Xia Mian counted the money happily and told Aunt Liu that it was only a dozen yuan in interest, but in fact Zhang Qiming still had to pay nearly fourteen thousand to redeem the things.

After all, he had already told her to figure it out on her own first, and that he would come back and do it when he wanted to, so she had no reason to be polite.

But what she is worried about now is how to spend the money within a few days.

Xia Mian leaned back on the sofa holding Xiao Feng, thinking, "Actually, renting a house is the best option, but I'm afraid your scumbag dad wouldn't agree."

She thought about it for a long time yesterday and felt that it would be difficult to leave the Zhang family all of a sudden.

After all, Zhang Qiming is Xiaofeng's biological father, and he wants to establish an image of a good person.

Not to mention whether he would let Xiao Feng live alone with him, even if he let her go, as a partner, he would have to be there for Xiao Feng at every stage of her school life.

If he really wanted to destroy Xiao Feng, it would be too easy.

And there is also the problem of the original body itself. Now it is completely certain that Zhang Qiming is eyeing the original body's property and will not let him go easily.

Otherwise, it would be very easy to drive her away.

As long as you make a phone call to the Xia family's hometown, the second uncle of the Xia family will definitely come to pick her up, and no one will say anything if you forcibly take her back.

After all, sixteen years old is still a minor, and Xia's second uncle can completely act as a guardian.

"How about we go back to Mingxi County?" Xia Mian discussed while hugging Xiao Feng. "Mingxi County is quite far from here, and it wouldn't be easy for your scumbag father to interfere with you."

"Let's have a few years of peace and stability first. Once I'm admitted to university and become an adult, I can then think about wresting custody from Youhuan Dad."

This is actually the worst option. Xia Mian doesn't really want to go back to the county town. It's right for young people to yearn for big cities. She transferred schools when she was a child and knows very well that talent is one thing, and the teaching staff and environment are also very important to a person's growth. Not to mention Xiao Feng, she also wants to study hard in this life and return to her alma mater, Capital Normal University.

The admission rate to Mingxi County No. 1 Middle School is pitifully low, so being able to get into a second-tier university is worth setting off firecrackers in celebration...

"It would be great if I had a lot of money." Xia Mian said, lying on the sofa, "If you throw a hundred thousand yuan in your scumbag father's face, he will definitely agree to transfer your household registration to me, and then your aunt will take you wherever you want to go."

After thinking about it, I felt unhappy again, "Why should I give money to scumbags? Can't we keep it for ourselves? There is no problem in this world that money can't solve. If it can't be solved, it means that there is not enough money."

Well, this is the correct idea.

Xia Mian hugged Xiao Feng and began to daydream, "It would be great if I could win the lottery. I wouldn't be greedy, I would just win one million. With one million, your aunt will take you to a big city. With the abilities of your scumbag father and my scumbag uncle, they definitely won't be able to find us."

"At least we can live in peace for a few years. When I, your aunt, come of age, I won't be afraid of them anymore. If we can wait until you come of age, we can crush them to the ground."

Xia Mian became excited as he spoke, and began to calculate how much this daydream would cost. "The current housing prices in Yan City should be around 1,000 or 2,000, right? It seems like buying a house now can also register your household registration?"

"That's totally worth it. Let's buy a 40-square-meter house. What kind of decoration do you like?" He looked around at the Zhang family's house.

She curled Xiao Feng's ahoge hair with her fingers and said, "Forty square meters is still a bit small. We need at least two rooms. Decoration, furniture, appliances, and our tuition fees..."

"Auntie calculated with her fingers, and one million is a little too little." Xia Mian sighed, "Let's be greedy and win five million."

"Now we're definitely well-off. Let's buy an 80-90 square meter house with three bedrooms and a living room. We can each have one, and the remaining room can be my study and your studio... Beautiful!"

Xiao Feng understood Xia Mian's fantasy and said happily, "Just me and my aunt living here?"

"Yes, it's just the two of us living here." Xia Mian said.

