Siheyuan: tomb robbing? I am serious about hunting.

Chapter 196: Rocky

Although Ling'er was afraid, she nodded and held Chu Tian's hand tightly. The two of them walked into the mysterious cave together...

The cave was pitch black, with no sight of one's hand in front of one's face. The damp and cold air was overwhelming, making one's hair stand on end.

Chu Tian took out a fire starter from his arms, blew it up, and looked around in the faint light of the fire.

The cave was full of strange rocks and upside-down stalactites. The ground was covered with slippery moss and the air was filled with a nauseating smell of decay.

"Here...it seems like no one has been here for a long time." Ling'er followed Chu Tian closely, with a hint of trembling in her voice.

"Be careful and follow me closely." Chu Tian said in a low voice with a hint of solemnity in his tone.

The two walked along the rugged cave. There was silence all around them, only the sound of their footsteps echoing in the empty cave, which seemed particularly clear.

I don’t know how long I walked, but suddenly a faint light appeared in front of me.

"There is light ahead!" Ling'er said in surprise, with a hint of excitement in her voice.

Chu Tian also saw the light, a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart, and he quickened his pace.

As the two people got closer, the light became clearer and clearer, and finally, it turned into a dazzling light, illuminating the entire cave.

Chu Tian and Ling'er covered their eyes with their hands. After adjusting for a moment, they slowly put down their hands and looked at the scene in front of them.

At the end of the cave, I saw a paradise!

Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, the grass is green, clear streams are winding, colorful flowers are blooming, and the air is filled with refreshing floral fragrance, which is breathtakingly beautiful.

"This... where is this?" Ling'er opened her mouth in surprise and looked at the scene in disbelief.

Chu Tian was also shocked by the scene before him. He had never thought that there was such a paradise on earth hidden in these deep mountains and forests.

At this moment, a pleasant piano sound came from afar, melodious and beautiful, like the sound of nature.

Chu Tian and Ling'er looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in white sitting on a blue stone not far away. She had her back to them and her long black hair cascading down like a waterfall. Her slender fingers gently plucked the strings of the piano, playing a beautiful melody.

Chu Tian and Ling'er were so attracted by the sudden sound of the piano that they even forgot to go forward and ask.

At the end of the song, the woman in white slowly stood up, turned around, revealing a stunningly beautiful face.

"It's you!"

Chu Tian and Ling'er exclaimed at the same time, with looks of disbelief on their faces.

The midday sun lazily sprinkled in the courtyard, and a few sparrows jumped on the branches, chirping, as if discussing some gossip. In the yard, the third aunt was sitting at the door of her house picking vegetables, and from time to time she looked up in the direction of the middle courtyard, with a barely perceptible excitement in her eyes.

"What is Qin Huairu trying to do again?" The third aunt muttered to herself, but her hands did not stop moving. Instead, they sped up a bit, as if she was afraid of missing out on something good.

In the middle courtyard, in front of Qin Huairu's house.

Qin Huairu was wearing a washed blue cloth dress, but it couldn't hide her pitiful appearance. She lowered her head, her shoulders trembled slightly, and she wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves from time to time, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Auntie, you have to make the decision for me! It's all my fault that I spoiled Banggeng too much. Now he's getting worse and worse!"

The aunt sat on a small bench at the door, frowning, looking at Qin Huairu crying in front of her, but sighed secretly in her heart. Qin Huairu came to the door to cry every few days, either because of Banggeng stealing chickens and dogs, or because Jia Zhang quarreled with people in the courtyard. In short, she never stopped.

"Huai Ru, stop crying and tell me slowly what happened?" the aunt asked patiently.

Qin Huairu sniffed and choked up as she said, "Auntie, you know that my son Banggeng has always wanted to go to a middle school in the city, but you know that our family is in such a difficult situation that we cannot afford to send him to the city! So I asked someone to find out about that middle school in the city. If you have connections, you can get in. I was thinking that in our factory, you are the only one who can get your word in. Do you think you can..."

Qin Huairu paused here deliberately and looked at the old lady eagerly. The look in her eyes was like a drowning person grabbing the last straw.

When Auntie heard this, she immediately understood Qin Huairu's intention. In the past few years, Qin Huairu relied on the fact that she was a widow to take advantage of the people in the courtyard. Uncle Yi helped their family a lot, but it was okay to just give money and food, but now she actually wanted Uncle Yi to help her get in through the back door, which was a bit too much.

"Huai Ru, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but don't you know how Bang Geng's academic performance is? Besides, you know how much money it will cost to go to a middle school in the city. Where can you ask an old man to get so much money for you?"

Before the first auntie could speak, the third auntie squeezed in from the crowd and said with dissatisfaction. Ever since Qin Huairu wanted to give her the broken pot last time, the third auntie has been quite dissatisfied with Qin Huairu's nature of taking advantage.

"Third aunt, what you said means that I have no choice. Banggeng is the only child of the Jia family. As his mother, how can I not think about him?" Qin Huairu's eyes turned red and tears fell again.

"Come on, Qin Huairu, stop pretending to be pitiful here! Everyone knows what you are thinking. Don't you just want the old man to spend money on your Banggeng? I advise you to give up this idea! The old man's money is not blown by the wind, why should he give it all to your family?"

Someone in the crowd shouted something, which immediately attracted a wave of response from the people around him.

Qin Huairu saw that the situation was not good, her eyes rolled, and she cried even louder, "Oh God, how can you be so cruel! I am a widow with three children, how can it be easy for me? How can you say this to me..."

As she cried, the people around her started to talk about it. Some people sympathized with Qin Huairu's experience, while others felt that she was blackmailing them morally. For a moment, the yard was in chaos...

"Shut up, everyone!"

A roar came from outside the crowd. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the second uncle with his hands behind his back, walking in with square steps. He was wearing a washed-out Zhongshan suit today, his hair was combed meticulously, and he looked like a leader.

"The uncle hasn't spoken yet, what are you guys arguing about? Do you have any moral character of respecting the elderly and loving the young?" Liu Haizhong glanced at everyone with a look of pride and disdain in his eyes.