Chapter 9

On the other side, Li Yuechan rode her bicycle and finally reached home before noon.

Li Yuechan helped her daughter unload the eggs, muttering, “These eggs will last you more than a month.”

Li Yuechan knew she ate two eggs without fail every day, and her mother said at her age she should eat better, since they couldn’t find such good eggs in the city, so they had to go to the countryside to buy.

Then her grandmother took up this job, selling each egg for 6 cents, and her mother didn’t want to have a falling out with her mother-in-law over this one cent, so she agreed.

“Mom, I’m starving.”

“Alright, alright, go wash your hands and eat in the kitchen.”

“Okay.”

Li Yuechan ate the much-anticipated big slices of meat with relish, then went back to her room for an afternoon nap.

She quickly slipped into the space.

First, she went to check the spiritual spring, and saw that a little more water had seeped out. She took a ladle and scooped up two more scoops, drinking them down contentedly.

Looking at the huge pile of rice seeds, she was at a loss, she had never planted anything before.

Unexpectedly, just as she was pondering, the rice seeds flew up by themselves and landed in the black soil.

Li Yuechan was overjoyed, wow, she could even plant using just her mind, how great!

The problem was there was no water in the space, and she was stumped again.

Li Yuechan slipped out of her room, saw her mother was still busy in the kitchen, and shouted, “Mom, I’m going out for a stroll.”

“Oh, the dinner is simmering on the stove, I’ll go to work later.”

Li Yuechan replied, then happily went out the door, heading straight for the east of the village, where her memory told her there was a river.

It was quite a distance, but thanks to drinking the spiritual spring water, her legs wouldn’t get too tired on this one-kilometer walk.

After much effort, she finally reached the riverbank, and there were quite a few children there, mostly catching fish.

But she couldn’t see any fish at all.

She followed the crowd and washed her hands by the river, feeling the stones in the water.

Soon, the two mu of land in the space had been watered by her.

Happily wiping her hands on her body, she turned and walked back.

Passing by a scrap collection station, her eyes lit up, and she stepped in.

The old man guarding the entrance hurried to ask, “Hey, what are you doing?”

Li Yuechan immediately showed her eight big white teeth in a smile and said, “Grandpa, hello, I want to buy some newspapers to paste on the walls.”

Old Wang glanced up, “Oh, then go in.”

Li Yuechan went in, pretending to rummage through the newspapers, then felt here and looked there, finally taking out a cane.

“Grandpa, how much are these newspapers? And this cane, my grandmother’s legs aren’t good, I want to buy it for her.”

Old Wang looked at the cane and said, “Newspapers are two cents, the cane is five cents.”

Li Yuechan frowned when she heard the price, muttering, “Why is this cane so expensive!”

Old Wang looked up and said unhurriedly, “It’s made of good wood, do you want to buy it or not?”

Li Yuechan puffed out her lips, reluctantly taking out fifty cents and handing it to Old Wang, still grumbling, “I’m just a filial granddaughter!”

Then she bid farewell to Old Wang, “Grandpa, then I’ll be leaving, if you need anything in the future, I’ll come back!”

Old Wang chuckled, “You’re a pretty filial girl, come back if you need anything else next time.”

“Okay, Grandpa.”

Li Yuechan took a few turns and put the newspaper and cane into the space.

Immediately, a miraculous thing happened – she heard a “rumbling” sound, and in the blink of an eye, the original two mu of black soil had turned into ten mu.

Looking further in the distance, she heard a “crack” as a river suddenly “gushed” out from the middle.

Li Yuechan’s eyes opened wide like copper bells, and she was overjoyed in her heart – she had really hit the jackpot!

She had a feeling that cane had a fatal attraction, it must be hiding some good stuff inside.

Based on her experience of dozens of time-travel stories, this cane must contain either jade or gold.

Hehe, getting rich and prosperous was just around the corner! In these 70 years, Li Yuechan would definitely be able to live it up.

She rushed home at full speed.

When she got home, sure enough, her mother had already gone to work, and her father was going to work overtime in the workshop tonight and wouldn’t be back.

It was perfect that she could enjoy herself alone. She locked the door and went into the kitchen, had a delicious meal, then couldn’t wait to go into the space.

Looking at the clear, bottom-visible river about one meter deep and ten meters long, she was itching to try it out. In a flash, she took off her clothes and “plop” jumped into the river.

Since no one was watching, she could just skinny dip.

After swimming for a while, she felt all her fatigue disappear.

Although it wasn’t as good as the spiritual spring water, it could still relieve her to some extent!

She got out of the water and suddenly realized she didn’t bring any change of clothes. She hurriedly went out of the space and rummaged in the closet.

Soon, she was all tidied up, then went back to the space to start planting and watering.

Although she couldn’t control it with just her mind, she had to plant them one by one.

After bustling about for a while, she looked at the time – it was already 9 o’clock at night!

She yawned hugely, went out of the space, and lay down on the bed, quickly falling into dreamland.

In the middle of the night, two stealthy figures were lurking around Li Yuechan’s house.

“Which house is it exactly?”

“Up ahead, that one.”

“Are you sure no one’s home today?”

“Sure, I checked it out, her mom is on the night shift, her dad is working overtime at the factory, neither of them will be back tonight.”

Han Chunguang chuckled smugly, “Good, that little girl, daring to take my money, she really has a death wish. Tonight, I’ll teach her a lesson.”

The two scaled the not-so-high courtyard wall and easily jumped in.

At this moment, Li Yuechan suddenly opened her eyes, and by the moonlight, saw the two figures outside, a slight smile curling her lips.

She was just about to find an excuse to teach them a lesson, but she dozed off – no one’s bringing her a pillow, so she has to do it herself.

The two entered the main house and found no one home, becoming even more daring.

However, there was nothing of value in the house, and after searching around, they didn’t find anything.

Han Chunguang saw the radio on the bedside table and was overjoyed: “This is a good thing!”

He quickly stuffed it into his coat.

Wang Daguang eyed it greedily, becoming even more unrestrained in his search: “Boss, there’s no money in this house, that bitch must have hidden it, come on, let’s go to her room.”

The two came to the door of Li Yuechan’s room, vaguely seeing a figure on the bed through the window.

They exchanged a glance and nodded.