Ji Xia certainly understood this.
"Grandpa, I understand. The country is extremely poor and everyone is starving. If I personally hold so much wealth, it will be very conspicuous.
I'm not the only researcher in China. Countless people have given up favorable treatment abroad and returned to their motherland without hesitation to dedicate themselves to scientific research. Compared to their sacrifices, my contribution is nothing."
Old Master Qin was very happy that Ji Xia had come to this realization. "When you got married, your parents and I didn't give much as a betrothal gift. It wasn't because we couldn't afford it, or because we hadn't prepared anything. It was just that the conditions at the time didn't allow it."
He stood up and said, "Come with me!"
After saying that, Mr. Qin went into the study.
Ji Xia stood up and followed him in. Old Master Qin picked up two ebony boxes on the table and handed them to Ji Xia. "These are left by your grandmother. There are two sets in total. One is red jadeite and the other is green jadeite. Take a look and pick whichever you like."
Only then did Ji Xia understand what the old man meant by "conditions do not allow it".
It turns out that this should have been given to Qiu Xiulan when Qin Changshuo got married, but the old man didn't give it to her, so the old man didn't take it out when they got married.
Could it be that the Qin family had no intention of keeping Qiu Xiulan from the beginning?
Or is it that Master Qin intends to give this red jadeite and green emerald to her because she has passed the test today?
Ji Xia opened the box. Both the red jadeite and the green jadeite were rare dragon stones with a mellow texture and crystal clearness. They were two pairs of bracelets and a set of earrings and necklaces. It was obvious that they were taken out from the same piece of jade.
The red jadeite is the even rarer cockscomb red, bright and vivid, delicate and transparent; the green jadeite is the imperial green, dignified and noble, broad and translucent; Ji Xia looks at this one and then that one, wavering.
"Grandpa, they are all beautiful and I want them all. What should I do?" Ji Xia was like a little money-grubber, struggling for a long time. In fact, among the eighty-nine boxes of top-grade treasures obtained from the Han family, there were many jadeite that were comparable to this one.
But Ji Xia's appearance was really rare.
The old man laughed heartily, took the Green Jade set, and left the Red Jade set to Ji Xia. He opened the floorboards on the bottom shelf, pulled out a box, and placed it on the table. "Take this and keep it well. Don't show off your wealth. You're not allowed to take these things out these days."
Ji Xia opened it curiously and saw that it was a large piece of clear green material, which was obviously a rare emerald.
Ji Xia immediately held it in his palm as if it were a treasure, "Grandpa, is this for me?"
"Well, take it!" The old man said, and then he took out a large stack of papers from under the coffee table and handed it to Ji Xia. "I prepared it a long time ago. After you came back, you were busy and didn't even have time to talk to you."
The things have always been there, but there has never been a chance to take them out.
Ji Xia took it in her hand and took a look. It was about 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. She shook her head and said, "Grandpa, this is too much. I can't accept it."
"If there's anything I can't accept, I'll give it to you sooner or later. These treasures can't be taken with you when you're born, and they're all left to future generations.
Don't worry, Grandpa has lived a clean and honest life, without a single dirty dollar. These are all my salary, allowances, and bonuses I've saved up based on my merits. Take them and buy yourself something you like."
Old Master Qin took a look at his grandson's wife. This child was so simple and unpretentious that she had never even walked around the streets since she came to Beijing.
I heard that he received high salaries from several factories in Bing County, but he donated all the money he earned and did not keep a single cent for himself.
When Ji Xia came back, Qiu Xiulan was still the granddaughter-in-law of the Qin family. The old man and Qin Wangdong and his wife did not take any action. After all, it was inappropriate to favor one over the other.
I originally wanted to wait a little longer, but fortunately, it didn't take long before Qin Changshuo and Qiu Xiulan divorced.
It’s not that the Qin family was mean to Qiu Xiulan, but when they first learned that Qiu Xiulan was plotting against Qin Changshuo’s marriage, the Qin family felt really disgusted.
Of course, Qin Changshuo’s attitude also factored into this.
Ji Xia accepted all the money and treasures. The Qin family's wealth must be more than that, but the elders certainly didn't dare to take it out at the moment. This was an era where nothing could be seen in the light.
"Grandpa, I've recently made a device that can be used to explore for oil and gas. It's called a controlled source vehicle. Doesn't the military hospital have a device called a CT scan?"
It can scan the human body and clearly see the internal organs, bones, etc. This type of controllable source vehicle is used to scan the strata."
Although Old Man Qin didn't understand much about science, he understood what Ji Xia was talking about and was stunned. "This... you mean, you can use this kind of vehicle to scan the strata and see where there is oil and natural gas?"
God knows how much effort the national exploration team has put in to find oil and natural gas.
With this thing, when you drive around, you can tell at a glance where the oil and natural gas are, right?
Just then, Qin Wanxue came back. After hearing Aunt Liu say that Ji Xia and the old man were in the study, she also came in. She first sighed about the inheritance that Ji Xia had obtained, and quickly got back to the topic.
"Xia Xia, I've contacted someone at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I have a friend there who's quite the influencer. She's going to be sent to the United States soon. She'll try to buy the land you want there."
Afraid that Mr. Qin didn't understand the whole story, and also to gain his support, Ji Xia explained her intention to buy land in the United States from the perspective of U.S. policy.
"The US has a very relaxed policy on land sales. Once you buy land, even if there's treasure buried underneath, it belongs to the owner. The buyer has the permanent right to use and control the land."
Ji Xia said, "If possible, my idea is to buy a few more large plots of land in the United States. Labor productivity in the United States is stagnant, while inflation has begun to rise sharply, and the federal deficit is terrible.
From an economic perspective, if we have the money, now is the best time to invest. For a country seeking investment in the United States, buying land is the safest option.”
Old Master Qin was a soldier, and he didn't know much about these things. He just told Qin Wanxue to choose the right people, and if Ji Xia needed support, he must tell his family.
Ji Xia nodded, this is natural.
The Qin family is her backer.
Coming out of Old Man Qin's room, as they went upstairs together, Qin Wanxue asked, "Grandpa gave it to you?"
Ji Xia hummed, and Qin Wanxue leaned close to Ji Xia's ear and said, "Mom will definitely give it to you in the future. I didn't give it to you before because Qiu Xiulan was here. You don't know how much my mom suffered when Qiu Xiulan came to live with us. Otherwise, why would all those things happen later?"
Ji Xia was not a gossipy woman and had never asked about Qiu Xiulan's affairs.
Now that time has passed, Qin Wanxue didn't say much. She just mentioned that on the first night of their marriage, Qin Changshuo received an urgent task and set off overnight.
The next day, Qiu Xiulan brought a glass of water to offer tea to Shen Congying, and directly put her tear-swollen eyes in front of Shen Congying, which made Shen Congying so angry that she almost lost her temper on the spot.
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