Chapter 24: The Landowner’s Treasure?!

Iron Orchid was still a little hesitant. But two days later, something made her decide.

“Lanyan, right? I’m Zhang, the deputy director of the textile factory, I was good friends with your father.”

A middle-aged man with a kind face, carrying a box of pastries, stood at the door with a smile.

“Uncle Zhang, hello, please come in and have some water.”

Iron Orchid welcomed him into the house and poured him a cup of brown sugar water.

Uncle Zhang smiled and placed the sugar water on the table without drinking it, and immediately explained his purpose for coming today.

“I’m here to offer condolences on behalf of the textile factory, and I also want to ask you about your father’s work arrangements.”

Iron Orchid’s father was a truck driver at the textile factory, he had worked there for over ten years. He earned 40 yuan a month, plus a bonus of over 10 yuan for overtime, so he earned almost 60 yuan a month. If it weren’t for Iron Orchid’s mother’s poor health and frequent need for medication, their family savings might have been even more.

So many people envied and coveted this good job. When the textile factory leaders came to deliver the condolence money, they also talked to Iron Orchid about the job. At that time, Iron Orchid was in a bad mood and didn’t want to think about anything else, so she said she would consider it for a while.

Now, more than a month had passed, and the textile factory must have been ready to make arrangements, so they sent someone over.

Iron Orchid: “Uncle Zhang, I want to sell my father’s job.”

If it were before, Iron Orchid might have considered taking a lighter job at the textile factory. But now, she didn’t want to take over this job at all.

There were too many acquaintances at the textile factory, it was crowded and noisy, and her actions would be restricted, it would be very inconvenient.

Uncle Zhang smiled: “That’s a good idea, I happen to have an acquaintance who needs this job, you can just sell the job to me.”

Iron Orchid nodded: “Okay.”

Uncle Zhang took out money from his pocket and handed it over: “Here’s 100 yuan, count it.”

Iron Orchid’s face froze: “How much?”

“100 yuan.” Uncle Zhang explained: “Your father’s job isn’t worth much, it’s worth this much at most.”

Iron Orchid’s face turned completely cold.

“Uncle Zhang, my parents are gone, are you bullying me, an orphan, like this?”

The smile on Uncle Zhang’s face disappeared: “Are you saying it’s too little?”

Iron Orchid smiled and asked him back: “What do you think?”

Uncle Zhang: “How much do you want?”

Iron Orchid held up two fingers: “Two thousand yuan, not a penny less.”

The position of truck driver at the textile factory was very popular, according to the market price, it could be sold for 1,000 yuan. Uncle Zhang thought she didn’t understand, so he directly cut the price in half, and he looked like he was doing her a favor.

Since that was the case, she would double the original price to humiliate him.

As she expected, Uncle Zhang was indeed angry.

“Iron Orchid, you’re asking for the moon, you’re treating me like a fool!”

Iron Orchid simply nodded: “Yes, I am treating you like a fool, who told you to be so greedy?”

Uncle Zhang’s face turned black:

“You little girl, you have a sharp tongue, do you believe I can make you get nothing?”

Was he threatening her with his background?

Iron Orchid didn’t buy it.

Iron Orchid sneered: “Then go ahead, I’m waiting.”

She could kill people without changing her expression, what was she afraid of?

“I didn’t expect the Iron family to have such a tough nut.” Uncle Zhang looked at her with a forced smile:

“Did your father ever tell you that he secretly helped an old landowner two years ago? You know, if I report this, everything he got might be confiscated by the factory, and the job would be gone.”

Iron Orchid’s expression froze.

Uncle Zhang smiled contentedly:

“Girl, I’ll give you a few days to think about it, do you want 100 yuan or nothing, it’s up to you.”

With that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

“Wait! You haven’t finished your sugar water!”

Iron Orchid picked up the enamel cup on the table and splashed it on his face.

“You! … You’re a real piece of work! Three days, no more, no less!”

Uncle Zhang left angrily, leaving behind a sentence.

Three days?

Iron Orchid snorted.

She would get revenge tonight.

Since he didn’t want her to have a good life, then none of them would!

……

Iron Orchid went into the space.

She had previously organized the original owner’s and her parents’ belongings in the Reunion Residence. Now she was going to look for something, to see if she could find any clues.

In Iron Orchid’s memory, her father was a very gentle and kind person. He worked diligently at the textile factory, and his reputation was very good, everyone respected him.

Such a kind and honest person, but after his death, he would be burdened with a false accusation. Iron Orchid would never allow this to happen.

However, she searched the Reunion Residence for a long time, but found nothing suspicious.

Could it be that Uncle Zhang was lying to her?

Or did her father secretly help the old landowner without leaving a trace?

Iron Orchid frowned, her mind suddenly remembered something.

That’s right! I haven’t read the letter in the wooden box yet! I was so busy that I forgot!

Iron Orchid thought, and a simple wooden box appeared in her hand.

She opened the box, and inside lay a yellowed envelope.

Iron Orchid quickly opened the envelope and read it carefully.

It was a suicide note.

Iron Orchid’s father had dreamed about his and his wife’s death long ago, and he was so scared that he wrote this letter.

The first sentence of the letter was “My daughter Lanyan, I’m sorry…”

Iron Orchid’s throat tightened, an uncontrollable sourness spread through her body.

It took her ten minutes to finish reading the letter.

The first part of the letter was full of comforting words, and then it explained some of the family’s situation and assets, as well as who to ask for help in times of difficulty.

The funny thing was, Uncle Zhang’s name was actually in it. Poor old father, he trusted him as a close friend, but he bullied his daughter after his death.

What a bad person.

The letter also mentioned something very important.

Two years ago, her father had indeed helped an old landowner. The old landowner had given him a few buns when he was young, and he remembered it all the time, so he secretly repaid the favor.

Unfortunately, the old landowner was tortured in many ways and didn’t live long. Before he died, he left a considerable amount of treasure, all of which he gave to Iron Orchid’s father for free.

Iron Orchid’s eyes lit up instantly!

The landowner’s treasure?!

There must be a lot of gold, silver, treasures, antiques, and paintings!