Pushing the door open abruptly, I saw Lin Tian standing barefoot on the cold ground, seemingly oblivious to the chill, staring blankly at the empty space where her luggage used to be.
Upon closer inspection, there was nothing else we didn't know: our daughter had also been robbed!
"Sweetie, our house has been burgled! All our savings and valuables are gone...gone!"
She could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground, slapping her thighs and wailing without regard for her image.
Lin Tian turned her head blankly to look at her distraught mother.
"Mom? What am I going to do? I have no money or supplies in the countryside, I'll die..."
Without those things, and in the dead of winter, she really would die—either from the cold or from starvation…
Hearing her calm yet desperate voice, Lin's mother's heart skipped a beat.
I mustered my spirits.
"Wait, I won't let you die!"
She ran out to find the security team.
Besides that, she also needs to find a way to raise money!
She didn't have much time left. She knocked on several doors and asked resolutely, "Don't you really like my clothes and bags? How about we exchange them?"
She looked quite disheveled at the moment. Those who had been approached by her had just heard her screams and probably guessed that her house had been burgled.
Their daughter is going to the countryside again soon, and they are a little reluctant to let her go.
"Yes, wait, we'll be right back with the stuff!" Well, might as well help them out! It's not like they're borrowing money, it's just exchanging things, so they won't lose out!
She visited several places before finally returning home.
She discovered this just as Commander Lin opened the wardrobe; the thief hadn't taken their clothes or anything else.
She was willing to risk everything so that her daughter could survive in the countryside!
"Just hold on until Lao Lin gets his salary and allowance!"
Early in the morning, people coming and going from the Lin family home wore satisfied smiles and carried clothes, bags, and other items in their arms.
Lin Tian also took out some of her clothes to sell, and the mother and daughter scraped together about seventy yuan and some other necessities before stopping.
"I'm losing money like crazy! These are all high-end goods that I bought at a high price!" She felt terrible for losing so little money!
Lin Tian clutched the seventy-odd yuan in her hand tightly, along with the package in her hand, her eyes filled with resentment.
"Mom, don't worry, I will live well!"
Brigade Commander Lin had a long face all morning. The security team had come and looked at the items, registering the lost property. Those were the obvious items; other things like gold and silver jewelry, jade, and small gold bars couldn't be mentioned. Just the obvious items lost were over seven thousand yuan, plus some valuables like a radio, a watch, and a bicycle…
"Old Lin, what did the security team say? What are they doing? Didn't they even notice a thief broke in?"
She was busy selling clothes and didn't pay attention to that side.
"Sigh...it's no use. We must have been drugged, that's why we didn't notice anything. That person must be a master, to be able to bypass the patrol and easily enter our house..."
Upon hearing this, Lin's mother knew that the chances of finding it were slim, and she cried again in anger.
Finally, when it was time, Brigade Commander Lin escorted Lin Tian to the train station.
"Sweetie, survive well, and Dad will find a chance to transfer you back." It seems that the only way now is to go through the division commander's side. He has no savings left and can't buy a job at all.
It all depends on whether they'll take a liking to Lin Tian...
"Yes, thank you, Dad."
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Bai Yajing woke up early in the morning and heard about the incident on her way to work. Her lips twitched at the mention of Lin's mother selling clothes to raise money…
She should have known better than to leave them any clothes! She only did it because the weather was so cold. If she took all the clothes away, someone would die. Then Commander Lin and his wife would definitely be driven to desperation.
But honestly, I probably won't get a good price selling it like this, whatever...
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