Feeling the touch on her head, tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes. She didn't know why she came here. Perhaps her parents took pity on her, spending years alone at the base, being raised like a caged bird. That's why they worked so hard to research the time-travel device, and even died because of that unrealistic idea.
She hugged Cao An's neck tightly, "Brother is so nice! Mom is so nice too!"
Liu Hui didn't mind at all that she was ranked behind Cao An, because if she were to live a hundred years later, apart from her lover and children, her brothers and sisters would be her closest relatives in this world.
"Okay, wipe your tears. Why are you still such a squeamish person?"
"I'm going to be your little one!" She buried her face in his shoulder, rubbed her tears and snot onto his clothes, and then lay on the other side.
"...Be reasonable!" He shook his head helplessly, having no way to deal with her.
After sending the man home, Cao An returned to the bureau and called Wang Cheng to ask about Zhang Yun's handling.
Wang Cheng showed no mercy and threatened to call the police to arrest her, threatening her to move out of the Red Star Brigade. Liu Laiwang didn't want to stay there in the first place and decided to leave without saying a word.
Wang Cheng issued a letter of introduction for the two men and made a declaration to transfer their household registration, allowing Liu Laiwang to be transferred back to his hometown. Once they arrived, they only needed to find someone to issue a receipt, and the matter was settled. Liu Laiwang and Zhang Yun no longer had any connection to the Red Star Brigade.
Cao An was very satisfied with this solution and stopped caring about it. Since the law couldn't kill her, he could only make her stay as far away as possible and not bother Youyou again.
We should expedite the greenhouse construction and harvest once before spring planting, so we can promote it nationwide next winter. As for rice, the Red Star Brigade is the farthest from Baoshi, so we should plant it outside the city. Once the second crop of vegetables is harvested outside the city, spring planting will be ready, seamlessly transitioning.
Xia Youyou didn't go to the scrap yard yesterday. She originally wanted to go and check it out at this time today, but her mother and brother didn't want her to move, so she gave up the idea.
On the third day, no matter how much they tried to stop her, she would go to the scrap yard. After taking the medicine, she recovered quickly. The pain in her back was no longer as severe. As long as she didn't do strenuous exercise, she would be fine soon.
Unable to stop her, Cao An could only follow her. Xia Youyou was afraid of delaying his work, so she told him to rest assured, "Don't you know how I protect myself? I was injured because I wasn't prepared. If I were prepared, I would never let anyone get hurt!"
"Xia Youyou, your words now are not credible at all."
"Then let me show you something, and you'll know if I'm trustworthy!" She quietly pulled him into the house, closed the door, and showed him her palm. It was a miniature version of a biubiu.
"Put it away." Cao An covered her palm with his big hand and looked around carefully. He growled, "Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Xia Youyou calmly put it away and let him relax. "Why are you so nervous? I said I can protect myself."
"This thing is illegal, you are not allowed to take it out again!"
"I definitely won't take this out unless it's absolutely necessary."
Cao An objected, "You can use this thing when your life is at stake, but you must never use it at other times. If you are caught, you will be dead!" Strict control of these things now is not a trivial matter!
"All right."
Cao An stroked his buzz cut and said, "Be obedient! You really can't touch this thing!"
"I know, I know. I'm definitely not touching it, so you can go now. You're going to be late!"
After watching Cao An walk out of the alley, he found a stool to sit down. He was wearing thermal clothing, so he wasn't cold, but he felt a little bored.
I found a sketchbook from the pile of books and sat by the door to read it.
Just as she was enjoying the show, a ragged old woman suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley. She came over tremblingly, holding a bag in her hand. Xia Youyou hurried forward to support her, "Grandma, are you here to sell scrap?"
The bag was a bit heavy and she had some difficulty lifting it. Xia Youyou guessed that it might be made of iron.
"Hey~ girl, where's Old Man Yan?"
"Grandpa has passed away, and now I have taken over here. What do you want to sell?" He helped his mother-in-law sit down where she had just been reading, and squatted down to talk to her.
"Where did he go? When did it happen?"
The old man's hand was like a dry branch, tightly holding Xia Youyou's hand. A look of confusion appeared on his weathered face, "Did his son take him home?"
"No, he said he went to Beijing." Yan Da was detained for a few days and then released. There has been no news since then. I don't know if he will come again in the future.
"Oh, girl, look at how much this pot of mine can sell for. My grandson is getting married and needs a dowry, but my family can't afford it! I thought Old Man Yan seemed to be collecting these, so I wanted to show him."
The old man opened the cloth bag, revealing the greasy utensils inside.
"This is what we use to store oil at home. It's an old item. It's been in our house since I was a child, and my grandfather used it to store wine. Originally, I didn't dare to take it out in this situation, but since we're on the verge of breaking even, I have no choice but to take it out."
Xia Youyou picked up the vessel and examined it carefully. There were green rust marks on the edges, and three legs supported it. It was a genuine old item! She wasn't worried it was a fake, because no one would spend time on such things these days.
"Mother-in-law, how much do you want to sell it for? How much is your grandson's betrothal gift? Won't his parents pay for it?"
"You don't know, my grandson is so pitiful. He lost his parents when he was young, and I raised him alone. A few days ago, he suddenly told me that he wanted to get married. His partner's family is not easy to deal with, and the bride price is very high. He wanted me to think of a way to help him. I can only come to Old Man Yan with this." She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and tears welled up in her cloudy eyes. "Girl, I don't know how much it can be sold for. This is the only thing worth money in my family. But the bride price is one hundred, I'll find a way to borrow it."
"So where does your grandson work?" The old woman's situation was similar to my mother's. It was just that my mother raised her son alone, while this woman was raising her grandson. You can imagine how difficult it was.
"He worked as a maintenance worker at a textile factory and fell in love with a female worker there. I heard that years ago, the girl was forced by her parents to marry a widower. She refused to agree, and finally came to my grandson, wanting to marry him so that the company could provide them with a separate apartment and they could escape her family's den of infidelity. At first, I disagreed because her family's dowry was too high and I couldn't afford it. Who knew my grandson would be so determined to marry her? How could I possibly persuade him?"
Xia Youyou's expression was startled. It was He Mei? "Do you know her name?"
"I think her name is He Mei?"
As expected! She was delighted. It seemed that Anna Mae had found a solution. However, she was still unsure whether she and her mother-in-law's grandson were truly in love. If they were, this marriage would be perfect. If she only wanted to escape the wolf's den, there was no need to harm this young man.
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