Chapter 16 Hey, where did you steal it?
After Jiang Xinbai and the others came down from the mountain, they came directly to the edge of the town. She pointed to the path ahead and said, "My second sister and I have walked this road before. It will take another 20 minutes to get to the town, which is right next to the bus station. It's still daylight now, so there must be a lot of people on the road. We are carrying so many things, so we look conspicuous. So what should we do?"
Yang Jinsheng threw the fertilizer bag that fell to the ground and asked, panting, "Xiaobai, when is the last bus from the town to the county?"
Jiang Xinbai thought for a moment and said, "It's half past six. It's still summer now. It will be changed to half past five in winter."
"That's good. We'll just wait for the last bus. It will probably be dark by then, so we can just put our things on the bus. It's dark and no one will look closely." Yang Jinsheng thought about it and decided that this was the only way.
Jiang Xinbai nodded, "Okay, let's do it."
At the Yang family, Li Huifen watched as the sky outside gradually darkened, and asked curiously, "Mom, aren't the third brother and his family planning to come back tonight? Why haven't they come back yet at this time?"
"How is that possible? The third brother has to go to work tomorrow. Maybe he missed the bus." Yang Jinqiang retorted. The third brother is not a lazy person. He would be deducted money if he took a day off, so he was reluctant to do that.
Sun Erni glanced at the clock on the wall, then looked outside, "Forget it, let's eat first and leave some food for them."
The others didn't have any objections. They finished their meal and went to find someone to chat with under the moonlight.
"Hey, Erni, Jinsheng hasn't come back yet? Could he have been kept by his mother-in-law? I guess Jinsheng is very popular with his mother-in-law." Li Guiying from next door saw Li Huifen coming out to enjoy the cool air and joked with a smile.
Sun Erni nodded while fanning herself. "I wonder if this kid has missed the bus. Even if he doesn't come back tonight, he has to rush back tomorrow morning. He still has to go to work tomorrow."
"Oh, that's true. Taking a day off will cost a lot of money. I have to rush back. Well, Erni, last time I asked you about the bicycle ticket, I saw that your family didn't seem to have any movement to buy one. Why don't you give it to me first? I'm really anxious here." As he spoke, he moved closer to Sun Erni.
"Hey, you can talk, but why are you getting so close to me? It's so hot." Sun Erni pushed Li Guiying away with disgust.
"Give me a definite answer whether it will work or not."
Sun Erni thought of her youngest son showing off in front of her and shook her head regretfully, "Jinsheng said he wanted to buy one for himself, but it's probably impossible. You should ask other people!"
"If I could find that person, I wouldn't be so anxious. Otherwise, Erni, you can also keep an eye out for me. It's not in vain. I'll give you one dollar as a reward." Li Guiying said with a distressed look on her face.
Sun Erni couldn't help but push Li Guiying and said unhappily, "Why? Am I such a snob in your eyes? How can I not help you if you don't pay me?"
Li Guiying quickly reacted and smiled, "Well, I'm afraid you'll ask someone else for help, so I can't do you a favor for nothing."
"Okay, okay, I'll keep this in mind and tell you when I have news." Sun Erni stood in the corridor and looked down for a long time but didn't see her daughter-in-law and her husband coming back. She couldn't stand the mosquito bites anymore and prepared to go back to her room to sleep.
"Okay, then you must rest assured. I'll wait for your good news."
"Mom, what did Aunt Li say? What does she want you to know?" Su Qiuyan just came out of the room to drink water. After hearing Li Guiying's words, she asked curiously.
"Nothing, she just wanted a bicycle ticket and asked me to ask for it."
"That's so cool..." Su Qiuyan originally wanted to say that her family gave Jiang Xinbai a bicycle ticket as a betrothal gift, but now seeing that her mother-in-law didn't mention it, she thought she would not let Jiang Xinbai take it out to exchange for money.
Sun Erni pretended she heard nothing and went straight back to the house.
"What's wrong? Jinsheng and the others haven't come back yet?" Yang Fusheng asked in a low voice while sitting on the bed and drinking tea.
Sun Erni glanced at him and said, "You're still drinking tea so late at night. You might not be able to sleep."
"You know what, the tea leaves that Xiaobai roasts at home are quite tasty, not worse than the ones you buy."
This tea was brought by Jiang Xinbai, and there was less than two taels in total. Yang Fusheng would make a cup of tea every few days and drink it all day long. He felt refreshed and had more energy to work.
If Jiang Xinbai knew what her father-in-law was thinking, he would definitely suspect that something was added to his tea. That would be too exaggerated.
At this time, Jiang Xinbai and a few others quietly hid beside the public toilet outside. It was smelly here, and no one else would come here easily except those who were going to the toilet.
"Xiaobai, you are small, go and see if there is anyone outside the building?" Yang Jinsheng covered his nose and pushed his wife. The weather was hot and the toilet was really unbearable. He wanted to vomit.
Jiang Xinbai couldn't stand the stench either, so he pinched his nose and walked to the gate along the wall. There was a big iron gate outside the steel plant's family compound, which was usually open and only half-closed at night.
Jiang Xinbai put her ear to the iron door to listen to the movement inside, but there seemed to be no sound. So she gently pushed the iron door open, and with a creak, a large gap opened. She poked her head inside, but there was no one anywhere she could see. She looked upstairs and saw that every household had turned off the lights to save money, and now it was pitch black.
"There's no one here, let's go back quickly." Jiang Xinbai hurried back to inform the remaining three people.
"Okay, let's go quickly. I don't want to stay here for a moment. I'm so hungry and want to vomit." Zhao Yita couldn't stand it anymore. He led the way, carrying the fertilizer bag on his back.
There was no one on the road, and they went upstairs safely. Yang Jinsheng found the door of his house in the moonlight, slowly put the bag on the ground, took out the key from his pocket, touched the lock cylinder and started to push it in.
After trying for a long time without success, Jiang Xinbai got anxious, "Can you do it? How about I do it instead?"
Yang Jinsheng was not happy to be told that it was not possible, and said firmly: "Why not? I didn't see it clearly, wait for me."
"Third brother, is that you?" Suddenly, Sun Erni's voice came from inside the door.
Jiang Xinbai quickly responded in a low voice: "Mom, it's us. The door can't be opened. Please open the door for us."
The door opened with a creak, Yang Jinsheng picked up the fertilizer bag on the ground and squeezed in, followed closely by Jiang Xinbai.
"Why did you come back so late...Oh my God, where did you steal all that?" As soon as Sun Erni turned on the light, she saw her youngest son pouring out everything in the fertilizer bag. She was not mistaken, there were quite a lot of persimmons and chestnuts.
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