Qiao Chunli's job has been given to Feng Yue; she wasn't at Shen Nian's house when I went there earlier.
"Niannian, isn't that Qiao Chunli?"
A person turned into the alley across the street, and Deng Yuehong felt that the back view looked familiar.
"She has a red mole at the corner of her right eye," Xie Lin added promptly.
The image from behind and the facial features are the same, so it's probably her.
Something suspicious is bound to happen.
"Hey, hurry up, or it'll be too late to catch it while it's still hot."
Shishi had already rushed out, the wind she stirred up blowing her hair around her ears. Shen Nian thought the little girl who had helped her so much was extremely cute, and her mood improved. She took off after her.
"Dad and Mom, you and your child should wait here on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Too many people might alert them." With that, Xie Lin ran off.
"Wo, wo!" The chubby little girl in her mother's arms was getting anxious. How could her sister leave her behind and go eat melons by herself?
Deng Yuehong and Jiang Weiguo obediently took the child and the chicken to squat against the wall.
"Darling, Shishi is helping Niannian. You can play again next time."
Deng Yuehong comforted the chubby little girl, whose anxious face was all scrunched up like a white steamed bun. How adorable!
The child is being raised very well by Shishi's side; he's clever and lively, no wonder he's so attached to her.
The chubby girl complained, "Damn it."
The couple fell silent again.
On the other side, Chen Nian rushed over, but couldn't find Shi Shi anywhere.
"Comrade Xie, where is Comrade Zhou?" she asked Xie Lin, who had come later, in a low voice.
Xie Lin pointed upwards, "It's on the roof. Do you want to go up? If not, go back outside and wait."
Feng Nian looked up and immediately shook her head, not believing she had that ability. "Then I'll trouble you."
The couple scaled the walls and rooftops, arriving at the roof of a courtyard at the end of the alley.
The house was dilapidated, the yard was overgrown with weeds, and half of the yard wall and the main house wall had collapsed. Only the inner room was intact.
Qiao Chunli was in the inner room. She pushed open a broken cabinet, revealing a tattered straw mat underneath, and under the straw mat was a locked wooden board.
She tore a small opening in the lining of her clothes, took out a small key, and unlocked the hidden room under the wooden board.
The dark room was neither deep nor large, and three wooden boxes, each half a meter wide, were filled to the brim with money, jade, and gold.
One of the wooden boxes contained a small box with a crystal-clear double-dragon jade pendant inside. Corresponding to the character "沉" (chen), it should be a memento from a father who was deeply grieving.
It was hidden so well; no wonder I didn't find anything when I went to Chen Nian's house earlier.
She's so rich, why does she still need a man? How stupid.
Isn't it good to live alone with your daughter? Why do you have to become a stepmother and a nanny?
Qiao Chunli took two hundred yuan and two meat coupons and came upstairs, restoring the room to its original state.
She had just locked the door when everything inside vanished.
After she left the alley, Shishi went out carrying a large sack.
Giving jade and gold to Chen Nian now would only bring her trouble, so let's save them for later.
"Sister, is this your father's jade pendant?"
She remembered wearing the jade pendant when she was a child, and all her longing for her father was contained within it. Of course she remembered it, but Qiao Chunli took it away under the pretext of keeping it safe for her a few years ago.
"Yes, thank you." Shen Nian's eyes welled up with tears, and the longing she couldn't hold back finally burst forth.
Dad, I miss you so much.
Before she could even reminisce for a few seconds, Shishi threw out a large bag of money.
"Sister, these are the banknotes that person hid inside. They're all here, more than 18,000."
It was counted by the Guagua electronic eye, so the amount is accurate.
Hiss~~
Deng Yuehong and her husband were stunned. So much money! They couldn't earn that much in their entire lives combined.
There was no greed in their eyes, only envy; they sighed and contemplated the sweetness that comes after hardship.
Silent crying is already a form of restraint, but when suddenly hit, even the most composed person can't cry anymore. They just stand there dumbfounded, and when they hear the amount, they react a beat late and are startled.
She knew that her biological father had left behind many things and that Qiao Chunli had a lot of dowry, but she didn't know there was this much.
Yes, this is the Qiao family's ancestral home. My maternal grandfather had some assets, and it's very likely that the Qiao family left some good things for Qiao Chunli before they were sent to the countryside.
She doesn't crave good things; even if she got them, she wouldn't be able to use them and they'd only bring trouble. Real money and tickets are what she values most.
However, she was also worried about having so much money.
What's there to worry about? Deng Yuehong immediately wanted to take her to open an account and deposit the money, saying that having a passbook was safer than having a bag of cash.
However...
"Comrade Zhou, is it alright if I leave my money and this jade pendant with you for now? I need to rent a place, and it might not be safe. Would it be convenient for you to keep them safe for me?"
She learned from Deng Yuehong that Xie Lin was a soldier and Zhou Shi was a military wife. They had helped her a lot today, and she was very grateful and trusted them.
It wasn't to get close to Zhou Shi; it was simply that her status as a military wife gave her a sense of security.
If it were someone else, they would never return all the money they found; they would be grateful to have gotten back her father's belongings.
She wondered if it would cause them trouble. If it would, she would think of another way.
Shishi thought to herself: You have a lot of things stored here with me.
"Okay, 18,000 yuan. Remember that. Do you need a deposit slip?"
The bag of money contained 18,500 yuan. Instead of giving her 100 yuan, Chen Nian gave her 500 yuan. It was a big red envelope, enough to store some things, hehe.
"No need, no need, I believe you," Chen Nian quickly replied.
If it weren't for them, Han Jianming would have had a lot of trouble getting his wages back, let alone this huge sum of money.
"But is this really convenient for you? Will it cause you any trouble?"
"That's convenient. I have a secret base that no one can find. If you need money, just come to me. Nannan's mom knows where I am."
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