Chapter 19

Xu Di was terrified after nearly getting caught by the red armbands yesterday.

In her previous life, she wasn’t someone who dared to do anything reckless, otherwise, she wouldn’t have quit her job at a young age and gone home to get married through arranged marriage.

In the morning, Xu Di slowly made her way out the door, she would involuntarily flinch whenever she saw someone wearing a red armband.

It wasn’t that Xu Di was cowardly, she had seen these people hold criticism sessions, it was truly frightening.

She remembered it was just a few days before the winter break.

They were walking home from school in the evening, and they encountered a group of people arguing, shouting things like “Down with the bad elements!” “Shameless, having an affair, corrupt morals!”

They were pushing and shoving, Xu Di didn’t quite hear what they were saying.

The group of people were very excited, blocking the road, Xu Di and her classmates couldn’t get through, so they were forced to watch a criticism session.

Because she didn’t want to witness such a scene, Xu Di stood outside the crowd, her head down, waiting for them to finish before she went over.

She couldn’t bear to see such a thing, but she was helpless.

After the crowd gradually dispersed, Xu Di looked up and saw a woman kneeling in the middle of the road.

She was in her thirties, her hair was shaved into a yin-yang style, one half of her head was shaved, the other half remained.

The shaving skills were not good, her hair was uneven, some parts were even bleeding.

The woman’s face was numb, a pair of worn-out shoes hung around her neck, and her clothes were torn beyond recognition.

Xu Di was terrified, those eyes, those lifeless eyes, filled her with fear.

“Let’s go, let’s go quickly.”

Yang Dani pulled Xu Di, who was a bit dazed, and they ran away from that place of trouble.

It had been a while since that incident, but thinking about the woman who had been shaved and made to wear worn-out shoes, and those eyes, sent chills down Xu Di’s spine.

This day, Xu Di didn’t sell anything, she found a good location, carefully scouted the area, and first found an escape route.

Xu Di found two such locations, and her heart felt more at ease.  Tomorrow, she would operate in these two places.  With an escape route, she wouldn’t be afraid of anything else.

She wandered around outside for a whole day, and in the afternoon, she found two more places before going home.

Nothing had changed at the Xu family, there were no conflicts, they understood each other, and their relationships were still good.

Xu Di played with her little nephew for a while, when he looked sleepy, she carried him to find Xu’s eldest sister-in-law.

“Sister-in-law, Anan seems sleepy, he keeps rubbing his eyes.”

“It’s time for him to sleep, give him to me, thank you, Xu Di.”

“Don’t mention it, we’re family.”

Xu Di thought that Xu’s eldest sister-in-law was good at handling people, no matter who helped take care of the child at home, she would say thank you.  Even to Xu Jun, she wouldn’t forget to say thank you, and she would often buy him some snacks.

The child was hers, no one had an obligation to help take care of him.

Xu’s eldest sister-in-law wouldn’t take it for granted and order them to help watch the child, thinking that the child was part of the Xu family, and that it was their duty for the grandparents, aunts, and uncles to help watch him.

People, when they respect each other, they get along much more harmoniously.

The next day, Xu Di set out again.

She arrived at the family courtyard she had scouted yesterday, she first went to a hidden place to enter her space, changed her disguise, and came out with her basket.

This time it went smoothly, she didn’t need to go to the second location, she had a steady stream of customers.

She lied and said she had connections, she went to get supplies several times, and she sold a lot of eggs and chives.  Looking at the sky, it was almost three o’clock, she packed up and left.

Leaving the family courtyard, Xu Di ran all the way until she had no strength left, then she found a public toilet, went in, and used the toilet.

Fortunately, there was no one inside, after using the toilet, she slipped into her space.

Her space had one advantage, she could see what was happening within five meters outside.

She first sat on the ground to rest, she grabbed a tomato, sat down, and ate it in a moment.  The tomato flavor filled her mouth, it was juicy and delicious.

