Chapter Three: Emptying the Big Villa
After receiving the letter of severance of kinship, Xinli carefully checked it to make sure there were no problems before accepting it.
In the original novel, Xu Changshan had already taken away most of the Xin family's property by this time, and the only reason he kept it until now was for the land deed.
This house was bought by my maternal grandfather for 200,000 silver dollars when he was alive. It has gardens in the front and back, and it would be worth at least a million dollars if sold.
In the 1960s, a little over a million was enough to support a large family for twenty or thirty generations.
Xin Li's eyes turned cold; this family wasn't leaving her any way out!
If you want her dead so badly, don't blame her for returning the favor in kind!
Fearing that Xinli might change her mind, the couple quickly gave her the money and receipts, and also called the He family to discuss the marriage.
The 30,000 yuan in cash took a whole cloth bag to fit in. Each bill was a ten-yuan note, so 30,000 yuan would be 3,000 bills.
The remaining ration coupons are 500 jin of national grain coupons, 50 jin of local grain coupons, 30 chi of cloth coupons, 50 jin of oil coupons, 100 jin of meat coupons, and 50 industrial coupons.
Li Xiuhui's heart was bleeding when she handed it to her.
Xinli took the things back to her room and put them into her spatial storage along with the letter severing ties with her family.
Another advantage of the space is that the things placed inside, whether food or drink, will never spoil, similar to a world where time is frozen. If she encounters danger, she can hide in the space to save her life.
Xin Li became happier and happier as she thought about it. Who wouldn't love such a golden finger!
As before, as long as she has a thought, the target, regardless of its size, will be immediately stored in her space and placed in the location she designates.
This family is insatiable; they'll even try to squeeze out fifty yuan from you. If you leave the money and receipts lying around like that, they might mysteriously "disappear or be stolen" within half a day.
She lay on the soft, large bed, pondering her next steps.
She was determined to get back the things that Xu Changshan had secretly taken away.
Xu Qingyu and Ji Yubai are in love. Fine, since they're capable of eloping, they shouldn't be afraid of letting others know.
She only agreed to marry He Mingzhou and go to the countryside to join the army, but she didn't promise not to tell anyone.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. It was Xu Changshan outside: "Your aunt and I are going to find your sister. She'll be home tomorrow. Don't go anywhere else; there are a lot of bad people out there."
Don't want to go anywhere?
There are no more bad people than this family!
"knew."
Xin Li raised her eyebrows. How could she forget that Xu Changshan was insatiable? If she made him spit out the meat he had already eaten, he would definitely find a way to eat it back.
The two of them aren't home, yet they insist she stay put and not leave. Is this some kind of kidnapping plot?
No wonder he so readily gave her the cash; she's easy to get her money back!
She had no reason not to accept his offer to come and die in such a hurry.
"Then come back soon."
The couple walked quickly, as if afraid that Xinli would catch up with them.
Standing at the window, watching the couple walk away, Xin Li immediately jumped out of bed and went to Xu Changshan and Li Xiuhui's room.
Most of the valuables in the house were moved away, but some were left behind so that she wouldn't notice anything amiss.
Such as some mahogany furniture, watches I wear every day, and some jewelry necklaces.
Take it all away! Take it all away!
I dare not use the furniture now, but if the policy changes in ten or twenty years, the price of mahogany furniture will increase several times.
Xinli didn't keep any of the various silk fabrics, embroidered dresses, or custom-made suits from her wardrobe.
She certainly wouldn't wear the clothes that the two despicable people had worn, but she also wouldn't keep them for them to enjoy. She could donate them anonymously, or even sell them at a pawn shop for a good amount of money.
She took all the high heels, leather boots, and lambskin shoes she bought at the department store, as well as the face cream and peony cream from her bedside table.
Not a single one was left.
After emptying the couple's bedroom, Xin Li turned around and went to Xu Qingyu's room.
She left in a hurry, only having time to take a few clothes and some valuable jewelry. The rest of her Western-style dresses and cheongsams were still in the closet. There were three large wardrobes, each two meters tall, all of which were high-end goods bought from department stores.
There are also several pairs of leather shoes that Xinli wanted to buy but couldn't find before, each pair costing more than two hundred yuan.
Xu Changshan couldn't bear to buy it for her, but he ended up buying it for Xu Qingyu instead.
Xin Li sneered and continued collecting.
Until the room is completely emptied!
That's right, literally emptied out. The wardrobe, bed, lamp, and even the full-length mirror bought from abroad, which was over two meters tall, by the window were all taken.
The curtains, made of light blue floral fabric and covered with a layer of gauze, were also pulled down by Xinli.
This fabric isn't cheap. Nowadays, even a piece of red cloth costs twenty or thirty yuan a bolt in a store, while this kind of silk fabric costs seventy or eighty yuan a bolt.
In addition to these, the furniture in several guest rooms was also removed.
Unfortunately, that's all there is. The most valuable items, such as the large yellow croaker gold ingot, the furniture made of Phoebe zhennan wood, the watches, books, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., are all gone.
Fortunately, Xinli found something else.
The love letters between Ji Yubai and Xu Qingyu expressing their love.
The earliest date above is June 12th, three years ago.
Three years ago, she and Xu Qingyu were only sixteen years old.
On June 12th, August 15th, and September 10th, roughly every month, Ji Yubai would write a letter and send it over.
Later on, the words in the letter became more and more explicit, and there were even drawings of little men and women, which almost gave her a sty.
"Huh~"
"It's really ugly!"
Xin Li disgustedly flipped the letter over and counted that there were a total of thirty letters.
Just when I was worried that the letter about eloping in my hand wasn't credible enough, the evidence came to me on its own.
She folded the letters and placed them, along with the elopement letter left by Xu Qingyu, on the cabinet in the space; these would be very useful.
The original novel mentions that Xu Changshan rented two apartments facing each other on the third floor of that building, probably because he was afraid that someone living across the street would discover what was inside.
Xinli went up and down the stairs again, collecting all kinds of valuable tea sets, silver knives and forks, and everything that was worth something, whether useful or not.
Anyway, the space is over 1,200 square meters, so it can fit everything.
The land deed that Xu Changshan had been searching for for years was actually hidden in the interlayer of the wardrobe panel in Xin Li's bedroom.
Once outside the space, Xinli keenly heard footsteps.
"Brother, did we come to the wrong place? This is the Xu family's residence? There's nothing here at all."
Judging from the voices, they were Ji Yubai's two cousins.
Like the Shen family, the Ji family is not short of money. The only difference is that the Ji family started their fortune decades ago and lacks sufficient foundation. With the changes in national policies, the Ji family has probably squandered most of what they had accumulated in the past.
In the original novel, after Ji Yubai and Xu Qingyu went to Hong Kong, they supported each other and eventually built their own business empire, all using money that Xu Qingyu had taken from her.
This Ji Yu Bai is still a gigolo!
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