When they woke up the next day, Chen's mother, Aunt Fang, and Aunt Fang's daughter's mother-in-law were cooking together. The three of them were chatting and laughing and seemed quite harmonious. After the death, the others also got up. There was a small matter at the farm, and Cowboy came over to ask Chen's father for advice. Chen's father hurriedly ate a bite of food and left. Jiang Yue also took her little apprentice out to give them some space to talk.
Jiang Yue and her apprentice drove around the vast grassland for a while. After a while, she taught her apprentice how to drive. It was inconvenient to go anywhere without a car. Jiang Yue first got into the car and explained the functions of various buttons to her apprentice. She introduced him to the brake, accelerator, and clutch. She didn't dare let her apprentice practice driving without any safety measures in case something happened.
Practice stopped at noon. After returning home, Aunt Fang had a very harmonious relationship with her daughter's family. Her daughter's husband and children could all speak Chinese, which reduced many communication barriers. He told Aunt Fang how they met, how they fell in love, and how they got engaged, married, and had children. After he finished speaking, Aunt Fang had a pretty good understanding of her daughter's experiences over the years.
Aunt Fang's daughter stayed here for another night and was going home on Sunday afternoon. Her husband had to go to work the next day, and her two children had to go to school. Aunt Fang's daughter wanted Aunt Fang to go back with her, but Aunt Fang hesitated, mainly because she was afraid that living together would cause some conflicts.
Jiang Yue noticed this and said to Aunt Fang, "It's okay, I don't think it will happen. The main thing is that we should stop interfering in other people's business. If it really doesn't work out, you can still live with me after I buy a house."
In the afternoon, Aunt Fang and her daughter went back home. Before leaving, Jiang Yue gave her a small box containing some gold. Jiang Yue put the 20,000 yuan in cash she had withdrawn in Hong Kong and the remaining US dollars into it. Aunt Fang had taken care of her for almost ten years, and having some money on hand would make her life more comfortable.
I also told Aunt Fang that I could buy a house next to her daughter's house, so I could learn from my in-laws and have my own private space while still being able to see my child anytime. I also mentioned that cars aren't expensive these days, so I could get a driver's license, buy a car, and drive over whenever I miss her. Aunt Fang smiled and said, "How old am I to still drive?"
After saying goodbye, Aunt Fang left. Jiang Yue was unaccustomed to it for a long time. Her little apprentice was used to the three of them being together. After Aunt Fang left, Jiang Yue started thinking about her little apprentice again. Her studies had been interrupted after leaving Shanghai. She went to ask Mr. Chen, who said he would find a way. He was the one who arranged for Aunt Fang's daughter to enroll in school.
A few days later, the apprentice's schooling problem was solved. He went to the school that Lao Qian's children attend, so they could pick him up together and have someone to take care of him so he wouldn't be bullied.
Now Jiang Yue is all alone at home with nothing to do. After thinking for a long time, she decided to open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. Jiang Yue consulted with Chen's father about the situation. He said that there are quite a few immigrants, but not many traditional Chinese medicine clinics. She could open one, but she didn't know what procedures were required. Moreover, Jiang Yue didn't know if she needed a practicing physician's license or anything like that now, and she didn't know how troublesome it would be.
In the end, the traditional Chinese medicine clinic didn't open. After consulting with them, it turned out to be quite troublesome. Jiang Yue's TCM skills would eventually become fixed. Later, Jiang Yue joined the local Chinese association and opened a clothing and manufacturing factory. Three years passed, and it was now 1945. A few days ago, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and the local Chinese were overjoyed and wept. Many of them had come out during the Japanese invasion of China, and every family had been persecuted by the Japanese.
On the day the surrender was announced, a banquet was held at the Chen family farm to celebrate. Some people wanted to return to China, but others said that there would probably be another civil war and asked everyone to wait. Some listened and some didn't. Several years passed after that day. During that time, Jiang Yue and Chen Xin corresponded a few times. When the news of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 came, everyone was excited. At this time, Jiang Yue and the Chen couple planned to return to China. They were very old and if they didn't go back now, they would never be able to.
That year, Jiang Yue secretly collected a lot of technical materials through the Chinese Association. She couldn't understand them and didn't know if they were useful. Actually, Jiang Yue wanted to find historical figures to help them, but she was afraid of causing a butterfly effect, and others might not believe her, since she wasn't even a party member.
If her space could hold living people, it would be fine; she could secretly take people out. But if it could only hold inanimate objects, it wouldn't be as useful. Jiang Yue sold all her factory shares to the Chinese Association, and the whole family packed up and bought boat tickets to return to China. This time, Aunt Fang wouldn't go back; she would live in the United States with her daughter. Aunt Fang also bought a house next to her daughter's house and was living a very good life.
A month later, the group arrived in Hong Kong, flew back to Shanghai, bought back the Chen family's old house, and then contacted Chen Xin again. By this time, Chen Xin had regained his identity. Through Chen Xin's connections, Jiang Yue donated more than three million US dollars to the country, kept 100,000 for herself to stockpile supplies, and secretly put the documents in a safe house and handed them over to her superiors through Chen Xin. How useful they were is unknown.
Ten years after returning to China, Chen's parents had passed away. On that day, Jiang Yue completed her mission. Because it was her first time completing a mission, No. 8888 expanded Jiang Yue's space to 6x6x6, making it much larger. Jiang Yue finally bought a car and put it inside, fulfilling her long-held wish.
Ten years later, Jiang Yue was already very old. Chen Xin also passed away that year. The multiple injuries she sustained during the war had affected her lifespan. On this day, her apprentice and grand-apprentice accompanied Jiang Yue to complete Chen Xin's funeral, and Jiang Yue also prepared to leave.
Jiang Yue called her apprentice into the study, gave her the remaining money, and told her to remember the principle of not flaunting wealth. She talked on and on, and the apprentice seemed to realize something and burst into tears. Jiang Yue changed into a cheongsam, tidied herself up, looked in the mirror, smiled, and thought that she hadn't worn a cheongsam in a long time. After dressing, she lay on the bed and said, "8888, let's break up."
After Jiang Yue died, her apprentice buried her next to Chen Xin and her parents. Neither Chen Xin nor Jiang Yue had married, and the apprentice thought that this way they would have company in the afterlife.
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