Xiao Feng was emitting bubbles of joy all over his body. Seeing that he was serious, Xia Mian hurriedly said, "The prerequisite is that you can get five million."

"Five million?"

"Yes," Xia Mian said with some regret, "Given our current situation, the only way to succeed is to win the lottery, or find an antique, or buy some stocks."

Counting all the ways to get rich overnight, Xia Mian was worried that he had missed something. After thinking hard, he actually found one. "Or maybe if the house in our hometown is demolished, we can get a compensation of one or two hundred thousand..."

The child looked at her seriously, his eyes blinking, as if he was remembering what she said. Xia Mian also blinked. Did she teach the child bad things?

She picked up the child and spun him around by his armpits, "Fly, fly!" and quickly forgot what she had just said.

The child giggled, he obviously liked this kind of game.

Xia Mianyu worked even harder, causing Xiao Feng's foot to rub against something, and something fell to the ground with a "pa".

Xia Mian stopped and found that it was a book, placed on the shelf next to the color TV. It was probably accidentally bumped into the side when moving the color TV.

"A Complete Collection of Stamp Collectors?" Xia Mian flipped through it. "Hey, your scumbag dad has such a noble hobby? This should be your mother's hobby."

In her original memory, Xia Chun was very fond of stamp collecting, a habit she'd developed through pen pals in her early years, and it gradually became a passion. Before she got married, her family had five large stamp albums of Xia Chun's.

After marrying Zhang Qiming, their family conditions were not good. They squeezed into her teacher's dormitory, which was not spacious. It seemed that she did not continue this hobby.

Hearing that it was something his mother liked, Xiao Feng couldn't help but stretch his neck. Xia Mian simply held him back on the sofa and started looking through it.

Then I found out that this was not about explaining stamp knowledge at all, but about evaluating the value of stamps.

It contains the most valuable stamps so far, ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands.

Xia Mian didn't understand stamps, so she could only sigh, "If only your mother's stamp album was still there, we could see if there was a piece like this one called "China's Mountains and Rivers Are Red" that could sell for half a million."

Xiao Feng looked up at her expectantly, "Is it enough to buy a house in Yan City?"

The little guy has a good memory. Xia Mian doesn't want to hurt his young heart again. "It's almost enough to buy a house, but it's enough to go to Yan City."

As soon as Xia Mian finished speaking, Xiao Feng swayed left and right with joy, and bubbles of joy began to appear all over his body, "Yes!"

"What?" Xia Mian was stunned.

"This." Xiao Feng pointed to the stamp in the book that showed the Chinese landscape painted red. "I have it."

After saying that, he ran towards the small dark room where he used to live with his short legs.

After Huang Xiaojuan returned from the police station, she immediately cleaned up the small dark room, erased all traces of the child's life, and only left some messy things in it.

Xiao Feng grunted as he pulled out a sack from the corner. Xia Mian hurried over to help, "Is this yours?"

Xiao Feng nodded happily, dragged the sack to the living room, and began to search for the odds and ends inside:

A wooden pony, a bamboo dragonfly, and a small slingshot—all, without exception, were broken;

Two sets of clothes and a pair of shoes, which should be worn in winter and spring—all in tatters and in dirt;

A few picture books - completely dirty, with shoe prints and ballpoint pen scribbles.

These are all Xiaofeng's belongings.

Xia Mian looked uncomfortable, but Xiao Feng was delighted. After happily flipping through a black-covered stamp album, he finally held up a small and inconspicuous stamp album and said, "Auntie, we have it!"

Aestivation:!!!

However, Xia Mian was first attracted by the black-leather stamp album, which was one of Xia Chun's five stamp albums.

After Xia Chun passed away four years ago, Zhang Qiming went to Xia's hometown specifically to pack up Xia Chun's personal belongings, saying that he wanted to remember her by seeing her belongings.

At that time, Xia's mother didn't know about his affair with Huang Xiaojuan, and she was very pleased that her son-in-law cared so much about her daughter.

