After Song Ning got up and washed up, she boiled two eggs for breakfast and was just about to eat them.
Then they heard crying and cursing coming from the family compound, near Company Commander Liu's side.
She quickly went over and saw that it was Company Commander Liu's wife, who was making accusations.
"Mom, the millet porridge you cooked for me is so watery and bland, how am I supposed to produce milk?"
"Oh dear, millet porridge is very nutritious. It's already good enough that I'm cooking rice for you, why are you being so picky?"
Grandma Sun also started grumbling in dissatisfaction, and a conflict began between her and Wu Qianqian.
"Mom, you have to cook me two eggs every day, right?"
"Eggs are so expensive, how can we afford to eat them every day?"
"Didn't your son give you money, food coupons, meat coupons, and egg coupons?"
"You have to be careful with your spending. How can you manage to live like this without being mindful of your money?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Qianqian burst into tears, feeling wronged.
"Before you came, I ate two eggs a day. Now that you're here, I don't even have eggs to eat. Is there any justice in this world?"
"What, you don't want me here? Fine, I'm leaving. I'm not serving you anymore."
After saying that, Aunt Sun was about to leave.
Seeing this, Song Ning quickly stepped forward and pulled Aunt Sun away.
"Aunt Sun, it's just two eggs, why are you making such a fuss?"
After saying that, Song Ning handed over her two eggs.
"Qianqian, you can have these two eggs."
Wu Qianqian said embarrassedly, "This... isn't a good idea."
"It's okay. I'll cook two more."
Wu Qianqian was somewhat dissatisfied and began to criticize Aunt Sun, "Mom, look what you've done. Even a stranger knows to give me two eggs to eat."
Grandma Sun was immediately embarrassed.
Song Ning quickly tried to smooth things over, "Auntie, Qianqian isn't eating well during her postpartum period, so she doesn't have enough milk. If she doesn't take good care of herself, how can she give you a grandson?"
Grandma Sun could only give an awkward smile.
For several days in a row, Song Ning could hear the chaotic conflicts between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at Company Commander Sun's house.
Sometimes, when she couldn't stand listening to it, she would go over and bring Wu Qianqian some eggs and milk powder.
Wu Qianqian had a good impression of her and sometimes confided in her.
"I still envy you. It's nice to live a life of just the two of you with Battalion Commander Huo without having children."
"Maybe we'll all be the same once we have kids."
Song Ning dared not think about the chaotic days to come; she only knew that she should enjoy life while she could.
That day, after leaving Aunt Sun's house, Song Ning thought to herself that the manuscript for the comic book she had sent out should be ready soon.
She then prepared to go to the post office to see if there was a reply.
As a result, we saw Aunt Sun mailing something there.
While mailing it, I was looking around nervously.
Song Ning wasn't far away, and when Aunt Sun was taking things out, she thought she saw what looked like some large unity coupons and grain coupons.
"That's strange. I heard that Aunt Sun only has one son, Company Commander Sun, because her husband passed away early. Who did she mail the letter to?"
Song Ning had some doubts.
However, she didn't meddle in other people's business.
After Aunt Sun left, she went up to her and asked, "Hello, do you have a reply from the children's publishing house?"
Because she used the pen name "Sour Lemon" when she submitted her work.
So even if there's a reply, the package probably won't be delivered.
The postman searched through the stacks of letters. "There really is one. But the recipient didn't write their real name."
"Is it a sour lemon? That's me."
"Okay, then please sign for it."
After receiving the reply, Song Ning discovered that it contained a sample copy of the magazine and a 500 yuan payment for the article.
Looks like it went in!
Very good!
Song Ning put the 500 yuan manuscript fee in her bag, intending to buy some good food to celebrate Huo Beian's return.
That night.
Song Ning deliberately didn't go to sleep in her spatial dimension. Instead, she took a stun gun, put it in her bed, and waited for the thief to come so she could catch him in the act.
Sure enough, the thief sneaked in again that night.
This time, Song Ning heard the sound of the door being pried open, and she pretended to be asleep.
Sure enough, the man in black came in with a flashlight and went straight to the bedside.
Seeing someone on the bed, he quietly approached the bedside. His gaze fell on Song Ning's hand, and sure enough, he saw that she was wearing the jade thumb ring on her thumb.
He was overjoyed and reached out to pick it.
He tried to remove the jade thumb ring, but he couldn't.
When his hand touched Song Ning's jade thumb ring again, Song Ning immediately used her other hand to pick up the stun gun and shocked the man in black.
All that could be heard was the crackling sound of an electric baton, and the man in black was immediately stunned.
"Hmph, so you were after my jade thumb ring."
She immediately turned on the light, stepped forward and removed the veil covering the man in black, and immediately realized that the man in black was none other than Jiang Qiang.
After all, he was the one who drugged her when she last took her to Huo Beian's office.
"It was you?"
Song Ning couldn't understand why Jiang Qiang suddenly wanted to take her jade thumb ring, or whether he knew something about it.
When Jiang Qiang woke up, he found that Song Ning had already discovered him, and immediately begged for mercy.
"I'm sorry, Song Ning. Jiang Feifei forced me to do this. She made me steal your jade ring. She even said that if I didn't get it, she would fire me. She also instructed me to drug you last time. I had no choice... Please don't call the police!"
Song Ning frowned. "So it was you last time too?"
Jiang Qiang nodded.
Song Ning began to wonder what Jiang Feifei was up to by suddenly setting her sights on her jade thumb ring.
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