The incident happened on the very day after Chu Lian left.
That morning, as usual, everyone was digging the pond, and Yang Ming and Xiaoxiao were there too. Yang Ming was digging the pond while Xiaoxiao was helping prepare lunch at the shack. Both of them were in a very good mood.
It wasn’t long before Yang Dong called out to Yang Ming, bubbling with excitement, "Third Brother, come quick, I’ve found a treasure."
As soon as these words came out, many of the workers in the pond heard, stopped their work, and looked over to Yang Dong, wondering if the previous rumors were true. Could there really be treasures buried in this hollow land?
Hearing his younger brother’s call, Yang Ming quickly waded through the water to see what Yang Dong was up to, and many others gathered around as well.
Upon reaching Yang Dong’s side and seeing nothing in his hands, Yang Ming frowned, "Fourth Brother, didn’t you say you found a treasure?"
Yang Dong showed an excited smile, "Hehe, it’s here, feel around, isn’t there something inside?"
Yang Ming bent down and reached his hand into the mud underwater, touching something that made his eyes widen in surprise. It felt like an urn—could there actually be something there?
"You guys, dig out whatever is underneath here carefully, don’t damage it."
Hearing the order from their employer, several strong men carefully dug around until finally, they lifted what seemed to be an urn out of the water.
Once the urn was above the surface, everyone was taken aback momentarily, and they couldn’t help but shiver—did it look like some sort of treasure-containing urn? It resembled more an urn for ashes. Surely, they hadn’t disturbed someone’s grave.
Only Yang Dong still believed it was a treasure container, "Third Brother, quick, see what treasure is inside?"
"..." Everyone couldn’t help but think that the youngest son of the family might be a little too excited—as it most likely was an urn for ashes.
Despite their thoughts, their eyes remained glued to the urn, curious to discover what was actually inside.
"Get to shore," Yang Ming glanced at his younger brother, regardless of what was inside with so many people around.
He then said to the others, "You all keep working."
Carrying the urn, he walked toward the shore, and Yang Dong, eager to discover its contents, quickly followed him onto the land.
Old Yang’s father and the other men of the Yang Family had caught wind of the commotion and came ashore as well.
They all gathered together, "Third Brother, hurry up, see what’s inside."
Yang Ming too was full of curiosity about the urn and so he found a tool and pried it open.
As the urn was opened with a loud bang, everyone peered inside all at once, their eyes widening—there really was something there.
Yang Ming was also shocked. They’d actually dug up a treasure; he reached inside the urn and pulled out a sparkling, translucent bracelet.
At that moment, Yang Dong was overjoyed, grabbing the bracelet, "This was my find."
Yang Ming frowned; his younger brother seemed to be more and more childlike under his wife’s influence—no longer as composed as before.
Xiaoxiao at the shack had already noticed the commotion from the direction of the pond and saw that the men of the Yang Family had come ashore. She grew even more curious—could something have happened?
Rushing over to find out what it was, upon reaching the outskirts of the crowd, she heard Yang Dong’s words and asked, "What did you find?"