Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space
Chapter 174. True Luck

Chapter 174: 174. True Luck

If he didn’t go, he was anxious, and if he went, he was also anxious. A man started arguing in front of the father-daughter pair.

The father and daughter exchanged glances, ignoring the quarreling people, stood up, and walked out of the shop. They picked a direction and entered whichever shop they came across to avoid the headache of the commotion.

Seeing this, the shopkeepers didn’t argue anymore and quickly followed. Sun, who was attending to other customers, wanted to follow too but was too overwhelmed by the crowd.

Shopkeeper Sun found it both exhausting and joyful.

When the father-daughter pair entered his shop, the chubby Shopkeeper Zhao beamed, especially more so when he saw the crowd following them.

Watching the delighted Shopkeeper Zhao, the others couldn’t help but curl their lips and follow in as well.

Zhao ordered his staff to serve tea and snacks while he trailed behind the father and daughter with a constant smile, occasionally explaining things to them.

Perhaps because all raw stone shops have a similar structure, the first floor usually had ordinary stones, while the second floor had better selected materials.

Hua Chengtian accompanied his daughter on the first floor. As for the emerald stone and some other raw materials that he hadn’t unraveled yet, they were snugly tucked into a bamboo basket but actually secretly stowed in his space.

Otherwise, carrying a dozen pounds of stone for an hour would indeed be tiring.

He watched his daughter touch each stone with great interest, big or small, as if every single one had to pass through the child’s hands. Hua Chengtian’s eyes flickered with an indescribable feeling that perhaps the child wasn’t touching them randomly.

To cover for his daughter, Hua Chengtian pretended to be interested, although everything in his hand just seemed like stones to him.

Being invited in personally felt different, Hua Jinchong was overjoyed, absorbing happily too, never losing the smile on her face, especially because of the unexpected gains.

With rounds of spiritual energy entering the space, she could feel that not only the space benefited, but her own body seemed to gain something too, feeling lighter, and even her senses seemed enhanced.

Even while she was at the back of the shop, the murmurs from outside penetrated her ears clearly. Fortunately, they were not loud; otherwise, it would have been a headache. She also seemed to sense the goodwill or malice of the surrounding people more clearly.

After absorbing another stone with some spiritual energy, leaving two-tenths to not change its jade structure, Hua Jinchong prepared to go upstairs because they still needed to politely graze the sheep’s wool.

In terms of overall yield, the stones on Zhao’s first floor were slightly better than Sun’s, but the quality seemed a bit less, and nothing extremely resonant with space was found.

"Sir, Miss, didn’t you find anything you like?" asked Shopkeeper Zhao when he saw the father and daughter make a round.

They were about to go upstairs, but because of Zhao’s words, Hua Jinchong glanced at her father, having absorbed a lot of spiritual energy for free, indeed needing to show some pretense.

Understanding his child’s gaze, Hua Chengtian helplessly picked up a ten-pound stone from a pile and then noticed his daughter’s peculiar, glowing eyes.

Hua Chengtian: "..."

Why did his daughter’s gaze seem a bit off?

Indeed, it was off. Hua Jinchong was pleasantly surprised. She didn’t expect her father to randomly pick up the best material on the first floor because it had a lot of spiritual energy, from which she had absorbed less.

Of course, there was no way to touch every piece of stone, so there might still be escapees.

She had an advantage using space, but her father was relying purely on luck.

This luck, she had to admit, was amazing. Hua Jinchong looked admiringly at her father, who was even more puzzled.

"What’s up?"

"Nothing," Hua Jinchong beamed at her father, "I just think my daddy is so handsome."

Hua Chengtian was delighted, the strange feeling vanished, and a doting smile immediately appeared on his otherwise expressionless face: "Silly girl, speak the truth discreetly."

Everyone: "..."

He indeed wasn’t ugly, but with skin this thick, was it really okay?

Hua Chengtian handed the stone to the attendant who had been following them, his mood improving considerably as he went upstairs with his daughter and the shopkeeper. There were also others eager to see a show or try their luck.

Among them, some were wise enough that if this father-daughter pair lingered on a material, they would go and observe, some even betting directly by buying it.

Most of those who brought in were not short of money, and the first-floor materials weren’t expensive for them, so buying a few to gamble didn’t have much impact.

Fewer people followed upstairs, as they had to pay an entrance fee, leaving a lot of spectators sighing at the step.

The shops seemed to have agreed almost identically, inducing a sense of familiarity as soon as they went upstairs.

Finally, after staying on the second floor for as long as it would take for incense to burn, she absorbed a lot of spiritual energy and let her father pick the smallest piece, which caught her with an odd expression, and went downstairs.

They handed the stone to the shopkeeper, not taking credit as he suggested, because Hua Jinchong knew both stones had goods, making it hard to explain if they took credit.

Fortunately, adding up together, they had enough silver, just over two hundred taels.

Of course, there were also three thousand taels earlier left by family members in her space, but these Hua Jinchong wasn’t planning to use.

Seeing there was still time and the shopkeeper had everything ready, they decided to unravel the stones there directly.

After unraveling the stones, the buyer for that emerald stone should also be ready with the silver, so neither would delay.

With the shopkeeper’s encouragement, the attendant in the shop started promoting outside.

Upon hearing that the father-daughter pair was going to unravel stones again, many people rushed in, soon filling the shop. Even the neighboring Sun couldn’t resist coming over.

This time, Shopkeeper Zhao couldn’t hide his glee, instructing the attendant to unravel the stones, assisting personally by the side.

The first to be unraveled was the one from the second floor, which, though small at about twenty pounds, was indeed much better in both hardness and texture than those downstairs.

The attendant unraveled the small stone very carefully, not daring to split it directly, instead cutting and grinding from the edge slowly with Hua Chengtian’s consent.

Soon, a hint of green light stirred up the onlookers again.

The attendant quickened his work, and shortly, a jade stone larger than a bowl’s mouth was revealed.

"Top-quality ice type," someone knowledgeable in the crowd quickly shouted, followed immediately by people expressing interest. But this time, neither the father nor the daughter spoke, signaling the attendant to continue.

Soon, the other stone was also unraveled. Though slightly inferior as a water type, it was still a wax type, mainly large, making it also very valuable.

The two jade stones, one big and one small, placed side by side on the table, made many in the shop restless, with voices calling out prices one after another.

Ultimately, Hua Jinchong planned to sell the large wax-type jade stone, getting a few hundred taels, a return of dozens of times, nearly driving the onlookers crazy and creating another stir, making Shopkeeper Zhao’s face red with excitement.