Chapter 473: Finally Able to Return

As soon as she packed up her things and left the lab, Li Yiyi immediately found a place to make a phone call to Director Yao and the others.

On the other end of the line, Director Yao’s excited shout nearly deafened Li Yiyi’s ears when she heard that Li Yiyi was coming back.

“That’s great! Comrade Li, welcome back! Tomorrow, I will lead all the colleagues in the research institute to welcome you!” Director Yao said, her voice full of excitement.

Li Yiyi quickly held the phone away from her ear, waiting for Director Yao to calm down before bringing the phone back to her ear. “Director Yao, there’s no need for a welcome ceremony. As long as you’re still willing to let me come back, that’s enough.”

When Director Yao heard this, she immediately called her name in a serious tone, “Comrade Li Yiyi, what do you mean by that? I won’t allow you to say such things.”

Li Yiyi, hearing her serious tone, quickly corrected herself, smiling, “Okay, okay, I won’t say that. I’ll make sure to show up for work on time tomorrow.”

“Good. By the way, do you know the new address of our research institute?” After the last time when Ito Jing visited the institute, the higher-ups decided to abandon the old address and move to a new location.

Li Yiyi smiled and answered, “I know where it is. You personally called me to let me know last time.”

“Right, right, I did tell you. My head is just all over the place because I’m so happy. Well, tomorrow, come directly to my office. I need to ask you a few things,” Director Yao said reluctantly.

“Okay, Director Yao, see you tomorrow.”

“See you.” The two of them quickly hung up the phone, officially ending the conversation.

After the call, she rode her bike towards the staff quarters. Halfway there, she checked that no one was around, then quickly found a hidden spot and entered the space supermarket with her bike.

Since going to the stock research institute, Li Yiyi had been constantly busy with various things. She realized she hadn’t had much time to visit the supermarket.

Today, with such great news and an early finish, she decided to take the chance to browse the space supermarket and do some shopping for her home.

As soon as she entered, she grabbed a shopping cart and began a thorough shopping spree, buying everything she needed for the house—both what was missing and what wasn’t.

By the time she checked out, it had already been half an hour, and she spent several tens of thousands of yuan in the supermarket.

Although this sounded like a lot of money in the supermarket, it really wasn’t much outside.

When she finally came out of the space supermarket, she was dragging a large sack full of items she bought. Fortunately, she had her bike as transportation; otherwise, it would have been nearly impossible for her to carry all this stuff back as a woman with no strength to spare.

By the time she arrived at the staff quarters, she was already drenched in sweat.

Her figure, dragging the large sack, caught the attention of several military wives nearby.

As she walked past, they gathered together, whispering.

“Do you think the wife of Captain Jiang has made a fortune somewhere? Look at that big sack. It must be full of something good.”

“I think I saw some meat in the sack. It’s probably food.”

Li Yiyi didn’t hear any of their discussions as she was too focused on hurrying back home.

A few minutes later, seeing her home in the distance, she sighed in relief and used her tired legs to stop the bike.

“Dad, Mom, Aunt Huang, come out and help,” she called weakly after finally stopping her bike.

Jiang’s father, who was watering the plants, heard her call and quickly ran over with the watering can in hand.

“Where did you get all this stuff?” he asked, looking at the large sack on her bike with disbelief.

Li Yiyi smiled. “I bought it. Dad, is Mom and Aunt Huang home?”

“Yes, they’re in the kitchen. Don’t move, go inside and rest a bit, I’ll go call them out to help.” Jiang’s father hurriedly said.

Li Yiyi naturally didn’t want to trouble just the two elderly people, so she said, “No need, I’ll manage here. Just go call Mom and the others to help bring the stuff inside. I can’t carry this big sack by myself.”

“How about I help you bring it in?” Hearing her, Jiang’s father turned to offer.

“No, no, your back isn’t great. If you carry this heavy stuff, what if your back gets hurt again? We can move it quickly if we carry a few things together,” Li Yiyi quickly refused.

Seeing her determination, Jiang’s father agreed. “Alright, I’ll go call your mom and Aunt Huang out to help.”

“Okay, Dad, thank you.” Li Yiyi responded.

After Jiang’s father went inside to call the others, Li Yiyi began to unpack the sack, carefully removing the items inside.

Soon, Jiang’s father came out with Jiang’s mother and Aunt Huang, both ready to help.

“How come there’s so much stuff? Girl, did you buy everything from the supply and marketing cooperative?” Aunt Huang said in disbelief as she saw the items Li Yiyi was pulling out from the sack.

“Aunt Huang, you’re exaggerating. I didn’t buy everything. Actually, this wasn’t all from me. A friend of mine sent it over, and everything inside is something they have over there. We can’t even buy it with money here,” Li Yiyi explained with a smile.

“Really? Look at this, what kind of dried fish is this? It’s so tiny, not even as big as my finger,” Jiang’s mother said as she picked up a packet of dried fish, amazed.

“Mom, this is silverfish, dried and bought from my friend’s place. They say it tastes great when steamed,” Li Yiyi explained, seeing her mother’s amazement.

“Sounds like a good thing.” Jiang’s mother said, holding the fish with loving hands.