Chapter 316 - 0316: Old Friend’s Farewell 2_1
"How could that be? In our eyes, as long as you folks don’t change, everything’s fine."
Hearing Aunt Xu’s words, Zhong Shi smiled along.
Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu exchanged a glance, Aunt Xu nodded. She turned to fetch the sixteen eggs sent by Guan Cheng and Lu Tianjun and a bottle of malt essence they had previously received as a gift. In the meantime, Uncle Xu bent down to dig out a small box from a corner and handed it to Zhong Shi together.
Zhong Shi was stunned, "Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, what’s this?"
Aunt Xu said seriously: "No matter how poor a home is, it always has a road to wealth. The box contains the last bit of gold we have, take it with you. We have no connections to exchange foreign currency. Even if you can exchange some before you leave the country, it’s only a bit, it won’t help much. Gold is universally accepted, keep it hidden and bring it with you. The eggs, boil them and eat them on the train."
The journey from home to Shanghai would take at least a day or two by train.
Zhong Shi’s eyes turned red instantly, but he only took the eggs and malt essence, and pushed the gold back, "Auntie, I’ll take the eggs and malt essence, but not the gold. You keep it, there are still many places to use money in the future. Awan and I hid a lot of gold and jewelry before the incident, we’re taking all of it this time, don’t worry about our livelihood."
Saying this, he pulled out two small brocade boxes from his pocket and handed them to Aunt Xu.
Aunt Xu was surprised, "What’s this?"
"The girl whose name I don’t know, thanks to the food she fetched for us during this past year, Awan and I had decent meals and lived decent lives. We haven’t been hungry, which is a rare fortune amid such natural and man-made disasters! We’re leaving now, not knowing if there will be a chance to come back in the future. These two pieces of jewelry are for her as a memento." Zhong Shi said in a melancholic tone.
Falling from cloud nine to the muddy ground, he understood the true face of society and cherished more the little kindness received during difficult times.