Therefore, he simply nodded and then tried to avoid Xu Ningyan.
Xu Ningyan stepped aside to let Gu Zhiyuan pass. As Gu Zhiyuan passed by her, she smiled and said, "Comrade Gu, I'll treat you to a meal when I move into the warm house!"
Gu Zhiyuan walked straight past her, pretending not to hear.
Xu Ningyan wasn't angry. Anyway, there was still a long way to go, and she would eventually let the big boss see her sincerity and loyalty!
He happily fumigated the house with mugwort, then circled the front and back of the house and the base of the courtyard wall, scattering medicine powder to repel snakes and insects. Seeing that it was getting late, he returned to Aunt Xie's house.
It was probably the last meal, and there was a rare sight of meat on Aunt Xie's table.
I stir-fried a bowl of chives and eggs, a bowl of boiled amaranth, and a bowl of boiled broad beans.
The rice was plain rice; no sweet potatoes or potatoes were added.
Xu Ningyan knew that Aunt Xie was cold on the outside but warm on the inside; otherwise, the brigade leader and the others would not have arranged for her to stay at her house.
After spending the last few days with her, Xu Ningyan has proven to be diligent and hardworking, and doesn't take advantage of others.
Even when cooking mung bean soup over a wood fire, they would take time every day to go up the mountain and bring back a bundle of firewood.
Aunt Xie didn't have to worry about fetching water or sweeping the yard.
Aunt Xie saw all of this, not to mention Xu Ningyan's sweet talk; she was always calling her aunt and uncle by the door and knew exactly how to coax people.
At first, I thought this girl was a bit noisy, but I've gotten used to it these past two days.
Thinking that if this girl moves away, it will be cold and lonely around me again.
Aunt Xie's expression softened even more.
However, she couldn't speak sweetly, so she put all the eggs in the bowl to Xu Ningyan with a stern face, and after watching her finish eating, she didn't let her clean up the dishes.
Pointing to the neatly packed bedding rolls and an old earthenware pot in the main room, he told Xu Ningyan to take them with her: "Take those things with you, don't refuse. They're not gifts, they're loans, and you'll have to return them in the future! That room hasn't been lived in for years, it's very cold and damp. You're a young lady, you can't sleep on a bare bed, can you? You're too young to tell now, but you'll know how bad it is when you get married!"
"Although that earthenware pot is old, it can still be used to boil water and cook rice. Of course, if you don't like that it's old and used, then forget it."
Xu Ningyan had no reason to be disgusted; she was too grateful to even express her thanks.
Grabbing Aunt Xie's hand and shaking it, she said, "I'm not ungrateful, how could I complain? I'm grateful! I know Aunt Xie truly cares for me and treats me like family, that's why she prepared these things for me—"
Before she could even speak, Aunt Xie blushed, unable to resist Xu Ningyan's coquettishness. She forced a cold expression and said, "Go away, stop trying to sweet-talk this old woman. It's getting late. Move your things over first, and come back later to take your food rations too!"
Night falls.
Before nightfall, Xu Ningyan moved all her belongings into her small house.
Only when I close the door and enter this completely private space can I truly relax.
He lay on the simple bed, rolled around a couple of times, then got up and sat cross-legged.
He took out a plate of braised pork knuckle from his storage space and started eating it.
I've been staying at Aunt Xie's house for the past few days, eating simple meals every day, and my mouth is getting so bland.
Before I time-traveled, I was always saying I was going to lose weight and I wouldn't eat fatty meat.
Having gone without meat for only a few days, Xu Ningyan was craving it so badly that all he wanted to do right now was gnaw on a big pork knuckle to satisfy his craving.
After finishing a large pork knuckle, Xu Ningyan let out a satisfied burp, feeling completely content!
Looking out the window, I saw that all the lights in every household in the production brigade were off, and it was pitch black; everyone must have been fast asleep.
The sky was clear and quiet, with only a few birdsongs occasionally heard from the mountains behind and the croaking of frogs coming from the riverside depression.
Xu Ningyan quietly opened the door and slipped out.
The cowshed was quiet; Gu Zhiyuan must have been asleep long ago.
Although it was late at night, the moonlight was enough to see the road clearly. Xu Ningyan followed the winding path with ease and arrived at the gate of the Xu family.
This was the route she had chosen long ago, and it also avoided several households that kept guard dogs.
The Xu family's gate was tightly closed, with a bolt fastened from the inside.
Standing at the Xu family's door, you can hear the snoring coming from inside.
The Xu family's main gate was next to the main road, so Xu Ningyan, being careful, went around to the back gate of the Xu family.
He pushed off the courtyard wall and leaped into the Xu family's courtyard.
The courtyard was quiet, but Xu Ningyan dared not let her guard down. She took out a spray bottle from her spatial storage and sprayed it a few times in each room.
This was supposedly a sleeping spray that she had obtained by chance, but in reality, it could only make sleeping people enter a deeper sleep state, and they wouldn't be woken up by any noise.
The effect only lasts for two or three hours. After waking up, you'll feel like you slept soundly, and there won't be any aftereffects.
After waiting a moment and hearing the breathing inside become heavier, Xu Ningyan took out a pair of gloves, put them on, and then gently pushed open Miao Cuihua's room door.
Miao Cuihua lived in the left wing room of the main hall, which was divided into two rooms. Miao Cuihua lived in the front room, and Xu Zhenzhu lived in the back room.
Both of them were fast asleep at that moment.
After Xu Ningyan entered, she closed the door slightly behind her back, took out a flashlight from her spatial storage, and began searching through the original owner's memories.
In the original owner's memory, Miao Cuihua and Xu Zhenzhu were indeed mother and daughter, both having the habit of hiding money.
Miao Cuihua controlled the Xu family's finances, and all the income was in her hands. Apart from the money that was publicly disclosed and the money that was privately given to Xu Zhenzhu, she hid some of it here and some there.
Most of the Xu family members knew a little about it, but they didn't know where Miao Cuihua was hiding.
It's all a matter of cause and effect, how could the original owner have known all this?
However, Miao Cuihua and Xu Zhenzhu were used to ordering the original owner around, so whether it was tidying up the room or washing their clothes, they let Xu Siya do it all.
Having done so much, Xu Ningyan probably knows more about where things are hidden in this room than Miao Cuihua does.
She searched through the jars in the corner, the pillow filled with rice husks, the movable brick behind the bed, and the little red book on Xu Zhenzhu's desk, and found a pile of banknotes.
There wasn't even time to count them all; they were all thrown into the space.
Xu Ningyan restored everything to its original state. As she stepped out into the yard, she turned her head and saw the chicken coop in the corner of the yard.
Thinking of the plump, egg-laying hens that the original owner raised, she couldn't help but swallow hard.
It's a pity we can't take it with us, since Miao Cuihua and the others probably won't realize their secret stash of money is missing for a while.
But if the old hen is missing, it will be found by tomorrow morning.
Still feeling a bit annoyed, he walked over to the chicken coop and casually touched it, finding two eggs. He guessed the chickens had laid them after they were put into the coop, and the Xu family hadn't had time to collect them.
Holding the two eggs in his hands, he quietly climbed over the wall and left the Xu family's house.
Xu Ningyan was overjoyed with the fruitful trip.
Putting everything else aside, I should have enough money to buy household items at the commune tomorrow.
He hummed "We Common People Are So Happy Today" silently all the way home, carrying two eggs in his hand, planning to boil them as a late-night snack to treat himself.
Before we even reached the end of the village, a person suddenly burst out of the nearby woods.
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