Chapter 24 Hesitation for only a second

"Here, here, here, give." Bai Shitou raised the white pumice in his hand and handed it timidly to Bai Tao.

"For me?" Bai Tao pointed at herself and asked.

There are no toys here. Bai Shitou picked up a stone and played with it for so long, so he must like it. So you just give it to yourself?
Bai Shitou nodded, his eyes moist as he looked at Bai Tao timidly. It took him a long time to finish his words: "Well, give it to aunt, aunt, to my grandma."

The reason why he stumbled when speaking was not only because he was nervous, but also because his parents died early, and he ate little and had insufficient nutrition in the past two years, resulting in slightly delayed development.

Bai Tao hesitated when she heard that. It was not a good idea. She was older than him and had a higher generation than him. It seemed a bit inappropriate to take a child's things.

But the hesitation lasted only a second. Before she finished beeping again in the mall, she took it without hesitation and praised with a smile: "You are a good child."

The tone inexplicably reminiscent of when parents coax red envelopes away from their children during Chinese New Year.

Two hundred thousand per pound, this piece weighs at least two or three taels, it can be sold for a lot of money.

She decided to give Bai Shitou a credit.

When Bai Shitou saw Bai Tao smiling, he liked this stone at first sight and started grinning happily too.

My sister said that my aunt is a very powerful and blessed person, and we must respect and protect her.

So, when Bai Tao was looking around with the white pumice stone, Bai Shitou turned around and made room behind him. He saw that there was a small pit where he had squatted before, with a lot of stones scattered inside.

Just at this time, the mall's reminder sounds began to ring again.

'Beep, scanned level 2 white floating ore, medium grade, priced at 200,000 mall coins per pound.'

'Beep, scanned and found level 3 white floating ore, low grade, selling for 80,000 per kilo.'

"Beep, first-grade white floating ore was scanned, top grade, selling for 600,000 per piece."

'...'

Bai Tao was stunned. No wonder the mall kept beeping. It turned out that it wasn't a jammer, nor was it trying to give her directions. It was because it scanned more than one piece.

Bai Shitou picked up the stones from the small pit, pushed them in the direction of Bai Tao, and said softly, "Here, all of them, to my aunt."

At this moment, Bai Tao was so happy that she wanted to laugh out loud. A quick glance showed that there were about twenty stones in the pile, which could be sold for at least one million.

How could she not love such a sensible young man? She must give Bai Shitou a great credit.

Bai Tao happily reached out and rubbed Bai Shitou's little head, praising him in a baby voice: "You are awesome!"

It was the first time that Bai Shitou was patted on the head by someone other than his sister, and that person was the aunt that everyone respected and loved. He was stunned.

He reached out and touched his head, a look of trance and helplessness flashed across his little face. Just now, did his aunt touch him just now?

My sister said that only people who like him would touch his head, so, isn't this because I dislike his stuttering?
Bai Shitou was still young and didn't know how to describe the joy and excitement in his heart. His little face turned red with excitement, his little hands clutched his trouser legs, and he was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

"Where did you pick up these stones?" She remembered that she had passed by here several times before, but the mall didn't give any warning at all.

Bai Shitou came back to his senses. He pointed to the innermost part of the cave and said slowly, "Go in and look. If you see something, take it out."

The white floating ore is slightly hot, which is not obvious in the summer, but now the weather is cold, so it is naturally different from other stones.

Looking in the direction pointed by Bai Shitou, Bai Tao was surprised. Hey, when did such a small hole appear here?

Without Bai Tao saying anything, Bai Shitou stumbled over his explanation: "Yesterday, boom, it fell over and the hole appeared."

After hearing this, Bai Tao came to the small cave and took a closer look. It was true. The loud noise and shaking at midnight yesterday had cracked the innermost wall of the cave. The hole was not big, only big enough for a three or four-year-old child to bend over and enter.

Because Bai Shitou stuttered when he spoke, the other children in the village would occasionally laugh at him, although they had no ill intentions. Over time, he got used to playing alone.

He woke up very early today. It was raining heavily outside and his sister had warned him not to run out of the cave, so he wanted to find a place deep in the cave to urinate.

I saw the small hole, hesitated for a moment and then went in. After I finished urinating, I picked up some stones to play with.

When Bai Tao heard this, he immediately asked, "Are there any more stones like this in there?"

Bai Shitou thought about it, nodded and shook his head.

Nodding and shaking his head, Bai Tao was about to ask anxiously whether there was one or not. At this time, a voice from the side interrupted.

"Auntie, the stones I mean are still there, but not many, and they are hard to get."

After Bai Xiaocao finished speaking, Bai Shitou nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes."

As long as she knows it exists, as for whether it is easy to deal with, she will wait and see.

"Okay, you two go get two people to move the stuff for me."

When Bai Xiaocao heard this, she agreed obediently. Seeing that Bai Tao had no other instructions, she took her brother's hand and asked them to go.

Bai Tao also took this opportunity to collect the white pumice.

Soon, Bai Dashan came over with three people.

"Auntie."

They called out first, and then Bai Dashan was surprised: "Oh, when did such a cave appear here?"

"Auntie, please stay away from this cave. It would be bad if there are snakes or insects that might hurt you."

Bai Dashan was a little angry. Although the cave was full of the elderly, the weak, women and children, there were still women of middle age. Why didn't they take a closer look at the situation in the cave?

No one said anything about the hole that collapsed last night. What if something came out of it and hurt me?

Just when Bai Dashan was preparing to gather the villagers together to give them a lecture, Bai Tao spoke.

"Xiaocao's brother just gave me a few stones that he took out from this little cave. He said there are more inside."

Bai Dashan was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Auntie, do you want the stone behind the small hole?"

"That's easy, auntie. You just take a rest on the side. I'll find some people to dig the hole bigger."

It’s not easy for my aunt to ask for something on her own initiative, so she must be satisfied.

Bai Dashan turned around and called for help, while the other three moved the fried cakes and sour bamboo shoots out.

Bai Tao also reminded him, "Tell Duoxi that I want to have mutton offal soup with fried cakes for breakfast. Ask him to cook half of the mutton offal into soup and stir-fry the remaining half with sour bamboo shoots for lunch."

"Hey, auntie, let's talk to Brother Duoxi right away."

Bai Duoxi had been thinking about what to cook when he saw the mutton offal. When he heard that Bai Tao wanted to drink mutton offal soup, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and vowed: "Don't worry, I promise to make it delicious."

There are so many good things here, we can’t waste them.

(End of this chapter)