Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space
Chapter 161. The son’s usefulness has come

Chapter 161: 161. The son’s usefulness has come

Glancing at her granddaughter, she directly opened the wooden box. The topmost layer contained a few silver notes, followed by visible pieces of silver, and beneath these was an even smaller box.

Grandma Hua took out the small box and handed it to her granddaughter.

"Look," she said, with a doting and trusting gaze that made Hua Jin’s intention to experiment falter.

This was handed down through the Hua family, was it really okay for her to use it for space verification?

Hua Jin hesitated.

Despite this, she still opened the wooden box, wanting to take a close look at the quality of the jade pieces passed down by the Hua family.

Although she had an impression, Hua Jin was young at the time and only thought they looked nice, understanding nothing else.

As two creamy white jade bracelets emerged before her eyes, beneath them lay a jade token of the same color, a few jade rings placed in the corner, along with some others with obviously different quality.

Even those who don’t understand jade much could tell that the bracelets, jade token, and those rings should be made from the same piece of jade.

The benefit of ancient times is that there wasn’t synthetic jade, so there was no such thing as fakes, only differences in jade quality.

Hua Jin originally thought they were of average quality and didn’t expect that seeing the actual items, their quality was far better than she imagined. The jade looked very translucent at first glance.

Just as Hua Jin couldn’t resist reaching out to touch them, she stopped and pulled her hand back, a hint of joy flashing in her widened eyes.

Just at that moment, a mysterious feeling suddenly surged in her heart, urging her to pick up the jade bracelets, a feeling not much dissimilar to that when she was hungry.

Luckily, her rationality prevailed, remembering they were her family’s heirlooms, she almost put them into her space.

"What’s wrong?" Grandma Hua asked curiously, looking at her granddaughter. Clearly, she was about to take it, what made her pull back?

"Nothing," Hua Jin rushed to smile sweetly at her grandmother, "I just felt a little sweat on my hands and wanted to wipe them. I can’t soil such clean bracelets."

She couldn’t possibly tell grandma that her granddaughter’s blessed land space almost consumed the jade bracelets passed down through generations of the Hua family.

"You’re a meticulous child, just like me." Grandma Hua laughed, her words carrying a hint of pride.

"It’s alright, look as you please. If they get dirty just wipe them," she said, picking up a jade bracelet and directly stuffing it into her granddaughter’s hands.

Hua Jin’s heart pounded with fright, she forcefully suppressed the space’s desire, preventing the bracelet from disappearing instantly, yet she couldn’t tell if it was an illusion or if she faintly felt a trace of energy flowing into her body from the bracelet’s contact.

Fortunately, there was no visible change in the jade bracelet in her hands, at least nothing to the naked eye. Hua Jin breathed a sigh of relief, already having a better sense of the situation inwardly, she viewed her family’s jade with greater esteem.

The space’s anxiety suggested the quality was not ordinary; could it be that the Hua ancestors too were extraordinary?

As for those of average quality, Hua Jin felt almost nothing.

Initially swayed in thought, after seeing the quality of the jade bracelets, Hua Jin completely abandoned the idea of absorbing them.

These were passed down through generations of the Hua family; she couldn’t just let her selfish desire erase the jade artifacts passed down for so many generations.

"Grandma, the jade bracelets are truly beautiful."

"I think they’re beautiful too. Do you want to wear them?"

Although the child’s expression seemed a bit strange and for a moment seemed somewhat conflicted, Grandma Hua didn’t think much of it, assuming her granddaughter liked them too much but was shy to say.

The jade token was meant to be bridal jewelry for her granddaughter anyway, Grandma Hua had no reluctance. As she spoke, she sought out a string.

As for the jade bracelets, they happened to be a pair and were to be preserved for the eldest to continue the heritage. Besides, even if they were given to the sweet granddaughter now, she was too young and her wrists too small to wear them.

Hearing this, Hua Jin quickly shook her head; such significant items should be left for grandma to keep, in case she accidentally made some mistake, she would regret it to death.

"Grandma, I won’t wear it."

"Didn’t you want to wear it?" Grandma was genuinely baffled by her granddaughter’s behavior.

So the child just genuinely wanted to have a look, as if still not fully awake.

"No, I just suddenly remembered wanting to see." Hua Jin gave a coaxing smile, knowing she really was spontaneous, and it was just the family’s pampering. Otherwise, she’d probably have gotten a big slap by now.

Grandma Hua helplessly looked at her granddaughter, unable to hold back her laugh. As soon as she faced the child’s little face, she couldn’t say a harsh word, completely losing her temper with her, "Alright, whenever you want to wear it, tell grandma."

What does one’s own child say? It’s all their own pampering.

Just as grandma was about to put them away, suddenly a thought popped into Hua Jin’s mind.

Since these are old items, could there be... Hua Jin hurriedly stopped grandma’s action and asked, "Grandma, how many generations have these things been passed down in our family?"

This question really stumped Grandma Hua. She only knew it was from her mother-in-law’s mother-in-law’s mother-in-law, beyond that, she truly had no idea.

"This I really can’t say, but I heard your great-grandma say it’s always been passed down like this."

"Grandma, I’ve heard that old items have a certain magic, should we try it?" Hua Jin suddenly whispered mysteriously to Grandma Hua.

"Magic," slightly confused, Grandma Hua suddenly had a moment of epiphany and whispered, "Jin’er, did you hear this from that world?"

Unable to hide her excitement, she thought that must be a place where deities lived, and the magic her granddaughter spoke of must be something wonderful. Just thinking about it made Grandma Hua a bit exhilarated.

Hua Jin: "..."

Suppressing her laughter, she nodded solemnly.

"Then quickly take a look?" Grandma Hua piled all the jade in front of her granddaughter in one go.

Hua Jin chuckled, "Grandma, you can’t see it like this, but you can try."

"Try?" Can it be done this way?

"How to try," Grandma Hua asked again.

"I only know one way, which is to test with a drop of blood; grandma, do you want to try it?"

As soon as she heard about dripping blood, Grandma Hua immediately shook her head. Dripping blood would mean having a wound, no, no, she’d be scared of the pain.

Besides, she’s older now, who knows how much would need to be dripped.

"Go call your dad over to try," she said, "having raised a son for so many years, it’s time to show his importance."

Besides, isn’t it a son’s duty to shed a little blood?

Grandma Hua spoke with such confidence and justification.

Hua Jin didn’t think much of it. Thinking it would also be good for dad to try, as he’s younger, she dashed out of the room, pulling her dad who was working in the backyard into the room regardless.

"What’s up again? You should let dad wipe his hands first," Hua Chengtian, with his not-so-clean hands, said.

He was starting to be a bit afraid of his daughter, having been made to go back and forth since early morning, and now again, he wondered if there would be another unexpected event.

"Dad, come in and you’ll know."

The more mysterious Hua Chengtian was, the more unsettled his heart became, but after seeing his mother in the room, he suddenly felt a lot of relief.

He then saw his mother looking at him with happiness, though her gaze carried a hint of peculiarity, eagerness mixed with a dash of excitement.

"What are you... up to?" he asked, suddenly feeling a bit cold looking at his mother and daughter in the room.

"Nothing much, just a small task for you," Grandma Hua said gently.

This made Hua Chengtian even more apprehensive. Since when did his mother ever give him work so kindly? Wasn’t it always direct commands or a penetrating glare?

It just made him worry more.