Traveling through the 1940s, the whole village was massacred at the beginning

Chapter 944 Gathering Gold

Jiang Jiyuan said awkwardly, "I'm just borrowing from you, it's not like I'm not going to pay you back, and I'll definitely raise my son and daughter."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Jiang Jiyun sprang up from the ground like a spring, shouting with unusual agitation, "How are you going to support your family? Tell me, have you sent any money home in all this time?"

Jiang Jiyuan lowered his head in silence.

Jiang Jiyun started chattering again, "Just look at the military pay you get, which you only receive a few times a year. It's only because my sister-in-law is so understanding that she doesn't hold it against you! But if she really did hold it against you, your son and daughter would probably have changed fathers long ago!"

When Jiang Jiyuan heard his sister's merciless and outrageous words, his face darkened. Was he really that bad?

For a moment, the brother and sister fell silent, neither of them speaking.

After a long while, Jiang Jiyuan finally broke the silence with a slow voice: "The country is in such a difficult situation right now. I know very well that the gold must not be touched. It was money that the higher-ups specifically set aside to be used for rebuilding our homes after the war ends!"

"So what?" Jiang Jiyun's voice was muffled, sounding somewhat helpless.

She understood, of course, that people in this era were indeed quite different from those in her time.

In this era, people's hearts are almost entirely devoted to the country and the people. Although there are some people with selfish motives, their numbers are much smaller compared to her time.

Among this group of people, only she and her uncle were different.

Jiang Jiyun knew perfectly well that none of the people who possessed the spatial pouches were hiding anything; only she and her uncle had secretly saved up some private money.

That's why Jiang Jiyun knew very well that he absolutely could not become an official in the future.

After all, she was almost powerless against the allure of money.

Jiang Jiyuan suddenly noticed that his sister's eyes were lifeless, and she was muttering, "I'm poor too, I really have no money!!!"

Jiang Jiyuan, however, did not believe his sister's words at all. He said bluntly, "You do!"

Jiang Jiyun quickly retorted, "No!"

Jiang Jiyuan replied firmly, "You definitely have them! I know it all; you have at least two hundred large yellow croakers!"

"..."

"Destroy it!"

Jiang Jiyun cursed herself inwardly, wondering why she was so unlucky to have met such an expensive taxi driver!

I feel like a fat pig that's been fattened up, and now it's about to be slaughtered by my own brother!

She kept her eyes tightly shut, unwilling to look at her brother, afraid that if she saw him she would want to scratch his face. At that moment, she felt a piece of paper gently fall on her face.

Jiang Jiyun hesitated for a moment, but finally opened her eyes.

She sat up abruptly and saw that what she was holding in her hand was an IOU, with handwriting that was clearly written by her brother using a brush.

What's even more surprising is that there was a bright red fingerprint on the IOU, which was Jiang Jiyuan's fingerprint.

Jiang Jiyun frowned deeply. She sat up straight, staring directly at Jiang Jiyuan, and asked, "Brother, is this land really something that must be sold?"

"Besides, this is wartime, the situation is volatile, and who knows what might happen in the future? What if they deny it then? Wouldn't the land deed become a worthless piece of paper?"

Jiang Jiyuan replied with a serious expression, "No, we will hand over the specific location. Although mining is not possible for the time being, the organization will arrange for our comrades to secretly guard that area."

Jiang Jiyun sighed helplessly; her worries were not lessened much by her brother's words.

She got up from the floor and turned to walk towards her little bed.

Not long after, Jiang Jiyun pulled a bamboo suitcase out from under the bed.

She plopped down on the ground and, without hesitation, opened her suitcase in front of Jiang Jiyuan.

As the box lid was opened, Jiang Jiyun looked at the contents and said to Jiang Jiyuan, "There's some money I've saved up, and also some dowry that our father saved for me."

When Jiang Jiyuan heard the words "dowry," his lips twitched. He saw that the box contained everything: jewelry, silver dollars, small yellow croakers, and large yellow croakers.

Jiang Jiyun stood in front of the pile of things, a hint of reluctance in her eyes, as she slowly counted one large yellow croaker after another.

Finally, all the large yellow croakers in the box were counted. Jiang Jiyun looked up at the box, sighed helplessly, and said, "There aren't enough big ones. There are only forty-two. We'll have to make up the rest with smaller ones."

Seeing his sister's somewhat disappointed look, Jiang Jiyuan quickly said, "It's okay, the younger one is the same, as long as the portion is enough."

As he spoke, he took out a wooden box and put the gold bars into it one by one.

After packing, Jiang Jiyuan patted the box and said to Jiang Jiyun, "Okay, that's all."

Jiang Jiyun nodded, then put the IOU away and placed it in his box.

She looked at her brother and said seriously, "I'll keep the IOU. From now on, I'm your creditor. You can't spank me anymore!"

In fact, Jiang Jiyun didn't care about this amount of money at all.

She knew in her heart that she had hidden an astonishing number of gold bricks in the mall, enough to build a house.

Not to mention the gold bars in those mahogany boxes, that was an enormous fortune, more than she could ever spend in several lifetimes.

Jiang Jiyuan put the box into his own space and looked at his sister speechlessly. He knew exactly what she was thinking.

"Xiao Yuan, come out! Someone's coming!"

Upon hearing her uncle's voice, Jiang Jiyun pulled her brother out of the space.

After they went outside, they saw a Nationalist army unit surrounding their small courtyard, and one of the officers was talking to the Yue sisters.

Jiang Jiyuan walked over and looked at Zhao Huashan beside him, who simply shook his head.

Jiang Jiyun nestled beside Jiang Wenming's legs and listened for a while as they exchanged pleasantries before yawning.

Jiang Wenming felt the little girl's head bumping against his waist.

"Go take a shower and then go to sleep!" Jiang Wenming said, then saw Fu Jingyu, who was also dozing off next to him, and added, "You go take a shower too, I'll get you two sets of clean clothes in a bit."

There was only one bathtub in the house. The men would take cold baths by the well. Now that there were two women in the yard, Fu Jingyu could only go inside to bathe, while Jiang Jiyun went back to her space to bathe.

After taking a shower, Fu Jingyu put on the flashy short-sleeved shirt and shorts that Uncle Jiang had given him.

Jiang Wenming looked at the awkward boy who came out and said, "What are you shy about? Everyone will be dressed like this after they take a shower."