The old lady was talking to her grandson about Wang Dahua exchanging money. "Tell me," she said, "to be able to put gold jewelry on a child, regardless of whether it's hollow or not, it's not something an ordinary family can do. I think it must be a wealthy family."
Gu Zhengtao snorted from the side, "Do you think being rich is a good thing? Haven't you seen how all those landlords and rich people have been overthrown? The next ones to be rich will be capitalists. It's better to be an ordinary person."
Ning Hao nodded, "Yes, Grandma, don't tell anyone about this. Now that Jiang Qiao has accepted this, it's none of our business. You should be wary of the Jiang family from now on; they're all bad news."
The old lady nodded and sighed, "You know, this person used to seem like a good person, how could they change so quickly?"
"Everything is changing, it's just that we can't keep up with the times. Grandma, from now on, you two just need to take care of yourselves. Don't worry about other people and things. You both have parents, and no one will starve. Just don't make yourselves suffer."
After chatting with the elderly couple for a while, Ning Hao took his things back to his room and then carefully examined them.
The old lady's possessions were mostly jewelry and calligraphy and paintings, while the things his mother left him were more varied. Jewelry and calligraphy and paintings were only part of it; there was even gold and antiques among them. He just couldn't understand it. His maternal grandfather's family wasn't well-off, so where did his mother get all these things?
However, he had nowhere to ask this question. His mother was gone, and his maternal grandparents' family had almost no contact with them. He could only investigate this matter slowly in the future.
However, he suddenly noticed a letter at the bottom of the box, which had turned yellow due to its age.
Eagerly opening the envelope, Ning Hao couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw the inner box. It contained his mother's last words, explaining the family's situation and how this box of things came about. Most of them were bought by his mother herself. She studied ancient culture and knew the value of these things. She saved them to leave to her son.
She also told him about her background, and Ning Hao then realized why his maternal grandparents' family was no longer close to him. The parents were just temporary arrangements made for him by his mother. After reading the contents of the letter, even he himself admired his mother. But he just couldn't understand how such a rational person could be driven to death by his father.
What followed cleared up his confusion: his mother's health wasn't very good, but it wasn't to the point of death.
It was only later that she realized something was wrong with her body. She went to see a doctor, but they couldn't find anything wrong. As time went on, her condition worsened. She suspected that someone had tampered with her body, but this was just her guess, and she had no evidence.
In the letter, Ning Hao was also advised to be wary of someone and not to eat anything that woman gave him.
After reading this, Ning Hao wanted to laugh bitterly. He had also fallen for it, and it was the kind of thing where no one believed him.
He regretted it. Why didn't his grandma give him the things sooner? Maybe then he would have become more wary.
The rest of the letter was simply a preface to his final affairs and some words of advice. After reading it, Ning Hao wiped away his tears. To this day, he still didn't know who his maternal grandparents were, or why his mother had taken on a different family. His mother had said that once he found the people mentioned in the letter, everything would be clear.
After searching through the box for a long time, he finally found two property deeds and a key. The letter said that the house had been rented out and that the person in charge was responsible for collecting rent and looking after the house. Ning Hao was asked to take over the house.
Moreover, his mother said that this person was trustworthy, but he didn't know if it was really true, so he had to go on this trip. As for Wang Zhongquan, he would deal with him later.
The next morning, Ning Hao told the elderly couple that he had to go out to run errands. "Go ahead, take all your things with you, hide them well, don't lose them, they were left to you by your mother."
The elderly couple didn't press their grandson about what he was going to do. They knew their daughter-in-law had left him a letter, but neither of them opened it. They left the rest to their children; they were too old to worry about anything. Giving the letter to their grandson put their minds at ease.
"My dear, do you have any regrets?"
Zhu Lin sighed and gave a bitter smile. "I've already given it all away, why would I regret it? You old hag, why don't you understand? If I'm gone one day, only this grandson can take care of you. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. It's a pity that Haozi's mother passed away early, otherwise I could have enjoyed the blessings of having a daughter-in-law."
After watching her grandson leave with his things, the old lady said a couple more words of advice: "Come back soon, Grandma will be waiting for you for the New Year."
Ning Zhengtao sighed from behind, "I wonder if Lao Qiao and the others will come back. Sigh, without this old man by my side, I always feel like something is missing."
Qiao Jie definitely won't come back at this time. His granddaughter hasn't returned yet, so why would he go back? It's better for him to stay in the countryside where he has someone to talk to and can treat patients when he's free.
Jiang Qiao wasn't in a hurry to come back; the main problem was that so many good things she saw weren't selling well.
Back home, everything is scarce, and it's extremely difficult to hunt, especially in the space where there's no meat left. Now that she's in this area and sees so many wild prey, how could she let them go?
She would feel guilty for all the hard work she had put in if she let it go.
The Jiang Qiao of today is not the Jiang Qiao of the past. Before, she would worry about how to butcher her prey. Now, she does it with ease, and she gets better and better at it the more she does it.
She would target whichever prey had the best meat, turning this desolate place into Jiang Qiao's slaughterhouse.
Fortunately, she had her spatial ability, otherwise, given the stench of blood here, Jiang Qiao would probably have been killed by the wolves. Even so, she could still see packs of wolves outside.
However, she wasn't interested in wolf meat, and besides, it didn't taste good. She'd be a fool to kill such a vengeful animal.
Even if she wasn't afraid, she didn't want wolf meat to take up her space. There was plenty of delicious meat in this place, unless she was crazy.
Only Jiang Qiao herself knew how hard it was. Even after getting dressed, she was shivering from the cold, let alone actually killing the prey. Especially in the freezing weather, even with a fire burning in the tent, she still felt cold and tired.
Once she had almost finished, she moved on to another place: to gather grain. Since the harvest was already complete, she had to follow the old method, making sure everything went smoothly along the way until she reached the central area. Jiang Qiao's space was now filled with a lot of grain.
Next, she replenished the space with some things. These things couldn't be left out; they would be too conspicuous. She had US dollars, so she exchanged them for some rubles and bought everything she liked.
She had already made up her mind that she definitely wouldn't come back for the next few years, so she would buy anything that caught her eye, and buy plenty of it, especially things that were in short supply in China. Anyway, there was space, so she could squeeze it in.
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