amaotonovel Chapter 39 Treasure-Hunting Rat Online
Chapter 39 Treasure-Hunting Rat Online
When Lin Yue and Gong Yong's family arrived at Shennong Valley, they stayed at a guesthouse nestled against the mountains. It was a spacious and comfortable suite, including a cozy double room and a charmingly furnished small bedroom.
The room had large windows, letting in bright sunlight that bathed the entire room in warmth and light. There was a bunk bed where the lively and adorable older and younger children slept, excitedly climbing up and down, delighted with their new and wonderful accommodations. The younger child slept with Lin Yue and Gong Yong, feeling a strong sense of security in his parents' arms.
The tiny mouse was sleeping on Da Bao's pillow, curled up in a ball, looking incredibly cute with its fluffy fur. The family, in this warm and joyful room, prepared to embark on their wondrous journey through Shennong Valley.
During their trip, Lin Yue and Gong Yong passed through a place specializing in raw jadeite, where the family of five stayed for two days. One evening, they participated in a raw jadeite gambling activity. With the help of a little mouse, Lin Yue managed to buy a piece of raw jadeite. The little mouse had a strong sensitivity to energy; it found a large piece about the size of a soccer ball, shaped like an irregular trapezoid, weighing approximately 20 kilograms. Lin Yue retrieved it from the pile of gambling stones and bought it.
Lin Yue spent a total of 30 yuan to buy this rough stone. It was cut open on the spot, and everyone was curious about the color inside. The result was surprising: it was imperial green. This discovery caused quite a stir, and many people wanted Lin Yue to sell the stone. Some offered 5000 million yuan, others 8000 million, and still others 1 million. At the time, Gong Yong and Lin Yue didn't intend to sell the stone; instead, they decided to entrust it to a jewelry manufacturer for carving.
After two days of meticulous crafting, 20 pairs of bangles were produced, varying in size, with two pairs made for each band, totaling 20 pairs to suit people of different ages and body types. In addition, 50 safety buckles were made, along with various other jewelry such as bean-shaped, gourd-shaped earrings, and Maitreya Buddha amulets. In short, a large collection of exquisite jewelry made from imperial jadeite was acquired.
These ornaments are not only valuable, but also hold precious memories of the family's unique trip. Lin Yue and Gong Yong looked at their creations, their hearts filled with joy and satisfaction. They knew these would become part of their family's wealth and cherished memories. The children, too, were filled with curiosity and love for the exquisite ornaments. The whole family gathered around to admire them, their laughter echoing throughout the room.
Da Bao asked Lin Yue, "Is it really that fast to make these jade pieces now? Is it really that fast to carve them?" Lin Yue replied, "With modern techniques, both machine production and manual craftsmanship are very fast. After all, this is genuine imperial green jadeite, not something that requires acid washing or all that messy work. It's not a fake that goes through many processes. It's just simple carving, so it's quick. You see, what we want are all plain pieces, not the intricate kind, just simple ones."
Gong Yong said, "Da Bao, the fee your mom paid for the work was also very generous. They worked overtime as quickly as possible to make it for us in the last two days. The fee we paid was also very, very expensive."
That night, after the three children (Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao) fell asleep, the little mouse was still awake. The little mouse saw Lin Yue take out four amulets and begin drawing auspicious symbols on them, inserting them into the amulets. After each amulet was inserted, five golden lines appeared. The combination of the jade green and the golden lines was quite striking.
Lin Yue took out the string she had used to make the bracelet earlier and started making it again. She took four more beads, also carved from jade, and shaped them into the shape of good fortune. This completed one safety buckle. A safety buckle has two beads on either side, and two more beads at the end, making it a safety buckle with four beads. Each bead is 15 cubic meters, and there are four of them, so 15 cubic meters equals 60 cubic meters. As for the actual size of the safety buckle, she hadn't checked it yet, so she didn't know.
The beads are imperial green, and larger than the previous red beads. Each bead is 15 cubic meters, and there are exactly four imperial green beads, totaling 60 cubic meters. Lin Yue asked Gong Yong to drip a drop of blood into the safety amulet to determine its size.
When Gong Yong dripped a drop of blood into the safety buckle, he detected approximately 80 cubic meters inside. 80 cubic meters plus 60 cubic meters equals exactly 140 cubic meters, which is enough.
