Chapter 7: Finding Alternatives

It looked like Chen Suyun’s small treasury.

There was no passbook inside, only 2,200 yuan and various bills, two gold rings, a gold bracelet weighing 30 grams, and a mutton-fat jade bracelet.

Lin Weiwan picked up the mutton-fat jade bracelet and took a look. This was top-quality Hetian jade, so she took it all away without wasting it.

Lin Weiwan did not touch the change in the small boxes in the closet and drawer. She turned around with the canvas bag and walked out of the house and locked the door.

It was a pity that the space was not big enough, otherwise the whole house would be emptied at once, leaving nothing for the Zhou family.

Only the superficial things could be left untouched for the time being, lest they be discovered and difficult to explain.

Just as he reached the stairs, he wanted to go downstairs to see the old lady of the Zhou family’s room, but he saw Zhou Weibei opening the door and coming back.

Lin Weiwan quickly retreated to his room and locked the door. He looked at the space consciously. At this time, the mist in the box had been almost absorbed by the spring.

Lin Weiwan tried to put the letter in her hand into the space and found that it was possible. Only then did she feel relieved and opened the canvas bag and put everything in.

He opened the canvas bag full of big unity notes again and threw bundles of big unity notes into a corner of the space, counting them as he threw them in.

A bundle of big unity notes was worth 10 yuan, and a bundle of 100 notes was worth 1,000 yuan. Lin Weiwan threw all the money in the canvas bag in and was surprised to find that there were 120,000 yuan in this money alone.

Zhou’s father was the only one in the Zhou family, who was an old employee who had worked in the machinery factory for 10 years and was now the deputy factory director.

As far as Zhou Weidong knew, he served in the army for five years before becoming a platoon leader, and he had never sent a penny home.

Zhou’s mother had never worked, including the old couple of the Zhou family. Zhou Weinan, the second son of the Zhou family, had been working for two years and was still an intern doctor at the First Hospital.

He had not been promoted to a regular doctor, so he did not have to pay his salary home.

That money… must have been embezzled by Zhou Weihai in private over the years. I didn’t expect that a person who looked serious and honest would be so bold. You can’t judge a person by his appearance.

Outsiders would never have thought that the Zhou family, who had been squeezed in the tube building for so many years and lived a frugal life, would have so much money.

Now the space can be used again, Lin Weiwan opened the closet and took out a few sets of clothes to stuff into the space, and put the mask, scarf and hat into it.

He took out her shoulder bag, opened the drawer and put more than ten tickets and three hundred and sixty yuan into the bag. He locked the door of her room.

She was going to the black market to try to find a replacement. Lin Weiwan went straight to the black market.

Zhou Rongrong ran out of the house, feeling very upset. She always felt that her things were taken away, and she was very sad and heartbroken.

She touched her trouser pocket and couldn’t help frowning. Although the Zhou family had a father who was the deputy director of the factory, an elder brother who was a captain in the army and had public food, and a second brother who had just entered the hospital for internship, the conditions were really not very good.

Zhou’s mother was stingy and calculating. She could squeeze out the money in her hands and break a penny into eight petals.

In the ten years that Zhou Rongrong had been in the Zhou family, she had saved only more than one yuan and twenty cents.

The main thing was that the money could not pass through Zhou Rongrong’s own hands. After thinking for a while, Zhou Rongrong went straight to the textile factory.

Mother Zhou and Old Lady Zhou were queuing in the department store. The endless queue made Old Lady Zhou gasp for breath while waiting.

“If it were you, I would just buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative. Why spend extra money to come to this department store when there are so many people.”

Old Lady Zhou muttered beside Mother Zhou. Looking at her daughter-in-law, she cursed in her heart for spending her son’s salary.

“Mom, Xiaowan already has a good life. The fabrics at the supply and marketing cooperative are too ordinary.

The fabrics here are more beautiful. We still have to coax her to agree to that.” Mother Zhou was reluctant to spend extra money to buy fabric for Lin Weiwan.

But what happened in the morning broke her original plan. If she did it again in the evening, the effect would definitely not be so good.

Lin Weiwan found an empty alley and changed her clothes. She went into the black market with a silk scarf on her head and a cotton mask.

The man at the intersection glanced at Lin Weiwan and said, “Buy or sell?”

“Buy” Lin Weiwan was wearing a gray cloth dress and a vegetable basket on her arm. 　　

After paying “five cents” , Lin Weiwan walked into the alley. Zhou Rongrong had brought Lin Weiwan to this black market the day before yesterday to see the world. 　　

On both sides, people were squatting or standing to sell goods. There was almost no food, and even if there was, it was quickly sold out. 　　

Lin Weiwan walked along the way and saw many people guarding a cloth stall, on which were placed some sundries, bowls, pottery jars and some wooden items. 　　

Not far away, Lin Weiwan saw a familiar figure, none other than Zhou Rongrong. 　　

Seeing Zhou Rongrong buy a black bracelet from a stall and leave quickly. 　　

Lin Weiwan raised his eyebrows, knowing that this thief was still determined to steal the black jade beads. 　　

Lin Weiwan walked over slowly, and Zhou Rongrong had already left the black market. 　　

When he walked to the vendor, he saw the vendor took out a few more things from the rag bag behind him and placed them on the stall. One of them was the same black bead bracelet that Zhou Rongrong was holding. 　　

Lin Weiwan’s eyes twitched when she saw the stall owner’s operation.

Where did this man get the goods in bulk? 　　

Walking to the stall, Lin Weiwan saw the man in front of the stall clearly. He was short and thin.

He was one of Zhou Rongrong’s lackeys in the black market in her previous life. He was responsible for selling some items with Zhou Rongrong. 　　

Yuan Datou, small bottles and jars, wood carvings, mostly modern items, and some jade pendants of average quality. 　　The black beads were almost integrated with the black cloth, and the dark places were even more unnoticeable. 　　

Lin Weiwan squatted in front of the stall and picked up a few Yuan Datou coins. “Boss, how much is this?” 　　

“Fifteen yuan a piece.” Liu San leaned against the wall casually. He had met such curious girls in the black market before. 　　Lin Weiwan picked up a few Yuan Datou coins and picked out two. “Cheaper, two together.” 　　

While talking, Lin Weiwan looked at other things on the stall, picking and choosing. 　　

She found a small pillow, a small black and rough wooden sculpture, and a string of black beads. 　　

I couldn’t help but get excited. When I approached, I found that the white mist on the wooden sculpture was about to turn into white porridge. 　　

Pushing it forward, “These two together.” 　　

Liu San sat up seriously. He didn’t expect to meet a serious buyer. 　　

Looking at the two things the girl pushed to the middle, these two black things were things he bought from an old man in piles. He sold a lot of them, and only spent more than ten yuan on a pile. 　　

“Ten yuan for these two, and twenty-five for these two.” Liu San felt that he could stop opening for a month after selling this order. 　　

Lin Weiwan took out four big unity cards and held them in his hand, and took out a lever from the wooden box under Liu San’s feet and said, “This is a tip.” 　　

Lin Weiwan looked at the middle-aged man in front of him calmly. 　　

Liu San felt that he seemed to be short of money. Looking at the four big unity cards, he was ruthless and said,

“Take it, take it.”

He gave Lin Weiwan five yuan in change.