Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Jiang Yu heard a lot of gossip in the crowd, about how the third son of the Wang family had contacts with the street urchins from other villages. It was possible that he had planned this. He just felt uncomfortable seeing other people's families being rich. Not only did he want to make others suffer, but he also wanted to make some money to spend. After all, the Wang family was poor, and the third son was already twenty-five or twenty-six years old and still hadn't found a wife.

Some said that it was the work of Chen Shuanzhu from the third team. Chen Shuanzhu was a thief who usually did not do any serious work.

Those who have made enemies with them say that the third daughter-in-law of the Wu family is not decent. They heard that the eldest son of Liu Baoquan's family is not clear about something. It is very likely that the third son of the Wu family did not want to be a cuckold, so he joined forces with outsiders to do this.

Not long after, Zhuang Aimin, the head of the village militia camp, came back from patrol with a few militiamen, "Uncle, nothing was found."

Jiang Yu looked at the flying snowflakes, which fell to the ground and accumulated to more than half a meter thick overnight. In an hour, all footprints were buried. The camouflage she had made for safety had long been invisible.

Zhuang Shouren naturally knew that he would not find anything, but thinking about the villagers who had been robbed, his old father who had not woken up yet, and his mother who was crying bitterly, he definitely had to do something.

Zhuang Shouren asked those who had suffered heavy losses this time to go to the brigade headquarters and sit down first, so that it would be convenient for the police comrades who would come to question them.

But the other villagers were unwilling to fall behind and followed the main group to the village committee.

Jiang Yu and Xue Li were educated youth, so they could just watch the fun, but they couldn't follow along. They could only return to the educated youth site with a feeling of regret.

Also accompanying them were the old educated youth from the front yard and Luo Xinci and Yuan Jiaojiao.

Luo Chengli stood at the entrance of the educated youth center. The farmer stamped his feet and hurried over to Luo Xinci when he saw her. "Xiaoci, what's going on outside? I heard someone crying miserably over there."

"There was a thief in the house. I heard that all the money that was just distributed today is gone. So many people depend on that little income to make a living. Of course they are crying miserably." Luo Xinci sighed, "How pitiful! This abominable thief stole things. What he did is really inhumane!"

Fang Qianqian covered her mouth and smiled, "Then you don't know, the families whose houses were robbed don't necessarily rely on that money to make a living. Every family has children working as workers in the town, and some of their descendants are serving as minor officials in the army. Who can be short of that little money?"

The remaining work points in the village were exchanged for cash, ranging from three hundred yuan to a few dozen. The few households whose money was stolen were exchanged for a lot of food, which was prepared to be sent to the city to subsidize their children. The money on the surface was not the bulk of the money.

"So the thief came here specifically to inquire? He knew which family had better conditions, and then he took action." Yuan Jiaojiao smacked her lips, "No wonder, he robbed so many families in one night, and no one noticed. I guess it took several people to act together."

Suddenly, the few people in the educated youth center who had money well-off became nervous.

Xiong Lijin felt that since Yang Xiaoling had set her eyes on him, the fact that he was rich had spread, and the villagers were all happy to see him. Why? Mostly because of the money. Who knows, they might be able to do some small business with him someday.

Xue Li hugged Jiang Yu's arm tightly and decided to go back to the house and hide all the things in the department store, never letting anything conspicuous be exposed.

Guan Wenbin glanced at the people in Chen Jinghan's small group, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something.

Jiang Yu looked at him expressionlessly.

Guan Wenbin immediately pursed his lips, not daring to say a word, and even walked closer to Ma Yanna without making any expression.

Ma Yanna didn't understand what was going on, and thought he was still horny at this moment, so she pretended to touch his fingers accidentally, thinking she was seducing him secretly.

The educated youth returned to their rooms, each with their own thoughts.

Jiang Yu took out the large bread that Yi Chi gave him, cut a few slices and roasted them slightly over the fire, and then had it with the braised rabbit with radish from last night.

The heat from the stove spread to the kang, the fire wall became warm, and the large kettle that Jiang Yu made himself began to buzz.

After breakfast, Jiang Yu went out to sweep the snow off his and Xue Li's cottage. When he came down, Xue Li came out as well. She handed Jiang Yu a can of braised pork and said, "Next time it snows, I'll have to trouble you to sweep the roof for me. This is your reward."

Jiang Yu was not polite either, "Close the door, the heat will escape."

Xue Li let out a sigh and went back into the house.

When others heard the noise, they also came out to sweep the snow.

After Jiang Yu returned to his room, he put the canned food in the cupboard, found the cloth bag of corn shavings from the grain tank, scooped a bowl of it to soak in water, and then went to the well in the front yard to fetch water to fill the small water tank. After being busy for more than half an hour, he finally sat down to check his spoils from yesterday.

Move out the oversized basket filled with things and start sorting them into categories.

The gold bars were placed in a pile, and rolls of cash worth one thousand and one were placed together with the bills. Of course, the bills were also sorted and organized, and all were checked. If there were any marked ones, they could only be thrown into the stove and burned. In any case, they could not flow out and leave any possibility of exposure.

After roughly counting, there were 15,687 yuan in total. Jiang Yu planned to give all the bills that expired at the end of the year to Xiong Lijin and let him exchange them for money. As for what to do with too much money, she planned to ask Xue Li for advice.

There were also some less brightly colored jewellery, some made of gold, silver, jade and of course some inlaid with gemstones. There was even a lotus hairpin inlaid with kingfisher feathers, but Jiang Yu didn't know what they were, so he wrapped them all in a homespun cloth and put them together.

The bottles and jars were a little dirty, so Jiang Yu gently wiped off the dust with cotton cloth and wrapped them up and put them away one by one.

Just like that, the morning passed in the blink of an eye.

Lunch was porridge made of corn grits mixed with white rice, and the dish was canned braised pork stewed with dried beans.

Jiang Yu really loves the stews in the Northeast. They don't require knife skills or test your cooking skills. You just need to stew everything in one pot. Just watch the soup and make sure it doesn't get burnt. Soy sauce, salt and sugar are added for seasoning. One pot can be eaten for two meals at a time. Perfect!

After dinner, Jiang Yu knocked on Xiong Lijin's door, entered the room, took out a stack of bills and handed them over, "These are the ones I saved, and some were obtained by Yi Chi. We don't need these bills, can you think of a way to exchange them for money?" It was unreasonable for one person to take out too many bills, so Jiang Yu brought Yi Chi with her. Moreover, she was not worried at all that Yi Chi would be exposed. Her intuition told her that Yi Chi would even help her cover up her lie.

Xiong Lijin's mouth widened. These tickets were probably the accumulation of a worker's family for a whole year. There were meat tickets, soap tickets, and cloth tickets. "That's quite a lot. No, sister, the village's bandits are not you two, are they?" He said jokingly, and he hit the target with one shot. But he was just joking. After all, Jiang Yu looked very upright, and he privately thought that he would not do such shameful things. Besides, he had his own skills and was not short of money at all.

Jiang Yu just glared at him and before he could say anything, Xiong Lijin said, "Just kidding, just kidding. I happen to be going to town tomorrow, and I haven't got the thick quilt I ordered yet, so I have to go ask around. I'll also take care of your tickets for you while I'm at it."