"The Xie family is not a famous family, nor is it something a country woman can imagine." Xie Qiubai hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll show you something."

Xie Qiubai got up and went back to his room. After a long time, he didn't come out. Xie Jinnian felt something was wrong, so he shouted twice, "Grandpa, grandpa..."

Like a puppet, Xie Qiubai moved out at an extremely slow speed, muttering to himself, "No more, nothing left, only a piece of waste paper left."

Xie Jinnian was very confused, "Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Xie Qiubai was almost exhausted, slumped down on the chair, and handed a piece of paper that looked like a booklet to Xie Jinnian.

It is indeed similar to a book list. What is recorded on it is not a book, but a list of gold and silver treasures.

Seventeen paintings and calligraphy, twenty-six pieces of gold and silver jewelry, twelve antiques, and one fifty-two gold ingot from the Jiaqing period...

Xie Jinnian was very surprised, "Grandpa, where did this come from?"

"This is my mother's property list that your great-grandmother left to me. You should believe it now, right? Our Xie family was born at the wrong time. Before liberation, we must have been rich and famous.

It's a pity that there is only a piece of paper left and nothing else."

Xie Jinnian, "How could that happen?"

Xie's family is an independent house, and Xie Qiubai's peers are like this, so under Xie Qiubai's bed, there is a hole one meter long and about forty centimeters wide. Inside the hole is a nanmu box, and inside the box are the gold items listed on the list.

Silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings.

Now there is only an empty box left.

"Grandpa, how come we have these things? I remember you said that my great-grandfather and great-grandmother are from the countryside of Qinbei."

This is what Xie Jinnian finds funny. His grandfather was a farmer for generations, but he looks down on farmers. To put it bluntly, he forgets his ancestors.

"Your great-grandfather is not from the country..."

Xie Qiubai's father was a warlord from Panju, with a wife of one house and a concubine of six houses. Xie Qiubai's surname was not Xie, but Cao, Cao Qiubai.

Xie Qiubai was his wife's only son, a legitimate child, but he was born with a golden key, so naturally he was highly regarded by the warlords. When he became an adult, he was arranged to go to Beijing to study, and later he was arranged to study abroad.

But the good times did not last long. The warlords were divided and were either defeated or annexed. Warlord Cao became the unlucky loser. Warlord Cao committed suicide with a gun. His concubines fled in all directions. Only the eldest wife of Shaolai couple was placed in a county in Pingbei.

In the city, Warlord Cao left a box of gold, silver and jewelry for her.

The other concubines were all married by Warlord Cao when he was prosperous, and they squandered a lot with him. Only the eldest wife accompanied him through hardships. Warlord Cao still has a conscience. Even if he is gone, the eldest wife, mother and son will still have no food and clothing.

worry.

When Xie Qiubai returned from his studies, the grass on Warlord Cao's grave was two feet high. In order to protect herself, the eldest wife remarried a servant of the family. Xie Qiubai immediately changed his surname to Xie, and said to the outside world that he was the servant's son.

As a result, Xie Qiubai was transformed from the son of a warlord into a prosperous man in an instant. He successfully arranged a job in the liberated area, married a wife and had children. However, his old mother lived in the countryside until her death.

Before the old lady passed away, she gave a whole box of treasures to Xie Qiubai. Due to improper preservation, two calligraphy and paintings were seriously corroded and had no collection value.

Even if this is the case, the remaining treasures can last several generations.

This was the first time Xie Jinnian heard about this experience, and it was indeed shocking. He always thought that his great-grandfather was an ordinary old man from the country, but he did not expect that he was a big warlord who killed everyone.

To put it this way, it is more likely that this wealth exists, but how did it disappear?

"It's either your aunt or those two brats from her family."

Xie Jinnian felt that it couldn't be those two children. The children were under ten years old, so they couldn't pretend to be nonchalant.

"That's your aunt. She's so bold. She didn't leave anything behind."

Xie Jinnian's original intention was to adopt roundabout tactics and not to ask so straightforwardly, but Xie Qiubai could no longer bear it and got angry at Xie Zhigao.

Xie Zhigao was cleaning at home, but after hearing his old father's thunderous anger, he hurried over on his bicycle.

"You didn't explain clearly on the phone, what's going on?"

"Did you move the box under my bed?"

Xie Zhigao was very innocent, "How do I know what's under your bed? It's locked like it's guarding against thieves. Can I still sneak in and pick the lock?"

Xie Qiubai was not sure again, couldn't it be her?

"Dad, tell the truth, what's in the box?"

"Just...a few pieces of jewelry your mother left behind."

Xie Zhigao didn't believe it, "What jewelry did my mother leave behind that can make you so precious? Is it a mountain of gold and silver?"

"I miss my old wife. When I see the jewelry, it's like seeing her, can't I?"

Xie Zhigao really believed this reason. When her mother was alive, the relationship between the couple was indeed very good.

Xie Zhigao was busy cleaning up, asked about Xie Jinnian's injury, expressed his elders' concern, and left in a hurry.

Who is this person? Both grandma and grandson thought of one person at the same time. It couldn't be her, right? I heard that she had been transferred to another place, but I didn't find out where exactly she went.

…

Ye Siyuan's younger brother and sister came from the provincial capital. His brother went to the county town to pick them up, and then rode a tricycle to pick them back from the commune.

Ye Siyuan's sister, whom Su Yian had met, was a little fatter than that time and had flesh on her cheeks. Her younger brother was fifteen years old and lean, not quite like Ye Siyuan.

On New Year's Eve, Bai Hongmei called the three brothers and sisters to come over for dinner and watch the night. She had no contact with Duan Wenqiu, so she was left alone and deserted, so she even called her.

Su Yihong and Su Yi'an went out to pay New Year greetings as soon as it got dark. They left a few family members, neighbors, and village cadres, and then ran back trembling.

The little north wind is whistling and getting stronger and stronger.

There is no TV at home, only a small radio that I bought a few days ago. The signal is not good, so I only pick up three or two stations, and it makes nothing but noise.

Ye Xiaomei and Ye Xiaodi were as if they had found a treasure. They patiently found the stage and kept their voices as low as possible to avoid disturbing others.

I have nothing to do, so I don't know who suggested playing poker.

The five of them happened to be protecting the emperor openly and covertly (loyalty, because of the era they lived in, so they changed to "protection"), Duan Wenqiu said with a smile: "Don't count me out, I don't know how, it will only hinder things."

Four people play the right cards. There are no comrades, they are all enemies. Whoever plays all the cards first wins.

Su Yi'an is Ye Siyuan's superior, Ye Siyuan is Su Yihong's superior, and Su Yihong is Bai Hongmei's superior.

Su Yihong's cards were not strong. Su Yi'an played a pair of 3s. It was Ye Siyuan's turn to play. She quickly stopped her and said, "I have a pair of 4s. Don't play them. I want them."

Su Yian was confused, could it still be like this?
Chapter completed!