Needless to say, Su Ruyi confiscated the small change as well.

Meanwhile, Su Yin, covered in sweat, had found nothing.

We really didn't find anything.

There was no money, no tickets, and none of the high-end cigarettes, alcohol, canned goods, dried meat, and dried fish that he had heard the educated youth talk about many times. In fact, there wasn't even a towel, a washbasin, or a toothbrush in the room.

Su Ruyi had already transferred all of Su Yin's personal belongings to her spatial storage when Su Yin climbed over the wall.

She didn't want Su Yin's disgusting, dirty hands to touch her things.

At this moment, Su Yin's mind went blank, and a familiar, eerie feeling welled up in his heart—the same strange feeling he had when he secretly searched for his household registration book and found the drawer empty!

This place is not safe to stay in!

Su Yin's intuition led him to tidy up all the messed-up items and then climb out the window.

Standing in the courtyard, he took off his shirt and crumpled it in his hand, then took a few more steps and climbed onto the wall.

Still using his toes to touch the broken glass, he climbed up the big tree outside the courtyard wall and slowly slid down.

Su Ruyi used her divine sense to sense Su Yin's departure before checking the money she had just taken from Su Yin's vest pocket—twenty large unity bills, two hundred yuan!

Su Ruyi unconsciously patted the stack of ten-yuan notes in her hand, and slowly narrowed her eyes—clearly, Su Yin had come to steal something.

Who gave him the courage?

At this moment, a faint smell of sleeping pills still lingered in the air.

Of course, this sleeping smoke had no effect on Su Ruyi, who had already undergone marrow cleansing.

Su Ruyi retained a wisp of her consciousness to remain vigilant, tidied the mosquito net, and drifted off to sleep again.

The next morning, she took an axe and went outside into the yard.

Without saying a word, he swung the axe, and after seven or eight blows, he kicked the tree down.

The villagers passing by exclaimed in surprise, "Dr. Su, why did you cut down that perfectly good tree?"

Su Ruyi laughed and said, "You've grown too tall and are blocking the sun in the yard."

The villagers, finding this reasonable, stopped asking questions.

An auntie, always eager to take advantage, quickly stepped forward with a smile: "Well, this tree in the way, I'll go get my husband to come and help you move it away."

A tree this thick is enough firewood for half a month!

Su Ruyi nodded and smiled, "Auntie, just cut up this part of the tree trunk and send it to me. The rest is yours!"

The aunt's expression stiffened for a moment, but after thinking about it, she realized it was a good deal and happily agreed: "Don't worry, Dr. Su, I'll make sure you stack them neatly!"

Having dealt with this treacherous patron, Su Ruyi clapped her hands in satisfaction and went home.

Meanwhile, Su Yin, having suffered a defeat the previous night, couldn't fall asleep and only drifted off to sleep around 5 a.m., and hadn't woken up yet.

Su Yin had not worked since arriving in Dingjiatun.

Because he had been injured by Su Ruyi and had been recuperating, no one had said anything about it.

Since you won't get work points if you don't work, you won't get any grain.

As long as you can solve your own food problem, no one will bother you if you don't work.

Li Wang, from the educated youth compound, was someone who rarely worked.

Su Yin and Xia Jiayu, along with Xia Tianxiu, have all followed Li Wang's example and taken extended leave.

Anyway, the Xia family is rich and powerful.

As for why Xia Tianxiu was brought along—the two sisters were used to being pampered and couldn't get used to the simple meals at the educated youth compound, so Xia Tianxiu had to serve them three meals a day.

In addition, Xia Tianxiu also had to search far and wide for the meat, eggs, and refined grains that the two sisters needed to eat every meal, frequently went to the supply and marketing cooperative in Sanhe County to buy this and that, and went to state-run restaurants to pack meals for the two sisters.

And washing clothes, cleaning, and all sorts of chores that the two sisters needed her to do immediately whenever she thought of them.

These things alone are enough to keep her busy like a spinning top all day long.

Not to mention, during breaks, they also had to listen to the two sisters' insults.

Therefore, Summer Show had absolutely no time to go to work.

Of course, she had no objection to this.

The work points I earned at work were barely enough to keep me from starving.

Although she served as a servant to the two sisters, she was able to secretly save a lot of money for herself and still get to eat meat at every meal.

As for being scolded, she was already used to it.

That morning, as usual, she took a portion of the meal to the backyard for Su Yin.

Li Wang and Su Yin lived in the west room. Neither of them were working. Although it was almost eight o'clock, they were both fast asleep.

Xia Tianxiu pushed the door open, and it was obvious that she had locked the latch from the inside.

She sighed, gently knocked on the door, and called out, "Brother Su Yin, get up and have breakfast!"

After a long while, Su Yin opened the door with a dark expression.

After bringing breakfast inside, Su Yin grabbed Xia Tianxiu's wrist and led her to the back of the yard: "Are you going to Sanhe County today?"

Xia Tianxiu nodded: "Lulu said she wants to eat braised pork from the state-run restaurant in Sanhe County."

Su Yin grinned: "I'll go too."

After saying that, he winked.

"Huh?" Xia Tianxiu immediately understood that he wanted to go to the black market. She glanced nervously at the front yard. "But..."

Su Yin moved closer to her and whispered, "Don't be afraid! You go first, wait for me at the corner of the cornfield at the village entrance, I'll meet you in half an hour!"

"Are you going to that...black place..." Xia Tianxiu's eyes widened nervously, but she still managed to ask.

"Mm." Su Yin nodded.

Last night's attempt didn't go well, so he decided to try his luck with the two hundred yuan sponsored by the Rain and Dew Sisters.

"Then... I'll wait for you at the village entrance!" Xia Tianxiu's cheeks flushed red, and she lowered her head, taking small, quick steps as she left.

Su Yin returned to the house and wolfed down the rice porridge and steamed buns that Xia Tianxiu had given him, along with half a salted duck egg and some finely shredded pickled vegetables.

The Xia sisters are picky eaters and won't eat a single grain of coarse grain, which has led Su Yin to find coarse grains hard to swallow now as well.

After finishing her meal, Su Yin casually went to the room of the Rain and Dew Sisters.

He chatted with them for about twenty minutes, then said he needed to go find Su Ruyi to ask about his fifth son, and left.

Ever since Mu Cang failed to defeat Su Ruyi, Xia Tianlu has been terrified whenever she hears the name "Su Ruyi".

She guessed that Xia Tianyu had contacted her second uncle to suppress the matter.

Later, when Xia Tianlu saw that it was Su Ruyi who was arrested and not herself, she was finally relieved.

Su Yin was going to find Su Ruyi, and Xia Tianyu didn't ask any further questions.

After all, Su Ruyi was Su Yin's sixth sister, and they had long regarded her as a spoiled little sister-in-law.

After Su Yin swaggered away, he soon met up with Xia Tianxiu at the village entrance.

The two of them burst into laughter the moment they saw each other.

They bumped each other's arms, feeling extremely pleased with themselves.