Lin Yue instructed Gong Yong to wear the safety buckle on his chest. As he put it on, Lin Yue added several auspicious symbols to it. One purpose was to connect the beads with the safety buckle's spatial connection, and the other was to connect Gong Yong's life and soul with the auspicious symbols, thus linking his life and spirit.
Gong Yong found this series of actions utterly miraculous. After all, he was also cultivating, and because his mental strength was stronger than that of ordinary people, he could just handle 140 cubic meters.
After Lin Yue and Gong Yong finished doing all this, Lin Yue used her divine sense to scan the room for any hidden cameras. This was the second time she had checked; she hadn't found anything the first time, and she still hadn't found anything the second time. Lin Yue felt extremely fortunate that there were no hidden cameras in the guesthouse.
Then Lin Yue put some outdoor supplies that she had previously stored in the space—tents, sleeping bags, tarps, and fire-starting equipment like grills, kettles, pots, boats, and water—into their room, asking Gong Yong to quickly pack some of them in. She also put in some regular food items—rice, flour, cooking oil, vegetables, and fruits. In short, she put everything into Gong Yong's space, asking him to fill it up.
Then she released a lot of spirit rice, spirit noodles, and spirit fruits, and gave them to Gong Yong as well. She mainly took all the things he needed for outdoor survival. Finally, Lin Yue also gave Gong Yong a bunch of pills she had previously made in her space—pills that hadn't been refined into pills but had been formed into pills. Things like snake and insect repellent, rodent repellent, and mosquito repellent were also given there for him to store. She also gave him some first-aid medicine, sprays, serum, and other equipment needed for entering the forest.
After Gong Yong finished installing everything, he carefully checked it to see if anything was missing. Then he moved some communication devices, such as radios and telegraph machines, to Gong Yong's space. In short, he transferred about ten or twenty of these from Lin Yue's space, which contained essential post-apocalyptic supplies. Gong Yong's space now had about 40 cubic meters of equipment. He also transferred some solar panels, power banks, and other similar items to Gong Yong.
Lin Yue's space was quite large, and she had bought a lot of things in advance in case of war or turmoil in the country. All of these things were already stored in Lin Yue's space. Lin Yue and Gong Yong had agreed that when they explored the forest, Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao would be put into the space, and the little mouse would be taken to cross Shennong Valley.
Lin Yue also crafted three more safety buckles, marking them with different colors after they were finished. Gong Yong's woven ribbon was pure black. She had already prepared the colors for her two daughters—blue for the elder and pink for the younger—and her son—a blue and black combination, and stored them in her spatial storage, waiting to take them out for the children to use after dawn.
Since the mouse's space only had 5 cubic meters, Lin Yue removed the black ribbon around the mouse's neck and added 6 more beads inside. The original bead was red; three more were added to its left and right, making a total of 7. The imperial green beads, one at 15 cubic meters and six more at 6 cubic meters, totaled 90 cubic meters. Adding these to the original 5 cubic meters, the mouse's space now had 95 cubic meters.
The next day, Lin Yue put the bag back on the little mouse's neck and hid it under its fur. After hiding it, Lin Yue made three more "Fu Lu" (福禄) beads and connected the six beads with the previous red bead, making a total of 95 cubic beads. The little mouse was very happy and was running around in circles in the room.
Lin Yue then released the same outdoor supplies as Gong Yong from her spatial storage, giving a pile to the little mouse to collect. The three children woke up and saw their mother constantly releasing supplies and the little mouse collecting them, finding the process quite novel. Lin Yue then took out three safety amulets she had previously prepared and had Gong Yong wear them around their necks. The three children were very happy with them, and Lin Yue also cast three "Fu Lu" (good fortune) spells on the three children, along with an additional talisman called a "silencing talisman." This talisman would render any child within the space around her neck mute. This silencing talisman was something Lin Yue had just learned and cast on Gong Yong as well.
After everything was settled, it was the eldest daughter's turn. Lin Yue, like before, placed a pile of supplies in the room for her eldest daughter to put away, then her second daughter, and then Xiao Bao. They each established a connection with their own space, each containing over 140 cubic meters. Because they had all cultivated, they were similarly capable of holding such a large amount of power.
After doing all this, Lin Yue dressed all five members of her family in outdoor gear, put on hats, and prepared to go out. Each person carried an outdoor travel bag, and they began to get ready to set off.