However, he only gave up some of it symbolically, and he was not going to give away Xia Chun's favorite stamp album.

The old lady didn't know the value of the stamps. She simply thought that they were her daughter's favorite things during her lifetime. She could keep them forever, but her son-in-law couldn't. Now it was because the young couple was in love, but sooner or later he would forget her daughter if he had a new husband.

But Zhang Qiming cried while holding Xia Chun's stamp album, saying that it contained stamps they used to send letters to each other. He looked even sadder than Xia's mother, and later he even fainted.

It seemed as if he would lose his life without the stamp album. Xia's mother was soft-hearted, so in the end, the five stamp albums fell into Zhang Qiming's hands.

Xia Mian realized something and opened the stamp album.

Sure enough, a lot of stamps were stuffed together in a mess.

The other party stuffed stamps from five stamp albums into one, with more than a dozen stamps stuffed into one slot, causing a lot of damage. It was obvious that the person who sorted it out didn't care about it at all.

However, the inconspicuous little stamp album had each stamp wrapped in a transparent protective bag and was preserved very carefully.

Of course, these stamps are all, without exception, the most valuable stamps at the moment: a set of red stamps with "small characters overprinted for one yuan," a set of Chinese mountains and rivers all red, and a set of Chinese Peking Opera artists, both with and without teeth...

Xia Mian counted them and found that there were ten rare stamps of various kinds.

Do you know what it feels like to become rich overnight? Xia Mian knows it anyway. She's feeling a bit overwhelmed right now...

But now is not the time to be proud. She is sure that Zhang Qiming knew the value of Xia Chun's stamps from the beginning!

Thinking about how he pretended to be affectionate to deceive Xia's mother's trust, she felt really disgusted.

"Where did this come from?" Xia Mian asked Xiao Feng.

"It's Mom's." Xiao Feng said seriously, "My scumbag dad said no one can touch it."

"Did Zhang Qiming give you this after you came here, or has it always been in your hands?" Xia Mian asked carefully.

"I brought..."

Combining Xiaofeng's narration, Xia Mian dug out some things from his original body's memory and roughly guessed why Zhang Qiming left the stamp album with Xiaofeng.

People living in small towns did not understand the value of stamps at first, but with the improvement of living standards and the popularization of newspapers and television, people gradually became aware of it.

Almost everyone who knows Xia Chun knows about her stamp collecting.

So although Zhang Qiming successfully took the stamp album from Xia's mother at the beginning, the Xia family still had an uncle named Xia who was greedy for money, never satisfied with taking advantage of others, and dreamed of getting rich quickly all day long.

One day, Uncle Xia saw in the newspaper that stamps could be sold for a lot of money, so he immediately set his sights on Xia Chun's stamp album. When he learned that the stamp album was taken away by Zhang Qiming, he naturally went to his house to ask for it back.

Zhang Qiming refused to give it to him, so Second Uncle Xia stayed in his single dormitory for more than half a month and even followed Zhang Qiming to see if he had sold the stamps.

Zhang Qiming left the things to Xiaofeng on the grounds that they were her mother's relics.

At that time, Xiao Feng was still a baby, and he couldn't raise him alone, so he naturally gave him to his mother.

So the stamp album stayed with Xiaofeng in Zhang Qiming's hometown, Daliangshan, for a few years, and was only brought back when Xiaofeng came back half a year ago.

But Zhang Qiming probably didn't expect that Xia's mother would die at this critical juncture.

Because of the deep affection he showed to Xia Chun at that time and the constant courtesy visits in recent years, he naturally had to go back to pay his respects.

This reminded Second Uncle Xia of this matter again, and it caused another round of entanglement. I think this is also the reason why Zhang Qiming did not act rashly.

After all, Uncle Xia was more obsessed with money than a wild dog with a bone. He once squatted at the foot of a wall for a whole month to find out whether his neighbor had made a fortune in silence.

