My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn
Chapter 122 - 32: The Red Landlord

Chapter 122: Chapter 32: The Red Landlord

Lin Xiaoxi’s eyes smiled, "You’d never guess what good news has happened."

"What good news?" Lin Xiaoguai began to ask while trying to recall if any good news had occurred in her past life at this time, but she realized that her past self had blocked out too many things and knew nothing.

"The government has returned the property that was confiscated from our Lin Family in the past," Lin Xiaoxi’s voice rose involuntarily.

"How is that possible?" Lin Xiaoguai was startled and then widened her eyes, "Does that mean our Lin Family are red landlords?"

She had heard about this in her last life, but due to the presence of the Red Guards, her elders didn’t dare to mention anything about their ancestors, even behind closed doors, so her understanding was very limited.

"You know about it?" Lin Xiaoxi sounded disappointed yet excited, "I only just found out. Our grandpa and many elders in the clan rescued members of the Communist Party and the Eight Route Army. When a group of the Eight Route Army was in danger, it was our grandpa who hid them behind a partition wall. As the Japanese began searching thoroughly, grandpa led them into the mountains from behind the door. The Japanese were afraid to enter the mountains, fearing local ambushes, allowing that group from the Eight Route Army to escape death."

As he spoke, Lin Xiaoxi furrowed his brow, "I just learned that the Japanese were initially afraid to enter the mountains. They only dared to enter when local traitors emerged. With the traitors as guides, they ventured into the mountains. That group from the Eight Route Army never surfaced again; we don’t know if they survived."

"Second Uncle mentioned that the platoon leader of that Eight Route Army unit even wanted to take Uncle to be a guard, but it never happened because grandpa wouldn’t allow it."

"Also, Second Uncle said that grandpa was arrested by the Japanese who planned to execute him by firing squad for assisting the Eight Route Army. Our relative in J City who was a capitalist paid a ransom, but the Japanese refused to release him. With no options left, she asked for a final visit but was denied, being told he’d already been executed. She went to the execution ground and found no body, and then to the prison, where she thankfully found grandpa alive. Someone with the same name as grandpa had been executed in his stead. Eventually, grandpa was able to be ransomed using another person’s identity."

Talking about the glorious deeds of his ancestors, Lin Xiaoxi was very excited, "This time, the government’s policy has allowed the Lin family to reclaim our property."

"How much did we get?" Lin Xiaoguai was also somewhat excited. She knew that both her brother’s and Second Uncle’s family were not doing well, and both were too proud to accept much help even if she offered.

If she remembered correctly, the property the entire Lin Family had was not a small amount.

No wonder when she had secretly returned for tomb-sweeping, she found the Lin family in a state far removed from the decay she remembered. She had assumed it was because the Lin family had worked their way out like her brother did.

— Due to their father’s teaching by example and precept, Lin Xiaoguai always believed that the Lin family inherited the intelligent minds passed down from their ancestors.

Lin Xiaoxi answered, "A total of sixty thousand yuan, our grandpa’s branch got seven thousand nine hundred yuan, Uncle’s family got six thousand five hundred yuan, Second Uncle’s family got five thousand six hundred yuan, Third Uncle’s family got nine thousand yuan, Uncle got four thousand eight hundred yuan, Fifth Uncle’s family got six thousand one hundred yuan, Sixth Uncle got eight thousand two hundred yuan, Uncle got five thousand nine hundred yuan, and Uncle Nine got six thousand yuan."

Actually, if we consider the value of all the antiques and paintings confiscated from the Lin Family, even ten times this amount of money wouldn’t be enough, but Lin Xiaoxi was not dissatisfied with what was reclaimed.

Lin Xiaoguai and Lin Xiaoxi’s grandpa’s generation had nine male cousins, all were direct descendants through hundreds of years of Lin family lineage; as for other clan members, even their own brothers, they would be considered side branches.

According to Lin Family traditions, the property of their branch should actually be inherited by the eldest branch, which would be Uncle’s. Now that Uncle was no longer there, it naturally belonged to Lin Xiaoxi.

But Lin Xiaoguai knew that neither Aunt nor her brother would do that.

Indeed, Lin Xiaoxi spoke, "Mom said we’ll keep three thousand yuan, give three thousand yuan to Second Uncle’s family, and the remaining one thousand nine hundred yuan will go to you. As for Xiao Kang and the others, they won’t lose anything with the three thousand yuan from selling your flowers." His voice carried a hint of coldness towards the end.

"I don’t need the money," Lin Xiaoguai shook her head, "You know, brother, I’m really not short of that amount." She had directly placed ten thousand yuan in front of her brother and hadn’t hidden from him how much she made from selling flowers, so he was the one who knew her situation best.