Zhou Lin rolled back and forth in anger while lying on the bed. This mother of hers was obsessed with money. Since the last friendly communication did not lead to an agreement, she would follow the method discussed with Sister Ye Li and the others.

Zhou Lin closed her eyes to recuperate, and after a while her mother came knocking on the door.

"Zhou Lin, go buy some salt. We're out of salt at home."

Aunt Liu was cooking dinner when she suddenly realized that there was not enough salt, so she came to Zhou Lin to run errands.

"I won't go, let Xiaohu go buy it." Zhou Lin refused. Xiaohu is old enough, it's time for him to do some work.

"Xiao Hu is no good. I gave him the money and he always spent it recklessly. He couldn't even buy salt and only bought delicious food. Come out quickly, my vegetables are burnt!" Aunt Liu kept knocking on the door, leaving Zhou Lin no peace at all.

"Stop knocking! Can't I go instead?" Zhou Lin really couldn't stand her mother's noise, so she opened the door and walked out.

"Is it enough to just buy salt?" Zhou Lin asked her mother.

"Yes, go quickly." Aunt Liu pushed Zhou Lin out of the door. Her food was almost burnt, but Zhou Lin was still dawdling.

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...

Zhou Lin went to the store at the door and bought salt and two bottles of rice wine.

"Here, the salt you asked for."

Aunt Liu took the salt and went to the kitchen, while Zhou Lin poured the rice wine she had bought into the iron kettle to heat it up and drink some while eating.

During dinner, Zhou Lin filled two cups with rice wine, one for her mother and the other for herself.

"We're already eating, why do you want to drink some wine?" Aunt Liu took one look at the rice wine handed to her and started to complain.

"Drinking a little rice wine in winter can keep you warm. With fewer people at home, it feels a lot colder." Zhou Lin said as he picked up his rice wine and took a big sip.

Seeing this, Aunt Liu also picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

The dinner was very quiet. Zhou Lin and her mother ate their own food without any interaction. The only thing was that Zhou Lin clinked glasses with her mother when drinking rice wine.

Seeing that her mother had finished her glass, Zhou Lin poured her another one.

"I can't take it anymore. I feel a little dizzy. You can drink the rest of the rice wine yourself." Aunt Liu doesn't drink alcohol on a daily basis, so she started to feel dizzy after drinking a glass of rice wine.

"That's a lot. Have another cup. This rice wine has been heated up, and it would be a waste if you don't drink it."

"Okay. Give me another half cup. I really can't take any more." Aunt Liu felt her body was light and the scene in front of her eyes became a little blurry.

After drinking another half cup of rice wine, Aunt Liu was completely exhausted. She held her head and was about to go back to her room to lie down.

"Mom, let me help you." An imperceptible smile flashed across Zhou Lin's face. She carried her mother to the bed, took off her clothes and covered her with a quilt.

"Xiao Hu is still awake. I have to go check on him."

"I'll go, you just go to sleep." Zhou Lin pushed his mother back to bed and went to look after Xiaohu.

After arranging Xiaohu to sleep, Zhou Lin quietly went to her mother's room.

"Mom, are you asleep?" Zhou Lin called softly.

The only response Zhou Lin got was her mother's snoring. Zhou Lin smiled and went to the drawer where her mother kept her household register. She took the key from her mother's belt and unlocked the drawer.

"Sure enough, it's here." Zhou Lin took the household registration book and stuffed it into his arms excitedly. Then he locked the drawer and put the key back to its original place.

"Who!" Aunt Liu suddenly woke up for a moment, saw a figure in the room, and screamed in surprise.

"It's me, Mom. I came to your room to get a pillow. Xiaohu said his pillow is too hard." Zhou Lin pretended to get something in front of the cabinet.

"Oh, it's in the cupboard, you can take it." When Aunt Liu heard it was Zhou Lin, she felt relieved and fell asleep again.

Seeing that her mother was asleep, Zhou Lin quietly left the room and closed the door.

After she returned to her room, she took out her household registration book from her arms and flipped through it excitedly.

As long as she had this, she could get the marriage certificate with Nie Fan! Thinking of this, Zhou Lin happily rolled around in her bed holding the household registration book.

After the excitement, Zhou Lin put the household registration book into his backpack, placed the backpack at the head of the bed, and slept peacefully.

The next morning, Zhou Lin left the courtyard early. She wanted to leave before her mother woke up. Before leaving, Zhou Lin also took away her frequently used things.

"Zhou Lin... pour me a glass of water." Aunt Liu slept until dawn. If she hadn't been so thirsty, she would have continued to sleep.

"Zhou Lin! Didn't you hear me calling you?" Aunt Liu called Zhou Lin several times but no one answered her.

"Grandma! I'm late for school!" Xiaohu opened his eyes and found that it was already nine o'clock, and his grandma didn't wake him up to go to school.

"What! It's already nine o'clock!" Aunt Liu stamped her feet anxiously when she saw Xiaohu standing at the door wearing only a single layer of clothes.

"Grandma will get up right away and take you to school!" Aunt Liu rolled over from the bed, quickly put on her clothes and brought Xiaohu back to the room.

After dressing Xiaohu, Aunt Liu took Xiaohu and ran to school.

"Where's your aunt? She didn't call you to get up!" Aunt Liu was very angry. Zhou Lin insisted on asking her to drink yesterday, and now Xiaohu was late for school.

"I didn't see my aunt when I woke up. I guess she's gone." Xiaohu walked while eating the buns his grandmother bought for him.

"He's gone! He left without even saying goodbye!" The more Aunt Liu thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. What on earth was Zhou Lin doing back this time? Was he just coming back to see her and Xiaohu?

After sending Xiaohu to school, Aunt Liu returned to the courtyard. She wandered around Zhou Lin's room for a long time and found that some things Zhou Lin often used were missing.

"So he came back to get something. It looks like he won't be back for a while. Oh..." Aunt Liu felt a little lost as she looked at the empty house.

The New Year is coming soon. Her son and daughter-in-law are not at home, and even her daughter has gone to live in the factory. Only she and her little grandson are left at home. She does feel a little lonely.

"It's better not to come back! I'll feel at peace if you don't come back!" Aunt Liu comforted herself.

Aunt Liu took a steamed bun from the kitchen and went back to her room. The bun was hard and cold and it made Aunt Liu's teeth hurt.

"As expected, no one is home and I don't want to do anything." Aunt Liu made do with half a hard steamed bun for breakfast. The crumbs of the steamed bun fell on the table, and Aunt Liu swept them to the ground with her hands.

Suddenly Aunt Liu discovered that there was something different about the drawer under the table.

This time the drawer was locked to the right, which was not the direction she usually locked it.

"Oh no! Could it be that Zhou Lin stole my household registration book?" Aunt Liu quickly took out the key from her waist and opened the drawer under the table.

"I'm so angry! This damn girl actually stole the household registration book!" Aunt Liu searched the drawer several times but couldn't find the household registration book.