There were six boxes, and every one of them was incredibly heavy.
Lin Xi had already seen the first box in the study. It contained books, calligraphy, and paintings.
She hadn’t been able to see whose original works they were clearly, so Lin Xi opened the box again—
The moment she saw the seal on the calligraphy, she nearly fainted from excitement!
Oh my God!
Her grandmother had actually collected an original calligraphy work by Zhao Mengfu. Something like this had sold for over a hundred million at auction!
Was Grandma really that wealthy?
Lin Xi sucked in a breath, afraid that her trembling hands might damage the original.
After calming herself down, she continued looking through the contents…
And then!!!
She could no longer remain calm when she saw the books underneath.
Fan Shengzhi’s Book, Essential Techniques for the People’s Welfare, Chen Fu’s Agricultural Book, Wang Zhen’s Book of Agriculture, Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration…
Her grandmother had actually left behind all five of the great ancient Chinese agricultural texts!
Had Grandma known she would become an agricultural science student and deliberately prepared this perfectly targeted gift for her?
Lin Xi carefully took out the books and treasured them away inside the wooden cabin.
Once she dealt with her scumbag father, she was going to study them thoroughly!
Throw an agricultural science student into an era suffering from food shortages?
That was basically like throwing a wild boar into a cornfield and letting her do whatever she wanted!
With such an incredible start, what was inside the remaining boxes was almost irrelevant.
Still, Lin Xi was curious, so she opened them one by one.
The second box contained gold bars, silver bars, and copper ingots.
Based on the pre-transmigration gold price of 1,100 yuan per gram, Lin Xi did a quick calculation.
If nothing went wrong, she was now rich.
However, given the circumstances of the current era, precious metals were still under strict state control, so she couldn’t cash them out for the time being.
“Future billionaire in training,” she muttered with a grin.
With an excited heart and trembling hands, Lin Xi opened the third box.
Inside was a box completely filled with precious fabrics.
Yunjin, Shujin, Song brocade, blue calico…
Although they were all antique textiles, they had been stored so carefully that every bolt of fabric still retained its original luster.
What a treasure trove of intangible cultural heritage!
Lin Xi moved aside the entire box of fabrics and opened the fourth box.
Compared with the previous boxes, this one was only about half the size.
But what was inside was both practical and potentially lifesaving.
The box was packed full of rare medicinal herbs.
Wild ginseng, deer antler velvet, lingzhi, musk, cordyceps…
With the spiritual spring, she didn’t need these things for the time being.
But she was still grateful that Grandma had planned so far ahead.
She closed the lid and opened the fifth box.
To Lin Xi’s surprise, the last two boxes weren’t locked at all.
Moreover, the edges of the wooden boxes were smooth, clearly showing that they had been opened frequently.
What could possibly be used so often?
Lin Xi was puzzled.
But the moment she lifted the lid, she understood—
The box was filled with diaries, photo albums, and some small toys.
The edges of the photo albums had become worn from being frequently handled, but the photographs inside were still beautifully preserved.
Black-and-white photographs.
Without any beauty filters, the women in the pictures were already stunning enough!
This was the original owner’s mother, Bai Keling.
And the writing on the backs of the photographs was all handwritten by Grandma.
—Little Keling at one month old, May 17, 1932.
—Preserved on Bai’s first day of school, September 1, 1938.
—Congratulations to Comrade Bai Keling, an outstanding Young Pioneer, March 15, 1940.
…
The box was packed full.
If the boxes at the front contained property that had been left for Bai Keling to rely on, then this box contained a mother’s deep love for her daughter.
Having inherited the original owner’s memories, Lin Xi’s eyes grew hot, and her nose began to sting.
She carefully placed the photo albums back into the box.
Moving the box had messed up the arrangement inside, so Lin Xi took everything out and carefully reorganized it.
Then a handwritten letter and a photograph slipped out from one of the diaries.
“Keling, after thinking it over again and again, Mother still feels that Lin Jianguo is not a good man. If one day you want your freedom and want a divorce, this photograph can protect you.”
