Chapter 341 Family Heritage (Seventh Update)
The three children came over immediately, their black and white eyes looking at her expectantly.
An Zhixia suddenly felt guilty when she hesitated.
Fang Yuan took out the gift book from her hand and handed it to Fang Songyan. He then stuffed the heavy backpack into Fang Lixi's hand and said, "You three kids, sort out the money and see how much money there is in total to see if it matches the amount in the account book. If it's correct, each of you will get a reward of ten yuan!"
The three children nodded happily, climbed onto the bed, took out a pen and paper, spread out the gift book, and then poured all the money in their backpacks onto the kang table.
They divided the work and first piled up a hundred identical coins, then added them together, and after sorting them out, they calculated the money in the gift book.
Fang Yuan leaned close to An Zhixia's ear and whispered, "Wife, have you forgotten what I told you? Treat them as your own children. Order them to work when they should, teach them when they should, and praise them when they should. You don't need to worry about anything.
It would be a great benefit for them to organize the gift book, as other children in other families don’t have such an opportunity.”
“I’m afraid they’ll think too much.”
"They are smarter and stronger than you and I thought, and they want you to put aside any reservations."
An Zhixia nodded gently: "I will try my best to get along with them and work out the best way."
They all slept a lot in the afternoon, so they didn't feel sleepy at all at this moment.
The children were busy counting money, and the two newlyweds were whispering to each other. Such a harmonious and warm scene made Fang Yuan unable to help but kiss her cheek quietly behind her back again and again. At this moment, he regretted making too much noise in the afternoon. At night, he could only continue to offer delicious meat in a vegetarian diet, which he could only look at but not swallow.
An Zhixia thought the children could not complete the task in one night, so they collected the money, checked it twice to make sure it was correct, and began to calculate the gift money book. Fang Yuan pulled out a beautiful black jade abacus, and the youngest Fang Gexin read it, Fang Lixi fiddled with the abacus, and Fang Songyan recorded the interim values in the book.
The clattering sound was so exciting that An Zhixia couldn't help but get off the sofa, climb onto the kang and sit next to them to watch.
Fang Yuan came over and whispered to her, "The abacus was given to him by my father when he was alive. When he left home, he held on to the abacus and refused to let it go. Whenever he was in a bad mood, he would play with the abacus, and the two little ones learned from him very well."
In just two hours, they had sorted the money and checked the gift money book.
"Mom and Dad, the money is thirty-two yuan and eighty-three cents more than the amount in the gift money book. We have calculated it several times and it's the same number," Fang Lixi said somewhat puzzled.
An Zhixia counted out thirty yuan from the banknotes, pushed them in front of them, and said with a smile: "Your father put a handful of change in it just now. Here, these are your earnings, use them as pocket money, and next time you go to the supply and marketing cooperative, let's buy three piggy banks. You can put the change you usually get in them, and deposit it in the bank when you have enough."
The children nodded, collected their money and spread it under the quilt against the wall.
After washing up, everyone turned off the lights and went to sleep. An Zhixia was not used to being held in someone's arms, but she really liked the feeling of warmth and security in someone's arms.
It was also the first time that Fang Yuan held a delicate body in his arms. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a while, and whispered in An Zhixia's ear in random words.
The next day, Fang Yuan came back from the canteen. After eating, An Zhixia began to organize her dowry, putting the necessary items in the box in the cloakroom, and keeping the unnecessary items in the box, pushing them one by one under the wooden bed.
In the past, An Zhixia only needed to concentrate on studying and filming. Even when managing her social connections, she was in the industry, with certain routines, and she had agents and assistants to help her deal with it. She also learned how to capture people's hearts and make friends with them. But whether she entered the industry or before, she was not an amateur, so she didn't know how to get along with her neighbors.
After all, in the future, the apartment or hotel she lived in had elevators that went directly to the door, so she had no idea who lived on the floors above and below. Fortunately, Old Lady Jiang also understood her shortcomings in this regard, and had already written half a book after refining her experience. She handed it to her solemnly and said mysteriously: "This is the secret that Grandma passed on to you. After you get married and have a good rest, read it carefully."
Then she gave An Zhixia a small wooden box that was not too heavy, saying it was a dowry. At that time, An Zhixia directly put the box in the supermarket.
At this moment, she held the book and read it carefully. It was full of ways to deal with people and things to pay attention to. She learned a lot of new things and felt warmly grateful to her grandmother.
An Zhixia used her consciousness to check the box in the supermarket. It was not too big, only able to hold two books flat, and was about 20 centimeters high. The outside was covered with a layer of oil visible to the naked eye, but half of the reddish-brown box had traces of being severely licked by fire.
She remembered that there had been a fire in the Jiang family before. Although it was not a big fire and was put out in time, all the old photos in the family were burned. If it weren't for the special material of the small box, it would probably have been swallowed by the fire.
An Zhixia used the key to open the wooden box, which was filled with various prescriptions saved by the Jiang and Gu families. She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered some novels and TV shows that in fact, the heritage of ancient families not only relied on the connections and financial resources accumulated by their ancestors, but also many unique books and prescriptions, and the latter were far more important than the former.
With the rare copy and the prescription, whether the younger generations are building up their family or using them to exchange conditions with nobles, the potential that can not be underestimated has the power to turn the tide.
These recipes include those for firing precious porcelain, Chinese patent medicines with different functions and remarkable effects, the preparation of top-quality rouge and powder, whitening and freckle removal, body shaping and beauty care, detoxification and evil elimination, various cakes and candies, recipes, etc. Of course, there are also some colorless and odorless drugs, poisons, itching drugs, fake death drugs, allergy drugs, etc., which are a means for the hostess of the back house to gain a foothold.
Even a queen-level figure like her who prides herself on her broad knowledge can't help but feel shocked and lament that she is just looking at the world from a narrow perspective. The 5,000-year history of Xiahua is not just a casual compliment, but a real one that exists with its low-key, luxurious, mysterious and powerful nature.
An Zhixia's heart was beating fast. She silently recited the Heart Clearing Mantra several times before she cleared her mind of distracting thoughts, closed the box carefully, and prepared to have a good chat with Old Lady Jiang tomorrow.
But now, she carefully asked about the situation of the neighbors and learned that half of the corridor was occupied by the families of their team. She then asked, "Did your family buy candy and snacks? Where did you put them? I will take the children out for a walk to recognize people."
Fang Yuan walked to the kang, opened the cabinet underneath, and started pulling things out.
(End of this chapter)
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