always wanted to start a business, which could serve as the capital.

  Looking at the cement floor under the bed, Li Yang began to feel a little lucky that he had tried out his special ability when he was bored, otherwise this box would definitely have been dug up during the renovation of the house, and by then it would either be stolen or handed over to the state.

  Li Yang quietly got out of bed, looked at the lights in his parents' room and didn't see them on, then went to the yard and put the chisel and iron hammer in his own room. He gently moved his single bed away and slowly chipped away at the cement blocks on the ground.

  His special ability helped Li Yang again at this time. The cement on the ground had been laid for decades, but the old stuff was of good quality. It was almost impossible to knock it open without alarming his parents. After Li Yang saw the cracks in the cement clearly in the 3D image and then hammered down, he soon opened a small pit.

  The cement floor was opened, and the rest of the things were also easier. Li Yang's house is in the old city area, and the land under the ground is all soft soil. In less than two hours, Li Yang had dug open more than half a meter deep.

  But it became increasingly difficult to dig further down, as the soil gradually hardened and there were many broken stones underneath. Li Yang used his special ability again to remember the structure of the soil clearly before re-digging, until more than 5 o'clock in the morning, when he finally dug out that small iron box.

  If it weren't for having a clear understanding of the entire soil structure beforehand, it would be impossible to dig this thing out today. Even so, after digging it out, Li Yang was exhausted and panting, his fingers not wanting to move again.

  After resting for a whole hour, Li Yang finally buried all the soil again. The crushed cement floor could not be restored, so he could only spread the crushed cement on it and then sweep away the remaining soil.

  After finishing all this, the sky was already bright, and my mother had gotten up to cook breakfast. My father sat on the sofa reading a book. Neither of them knew that their son had been busy in his room for the whole night.

  "How beautiful!"

  As soon as he opened the box, Li Yang's eyes widened immediately, and his fatigue from the whole night seemed to have vanished. He carefully looked at the small jade snuff bottle in his hand.

  Although this snuff bottle had appeared in Li Yang's mind many times, those were all illusions, far less shocking than the real thing he held in his hand and saw with his own eyes.

  The snuff bottle in front of him was only about six or seven centimeters high and about three centimeters wide, but because it had been buried underground for a long time, its luster and exquisite craftsmanship were not damaged at all. The reborn snuff bottle even brought a special spirituality, making Li Yang couldn't help but gently stroke it with his hand.

  "This high-ice jadeite is exquisitely crafted, it's got to be worth at least two million!"

  Li Yang's mouth curled up with a hint of a smile, the jade material of this snuff bottle was almost identical to the first piece of jade he had deciphered, and the structure inside the jade was very similar. Li Yang believed that the two jades were the same.

  "Yangyang, dinner is ready!"

  His mother suddenly called out to Li Yang from outside, and Li Yang hastily put away the snuff bottle, restoring the room to its original state, so that no one could tell anything.

  Breakfast was sumptuous, and Li Yang, who had been tired all night, opened his stomach and ate a good meal. This was the most abundant and happiest meal Li Yang had after experiencing robbery, and the knot of the police and bandit gun battle had completely opened in his heart.

  Li Yang didn't even think about that day's events anymore, and the monkey wasn't bothering him either. Catching criminals was a job for the police, and he hadn't done anything to the monkey, so he had no reason to come looking for trouble himself.

  After breakfast, Li Yang went to rummage through the household's storage room, wanting to come up with a suitable excuse to take out the jade, probably only by accidentally finding treasure in the storage room this lame reason would work, other places parents closed their eyes and knew what was there.

  After rummaging around for a while, Li Yang pulled out the small iron box from under his clothes. The rust on the surface of the small iron box had been cleaned away by Li Yang, but the layer of hidden marks that had been buried for a long time could not be erased. At this moment, Li Yang didn't care about these details either, and soon discovered the treasure, who would still notice such a small thing.

  "Mom, come quick and look, what is this?"

  He took out the emerald snuff bottle and admired it for a while, then suddenly exclaimed with delight. In the sunlight, the emerald snuff bottle looked even more beautiful.

  "What's it called? What thing is it?"

  Mother had just finished cleaning up the kitchen and came out just in time to see Li Yang looking up at the sky holding a small thing.

  "Bring it over and let me take a look, what is this? Jade?" His mother took the turquoise snuff bottle from Li Yang's hand, turned it over twice, and then asked Li Yang in surprise.

  "It should be jade, mom you also know I'm in this line of work now, just a few days ago I made a lot of money with jade, if I'm not mistaken this thing is made of jade!" Li Yang replied with a smile, and after his mother knew the value of this little thing, who knows what expression she would have.

  "Jade? How much is it worth? Let your dad take a look too. When did our family ever have something like this?"

  His mother casually tossed the jade snuff bottle to Li Yang and went to collect clothes to be washed. Li Yang smiled wryly, his mother didn't recognize this thing, probably really didn't take this small thing seriously.

  Li Junshan did take a closer look, Li Junshan was an old teacher, with more experience than his mother, and had already seen that this little thing was extraordinary.

  "Yang Yang, you said this was dug out from the storage room?" After a while, Li Junshan asked Li Yang with his head tilted.

  "Yes, our house is about to be renovated, I wanted to see if there were any childhood memorabilia left, so I specifically went through it again. Unexpectedly, I found this thing!" Li Yang smiled and nodded, his face revealing excitement as he explained: "Dad, don't underestimate this small thing, you know I'm in the jewelry business now, with my professional eye, this is definitely top-quality jadeite, its value won't be less than a million yuan. I'm saying, old dad, when did you hide such a treasure at home?"

  Li Yang finally didn't forget to ask a question in return, so that everyone would think this is the stuff at home first.

  "One million yuan, isn't that an exaggeration? You've only been doing this for a few months and you dare to call yourself an expert?" Li Junshan shook his head, his expression becoming somewhat serious as he carefully examined the small snuff bottle.

  After a while, Li Junshan raised his head and asked Li Yang again: "How does it look like new? Where did you find it?"

  "In an iron box, that box is still broken!" Li Yang replied in a low voice. Li Junshan stood up and walked out directly, Li Yang hurried to follow him, and soon Li Junshan fished out the small iron box from the storage room.

  Looking at the small iron box, Li Junshan's eyebrows were tightly furrowed together.

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