Shen Qinghe ran to the door and looked around. Everyone had gone to work at this time. There was no one around. Only cicadas were chirping on the branches!

She closed the door, bolted it, and walked towards the closet.

Standing in front of the wardrobe, she took a deep breath and started moving the wardrobe.

With a click!

The life of that half crumbling cabinet door came to an end. It fell to the ground with a loud noise, which scared Shen Qinghe!

Her heart was pounding, she reached out and touched her chest, glanced at the broken cabinet door on the ground, and continued to move the wardrobe.

The wardrobe looks small but is made of solid wood and is extremely heavy.

After great effort, I finally pushed it open.

When I lifted the wooden board, it was pitch black underneath and I couldn't see anything.

Shen Qinghe took out a flashlight from the house and slowly went down to the air-raid shelter. She turned on the flashlight and walked inside along the road.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, she finally saw some light.

When she reached the end of the road, patches of sunlight filtered through the gaps in the dry grass above her head. She reached out, pushed it open and climbed up.

This is a mountain, no different from the other mountains near the village.

It is summer now and the sound of cicadas can be heard everywhere, making people irritated and irritated.

Jiang Chunlin went into the air-raid shelter in the middle of the night just to pick wild dates?

He must be doing something else on the mountain. It was all her fault for sleeping too soundly last night. She must hold out tonight to see what Jiang Chunlin was doing secretly going up the mountain in the middle of the night.

After standing at the entrance of the cave and looking around for a while, Shen Qinghe returned the same way.

She had just moved the wardrobe with great effort when she heard someone knocking on the door. She was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her throat.

"who?"

"It's me. What are you doing at home locking the door in broad daylight?"

Jiang Chunlin's cold voice, mixed with impatience, came from outside the door.

Damn it, didn’t he go to work? Why did he come back so early?

Shen Qinghe quickly glanced at the wardrobe, made sure it was moved back to its original position, pulled the corner of her clothes, let out a breath, and went to open the door.

Jiang Chunlin stared at Shen Qinghe with scrutinizing eyes, his face a little red and his expression nervous. What was she doing in the room?

Is there a wild man hiding?

Jiang Xiaohui did not go to work today.

Thinking of something, Jiang Chunlin rudely pushed Shen Qinghe away and strode into the room. When he saw that there was no one else in the room, his cold brows relaxed slightly.

"What do you mean? Do you think I'm having an affair?" Shen Qinghe followed in and asked angrily.

Jiang Chunlin's gaze stayed on the closet for two seconds, then he looked at Shen Qinghe, "You have flirted with Jiang Xiaohui before, did I wrongly accuse you?"

"I..." Shen Qinghe was speechless. She pursed her lips and said nothing more.

Suddenly, Jiang Chunlin raised his hand, scaring Shen Qinghe so much that she took two steps back, her beautiful eyes widening in fear.

"You, you can't hit me!"

Jiang Chunlin was stunned for a moment, frowned, and continued to reach out to Shen Qinghe.

Shen Qinghe turned around and ran, but after taking a step, Jiang Chunlin grabbed her arm and used his other hand to take the dry grass off her head.

"What did you do just now?"

"I didn't go out today." After saying that, Shen Qinghe saw the dry grass in Jiang Chunlin's hand and added quickly, "I was just sweeping the yard, and I guess I accidentally rubbed it."

"Are you using your hair as a broom?" Jiang Chunlin sneered, walked to the closet and picked up the half of the closet door that had fallen on the ground.

Shen Qinghe bit her lower lip. She had completely forgotten about the half-broken cabinet door.

"I accidentally dropped something when I was getting it. Can this be fixed?"

"Yeah!" Jiang Chunlin replied calmly, looking out the window, "I have something to go out for. I'll fix it when I come back in the evening."

Jiang Chunlin walked to the door, turned around and asked, "Do you want anything?"

"No!" Shen Qinghe shook her head. She wanted a lot of things, but she would earn them herself.

There were many books in her grandfather's study. She had been flipping through them since she learned to read, and had read a lot of unofficial history and foreign classics.

Throughout history, few women who rely on men for survival have a good ending.

Even though she has fallen into her current situation, she must find a way to be self-reliant and strong, and not let fate control her.

Perhaps, she cannot fight against the invisible and intangible fate, but as long as she is financially independent, she will never be controlled by others and will always have the opportunity to choose!

Jiang Chunlin nodded, said nothing more, and walked away.

Shen Qinghe sat down on the edge of the kang and breathed a sigh of relief.

It is basically impossible to wear it back. In this era, she can't work and can only rely on other means to survive.

Now, the black market is her only way out!

Shen Qinghe glanced at the half-finished clothes and picked them up to continue working on them.

Jiang Chunlin came back when it was almost dark, sweating profusely, and no one knew where he had been.

After dinner, Jiang Chunlin went to the river.

The Jiang family, both adults and children, were not at home at this time. Shen Qinghe wanted to deal with Qi Qingmei, but she couldn't let her trick her.

To be on the safe side, she went to the kitchen and smeared her face black with soot. She untied her two braids and tied them into a bun, then wrapped a dark green headscarf on her head before going out.

It was so hot, Qi Qingmei would definitely go to the river. Shen Qinghe hid behind a big locust tree on the road that Qi Qingmei had to take and waited for her.

Sure enough, after waiting for less than ten minutes, I saw Qi Qingmei walking alone and looking back, as if she was afraid that someone would see her.

Shen Qinghe looked at the crossroads in front of her, one leading to her home and the other leading to the educated youth point.

She probably wanted to go to the educated youth site to find Jiang Xiaohui.

When Qi Qingmei came over, Shen Qinghe ran out from behind the locust tree, quickly put the sack in his hand over Qi Qingmei's head, and started punching and kicking her, especially hitting her in the face!

Her grandfather was afraid that she would be bullied, so he enrolled her in Taekwondo since she was young. She had no confidence that she could beat the village bully Jiang Chunlin, but beating Qi Qingmei was as easy as cutting a watermelon.

"Who? Who hit me? Ah... Challenge me if you dare!"

Qi Qingmei was nervous and wanted to go to the educated youth camp to find Jiang Xiaohui. Her mother did not allow her to go to see Jiang Xiaohui at night for fear of ruining her reputation. However, Jiang Xiaohui had to go to work during the day, so she could only go to see him secretly at night.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, someone put a sack in my hand.

Shen Qinghe said nothing, pursed her lips and beat Qi Qingmei to death.

Qi Qingmei was beaten so hard that her whole body was in pain and she screamed loudly!

"Who's there?" A member happened to pass by and saw two dark shadows entangled together in front, so he shouted loudly.

Shen Qinghe looked towards the source of the voice and recognized it as a man's. She didn't dare to fight and turned around and ran towards the village road next to her.

As soon as he ran in, someone grabbed his arm.

"Ah... um..." Shen Qinghe was almost scared to death. As soon as she opened her mouth, the man covered it and her face turned pale with fright.

"Hush." ​​The man shouted in a low voice.

Shen Qinghe stopped struggling, she recognized it was Jiang Chunlin's voice.

I wondered why he was here?

Jiang Chunlin pulled Shen Qinghe's bun away, causing her to almost scream out in pain. He then pressed her head into his arms, nearly suffocating her to death.