Chapter 43 Settlement

Zhou Nuan pulled Qin Yuezhi, who was about to ask more questions, and said, "Mom, make some milk powder for Xiaoxi and Xiaodong."

Qin Yuezhi then remembered that the children had not eaten yet, so she quickly responded, handed the children to Su Hang, and went to make the milk powder.

Fortunately, although Li Baijie didn't have any cooking utensils, she had a kettle for boiling water. She prepared the milk, and she and Su Hang each held one child and started feeding.

Seeing the two children eating contentedly, Zhou Nuan breathed a sigh of relief. After struggling for so long, she finally found a place to stay. The feeling of sleepiness and hunger came over her again.

Just when I was about to ask Li Baijie where to buy food, someone knocked on the door, "Sister, Sister Li."

Li Baijie quickly opened the door. A young woman was standing outside. When she saw her coming out, she hurriedly said, "Sister Li, hurry up. There are temporary workers. If you go too late, there will be none left."

When Li Baijie heard this, she didn't care about anything else and just said, "There's food for sale downstairs, don't run around," and followed the young woman away.

She left in a hurry, and Zhou Nuan was helpless. Fortunately, she had just noticed the place Li Baijie mentioned, so she was not afraid of not finding it. She went downstairs to buy some food. When she came back, she saw that Xiaoxi and Xiaodong were already full and sleeping soundly, and they were not shy at all.

The three of them had a simple meal to fill their stomachs and then fell asleep.

She slept soundly until she heard a noise outside the door, and then she woke up. Zhou Nuan looked out the small window and saw that it was dark outside. She had slept until dark.

Li Baijie just pushed the door open and walked in, looking tired and exhausted. Seeing Zhou Nuan wake up, she hurriedly asked, "Did I wake you up?"

"No, I got enough sleep. If I sleep any more, I won't need to sleep at night."

Li Baijie breathed a sigh of relief, "I bought some pancakes, if you don't mind..."

Her words came to an abrupt end when she saw the leftovers of Zhou Nuan and the others on the table. There was meat and rice on the table, which was quite rich. But when she thought about the fact that the person Zhou Nuan was looking for lived in a neighborhood that they had never dared to dream of in their lifetime, she felt even more embarrassed to take out the pancake in her hand.

Zhou Nuan pretended not to notice her embarrassed look and smiled, "That's great, Sister Li, how did you know I like to eat pancakes?"

Qin Yuezhi and Su Hang just woke up, and Zhou Nuan hurriedly called them, "Mom, please clean up the table. I'll go buy some food and bring it up. Let's have a good first dinner in Haicheng."

After saying that, regardless of Li Baijie's objection, she went downstairs to buy dinner.

Haicheng is indeed Haicheng. It was almost dark, but the store downstairs was still brightly lit and doing good business. Zhou Nuan bought a lot of meat and some Haicheng-specific food, and returned when she thought it was almost done.

When they returned to the house, they found that Li Baijie had been pulled to sit at the table. The young woman who had just called Li Baijie was also at the table. When the two saw Zhou Nuan coming back with so much food in her hands, they hurriedly said, "Why did you buy so many things? I'm so sorry, the rest here is enough."

Zhou Nuan put the food on the table and said, "I'm sorry. I also want to thank you for letting us stay here. Otherwise, we don't know what to do."

She opened the boxes of meat she bought one by one. When Li Baijie and the other saw the meat they had not seen for a long time, their eyes widened.

"This is too expensive, right? I can't eat this."

Zhou Nuan didn't care at all. She picked up a piece of meat and put it in Li Baijie's bowl. "I bought this to eat, not to look at. What's wrong with eating it? I bought so much. Eat it. If you don't eat it overnight, it will go bad."

Qin Yuezhi chimed in, "Yes, yes, eat quickly."

Li Baijie had no choice but to greet the young woman, "Eat, Liu Miao, don't waste Zhou Nuan's kindness."

Liu Miao carefully picked up a piece and put it into her mouth, chewing it carefully. The aroma of the meat filled her mouth, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes in satisfaction.

Zhou Nuan felt a little strange. Normally, the salary in Haicheng is higher than in other cities. Otherwise, why would so many people run to Haicheng just for the higher salary? Why did this Liu Miao and Sister Li look like they hadn't eaten meat for a long time?

"Sister Li, let me ask you something. I just heard you say you want to be temporary workers. Why don't you find a job in a regular factory? The salary for temporary workers shouldn't be that high, right?"

Li Baijie's face darkened.

Seeing this, Liu Miao smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not afraid you'll dislike me saying this, but Sister Li and I can't find a decent job. Because we have stains on us, we can't get that certificate, and the factory won't hire us."

Stains? What stigmas?

Zhou Nuan was confused and glanced at Qin Yuezhi, who also looked puzzled.

Li Baijie said in a heavy tone, "We have all been arrested by the Public Security Bureau, so we have stains on us."

"Why did the Public Security Bureau arrest you?" People like Li Baijie are obviously not the type who would do anything bad.

Li Baijie didn't respond, but Liu Miao was straightforward and spoke quickly, "Because we have been in that kind of place before."

What kind of place? What kind of place?

When Zhou Nuan saw Liu Miao, who had cheap rouge on her face, she suddenly had an idea.

Oh, that kind of place.

It is hard to tell that Li Baijie has ever worked in that kind of place. She doesn't look like the kind of person who is greedy for fame and fortune and wants to make quick money.

However, is Haicheng in this world really like this? It is quite different from what she remembered. She is indeed not in the original world.

Liu Miao noticed Zhou Nuan's gaze, "Sister Li was tricked into going in. She realized something was wrong right after she entered and tried to escape when the police came. That's how she ended up in prison."

"As for me, I am doing this to get money for my brother to marry a wife."

She would not have said this in front of someone she had just met, but for some reason, she was willing to tell it to Zhou Nuan, probably because the look in his eyes just now did not show the disgust and contempt she had imagined.

"The funny thing is, when I made enough money, I found out that my family didn't treat me as a relative at all. They spent the money I worked so hard to earn, but they thought I was shameful. While they thought I was shameful, they also wanted to force me to make more money for them. Ugh!"

"I would rather starve to death than go to that place again."

Zhou Nuan understood that Liu Miao's situation was actually similar to that of the original owner. Both were abandoned by their families and were pitiful people. However, Liu Miao was better than the original owner. The original owner did not wake up until his death, while although Liu Miao was confused in the first half of his life, he became aware of it later.

"In fact, you don't have to stay in Haicheng. Wouldn't it be better to start over somewhere else? Sister Li should have a family, right? I heard that your accent sounds like someone from Shancheng. Why don't you go home?"

Li Baijie's eyes were red. "Before I left, I told my family that I would definitely come back with money, but now... I don't have the face to go back... Liu Miao, Liu Miao has someone she loves in Haicheng, and she doesn't want to leave, so we have stayed here until now."

"Haicheng is pretty good. Although I can't get a proper job, I can do some temporary work. I won't starve to death. It's pretty good like this."