It took Li Long and Harimu two trips to carry everything into the house.
There was hardly room to pile it all up.
"Harimu, you can share some of this with Jade Mountain River. I bought it with the money from selling those two pieces of jade-part of the money, of course," Li Long explained.
Harimu's family was stunned at the sight of so many things.
Harimu relayed his words to his family, leaving them even more astonished. They had never imagined that stones picked up from a riverbed could be exchanged for so much!
Li Long received a warm welcome. Before he even had time to give the two children their fruit candy, Nasen and his brother had already pushed all their ankle bones toward him.
Clearly, they were expressing their thanks in their own way.
Li Long said with a smile:
"No need, no need. Oh, right, have some candy."
He piled a large handful of fruit candy onto the Wooden Kang. Nasen glanced at Harimu and only smiled and picked up a piece after Harimu nodded. But once he peeled off the wrapper, he turned and popped it into his grandmother's mouth.
The old woman grinned from ear to ear.
Harimu's wife gazed excitedly at the rice and flour. They would not finish all this even by the time the snow melted and they moved to new pasture!
And the tea and salt would last them several years!
She really had never imagined that stone could fetch so much!
Harimu was excited too. Just then, his mother suddenly said something to him. Harimu fell silent for a moment, then climbed onto the Wooden Kang and pulled a wooden box out from behind the blankets stacked at the far end.
He opened the box on the Wooden Kang