Chapter 933: A World for Two 1
According to information revealed by several elders, the number of cultural relics and calligraphy paintings flowing into the scrap stations was actually limited. Instead, there was a higher volume of old furniture and scrap metal, as the vast majority of books and paintings had been destroyed during the confiscations, and porcelain was easily smashed to pieces. Scrap metal and furniture, being harder to burn or break, were naturally transported to the scrap stations to support national construction.
It was not just hot-blooded students who ransacked homes, but local department workers also got involved. The people who ransacked Huang Qinghong’s home were not merely students, but seemed to be some sort of military representative, though it was unclear if they were students in disguise.
Having this magical space, Feng Qingxue always felt that she should do something to be worthy of it.
In this era, she hoped even more that she could accumulate some spiritual merit to ensure her family’s safety, and also to preserve the nation’s cultural heritage so that, in a decade or two, it could add luster to the reputations of her husband and children.
When the nation would come to value cultural heritage, the actions she and Lu Jiang took would undoubtedly be a great contribution, to be remembered by history.
"Even if we can find just one valuable relic in the scrap station, our efforts will not have been in vain," Feng Qingxue said to Lu Jiang, "Besides, with the Capital’s vastness, the abundance of scrap stations, and the sheer volume of scrap, it is far beyond what our Huaibei City can compare to. After all, this catastrophe originated in the Capital, and in just a few months, tens of thousands of households were probably confiscated, right?"
In fact, during the entire catastrophe, about several hundred thousand households in the Capital were ransacked, with devastating deaths. Across the country, roughly ten million households suffered the same fate, according to a rough estimate.