Chapter 73: Windfall
In the narrow and cold cave, from time to time there are water droplets dripping down from the top of the cave, the road extending up is full of stones of different sizes, slippery, not easy to walk, Yang Zheng and the three of them walked forward slowly and carefully, the light of the flashlight is getting darker and darker, and it is about to go out, the road ahead is still a little long, and everyone can't fly out immediately.
It didn't take long for the flashlight to finally run out of the last bit of energy, and Ah Mei saw that only the small light bulb was emitting red light, and there was no way to illuminate, so she had to stop and say to the person behind her: "I can't see the road, what should I do?" ”
Staff Officer Lin looked at the dark passage in front of him worriedly, as if he couldn't see the end, and said to Yang Zheng who was following behind him in embarrassment: "Haven't you been here, how far is it?" ”
"In a little while, burn my clothes for light." Yang Zheng hurriedly said, while undressing.
"It's too cold here, our clothes are damp, they can't be burned, don't worry." Staff Officer Lin said in a deep voice, picked up the mobile phone and turned it on, the mobile phone barely illuminated the surroundings, Staff Officer Lin continued: "Let's use it, the mobile phone is estimated to not last long, we have to hurry." ”
"Okay, let's go." Yang Zheng said in a deep voice, getting dressed.
Everyone continued to hurry, and after walking for a while, Yang Zheng suddenly saw something reflected on the ground, and looked at it in surprise, not knowing what it was, he got closer, and shouted: "Staff Officer Lin, wait a minute." ”
"What's wrong?" Staff Officer Lin stopped in surprise and used his mobile phone to shine the light.
Yang Zheng found that it was a stone by the bright light of his mobile phone, the size of an egg, blue, irregular, transparent, reflective, and picked it up carefully without surprise, and said curiously: "It's a very beautiful stone, Ah Mei gave it to you." As he spoke, he was going to throw it to Ah Mei.
Staff Officer Lin also saw it, was shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, don't lose it, good things." ”
"What's that?" Yang Zheng stopped, looked at Staff Officer Lin in surprise and asked.
Staff Officer Lin didn't answer immediately, but stepped forward, used the light of his mobile phone to carefully identify it, and said in surprise: "It's Sapphire, you have made a fortune." ”
"Sapphire? Are you sure? Yang Zheng looked at Staff Officer Lin in surprise and said.
"Sure, you can't be wrong, this is definitely a sapphire, very valuable, I can't estimate the exact amount, you kid has made a fortune." Staff Officer Lin said affirmatively.
"How can there be sapphires here? If there is, there should be more than one piece. Yang Zheng said in surprise.
"There are indeed oddities, this piece is on the ground, which means that it is not naturally produced here." Staff Officer Lin said in surprise, while lighting up the surroundings with his mobile phone, he soon found that there was a corpse under the stone not far away, the corpse had rotted into white bones, the clothes on his body were rotten, and he looked very old, and there was a shovel beside him, the shovel was rusty, and the wooden handle had rotted, and he immediately reacted.
Yang Zheng also saw the corpse and said in surprise: "Is it this person?" ”
"It should have been stolen by this person, and he wanted to escape from here, but he died here for unknown reasons, and no one found out. Staff Officer Lin analyzed.
"Staff Officer Lin, you take great care of our brothers and sisters, since you said that this stone is valuable, I will give it to you, and it should be a thank you gift for our brothers and sisters." Yang Zheng said seriously and handed over the gem.
Staff Officer Lin was stunned, looked at Yang Zheng deeply and asked, "Give it to me?" Do you know the value of this gemstone? ”
"I don't know, in my eyes, it's a good-looking stone, since you said it's valuable, I'll give it to you." Yang Zheng said indifferently.
Staff Officer Lin was moved by Yang Zheng's bearing and sincerity, and said seriously: "It's too valuable, I can't afford it, and I'm a soldier, all the income must be handed over, you give it to me, I still have to hand it over, but you are not a soldier yet, the income is owned by a private person, if you can trust me, I will find a way to help you sell it after you go out, and you can do a lot of things with money, such as helping your villagers." ”
"Isn't it credit to turn it in?" Yang Zheng asked curiously.
"Don't, I took it, even if you have merit, it's not advisable to hand in this thing, what soldiers want is war merit, and this gem will definitely attract attention, because it's too valuable, it must be considered military merit, but this kind of military merit is not for me to don't, it's better for you to keep it yourself." Staff Officer Lin explained.
"Can you really help the villagers?" Ah Mei asked curiously.
"Yes, absolutely, this gem is a priceless treasure, you can keep it for collection, you can sell it, get money to help the villagers, you can do whatever you want." Staff Officer Lin explained.
Yang Zheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, then please help me sell it after you go out, and you will get half of the points." ”
"Don't, don't, I don't dare to ask for it, I will be scolded to death when I pass it out, I will help you, but you also saved my life, I still took advantage of it, otherwise, we will offset each other, no one owes anyone, you keep the gems yourself, and then give me money and you are in a hurry." Staff Officer Lin said with a fake dissatisfaction.
Yang Zheng thought that the villagers were too bitter and really needed money, so he put away the gems and said seriously: "Okay, then I'll keep it, go out and trouble you to help sell it, and your kindness will be slowly repaid by our brothers and sisters in the future." ”
"Okay, don't talk about this, the phone is almost out of battery, let's go." Staff Officer Lin said.
Everyone continued to hurry, the road was a little steep, and the ground was blocked by stones, the lighting was not bright enough, it was not easy to walk, the three of them had to stop and go, about half an hour, the bright light of the mobile phone weakened, Staff Officer Lin was shocked, and when he saw the display on the screen, he was about to run out of power, and quickly said: "Not good, it's almost out of power, how far is it?" ”
"It should be fast, go faster." Yang Zheng looked around and said.
The three of them involuntarily sped up a little, and after a few minutes, the mobile phone was completely out of battery, the surroundings were pitch black, and nothing could be seen, there was a sound of dripping water in their ears, and the sound of each other's breathing could be heard, Staff Officer Lin hurriedly said: "Let's hold hands, grope and walk slowly, and take care of each other." ”
"It's fine." Yang Zheng agreed.
"Ah Mei, you stand still and don't move, I know your approximate location, it's hard to find it if you move, Ah Zheng, you come forward, you should be able to touch me." Staff Officer Lin hurriedly said.
"Okay." Yang Zheng was infected by Staff Officer Lin's calmness and composure, did not panic, promised to walk forward, and quickly touched Staff Officer Lin's hand and quickly held it.
Staff Officer Lin walked forward with Yang Zheng, stretched out his hand, touched Ah Mei, grabbed Ah Mei's hand and pretended to smile easily: "Don't worry, let's move forward slowly, we will definitely be able to get out." ”
"Hmm." The Yang Zheng brothers and sisters agreed, their tone firm, full of trust and convincing to Staff Officer Lin.