Indeed, it stands to reason that before the new lady entered the door, my mother must have amassed an astonishing fortune, one might even say that she was rich enough to rival the country. But where did the money go?

Just as I had said this, I saw Uncle Ai's brow furrowed.

I thought he was wondering about it, but the next moment, he raised his hand, took out a crimson brocade box from his sleeve, slowly put it on the small table, and pushed it in front of me.

I was stunned for a moment, "It's—"

He looked at me: "Miss, this is the Lady's thing." ”

When I heard this, I was shocked: "My mother? My mother-she-"

"No, that's what she gave me."

“……”

He added the word "originally", and only these two words poured cold water on my head on the little charcoal red that was suddenly blown hot in my heart, and it was suddenly cold, but I felt a little suffocated for a long time.

After a while, I slowly reached out and picked up the brocade box.

The brocade box was no more than the size of a palm, but it was very delicately made, and it was also very heavy, and it was heavy in the hand. I understand the situation of the Yan family, the brocade box where some important items are placed, the mezzanine is red gold, even if this brocade box is not, I am afraid that it is not far behind.

Carefully open the brocade box, and there is only one thing inside.

A key.

This is......

I picked up the key, and if my mother had given it to him and asked him to pass it on to me, it would have been so many years, but it was still brand new. The workmanship of the key is very fine, especially in the place where it is in hand, only the size of a fingertip, but it is carved with a fine auspicious cloud dragon, lifelike, which shows its superb skills.

And I recognized it almost at first sight, this key, and the dagger that Fu Badai gave to Nian Shen at the beginning, and the Biyue scimitar that Empress Zhaolie gave to Emperor Taishang, and then Pei Yuanhao transferred it to Nian Shen, are in the same vein!

I couldn't help but feel nervous.

After I saw the dagger and the blue moon scimitar, I already vaguely felt the connection between the two, and now, another key has been handed to me, is it a coincidence?

Or is someone deliberately arranging it?

I looked up at Uncle Ai, who was also staring at the key in my hand in a daze, as if it was the first time I had seen him. Looking back at his attitude towards his mother in the past, it is indeed unlikely that he would have opened it without permission to peep at what his mother had left me.

But I still asked him, "Uncle Ai, what is the key?" ”

"I don't know."

"When Mother handed it over to you, didn't she sue you?"

He didn't speak, just stared at the key, and said, "Miss, can you let me take a closer look." ”

I nodded and handed him the key. He took it and carefully turned the key in his palm and looked at it, rubbing the patterns on it, then raised his head to look at me, and said, "Miss, this is the craftsmanship of the iron family." ”

"The Iron Family?"

"The Iron Family of the Iron Family."

“…… Oh. "It dawned on me.

Xichuan's iron ore is not owned by the state, so naturally there are other families mining and casting to supply Xichuan's foreign war, and among these big families, the iron family is the most powerful. It's not just that they mined a lot of iron ore and the craftsmanship of cast iron, but in the early days, they won the support of the Yan family and opened a money bank, and half of the silver money circulation in the entire Xichuan was manipulated by the Tie family.

I even knew that the 5,000 taels of the Yan family's annual allowances were directly handed over to my mother by the Tie Family Bank.

The difference between Tiejia and other banks is that not only can you borrow money and store assets, but more importantly, because of Tiejia's cast iron technology, you can prepare an iron box for every customer who stores important objects, a unique key, and only the person holding the key can open the iron box. The key has become the only credential that can go to the money bank to get something.

And in front of me, the key that my mother left me was the key cast by the Tie family's special skills and used by the Tie family's money bank.

I suddenly seemed to understand something.

Uncle Ai had already handed the key back to me with both hands, I took the key and looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Is it that my mother's original money has been put in the Tiejia Money Village?" This key is the voucher for taking the money? ”

"Well, I don't know. It's just—"

I looked at him and said, "Just what? ”

Uncle Ai said: "The eldest lady has that money, which can be described as rich and rivals the country, even if the new lady came back then, the money is still there." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at me.

I couldn't help but frown.

Indeed, just now I was asking him, where did the money go, if this money is really deposited by the mother in the Tiejia Money Village, then how to say that it is also her own assets, even if the mother does not take it out, even if it takes out the money, it is enough for some people to live a luxurious life for decades, why later we lived so poor in Xishan, and even needed the help of others.

Why didn't the mother take the money out?

Could it be that this key can be taken out in Tiejia Qian Zhuang is not money?

I fumbled with my fingertips for the delicate pattern on the key again, then put it back in the brocade box and slowly fastened it.

The brocade box was closed, but the doubts in my heart became deeper and deeper.

Mother, what did you leave me......

