Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 471 - 332: Actually, There Are Treasures Here Too_2

Chapter 471: Chapter 332: Actually, There Are Treasures Here Too_2

When Sean was young, he went there to pick up copper coins and dagger stones.

As soon as she heard that there were traces of an ancient city, Cheryl was very excited and went with Sean.

The location was only a few kilometers away from Sean’s home, so they walked there. When they arrived, both Sean and Cheryl were somewhat disappointed -

It turned out to be a circle of abandoned houses, piled up very high.

Sean hadn’t been here for years, and now he found that many of the collapsed old houses had been taken away by the local common people, destroying them.

However, Sean had the Sky Eye, and within a few steps, he found copper coins buried in the soil. He used a tree branch to dig them out.

"There really is something!" Cheryl used to treasure hunt with instruments as work, but the relaxed feel of this adventure made her happy.

The two spent more than an hour in the ruins and found more than a dozen copper coins and a rusty copper lock, feeling quite a gain.

When they returned home, Cheryl reluctantly said goodbye and promised to come back the next day.

Cheryl stayed for three days before leaving satisfied.

It was only after she left that Sean told his family she was a Swedish princess.

"A princess, not bad at all." Ralph Knight sat under the grape trellis, smoking and chuckling, "I couldn’t tell. But she needs to improve her Chinese, Sean, you need to make sure she studies hard."

Sean didn’t know where his grandfather’s train of thought had gone, so he just vaguely agreed.

At this moment, Sean’s brother Oscar drove back and carried a gas cylinder.

Sean’s family used gas for cooking in the summer, which was quite common in the village.

Sean suddenly asked his father, Mark Knight:

"Dad, what if I use my money to connect natural gas pipes for all the villages in the countryside, is that okay?"

"Sure, why not?" Mark replied. "Actually, the countryside had this plan before, but it needed a lot of money, so it was dropped. If you want to do this now, the village will definitely agree."

"Well, I’ve made my money, and I’m willing to spend it on this."

Xinjiang itself has natural gas wells, and there are several foreign natural gas pipelines coming in, so there is no shortage of natural gas.

And using this for households is much cheaper and more convenient than gas. So Sean approached the village and then the countryside, and the project was settled.

Actually, the money didn’t seem like much considering the cost of pipelines and construction. As long as the funds were in place, the project would be very easy and smooth.

The natural gas pipe was connected to the village entrance and each house’s entrance, and if the household agreed to connect the pipe, they would need to do the last bit of digging themselves.

If they didn’t want to connect, they just needed to attach a valve and it would work.

"The final count says that almost half of the families in the countryside want gas." Mark said, "Our village is pretty much all going to connect.

Everyone knows the benefits, a month of gas costs almost 100 yuan now. In cities where they use natural gas, it’s only half the price a month, and everyone knows how to do the math."

Sean smiled and didn’t speak.

It was normal to do charity work once you have money. Sean knew that some people would complain that why didn’t he cover the last bit.

Sean did this on purpose - even if you did everything perfectly, some people would still complain. His boss Douglas built villas for the entire village, didn’t people still badmouth him?

He was willing to spend his money on this, but if the people who benefited didn’t even want to put in a little effort, then they didn’t deserve it and wouldn’t be grateful.

He didn’t expect anything in return for doing this, but he didn’t want to be called a fool.

Of course, the majority were still grateful. These days, many villagers have sent vegetables and fruits to Sean’s home, and they couldn’t finish it all even if they tried to refuse. Everyone said it was just a token of appreciation - the Knight Family had done such a great deed, and their little gift was nothing in comparison.

Whether it was Ralph or Mark and his wife, they were all smiling these days.

Not to mention the villagers’ praises for the Knights’ good deeds, which made the family very happy.

Old-fashioned people value face, so sometimes even if they have to give up some interests, they still care about their dignity.

Although Sean had left some money for his father, asking him to discuss with the village and countryside to do some good deeds,

But Mark was still using his son’s money, so he couldn’t fully let go.

Now that his son decided on this beneficial project and people praised it, he was naturally happy to accept it.

Each village has one or several information aggregation centers. During the idle time in the countryside, these places gather more than half of the village’s people. These days, the village discussed whether to connect to gas, install meters, and how much money the Knights had spent.

Then, the news of Sean finding a foreign girlfriend also became news.

"I heard the foreign girl has a pretty noble background." Someone gossiped.

"Who told you that?" Someone immediately asked.

"Old Zhu, Sean’s grandfather, said that the girl is some princess from Europe..."

"Really? A princess came to pursue him here? The young Sean is really something!"

And so the gossip changed its flavor.

It sounded a bit like Sean had brought pride to the nation—these years, people often heard about Chinese girls marrying foreigners, and some even took pride in it.

Now that Sean had attracted a foreign princess to come find him, that was truly impressive.

Parents couldn’t help but look at their children going to school and say, "In the future, try to be more like Sean, so you can bring some face to mom and dad."

Sean didn’t know about these things. After he handled the natural gas issue, he hired two day laborers from the county and dug a natural gas pipeline from the entrance to the kitchen, waiting for the main installation.

These days, Sean knew, people in the village were discussing the natural gas installation as if they were discussing an upcoming festival.

It wasn’t really a big deal, saving tens of dollars per month at most.

But for rural people, it meant getting closer to city dwellers, and it was worth discussing and celebrating.

The village secretary even came to the Knight’s house and said that if it had been before, such a big event in the village would have called for a three-day movie screening.

Although life is better now, showing movies like that was no longer possible.

"No big deal," Ralph Knight said, "Why not just invite a theater troupe from the Stone City to perform for a day?"

The village secretary was Ralph’s junior—there was only a fifteen-year age difference between them, but they were of two generations. Hearing Ralph say this, the village secretary’s eyes lit up:

"That... can be done!"

This matter, with Sean’s involvement, also gave the village secretary some face in the countryside. Inviting theater troupes for performances had happened before but it was relatively rare.

"Alright, I’ll go back and discuss it with the village committee." The village secretary hurriedly left.

In the end, Sean couldn’t wait for the theater troupe invited by the village to perform and left in a hurry.

He actually wanted to stay at home for half a year or even a year, as these days were truly comfortable.

Unfortunately, sometimes, you really can’t help it.

When Sean arrived in Urumchi, he called Elijah Hastings.

"Elijah, what are you up to?"

Sean didn’t say straight away that he had something to do, but just asked a question.

Then he heard a female voice on the other side asking:

"Who’s calling?"

On Elijah’s side, a loud voice replied:

"Boss, we are having dinner, what’s up?"

"Nothing. So the blind date was a success? Be sure to cherish it." Sean said with a smile, "I just wanted to catch up on your life’s big events!"

After hanging up the call, Sean arrived at Ocean City and called Lincoln Harrington and Douglas Cooper.

Lincoln had nothing going on, so he went to Ocean City, but since Douglas had improved his relationship with his family, Sean did not call him.

Upon arriving in Ocean City, they bought airplane tickets. While waiting for their flight, Sean said:

"After we get this issue resolved, we should buy a plane. In case of an emergency, it’s really inconvenient not being able to take off at any time."

Lincoln smiled, glanced at his phone, and said nothing.

Onboard the airplane, when they were about to take off, Sean was surprised to find that Elijah and Douglas were appearing at the cabin door.

As he sat beside Sean, Elijah sighed in relief:

"We finally made it—Boss, you shouldn’t do this. Not calling us when there’s a problem, it’s like you’re not letting us get rich with you!"

Sean was really surprised and touched.

When there was a problem, they really showed up!