Next, Song Ziqing boiled a large pot of water on the gas stove. Once the water boiled, he threw the chicken in and let its feathers soak. After a while, when the water cooled down a bit, he quickly used bamboo tongs to pick up the chicken feathers.

She found this bamboo clip in the storeroom of the Western-style house. This little thing is completely unnoticeable when not in use, but it came in very useful when she had to pluck the chicken.

Song Ziqing was very quick. In less than half an hour, she had plucked all the chicken feathers, even the small stray feathers. She then chopped the chicken into small pieces and put them into a clay bowl. She added some dried mushrooms, wood ear fungus, peanuts, red dates, and other ingredients, and started simmering the chicken soup.

At this moment, she was hungry, so she cooked a bowl of noodles to fill her stomach, and then she could have chicken soup to drink that night.

Song Ziqing felt that after returning to Shanghai in the afternoon, he should go to the state-run restaurant to buy some cooked food so that he would have something to eat when it was inconvenient to cook in the future.

After finishing her noodles, she took a short nap in one of the rooms in the ring's space, thinking that she would need to make a bed in the space when she got home that night, and that she could sleep directly in the space from now on.

An hour later, she felt better and went straight to the well in the backyard. She scooped up a ladle of water, tried drinking it, and found nothing magical about it, so she stopped worrying about it.

There is tap water in the kitchen, so you can use it directly.

After busying herself in the ring space for a while, she slung a crossbody bag over her shoulder, took Ms. Erliu's bicycle, and left the ring space, heading towards the city.

She noticed it was already around 2 PM. By the time she got back to the city, it was already 3 PM. She went straight to the state-run restaurant in the city, only to find it was already closed. With no other option, she headed towards the department store not far away.

She planned to use up all the remaining receipts at home before leaving. Once she got to the countryside, these receipts would be useless, as they all had an expiration date and would become invalid after that.

At this moment, she was dressed in a Lenin suit, her appearance transformed into that of a woman in her twenties or thirties. She walked into the department store and, using her handbag, took the ticket out of the ring's storage space.

She discovered there was even a watch voucher inside, and decided to spend it to buy a men's watch so she could trade it with the watch if she needed it in the future.

She examined the receipts in her hand and found that, in addition to grain coupons, soap coupons, industrial coupons, cloth coupons, meat coupons, bath coupons, hair washing coupons, pastry coupons, oil coupons, and so on, she took out all the coupons that could be used in the department store and went to the counter.

She noticed that there weren't many people around, so she took out all the tickets and said to one of the middle-aged salesmen in blue, "Comrade, my brother is going to the countryside. Could you please help me exchange all the items that these tickets can buy?"

The salesperson in blue was also someone who read people's expressions. Just by looking at Song Ziqing's attire, she knew that Song Ziqing was no ordinary person, and someone who could draw so many tickets at once must be extraordinary.

She said very enthusiastically, "Comrade, to serve the people, my colleagues and I will definitely help you choose the best items. However, you will have to decide which watch to choose yourself with this watch ticket, since this watch ticket is very rare and there is no specific brand specified."

After saying this, she handed the ticket in her hand to a colleague who was not busy next to her and asked her to help prepare the items.

She planned to personally take Song Ziqing upstairs to choose a watch, and Song Ziqing readily agreed.

The salesperson in blue had heard from the salesperson upstairs that the watch counter had just received a batch of foreign watch brands, so he said to Song Ziqing, "Comrade, I see you're not short of money, why don't you choose a good watch? We happen to have some new watches in stock."

“Okay, I’ll buy a Swiss watch. I’ve heard that this country is neutral and the watches they produce are of very high quality, and they can last for decades or even centuries.”

Song Ziqing had plenty of money, so he planned to spend more of it. After all, no matter how much money he had, it was often not enough to buy things when he went to the countryside.

Hearing Song Ziqing's words, the red-clad saleswoman was overjoyed and praised her repeatedly, "Comrade, you truly are a modern woman with excellent taste! Among our newly arrived watches, there are indeed two renowned Swiss watches, which I heard are handcrafted mechanical watches of exceptional quality."

Song Ziqing chatted happily with the two salespeople, paid readily, and left the department store an hour later.

She then went to a nearby supply and marketing cooperative and exchanged all her meat coupons for meat. Although it was mostly lean meat and ribs, she thought it was fine. After all, she didn't lack oil, and these lean meats suited her taste better.

After buying all the lean meat and bones, she found that there was still some offal left. Song Ziqing bought it all as well, since it was good stuff after being cleaned.

She put all the meat into her cloth bag and quickly rode away. It was already late afternoon when she went to the state-run restaurant and found that it was open for business again. She quickly took out a few lunch boxes from her bag, filled five large lunch boxes with braised pork, two servings of braised fish, and steamed crab, and also bought two large bags of steamed buns.

Next, she continued along her way home, stopping at state-run restaurants to buy cooked food. She filled her lunchbox and empty bowls before stopping to buy food.

When she returned to the villa, it was already evening. The first thing she did upon arriving home was to check on the situation inside, as she felt that her family was being watched.

However, apart from discovering the traces on the first day, she made no further discoveries, which greatly frustrated her previously proud sixth sense.

However, she still firmly believed that many of her actions were being monitored. However, the person monitoring her did not seem to have any deep malice towards her, so she did not feel any fear or trepidation.

When she got home, she went straight to the kitchen, took out some of the chicken soup she had made at noon, cooked it up in the kitchen, and ate it with steamed buns for dinner.

After dinner, she stopped working and went straight back to her room. She entered the ring space, made a small bed, and then returned to the mansion, lying down fully clothed.

In the middle of the night, the entire house was very quiet. She suddenly felt the urge to urinate and got up to go to the toilet. When she realized there were two more people in her yard, she panicked. Could it be that the people who had hit her with the black stick before had come again?!

She quickly slipped into the ring's space. She was just a weak woman and dared not confront anyone head-on; it was better to avoid their sharp edge.