Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

"A jade has been found!" a technician watching nearby exclaimed.

Chen Zhiyuan examined it carefully. "Not bad, it's mutton fat jade. This piece is more than enough to make a bracelet and a few small pendants."

Xiao Yong clapped his hands happily: "For Mom! Make a bracelet for Mom!"

Wang Xiulan hugged her son, her face full of smiles.

Then they opened the second large one. "Another one!" Chen Zhiyuan exclaimed in surprise. "Even though it's just the window, the inside should be good stuff too. Leader Li, you've got some good luck!"

Li Guohua was in a good mood and said with a smile, "It seems we've benefited from Dr. Su's help; she really has a good eye for stones."

Zhou Yanshen didn't show much expression when he saw the jade being cut, but he had a feeling that his wife's next stone would also yield jade.

Sure enough, it was Su Wanqing's turn to deal with that pile of stones.

The first piece, when cut open, reveals bright yellow jade flesh.

The third piece, when cut open, is bluish-white jade.

The sixth piece, when cut open, turned out to be a rare violet-colored jade.

The eighth piece...

The sound of the cutting machine rang out repeatedly, and the expressions on Jiang Zhiping and Li Guohua's faces were truly fascinating. Director Chen was dumbfounded—in all his years of mining stones, he had never seen such a high jade yield!

Su Wanqing: "..." She covered her face, wondering how she was going to explain this.

Li Guohua couldn't help but ask, "Old Jiang, in your Xinjiang Gobi Desert... is it all this high-quality jade that you can just pick up anywhere?"

Jiang Zhiping's lips twitched: "Last time I picked up a whole truckload of stones, and only seven or eight of them turned out to be jade." He glanced at Su Wanqing, "Dr. Su, do you have X-ray vision? You can tell which one is jade and which one is just a stone?"

Chen Zhiyuan also stopped what he was doing, took off his goggles, and looked intently at Su Wanqing, as if he were looking at a rare treasure.

Zhou Yanshen straightened his back and said calmly, "My wife doesn't have X-ray vision; she can only distinguish jade from ordinary stones at a glance. This is probably one of the reasons why Old Zhang insisted on hiring her as an external technician." As he spoke, he glanced at Director Chen.

Chen Zhiyuan: "..."

A fleeting hint of embarrassment crossed his face, then he realized that Old Zhang, usually so stingy and meticulous, couldn't possibly be mediocre. He had almost misjudged him!

Li Guohua laughed heartily: "Excellent! This eye is more useful than any precision instrument! Old Jiang, you must focus on cultivating and protecting talents like Dr. Su! If she were to guide mineral exploration, the efficiency would increase many times over!"

After all the stones were opened, a total of nine pieces of jade were found. Su Wanqing immediately let Jiang Sisi choose two pieces, and the others kept the jade to have a craftsman make some kind of jewelry.

Director Chen's attitude towards Su Wanqing completely changed. He rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "Comrade Su, it was all a misunderstanding before, a misunderstanding!"

"Director Chen, you're too kind. I just happened to be there by chance," Su Wanqing said with a nonchalant smile.

Director Chen was still thinking about how to maintain the relationship. If he found out that he had almost neglected the talent that he had worked so hard to recruit, he would definitely be furious with him.

At this moment, Jiang Zhiping glanced at his watch and said, "Alright, alright, it's getting late. Xiaoyong was frightened today, and Leader Li has to travel early tomorrow morning, so let's all get some rest. Comrade Zhou, Dr. Su, the guesthouse has been arranged, so you can get a good night's rest tonight and go back to the regiment tomorrow."

Jiang Sisi felt a little regretful. She wanted to sleep with Sister Su that night and talk about what had happened while she was away. What a pity.

After a long journey and all that had happened, everyone looked tired. They said their goodbyes and headed out one by one.

After everyone had almost left, Su Wanqing suddenly exclaimed, "Oh dear!" and said to Zhou Yanshen, "Yanshen, you guys go ahead. I think I left something small inside. I'll be right back."

Zhou Yanshen nodded without asking any further questions: "Okay, I'll wait for you at the door."

The others didn't pay any attention and continued walking out.

Su Wanqing returned to the brightly lit cutting room, made sure no one was around, and quickly scanned the half-new cutting machine and the expensive-looking mineral composition rapid analyzer next to it.

A thought flashed through her mind, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Golden Elixir, tenfold return!"

With a thought, the cutting machine and the precision analyzer in the shadows of the corner of the cutting room flashed slightly, as if instantly copied by an invisible hand, disappeared for a moment, and then reappeared in their original positions.

Nine identical instruments have also appeared in Su Wanqing's space.

Although she didn't know what it was for, she'd heard that these devices were very expensive, so she decided to return them and store them in her spatial storage first. Why not take advantage of freebies?

She walked out the door with light steps, and Zhou Yanshen was indeed waiting quietly in the dim light and shadow under the corridor.

"Did you find it?" he asked casually, without asking what she had left behind.

"Yes, we found it." Su Wanqing reached out and took his arm, her mood cheerful. "Let's go."

Zhou Yanshen's lips also curled up slightly, wondering what his little wife had secretly done to be in such a good mood.

Jiang Zhiping arranged a guesthouse for them, an old white building with a hard bed. Late at night, the two of them washed up and went to bed.

She didn't do any nighttime exercise either, since she had been working until midnight last night and Su Wanqing couldn't take it anymore.

Fortunately, Zhou Yanshen hadn't slept much yesterday, and he had driven for so long today, plus he had gone into the water to rescue people during the day. He was finally a little tired, and he fell asleep in his arms with Su Wanqing for a while.

Su Wanqing couldn't sleep; she finally had time to upgrade her space.

Su Wanqing's gaze lingered on the "Jade" and "Power of Merit" items for a moment, and her heart felt a surge of heat.

That's enough! Enough already! Far more!

Especially jade, the "sweeping" of the Gobi Desert far exceeded the demand.

[Sufficient upgrade energy detected. Upgrade space to Lv.5 immediately?]

"upgrade!"

In an instant, 50 kilograms of gold, 80 kilograms of silver, 100 kilograms of jade, and 1000 units of merit were deducted, and a great light shone in the sea of ​​consciousness!

The original 343 storage compartments have been reduced to 512 individual compartments! At the same time, several new lines of information appear:

[Level: lv5]

[Next upgrade requirements: Absorb the power of precious metals. Required: 100 kg gold, 150 kg silver, 1000 kg beryllium ore, 1000 merit points, 2 tons of steel.]

Su Wanqing: "..."

Su Wanqing was both speechless and pleasantly surprised. She was pleasantly surprised because this beryllium ore was something she and Elder Zhang planned to find next time. She was speechless because it required collecting 2 tons of steel, a rare commodity nationwide that wasn't found in the wild. It would be difficult for her to obtain.

[Space size: 512 individual cells. Individual cells can be stacked infinitely to store similar items.]

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