This was the only photograph of Grandma in the entire box.
A photograph that could protect her…
Lin Xi carefully examined the other people in the group photo.
Then she sucked in a sharp breath!
Oh my goodness!
Weren’t those a few of the important figures?
Who would have thought Grandma was actually a revolutionary-era capitalist!
With this group photograph, not only could Lin Xi keep herself safe, she could definitely protect her family fortune as well.
Lin Xi carefully put the photograph away.
Only afterward did she realize that Lin Jianguo apparently hadn’t opened this box all these years and had never discovered the photograph.
Otherwise, why would he have needed to sell the blueprints?
He would have definitely used this photograph to trade for a leadership position.
The final box was filled with blueprints.
The book had only briefly mentioned that the original owner’s mother had conducted research at a classified institution.
These should all have been blueprints she had left behind during the early stages of her career.
They were mechanical engineering sketches, which Lin Xi couldn’t understand. She flipped through them a couple of times before setting them down.
It was like reading an ancient, incomprehensible text.
No… Wait!
The moment she closed the box, Lin Xi suddenly realized something was wrong!
She couldn’t understand the blueprints, but her memory was perfectly fine.
One of the blueprints looked strangely familiar!
Why would a mechanical design blueprint look familiar?
She thought for several seconds…
Holy crap!
Wasn’t this one of the blueprints Lin Jianguo had secretly taken out of his study and sold?!
That old bastard had to die!!!
As fellow researchers, who could possibly tolerate having someone’s scientific achievements plagiarized?
And these were blueprints from a classified institution, no less!
Lin Xi silently came up with 108 different ways for Lin Jianguo to die.
Drowning in a cesspit and becoming fertilizer for her plants…
Forget it. What kind of fertilizer could that old bastard possibly make? He was full of nothing but filthy water.
Shooting him would only waste a bullet.
With her substantial inheritance and several rare books in hand, Lin Xi slept wonderfully that night.
The next morning, the entire family of three was already downstairs having breakfast.
Fried dough sticks, milk, boiled eggs, and white rice porridge.
They were eating pretty well.
Li Yufen didn’t work, so Lin Xi refused to believe that Lin Jianguo’s salary alone could afford all this.
Especially the fried dough sticks.
Fried foods required a lot of cooking oil in those days.
Ordinary families could hardly afford them. If they wanted some, they had to get up early and line up outside a state-run restaurant to buy them.
And even then, they couldn’t simply buy as many as they wanted. They were expensive and rationed.
There were four fried dough sticks sitting right on the table.
Tsk, how generous!
Lin Xi leisurely walked down the stairs into the dining room.
“Having breakfast without calling me?”
With a screech, she dragged out a chair, the harsh sound grating against the floor.
Lin Jianguo frowned in displeasure.
Lin Xi pretended not to notice. She picked up one fried dough stick and put it in her bowl, then picked up another and held it in her hand.
When Lin Ran saw Lin Xi take the one that had originally belonged to her, she couldn’t hold back.
“One each! What are you doing?”
“Eating. Can’t you see?”
Lin Xi was already half a head taller than Lin Ran. Looking down at her from above, her eyes were full of disdain.
She sneered, “I think you left your brain in Zhao Mingze’s bed too.”
“You!”
Once again having her chastity insulted, Lin Ran clenched her hand tightly beneath the table.
Her sister had always loved snatching things from her ever since they were children.
Dresses, food—she always had to take them.
In her previous life, her mother had anticipated that Lin Xi would try to steal her marriage, which was why she had been able to successfully manipulate Lin Xi into marrying Zhao Mingze.
But she had never imagined that Zhao Mingze would actually become a regimental commander!
What a pity.
What was the use of marrying him if you had no life left to enjoy the benefits?
Zhao Mingze had only just become a regimental commander for one year when Lin Xi died.
Heh.
Go ahead and snatch.
It was only one fried dough stick.
In this life, I’m even taking your brother-in-law for myself.
Thinking this, Lin Ran felt much better.
“You can have it.”