Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 221 - 0221 Lu Family History 1_1

Chapter 221: Chapter 0221 Lu Family History 1_1

After sending their child out, Feng Qingxue tidied up the kitchen and returned to the living room, just in time to receive a huge bunch of keys from Lu Jiang.

They were old-fashioned bronze keys, shining as if brand new.

"Where did all these keys come from?" Feng Qingxue wondered aloud as she felt their weight in her hand. Some of the doors, cabinets, and chests in their house had old-fashioned bronze locks, some had new locks purchased from department stores.

Besides, she already had the keys to all these locks.

"These keys relate to our entire family fortune," said Lu Jiang with a laugh.

Feng Qingxue immediately thought of what Lu Jiang had said the other day. The keys felt both burning hot and extraordinarily heavy in her hand. Then, Lu Jiang went on, "Father just told me yesterday, before our house was built, he had secretly dug up the gold and other valuables he had hidden elsewhere and buried it under our house, right beneath our bedroom. It’s buried very deep, since nobody would dig that deeply into our property. Besides, gold buried in the ground doesn’t need to be taken care of, we can dig it up when peace comes."

Feng Qingxue’s eyes widened in surprise. She pointed towards their bedroom. Were she and Lu Jiang really sleeping on top of a bed of gold?

"Yes, right under our bed," Lu Jiang affirmed. A slight smile tugged at his lips as he took her hand in his and held the keys between their palms. "Some more gold is buried beneath the cowshed."

"Wait, did you say underneath the cowshed?" Feng Qingxue interrupted him.

"Indeed. Beneath the cowshed, there’s a cellar made of hardened mixture of glutinous rice juice and lime. Even a cannonball reportedly can’t blast it open. After closing the cellar door, also made from a mixture of glutinous rice juice and lime, it is sealed perfectly and lets through no wind. Father and grandfather dug out this cellar secretly, without letting anyone else know. Our family’s collection of calligraphy, paintings, books, stationery, small antique jades are hidden in there, along with your mother and sister-in-law’s dowry, and the calligraphy scrolls and jewelry he gave you."

Lu Jiang shrugged as he finished his explanation.

His father had said that he had chosen this inconspicuous location for the hideout for fear that someone would dig three feet deep into the courtyard of their house. As a result, although minor quantities of gold and silver were found from the pitted courtyard that was to divert attention, no one ever thought to search in crude places like stables or cowsheds.

Therefore, his father living in the cowshed was not just due to the arrangements of the commune, but also for guarding their family property.

Feng Qingxue was dumbfounded. "Did you just say ’some’? Is there more?" Wasn’t the Lu Family just a landlord family? How much wealth could they possibly have? Hidden here and there, truly an epitome of ’a stranded boat lends shelter thrice’.

"Three more places. One is the batch of gold my father dug up and moved below our home foundation. No need to tell you where it was originally hidden. Four small boxes each half a yard squared. Two boxes are for us, two for elder brother and his wife, filled with gold bricks, and gold ingots as big as yellow croakers. Another stash is in a mountain, hiding bronze artifacts, ancient porcelain, wood carving, stone carving and so on. I originally wanted to take you to see it. I remembered I can’t go into the mountain with my wheelchair, I’ll have to wait until next time we come home."

After hearing Lu Jiang’s words, Feng Qingxue hastily said, "Since it has remained hidden for so long without anyone finding it, we can just keep it hidden. Let’s not open it frequently and risk drawing attention. I don’t care whether I see it or not, knowing it’s there is enough."

About the final hidden place, Lu Jiang also told her, it was right under the retained land next to the cowshed!