Comrade Dawei was true to form. "Not taking a cent for nothing" was ingrained in his mind. I thought she'd successfully persuaded him... Cheng Zhenzhu put the fifty yuan and the thick stack of compensation money together and put them away.

The special compensation granted by the higher authorities was a full five thousand yuan, and this money could not be touched. Although she didn't know how long it would take, she believed that Xiao Gu Zhiqing and the others would definitely find a way to return. After all, they were the male and female protagonists, and they should be favored by fate...

"Aunt Spider, tie our clothes." Lu Siqi looked at the large and small bags on the ground, as well as a few familiar boxes, and happily lay down on them to hug them.

The six or so others also came over to take a look, crawled around, and jumped around, very curious.

Cheng Zhenzhu hung two brand new white shirts in the closet. "Yes, these are your things. Do you want to pack them together?"

"Yeah!" Lu Jianxian nodded, then asked, "Auntie Zhuzhu, has mother completed her mission?"

"Not yet." Cheng Zhenzhu shook her head. "So you have to stay at your aunt's house for a while longer. Jianxian and Siqi, how about playing with your brother and the others here?"

"Okay, okay!" Lu Siqi was so happy that he shook his head. He loved being at his aunt's house. There were so many delicious foods, so many fun things to do, and so many brothers to keep him company. He loved it.

"Hmm..." Lu Jianxian nodded. Actually, he really liked Auntie Zhuzhu's house. Although he still missed his parents a little, sometimes he'd forget about them after eating something delicious and having fun. Then he'd sleep, eat something delicious again, and forget about them again. Now he was just a little worried...

It seems the "food, drink, and entertainment bombing package" was actually quite useful during this period. Cheng Zhenzhu observed the little brother's expression and mentally praised all the older brothers. The little boy finally stopped worrying about so many things...

After some cleaning, Cheng Zhenzhu realized the two children had tons of clothes. They had tons of outfits for spring, summer, fall, and winter, and seven or eight pairs of shoes. The closet was almost overflowing. So Cheng Zhenzhu selected a few seasonal pieces and put them in her room's closet. She then moved the rest to the closet across the room.

There were also some clothes in the red camphorwood box, apparently belonging to young Gu Zhiqing. The rest were two new, colorful quilts. On top were a red handkerchief, a red pillowcase, and two brand new tea sets... This box must have been young Gu Zhiqing's dowry. Cheng Zhenzhu glanced at it, closed the camphorwood box, and carried it to the back room.

She didn't know how much effort Comrade Dawei had put into getting all these things here. When she saw Comrade Dawei and a few others coming over this morning carrying three large boxes and four large bags, she was shocked.

Comrade Dawei meant that the army believed that Comrade Lu had died and had issued a pension. The house they were allocated would definitely be vacated for other people to live in, so they temporarily placed all their things with her.

Cheng Zhenzhu expressed her understanding and admiration for this. The three large boxes—a camphorwood box, a wooden box of fine cloth, and a large box of books—were all heavy items. Comrade Dawei must have endured a lot of hardship along the way.

Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the box of books. There were a few colorful picture books in it, and the rest were books of various subjects, as well as some notes, newspapers and the like.

Judging by the elegant handwriting on the pages, young Gu Zhiqing must have been reading these books and taking diligent notes. With that kind of enthusiasm, getting into university in 1977 wouldn't be difficult. But fate always likes to play tricks on us... Cheng Zhenzhu sighed softly, gave the comic books to the twins, and moved both boxes to the back room, padlocking them shut.

Seeing these books reminded her of the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977. Unfortunately, she was already 32 years old in 1977, too old to take the exam. It seemed that she would never be able to go to university in this world...

"Auntie Zhuzhu, I have money~" Lu Jianxian folded the clothes, patted the password box on the ground, and looked at Cheng Zhenzhu with bright eyes.

"Duoduo~" Lu Siqi clapped his hands and started to tinker with it. After fiddling with it for a while, he remembered that he couldn't open it, so he pushed it to his brother.

Lu Jianxian couldn't open it either. But there was money and notes inside, enough to buy a lot of delicious food. He wanted to give it to Aunt Zhenzhu...

"Let me do it." This must be the password box that young Gu Zhiqing had mentioned to her. She still remembered the combination: 707.

The password box was opened and the contents were unexpected.

Seven or eight small yellow croakers were shining brightly, so shiny that a group of little kids couldn't help but pick them up and weigh them.

"It's golden and glows~" San Tiao had never seen gold before, so his eyes widened and he began to study it with some curiosity.

"I like this!" Er Tiao grabbed it and didn't want to let go.

Lu Jianxian and Lu Siqi had never seen these small yellow croakers before, and they were playing with them like toys. Lu Siqi even took a bite and found them hard and irritating...

Cheng Zhenzhu pursed her lips. Little Gu Zhiqing actually trusted her so much that he entrusted these precious things to her without reservation.

In addition to the small yellow croaker, the safe contained a large stack of correspondence, two marriage certificates, several family photos, and two bankbooks. Also inside were two watches that looked rarely worn. The rest was a large amount of money and various bills, interspersed with a few stamps.

Cheng Zhenzhu led the children to sort out the money and coupons, and they found a little over 3,000 yuan, eight national grain coupons, five meat coupons, two industrial coupons, and the rest were some non-staple food coupons, cloth coupons, oil coupons, tobacco coupons, and so on...

I knew from the beginning that little Gu Zhiqing wasn't from an ordinary family, but this box really made her feel rich. There were two passbooks, one with 5,000 yuan, the other with 20,000 yuan...