Meng Si Ning had developed a morning routine: the first thing she did upon waking was to check in, claim her rewards, and water the fruit trees. Seeing she was still over a thousand yuan short of the required amount to open the shop, she searched the mall and placed an order for three hand-knitted sweaters. Hearing it was cold in the Shen District, she decided to buy two for Uncle Shen and Mom, and one for Lu Cheng, spending just over two hundred yuan.

[Si Ning, are you there? Let's go to the scrap yard later.] Jiang Tang's message popped up at the right moment. Meng Si Ning closed the interface and went to the living room. She saw Jiang Tang also had a messy "chicken coop" hair, obviously just woke up like her.

[What are you doing at the scrap yard?] Meng Si Ning replied in confusion.

[Take Xiaoer to Taobao. You forgot, it has a treasure hunting function.]

[Pah, why didn't I think of that? Okay, let's go after dinner.]

Meng Sining has now mastered making breakfast. While working from home, she's been making homemade egg pancake dough in her free time, rolling it out and storing it in the refrigerator. When it's time to eat, she whips up an egg pancake in just two or three minutes, then adds two cups of soy milk, and a quick and easy breakfast is ready.

Today is Sunday, and Lin Xiaodi doesn't have to go to school. Besides, he has Ponyo and Xiaobai at home, so he doesn't need her to accompany him at all.

After breakfast, Meng Si Ning and Jiang Tang mysteriously rode out of the compound. They first went to the nearest scrap yard and called the waiter out as soon as they entered.

"Can you help us check if there's anything valuable in here? Gold, jade, furniture, anything is fine." Jiang Tang said to the waiter expectantly.

The waiter scanned the area carefully and pointed in a direction. Not far to Meng Sining's left was a pile of various waste items: old newspapers, rusty ironware, and worn-out furniture, all piled together in a chaotic manner, exuding a mixture of dust and age. [There's a wooden box in there.]

Meng Si Ning and Jiang Tang were extremely excited, and they started to rummage through the old stuff together.

The manager of the scrap yard was a slightly plump, bearded middle-aged man. Seeing two young women rummaging through the scrap pile, he couldn't help but come over curiously and said, "Girls, what are you looking for? These are all useless books for sale. Don't take anything you shouldn't."

Jiang Tang smiled and said, "Uncle, let's just look around to see if there are any books we can use."

The middle-aged man smiled, didn't ask any more questions, and turned around to do his own thing.

Meng Si Ning and Jiang Tang looked at each other and smiled at each other.

Without stopping the work in his hands, Meng Si Ning found a small box with some missing corners on the outside after about ten minutes.

In the space, Xiao Erdao [This is it. ]

Jiang Tang hurried over. It was a small dusty box. The box looked quite old and the wooden surface was mottled.

Meng Si Ning carefully picked up the box, gently blew away the dust, and opened it. Inside were some yellowed letters and a few black and white photos. The paper of the letters was so fragile that it seemed like it would break at the slightest touch. The faces of the people in the photos were blurry, but it was clear that they were some old group photos.

Jiang Tang was a little disappointed: "It doesn't seem to be something valuable."

Meng Si Ning didn't give up. She looked through the letters carefully, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "Tangtang, look, these letters seem to be from the Republic of China period. They might be worth collecting."

This is a land deed, over there. In 1980, you can take this to the office at this address, and they will give you the yard above.

"What? A courtyard in Beijing, hundreds of millions of dollars, Si Ning. Xiao Er, that's amazing."

Meng Si Ning frowned and said, "Does the person in this photo have no relatives?"

"They are now abroad and can't come back. In a few years, they will both die and have no relatives. You say this is the house they gave you to pay off their debts."

Meng Si Ning and Jiang Tang were so excited that they were studying the photos and the title deed when the waiter pointed to the other side and said to a pile of discarded furniture, "There's a secret compartment in the closet to the right."

The two hurried over to take a look. The wardrobe looked extremely shabby, the door half-closed, the paint peeling off, revealing the uneven wooden planks inside. Jiang Tang struggled to open the door, and a stale smell hit him. In the corner of the wardrobe, there was a secret compartment that would have been invisible if he hadn't looked carefully.

Meng Si Ning reached out and opened the secret compartment, inside which lay a small object wrapped in red cloth.

After looking at each other, Jiang Tang and they both smiled. They knew it must be a good thing without even looking.

Slowly unwrapping the red cloth, an exquisite jade bracelet appeared before his eyes. The jade bracelet was emerald green, and even in the dimly lit scrapyard, it emitted a subtle, warm luster. The texture on it was clearly visible, and it was obvious that it was no ordinary item.

"Oh my God, this jade bracelet is so beautiful!" Meng Si Ning couldn't help but exclaimed.

Jiang Tang was also surprised. "Xiaoer is really amazing. You should have brought us here when we first arrived. And Shenzhou, wow, I've been wandering around there for several days, how could I not have thought of this? You really deserve a beating."

Xiao Er felt wronged: "You didn't say anything, this is not my fault."

The two of them didn't have the energy to find fault with it now, so they put the things into the space.

Meng Si Ning found some nice small pieces of old-fashioned Chinese-style furniture and paid for them.

After coming out, Jiang Tang watched Meng Si Ning put these things into the space and asked in confusion: "What do you want these for?"

"I'll open a shop in the mall and sell them later. These old retro furniture are quite popular among some decoration and renovation bloggers."

"Yes."

There are five scrap yards in Xinliang City, and they all went to them.

At the second scrap yard, a mahogany desk was found.

A bracelet and several copper coins were found at the third scrap yard.

The fourth one didn’t notice that Meng Si Ning bought some retro furniture.

The fifth one has nothing.

I ran all morning under the scorching sun today, but I gained a lot.

Neither of them had the heart to eat out.

He hurried home and ran to Si Ning's place. The two of them ate instant noodles while admiring the treasures they had found.

Jiang Tang pointed at the deed and said, "It says it's a courtyard house with three entrances. Three entrances, so it must have been divided, right?"

"Didn't the waiter say that? If I can give it to you, then I can definitely give it to you."

"We'll keep this house and sell it in 2000. Then we'll divide the money and become billionaires."

Meng Si Ning slurped his noodles and nodded, "I also sold these copper coins and bracelets when the prices were high.

These things alone are enough for us to spend our whole lives. Why bother working so hard? We can just lie down and relax."

"No, no, I'll find another chance to look somewhere else. The value of scrap yards at this time is extremely high.

Unfortunately, we have limited space.”

After they finished talking, they looked at each other and shouted, calling out a waiter.