Youth will always pay a price, but people also grow gradually in these prices, and I am no exception.
But what that old thing didnt expect was that young people can be bullied, which is a bow to reality, but will never be intimidated.
"What should I do?" Fatso asked me, and from his expression, I had already guessed about 80% of it.
I turned around and took a look at the dark cave behind me, then said to Fatty: "Needless to say, going up there wont get us any good fruits to eat. We might as well try rather than being bullied to death by them."
"Go first!" I saw the fatty bow his head and pick up two stones from the ground, my heart couldnt help but secretly pray for that old thing.
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"Sure enough, soon after I turned around, a miserable cry came from below: "Ah! Save me! Two little rabbits are going to kill someone!"
No more hesitation, the fatty and I each had a miners lamp, the quality of which was unquestionable in those days. Although it was heavy on our backs, it could last for seven or eight hours, shining far and bright. The entrance was much wider than we imagined, I remembered that Wen Bin said there must be wind coming out, meaning there must be an exit, with an exit, the fatty and I could escape, Yuan Xiaobai was still waiting for us outside!
I dont know how long we walked forward, this entrance was sometimes wide and sometimes narrow. In the narrow places I could pass through but Fatso was in a bad situation. Usually it was him pulling my feet, me crawling in front, him using force at the back, the clothes on his body had been torn to shreds, as for flesh wounds and such, he didnt know what pain was anymore.
Time flies especially fast when people are obsessed. When I saw the first ray of light in front of me, I thought we had found a way out.
But I was wrong, it turns out that in this world, there are not only the sun and moon that shine, but also something called golden light!
I was stunned, standing there without daring to move, and it turned out that the gold was real! The fat guy kept urging me from behind, last nights dinner was sweet potatoes, this kid followed me all the way, eating fart without stopping, and had been smoked to no avail.
"Xiao Yi, what the hell is this nonsense of yours? Are you brewing up another smoke bomb?"
"Fatty, were rich!" "What?"
I strained my neck and said in a trembling voice: "I say were rich! Gold, countless gold!"
"My goodness, its really gold!" Pongzis head suddenly bumped against my butt, and coincidentally a fart was let out...
I dont know where this is, when I crawled out of that hole and looked up, the sky was bright, with a ray of light shining in and illuminating those glittering golden things, which were dazzling. Countless gold, all sorts of styles, there were gold coins, chains, head ornaments, large ones, and even gold bricks, what made me most envious was that there was actually a golden staff, inserted right into the pile of gold.
Fatty rushed forward in a flurry, his left hand holding a golden bowl and his right hand grasping a chain. The glittering gold illuminated his face: "Wow wow! Ive hit the jackpot this time! Its like a little dog falling into a dung pit and eating its fill!"
Im as excited as Baozi, Jinzi! Who the hell doesnt love this?! Although were small, but money is something nobody dislikes, I rushed in and grabbed whatever I could, stuffing it into my pockets, what a thrill, too much, no place to put it all.
Fatso and I simply took off all our clothes, tied a knot at the cuff to use as a bag, and poured it in with a "whoosh". What an enjoyment! Just when we were busy having fun, I suddenly realized that so many gold coins are useless, where can we spend them?
"Wait a minute, fatty, how are we going to get out of here? If we cant even get out, whats the point of guarding all this gold?"
"You fool, go back the way you came! With these things, that old thing will still dare not to put down the ladder. Believe it or not, Ill just casually throw a golden bowl and hell come crawling on his knees to call me grandpa!"
"That makes sense! Haha, money can make a ghost grind a mill!"
After a while of busy work, we were all dressed up, with gold chains hanging from our necks, as many as we could wear, on our hands, feet, and even toes, all covered in gold. Whats the definition of nouveau riche? This is it!
I held a golden bowl in my mouth and shouted at the fatty: "Lets go!"
Good grief, this leg just took a step forward and fell to the ground with a thud, its too heavy!
"No, no, too much!" I couldnt help but take some back from myself and sigh: "What a pity, her mothers goods cant be taken away!"
Fatso was more optimistic: "No big deal, well come back tomorrow and get it. From now on, well eat meat every day and drink wine all the time! Ah, if only Master Zhang were here too, I wonder what hed do if he knew we really found it?"
