After He Caiwei finished making noodles for them, she went back to her room. Just as she returned to her room and put Lu Qingzhu's clothes into the washing machine in her space, Lu Qingzhu quietly came over.
He Caiwei put everything they got from the ruins into her small bag, which was actually her spatial storage. She was too nervous to check how much they had gotten today after returning.
"Why are you here at this time? Aren't you afraid of getting caught?" He Caiwei found it somewhat amusing, looking at the sneaky person.
"I really can't sleep tonight, I'm too excited to sleep."
He Caiwei thought he was nervous when she heard the first part, but she was amused by him when he finished speaking.
After Lu Qingzhu entered the house, she bolted the door so that no one would suddenly come in while they were dividing the spoils.
"Quick, sister, take it out and let me see. I don't even know what we got today. These people are really something else. They actually hid things in the toilet. This toilet must be custom-made, otherwise they wouldn't have put things in the toilet's hidden compartment." Lu Qingzhu really admired the people who hid things. How could they think of hiding them in the toilet's hidden compartment?
“If this thing isn’t readily available, it has to be shipped from overseas. If we have blueprints and our local artisans make it, it’s much simpler. Also, if we have an artisan make it, it’s easier to hide something inside. Judging from the one we found today, he probably had an artisan in China make it.” He Caiwei wasn’t sure if anyone in China was making this thing now. Logically, that should be the case.
"Sister, quickly open these oil paper packages and see what we've got today." Lu Qingzhu didn't care where these things came from; it was none of his business anyway. What she was really interested in was how much they had received today.
He Caiwei took out all the things she had collected that day from her spatial storage, one small bag at a time, and you could hear the sound of small yellow fish colliding as she poured them out.
After a series of efforts, the brother and sister finally managed to pull out all the paper wrapping the items.
“Eighteen small silver coins, each weighing about two ounces, thirty-six gold melon seeds, thirty small yellow croakers, six gold necklaces of various thicknesses, four gold rings, two pairs of jade earrings, and one jade bead necklace.” He Caiwei meticulously recorded these quantities on a small piece of paper.
"Wow, this is quite a haul! If I could steal a few more, I'd be a millionaire!" Lu Qingzhu was very excited after learning the number of loot.
"Alright, I'm leaving in a few days. You're not allowed to go there by yourself anymore, or I'll tell your uncle to take you to the army base." He Caiwei sternly warned him that it was best to avoid places that could be used as strongholds by enemy agents.
"I know, I know. You know I'm a coward. How could I possibly go there by myself without anyone with me? My brothers are all even more timid than me, and they're all big mouths. I wouldn't dare take them to that place. If they accidentally let it slip, I don't know how much I'd be punished." Just thinking about the consequences made Lu Qingzhu's butt start to hurt again.
Seeing that his eyes seemed sincere, He Caiwei didn't bring it up again. Her second brother was very shrewd and would definitely weigh the pros and cons.
"I already received all the previous rewards, so you can have all of these." He Caiwei wanted to give him everything, since she had already received all the previous rewards.
"Little sister, can you keep these? I don't need many, just leave me two of those little yellow croakers. I want to start my own business in the future, and I can use them as capital. Actually, I have money now, but I'm afraid that if I want to start a business, I won't have enough. I'll keep these two little yellow croakers as a backup plan." Lu Qingzhu didn't want to join the army like his father at all. He had been thinking about starting a business since he was seven or eight years old, but he was still too young to do anything.
"Are you sure you don't want to leave them all?" He Caiwei didn't know what to say to him.
“I won’t leave it. I know you have places to hide things. You can help me hide them.” Lu Qingzhu knew his sister had a place to hide things, but he wouldn’t ask. Those things were not something he could know about.
He Caiwei was quite surprised. Had she revealed many flaws after being here for so long? Otherwise, how could even the careless Lu Qingzhu have noticed the mysterious storage space?
However, He Caiwei didn't ask him how he knew. She simply put the things in a wooden box and left it there. Since they were going to play dumb, they might as well all play along.
Lu Qingzhu didn't insist on seeing his sister hide the things. Instead, he asked for the set of clothes that were already dirty. He planned to secretly take them outside to wash them the next day, then ask his friends to help him gather some firewood to dry them before bringing them back.
"I've already taken care of your clothes, don't worry, your aunt won't know." He Caiwei turned around and took out his set of washed clothes from the dressing room.
Lu Qingzhu felt it was amazing. The clothes were washed and dried in less than an hour after his sister got them, and they even had a faint floral scent. Lu Qingzhu happily took the clothes home, thinking that he wouldn't be discovered this time and that he had finally saved his backside.
He Caiwei and the others stayed here until the tenth day of the first lunar month before returning home. They had originally come with the old man before the New Year, but after dinner on the third day of the New Year, the old man wanted to go to his old friend's house, saying that his old friend lived alone and he wanted to spend the New Year with him.
Lu Zhining sent someone to drive him there, and told them not to come and pick him up, that he would come back on his own once he had had his fill of fun.
The old man's former soldier returned to report that he had safely delivered the old man to a relatively remote village in the suburbs.
Watching the old man greet the old man who opened the door, and the two hugged and chatted as they entered the old man's old friend's house, I felt relieved after investigating the man's identity. The old man was an old friend of the old man's from many years ago, but the old man had rarely come to JD.com in recent years, so the two had lost contact.
Now that they've met again, they must have so much to talk about, so the old man sent the young soldier who was driving him there away away.
On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the old man returned. His friend drove him back in an oxcart. I heard that the two men set off before dawn and did not arrive at the compound until after 3 p.m., which shows how far the journey must have been.
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