After that argument, the two tacitly agreed not to mention the incident again. Instead, they tacitly searched the courtyard on the front street and found all the hidden things inside.
After searching the house, the two of them chose a quiet time at night to open the blind box.
㟧Thirty wooden boxes, all locked.
Fortunately, Ji Shuyan was quite capable and opened it with just a piece of wire.
The couple spent the whole night opening the blind boxes and found a lot of things, including small goldfish, silver coins, jewelry, and land deeds.
Ji Shuyan gave the whole thing to Yi Xiaoqiu.
Yi Xiaoqiu accepted all of them with confidence, after all, she was the one who bought the yard.
In order to avoid arousing Ji Shuyan's suspicion, Yi Xiaoqiu postponed the time for decorating the house.
It's almost the end of the year, and at this time today, the Ji family's old house is more lively than usual.
Because Ji Shuyan was around, Yi Xiaoqiu had no plans to engage in speculation today.
As the day was about to end, she would go back to school, and then Yi's mother would come over to help take care of the child.
However, it would not look good for her mother's family to live in the old house of the Ji family for a long time. Yi Xiaoqiu gritted her teeth and decided to ask the housekeeper to renovate the courtyard house on the front street as soon as possible.
That afternoon, Yi Xiaoqiu came to the yard on Piqian Street and released the housekeeper, preparing to let him start work in the evening.
She released the housekeeper and locked the gate, then turned around to see Ji Shuyan standing behind her holding their daughter.
"Hey! You scared me! Why were you standing behind me silently? It's so cold out, why did you bring your daughter out?"
Yi Xiaoqiu asked a lot of questions without thinking, and asked so many that Ji Shuyan forgot to ask her why she came here so late.
"Aunt Liu, come back for dinner." Ji Shuyan turned and left with her daughter in her arms.
Seeing that he didn't ask anything, Yi Xiaoqiu breathed a sigh of relief and followed him back to Ji's house.
But unexpectedly, as soon as Yi Xiaoqiu walked into the alley where the Ji family's house was located, he was stopped by Old Man Feng who was guarding the door next door.
"Xiao Yi, it's almost spring time. When will your fellow villager get us some food and meat?"
"This..." Yi Xiaoqiu subconsciously glanced at Ji Shuyan.
"What are you looking at me for?" Ji Shuyan said calmly.
Yi Xiaoqiu thought about what happened that night and felt weak in the knees. "Ahem... Grandpa Feng, my fellow villager has gone back to visit relatives. We won't be together tonight."
"Ah? What should I do?
Xiao Yi, why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm almost 30, and I haven't prepared anything at home!
I thought that when Xiao Ji came back, you would be two days late to help everyone get the food..."
Yi Xiaoqiu subconsciously didn't look at Ji Shuyan's expression and said, "Grandpa Feng, I also found out about this at the last minute..."
She really wanted to say, I can!
You can have whatever you want!
But she couldn't mention it.
Didn’t you see Ji Shuyan watching you eagerly from the side?
Old Man Feng looked at Yi Xiaoqiu, then at Ji Shuyan, his eyes rolled, and he said with a fierce face, acting like an elder:
"Xiao Ji! Xiao Yi is a good kid. For the sake of our neighbors in the alley, she helped us get vegetables despite her big belly. We all remember her kindness!
You can't think she's profiteering and stop her from helping us neighbors!"
Yi Xiaoqiu never thought that Old Man Feng, who always looked like a kind old grandfather to her, actually had such a serious side.
Ji Shuyan nodded, "Don't worry, Grandpa Feng, I'm not that rigid person. I won't interfere with what Xiaoqiu wants to do."
Old Man Feng nodded and gave Yi Xiaoqiu a wink.
Yi Xiaoqiu immediately expressed his opinion, "Grandpa Feng, don't worry, I'll tell you when my fellow villager comes back."
"Um."
Old man Feng walked into his yard with his hands behind his back.
Yi Xiaoqiu subconsciously glanced at Ji Shuyan.
I don’t know whether what he said just now was true or he said it just to save face.
After returning to Ji's house, Yi Xiaoqiu went into the kitchen to help Aunt Liu serve the dishes. As a result, Aunt Liu pulled her and came to her room mysteriously.
"Aunt Liu, is there something wrong?" Yi Xiaoqiu was a little confused.
"Xiao Qiu, why don't you sell meat or vegetables at this time today?
Just now, your grandmother came to ask if she could get some pork. She wants at least ten pounds of pork, and if there are other grains, she also wants them. What do you think?"
When Yi Xiaoqiu heard this, his heart ached!
Her "fellow villager" already had a clear path with Ji Shuyan. As long as she engaged in speculation and profiteering, Ji Shuyan would definitely think that she was in contact with her fellow villager. If it happened again like that night, how would she be able to live like this?
But when she thought about how much money she couldn't earn, she felt really sad!
She suppressed her heartache and said, "My fellow villager has gone back to visit his family, so he can't get those things today."
I thought Yi Xiaoqiu said that, Aunt Liu would give up, but she slapped her thigh and said, "Xiaoqiu, you are too honest. I think your fellow villager can get so many things, he must not have done it alone. Didn't you ask him about his friends?
When your fellow villager comes home to visit relatives, you can ask him to introduce you to his friends. When he comes, you can look for him again. Isn't that the same thing?"
Yi Xiaoqiu's eyes suddenly lit up, but then dimmed again.
If she told others that she had changed someone, Ji Shuyan would not say anything. But if she did so, given Ji Shuyan's vigilance, the chances of her being exposed in front of him would be greater.
"Well... let me think about it!" Yi Xiaoqiu didn't say anything final right away.
“It’s something to think about carefully.
Even if we don't help these neighbors, we still need to eat vegetables.
Now people go to the market to grab vegetables, but not only can they not grab any, but there is nothing in the market except potatoes and vegetables.
The pork was snatched up as soon as it was put on the stall. My old bones can't compete with those young people.
If you're worried that Xiao Ji will accuse you of speculation, I'll tell him off!" Aunt Liu stood up and patted her pants.
Yi Xiaoqiu quickly grabbed Aunt Liu and said, "Aunt Liu, Shu Yan didn't say no. He just told Grandpa Feng not to interfere in my affairs.
I have to take care of my children now, and I don't want to bother you, but I didn't expect everyone to be looking forward to it, so I'll think about it carefully!"
After Yi Xiaoqiu finished her meal, she was still struggling with the evening.
She didn't know if she was being too suspicious, but she always felt that Ji Shuyan seemed to have discovered something, even though he didn't say it.
Because of this feeling, Yi Xiaoqiu has been hesitant to make up his mind.
What's more, her courtyard house is already under renovation.
Although it only takes a day or two, what happens in the yard cannot be revealed to others immediately.
If I don't transport the vegetables from my own yard, I have to rent a house, but that's not cost-effective. Just to sell some agricultural products in a few days, I have to rent a house and risk being exposed. It's really not worth it.
Yi Xiaoqiu turned over in bed.
Strange, why hasn’t Ji Shuyan gone into the house to sleep yet?
Wasn't he the most active before?
How come there is no one here at this time today?
Where is Ji Shuyan?
He moved into the house on Qian Street.
Last time, when I was treasure hunting in that house, I took off the watch on my wrist, and just remembered it when I was about to go into the house to sleep.
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