Then he came to a definite conclusion from the fact that the other party started eating meat every day, and finally he pestered the other party and took advantage of an old hen before he stopped temporarily.

So the stamp album has remained with Xiao Feng until now. It may also be because the large amount of compensation from Xia Chun is enough for them to live a comfortable life, and stamps become more valuable as time goes by. It is safe enough to keep it with Xiao Feng, so he is not in a hurry.

But it can also be seen from this that Zhang Qiming's caution and patience are not ordinary people, no wonder he can become one of the major villains in the book.

But so what?

Xia Mian couldn't help but laugh. After enduring for so long, the thing finally fell into her hands, right?

Xia Mian hugged Xiao Feng and let out a loud "meh!", then spun him around in circles. "Will your scumbag dad be pissed off to death? Hahaha..."

Xia Mian took Xiao Feng to reorganize Xia Chun's stamps. After all, these were Xia Chun's relics. No matter how much they were worth, they should be well preserved.

During the sorting process, Xia Mian also found half a set of monkey stamps!

!!! Get rich quick!

I don’t know much about other stamps, but many stamp novices are familiar with the famous stamps like the Monkey Stamp. It has increased in value by 200,000 times in 30 years and has a very high collection value.

But it doesn't seem very noticeable now, so Zhang Qiming stuffed it into a pile of stamps.

Because some of them were damaged due to improper storage, Xia Mian barely managed to piece together two complete quads, and the others were placed individually.

In addition, there are ten RMB notes with a face value of 50 yuan.

Oh no, he’s treating Xiao Feng as his private warehouse!

It can be seen from this that Huang Xiaojuan didn't know about the stamps. Xia Mian's eyes turned and he had an idea about how to take the stamps away without anyone noticing.

What should I do if my secret money is discovered? Of course, I confiscate it! Xia Mian stuffed the money into Xiao Feng's pocket, feeling very happy.

Xiao Feng was also very happy. He took out the money, handed it to Xia Mian, and asked expectantly, "Aunt, can we go to Yan City now?"

"Yes!" Xia Mian was not conflicted. These stamp albums were Xia Chun's pre-marital property. Logically, they belonged to Xia's mother. After Xia's mother passed away, they naturally belonged to the original body.

However, Xia Mian is not her original body, so she decided to leave it to Xiao Feng.

If conditions permit, she wants to wait until Xiaofeng grows up and let him deal with his mother's belongings personally, but now Xiaofeng is more eager to leave the Zhang family.

If necessary, she would sell one or two at her discretion. She believed that Xia Chun would not bear to see her children suffer in this wolf's den.

With this stamp album as a backing, Xia Mian is much more confident about successfully leaving the Zhang family!

The first step is to let Xiaofeng move into the Xia family’s household registration book!

Xia Mian looked around the living room which was now much emptier. They should agree, right?

Even if Zhang Qiming tries to hold on for the sake of face, doesn't Huang Xiaojuan still have leverage over him, and more than one?

"Eat first, then we'll go get your medical report." Xia Mian said.

It was very hot at noon, so Xia Mian made some cold noodles, and had some iced double skin milk as dessert after the meal. It was so comfortable.

Xiao Feng's happy face was wide open, but she still remembered Xia Mian said she wanted to give it to the neighbors, "To Brother Zhuangzhuang and Grandpa Tang... Brother Ning?"

Xiao Feng frowned slightly, feeling a little confused. He still remembered Xia Mian teaching him to call Tang Grandpa, but yesterday he was taught to call him Brother Ning.

Xia Mian almost spit out a mouthful of double-skin milk, "Who taught you to call him brother?"

Xiao Feng ate double skin milk and tilted her head, "Brother Ning, send me some."

Xia Mian curled her lips, "How dare you call your own brother, Master Ning..."

Xia Mian suddenly thought that Doctor Ning seemed to be from Yan City! And his family was very rich!

She decided to take Xiao Feng to Yan City because in her previous life, let's call it her previous life, she lived in Yan City and was relatively familiar with the place.

