Chapter 99: From Grandma Xu's Remittance Slip
Once influenced by it, the greed, jealousy, and other malice that are usually hidden will run rampant like a wild horse, gradually causing people to lose their true nature and fall into madness and chaos.
Compared to the psychic abilities commonly found in post-apocalyptic worlds, Xu Zhili's psychic power has its unique aspects.
Moreover, the planting space she owns is quite different from that of others.
Why is Xu Zhili's spiritual strength and planting space so unique?
Perhaps coming into this world will be of great use.
Although this is just a world created in the book, the people and events here are as vivid as in the real world, as if they could be touched.
Xu Zhili gently put down the letter in her hand and quietly listened to the crisp sound of the bamboo bells swaying.
Before setting off from Hunan Province to go to the countryside, Xu Zhili did not immediately take revenge.
After all, in other people's eyes, she was always Lin Jianguo's biological daughter.
If the Lin and Lu families were to be wiped out right under everyone's noses, everyone would immediately suspect Xu Zhili. After all, if such a massacre were to occur, she would become a key suspect, and some people might even think that she had a conflict of interest with these two families.
Therefore, Xu Zhili decided to wait until after she went to the countryside to take action.
In this way, even if something happens to the Lin family or the Lu family, it will be difficult to connect the matter with her.
At that time, everything will seem like retribution, and who would have thought that it was actually Xu Zhili who meticulously planned it all.
Since then, everything in Hunan Province has had nothing to do with Xu Zhili.
From this moment forward, Xiangyang Brigade will be a brand new starting point in her life.
From then on, she was a completely different Xu Zhili, as if she lived in two completely different worlds from the Lin Zhili of the past.
Yes, the Lin Zhili of the past, her soul has long since vanished from this world.
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That day, Xu Zhili and Li Chunyan worked together. The two were quick and efficient, and finished their tasks early, so they left work ahead of schedule.
Xu Zhili was thinking to herself that she had some free time today, so she should go to the commune post office to pick up the money sent from home.
After settling her younger brother Xu Zhian in, she asked her roommate Li Chunyan to look after him for a while, and then went straight to the brigade leader to get a letter of introduction.
When she arrived at the brigade leader's office, Xu Zhili said, "Brigade leader, I'm sorry to bother you, but I would like to get a letter of introduction to go to the commune post office."
The brigade leader put down his work, looked up and asked, "Oh? Young Xu, are you going to the post office to mail a letter or pick up a package?"
Xu Zhili quickly explained, "Captain, my family sent me a money order, and I need to go to the post office to pick it up."
"I see."
The captain understood and nodded. "Okay, I'll issue it to you right away." He then took out his notebook of letters of introduction and began to write quickly.
Before long, the letter of introduction was ready.
Xu Zhili thanked her and carefully put the package away.
Back at their lodgings, they found Xu Zhian's small figure curled up on a small stool, her chin resting on her hand, staring blankly out the door with a blank expression on her face.
He's only six years old. He's with his sister in this unfamiliar place, with no playmates. He's always so quiet, which makes Xu Zhili's heart ache.
She walked over, squatted down, and gently ruffled her younger brother's soft hair: "An'an, are you bored being alone? How about I take you to the commune to play?"
Upon hearing her sister's words, Xu Zhian's dim eyes instantly lit up like light bulbs. "Really? Sister!"
He jumped down from the small stool and grabbed Xu Zhili's clothes tightly with his little hands, as if afraid that his sister would change her mind.
Seeing her younger brother's face instantly come to life, Xu Zhili felt a warm and tender feeling in her heart.
Children should go out and see more people. If they always stay cooped up, they may become increasingly withdrawn.
She smiled and took her younger brother's hand: "Come on, let's go!"
After packing their things, Xu Zhili led Xu Zhian to the village entrance.
Luckily, we happened to catch an oxcart going to the commune.
Xu Zhili paid for two people, first helping her younger brother onto the cart and settling him in before nimbly climbing up herself.
Several older women were sitting on the bus. When they saw the siblings, they smiled and nodded in a friendly manner, exchanging a few simple pleasantries: "Little Xu, the educated youth, is taking her younger brother out?" They didn't ask any further questions.
Fortunately, these older women didn't bother Xu Zhili too much, and instead started gossiping enthusiastically with others.
Xu Zhili listened with great interest, her expression suggesting she was deeply captivated by these everyday family matters.
Xu Zhian clung tightly to her sister, her big eyes darting around curiously, finding everything new and exciting.
Seeing his unusually cheerful expression, Xu Zhili became even more determined to take him out more often.
The oxcart swayed and rattled all the way to the commune.
Xu Zhili, holding her younger brother's hand, headed straight for the post office, familiar with the place. It was her first time mailing a letter, so this time it felt much more familiar, and everything went smoothly.
Upon entering the post office, Xu Zhili walked to the counter and said, "Hello, comrade, I'm here to pick up the money order." As she spoke, she handed over the money order, the letter of introduction issued by the brigade, and other documents that could prove her status as an educated youth.
The staff member took it, checked it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, smiled kindly and said, "Okay, comrade. Please sign here."
After Xu Zhili signed her name, the staff quickly counted out five brand-new ten-yuan bills and handed them over: "Fifty yuan, please take it and count it."
"Thank you, comrade." Xu Zhili accepted the fifty yuan, which carried her grandmother's heartfelt wishes. Her heart felt heavy, filled with both warmth and a sense of responsibility.
She carefully put the money into her inner pocket, planning that when the mountain produce came in autumn, she would pick out as many good ones as possible, dry them, and send them back to her grandmother.
Stepping out of the post office, the sun was shining brightly.
Xu Zhili looked down at her well-behaved younger brother beside her, and her mood brightened up as well.
She squeezed her little brother's hand and said in a light voice, "An'an, look, your sister has money now. Are you hungry? Tell your sister what you want to eat, and your sister will buy it for you."
Xu Zhian looked up at her older sister with her big, bright eyes, but shook her head sensibly: "Sister, there's no need to buy anything. Things are expensive, and An'an isn't hungry."
He reached out his little hand and gently touched the pocket where his sister kept her money, as if that would be enough for him.
Xu Zhili felt a lump in her throat.
Previously, in the Hunan Provincial Family Compound, people often called Xu Zhian a "silent type" and a "little fool".
Actually, he's not stupid at all.
His cheerful nature was worn away by his biological father's neglect and his stepmother's meanness.
A six-year-old child has prematurely grasped the concepts of "expensive" and "unacceptable."
The thought of the Lin couple's faces sent a surge of familiar hatred through Xu Zhili's chest, almost scorching her reason.
Just then, a warm little hand slipped into her palm. Xu Zhian seemed to sense something, and the little hand tightly gripped her fingers, leaning against her dependently.
The child's silent reliance was like a clear spring, instantly extinguishing the flames in Xu Zhili's heart.
She took a deep breath, gripped her little brother's hand even tighter, and forcefully shook off all those unpleasant people and things—right now, the most important thing was her little An'an.
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