Song Hongjun was having a great time banging on the door when suddenly his hands were free and the door opened. Just as he was about to slap someone with his backhand, a bamboo pole came down and hit him.

He changed his hand halfway to block the stick, but he was a step too slow, and the stick hit his head hard. It didn't break, but it really hurt. The second hit was on Song Hongmin, who was standing there jumping up and down and cursing. That hit his left cheek, and immediately a rafter rose up.

The three of them started fighting each other. To be precise, it was Lin Ximan who was fighting unilaterally. She used the stick skills she learned in her previous life.

Zhao Xiaocao, who was taking care of Boss Song, saw that both of her sons were beaten, so she stood up and wanted to beat them together. Unexpectedly, she was still beaten by Lin Ximan and her whole body was in pain. She slowly retreated and continued to take care of Boss Song.

Lin Ximan continued to attack for twenty minutes, until the two men fell to the ground, unable to get up, crying and begging for mercy.

"Is your mouth still cheap?"

"Not cheap anymore, never again."

"Do you still owe me money?"

"No more debts, never again."

"Get out of here. If you come to my house again, I'll kill you." ('Za Ci' means provocation or disobedience in Northeastern dialect.) These words were said with such extreme coldness that the two men shivered uncontrollably.

At this time, everyone was getting off work or school, and the alley was very lively. People who knew better naturally knew that this was Lin Hongmei's home, and that family was occupying her home. Some people who didn't know better wanted to make some sense of their existence, but were frightened by Lin Ximan's fierce attitude of beating people, and no one dared to come up and persuade them.

Lin Ximan glanced around, and the murderous aura around her spread. The neighbors were so scared that they immediately closed their doors. For a moment, there was no one else in the alley except Boss Song's family.

She turned around, went into the yard, closed the door, and continued to clean up her little home. She would probably live here before taking the college entrance examination, so she should clean it up.

It was dark now, and it was impossible for them to go back to the brigade. It was so far away from the brigade, and there were no bullock carts going back to the brigade at this time. Most importantly, Song Lianqing had a job, and the two children were still in school. Lin Ximan didn't care where they lived, as long as they didn't go back to the brigade today.

After everyone outside had left, she regained her composure and calmly took out today's dinner from the space. This was the first time she had eaten outside since she had traveled through time.

After having a hearty meal of a squirrel fish, a plate of pork ribs with black plums, a dish of stir-fried snow peas, and a bowl of rice, she looked at the time and then left the county town away from people.

The electric scooter started running and it took more than an hour to reach the brigade. Not far from the village entrance, she put away the electric scooter and quietly returned to the dilapidated thatched house.

After it got completely dark, she slipped out of Old Song's yard dressed in black. There were few people outside during the day, and even fewer after dark.

The Song family is the only family living in a brick and tile house in the village. More than 30 years ago, the Song family was still a poor family. Suddenly, they made a fortune. Not only did they have money to build a brick and tile house, but they could also eat meat every now and then.

She sneaked into the yard, looked inside from the door of the outer room, and seeing that there was no one in the outer room (which was also the kitchen), she opened the door and slipped in.

Unexpectedly, the hinges on the outer door had not been oiled for a long time, and when the door was opened, it made a creaking sound. Old Mrs. Song in the room said to the old girl who was sleeping in the same room, "See if the wind blew the door open again. Close it."

When Mr. Song died, the original body's father had just gotten married, so now the people living in this house are Old Madam Song and the unmarried Song Baozhu.

Song Baozhu reluctantly got off the ground and went out to check the door, only to find that the door to the outer room was closed tightly. She came back and complained, "Mom, the door was closed tightly, but you have good hearing and I didn't hear any sound."

That's why she dared to say that to Old Lady Song. If someone else said that, do you think the old lady would scold you to death? She is the old lady's granddaughter, and the old man of the Song family was very kind to her when he was alive.

"Mom, it's so cold outside today. If there's no warm kang, people will freeze to death. Oh, come to think of it, I wonder if that little bastard was frozen to death. I haven't seen her since spring." Song Baozhu asked her mother as she crawled into the warm bed.

"Wouldn't it be best if she froze to death? If she died, you could take over the job, and the gold lock could be sold. In the future, you could marry someone from the city and live a good life, and then mother would be relieved. But you did remind me. Go up the mountain tomorrow to see if that dead girl is dead. If she is, you can go to the factory and take over her shift."

A mother and daughter in the house were performing a drama of loving mother and filial piety, but the good days they longed for were built on the life of a girl.

Old Madam Song is considered a top figure. Without having experienced the end of the world, Lin Ximan does not have the courage to harm others.

"Mom, mom, please show me that gold locket again. I have never seen such a beautiful gold locket. If you sell it, I may never see it again." Song Baozhu suddenly sat up and coquettishly shook Old Mrs. Song who was already lying in the quilt.

Old Lady Song was helpless with her daughter's shaking, so she sighed and sat up. She pulled out her cotton jacket from under her feet and put it on, then walked to the floor cabinet in her worn-out cotton shoes, picked up the fire hook sticking on the wall, pried open the third brick on the left side of the floor cabinet, and took out a small wooden box from it.

There was a passbook, a small cloth bag, and some money and tickets in the wooden box. She only took out the small cloth bag and opened it layer by layer, revealing a hollow filigree gold lock with a large imperial green jadeite inlaid in the center of the front.

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