Chapter Fifty-Nine: Astonishment

  Thanks for the reward from Blood Lion Beast Emperor!

  Chu Jiaqiang raised his head to look up, let out a bitter laugh, it seemed that he couldn't go up today. The wild bananas below could be forgotten, but the golden money turtle must be brought back home no matter what, it was safer this way. It was also good like this, just in time to accompany his sister down the mountain.

  He looked around at the large group of children: "Are you going to continue climbing up, or go back with me? If you continue forward, you'll have to call an adult over, or you can take a small path on the side and head towards the adults."

  These kids are used to being in the wild, and they feel uncomfortable around adults, so almost everyone shook their heads: "Let's go back together, Uncle Qiang, do you want to move this big turtle back?"

  It's better this way, Chu Jia thought. After all, the people on that side are already too busy to take care of this side. In today's situation, making money is the priority, who would be like herself, idly accompanying a group of children everywhere?

  "Alright then, let's go back together. This big turtle must be brought back too. Let's go! I'll treat everyone to ice cream when we get back," said Chu Jiaqiang.

  Those kids were initially a bit disappointed, but upon hearing there was ice cream to eat, they immediately cheered up.

  Chu Jiaqiang lifted the large golden tortoise with both hands, and the golden tortoise immediately stretched out its head, seeing that someone wanted to move it away, and suddenly struggled violently.

  "Everyone be careful! Taking care of the bigger ones is more important than taking care of the smaller ones, don't rush, and especially don't jump around!" Chu Jiaqiang reminded. As the saying goes: going up the mountain is easy, but coming down is difficult! When going up the mountain, you can rely on physical strength and the vines by the road to quickly climb up. But when coming down the mountain, everyone must be careful, as there will be a tendency to rush downwards, which must be restrained. Otherwise, if one is not careful, they might roll down and get seriously injured!

  "We know, Uncle Qiang!" Those little kids called Chu Jiaqiang "Uncle Qiang", but in their hearts, they didn't regard him as a strict elder, but rather as a friend or the big brother among them. They looked up to him!

  That golden turtle struggled violently from the initial panic to finally shrinking its head, and then there was no movement, it's unknown whether it resigned itself to its fate or what.

  Only Chu Jiaqiang was clear that if he hadn't extracted the spiritual energy from the Shanhe Map and given it to this guy, he would have been in trouble all the way. Although this golden turtle may not be thousands of years old, it is still several hundred years old. Such an old turtle is often a refined creature, extremely sensitive to spiritual energy. Every living being has a desire for longevity, let alone turtles that are known for their longevity? They know that spiritual energy is beneficial to them and can make them live longer.

  Back to the wild banana forest, Chu Jia Wan took most of the wild bananas, and then a group of children helped carry some along the small mountain road. Along the way, they chattered like ducks, but Chu Jia Qiang didn't feel annoyed, instead feeling a sense of relief.

  As soon as he returned to the village, he met the old village chief. The old village chief saw that Chu Jiaqiang had brought back a large group of children so quickly and felt strange. The most troublesome thing for adults in the village was the skin children, who would often play and forget to go home, and adults would have to search everywhere at mealtime.

  "Wow! You're back so soon? Not bad haul! So many wild bananas, all ripe. Hmm? What's that thing you're carrying, Jiaqiang?" The old village chief only just noticed that Chu Jiaqiang was carrying a strange and peculiar object.

  "Village elder, would you like some wild bananas? We have a lot here." Chu Jiajuan handed over a bunch of wild bananas, about ten or more.

  The old village chief originally didn't want to, asking a junior for something, isn't that laughable?

  "Village chief, you take it back! Give it to Huzi, kids like these things. Although they're not as tasty as cultivated ones, they're rich in nutrients. This is a golden turtle, found in the mountain stream on Moonlight Peak." Chu Jiaqiang put the golden turtle on the ground. The turtle immediately poked its head out, looked at the old village chief with disinterest, and then withdrew back into its shell.