However, although this book is written based on a real-life background, there are some discrepancies. What if Yan City is different from the Yan City where she lives?

Moreover, having help from acquaintances always saves time and effort rather than groping around in an unfamiliar place.

Furthermore, collecting stamps at high prices is a game for the rich. In this light, it is very necessary to establish a good relationship with Dr. Ning downstairs.

"If he tells you to call me Brother Ning, then just call me Brother Ning." Xia Mian said flexibly, "It's good to have more nephews."

"Let's go and give Brother Ning some double-skin milk!"

First, two bowls were delivered to Mrs. Liu's house opposite. Xia Mian took Xiao Feng downstairs and happened to meet Dr. Ning who was returning from get off work at noon.

Xia Mian immediately put on a warm smile, "Doctor Ning, you're back!"

As he spoke, he gently nudged Xiao Feng, who raised her little face and greeted him obediently, "Brother Ning."

Ning Shaobai was a little surprised. He touched the ahoge on Xiao Feng's head and responded, but when he looked at Xia Mian, a look of vigilance was clearly written on his face. "What bad idea are you up to?"

Xia Mian took two deep breaths and whispered, "How could that be? I'm sorry for what happened before. This is the double skin milk I made myself. Let me give it to you to try."

Ning Shaobai also imitated her soft voice and said, "Did you poison it yourself?"

aestivation:……

Judging from your current behavior, you can definitely look forward to it!

For Xiao Feng, I endured it! Xia Mian tried hard to maintain a fake smile, "Doctor Ning is really good at joking. This is really delicious with diced fruit."

As he was speaking, a tall girl came in from the building entrance. Her face lit up when she saw Tang Sanzang, "Doctor Ning, it's time to get off work." Seeing Xia Mian holding diced fruit in front of Ning Shaobai, she thought the handsome Doctor Ning was being harassed again, so she immediately said, "Little girl, Doctor Ning doesn't like strawberries, please stop making things difficult for him."

After saying that, she gave Dr. Ning a reserved smile and slowly went upstairs with her graceful waist twisted.

Xia Mian looked down at the diced strawberries in the bowl, his eyes asking: Do you really not like to eat them?

Ning Shaobai sneered and replied with his eyes: You gave me something I didn’t want as an apology, but you gave me something I don’t like to eat as an apology.

Teacher Mi also heard the noise and came out to see, "Xiaobai, who are you talking to? Why don't you come in?"

Xia Mian obediently handed over the two bowls of double-skin milk that were in the basket, "Teacher Mi, I made this for you and Uncle Chen to try."

"Oh, it looks good," Teacher Mi said very flatteringly, "I heard Xinmei say that Xia Mian's cooking skills are good. Come in quickly, I just cut a watermelon and can't finish it."

Xia Mian, who had originally planned to leave after delivering the things, now took Xiao Feng's hand and walked in.

She placed three bowls of double-skin milk on the table and asked Mr. Chen, who was reading a newspaper, "Mr. Chen, what kind of fruit do you like? Where's Teacher Mi?"

Engineer Chen glanced at the diced fruit and said, "We like to eat everything. What is this, tofu pudding? It's so tender."

"It's not tofu pudding, it's double skin milk." Xia Mian said as he put the diced fruit on it. "It's made with milk and eggs. You and Teacher Mi can both eat it."

Mr. Chen became interested, "Oh, then I'll give it a try."

Teacher Mi just came over with a spoon. Ning Shaobai had just sat down at the table when a bowl of double skin milk was immediately pushed in front of him. He looked at the strawberry cubes that were almost sticking out with an expressionless face.

Xia Mian looked at him eagerly, "Doctor Ning, try it carefully, this is really delicious."

As he said this, he touched Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng immediately raised her head and said in a baby voice, "Brother Ning, it's delicious."

Ning Shaobai: ...

Upon hearing this, Teacher Mi chuckled and said, "Who taught you this? How can you call Ning Brother?"

