395: What's wrong with me taking a box?

"Dad, what should we do with these empty boxes?" Yang Qi asked, pointing at the empty boxes.

"We'll take the six small leaf red sandalwood ones back later, and we'll chop up the rest, tie them together, and bring them home as firewood to burn as soon as possible," Yang Limin said after thinking for a moment.

The four of them worked together to carefully pack the porcelain, which was wrapped tightly in blankets, into several large fishing boxes.

"There are still some loose items here; how about we put them in the suitcase?" Bai Xue said, pointing to the jar and the two gold bricks.

"Alright, let's try to take everything at once and come back for the wooden boxes last," Yang Qi said with a nod.

"Oh right, there's also this." Bai Xue took out a small bag containing the two hundred and five pearls they had salvaged themselves.

The family locked the door of the Rest Cabin and walked carefully toward home, pulling four large fishing boxes and one suitcase.

"Take the two largest fishing boxes, along with the small cart, and we'll try to bring everything back in one trip."

"I saw ropes and tarpaulins on your boat; that should be enough. If not, we'll just put it in the car trunk."

"Bring an axe and a hammer; let's speed things up," Dad Yang Limin commanded.

The four of them returned to the Cockpit of the setting sail, and Dad and Yang Qi began to work on the empty boxes.

Amidst a flurry of crackling sounds, the boxes gradually turned into pieces of firewood. Bai Xue and Mom Zheng Jin used cut-short ropes to tie them into bundles.

Everyone packed and secured the firewood and the six small leaf red sandalwood boxes, covering them with bedsheets from the Rest Cabin.

However, they found that there were still six or seven bundles that wouldn't fit. In the end, they had to put them into Mom's car trunk.

Just as Yang Qi and the others were about to leave, Dad Yang Limin spoke up: "Xiao Qi, open the Freezer Hold and let me see. Let me be amazed by the things you're planning to hand over!"

Yang Qi had no choice but to nod and go up to unlock it.

"Whoa, that's rare! Not a single fish." Dad was used to his son's boat being fully loaded every time, so he was surprised to find the Freezer Hold completely empty today.

"There was originally a large Grouper weighing 150-160 jin, and about 100 jin of small fish. But because of these boxes, we didn't turn on the cooling, so we ended up throwing all the fish back into the sea," Bai Xue said with a smile, pointing to the twenty-plus boxes.

Dad Yang Limin opened a few boxes to take a look, admiring the gold Buddha and gold jewelry. He took a few glances at the ore, but since he didn't understand it, he put it back.

"This is the thing I was talking about!" Yang Qi pointed at the small box.

Dad Yang Limin took a look and nodded, immediately looking elsewhere.

"So these ten boxes must be the gold bricks, right?" Suddenly, Yang Limin said, opening the lid.

"Yes, Dad. We've already checked them." Bai Xue nodded and said.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Dad gave Mom a look, and the two of them didn't say a word.

Mom stepped forward, picked up a box with Dad, and they stumbled their way out.

As expected of a couple married for many years, their tacit understanding was perfect!

"That's truly a meeting of minds!" Yang Qi was also dumbfounded: "Hey! Dad, what are you doing..."

"This was salvaged with great effort by my son and daughter-in-law. Since all the other darlings have been handed over to the state, what difference does one box of gold bricks make? So what if I take a box for your mom and me?" Yang Limin said matter-of-factly.

"Giggle, Dad is right. I support your decision!" Bai Xue giggled from the side.

"Alright then! Mom, put it down; I'll carry it. Don't strain your backs." Yang Qi was defeated by his father's righteous tone, but thinking about it carefully, what his father said made sense.

In the end, Yang Qi and his father moved the box of gold bricks to his father's trunk.

The four of them then locked the door and returned to the villa with the firewood.

"Use this for cooking for the next two days and burn it up as soon as possible," Mom said.

"Mm, got it. We'll use it to cook our midnight snack later," Bai Xue nodded.

"Oh right, Mom, I have something good for you." Bai Xue pulled Mom back into the living room, took a few large winnowing baskets, and began pouring gemstones and pearls into them.

"There are so many!" Mom was stunned as she looked at the baskets full of colorful gemstones and pearls.

"Mom, just take whatever you want. Take as much as you like!" Yang Qi, who was admiring a gold watch with Dad, said when he saw this.

"Alright, I understand. I only have one child, so why would I stand on ceremony with my son and daughter-in-law?" Mom said straightforwardly.

"Right, Bai Xue, let your mom come over to pick some out too later!" Yang Qi said to Bai Xue again.

"That won't be necessary; I'll just pick ten of each and send them over to her," Bai Xue shook her head and said.

This was the difference in Yang Qi's family, being the only child. Whatever Yang Limin and Zheng Jin had, it eventually all went to Yang Qi.

But the White family was different; they had a son, Bai Lang. If the couple Chen Lanying and her husband found out that Yang Qi had so many darlings here, and if the elderly couple developed selfish thoughts for the sake of Bai Lang, it could lead to more trouble, which would be doing a disservice with good intentions.

Bai Xue felt that her own family had already undergone earth-shaking changes with Yang Qi's help, and life was quite good as it was!

Besides, Bai Xue had her own private treasury of tens of millions, and she could support her family at any time if needed.

Even Yang Qi's bank card was locked in her safe in the bedroom, and she had a supplementary card; all large household expenses were paid using that supplementary card.

Since Yang Qi kept nothing from her, there was no need for her to stir up any extra trouble.

After hearing this, Zheng Jin became even more satisfied with her daughter-in-law!

"Hey! Why are you putting our son's watch on your own wrist?" Zheng Jin suddenly noticed Comrade Old Yang wearing a gleaming gold watch and accused him.

"Stop talking nonsense, will you? He has three; what's wrong with giving his old man one?" Yang Limin said immediately with dissatisfaction.

"That's right, Dad is correct! I still have two more!" Yang Qi immediately stepped in to help his father out.

"Mom, these are the White Butterfly Shells we salvaged ourselves, and the pearls we opened from them. You pick some!" Bai Xue also hurriedly grabbed Zheng Jin to change the subject and took out the forty-six large pearls that were over 16 millimeters in size.

"You opened so many pearls! Tsk tsk tsk, these pearls are really big; they must be worth a lot of money." Mom Zheng Jin's attention was indeed immediately captured by these pearls.

"There are even more smaller ones; I'll string a few necklaces for you later and send them over," Bai Xue said as if offering a treasure.

However, when she saw her mother-in-law actually pick up a golden pearl, she remembered how Yang Qi had teased his mother for being tacky and liking gold.

She winked at Yang Qi with a sly smile, her eyes crinkling into slits from smiling.