I was still thinking about it, and Uncle Ai fumbled in his sleeve for a while, then took something out of it and put it in front of me.

When I saw it, I was shocked.

It was a stack of thick silver tickets, taller than a teacup!

"Miss."

I didn't rush with him, I just glanced at him, and then said with a smile: "Uncle Ai, I am also doing business now, and my life is not hard." ”

Uncle Ai's eyebrows were filled with the unfinished pain just now: "Isn't this bitter?" ”

I laughed and said, "I have money." ”

"If you have money, you won't live in that kind of place!"

I smiled bitterly in my heart. He said that he was a monk, but I saw that he was not as pure as a monk at all, but more secular than ordinary people, so I smiled and said, "That's my husband's family." ”

His eyes widened suddenly: "Husband?!" ”

This time I was a little surprised.

I got married and gave birth to a daughter, all here, I thought that when he came here, he naturally knew my situation very well, and this should be no exception. But seeing that he has already become a monk, then it is another matter, my news came back, Yan Qingchen knew it, and other people knew about it, but there was no need to sue him; And this time Yan Qingchen asked him to come, of course, he would tell him about my general situation, but some details, I'm afraid I won't mention it.

I don't want to mention it.

Thinking of this, I smiled and said, "This is my husband's house." ”

"Your husband's house?" He seemed to be immersed in great shock, and muttered, "So, what kind of man is your husband?" ”

"Yes......" My throat choked inexplicably, but I quickly wiped this strange point away, and said with a faint smile: "It's a fisherman, but now I'm an official." ”

"What?!" He couldn't believe it anymore, and his face changed instantly, which was a little funny.

Even I live in this small fishing village, living an ordinary life of food and clothing, he is sad and angry, and his heart is painful, and now he actually knows that I am married to a fisherman, I am afraid that I will be angry and faint, right?

Seeing that he seemed to be angry, I just thought that I couldn't tease him anymore, so I smiled and diverted the topic: "By the way, maybe, you have also met my father-in-law." ”

"Oh?" Uncle Ai was stunned for a moment and said, "Who is he?" ”

"Uncle Ai, do you still remember the three years of the Apocalypse, Mr. Fu's erudition conference at Xishan Academy."

He nodded: "Of course I remember, that's a big deal." ”

"Then do you remember, there is a reading named Liu Shizhou-"

Before I finished the three words "reader", I saw Uncle Ai's face shocked, and my heart moved inexplicably, and I stopped the rest of the words.

Uncle Ai didn't react for a moment, and I didn't speak, and suddenly there was a strange silence in the cabin.

It's just that this silence was quite short, and he had already raised his head to look at me and said, "Liu Shizhou? ”

"Uncle Ai, have you really seen him?"

"Hmm." He nodded, as if he had no trouble remembering it, and as if those things in the third year of the Apocalypse were still yesterday, he frowned slightly, and said softly: "It is really rare for a scholar with a family to be poor like that, and to come all the way to participate in the erudite conference." ”

I was also a little surprised: "Do you really remember?" ”

"Why don't you remember, it's also a loss to him, the family is so tired, and the person is still smart." As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced at me: "With your teacher, I hit it off, and the two of us almost got married." Hum! ”

I smiled.

Mr. Ai doesn't like to read people, this is something that Shudi, or the Yan family, knows about it. It seems to be because he didn't read well since he was a child, and he was often beaten by the teacher of the private school, and he heard that even the tip of his little finger was broken, so he dropped out of school in a fit of anger and refused to touch the book again. However, this man's shrewdness in acting and acting is obviously innate, and after two years of private schooling, he recognized a few words, and later his family business was better than those who memorized books very well in the previous private school.

Even so, he still doesn't like reading people, and even I know that he hates Fu Badai very much, and the two of them won't quarrel when they meet, but you can't get used to me, I can't get used to you, as long as they appear at the same time, the atmosphere must be very bad.

Such a person who knows etiquette but does not know books, now that he has become a monk, it is no wonder that he is still so worldly.

However, I have guessed what he said.

Even, I once guessed that many of my father-in-law, that is, Lord Liu Shizhou, for Jiangnan was influenced by Fu Badai at the Erudite Conference, and now when I hear Uncle Ai say this, it seems that it is not that he was influenced by Fu Badai, but that the two of them are basically the same people.

It's no wonder that Fu Badai likes light cold so much......

Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little sour in my heart.

I'm not jealous, and I don't think he values others because he looks down on me, besides, he values light cold, which is the same person in my heart...... But I know very well that the more he values, the more difficult it will be for Qinghan to walk in the future.

Just when I was secretly sad in my heart, Uncle Ai continued: "So, your teacher also introduced him to your mother. ”

Startled, I looked up at him, "What?!" ”