Chapter 26: Too Ugly

The villagers who were picking up stones in the cave saw Bai Tao coming in and called out respectfully, "Grandma."

Bai Tao nodded and smiled happily as she looked at the pile of stones on the ground.

The mall’s prompt sounds also rang one after another.

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

"Beep, first-grade white floating ore was scanned. It's top grade. The price is 600,000 per piece."

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

"Beep, scanned for level 2 white floating ore, medium grade..."

'Beep, scanning found...'

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

Such noisy sounds rang out one after another, but to Bai Tao at this moment it sounded so pleasant, as if it was repeating: the balance has arrived in the account: one million yuan... ten million yuan.

"Strange, I didn't expect there would be such a hole in the cave."

Bai Dashan put the kerosene lamp aside and muttered in surprise, "If it hadn't been shaken a few times last night, we wouldn't have found it."

Bai Tao looked around the cave wall and was overjoyed. Wow~
She couldn't help humming with joy.

"Today is a good day. Everything I dream of will come true... It's getting better and better, come on, it's getting better and better, la la la..."

Yesterday’s rain was not in vain.

Which villagers discovered the cave by pulling the firecracker flowers?

They must be rewarded.

Xueyu's adorable little baby had smiling eyes and was humming a song that they had never heard of but was extremely festive, which made people inexplicably happy just by watching her.

Bai Dashan and the others thought to themselves, have fairies in heaven also been touched like this? !
It seemed that the aunt really liked these stones, so the few of them worked harder to pick up stones.

Little did they know that to Bai Tao, these stones were almost like gold nuggets.

Top-quality white floating ore is even more expensive than gold bars, which is almost like picking up money for free. If you were in my shoes, how could you not like it?
Seeing that most of the stones had been picked up, Bai Tao pointed to the stones on the mountain wall and ordered: "There are still stones on the mountain wall. Dig them down for me if you can see them."

Not all of the white floating ore on the ground is white floating ore, but there is still some on the cliff. These are all money, so Bai Tao will never let them go.

They must all be dug up!
"Hey."

"Okay, auntie, we'll dig it out for you right away."

"Auntie, please stand back a little, or you might get splashed by gravel."

Bai Tao waved her little hand, signaling them to start working, while she squatted in front of the pile of stones and began to pick and choose.

This is not the piece, go away!
This piece is of level two quality, and costs two hundred thousand per pound. Put it away.

This is not the one. Bai Tao picked it up, looked at it, and threw it into the corner.

Wow, this one is first-grade, 600,000 per piece, I’m so happy.

This piece is level three. Although it is only 80,000 yuan per kilogram, no matter how small an ant is, it is still meat, so I will collect it.

This piece...

The mountain wall was extremely hard. Bai Dashan finally managed to chisel off a piece with a chisel and brought it to Bai Tao. He just happened to see her picking up the stone and looking at it from left to right. The next second she either threw it away or put it in her bag.

He watched for two or three minutes but couldn't see any difference, so he asked curiously, "Auntie, are those the ones you don't want?" Bai Tao looked up at him, then continued to pick and choose, and answered casually, "Well, I don't want them."

"Why not?" Bai Dashan still didn't understand. In his opinion, these stones looked almost the same.

Bai Tao answered without thinking: "They are too ugly." They can't be sold for money, so what's the point of having them?

Uh... this obvious answer made Bai Dashan stunned for a moment.

He couldn't help but carefully look at the stone that Bai Tao had thrown aside, then looked at the stone she had put into her bag, nodded, and agreed, "It doesn't look good."

These words made Bai Tao stop choosing. She looked up at him, as if asking, do you understand?
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Bai Dashan's face, but he said calmly: "My aunt is right, they just don't look good."

Although he couldn't see it, since my aunt said it, it must be correct.

Bai Tao's mouth twitched. Just as she was about to say something, she caught a glimpse of the stone in Bai Dashan's hand. She immediately took it from him and put it in her bag.

While putting it in her pocket, she said in a baby voice: "How old are you? Why are you learning to play with stones?" This is a first-grade white floating ore, worth six hundred thousand. She has to keep it well.

Bai Tao is of a higher generation, and the people in Taohua Village are all younger, so it would not be abrupt for him to preach to anyone.

Then, she pointed to the cave wall and urged, "There are still so many up there, go dig quickly."

"Hey, hey, hey." Bai Dashan responded, picked up the chisel and continued to work.

Perhaps it was because he had seen the stones that Bai Tao had picked, or perhaps it was because the first stone he chiseled was white pumice, so he had some feeling about it. Then, six or seven out of ten stones that Bai Dashan chiseled were white pumice.

The probability is indeed not low, so Bai Tao praised it several times.

Bai Dashan was so happy that he almost lost his mind.

At this time, Bai Xiaocao was asking his younger brother what had happened.

After listening to her, she happily praised: "Our Shitou is so good. Auntie is so kind to us, she keeps us well fed and clothed. We must be filial to her."

The two siblings were young and could not do much, so it was their blessing that the stones their younger brother played with were liked by their aunt.

"Shitou, let me tell you, if it weren't for my aunt, we would have died a long time ago."

"Grandma is young, and like us, she lost her parents early. We should take good care of her. With Grandma, we have roots and are members of Taohua Village..."

Bai Xiaocao had said this countless times, so Bai Shitou was naturally familiar with it.

He nodded obediently: "Sister, I, I know."

The wall of the cave was indeed hard. Fortunately, there were many people in Taohua Village. After knowing that Bai Tao wanted these stones, the villagers took turns chiseling them.

You have to eat while digging stones, but because she was worried about the stones, Bai Tao ate lunch absent-mindedly.

When all the stones in the white pumice cave were dug out one by one, Bai Tao walked back and forth in the cave. After not hearing any reminders from the mall, he made sure that nothing was left out, and then he began to count the accounts with satisfaction.

She left the cave, but the villagers did not stop. Look how happy the aunt was, the smile on her little face never faded.

My aunt finally has someone she likes, and as the younger generation, they must respect her.

So the villagers continued to dig and chisel, and finally chiseled the entire edge of the mountain more than a meter deep.

Even the entrance that was originally only wide enough for one person to enter and exit was now wide enough for four or five people to enter and exit at the same time. Seeing that Bai Tao didn't like any of the stones that came out from the back, they gave up with regret.

"Everyone has worked hard. Thank you for your hard work." Bai Tao's mind was on the business world, so she absentmindedly said this to comfort them.

(End of this chapter)