"Im here, so I advise you to put down whats in your hands..."
"Who? Wen Bin?" I asked.
"Clang, clang..." From the southeast corner, a burst of gold coins colliding with each other suddenly rang out. A person sat up from the pile of gold coins, facing us two and smiling. That guy, if it wasnt Cha Wenbin, who was it?
Fatso spat out the bowl in his mouth and shouted loudly: "My ancestors, Im going to die for you!" Before he could take two steps, the gold on his legs became a stumbling block, and Fatso also fell heavily.
Cha Wenbin also walked over and helped Fatso up while saying: "Hey, put it down, you cant take these things with you."
The fatty picked up some of the hoops under his feet and said, "There are too many to carry, its okay, Ill throw them away later. Since youre here, come on, take off your clothes like us, and each person will have enough for a lifetime."
"Im telling you all to put it down, the treasure here cant be taken."
Fatty gave him a white eye and said, "Are you confused? This gold is not gold in anyones hands. Youre not being fooled by that old mans nonsense, are you? What female ghost, didnt she still make you run away with your tail between your legs? With you here, Im at ease!
Zha Wenbin said, "Put it down first, you two listen to me, no one can take this batch of things away, Qiu Dajye only knows one but not the other, fatty, now look down at your own feet and see whats different."
Fatso lifted his foot and looked at it in confusion, saying: "Our good arms and legs are not missing any parts, we can jump and bounce, very energetic!"
Cha Wenbin smiled and said: "Take a closer look again, whats the difference between me and you?"
"Youre you, Im me, of course were different, my legs are thicker than yours!"
Zha Wenbin pointed at me and said: "Xiao Yi, lower your head and take a look, is there a shadow under your feet?"
I looked down and moved my left foot, then my right foot. Oh, I really thought I saw a ghost, but it was nothing!
"Wheres my shadow? Is it because there isnt enough light here?"
"Look down at my feet and see if I have any!"
I took a look, and he really did! I thought it was just the lighting here that wasnt enough, but after walking to his side and standing shoulder to shoulder with him, his hand moved and the shadow on the ground also moved. And me? No matter how hard I jumped up and down, there was no shadow of mine on the ground!
The fat boy also came over and tried it out, just like me, he didnt have a shadow either!
"Hey, whats going on? Where are our shadows?"
Cha Wenbin didnt explain either and said to us: "Put down the gold in your hands and try again!"
I followed his instructions, and as expected, the shadow under my feet appeared instantly. The fat man saw that I had it, so he started throwing gold coins too. Sure enough, when we were both standing naked in front of Cha Wenbin, the shadow reappeared again.
"Whats going on, Old Chang?"
"I think this treasure must have been cursed." Zhang Wenbin continued, "I arrived a day earlier than you guys, and at first I was just as excited as you were. But soon I discovered the problem - these things cant be taken away by living people. If they are taken away, that person will become an undead."
"Whats an undead?"
"The undead are people without souls, and without a soul, only an empty shell remains. Gradually, you will no longer be able to taste the flavor of food, nor feel the changes in temperature; even your own identity will fade away. Your thoughts will slowly become hollow, and your heart will gradually solidify, until finally, although you are still alive, everything around you becomes irrelevant."
Chubby thought that if he couldnt even taste what he was eating anymore, it would be the end of him: "Whats the point of living then?"
"So, you cant take these things away, and even if you could, they would be of no use to you. You wont be able to enjoy anything you buy."
"Why is it like this?"
Zha Wenbin turned around and said to us: "Look over there, see that corner?"
Following the direction of his finger, we saw something in the northwest corner that was faintly flashing out golden light. We walked over to take a look and found it was a shrine with a statue of a golden fox on top. The fox was about half a meter high, its tail stretched out behind it like the Thousand-Handed Guanyin.
"This fox looks so familiar!" "Fatty, you also think its familiar, I do too. It seems like we saw it that night, isnt it? Look at those eyes, charming and seductive, if this were a real fox, it could charm people to death."
"Xiao Yi, this time youre right, its indeed capable of tempting ones soul. I think the matter with the shadow is probably related to it."