She took advantage of the afternoon to go to the old house.
Seeing that no one was watching, Ruan Yunxi opened the door to the old house, closed it behind her, and went straight to the kitchen. She twisted a horizontal brick next to the stove, which was used to hold matches, but was actually a mechanism for a secret room in the old house.
As Ruan Yunxi turned the mechanism, an underground staircase appeared in the open space of the kitchen, leading to an underground treasure vault containing the Ruan family's treasures accumulated over the past century. These treasures would eventually fall into the hands of Lu Minghua and Ning Zhenzhen.
Now that she has the jade gourd space, hiding it here will eventually lead to its discovery. If she hides it in the space, no one will know.
Compared to the treasures in the basement of the mansion, there are at least ten times more things here.
Looking at the spacious treasure vault, Ruan Yunxi put all the hundred or so boxes into her space without saying a word, along with the small-leaf sandalwood furniture, various ornaments, antique calligraphy and paintings, porcelain from various dynasties, and gold and silver jewelry.
After tidying up, Ruan Yunxi looked at the empty basement and left satisfied.
As she left the old house, she happened to pass by a supply and marketing cooperative. Ruan Yunxi brought money and coupons with her. She had a space where she could store things without being discovered, so she could buy more and store them in her space so that she could use them when she went to the army later.
When she arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Ruan Yunxi wanted to buy everything she saw. She had a lot of money, but not enough coupons.
Ruan Yunxi used her ration coupons to buy 20 jin of flour, 30 jin of rice, 10 bars of Shanghai medicated soap, 10 bottles of floral water, and 10 bottles of Bee Flower hair conditioner. She didn't dare to buy too much, afraid that people would find out that she was hoarding goods.
Anyway, she still has three days, enough time for her to stock up.
After buying a large amount of food from the supply and marketing cooperative, Ruan Yunxi hid in an alley when no one was looking, hiding everything in her spatial storage.
It was getting late, and Ruan Yunxi rode her Forever bicycle back to the small villa. Granny Hua bought five catties of pork belly to make her favorite braised pork. Ruan Yunxi put the leftovers in the refrigerator, saying, "I'll eat them when I want to."
Granny Hua looked at Ruan Yunxi with heartache: "Why don't I accompany you to the army?"
Ruan Yunxi looked at Granny Hua, who had taken care of her for more than ten years, and shook her head: "She is not a relative and cannot accompany the army. Granny Hua's family is all in Shanghai. You can stay in Shanghai with your family. When I come back in the future, I will bring you back to live with me in my old age."
Granny Hua was deeply moved: "Miss, I can't bear to part with you!"
Ruan Yunxi hugged Granny Hua: "Granny, I'm also reluctant to part with you. There's plenty of time in the future, so please take good care of yourself. You'll come back someday."
Granny Hua wiped away her tears and nodded. She wanted to stay here with Ruan Yunxi, but Ruan Yunxi shook her head: "Granny, I still need your help with something. I need to bring some supplies with me this time when I go with the army, but I don't have enough tickets. Could you help me get more tickets and the necessary supplies?"
Granny Hua patted her chest and assured her, "Miss, don't worry, I'll take care of this."
When Granny Hua left, Ruan Yunxi gave her a stack of banknotes and asked her to do something.
After Granny Hua left, Ruan Yunxi went to the basement again to confirm that the box was well disguised. She waited for Lu Minghua and the others to come and take the things away that night.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lu Minghua arrived on time with Ning Zhenzhen.
Besides them, there were four burly men who looked like experts at moving boxes.
The three greeted each other, and Ning Zhenzhen affectionately took Ruan Yunxi's hand: "Sister Yunxi, we've sent all our things to the dock, where are yours?"
Ruan Yunxi let Ning Zhenzhen hold her hand without showing any disgust. She even pinched it hard, making Ning Zhenzhen gasp in pain.
Ruan Yunxi asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
Ning Zhenzhen tried to hide her hand, afraid that Ruan Yunxi would see the wound on her fingertip and discover that she had used blood to bind herself to Ruan Yunxi: "It's nothing!"
Ruan Yunxi saw through their scheme but didn't say anything, as if she didn't know that they, like herself, pricked their fingers to make the jade gourd recognize its owner.
It's a pity that the Hetian jade gourd they took was not the Ruan family's ancestral jade gourd at all. Even if they stabbed themselves into a sieve, they still wouldn't be able to recognize it.
"It's getting late, let's hurry up and move the boxes so we don't get discovered." Lu Minghua didn't forget why they had come.
Ruan Yunxi nodded, looking like she was easily fooled: "The boxes are all in the basement, come with me."
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