"Here you go!"

Su Dazhi handed over a folded piece of paper: "Go to our factory and give this leave slip to my team leader! You know who it is, right?"

Su Ruyi quickly dried her hands on her clothes and then took the leave slip: "I know, Dad."

"Hurry up and go. If you don't get permission by 8:30, it'll be considered absenteeism!" Su Dazhi reminded him again.

Then, he called over Su Jin and Su Tong, who were already waiting in the courtyard, and pulled Guan Yumei out of the west wing: "Come on, let's go to your maternal grandfather's house!"

Su Tong nodded to Su Ruyi and left with Su Dazhi.

In the Su family courtyard, only Su Ruyi remained.

Su Ruyi tore the leave request into pieces without even looking at it.

After thinking about it, I realized I had nowhere to throw the fragments away, so I put them into my spatial storage.

She bolted the courtyard gate, went back to the storage room, and opened the door.

With no one home, she could now explore the second level of the cellar.

I took the coal shovel from the kitchen and replaced it with a shorter handle.

Then he lifted the tattered mat, opened the cellar door, and threw the shovel down far away.

He lit another candle and held it in his hand before climbing down the rope ladder.

The cellar was empty; there was nothing there.

There were no sweet potatoes, potatoes, or radishes that you would normally find in a family cellar, nor were there large vats of pickled vegetables.

Because Guan Yumei had already delegated the cooking duties to Su Ruyi, but didn't give her a single penny.

Even the food was only given her a barely enough amount for each meal.

Too many kids and not enough to eat? Just skimp on the food from the eldest and sixth kids, those two money-losing brats.

In any case, no one in this family can stand up for them, so they can only suffer in silence.

So, since there's nothing in the cellar, no one will come down.

Su Ruyi placed the candle on the ground, covered her mouth and nose with a tattered scarf, then chose a corner and began wielding a shovel.

With her divine powers, digging in the soil was as smooth as digging ice cream.

Less than three minutes after they started digging, a large hole was revealed.

Su Ruyi lowered the rope ladder and then slowly climbed down.

Sure enough, the cellar had two levels.

The second floor is quite spacious, but it's difficult to even turn around.

Because it was packed full of more than a dozen large boxes.

A large box, about one meter long and 50 centimeters wide and high.

Su Ruyi's gaze fell on the boxes. With a thought, without even lifting a finger, all the boxes were stored in her spatial storage in just a few seconds.

She had already tried it, and the items stored in the space would automatically be neatly arranged against the wall, so she wasn't worried that there wouldn't be enough room to move around in such a small space.

At this point, she was already feeling a little dizzy.

They quickly climbed to the first floor of the cellar and saw that the candles had already gone out.

She quickly climbed back to the ground, put the rope ladder back in place, fastened the cellar door, and covered up the tattered mat.

After catching my breath for a while, the dizziness finally subsided.

After brushing the dirt off my body and washing my face, I was finally no longer covered in dust and dirt.

Su Ruyi didn't dare to delay. She rushed into her space, ate a few bites of food, took out her household registration book, and headed straight for the housing management office.

Su Xiangjun was already waiting at the door.

The two smiled at each other, and Su Ruyi said apologetically, "Something came up at home, so I was delayed for a while."

Su Xiangjun smiled and said, "It's alright, I just arrived too."

The staff member inside was an acquaintance of Su Xiangjun, and the two chatted for a while, so the transfer of ownership went very smoothly.

As they walked out of the housing management office, Su Xiangjun handed Su Ruyi a thousand yuan for the house purchase, a stack of blank letters of introduction, and two watch receipts: "The letters of introduction are all stamped. My dear niece, is that enough for you?"

Su Ruyi estimated that there were about seventeen or eighteen letters of introduction stamped with the food factory's official seal.

She quickly bowed and thanked him, saying, "Uncle, you've helped me a lot!"

As he spoke, he took out forty yuan and handed it to Su Xiangjun.

This is the money I asked him to find the watch ticket for.

Su Xiangjun refused to accept the money no matter what: "Uncle has already taken advantage of you a lot. These two tickets were just sitting idle at home. If I accept money from you again, I'll lose face!"

The two men declined the offer again, but Su Xiangjun refused to accept it, saying, "It's really useless to keep it. Ruyi, don't be so polite with your uncle. If you encounter any difficulties in the next couple of days before you go to the countryside, just come and find me!"

Su Ruyi nodded solemnly and put the watch ticket away.

After saying goodbye, Su Ruyi went straight to the department store and walked to the watch counter.

"Comrade, let me take a look at this Qingyun brand men's watch." She pointed to a watch under the glass display case to the sales clerk who was knitting behind the counter.

"Are you going to buy it or not? You can only look at it if you buy it." The salesperson sat there without moving.

Su Ruyi took out the two watch tickets and slapped them on the counter.

The sales clerk then shifted her position: "You want this one, right?"

In the 1970s, being a sales clerk in a department store was practically the highest level of any profession.

Su Ruyi didn't mind her attitude. After browsing for a while, she chose a Qingyun brand men's watch and a Kongque brand women's watch, spending a total of 260 yuan.

She wore the women's watch on her wrist and put the men's watch in her pocket.

After thinking about it, I moved the men's watch to my space.

Meanwhile, Zheng, the cadre in charge of the educated youth office, along with two young men borrowed from the Revolutionary Committee, continued to search for Su Yin's hiding place according to the address given by Su Zhenzhu.

This time, she was smarter and went directly to the home of the second person on the list.

This man was one of the administrators of the black market, and it was his turn to keep watch today, so he wasn't home.

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