"Okay, okay, you can do it yourself."
I didn't see the lively scene at home, but I can imagine it's definitely not quiet.
"Hey? We're just hiding out here, leaving Mom and Dad at home. Isn't that a bit unfair?"
"fine,"
Qin Qinghuai showed no mercy whatsoever.
“We’re not children anymore. The reason my sister-in-law did this is because my brother was negligent. If he had paid more attention to the family, he wouldn’t have missed the first sign and let her do this in front of the elders. In the end, the root of the problem lies with him.”
"Uh, but why would my sister-in-law target us? We've never even met before, so what's the conflict? We don't have anything that would make her jealous, do we?"
Qin Qinghuai reached out and pushed open the Cheng family's gate, shining his flashlight into the yard.
"My sister-in-law is a bit too stubborn about my brother's work. My brother just wants to take things one step at a time, but my sister-in-law is a bit impatient for quick success. In particular, she likes to compare herself to others, cares about face, and is easily influenced. If someone stirs her up, she will go home and complain to my brother."
Then, she always had her own ideas, taking everything outsiders said to heart, but when her family said something, it was as if they wanted to harm her.
Simple shivered involuntarily.
"I'd better stay away from her then, it sounds pretty scary."
The Cheng family hadn't lived there for many years. As soon as you entered the courtyard, a sense of desolation washed over you. There were no weeds or anything like that, so someone must have tidied it up before.
However, the feeling of emptiness was still very noticeable.
I took the key, opened the door, pulled the cord, and lo and behold, the light came on.
The layout was similar to the Cheng family's house. The first floor had a living room, kitchen, and dining room, and the bedroom was probably upstairs. The floor was covered with a layer of dust, and there were footprints with every step.
“I used to come here to play when I was a child, but I wasn’t healthy back then and couldn’t run around like them. Sometimes I would just sit on the steps at the entrance and watch them play.”
The second floor has the bedrooms and the old man's study. Would you like to take a look?
She paused briefly, glanced upstairs, and thought about not going. She didn't know the old man, and strictly speaking, this family reunion wasn't very formal, even a bit hasty.
However, considering that the Qin family would probably need time as well, he nodded.
"Alright."
No one has lived here for so many years. Both the bedroom and the study are empty, with almost nothing left but the furniture. You can't really tell anything about them. It's just a place where Cheng Chao grew up.
"I'll take you to see my place tomorrow, it's in the East District, but I've rented it all out, oh dear,"
Now that you mention it, Jian Dan suddenly remembered that they've all come back. Why don't we go and see Chen Hongjun and Zhu Yan?
"Do you have anything planned for tomorrow?"
If I have time, I'd like to visit the steel factory in Dongcheng. When I was working in the countryside before, an uncle helped me a lot, as did Sister Zhu Yan. Now that I'm back, I want to go and see them. I don't know when I'll have another chance.
There was also the Xi family, but Xi Ping'an wasn't there, so she didn't plan to go there directly.
Qin Qinghuai had returned home specifically for family matters, so naturally he had no objections.
I leisurely went downstairs and leisurely found the kitchen. The kitchen in this military compound wasn't much different from the one in the countryside, except that one burned firewood and the other burned coal.
But right now it's all empty, there's nothing there.
The Cheng family was somewhat special; in this military compound, they used a large iron pot in their kitchen.
A simple twitch at the corner of the mouth,
"The value of this big iron pot has increased."
Qin Qinghuai laughed.
"Grandpa and Uncle Cheng are both generous people, and they often bring people back for meals. The stove used to be the kind with a ladle on top, but the logistics department specially renovated it."
She simply shed a tear of sympathy.
"The person who cooks must work so hard."
Pull out the thick iron sheet at the bottom of the stove pit, then pry open the bricks underneath. There is an iron ring underneath. Following Cheng Chao's instructions, twist it left and right, then press it down, and then pull it up sharply.
No movement?
Jian Dan was stunned. What was going on? Something was wrong.
Then there was a loud "boom," and the ground beneath their feet shook. Qin Qinghuai pulled the person back towards the door, and soon, a sound came from the direction of the living room.
The two turned around and saw the threshold at the kitchen door slowly rise up. Then, the flat ground beneath the threshold suddenly rose up, rotated to one side, and revealed a dark hole under the light.
After waiting a while, the couple finally came forward and shone their flashlights inside. Jian Dan's lips curled into a wide grin.
"They're conducting tunnel warfare at home? Isn't this a military compound?"
"You're just talking nonsense. You know it yourself, but how easy can it be for someone to live in this compound? Even a peasant general who rose through the ranks by fighting his way up can accumulate some wealth after more than ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China."
Not to mention families like ours that already have some savings.
Every family has something they can't show to others. These small buildings, whether openly or secretly, large or small, all have one or two cellars or secret passages.
Qin Qinghuai went to the door and turned off the light. After the two of them adjusted to the darkness for a while, they began to walk down the steps by the dim light of the flashlight.
"Didn't you say there was something special about this place? With this kind of setup, it's only natural that there's a treasure trove underground."
"Hehe, just think of it as a treasure hunt. Treasures come in all sizes and quantities, don't they?"
The steps are quite simple, leading straight to the bottom.
At the moment they reached the bottom, the flashlight shone, and Jian Dan was somewhat stunned.
"Is this... just a little bit?"
The basement wasn't very big, but it was full of stuff, and at first glance, it was all heavy furniture: a canopy bed, an eight-immortal table, a five-drawer chest, and so on.
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