Li Yao had visited Qingshan Village during the Spring Festival when she was a child, so she knew the place. She planned to open the [Teleportation Gate] later to go there.

At this point, Li Jianguo added, "The money is on the roof beam in my house."

After making a note of it, Li Yao looked at the other three people and felt that the room needed to be cleaned up; otherwise, it would stink to death.

She directly used her mental power to issue a forced order to the four people: "Put your clothes on. Li Meng and Li Kang, clean up the mess in the house. Wang Xiumei and Li Jianguo, mop the whole house three times. If anyone asks about your injuries, say that Wang Xiumei and Li Xiang coveted Li Yao's canned food, and Li Jianguo beat them up. Before I come back at 6 o'clock, you must clean the house inside and out spotlessly."

After saying that, Li Yao opened the door and went out of the living room into the courtyard. The courtyard was paved with stone slabs, so there was not much dust. In the courtyard, there was a stone table and four stone benches, as well as a large jujube tree, a well, an outhouse, and a wooden shed for storing coal.

When Li's spiritual energy swept over the stone table, he was somewhat surprised. There was a large box underneath the table, filled with gold, silver, and jade artifacts. The style and design were very similar to those in Ms. Cui's jewelry box.

Li Yao felt that the Cui family must have been a wealthy family in the past.

She put away the stone table and benches, then touched the ground to lift the stone slabs on top, put the whole box away, put some soil from her space to cover the stone slabs, and put the stone table and benches back in their original positions.

After placing it in its place, she carefully used the surrounding dust to cover up any traces of the stone table and benches that had been moved.

There was a stone wall at the courtyard gate, without any carvings. Li Yao walked out of the gate, locked the house door, and deactivated the [Spatial Control] and mental isolation shield.

She put on a white mask and headed towards the state-run restaurant she remembered; she was hungry.

At this time, when people are getting off work, many of the neighbors' uncles and aunts saw Li Yao and pulled her aside to ask her questions.

Li Yao answered each question in turn, saying that her second aunt had asked her to go out and buy things.

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged a few words of greeting and did not try to persuade her to stay, but told her to go quickly.

No sooner had she left than Aunt Wang and Aunt Zhang next door said, "That child is truly pitiful. Her second uncle's family is probably just waiting to be eaten alive."

Aunt Zhang chimed in, "Who says otherwise? This child is so handsome. It's such a pity. Doctor Cui and her husband were such good people; how could they have run into this mess?"

Although Li Yao's five senses are not as strong as they were in the apocalypse, she can still hear what is being said within a few dozen meters without any problem. She straightens her back, and to anyone else, she looks like a little girl pretending to be strong.

In this day and age, rumors can really kill, so Li Yao isn't stubborn at all when she needs to pretend; her persona is that of a strong, innocent girl. Combined with her current appearance, it's a perfect fit.

Stepping out of the alley, Li Yao arrived on the street. This area was full of hutongs, so it was bustling with people coming and going, lively and lively. People were riding their bikes home, and children were walking home from school. It was a long-lost sense of human presence.

Li Yao was initially a little unaccustomed to it. Although she hadn't suffered in the apocalypse, she had truly been wandering the planet alone and had hardly ever been in a crowd. She kept telling herself to adapt.

Following the road Li Yao remembered, she arrived at the entrance of a state-run restaurant near her home, where they sold steamed buns, noodles, and stir-fried dishes.

Li Yao ordered a bowl of noodles with soybean paste, a serving of sweet and sour pork, a sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and a pound of pork and scallion dumplings.

The woman collecting money at the door, seeing Li Yao's small frame that seemed to float for miles in the wind, and noticing she was wearing a mask, asked, "Eating here or to go? How many people are eating?"

Li Yao lowered her mask slightly and said, "Sister, I'll eat here by myself. I have a big appetite, so don't worry, I'll take the leftovers home."