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Anyway, some of these things will be given to He Tiantian in the future!

Grandma Qi had her own plans. She feared she wouldn't live to see her child return, so she hoped He Tiantian could pass these things on to her descendants. He Tiantian was not greedy, and Grandma Qi felt at ease entrusting these things to her.

Furthermore, He Tiantian is her goddaughter, and giving her some things was something she had planned in advance.

“Since it’s from my ancestors, I’ll let you see it, so you can see it,” Grandma Qi insisted, pulling He Tiantian and pushing open the door to the room.

It was pitch black inside, so Grandma Qi lit the lamp again.

When the lights came on inside, He Tiantian was dumbfounded. On the shelf were stacks of small yellow croakers, and next to them were two boxes of silver dollars. The other boxes inside must have been worth more than gold and silver dollars.

"Grandma, do you really believe that your family used to be the biggest landlord in Taoyuan County?" He Tiantian said with emotion. "These things, even back then, were a huge fortune, let alone now!"

Grandma Qi smiled smugly and said, "That's right. My father secretly hid these. We used to have even more, but they were all seized and the land was divided up! I don't know who got all those good things."

“I heard from my mom that my family has some too, but I’m too young for my parents to tell me where they are,” He Tiantian said with emotion. “But I’m sure my family’s collection is definitely not as big as yours.”

"From now on, you'll have more. I've already decided on the gold and silver here, and the other things in those two boxes. If my son comes back to me, you divide everything equally—half for you, half for my son. If he… he doesn't come… then it's all yours…"

Grandma Qi San understood that if her son died, all of this would be left to He Tiantian.

If the son is not dead, and he cannot come or does not want to come back, then these things do not need to be given to him.

Upon hearing this, He Tiantian shook her head repeatedly and said, "Grandma, don't say anymore. As long as your descendants take care of it, give it all to him."

Money is something you can't live without, but having too much of it is just so-so.

He Tiantian, who has lived two lives, thinks very clearly.

When the reform and opening up came, even if she didn't have any other skills, she could still make a living by selling braised meat for ten years. She wouldn't need to covet these material possessions that didn't belong to her.

"Alright, I'll leave my last words and make all the arrangements," said Grandma Qi, as she opened a box that contained a whole box of jewelry.

Grandma Qi took out a jade hairpin, clicked her tongue in admiration, and said, "Oh, it's such a pity that we can't wear these things anymore. When we were young, we dressed so brightly, even poor families could wear red ribbons and flowers in their hair. But now, everything is so drab and black, it's awful."

He Tiantian smiled, and although Grandma Qi San's appearance had calmed down, she still had a bit of the arrogant and spoiled nature of a landlord's daughter.

“Yes, loving beauty is human nature, and I believe it won’t always be like this,” He Tiantian explained, thinking about the colorful and diverse clothes of later generations, which were indeed much more beautiful than the clothes we have now.

"I hope so," Grandma Qi said with a smile. "If I don't live to see that time, you must dress me in many beautiful clothes and wear beautiful jewelry. By the way, this is my favorite hairpin. When you go to my grave to burn paper money, you must wear it for me to see."

He Tiantian smiled and said, "Grandma, you should live well. Maybe in a while, you'll be able to wear nice clothes again."

"Ah, I'm getting old, I can't wear those pretty clothes anymore," Grandma Qi said regretfully, thinking back to her youth, when life was truly living.

"Achoo!" He Tiantian's nose was a little itchy, and she yawned. "Grandma, the air downstairs isn't good, let's go outside."

Grandma Qi nodded and said, "Alright, the grain is ready, it's time to go up."

Grandma Qi reluctantly put the things back into the box. These good things couldn't be taken out; they could only gather dust in the secret room.

After blowing out the oil lamp, He Tiantian helped Grandma Qi San out of the secret room and covered it up again.

Grandma Qi stepped on the same stone again, completely covering the feeding trough, which wouldn't budge no matter how hard she tried.

"This awful weather, it's so hot," Grandma Qi muttered. "I need to go wash up and wipe away the sweat."

He Tiantian was also covered in sweat!

After washing up, the sun had already set.

When He Tiantian saw that the water tank was empty, she took a carrying pole and two buckets and went to the spring pool at the entrance of the village to fetch water.

He Tiantian greeted the people she met along the way.

When they arrived at the pool, He Tiantian saw Qi Ergou and his new wife, Yang Xiuxiu.

"Sweetie, you're here to fetch water too?" Qi Ergou laughed. "Hand over the bucket, I'll carry it for you."

"No need, Second Brother, you should stay with your wife." He Tiantian said with a smile. Qi Ergou was about to go to university, and with his new wife by his side, the two of them were inseparable and went everywhere together. She didn't want to disturb their time together.

Yang Xiuxiu blushed and came over to take He Tiantian's bucket, saying, "Tiantian, let your second brother help you carry it. There's been a drought recently, and the water in the pond has decreased a lot."

He Tiantian looked at the pool. Although the spring water was still gushing out as before, more water was flowing into the stream.

This is a small stream that was diverted from the village for irrigation.

"Thank you very much, Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law," He Tiantian said with a smile. Since they were being so sincere, she couldn't refuse.

Just as He Tiantian was thanking Qi Ergou, a small black dot appeared in front of her, and then a "plop" was heard as the small black dot fell into the water.

"What fell into the water?" Yang Xiuxiu asked Qi Ergou, who was fetching water in front of her.

Qi Ergou answered while carrying water, "I didn't see it clearly!"

"Could it be bird droppings?" Yang Xiuxiu asked. In her village, there were only wells, and she was not used to drawing water from the pond after marrying into Qijia Village.

"Farmers don't have so many fuss. Our Qi family village has been drinking this water for generations and nothing has ever happened to us," Qi Ergou said with a smile, helping He Tiantian carry the two buckets of water up.

Yang Xiuxiu smiled and said nothing. It was indeed true; their ancestors had been able to eat this for generations, yet she, a new bride from out of town, was complaining about the water here. Besides, it hadn't rained all year; having water to drink was already a blessing. There was no need for such fuss. (To be continued.)