After dinner, the whole family went to Chen Shuning's room.

Qin Yalan came to help Chen Shuning pack her luggage. She wanted to get her daughter ready as soon as possible because she felt sorry for Chen Shuning, who had been on the train for so many days. She wanted to get her daughter ready so she could rest sooner.

Chen Tiejun's relationship with his wife has grown stronger since their children grew up and left home one by one.

Furthermore, Chen Tiejun was also reluctant to part with Chen Shuning, as his daughter, whom he had raised with great care, was about to belong to someone else.

Although his son-in-law is a good person and his family is also from Beijing, and he will basically be transferred back to Beijing in the future, so his daughter will also have to come back with him, as an old father, Chen Tiejun is still reluctant to let his daughter get married.

He felt a deep sense of reluctance and worry. He didn't know if his daughter would suffer or not adapt to life at her husband's family home.

The main reason is that he witnessed his own wife being mistreated by her mother-in-law. His wife, who married far away, did not receive the care and love from his family just because she was in a different place and far away from her family.

Instead, because she was isolated and helpless, she was bullied and oppressed by her in-laws and sisters-in-law, a scene that was truly heartbreaking.

He will never forget the way his wife secretly wiped away her tears in bed in the middle of the night, nor will he forget her aggrieved look.

Although he always unconditionally stood by his wife's side, Chen Tiejun still felt in his heart that his wife had suffered because of him.

He often thought of those nights, but in this era, filial piety is paramount. Although he tried his best to protect his wife, as a son, he couldn't speak ill of his parents.

He wasn't good at talking, and he couldn't argue with his brothers, let alone talk to their wives directly.

So all he could do was try his best to be good to his wife. He felt useless and unable to do anything for her, so he could only watch silently from the sidelines, filled with guilt.

It was this sense of guilt that made Chen Tiejun a well-known henpecked husband; his wife's words were law, and he had no say in anything she said.

He never goes against his wife's wishes, not because he dares not, but because he can't bear to.

Whether it's a big or small matter, he always seeks his wife's opinion.

He never argues with his wife because he knows she has suffered too much in this family and he doesn't want to make her sad anymore.

Sometimes, he even felt that he was being too accommodating to his wife, but he couldn't control his feelings.

He knew that only in this way could his wife feel his love and care, and make her happier in the family.

Chen Jiandang was just there to join in the fun, because he was open-minded and believed that his sister would get married sooner or later anyway; the only difference was who she would marry.

And the man his sister is going to marry, Brother He, is the best in his eyes. He doesn't need to worry at all about lending his sister to Brother He.

Given how the two of them are getting along now, he's actually a little worried that Brother He might be bullied, so he's the most relaxed person in the room right now.

Chen Shuning took out the items from the package one by one. She hadn't brought back many clothes, since the two of them were coming back to get married anyway.

It's a wedding, so buying some new clothes is only right.

So the two bundles Chen Shuning brought back were mostly gifts for his relatives here.

There was a special kind of forest frog oil from Northeast China, also known as snow frog, which was given to Qin Yalan's mother. This was a beauty and health product for women.

There were also ginseng and deer antlers prepared for her father, Chen Tiejun, to be used in medicinal wine. These were all good things that black market vendors would give to Aunt Ning as a token of their respect.

Of course, Chen Shuning wouldn't tell her family this. To them, she said that all the money she earned on Taobao was obtained by buying things on the black market.

The book given to his younger brother, Chen Jiandang, was an ancient book about furniture making. Such books are rare, and many were destroyed during this turbulent era.

Now working at a scrap metal recycling station, Chen Jiandang understands even more the value of these ancient books.

He carefully held the ancient book in both hands and examined it closely. Even though he was very curious about its contents, he didn't dare to look at it. Instead, he planned to go to the purchasing station the next day to ask the craftsman to take a look.

Now, Chen Jiandang has become an apprentice to a master craftsman who works at a scrap metal recycling station.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, this old man was the manager of a well-known pawnshop. He had in-depth knowledge of antiques and calligraphy and was highly respected in the industry.

However, the outbreak of war shattered the peaceful life of the old man's family.

The old man's family members all perished in the enemy bombing, and he was the only survivor, as he was working in the city at the time. This disaster left the old man all alone, and his heart was filled with pain and helplessness.

The tragic deaths of his family members filled the old man with hatred for the enemy, and he decided to avenge his deceased relatives, but he was just a weak scholar.

Therefore, during the Liberation War, the old man resolutely and secretly carried out work to support the Party, secretly exchanging all his family property and the money he had earned for food and medicine to support the People's Army.

He used his position and resources to provide the People's Liberation Army with a large amount of intelligence and supplies. His courage and wisdom made important contributions to the revolutionary cause, and for this reason, he was received and commended by the leaders after liberation.

The elderly could have enjoyed their later years in peace and happiness.

However, after the movement began, his love for cultural relics prevented him from enjoying his later years in peace.

He knew that many precious cultural relics were buried among the people, and these relics were not only witnesses to history, but also treasures of national culture.

These historical treasures left to humanity suffered catastrophic destruction after the movement began.

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