50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 28 Gift
"Haha, I'm smarter than you. If you two were outside together, you'd probably be the one who starved to death, but I'd definitely be alive and well."

"Okay, stop thinking about it and let's go in and see what we can find."

The three of them entered the inner room. It looked small from the outside, but it was a different world inside. There were three rooms along the way. The two outer rooms looked to be used for resting, and they were fully equipped with beds and other daily necessities.

The last room was locked. Sun Zhiwei walked over first and pinched the lock with his hand. The space door that had shrunk into a thin line cut open the lock.

When he pushed the door open, he saw a box and many wicker baskets and other miscellaneous items piled up in the dim room.

He already knew what was inside. The boxes were filled with stolen money, including banknotes, silver dollars, and jewelry. There was also a small box containing yellow croaker, and the wicker baskets were filled with stolen wallets and handbags.

He felt a little regretful. These things were not easy to get. All the Buddhas were taken away at once. This place would be revealed sooner or later.

There should be more than one person who knows how much stuff is inside. If something is missing and it doesn't match the confession, those of them who came in first will definitely be suspected, and that would not be worth it.

He has many ways to make money, and there is no need to take this kind of money that can be obviously detected.

At this time, the girl and the little soldier also wanted to enter the house, but they were stopped at the door.

"Brother, this is probably where the stolen goods are hidden. It's not convenient for us to go in and take a look. While we're still at the door, we might as well not look to avoid confusion."

"Oh, that's it. Then we should guard outside?"

"Let's go outside and call someone to report the case. When they arrive, we'll explain the situation and then leave."

The three men walked out of the house and called the boss next door, asking him to send a waiter to report the case. They then guarded the door outside.

This is a corner of the market, not crowded with people. People who approached saw three people in military uniforms and walked away without getting close.

After waiting for a while, four or five people came over, including the plainclothes captain who had been leading the group. The captain smiled when he saw them and said, "You guys again! What's going on this time?"

"Captain Yang, come in and take a look." The young soldier led a few people into the house.

After a while, they all came out with serious expressions. The captain saluted Sun Zhiwei first, and then thanked him:
"This was an oversight on our part. We should have raided their lair. Luckily, you discovered it first. Otherwise, if someone else had taken the things, we would have been punished."

"thank you."

"You're welcome, we're family. We'll be leaving first then."

After saying goodbye to Captain Yang, they continued to stroll around the market. The next section was all about selling clothes. Sun Zhiwei bought two sets of school uniforms for himself and several sets of clothes, skirts, rubber bands and hairpins for the girl.

When passing by a toy store, the little girl couldn't walk anymore and hesitated at the door of the store.

Sun Zhiwei then remembered that his daughter would be going to Beihai Kindergarten tomorrow. There was everything there, but if he wanted his daughter to integrate smoothly into the new group, he still had to invest some money.

"Boss, how much is one of your little wooden guns?"

"This one is cheap. The ordinary wood one without paint is 200 yuan each. The more exquisite one is made of mahogany and painted black. It looks like the real thing and is 1 yuan each."

"What about these animal dolls?"

“3寸长的300块1个，5寸的500块，一尺的3000块，最大的那个三尺的要2万块。”

“普通木枪200把，红木的20把，3寸布娃娃200个，5寸的20个”

"How much money did you calculate?"

"Okay, wait a moment, sir," the clerk counted on the abacus at the counter. "The total is 11 yuan."

"10." "Sir, we really don't make any money from these small toys. How about this, I'll give you an extra one of each."

"No, that won't work. If you want to give something, give me that three-foot-tall baby." Sun Zhiwei didn't like the small one.

"Sir, let me round off the number for you. It's 11." The clerk didn't struggle and quickly found another way.

"11, and spare me a 1-foot rabbit."

"Okay, you really know how to buy things, so I'll give it to you as a gift." The clerk agreed to the transaction with a painful look on his face.

Sun Zhiwei first took out a one-foot-long stuffed rabbit and stuffed it into the arms of his daughter who was looking forward to it.

After paying, he said to the boss, "Pack up the items and have someone take them back to me. Cash on delivery."

After leaving the toy store, they went to a stationery store and bought a set of stationery for their children and a set of paper and pens for themselves.

When he came out again, he looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so he took his daughter and the little soldier and started walking back.

On the way, he asked the young soldier if he knew where the nearby coal mine was, but the young soldier didn't know either. However, he suggested that the canteen might know.

Sun Zhiwei thought it made sense. The canteen cooked every day, so they must know where to buy coal. He planned to go and ask when he had dinner in the evening.

When they slowly returned to the gate of the security compound, they happened to meet Lao Zhang who came hurriedly to pick up the goods.

After he paid the fare to Banerye, he saw Sun Zhiwei and the other two watching the fun nearby.

Lao Zhang glared at them angrily: "What did you buy again? Such a huge pile."

"Ah, this is the gift I will give to the kindergarten tomorrow." Sun Zhiwei replied.

"That's Beihai Kindergarten. They have everything they need."

"I see. That's why they're gifts, not aid. These are gifts for the children."

"Okay, as long as you know what you are doing."

"There are more than 8 children going to kindergarten the day after tomorrow. We will all leave together at a.m. and be taken there by truck. Don't let our daughter be late."

"Got it." A few hundred toys were not too heavy, but they still filled several large bags. Platoon Leader Luo at the door called two soldiers to help move the things home.

After returning to his residence, Sun Zhiwei looked at the things all over the house, sighed helplessly, then turned to Lao Zhang and Nannan and said, "Eat first, and then come back to clean up together after you're done."

Nannan had been a little embarrassed at first, but now she immediately became happy and shouted, "Eat! Eat!"

Then he grabbed the lunch box on the table and ran to the cafeteria.

"Slow down, do you know where the cafeteria is?"

"I know. I asked the little warrior brother."

In the blink of an eye, the little guy disappeared after turning around. Sun Zhiwei was not in a hurry. There was no way he could get lost in the compound. The little guy was smart. As long as he didn't leave the compound gate, there would be no danger.

He and Lao Zhang walked slowly and arrived at the temporary canteen in just 3 minutes. There were not many people eating at this time, and most of them were the staff's family members.

Many children were also getting their own meals. There was a special window for children to get their meals, and the people queuing up were all children. Sun Zhiwei had already found Nannan in the queue of children.

(End of this chapter)