"Mom, let's sneak some money in while no one's around. There's so much money in there, if we take only a little, Jiang Jingxue won't notice!"

“You’re right. That ungrateful bastard Jiang Jingxue only gives us this little bit of salary a month. What can that be done? Since she’s unwilling to pay, we’ll just do it ourselves!”

The mother and daughter hit it off immediately, put down their things, and headed towards the cashier.

There's a drawer under the cash register for storing money, but it's locked.

"Mom, I'll figure out how to open the drawer. You keep watch at the door, make sure those military wives don't find out; they love to tattle!"

"good."

Yao Guilan went to the door to keep watch.

Jiang Zhizhi took a small piece of metal, inserted it into the keyhole, and kept fiddling with it.

"Zhizhi, are you done yet? They'll be here soon!"

"Oh, don't rush me, I'm trying my best."

Jiang Zhizhi was so anxious that she was covered in sweat.

We can't just leave empty-handed when we finally have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"Thump."

A soft sound.

Jiang Zhizhi's face immediately lit up with a smile.

"It's open! It's open!"

"Hurry up and get it, there's a military wife who's only a dozen meters away!"

"Mom, you have to find a way to keep her occupied, you absolutely mustn't let her in!"

Jiang Zhizhi opened the drawer.

The drawer was full of money.

There weren't many large bills to begin with, and she didn't dare take them, fearing she'd be discovered.

Jiang Zhizhi grabbed a handful of change and stuffed it into her pocket, then quickly locked the drawer.

at this time.

The military spouses had already arrived at the entrance of the seafood supermarket.

She looked at Yao Guilan standing at the door and asked with some confusion, "Auntie, what are you doing standing here?"

"I...it's a bit stuffy inside, I came out for some fresh air."

Yao Guilan made an excuse.

"Come on, come in, it's time to officially open for business."

The military wife was about to go inside.

Yao Guilan quickly stopped her.

"Let's wait a little longer, it won't make a difference."

The military wife looked at her with a suspicious expression.

"Auntie, is something the matter?"

Yao Guilan turned her head and saw that Jiang Zhizhi had safely evacuated to a place where no one could see her, before she let go of the military wife.

"No, it's nothing. It's just that there's a fishy smell inside, so I wanted to open the door to let some air out."

A military wife went to the supermarket.

She sniffed around.

I didn't detect any fishy smell.

Other military spouses also gradually returned to work.

The supermarket officially opened for business, welcoming wave after wave of customers, while everyone else was busy working enthusiastically.

In the corner.

Yao Guilan and her daughter Jiang Zhizhi huddled together.

"So, so, did you get the money?"

"Of course I got it! How could I, Jiang Zhizhi, fail when I make a move?"

"How much did you take? Let me see!"

Jiang Zhizhi took out the loose change from her pocket and counted it one by one; it totaled fifty yuan.

Yao Guilan immediately beamed with joy.

"Great! Great! That's more than our monthly salary!"

"It's about having this much money in your pocket, bulging and full, so that no one can tell."

There's nowhere to hide money here, so I can't keep it on my person all the time, can I?

Jiang Zhizhi thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Mom, why don't we take it and spend it?"

"Anyway, Jiang Jingxue isn't here. We're just cleaning, and these people won't notice us. We can sneak out without anyone knowing."

Yao Guilan thought it made sense.

"That's true. We can't keep this money for too long. What if they find the money is missing and search us? Wouldn't we be exposed?"

"Once the money is spent, there's no way to prove it. As long as we don't admit it, no one will dare say that the two of us took it."

The mother and daughter hit it off immediately and sneaked out of the supermarket amidst the chaos.

They went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a lot of delicious food and two sets of clothes each.

The mother and daughter happily carried their bags home.

Gu Pingwei happened to be free of work and came home early, bumping into the mother and daughter as soon as he entered the door.

The mother and daughter looked at Gu Pingwei as if they had seen a ghost, stammering, "Gu...Gu Pingwei? Why are you back so early today?"

Gu Pingwei frowned slightly.

He wanted to ask them more questions.

Shouldn't they be at work at this time?

Why did you bring back so many things?

Where did they get so much money?

And Jiang Jingxue probably wouldn't allow them to slack off so blatantly, right?

Where is Jiang Jingxue?

Gu Pingwei asked.

“Jiang Jingxue…she…she’s at the seafood supermarket.”

The mother and daughter gave hesitant answers.

Their eyes darted around, and they didn't dare to look him in the eye.

His intuition told him that the two of them were lying.

Gu Pingwei asked again in a dignified voice.

"I'll ask you one more time, where exactly is Jiang Jingxue?"

Gu Pingwei exuded an imposing aura without being angry, and his powerful presence frightened the mother and daughter.

They dared not lie, and could only tell the truth.

"We...we don't know where she is either."

"When we arrived at the seafood supermarket this morning, the door was open, but we didn't see Jiang Jingxue."

Qin Liang, standing to the side, was somewhat puzzled.

"That's impossible! I clearly took Madam to the seafood supermarket this morning, how could she not be here?"

Gu Pingwei realized that something was wrong.

"Qin Liang, prepare the car! We're going to the seafood supermarket!"

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