The first three boxes contained gold.
There were also two boxes of cash—one filled with U.S. dollars and the other with Hong Kong dollars.
It seemed this ungrateful family had prepared very thoroughly.
Beside them was a box filled with jewelry and ornaments.
Two more boxes contained precious medicinal herbs, including ginseng, deer antler velvet, cordyceps, lingzhi mushrooms, bird’s nest, donkey-hide gelatin, and more.
But that wasn’t all.
There were even natural bezoars, snow leopard bones, bear bile, dragon’s blood resin, and other extremely rare medicinal materials that were nearly extinct and had already been explicitly prohibited by law.
The original owner’s father was a university professor engaged in scientific research, while her mother was a medical professor. But even she only recognized some of these items.
Fortunately, their names and effects were written on them.
These prohibited medicinal materials must have been obtained by Lu Xinglong through the black market.
The next two boxes contained medicines.
Lu Xinran knew most of these from the modern era.
For example, Yunnan Baiyao, Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills, Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, Angong Niuhuang Pills, and Wujibaifeng Pills, which were particularly beneficial for women.
In an era when supplies were scarce, medicines like these were extremely hard to come by.
With a wave of her hand, Lu Xinran stored all ten boxes in her space.
She had said she wouldn’t leave a single cent for them, and she absolutely meant it.
There were still plenty of other things here.
A liquor cabinet stood against one wall.
It was filled with all kinds of red wine. Lu Xinran recognized many of the labels immediately—Rémy Martin, Hennessy, and Moutai. There were also various wines, probably for entertaining guests and social occasions.
The cabinets beneath the liquor shelf were filled with tea leaves.
There were countless compressed tea cakes.
She had heard that her grandfather loved drinking tea.
There was Da Hong Pao, Pu’er tea, Tieguanyin, and many varieties she didn’t recognize.
They had probably all been looted by Lu Xinglong after her grandfather died and brought here. He probably hadn’t had time to sort through them yet.
There was another cabinet beside the liquor shelf.
Inside were cigarettes and cigars.
Without a second thought, Lu Xinran stored the entire cabinet in her space!
There were also several tea sets and glassware nearby.
Take them all!
Once she had completely emptied the basement, she went upstairs to inspect the ungrateful family’s rooms.
There had to be more good stuff.
Although they didn’t take Lu Xinran seriously, they were naturally cautious and suspicious people.
After the entire family left, they had locked their bedroom doors.
Did they think locking the doors would solve anything?
Lu Xinran simply swung her axe and chopped the locks open.
The chief pair of ungrateful parasites—the husband and wife—lived in a suite.
She had heard that it had originally been meant for her parents, but the couple had shamelessly taken it over.
There was a living room, a bathroom, and a study inside.
There was even a secret room.
Lu Xinran spotted it at a glance.
There were quite a few things stored inside, apparently things Lu Xinglong normally used.
She found fifty gold bars, a box of silver dollars, and a jewelry box.
Inside the jewelry box were ten gold necklaces, five pearl necklaces, five gold rings, two pairs of gemstone earrings, three jade bangles, and two gold bracelets.
The jewelry box was probably Zhao Cuilü’s.
It seemed she had secretly accumulated quite a fortune over the years.
Besides that, there was also a stack of cash.
Lu Xinran counted it.
There was actually more than three thousand yuan.
Take it all!
There were also several pretty glass ornaments.
Take them!
A few porcelain vases, some antiques, calligraphy, and paintings—
Take everything!
Even the tiniest gain was still a gain.
There was no way she was going to leave even a single strand of hair behind for this ungrateful family!
After clearing out the secret room, she went over to the wardrobe.
It was filled with their clothes.
She thought they were dirty and didn’t want them.
She glanced at the dressing table.
There were jars of Snow Flower Cream and some moisturizing lotions, all expensive brands in Shanghai at the time. Some were Soviet brands purchased from the Friendship Store.
They had enjoyed a life of luxury thanks to her grandparents, yet now they had repaid that kindness with betrayal.
They had used these things themselves, so she considered them dirty and refused to take them.
But she wasn’t about to leave them behind either.