  Seeing such a large turtle, and an unprecedented golden giant turtle, the old village chief was extremely shocked, pointing at the golden turtle and asking: "You found it on your mountain? Good fellow! Such a big turtle must be quite old. You say this is a golden turtle? I've never heard of it."

  Those kids immediately helped answer: "Qiang Shu said this big turtle is very valuable, so they moved it back."

  The old village chief looked at Chu Jiaqiang and asked about the specific situation. Chu Jiaqiang nodded: "I can't estimate the price of such a large wild golden turtle, but online someone sold one that was two kilograms for over 600,000 yuan. Even if it's just palm-sized, you can't buy it without spending tens of thousands of yuan, and it's still the kind that has a price but no market."

  The old village chief's eyes widened instantly, and he secretly cursed in his heart: a palm-sized one is worth tens of thousands, a few kilograms heavy one is worth hundreds of thousands, now this big one, how much money will it be worth?

  "Are you selling this golden turtle?"

  Chu Jiaqiang shook his head: "I won't sell, I'm not short of money. This tortoise is a symbol of longevity and good fortune, it can bring luck to the village, and in the future development, we may still need to rely on its good fortune."

  "Oh? How did you know?" The old village chief immediately got to the bottom of it when he heard that it was related to the interests of the village.

  "I also said earlier that relying solely on the people in our village, Chujiacun is very difficult to develop. We must introduce capable people. And this Golden Turtle put outside will absolutely be a living signboard, attracting the attention of many turtle enthusiasts." Chu Jiaqiang explained.

  The old village chief's eyes lit up: "Good! Haha! As expected, Jiaqiang thought it through, this golden money turtle will be well served!" After finishing speaking, the old village chief led Chujiayu's wild banana back with great enthusiasm.

  Back home, Yan Tianzhi and his wife saw Chu Jiaqiang return with a group of children, herding ducks, and her hands were also full of fruits. The two really envied this guy's life.

  "What's that thing you're holding?" Yan Tianzhi asked.

  Chu Jiaqiang walked over and put down the golden money turtle: "You see for yourself."

  Jīn qián guī gāng luò dì, yòu shēn chū tóu jiǎo lái, kàn le yī yǎn Yán Tiān Zhì gēn Xǔ Xiù liǎng gè mò shēng rén, gǎn jué méi shén me kàn tóu, ránhòu pá dào Chǔ jiā Qiáng jiǎo biān, tái qǐ tóu zháo zhe Chǔ jiā Qiáng.

  Chu Jiaqiang smiled bitterly: Alright! This guy has really become cunning.

  Yan Tianzhi took a look and suddenly gasped: "Golden Money Turtle? Oh my god! Such a big Golden Money Turtle is rare! I saw one in the provincial capital before, it was as big as a book, and it was worth 4 or 5 million."

  Chu Jiaqiang didn't notice Yan Tianzhi's astonishment and saw him seriously examining the golden money turtle, nor did he disturb him.

  "Aunt Xǔ, these are wild bananas. Try one and you'll find it has a unique flavor." Then, turning to Chǔ Jiā Yuàn: "Aren't you going back to change your clothes? What's the point of standing around here? Bring them in and each take an ice cream."

  A group of children happily followed Chu Jia Yan into the house.

  Xu Xiu heard that it was wild banana, and her eyes lit up slightly. She had heard of these mountain things before, but had never tasted them.

  "Be careful when eating, these wild bananas have seeds inside because they haven't been cut off." Chu Jiaqiang reminded.

  Xu Xiudian nodded and pulled off a banana. After eating it, she found that it had a unique flavor, not as sweet as the bananas grown by farmers, but full of the taste of the mountains.

  "Hmm! It really has seeds. I've never had a banana with seeds before." Xu Xiu felt extremely surprised, even more so than when she ate seedless watermelon.

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