Reborn Soul: Me and My Family

Following the old man's instructions, after struggling for a while, I finally opened it, but there was nothing inside except the wood supporting the bed board.

Nothing. Ignoring the brothers' puzzled looks, the old man walked to the head of the bed and put his hand on the carvings at the bottom.

In the end, I didn't know how he operated it. I only heard the sound of a slight wooden gear turning, and then at the end of the bed,

There was a clattering sound. In the brothers' memories, this bed had always been placed in their parents' room since they could remember.

This is the first time I have seen such a mechanism. "I am too old to bend down. You two take out the things inside."

Although they were doubtful, the two brothers still did as they were told. If the bed frame wanted to accommodate both of them, it would not be a problem for them to squat at the same time.

But the actions are definitely limited. "Brother, I'll go get it, you just take it outside."

Seeing his agreement, Ouyang Zhen stepped inside. The frame of the step-out bed at home was already solid and heavy.

If you want to hide something, it's not easy to be discovered.

Ouyang Zhen bent down to take a closer look and found that the end of the bed was made up of small drawers. The design of this small mechanism was quite clever.

No matter how hard one tries, they would never imagine that such an ingenious little mechanism could be hidden inside this ordinary step-out bed.

When they opened the first small drawer, they saw several large yellow croakers. The two brothers were stunned for a moment.

Then they all looked at the old man in surprise, and the two brothers took turns to take the coins until all the small boxes were empty.

Ouyang Zhen counted carefully and found that there were twelve small grids in total. Seeing that he was hesitant to make the next move,

The old man at the side urged, "Why are you standing there like an idiot? Hurry up and put the bed back to its original state."

The two brothers did not hesitate and hurried to help restore the bed to its original state. When putting the bed board back, the old man fiddled with the carvings on the headboard a few times.

The familiar voice echoed in the room again. When the bed and bedding were restored to their original state, the two brothers turned their eyes again.

I put it back on the golden little desk. There were 4 big yellow croakers in each small box, except for the last small box which only had one.

There are 45 large yellow croakers in front of them. The average weight of the large yellow croakers is 312.5 grams.

This batch of gold would be a huge fortune no matter what era it was placed in.

"Dad, I remember you never told me that our family used to be rich!"

It's no wonder his second brother asked this. In Ouyang Lin's memory, their family had always lived a normal life. Now that he thought about it, there were some doubts.

I still remember when I was six or seven years old, there was a food shortage in the whole country. Every household in the city was short of food. When other families were tightening their belts and only had to eat half their fill,

They only have two meals a day, and they can almost always eat half full.

You know, lack of food can lead to starvation. At that time, his parents repeatedly told him not to go out and to look after his younger brothers and sisters at home.

We were not allowed to tell others that we had food at home. Anyway, we managed to get through the last days like that.

Looking at the small pile of yellow croaker, the old man's thoughts went back to many years ago when life was hard in his hometown.

The crops they planted were all gone. Farmers depended on the crops, so if they wanted to survive, they had to leave their hometown.

At that time, his father heard from others that there was plenty of rain in the south, so he took the whole family and followed others to the south. But it was not that easy.

The journey was extremely dangerous and in the end, only the mother and son were left.

The old man was inevitably saddened by the past. He sat back on the bed, picked up the teacup beside the bed and took a big sip.

Then he slowly said, "My family came to Su Province to escape famine. You know that, right?"

The two brothers had heard about this past event many times when they were young, but this batch of yellow croakers had never been mentioned. The two brothers nodded in tacit understanding and did not speak any more.

"Actually, your father and I have several brothers, and I am the youngest. At first, there were many brothers in my family.

We were all young and full of vigor, and there were many males in our family, so the journey was relatively safe at first. We traveled as usual that day.

We encountered bandits blocking the road. Our family was at the end of the crowd. My father saw the problem and asked your grandmother and I to hide.

Soon my four brothers were fighting with others in a pile of weeds on the roadside. During the fight, my mother covered my mouth tightly.

Perhaps he saw a bandit walking towards the haystack, so my father deliberately made some noise to attract the man's attention and pretended to harass him.

Finally, he used his back to block the blow, and the place where he fell was exactly where we were hiding. At such a critical moment,

He did not forget to protect us mother and son under his body. Maybe because everyone fell down, the bandits just looted everything and left.

After a long period of silence, my father slowly stood up, not caring about the wound on his back, and went to look for my brothers.

Finally, there were only three of us left in the family. We thought that the bandits had just left and would not easily return.

There were about 30 or 40 people who were killed at that time. All I saw was blood everywhere. Your grandfather was dragging his wounds.

I found a shabby cart, moved all my brothers on it, and finally found a secluded place.

To let them rest in peace, I originally wanted to split the wood of the cart and erect a wooden tombstone for my brothers. When I find a place to settle down,

They can be found after a few years. These gold bars were found in the interlayer of the cart. Once they found out that something was wrong, my father didn't dare to touch it.

They quickly restored the place to its original state, found some stones with a cart as a mark, and the family of three hurried south.

Farmers had no money or food at home, so your grandfather had no other options and wandered around everywhere. Finally, he somehow found a way.

He took out a large yellow croaker and not only exchanged it for money but also got some food. This was the basis for his survival. Although those years were very difficult,

But because of these things, I managed to survive. Farmers are hardworking. After that, my father went to the dock every day to help people move goods.

Although life was hard, I felt relieved that I didn't have to wander around. I was afraid of being targeted by others, so I never moved these things.

Maybe I have a knot in my heart. Your grandparents passed away early, and there was a famine in the early years. I took the risk and took out two large yellow croakers to exchange for food.

The rest is all here.”

This was the first time the two brothers had heard their grandfather talk about this matter. In the past, he had only avoided the main point and said that it was about escaping famine.

This kind of thing has never been mentioned before, but now it seems that the world was really chaotic in the past!

Ouyang Zhen: "Dad, have you ever visited the graves of your uncles since then?"

"It's not that easy to find. I originally wanted to wait until you two brothers are older, and then we three can go look for it together.

Then that incident happened again. During this period, no one dared to go out far away. I don’t know if I still have hope to find my brothers.

Your grandparents' greatest wish before they died was to find them and bring them back to live with them."