Zhan Chunlan carried a bag of grain back to the family compound, and then went out again.

This is a new cheat code she's acquired, and she wants to go out and test its applications.

She strolled around, looking at department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies... but didn't go inside. Even though she could retrieve things remotely, she couldn't very well test it out in these stores, could she?

Let's go, a recycling shop? Isn't that just a junkyard? A must-visit spot for time travelers, let's go!

There was an uncle tidying up his belongings at the entrance. He was rather thin and moved slowly, but he was very meticulous, and everything was stacked up very neatly.

Hearing someone come in, he walked over with a limp and asked, "Young comrade, what are you looking for?"

"My older sister is getting married, so I came to see if there's any furniture she can use."

"The furniture and wood are all over there. Do you want to look for them yourself, or should I find them for you?" Most people who come here prefer to find things on their own. Of course, some people still hope to find something here, but he doesn't care. After all, he's just a salaried worker.

Looking in the direction he was pointing, there was a pile of furniture over there. "Don't worry about me, I can find it myself."

After the uncle finished his introduction, he turned around and continued tidying up his pile of old things, and Zhan Chunlan walked in the direction he pointed.

There was a lot of furniture piled up here, including an eight-immortal table with a missing leg, a grand master chair missing its backrest, a carved wardrobe with peeling paint and missing doors, an eight-treasure dressing box without a lid, and a washstand pitted and dented by insects. The most eye-catching thing was a dilapidated four-poster bed with a tattered cloth covering it, which looked like a bed canopy, barely hanging on the bed, creating a terrifying atmosphere.

Zhan Chunlan didn't care; that wasn't her purpose. She carefully examined the furniture; it truly had a vintage feel and was all genuine solid wood.

She casually strolled to the canopy bed, glancing out of the corner of her eye at the uncle who was intently tidying up the clutter, completely oblivious to her presence.

Turning back to observe slowly, his hands searched all over the carved canopy bed.

"As expected, they've all been turned over..." she sighed inwardly.

The places where things could have been hidden have all been destroyed. For example, the small drawers by the bed are now just empty holes.

Only two or three pieces of the bed board remained, and the bed frame underneath had also been damaged. There were no fools among them; everyone was very shrewd.

Only two bed legs remained, propped up by a tattered box. Zhan Chunlan climbed inside to examine them closely, and indeed, there was nothing there except for dust.

She pretended to appreciate the craftsmanship, gently stroking the carved pillars and slowly feeling the space around her.

Suddenly, her fingers seemed to touch a tiny ridge, but upon closer inspection, she couldn't see anything. "No way? Could it be that I've actually found a hidden compartment?"

Suppressing her excitement, Zhan Chunlan glanced at the pillar again to confirm. It wasn't big, and the things inside should be small too. She was relieved; the space could hold them.

Immediately, a thought struck him, and the things inside entered the space.

Zhan Chunlan felt around and realized it was a small wooden box, but she didn't know what was inside.

She continued to search, and indeed there was nothing left on the bunk bed.

I walked back to the armchair and repeated the previous action, but nothing came of it.

There's no eight-immortal table!

The wardrobe... no... wait, there is! She found a small hidden compartment and immediately put the contents inside into her spatial storage. It was filled with five small yellow croakers! "I'm rich!" she exclaimed excitedly. "There's so much more furniture here waiting for me to touch!"

She looked at the remaining furniture, placed her hand on the most likely item, the vanity case, and found something there, but it seemed to be just a piece of paper. If it was handwritten by a celebrity, it would be very valuable.

In the end, Zhan Chunlan left with a pile of newspapers, and the uncle didn't say anything, just took 3 cents from her.

When I got home, the house was quiet; my parents and sister hadn't returned yet.

Zhan Chunlan grabbed the stack of old newspapers and quickly went into her room, locking the door behind her with a click.

She took a deep breath and eagerly retrieved her day's haul from her spatial storage. Five small yellow croakers lay heavily in her palm, their golden luster dazzling her eyes.

Her fingers gently stroked the small yellow croaker; the cool touch gave her a sense of unreality. She was someone who had touched gold before.

"I'm rich..." she muttered to herself, suppressing her wildly beating heart. She first put the gold bars back into her spatial storage, as this was the safest place!

Next came the yellowed piece of paper. Unfolding it, it turned out to be a property deed, but unfortunately, it wasn't from this city.

Zhan Chunlan carefully reviewed the contents of the property deed, feeling increasingly regretful. In this house, she didn't even have a bed; now she had a house right in front of her, but couldn't live in it—how frustrating!

I wonder if the house is still "alive" or not?

"Keep it, it doesn't take up much space anyway." She casually put the deed back into her spatial storage. Although she didn't need it now, who could say when?

Finally, there was the unassuming wooden box. It wasn't locked; I gently lifted the lid—

\"This is……\"

Contrary to expectations of dazzling jewelry, a deep green jade thumb ring lay quietly on the velvet cloth.

In my previous life, I was just an ordinary person who knew nothing about jade and jewelry. But looking at this ring, which was entirely dark green and had no impurities to the naked eye, and had a shimmering green light, could it be imperial green?

She instinctively reached out to touch it, and as soon as her fingertips touched the jade surface, a cool sensation rushed up her knuckles.

She carefully picked up the thumb ring and put it on her right thumb. The emerald green ring looked so out of place on her dark, thin hand, creating a stark contrast.

"It's too big~" The thumb ring hung loosely on the knuckles, and would slip off with the slightest movement.

She sighed dejectedly, then shook her head self-deprecatingly—even if the size was right, could she really go out wearing something like that in this particular era?

She put these things into her space one by one, and then she saw that the box where she slept was piled with dirty clothes that she had changed out of.

"Ugh!!! This is so annoying!" She's never hand-washed any clothes except her own underwear, and now she's being asked to wash the whole family's clothes in the dead of winter?

He picked up the pile of dirty clothes and put them directly on Zhan Chunhua and Zhan Chunyun's bed, then took his own clothes to the washroom.

In the washroom, Fan Hongying bent over and stood in front of the cement washing tub, her fingers, red from the cold, clumsily scrubbing the clothes.

"Chunlan?" Fan Hongying looked up when she heard footsteps. "You didn't go to school today either?"

Zhan Chunlan turned on the faucet, the metal valve creaking loudly. She glanced at the pile of clothes in front of Fan Hongying: "Hongying, why are you doing the laundry today?"

Fan Hongying had never done housework before, let alone washed clothes in the dead of winter.