There were still almond cookies, she picked another tomato, a bite of cookie, a bite of tomato, her stomach was half full.

Food without oil wasn’t very filling, in her previous life, which young girl could eat two large bowls of rice in one meal?

She was full and rested, Xu Di started counting the money, this was the happiest moment of the day.

She had good luck today, nothing went wrong, this pile of banknotes and coins, it was quite a bit!

Xu Di had practiced her counting speed, she quickly sorted the various banknotes, counted them quickly, and then added them up.

Oh my god, it was really unexpected, she actually had over ninety yuan, a new record.

Over the past few days, she had gone from twenty-something yuan to over ninety, it was a straight climb.

Xu Di recorded today’s earnings, she had over seven hundred yuan in total.

She put away the money and her ledger, changed her clothes, combed her hair, looked outside, and saw no one.

Xu Di came out of her space and left the public toilet.

Over the next few days, she had good luck, she didn’t encounter any red armbands, and she didn’t even encounter any picky customers.

On Saturday night, after dinner, after cleaning up the dishes, Xu Di went back to her room and read a book for a while.  She heard no noise in the living room, everyone must have gone to bed.

She bolted the door, prepared to enter her space to get some soil and pull some chives.

Chive roots planted in soil, with enough warmth, would grow a new batch in a few days.

She had plenty of chives in her space, and Xu Di didn’t dare to pull too many.  At this time of year, too many would be abnormal.

She also found some vegetable seeds, she had deliberately planted some greens, letting them grow until they flowered, bore fruit, and withered.

The seeds left in this way would retain the original flavor of the vegetables, they couldn’t be compared to those high-yield varieties.

Everything was ready, Xu Di went out with peace of mind and prepared to lie down and sleep.

In the morning, the Xu family all got up.

Xu’s father and Xu’s elder brother had a day off yesterday, and they had to go to work today.

Xu’s eldest sister-in-law was going to take Xu Ping’an back to her parents’ house, the child’s grandmother missed him.

Xu’s mother was going to see her sister, Xu’s mother and her sister had depended on each other, they ran away from their hometown and never went back.

Xu’s mother hadn’t told the children the details, Xu Di and the others only knew that Xu’s mother’s only relative was her elder sister.

“Mom, I’m not going to your elder sister’s house with you today, you take Xu Jun, I’m going to the library to read.”

“Okay, go ahead.”

Xu’s mother knew that Xu Di didn’t want to go to the countryside, she had been more studious since she was discharged from the hospital.

Xu’s mother and the others left, Xu Di wasn’t in a hurry, she couldn’t go to the Liang family too early.

Xu Di first washed her dirty clothes, only her own.

Xu’s father, Xu’s mother, and Xu Jun’s clothes were all washed by Xu’s mother.

Xu’s elder brother’s family of three’s clothes were washed by Xu’s eldest sister-in-law, occasionally Xu’s elder brother would wash them too.

Such a thing was rare in the entire family courtyard, which family didn’t have the woman do the laundry?  It was either the daughter or the daughter-in-law, they washed basin after basin.

A whole family, one piece of clothing per person, that was quite a bit.

Xu Di was once again grateful that she had transmigrated into the Xu family.

After washing her clothes, she tidied up the room, Xu Di locked the door and set off.

The Liang family was not close to the Xu family, it took forty to fifty minutes by bus, luckily, she didn’t have to transfer.

Xu Di got off one stop early, she found a hidden place first and took out her things.

A half bag of soil, it was quite heavy.  The seeds and chives were wrapped in newspaper and placed in the backpack she was carrying.

It was too heavy, Xu Di struggled to carry it to the bus stop, she should just take the bus, it was only one stop, she wouldn’t be able to carry it anymore.

As Xu Di stumbled off the bus, she actually saw Sister Yan waiting at the bus stop, and there was a man with her, it should be her husband, Xu Di couldn’t remember.

Fortunately, she got back on the bus.

Xu Di secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Sister Yan had already seen her and walked over.