Jiang Qiao handed Song Lianfeng a piece of salted meat. "My Grandpa Qiao has gone to the countryside. I can't eat it all by myself. I'm afraid it will spoil if it's left for too long and I'll waste it. Take it back and let my third uncle cook it. The children at home are all grown up. You two shouldn't be too frugal."
Song Lianfeng was too embarrassed to accept it, even though she often ate Jiang Qiao's things, but Jiang Qiao pushed her away.
"Go back quickly, I've already cooked, I won't keep you any longer."
There was no need to cook anything; they could just take things from their spatial storage. After eating, Jiang Qiao locked the door and took out the things she had acquired that day to examine them carefully.
The more she looked at it, the less she felt that it was crystal. Then she thought of another possibility, and Jiang Qiao was surprised: Could it be a diamond?
If that's true, then the diamond she's holding could be the largest diamond in the world.
She was really excited, so she found something to test it out. Everyone says that diamonds are very hard, so after the experiment, Jiang Qiao could only stare at the thing in front of her and grin like an idiot.
What do you call this? Luck. She'd been to that place before, but she'd never encountered anything like it. This trip into the mountains was a last-minute decision, and she truly hadn't expected to stumble upon such a large diamond.
After examining the diamond, she took out the jade pendant. To be honest, it didn't look like it was naturally formed; there weren't any jade pendants this regular in shape. But why was it with such a large diamond? What did the patterns on it mean?
She couldn't understand it, and she had no idea what the jade pendant was for or who it belonged to.
Thinking about the group of people she met today, Jiang Qiao became suspicious again. Were these people also after the diamond and jade pendant?
It shouldn't be like this. This thing has been buried underground for so many years. If it weren't for the wind, sun and rain, it wouldn't have appeared on the surface. So, these people were really just picking wild vegetables in the past?
"What kind of mess is this? What should I do?"
While Jiang Qiao was frowning in distress, in the north, Gu Zhengfeng was also tossing and turning in bed, missing his wife and children.
Just then, the phone rang suddenly, and even he was a little surprised to hear the voice on the other end.
When Gu Zhengfeng heard what was said on the other end of the phone, he was startled. He had had such an idea before, but he didn't expect the other party to act so quickly.
He was already thinking about his wife and children, and his daughter always reported good news and never bad. He was just wondering if he should take a vacation to go back and visit them, and this phone call gave him the opportunity. He had to go home as soon as possible.
After Jiang Qiao went out for a run early in the morning, she bought soy milk and fried dough sticks and headed back. Early risers went out to buy breakfast, and those who needed to start a fire to cook did so.
I don't know what happened today, but I ran into Dong Chunxiao again. It was obvious that he was also out buying breakfast.
Upon seeing Jiang Qiao, he was initially taken aback, but then his face lit up with a smile. "Jiang Qiao, buying breakfast? Did you find anything to pick yesterday?"
Before Jiang Qiao could figure out Dong Chunxiao's background, he had to play along with her for a while.
"Good morning, Auntie! You've moved in?"
Dong Chunxiao shook her head. "Your cousin has been transferred here, so I've come to keep her company for a while."
Jiang Qiao, go back and talk to Ma Liu and see if I can stay in the old house for a while. I feel uncomfortable living at my daughter's house all the time.
You tell me, this is clearly the Gu family's house, why can't I live here? Can't I even pay them rent?
Jiang Qiao smiled and shook her head. "I really can't say for sure. You and Ma Liu are so disgusted with each other, do you think he would let you move in?"
Grandma, if there's anything you want to see, I can help you take a look. But there's one thing: the Gu family's old things have been fought over and divided up, so there's not much left.
That day I heard my sixth grandfather say that he would sell all the things in the house and buy new ones, but I don't know if he sold them or not.
You said, "Everything's sold, what are you still looking at? Everything's different now. This is the only house left. If you really want it, just take a look from the outside."
Dong Chunxiao was stunned. "What? They're all sold? Who did he sell them to?"
Jiang Qiao shook her head. "I don't know either. I live in the city. Who knows who it was sold to? He must have connections. If you want to know, you can only go to Ma Liu. This is none of my business."
"Grandma, could it be that you've taken a fancy to the Gu family's furniture?"
Song Chunxiao didn't have time to explain anything to Jiang Qiao. "Oh dear, I have to hurry up and buy some fried dough sticks, otherwise I'll be late. I'll go now, and we can talk later."
Watching Dong Chunxiao run away, Jiang Qiao snorted. She had nothing to talk about with Dong Chunxiao, and judging from the other party's appearance, she was quite interested in furniture. But was that all she was interested in?
She hasn't figured out anything else yet, especially whether Dong Chunxiao's daughter's move to this place is a normal transfer or has some other purpose.
Carrying her things and preoccupied with her thoughts, Jiang Qiao strolled back home. Just as she was about to reach the tenement, she unexpectedly ran into Song Zhi.
"Third Uncle, have you eaten or not? Why did you wander over here?"
Song Zhi laughed and said, "You silly girl, I rarely see you buying this kind of thing to eat. What's wrong, are you craving it?"
Jiang Qiao shook her head. "I'm just too lazy to cook. Third Uncle, have you eaten yet? Want to eat together?"
Song Zhi shook his head. "I've already eaten, girl. Your father called and said he'll be back in a few days. He's taking a break. There's something else. Xiao Song couldn't get in touch with you, so he contacted me first. He wants you to go to Beijing during the May Day holiday."
Jiang Qiao frowned. "Go to the capital? What does he want me to do there? It's nothing, I don't want to go. There are too many officials and the interpersonal relationships are too complicated."
Song Zhi didn't know what to say to his niece. "You child, this is a good thing. You'll know when you get there. You must arrive by May Day. He wants you to contact him."
Since she had run into Song Zhi, Jiang Qiao saved herself the trouble of making a trip and told him about her trip to the mountains with Fu Lin the day before.
"You come back with me first and bring back some mushrooms and wild vegetables. Keep a close eye on this matter and investigate it thoroughly. I have a feeling that there's something fishy about them going so far to pick wild vegetables."
Putting aside how tiring climbing is, those few people are simply not cut out for work. Uncle, I can't keep taking leave. Please keep an eye on this matter.
After listening, Song Zhi nodded. "Don't worry, we've been keeping an eye on this. Xiao Song has also made arrangements. You can focus on your studies."
Song Zhi would deliver mushrooms and wild vegetables to Jiang Qiao on his way to school, so he wouldn't go to the tenement. He wasn't wearing casual clothes, as he didn't want people to pay too much attention to Jiang Qiao.
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