She simply smashed everything onto the floor.
There was also some loose change in the drawers, wallets, assorted pieces of jewelry, and a stack of ration coupons and industrial coupons.
They must have collected these recently.
In this era of material shortages, people needed coupons to buy many everyday goods.
Lu Xinglong had probably specifically found people to help him exchange for various coupons, and they had gathered them all together.
There were grain and cooking-oil coupons, meat coupons, cloth coupons, coal coupons, and industrial coupons.
Industrial coupons could be used to purchase things like bicycles and sewing machines.
There were also non-staple food coupons, soap coupons, match coupons, vegetable coupons, and more.
With such a thick stack of coupons, they could buy a great deal of things.
Conservatively, there had to be at least a hundred of them.
She took every single one!
After finishing looting the two ungrateful adults’ room, she went to Lu Manling’s room.
Her room was decorated in an elegant European style, with a distinctly princess-like aesthetic.
The conditions were even better than those in the original owner’s room.
Who knew how much of the family fortune she had secretly siphoned off over the years?
Lu Xinran chopped open a locked drawer and found an intricately carved jewelry box.
Inside was a roll of cash, probably her private stash.
Lu Xinran counted it.
There was actually more than a thousand yuan.
Even the original owner hadn’t had that much money.
It seemed Lu Manling had been secretly pocketing quite a lot over the years.
Besides the cash, there were also coupons, jewelry, and ornaments.
She took everything!
Anything she couldn’t take with her, she destroyed!
She wasn’t going to leave a single thing behind for them.
After completely clearing out their rooms, Lu Xinran went downstairs to the first floor.
She wanted to inspect the kitchen.
The original owner had been back in China for more than a month and had been living in this large mansion.
The house belonged to her grandparents.
Yet obviously, this ungrateful family had already taken it over.
Today was the first time she had properly explored the house.
The kitchen was enormous, almost like a separate building.
There was another door inside.
It led to the kitchen’s storage room.
The storage room was locked too.
She had heard that the family originally employed a cook. Whenever some nourishing dish or tonic was needed, Zhao Cuilü would personally go into the storage room to retrieve the better ingredients.
The cook would prepare whatever she was given.
Zhao Cuilü was afraid the cook would steal anything from inside, guarding the room as though she were guarding against a thief.
Lu Xinran picked up her axe and chopped open every lock.
She couldn’t even be bothered to look for the keys.
Her grandparents’ family had originally been enormously wealthy and had been one of the most prominent capitalist families in Shanghai.
Their living conditions were excellent, and everything they ate, wore, and used was of the highest quality.
After all, it wasn’t their money they were spending.
The amount of grain coupons they received openly wasn’t enough to feed the family, so Lu Xinglong had to buy expensive grain from the black market every month.
The moment Lu Xinran entered the storage room, she saw the enormous amount of grain stored inside.
It was piled up like a small mountain.
Lu Xinran counted everything again.
There were three hundred jin of rice, one hundred and fifty jin of white flour, and fifty eggs.
She also found three jars of lard, a barrel of peanut oil, and a bag of dried goods.
There were red dates, ginseng, white fungus, black fungus, sea cucumbers, abalone, bird’s nest, and more.
Lu Xinran swept everything up without hesitation.
Everything went straight into her space.
Besides that, none of the kitchenware could be left behind either.
Pots, bowls, plates, utensils, the coal stove, fire tongs, coal briquettes—
She took them all.
Whether she would ever have a use for them didn’t matter.
She would store them first and figure it out later.
After clearing out the kitchen, she didn’t forget about the large electrical appliances in the house.
There weren’t many types of appliances available at the time.
There were only a handful.
Given her grandparents’ wealth, they had bought nearly every appliance currently available on the market.
There was a television, a radio, and an electric fan.
There was also a sewing machine, a bicycle, and even the old wall clock.
Not a single thing could be left behind.
By now, she had essentially emptied the entire house.
Her own room would be the last one she cleared out.
After doing all this, Lu Xinran was drenched in sweat from exhaustion.
After resting for an hour, she saw that it was still early.
There was one final—and most important—thing she had to do.