Chapter 393 The Old Iron Box

“Daughter, I can’t give you this box. Everything inside is yours.”

Bai Nuo glanced at the pile of things dumped on the kang (a heated brick bed), and subconsciously reached for the metal box that had previously contained them, wanting to put them back in.

result……

Her husband, Lao Zhu, actually hugged the metal box tightly in his arms with a nervous expression, as if he was afraid someone would snatch it away.

"Don't stare at Dad's box, look at these things instead." Zhu Kaixuan pushed the pile of things towards his daughter again, his eyes filled with expectation, and it seemed as if he was trying to divert Bai Nuo's attention.

Anyway, I can't give the iron box in my arms to anyone, not even my daughter... not even my daughter!

Bai Nuo glanced at Zhu Kaixuan with a complicated expression. Although some of the items in this small pile were wrapped in coarse cloth and their contents were not visible, she could clearly see the other three bankbooks.

Regardless of how much money is in it, the savings books her husband, Lao Zhu, gave her couldn't possibly be empty. Any one of them should be worth more than that broken iron box in his arms.

The old, broken iron box in her husband's arms is square and doesn't look as big as an A4 sheet of paper. It's about the height of a hand and is so old that you can't even tell what it used to look like. Why does he treasure it so much?

"My dear, this is a gift your mother gave to your father when he was six or seven years old. It is a box of chocolate candies brought back from abroad. I remember it was brought back by a relative of the Wei family. It was just such a box that your mother was not willing to eat. I was still When I was little, I really liked eating sweets. She ran to my house with the box and stuffed it into my arms. A friend was nearby and wanted to snatch it away. As a result, your mother beat her so hard that her nose was bruised and her face was swollen. She pointed at her nose and told her that if she dared to steal my things in the future, she would beat him. "

When Zhu Kaixuan spoke of these things, he always had a gentle smile on his face, and his eyes were filled with sweetness, happiness, and deep longing.

A hand gently stroked the surface of the old tin box, the soft voice tinged with a hint of hoarseness.

“I’ve thought it all out. When Dad gets old, you should cremate him, put his ashes in this box, and bury him with your mother. This was the first gift your mother ever gave me. When I get down there, I want to tell her that I’ve kept it safe all this time.”

Bai Nuo gripped her hands tightly, a sour feeling rising in her throat and rushing to her nose, sour and hot. She forcefully suppressed the tears welling up in her eyes, raised her face in a smile, and nodded vigorously.

"Okay, I've got it. I definitely won't forget."

No matter how outrageous this approach is, she will do it and will never let her father down.

"Dad, what are all these things?" Bai Nuo didn't want her father to continue dwelling on the regrets left by her mother, so she quickly picked up the pile of things and began to look at them one by one.

"So much money!" Even though Bai Nuo was already secretly quite wealthy, she couldn't help but gasp when she saw the number on the bankbook. She looked at Zhu Kaixuan with a face full of surprise, as if to say, "Dad, where did you steal this?"

Zhu Kaixuan twitched his lips speechlessly, placed the iron box in his arms on his lap, and looked at his daughter with a smile: "Although your dad hasn't been back for more than ten years, the allowances and subsidies have never stopped. It's just that the information has been hidden, and the department that issues this money has been changed to a secret department that is specifically responsible for this."

I was only two years old when the Japanese launched their full-scale invasion. I lived with your great-grandparents in my hometown for a few years until your grandparents' unit stabilized a bit, at which point they took me with them.

When you were twelve or thirteen, you secretly followed your uncle to the battlefield. At sixteen, your mother forced you to take the military academy entrance exam. But to be honest, you could have started serving as a soldier when you were twelve or thirteen. You served two years as a conscript and then received a stipend.

When I was twenty, I received a mission and left. At that time, your dad was already a battalion commander. When I arrived at the mission location, the previous regimental commander had died in an accident, and the deputy regimental commander was appointed to take over as regimental commander in a time of crisis. The position of deputy regimental commander fell directly on my shoulders.

For the next sixteen years, although his official position never changed, his military merits continued to accumulate. In the later years, he held the position of regimental commander and received the allowance of a division commander, as well as various subsidies and bonuses.

In those remote mountains and forests, there's nowhere to spend money even if you want to. But with all the savings accumulated year after year over the past ten years, Dad can make you the richest person in the Zhu family, within the Zhu family itself.

Zhu Kaixuan picked up the three bankbooks, a smug smile on his face, and then leaned over to whisper a lecture to his daughter.

"However, we can't tell your grandpa and uncle about this. Listen to your dad, you can still rely on your parents, but we can't let your grandpa and uncle lose their motivation to work hard because of this."

Bai Nuo looked at her father, who was teaching her how to sponge off his parents, and smiled in a way that was hard to describe.

If she remembered correctly, according to the customs of that era decades ago, men and women married very young, and had children very young as well. Moreover, there were no effective birth control measures, so many people had children not long after getting married.

The Zhu family elders were like that. When Madam Zhu was fifteen, she led her troops down the mountain and naturally submitted to a patriotic warlord who was quite famous and of upright character.

She married the adjutant to the warlord at the age of sixteen, who was also the young Master Zhu. She gave birth to her eldest uncle at the age of seventeen, and her second and third uncles, fraternal twins, at the age of twenty. She gave birth to her fourth uncle at the age of twenty-three.

Her father was an accident for Grandpa Zhu and Grandma Zhu. After all, at that time, the country was in a state of war and everyone was living in dire straits. Grandma Zhu couldn't bear to abort the child, and even while heavily pregnant, she was still fighting Japanese soldiers on the battlefield.

At that time, Madam Zhu seemed to be in her early thirties, which was considered the youngest child in that era. In a few years, Zhu's eldest uncle would be able to get married and have children. In addition, Zhu Kaixuan was sent to his ancestral home after he was born, and the family felt that they owed this youngest child a debt. He was spoiled rotten by the whole family.

Thinking about all this, Bai Nuo understood why her father could talk about sponging off his parents so confidently.

After all, those who are loved always have the right and privilege to be fearless and arrogant.

Now……

Bai Nuo looked at the passbooks in her hand and the silver dollars, gold bars, jade bracelets, and gold ornaments wrapped in coarse cloth, and smiled gently.

Since coming into this world, she has been surrounded by love from her family from childhood to adulthood, and now her father is showing her that love through his actions.

Dad is back, and he will bring even more people to love you.

At the same time, he was also using what happened outside the door today to tell her, "Daughter, you can continue to live a life of indulgence and arrogance, it doesn't matter, because Dad is here!"