Chapter 21: Unearthing the Hidden Treasure of the Previous Life's In-Laws

 

Tang Ailian used her telekinesis to connect with the medicine well and forced the spirit water into her urethra, delivering it to the osmanthus tree in the form of urine.

The spirit water reached the roots of the osmanthus tree, and the tree immediately started thriving at a visible speed, even the hollow in the middle of the tree seemed to be gradually shrinking.

The excited thoughts of the osmanthus tree kept transmitting to Tang Ailian's mind: "I want more, I want more, I want more…"

Helplessly, Tang Ailian had to continue urinating.

Aishu found it strange and remarked, "Ailian, how long did you hold in that urine? You produced such a huge amount, and it's like a rich feast for this osmanthus tree."

Hearing her sister's words, Tang Ailian froze for a moment. She almost revealed her secret. She hurriedly stopped the transmission of spirit water, even though the osmanthus tree was still begging for more. After all, how much urine could a baby produce?

"Ailian is such a good girl, she knows to come out and pee."

Aishu praised Tang Ailian and carried her back to Liu Meilan's living room. Aishu mentioned her "goodness" and said, "Ailian is really capable. She even went outside to relieve herself and gave the osmanthus tree a big dose of urine."

Liu Xiujuan chimed in, "Is that so? Then the osmanthus tree must be very grateful to our Ailian."

"Of course!" Aishu said proudly, "The osmanthus tree looks much greener now."

Everyone laughed. They all thought Aishu was just joking.

Even Aishu herself thought she might have been mistaken.

But in Tang Ailian's mind, she shouted, "The osmanthus tree has indeed become much greener. It's not just grateful; it's even crying and begging to go with me if it could."

However, if Tang Ailian said this out loud, they would probably burst into laughter or even become frightened.

Tang Ailian ignored her mother and continued to communicate with the osmanthus tree using her telekinesis. "Osmanthus tree, how are you feeling now?"

"Thank you, Ailian. I'm much better now. My vitality has recovered significantly."

"Please help me check if there are any treasures underground at Liu Meilan's house, and if there are, bring them up for me."

After benefiting from her grandfather's house, Tang Ailian wanted to ask every plant she connected with if they could find treasures. Moreover, this was the Li family's property.

In her previous life, Tang Ailian had initially settled in a rural town that became part of the city within a decade. She bought land there and built a villa, and Liu Meilan's family followed her. As a result, this house was retained.

In this life, she would not marry into the Li family, and the Li family's house might be demolished and rebuilt. If she could find treasures underground at the Li family's property, who knew what they might discover?

The osmanthus tree had benefited greatly, and with its restored vitality, it could naturally counter the insects. It obediently listened to Tang Ailian.

Its root system was well-developed, and almost the entire underground of Liu Meilan's house was filled with the roots of the osmanthus tree. Therefore, it didn't take long for the osmanthus tree to report to Tang Ailian, "Ailian, I found a small altar about two meters deep beneath the pigsty at Liu Meilan's house, and outside the courtyard wall, there's a turtle with a bird on its back. I've already lifted them up with my roots; you can come and take them."

Tang Ailian's telekinetic vision revealed a small altar and a turtle with a bird on its back inside the osmanthus tree's hollow.

However, Tang Ailian couldn't reach them physically. She had to resort to her old trick and pulled on her sister Aishu's sleeve, pointing outside and making sounds.

"You just pulled for so long; how can you have so much urine left? No way!" Aishu ignored her.

Tang Ailian loudly called out, and her voice disrupted Liu Xiujuan and Liu Meilan's conversation. Liu Xiujuan turned to Aishu and said, "Aishi, take your sister outside to play."

Aishu had no choice but to carry her sister outside, where she continued to point at the osmanthus tree. Aishu sighed, "You're such a troublemaker. The osmanthus tree hasn't even bloomed, why do you keep wanting to go under it?"

Tang Ailian reached out to grab the osmanthus tree, instantly transferring the items from the tree's hollow to the medicine well space. Then, she pretended to urinate and rewarded the osmanthus tree with a splash of spirit water.

Seeing her sister urinate once again, Aishu found it strange, "Why are you urinating so much today?"

Not long after having lunch at her in-laws' house, Tang Ailian's family returned home. On the way, Tang Aiwu opened his red envelope first.

"Oh, it's only fifty cents!"

"Only fifty cents? Why are you so picky? Do you think everyone is as generous as Grandpa?" Tang Aishu immediately opened her own red envelope, "I also got fifty cents." She then opened Tang Ailian's envelope, and her eyes widened, "Ailian got two dollars!"

Two dollars! Besides close relatives, it was unusual for a friend's red envelope to be this big. Liu Xiujuan furrowed her brows, thinking, What's Liu Meilan trying to imply with such a large red envelope?

Only when people were set up for arranged marriages did they receive large red envelopes, typically six or eight dollars. What did these two dollars mean?

Tang Ailian secretly sighed. Liu Meilan was either showing off her wealth or highlighting the difference between her and Tang Ailian.

Liu Xiujuan decided to let it go, thinking that next time they came for a visit, she would return the favor.

On the way home, Tang Ailian continued to pretend to sleep on Liu Xiujuan's back and entered the medicine well space to check the items she had collected from Liu Meilan's house underground.

She used her telekinesis to open the small altar, which contained ten gold ingots and a jade pendant. The jade pendant was of high quality, with a rich green color and excellent clarity. It could be split into two pieces, one depicting a dragon and the other a phoenix, which could be combined to form an auspicious dragon and phoenix pattern.

Without a doubt, this jade pendant was very valuable.

However, Tang Ailian felt more grateful for the gold ingots. Each gold ingot weighed fifty taels, totaling five hundred taels of gold.

Tang Ailian didn't know how much gold was worth at this time, but she had heard in her previous life about someone who accidentally found a

 pure gold ring on their clothes during a period of hardship. They exchanged it for four bushels of grain, which helped them survive the tough times.

Therefore, Tang Ailian estimated that gold at this time was probably worth around fifty yuan per gram. So, these five hundred taels of gold might be worth over a million yuan?

At this time, money was extremely valuable. Tang Ailian's father earned only twenty yuan in allowance per month at the factory. Several million yuan felt like an exciting windfall!

In addition to the gold and jade pendant, the small altar had some age to it, possibly making it even more valuable than the jade pendant and gold ingots!

As for the turtle with a bird on its back, it was probably used for protecting homes by wealthy families.

Judging by the quality of the jade pendant, there must have been a wealthy family living in this area in the past, but they had fallen on hard times, and the Li Xinye family's house was likely built later.

Tang Ailian didn't expect that there would be a treasure trove underground at Li Xinye's place. Luckily, she had let the osmanthus tree reveal it.

In this life, she would definitely not marry into the Li Xinye family, and without her, the Li family probably wouldn't have the money to buy land for a villa as they did in her previous life. When Li Xinye and his siblings grew up, Liu Meilan would likely save money by tearing down the old house and building a new one.

By then, these gold ingots and the jade pendant would belong to Li Xinye.

But for now, their fortune had been intercepted by her.

(End of the chapter)