CHAPTER 257: CHAPTER 256: PRIVATE POSSESSION

"Sister-in-law, it’s too late. I’ll have Xiao Dung see you off. Hurry back so brother won’t worry. Mom’s got us here."

"Okay, I’ll head back now. You, too, should persuade Mom. Xiao Wan, talk to your grandma well, don’t let her upset herself." At this moment, Zhang Huilan didn’t want to be here getting cold looks from her mother-in-law.

Besides, what she said was the truth. Ai Xiang lost her job while raising the child alone and felt resentment towards her. She had to make sure her daughter-in-law was satisfied now.

Hu Dong reluctantly saw Zhang Huilan off to the main road and then returned.

Originally, they had been looking forward to their future life these past few days, but now this kind of thing happened. It seemed they had to hurry and find a house.

That night, everyone suffered from insomnia.

The next morning, the mother-in-law went to the office to ask for leave and went with the two kids to look for a house.

Lin Wan looked at the house she had lived in for nearly a year and sighed.

"Xiao Wan, come here," Grandma called from the living room.

"Grandma?"

"Come with me, I have something to give you." Overnight, Grandma seemed to have aged a lot.

After entering the room, Grandma pointed to her standing position and told Lin Wan to lift a few bricks.

Lin Wan did as told and found a recess underneath, with a box from ancient times used for jewelry inside.

"Grandma, is it this?"

"Yes." Grandma took the box, removed the silver bracelet from her hand, straightened it out, and the pointed ends served as the key to the box.

"These were prepared for me by my father when I got married. Nobody knows about them, not even your uncles. I hadn’t opened it for seven or eight years, but fortunately, the policy has changed now." Han Ying said as she unlocked the box. Inside were four or five gold ingots and dozens of big silver coins. There was a set of gold bracelets with many gemstones, a Qingbai Jade Inlaid Pearl Jade Bracelet, a peach blossom hairpin with hundreds of seed inlaid jeweled stones, a jade-handled incense handle with pearl stone inlaid small knife. "These were Grandma’s favorites, so I kept them well-hidden. When I married your grandfather, he was penniless. These things were all arranged by my father. Your grandfather, haha, was much like a live-in son-in-law. Sigh... But during the war, I donated some. What was left wasn’t much and got taken away over the years. Now, this is all that’s left," Grandma said, taking out a Qingbai Jade Inlaid Pearl Jade Bracelet, a silver ingot, and ten silver coins to give Lin Wan. "These were originally reserved for Han Yi, but now you keep them. Grandma doesn’t know if they’re worth anything now, but these things are liked by those who know. Especially rich people, so if you encounter troubles, you can use them to get through."

"Grandma, I don’t want them. You should keep these yourself." She couldn’t bring herself to take what Grandma had saved her whole life.

"Take them. I’ve been hiding these for years, all for leaving something valuable for future generations. I’ve allocated it all, one part for your first uncle, another for your second uncle, one for your mom. This remaining part was for Xiao Yi. Don’t think Grandma’s giving you too little." Han Ying firmly stuffed this bag of antiques into Lin Wan’s hands.

"Since Grandma insists, we’ll take it."

"Good child," Han Ying smiled and took a bulging handkerchief from under the pillow. "Inside here is the money I’ve saved over the years and what Xiao Yi sent. There are over two thousand dollars. It was originally saved for buying a house for Xiao Yi. Hadn’t saved enough yet. Now your mom has this problem. I feel distressed, so I’m taking out two hundred for her emergency needs. I kept a hundred for myself, and the rest is for you all. Buying a house is a big deal and costs a lot. In the future, if you have children, there’ll be many things that need money."