I am engaged in construction in ancient times

Chapter 18

Chapter 18 Jade Pendant

His clothes were wet and stuck to his body. Xiao Yuhe shrank back when the cold wind blew on him. "I'll go back then. What about you?"

Duan Shubai smiled, shook the black seeds in his hand, and said, "I'll go up after I help you plant the lotus."

Xiao Yuhe couldn't help but said with concern, "The wind is cold. Be careful not to get sick."

"Don't worry. My clothes are not wet, and I have a good physique."

Xiao Yuhe went back and took a hot petal bath. He soaked in the steaming hot water. The wooden barrel was filled with pink petals. He smelled the sweet fragrance and felt that the smell of mud on his body disappeared. In the small wooden basin beside the bathtub, his dirty clothes were soaked. Xiao Yuhe angrily planned to soak for a night before washing.

Duan Shubai tidied up the lotus pond, clapped his hands, and waited for it to bloom and bear fruit in a few months.

After taking a shower, he changed into a white uniform and went to the kitchen to help Xiao Yuhe serve the dishes. Due to the incident in the evening, their family had dinner half an hour later than usual. Xiao Yuhe glared at him several times while eating, as if he wanted to eat Duan Shubai as a meal. His appetite was twice as good as in the past few days. He didn't care about the rule of not eating more than three times a day, and took a dish four, five, six, seven times.

Duan Shubai nodded secretly. Sure enough, he would eat more if he moved more.

Before going to bed, Xiao Yuhe was rummaging around in the room. Duan Shubai went upstairs and saw him taking out six or seven small mahogany boxes with gold locks, opening them one by one and searching. He couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong? What are you looking for?"

Xiao Yuhe was anxious: "One of my jade pendants is missing."

"Jade pendant?"

"Where did I put it? I saw it at noon." Xiao Yuhe was anxious, and it was obvious that the jade pendant was very important to him.

"What kind of jade pendant? Is it important?"

"It's very important. It was a birthday gift from my father."

Xiao Yuhe's father had passed away, and the gift from his father was naturally a relic, which was of great significance to him.

Duan Shubai said, "Think about it again. Where did you put it after you saw it at noon?"

Xiao Yuhe closed his eyes and tried to calm his chaotic mind. He pondered in his mind, "After I played with it in my hand at noon, I fell asleep on the couch. The jade pendant was placed next to my pillow. When I got up..."

"Ah!" Xiao Yuhe took a breath suddenly, "I remembered it! When I got up, I put it on my waist, and then I went downstairs-"

Xiao Yuhe went downstairs to the bathroom, and Duan Shubai followed him down. Xiao Yuhe searched in the pile of clothes for a long time, "No, where did it fall to?"

The two of them, together with Qiu Ran who came hurriedly, searched for a long time in the yard, but still did not see the shadow of the jade pendant. Duan Shubai looked at the turbid muddy water that reflected the moon and said, "It may have fallen into the lotus pond."

Xiao Yuhe was so anxious that he almost cried: "How can I find it?"

Duan Shubai sighed and comforted him, "Don't worry, if it fell into the lotus pond, I will definitely help you get it out, but it's late now, it's pitch black and you can't see anything clearly. Let's go back and rest and sleep first, and come back to get it tomorrow."