I traveled through time without patched pants, I was the richest man in the Republic of China

Xu Ayu's fingers gently touched her forehead. Wei Miao did not dodge but instead took Xu Ayu's arm and rubbed her arm.

"I only told my mother."

The reason she liked this family in the beginning was because of Xu Ayu, who was bold, impetuous, kind and capable.

Faced with the three children left by his brother-in-law, he accepted them without complaint and treated them equally.

Just for this reason, Wei Miao couldn't help but admire him.

Wei Ada likes to drink, and when he's drunk he always wants to show off his power. His family members just tolerate his minor quarrels.

But sometimes when he was wronged outside and wanted to take it out on the children at home, Xu Ayu's thin body would stand in front of them, and after closing the door, the two of them would start beating each other.

After a fight, there is always some peace and quiet for a while.

Xu Ayu always feels guilty about Wei Miao, his "son" who should have been raised as a girl.

But in this world, people waste most of their energy just trying to survive, not to mention having a bunch of children.

Xu Ayu rubbed Wei Miao's head and sighed:

"My uncle has had a rheumatic attack recently and the pain is unbearable, so he asked me to help him get some painkillers."

"Do you want me to go?"

Wei Miao has a good relationship with Xiao Ding from Ding’s Clinic, so it is much more convenient for her to buy medicine like this.

"Okay, go to Dr. Ding tomorrow, buy it and send it to your uncle." Xu Ayu said as he handed Wei Miao fifty cents.

She felt sad when she thought about her brother who was less than 40 years old, as thin as a stick and looked like an old man.

Wei Miao took the money and drank the porridge in a gulp.

There was still a lot of fish left. She put down her bowl and chopsticks and said to Xu Ayu:

"Mom, I ate the bread today. You can eat this fish or a wild cat will take it away at night. You choose one."

Xu Ayu felt happy when he saw his daughter's face turned red after eating.

She stood up and deftly put the remaining fish into a small bowl and put it in the cupboard.

"Speak!" She turned around and stood in front of Wei Miao, blocking the light of the tungsten filament lamp, and her shadow cast a shadow on Wei Miao.

Wei Miao knew that she was asking how he had the money to buy these things today.

If she didn't tell him, Xu Ayu would probably be thinking about it at night and wouldn't be able to sleep well.

She had already thought of an excuse, so she told the story of what happened today, both true and false, and with some twisted versions of it.

After hearing this, Xu Ayu's eyes widened and he raised his hand to twist her ear:

"How dare you be so brave! How can a little monkey like you get involved in those people's affairs?"

"Mom, be gentle, my ears are going to fall off." Wei Miao pretended to beg for mercy, and rustling laughter came from the kitchen door.

Xu Ayu quickly let go, turned his head and glared at the little heads at the door, and shouted angrily:

"Don't go to bed one by one. Wait for me to take care of you!"

In the blink of an eye, the four little heads disappeared.

Xu Ayu put his hands on his hips and looked at Wei Miao with sparks in his eyes.

Wei Miao directly took out the one hundred French francs that Xu Manhua gave her in the morning and successfully shut the crazy woman's mouth.

"Mom, you can do whatever you want with the money."

After she said that, she ran away.

Xu Ayu stared at the large banknotes with burning eyes. It took him a while to react and he muttered:

"Those guys sell antiques for twenty dollars."

When I looked up, I found that there was nothing in front of me, and there was no shadow of the little kid.

Wei Miao returned to her room and was startled by a few little heads popping out from under the quilt.

She put her hands behind her back and smiled at Wei Ling and the others:

"Why are you coming to my place instead of going back to your room?"

Apart from the two-year-old Wei Dong, Wei Ping was the youngest and the cutest. She poked out her furry little head and said softly:

"Cauldron, we want to sleep with you."

Wei Ran also said: "Brother, are you afraid to sleep alone?"

Wei Ling laughed, "Brother, the weather is cold now, we are warming your bed."

The well-behaved and quiet Wei Li nodded, her beautiful eyes full of anticipation.

The Wei family had no shortage of rooms. Because of Wei Miao's status, he slept with Wei Ada and his wife before he was five years old. After he was five years old, he had his own room.

There were three girls in one room, and Wei Ran took the initiative to sleep in the same room with Wei Dong.

After Wei’s grandparents passed away at the beginning of the year, she moved into the largest room on the first floor.

Even so, the Wei family still had two empty side rooms.

Now that the kids have grown up, and the alleys are full of all kinds of people, they more or less understand the differences between men and women.

Wei Miao didn't want to fall asleep, lest the little brats find out that he was missing some parts or something.

She had already made up her mind that in such troubled times, it would be more convenient and safer to go out as a boy.

"You guys go back to sleep now. Tomorrow morning I'll tell my mom to give each of you a piece of baguette, sprinkle it with sugar, and roast it on the coal stove until it's golden brown..."

Wei Ling bargained, "Brother, we want to eat two slices."

Wei Ran and Wei Li were also full of expectations.

Wei Miao spread her hands. She really couldn't make the decision. In Xu Ayu's words, she could just keep her mouth shut. She also wanted to:

Being a human being, you want to become an immortal; sitting on the ground, you want to go to heaven.

Wei Ping swallowed her saliva, stretched out her arms and said to Wei Miao coquettishly:

"Big Pot, carry me back."

Wei Ling curled her lips, got out of bed quickly, and then said with her black eyes rolling:

"Whoever goes out first gets to eat the baguette in the middle tomorrow morning."

Looking at the kids running away, Wei Miao raised the corner of his mouth, bolted the door with his backhand, and pulled the curtains tightly.

She walked to the inside of her bed, squatted, and groped skillfully on the bricks.

Four large blue bricks were taken out, and Wei Miao shrank his body and crawled in.

Wei Miao groped for the matchbox, and with a "click", light appeared in the dark and narrow space.

She lit the half-burnt candle next to her.

With the help of the flickering firelight, she picked up the small shovel on the ground and continued digging the soil at the height of her calves.

The Wei family’s house was one of the first Shikumen houses built in the 1980s.

The entire area is made up of a two-story courtyard with a patio connected to another, forming an alley.

Living next door to her is her sister-in-law A Xiu. The husband of the family has been bedridden for many years. The eldest son is sixteen years old and the youngest daughter is twelve years old. The whole family depends on her working as a domestic worker to make a living.

Wei Miao accidentally discovered that there was a one-meter-wide mezzanine in his grandparents' bedroom.

At first, she just put the money she earned into this gap.

Later, she gradually discovered that there was something under this narrow gap that kept attracting her.

Wei Miao understood that besides food, the only thing that could attract her was money.

There should be no food buried underground except for the mummies, so it must be money.

Such a strong fortune made her unable to sleep at night, but she couldn't find any other way.

So she chose the dumbest way and dug down little by little. At the beginning, she had no experience and always heard A Xiu's sister-in-law say that there were mice in her house at night, rustling around.

After tossing and turning for most of the night, Wei Miao finally changed his clothes and poured the dug soil into the pile of coal slag that Wei Ran and the others had picked up.

After a quick wash, she snuggled into the quilt and soon fell into a deep sleep.