Chen Gong laughed and said, "Xiao Bai was teasing the child yesterday." He said to Xiao Feng kindly, "You can't call Ning brother. There's a generation gap."

Xiao Feng was full of doubts, and Xia Mian quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay. It's just a name. If Doctor Ning likes it, I don't mind."

Ning Shaobai: ...

This stinky girl!

Xia Mian returned to the second floor in a good mood. The summer afternoon gradually became quiet. Xia Mian was taking a nap with Xiao Feng in her arms when suddenly there was a knock on the door. Just by hearing the sound, she felt that the visitor was not very polite.

Xiao Feng, who was about to fall asleep, was suddenly awakened. Xia Mian had just walked to the door when the banging sound of the door rang out again. She opened the door unhappily, and frowned when she saw the person standing outside.

I didn't expect these people to come here.

The person standing outside the door was yesterday's leader, but today he has become the younger brother. The two people leading the group look a few years older than him.

The leader slowly took off his sunglasses and hung them on the collar of his floral shirt. He looked Xia Mian up and down with a look of amazement in his eyes. He raised his lip and eyebrows and said in a self-proclaimed devilish manner, "Are you Xia Mian?"

Xia Mian ignored him and looked at Brother Jitou and said, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Brother Jitou's eyes flickered as he looked at the man in the flowered shirt and sunglasses, "Our Brother Long and Brother Hu want to talk to you about something."

The man in the toad mirror wiped his lower lip with his thumb, looked around, and his eyes fell on the security door. "You're not going to open the door? Are you sure you want to chat with us like this?"

Brother Hu, with a tattoo on his arm, was tall, but his waist and back were hunched. He looked at Xia Mian with a pair of rat eyes, showing his greed without hiding his greed. "It's okay to chat like this. By then, everyone here will know that you are our girlfriend."

Xia Mian looked back and saw that the door of the guest bedroom was closed. She opened the door and let the person in.

Seeing Xia Mian open the door, the two men seemed to be sure of catching the prey. Brother Long, who was wearing frog-eye glasses, sat down on the sofa.

The tiger-clad young man with tattoos on his arms looked around the room, finally pushing open the door of the master bedroom to take a look. He said with satisfaction, "Brother Long, that room is pretty good."

After he finished speaking, he took out two cigarettes and handed one to Brother Long. Brother Jitou immediately took out a lighter from his pocket and lit them for both of them.

Xia Mian went straight to the kitchen and brought over a bowl of water.

Brother Long blew out a smoke ring and said arrogantly, "Little girl, you extorted so much money from us yesterday, and now you're trying to fool us with raw water?"

He pointed to the fruit plate on the chest of drawers and said, "Bring that over here."

Xia Mian was surprised. These people thought she was serving them water? That was really interesting.

She didn't even bother to roll her eyes, she just flicked her hand and poured the water over the two men's faces, and the cigarette butt naturally went out.

"We have children at home and smoking is not allowed."

"Fuck..." Brother Long was about to stand up, "Little bitch..."

Xia Mian stuffed the white porcelain bowl into his mouth, and his teeth made a loud noise. Brother Long was forced to lean back and fall back onto the sofa.

Xia Mian said impatiently, "Be quiet, the child just fell asleep."

That Tiger brother had no good eyesight. Seeing this, he had no self-awareness at all and even rushed forward, shouting, "You bitch..."

Xia Mian made an impatient "tsk" sound, used the porcelain bowl stuffed in Brother Long's mouth as support, raised his leg and kicked, and the rest of Brother Tiger's words ended in the dislocated jaws of the two brothers.

Xia Mian grinned and lowered her legs. This guy was quite tall, and the kick pulled the hamstring that was stretched yesterday when she did the splits, and it felt a bit sore.

He looked at the only one who could still speak, Jitou brother, and said, "Tell me, what else did Zhang Qiming ask you to do?"

Brother Jitou looked at Brother Long and Brother Hu, and subconsciously touched the camera hanging around his neck.