Rebirth 1983: Starting from taking back the family property.

Chapter 515 Everyone Wants Good Things

Lu Jiaxin waited for half a month because she had to wait for all the things from the ancient capital to be sent to the port city. However, after seeing these things, she felt that the wait was worth it.

Nie Zhan saw the six things Lu Hongjun sent and became worried. He said, "Jia Xin, your father is a public official, and your ancestors didn't have any background. Where did you get so much money to buy so many good things?"

He suspected that these things were obtained by his future father-in-law through corruption or bribery, or bought with the money from corruption or bribery. If so, it would affect Jiaxin's reputation once it was exposed.

Lu Jiaxin shook her head and said, "I asked him several times, and he insisted that he bought it with his own salary and definitely did not do anything illegal or criminal."

"Do you believe it?"

Lu Jiaxin knew what he meant. She shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What's important is that he insisted that this was legally obtained."

"He's already 60 years old and retired, so nobody should bother him anymore. There were a lot of messy things in those years, and nobody should bother to look into these old things."

Nie Zhan said: "I am afraid that if something goes wrong, it will implicate you."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "How can it implicate me? Not to mention how old I was at that time, the capital I used to do business in Hong Kong was not given by him. If something really happens, I will just return the things."

Nie Zhan knew her very well and asked, "Are you willing to do so?"

Lu Jiaxin would definitely be reluctant to part with them. Items like the Jade Cabbage and the Goddess of Childbearing are so lifelike that she would never be willing to return them. "I'll give them cash at ten times the price. If that doesn't work, just promise them that I'll donate these things to the museum a hundred years later."

Thinking that she had donated so much money to the mainland, this promise should allow her to fulfill her wish. In recent years, in order to exchange more foreign currency, she took a lot of good things out.

The next day, Lu Jiaxin received a call from Su Heyuan: "Jiaxin, I heard from Heming that you brought back a lot of good things this time, including a statue of Guanyin carved from pure mutton-fat jade. The Guanyin is lifelike and rare in the world."

Lu Jiaxin didn't blame Su Heming for being big-mouthed. First, she didn't tell Su Heming not to tell anyone else; second, she told Su Heyuan, and they were blood relatives.

"What, you want it?"

Su Heyuan said, "No. The old lady of the Hu family particularly hopes that the family will have many children and grandchildren. For this reason, she also worships a fertility-granting Guanyin at home. Jiaxin, your fertility-granting Guanyin is a great treasure, you must hold it tightly. If the Hu family knows, they will definitely come to ask you to give it up."

"No amount of money is needed to sell it."

Su Heyuan said, "If Hu Zhifeng and Grandma Hu came to ask you for it, would you not sell it?"

Lu Jiaxin said firmly: "No. A gentleman does not take away what others like. If Sister Shimeng really treats me as a friend, she will not force me to do something I am not willing to do."

Su Heyuan asked, "What if Old Lady Hu and Mrs. Hu also come to ask you for help? They are so old, can you refuse them?"

"Why can't I refuse someone who comes to me at such an old age? They are not my elders. What does it have to do with me whether they are happy or not?" said Lu Jiaxin.

Just because she is good friends with Zong Shimeng, it doesn't make sense that the elders of the Hu family must give her something she likes.

Seeing her firm attitude, Su Heyuan said, "If that's the case, they will let me come to you. Jiaxin, I'm not kidding you. Old Madam Hu is stubborn. If she knew you had such an exquisite fertility-giving Guanyin, she would definitely try her best to make you give it up."

He was worried that this fire would burn him and that his marriage would be in trouble again. "I know."

Lu Jiaxin originally planned to deposit these things in the bank safe after she had her fill of the feast for her eyes. But Su Heyuan's words alerted her that she couldn't just rely on the bank safe. She should also find a place to store her treasures. And if she put them at home, she could see them at any time.

In the evening, Lu Jiaxin told Nie Zhan about this: "Ah Zhan, I want to buy a piece of land and build a villa, so that I can fully satisfy my preferences and needs."

"Why do you suddenly want to buy land and build a building?"

Lu Jiaxin did not hide it from him and told him what Su Heyuan reminded him: "Everyone wants good things. My treasures cannot be shown to others, otherwise someone will definitely covet them."

Nie Zhan thought about what Nie Jingwen had said before, asking him to ask Jia Xin if she wanted to sell the jewelry. He had seen those jewelry at the time, and they were not ordinary items, but they were still far inferior to the Jadeite Cabbage and the Goddess of Childbirth. If these things were shown to people, many people would want them.

After thinking for a while, Nie Zhan asked, "Where do you want to build the house?"

There are big villas in Repulse Bay and Deep Water Bay, and now only the Peak is left. Lu Jiaxin asked, "What do you think about buying a piece of land on Barker Road and building a big villa?"

Nie Zhan smiled and said, "Of course you can. You are now the richest woman in Hong Kong City. You are fully qualified to buy a piece of land on the top of the mountain and build a house. However, it will take at least three years from applying to buy land to building a villa for occupancy."

It takes a while to apply for the land, and then find a world-class designer to design it. Because it has to take into account multiple requirements such as aesthetics, safety, and underground secret rooms, the design alone takes a long time.

Lu Jiaxin felt that three years was not a problem. She was quite happy living here anyway. "Ah Zhan, thank you for your hard work."

Nie Zhan touched her hair and said with a smile, "Silly girl, how can you say it's hard to build a house for yourself? Or are you not going to let me live in it anymore?"

Lu Jiaxin really didn't think so much, she just said this out of habit. She smiled and asked back: "I didn't let you live here either, didn't you live here too?"

Nie Zhan felt that he had asked this question in vain.

Two days later, He Bin brought back the seal of Emperor Yongzheng.

Lu Jiaxin took the box and opened it immediately. The seal had a soft texture, was white and dense, and pure and flawless. The seal was engraved with the words "Yongzheng Yubizhibao" in jade chopstick script, and was decorated with nine dragons circling in the sea of ​​clouds, which looked magnificent.

"nice one."

He Bin nodded and said, "The three experts who identified it said that this seal is a national treasure. One of them hoped that I would donate it to a museum, but I refused."

The expert who suggested that he donate his stuff will never be hired again. If you have good stuff and want to donate it, no one can stop you, but what is wrong with asking your employer to donate it?

Lu Jiaxin touched the seal and said with a smile, "This thing cannot be donated. Before Emperor Yongzheng came to power, the national treasury was in a huge deficit. After he came to power, he rectified the finances and took a series of measures to make the national treasury abundant. He was emperor for thirteen years and left more than 30 million silver coins to his successor when he left. In that era, ordinary people could live well with ten taels of silver per family per year."

He Bin understood as soon as he heard it. Since this emperor was able to accumulate wealth, he must not donate his seal but keep it for himself.

(End of this chapter)