She took out the rolled-up newspaper lying horizontally inside, then pulled out the two textbooks from the front and back. The canvas bag, which served as both a school bag and a backpack, didn't look much smaller.
Xu Changqing had no idea when Shen Weimin had started collecting so many black bags. There were big ones and small ones, new ones and old ones, and they were all made of black velveteen.
He had said some of them were just worthless trinkets. Though she hadn't originally planned on opening them, Xu Changqing decided she should check them over anyway. She would sort them by value and keep them safe for a while before returning them to him.
She would have to keep them for him until he finished buying that old house—or rather, until he finished renovating it. Otherwise, that "dear" second sister-in-law of his would get her hands on them, and Xu Changqing would feel terrible for him.
