"Alright, ladies, please let me open the door and put my things down. There are quite a lot of things," Jiang Suisui said politely.
"Here, here, Sui Sui, let me help you carry this," she said, snatching the things from Sui Sui's hands.
"Sui Sui, hurry up and open the door! Let's go to your house and have a good chat. I'll open it for you." An old woman wearing a gray patched top grabbed Jiang Sui Sui's crossbody bag and started rummaging inside.
"Stop---," Jiang Suisui suddenly shouted, and the people around her froze instantly. "Aunt Ge, you put it down, I'll do it, I'll do it." Jiang Suisui snatched the crossbody bag, quickly took out the key from it, and opened the door.
"It's open, the door's open. Please come in and have a seat, ladies." Jiang Suisui brought over all the things she had bought, quickly went to the kitchen, put the things in the cupboard, and locked it.
“Sui Sui, what are you doing? Let me tell you, your tenants, the ones who work at the food factory, Zhang Daqiang and his son Zhang Dazhuang, have been arrested by the police. I was washing clothes in the yard when I heard it. It’s true, several policemen came and arrested the father and son.” Aunt Ge said, gesturing wildly.
"That's right, I saw it too. The police were just starting to raid the house when the Revolutionary Committee suddenly showed up. These two groups of people turned the Zhang family's house upside down. Sui Sui, your house door was smashed up. You have to ask the Zhang family for compensation."
“That’s right, they’re the ones who brought the people here. If your things are damaged, you have to pay for them,” a short-haired middle-aged woman chimed in.
"Do you all know the final result? Let me tell you—" Instantly, everyone around looked at her. She was also Jiang Suisui's neighbor, named Song Chunni, in her fifties, and a housewife without a job.
“I heard several Red Guards laughing and saying, ‘We found them, we found them,’ she continued in a low voice, ‘It’s related to that side. I heard there’s even evidence. It seems like they believed it. After that, their whole family was arrested. I don’t know what happened to them.’”
"Song Chunni, how do you know so much detail?"
"Well, my house is right next to his, isn't it? I was listening by the wall, and when I heard a noise, I came out," Song Chunni said hesitantly.
"Why didn't you say that just now?" This immediately drew the ire of several elderly women.
"I was just thinking of making it the grand finale, hehe."
"You're so focused on being the grand finale, you silly goose! Don't you think about how close we are to them? Won't this affect us neighbors?" an elderly woman remarked with considerable insight.
Several elderly women simultaneously gasped in fear, their faces showing a hint of terror.
"No, don't worry, ladies. If anything happened, we would have been arrested along with them already," Jiang Suisui said firmly.
“However, let’s not discuss this matter. If it gets to the ears of those with ulterior motives,” Jiang Suisui glanced at the elderly women.
“Understood, don’t worry, Sui Sui, we understand this principle,” the older women exchanged glances, and one of them, who seemed quite knowledgeable, said.
"If I find out these words get out—"
"Oh dear, look at my memory! Sui Sui, the water's still boiling at home. I'll head back now. You guys chat, you guys chat," the short-haired woman said, slapping her forehead.
"Me too, I'm leaving now."
"What a coincidence, I also have something to do and need to leave quickly."
In a short while, the elderly women had all left.
"Phew--" Jiang Suisui took a deep breath, "They're finally gone. The old lady's fighting power is indeed extraordinary. It's not something an ordinary person can handle. Luckily, I was quick-witted and snatched the things back. They even opened them, and who knows what kind of trouble they might have caused."
Jiang Suisui was about to be sent to the countryside as an educated youth, so she wanted to use the remaining day and a half to tidy up the things in the small courtyard, sell some supplies, stock up on goods, and then quickly go to the countryside to become an educated youth.
Actually, Jiang Suisui didn't want to rush to the countryside, but there were three fatal reasons: First, the original owner's personality was too different from Jiang Suisui's current personality. A few days were fine, but people thought that the shock of her parents' death was too great, and she became strange and different from before; Second and Third, there were external and internal troubles. As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry, so she could only hide in the countryside for the time being. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so she could rest assured.
The "evidence" we just discussed was actually fabricated by Jiang Suisui. Yesterday, after dinner, she took advantage of Zhang Daqiang's family going out in the evening to go to the house in front to watch TV.
Because that family had just bought a new TV, they were showing it off, and many people went to their house to watch it. This resulted in almost no one being home in the back house; practically no one was loitering outside. Those who were home were either sleeping, waiting to go to their night shift, or watching TV.
Jiang Suisui then had an opportunity to disguise herself and enter Zhang Daqiang's room, where she placed some forged letters.
And so, the evidence we found today came to be. Don't blame Jiang Suisui for being ruthless; her family has six members, and some may be innocent, but Jiang Suisui is just a little girl under sixteen.
If only their only son had been arrested, they would have been able to guess who did it, and Jiang Suisui would have faced their family's furious revenge. Therefore, Jiang Suisui would not leave any future troubles.
Jiang Suisui suppressed these thoughts and continued to pack up the things she had bought. First, she put the two famous paintings and the Ru kiln bowl together with the antiques she had found in the basement. She also stored the watch separately with the ones she had bought before. In twenty or thirty years, whether Jiang Suisui could become rich would depend on these things.
After sorting everything out, Jiang Suisui watered all the vegetables in the garden. She planned to water them thoroughly today, then harvest them all tomorrow and store them in her spatial storage.
This is safe, pollution-free, and harmless green food, countless times safer than the vegetables in Jiang Suisui's space. Jiang Suisui has already decided that she will not eat the vegetables in her space unless absolutely necessary.
Jiang Suisui glanced at the time; it was still early, so she went to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative and bought three jin of hard candy still wrapped in paper, and two jin each of oil, vinegar, and soy sauce.
Three catties of salt, the old-fashioned coarse salt, Jiang Suisui plans to make some salt-baked chicken when she has time. She also bought two flashlights and matching batteries.
Jiang Suisui packed everything she could into her bag, and carried the rest back to the courtyard house. After putting the things into her spatial storage, she went to another supply and marketing cooperative. She didn't end her cooperative trip until she had spent all the coupons she had.
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