This black wooden box is slender and rectangular, with complicated patterns on it, looking old and simple.

I have to say, it is really close to the image of the Moonlight Box shown in the movie.

Chen Ling was not sure whether this thing had the same ability to travel to the past and the future as the Moonlight Box.

However, what he is sure of is that this thing must be inseparable from his time traveling to 1995.

When I first auctioned it abroad, I just felt that the black wooden box belonged to my motherland and didn't want it to be lost outside.

I didn't think much about anything else.

As for the Sakura Auction House's claim that this thing was a secret box belonging to the exiled royal family during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, he regarded it purely as a gimmick.

At first glance, it seems that it is designed to attract stupid Chinese people with a lot of money to bid.

Of course, although I don’t know what kind of wood this black wooden box is made of, it cannot be called exquisite, but it is full of ancient charm, so it is not very good as a collection.

There was a big brother accompanying me who had a lot of research on antiques and knew the general method of identifying the authenticity of antiques.

It is said that this box is indeed an old object from ancient China. As for whether it is from the Tang Dynasty, no one can guarantee it.

Chen Ling didn't care that much at the time. He wasn't looking to get rich in the first place, as long as it was something from the ancient times of the motherland.

After the auction was over and he took a hot spring bath, he played with the box a little.

Later, a friend said that he wanted to taste the special customs here. He was too embarrassed to refuse, so he stuffed the box under his pillow and ignored it.

He couldn't remember clearly what happened next.

All he knew was that when he opened his eyes, he became the Chen Ling of 1995 in the parallel world.

"Hey, after working hard for half a lifetime, can't you let me enjoy it?"

"In this time travel, there is nothing left..."

"Although there is a virtuous daughter-in-law here who would be hard-pressed to pick out among ten thousand people in future generations, there are also relatives and friends that I care about and can't let go of in future generations..."

Chen Ling fiddled with the black wooden box, opening and closing it with a snap, and a lot of sadness gradually grew in his heart.

"It's okay that I'm here, but if I disappear in another time and space, my old friends who watched the Olympics with me may be affected."

"Brother Secret Box, Master Secret Box? Can you send me back?"

"Prajnaparamita! Back to the original world of 2021!"

"Open sesame..."

Chen Ling tried it many times, but the black wooden box didn't respond.

He was convinced that this black wooden box had something to do with his time travel.

But he wasn't sure whether he could let it send him back.

Because Chen Ling has not forgotten that his soul has now traveled to this parallel world and replaced himself in this world.

In a sense, Chen Ling from two parallel worlds merged together, and he is no longer the same person.

The possibility of going back is very low.

After researching for most of the day, Chen Ling didn't have a good night's sleep that night.

Now that we know that this secret box is special, even if we can't go back, we still want to dig out its secrets. This is human nature.

…

So the next morning, Chen Ling got up and fiddled with the black wooden box, but still found nothing.

This feeling of seeing hope but not being able to get it made him feel aggrieved, and he couldn't help but have a few traces of sadness on his face.

Wang Susu saw that he was in a bad mood and slept with the box in his arms all night last night. She thought he was unhappy because he didn't find any money in it, so she didn't dare to provoke him, so she silently took out the waste charcoal from the stove and went to

Pour it outside.

Chen Ling held the box in his hands and recalled some details of when he obtained the box before and after time travel, feeling a little dazed.

His thoughts were interrupted until Wang Susu came in to talk to him.

"I heard someone outside saying that Erzhu exchanged farmland with several families in our village. Some of them refused to exchange with him, so he spent money to contract it..."

"I've been keeping it for several years. I heard that I want to build a greenhouse."

"Build a greenhouse?"

Chen Ling blinked and looked at Wang Susu.

Then he remembered the policies around 1995 that encouraged greenhouse planting and the second round of household land contracting.

Although Chen Erzhu was a second-rate man, he was arrested a few years ago.

But mice have their way, and this guy didn't know what was going on. After he came out, he actually met two or three well-known people in the county, entered the county's sand quarry, and made a lot of money.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t have the capital to contract land on a large scale.

This time when planting greenhouses, I think Chen Erzhu heard the news from the county and took advantage of the redistribution of land to look for people to exchange farmland. If he couldn't exchange it, he would pay for it.

"Want to make a lot of money by growing a greenhouse? Then he will probably lose all his pants this year..."

Chen Ling sneered and thought to himself.

You want to ask why? Because there was a big flood in 1995!

According to his memory, several counties including this county were the hardest hit areas.

"I……"

Wang Susu didn't know what Chen Ling was thinking. Seeing him laughing inexplicably, she was about to speak but hesitated.

"Huh? What's wrong Susu?"

Chen Ling came back to his senses and asked.

"I, I'm wondering if we can discuss with Erzhu. Like those other families in the village who are unwilling to exchange farmland with him, we can also contract it to him..."

"If he thinks it's not possible, we will first give him two more years based on the money he used to subsidize the land exchange."

Wang Susu said softly, she was really scared by Chen Ling, she was scared to the core.

Even if my elder brother came to support me, I was still afraid.

Although she was talking to her husband, her posture was as if she was begging for help.

Speaking of the latter part, his eyes couldn't help but dodge, and he didn't dare to look at Chen Ling.

Because she understood that Chen Erzhu's supplementary money must have been almost wasted by Chen Ling.

Even if it is not spent, it will definitely not be taken out again.

She didn't have the guts to say anything like asking Chen Ling to return it to Erzhu.

We can only try our best to discuss with Chen Ling as tactfully as possible, and exchange Chen Erzhu's farmland subsidy for him to contract for a few more years.

In this case, Chen Ling doesn't have to touch the money in his hands and can keep the land, so the possibility of his objection is smaller.

In addition, if someone like Chen Erzhu is a dog, if you negotiate terms with him and refuse to give up some meat, he will not bother to talk to you at all.

"I heard that other people in the village contracted Erzhu for 100 yuan per mu of land for one year. He exchanged land with us for a subsidy of 200 yuan per mu. We can give him the 200 yuan for three or four years.

!”

"As long as you don't exchange farmland with our family..."

"OK?"

After Wang Susu finished speaking, she looked at Chen Ling almost pleadingly.

In order to keep her family's land, she mustered up her courage.

At any other time, how would he dare to say so many words in front of Chen Ling.

But unexpectedly, after listening to her words, Chen Ling nodded and said hello, and then said with a smile: "After breakfast, I will go to the county seat and find Erzhu to renegotiate the farming matter!"

At this time, Wang Susu was a little confused, and she even doubted whether her ears had heard it wrong.

According to Chen Ling's character and temper, he shouldn't agree so easily. Could it be...

Did he regret it too?

I wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask. When I saw Chen Ling walking out after saying this, I sighed helplessly and walked aside to prepare breakfast.

In fact, how did she know that Chen Ling was no longer the same Chen Ling, so how could she hit or scold her as usual whenever something didn't go her way?

It's just that Chen Ling was worried about the black wooden box and was a little absent-minded in everything he did.

Otherwise, how could he be like Chen Ling before, who did everything without taking care of her feelings.

"This thing is so difficult to handle!"

Chen Ling put the box down, took a few breaths of fresh morning air, stretched his muscles a few times, and prepared to clear his mind, otherwise the box would drive him crazy.

"Click, click, click..."

The old hen at home has laid eggs and is pacing in the yard and showing off loudly.

Seeing this, Chen Ling grabbed two handfuls of bran and put it in the stone trough of the chicken coop, poured water in and stirred it into a thin consistency, and rewarded the old hens for laying eggs.
To be continued...