When Xu Zhilin first arrived at Wanwan Island, he was just fifteen years old, still a half-grown child, with no relatives and no money. He was able to grow up thanks to the help of an old soldier with the same surname who made a living in the military dependents' village.
Both he and the veteran remained unmarried throughout their lives, and they both dreamed of returning to their homeland.
Xu Zhilin also missed the Hu family who had taken care of him since he was a child, but he never expected that they would never see each other again in this life.
After Xu Zhilin sent the old soldier away, he sent his ashes back to his adoptive father's hometown as his adopted son and buried him next to his parents. He also paid for the construction of a road leading to the town from his adoptive father's village and rebuilt the village primary school, which was named after his adoptive father Xu Zengwen.
His adoptive father was a shoemaker and did not have much savings. However, Xu Zhilin and Hu Xingyun secretly learned a lot of skills from the Hu family. The considerable savings of the father and son were basically all created by Xu Zhilin after he became an adult.
But Xu Zengwen’s nephews and great-nephews don’t think so.
They firmly believed that their uncle (great-uncle) must have left behind a huge fortune, but it was all swallowed up by Xu Zhilin. They also believed that Xu Zhilin was squandering the money for building roads and rebuilding primary schools, which should have belonged to them.
Although they had many suspicions and dissatisfactions towards Xu Zhilin in their hearts, Xu Tianfang and his two sons always looked honest and kind. They thought that Xu Zhilin had no descendants, so they proposed to adopt Xu Huaiwu to him so that his family line would not be cut off after a hundred years.
But Xu Zhilin was open-minded and did not want to separate the father and son for his own selfish reasons, so he refused to accept the offer.
Xu Tianfang didn't insist too much on this matter, but it didn't matter whether he adopted him or not. After all, he was his own son, and he was really reluctant to let him go. Anyway, Xu Zhilin was alone and had nowhere else to go. At worst, they could just wait. When he died, those things that belonged to their Xu family would naturally return to the Xu family.
But who would have thought that Xu Zhilin didn't want to settle down here? After the village primary school was built and the road was repaired, he said goodbye to the Xu family, saying he was going back to his hometown to visit his old friends. He said he might rarely come back here in the future, and he begged them to hold a memorial service for Xu Zengwen on his behalf every Qingming Festival. He also left them 50,000 yuan for this purpose.
Xu Tianfang changed his mind and started to secretly force him to drink and ask questions. Xu Zhilin said that he had no parents since he was a child and was almost raised by the Hu family. The Hu family treated him very well. He had a Hu brother who was born the same year as him and was his concern for so many years.
While drunk, he even smiled and said that he had a treasure chest filled with the Xu family heirlooms. He thought that the Hu brothers must have been keeping it safe for him. He had to go find him and not let him miss it all the time...
Xu Zhilin never woke up again.
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Xu Tianfang and his son's efforts were in vain, and they didn't even have time to get the 50,000 yuan.
A huge fortune passed by them, and after the big fortune was gone, they should have had a small fortune of 50,000 yuan. 50,000 yuan was a considerable amount of money in 1990.
Unfortunately, it was too late. After Xu Zhilin's death, his account was frozen. Xu Tianfang had no legal inheritance relationship and was destined to be unable to enjoy Zhilin's money.
There was once a trust worth fifty thousand dollars placed in front of me, but I didn't cherish it well. I regretted it after I lost it. This is the most painful thing in the world. If God could give me a chance to start over again, I would say three words to Xu Zhilin: Drink less!
Drinking will cause trouble and harm people, my friends!
If he had never had the chance to get it, Xu Tianfang would probably have lived a peaceful and smooth life. Xu Huaiwen and Xu Huaiwu would probably have had their own experiences as well, but fate has a tendency to temper those who are greedy.
In their pain, annoyance and regret, they suddenly remembered what Xu Zhilin once said, that there was a family heirloom chest with many treasures handed down from generation to generation (after imagining it so much, they began to believe it), all of which were deposited with his brother Hu Xingyun.
After that, Xu Tianfang resigned from his position as a clerk, and Xu Huaiwen and Xu Huaiwu also lost interest in studying. The three of them decided to move their family to Hu Yitong's hometown.
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