Some countries have open tourist attractions, but others are not. They started by visiting the open tourist attractions, and when they came to a fork in the road, the little mouse directed them to go through that fork. The little mouse scouted ahead, Lin Yue followed second, the three children were in the middle, and Gong Yong was at the very back.
The path was easy before, but it became difficult once they entered the forest, and Xiao Bao got tired quickly. Lin Yue used her divine sense to check and found no surveillance cameras nearby, so she moved the three children into her spatial dimension. Her eldest daughter was already eleven or twelve years old, and she could take care of her younger siblings in their respective rooms within the dimension. After entering the dimension, the three children went to the play area, as Lin Yue had placed many shelves next to it, filled with snacks—the children's favorites. Da Bao then led his younger siblings into the snack area to explore, and then they explored the entire dimension.
Outside the space, Gong Yong and Lin Yue followed the little mouse spirit, darting around. They reached a spot where the little mouse squeaked. Lin Yue asked, "What did you find?" The mouse spirit replied, "There are a few ginseng plants. Do you need them? They're not very old; some are 20, 50 years old, some are 100 years old, and there's even a 200-year-old one. Shall we dig them up?" The little mouse spirit asked Lin Yue. Lin Yue said, "Of course we'll dig them up!" Gong Yong and Lin Yue squatted down, crouching down in the highest ginseng plant the mouse was pointing to. Finally, Lin Yue and Gong Yong thought for a moment and decided to start with the younger ones, since they wouldn't have experience and might damage them. They began with the 20-year-old ginseng.
They dug for an entire afternoon. They'd spent the morning exploring, and then the afternoon digging for ginseng. By then, the children had eaten and slept inside the space, and then came out to play again. Lin Yue thought for a moment, then finished digging up the 200-year-old ginseng and put it away. It was already getting dark. Lin Yue told the little mouse spirit, "Let's look around for a cave, or... well, a place to rest in a big tree, so we can find a campsite." The little mouse spirit said, "We can go inside the space, why do we have to camp outside?" Lin Yue said, "We should create a scene of camping outside, with something out there, otherwise it'll be bad if someone follows or detects us."
Then the little mouse spirit discovered a cave nearby. It was relatively dry, not very large, and resembled a lying gourd—small on the outside, large on the inside, hollow at the very back, and containing a mountain spring. Led by the little mouse spirit, Lin Yue and Gong Yong entered the cave, set up a tent, and laid out an inflatable mattress. Before it got completely dark, Gong Yong retrieved several large, dead trees, stored them in his spatial storage, and brought them into the cave to start a fire.
The little mouse spirit was also gathering information nearby. Its special ability was that it had summoned a group of wild mice from the mountains—bamboo rats, and various other kinds—for a grand meeting outside. To help the little mouse communicate better with its companions, Lin Yue brought out a lot of ordinary food, such as pastries, candies, oranges, apples, and bananas, filling a large basket for the little mouse spirit. This was the best gift for winter! The mouse spirit rewarded each piece of useful information it gathered. The little mouse spirit busied itself outside its burrow for most of the night.
Gong Yong and Lin Yue set up the fire, arranged their belongings, and boiled water. Then they went into the space to check on the three children. The three children were completely out playing, covered in mud like little mud dolls. Inside the space, they bathed and fed the children, then put them to bed. Gong Yong and Lin Yue then left the space. The water outside had boiled, and Lin Yue and Gong Yong each ate a bowl of instant noodles. Why instant noodles? Lin Yue said she wanted to leave a trace, so after finishing the noodles, she placed the bowl in a corner of the cave, and then they rested. The little mouse spirit kept watch.
In winter, the mountain nights were quiet and still, with the wind howling outside the burrow. The little mouse spirit guarded the entrance, and Lin Yue had given it a thick mat. Lin Yue had also brought out its old house, a house-shaped doghouse. Although the soundproofing wasn't very good, the little mouse would occasionally peek out when it heard a sound.
At this time, some large animals began to emerge and forage for food, their bright green eyes darting about in the distance. The little mouse wasn't in a hurry. Instead, it took a large iron cabinet from its storage space—its snack cabinet, given to it by Lin Yue—and used it to block the entrance to its hole, sealing it completely. Without disturbing the sleeping people, the little mouse continued to sleep beside the cabinet's opening.
[Dear family members, thank you all for your support and love. Please forgive any mistakes! This is a wildly imaginative story, so please don't take it too seriously!]