A chaotic house, a perfect couple

Jiang Qiubai had another dream last night. Yes, it was not an ordinary dream, but a predictive dream like the last time.

This time, she saw it clearly, gold, it was gold.

Some people found gold in rotten wooden strips and table legs bought from scrap yards.

Jiang Qiubai was ecstatic when she woke up. This time, she was really going to be rich!

With this gold, even if Brother Haiyang goes in and can't come back, I don't have to worry about being left alone.

Moreover, she knew that with the money she handed over, her parents might be able to take her in for a night or two, but not for a long time.

But with this gold, things are different.

So Jiang Qiubai immediately told his parents and younger brothers about the dream he had last night.

Afraid that they would not believe her, she listed the places where she had dreamed of gems last time to confirm the authenticity of the dream.

Although they didn't get the things in the end and were beaten up, this proved that her dream was not an illusion and that there were indeed gems buried there.

Sure enough, the Jiang family, who had originally been indifferent to Jiang Qiubai, immediately became enthusiastic towards her after learning about the gold.

The two sides agreed that once the gold was found, Jiang Qiubai and the Jiang family would split it in half. Whether the Jiang family could fulfill their promise was another matter.

There are so many waste recycling stations in North City, but Jiang Qiubai inexplicably feels that the recycling station is the one near the No. 35 compound.

Since the gems underneath were dug out last time, Jiang Qiubai didn't delay at all and quickly brought his brother to the recycling station.

This time, the gold will definitely not fall into the hands of others!

Jiang Qiubai and his second brother hurried to the North City District. As soon as they entered the scrap yard, before they even saw anyone clearly, they shouted, "Master, we want to buy some broken wood to use as firewood."

When Cheng Jiajia saw the person coming, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Last night, Zheng Haihua came back and cried in front of everyone. Judging from Zheng Haiyan's scolding, Jiang Qiubai seemed to have gone back to his mother yesterday.

It's understandable that she's afraid to go back to her parents' home after such a big thing happened in the Zheng family, but why is she in the mood to go to the scrap yard to buy junk today?

He looks quite anxious.

The man next to her has some similarities with her in features and eyebrows, so he should be her younger brother.

As far as she knew, the food factory staff quarters where Jiang Qiubai's mother's family lived was not in their area, so how could they come to the scrap yard here to buy wood for firewood?

Old Man Wang didn't know Jiang Qiubai or Jiang Qiuhong, nor was he curious about this person's purpose. He just raised his eyelids to take a look, then waved his hand and said lazily, "Go ahead, there are piles of them over there. Don't mess them up!"

"Oh, okay!" Jiang Qiubai nodded repeatedly, his expression unable to hide his excitement, but when he turned around, he saw Cheng Jiajia staring at him with a smile on her face.

Jiang Qiubai was shocked, and then quickly and rudely asked, "Why are you here?!"

If Yu Junsheng was the man Jiang Qiubai hated most in the compound, then Cheng Jiajia was the woman she hated most in the compound! Jiang Qiubai would never forget the humiliation they had brought upon herself when they were dating.

What does this woman want to do now that she appears at the scrap yard where he hopes to pick up some bargains?

Jiang Qiubai became extremely alert.

Cheng Jiajia saw the wariness in her eyes and her eyes flashed.

Just buying some wood for a fire, what's the big deal? It seems Jiang Qiubai came here for another purpose.

Cheng Jiajia rolled her eyes. "Comrade Jiang, look at what you're saying. Why can't I be here? This isn't your home. What's it to you?"

Jiang Qiubai choked. It was indeed none of her business. She took a quick glance and saw that the woman was actually sitting behind the old man.

She immediately understood something and asked in a very bad tone, "Why are you working here?"

At that moment, many thoughts flashed through Jiang Qiubai's mind. What if this shameless woman found out? Should he try again another day?

But before she could figure it out, Cheng Jiajia deliberately said in a very casual tone, "Oh, you mean this? My Yu Junsheng passed the exam to the machinery factory, so the job at the scrap yard was transferred to me."

Jiang Qiubai: “!!!”

Jiang Qiubai suddenly stopped caring about anything else. She was so jealous that she was boiling with jealousy. She had worked so hard but still failed the exam, but Cheng Jiajia had easily gotten a job without any effort. Why?!

Fortunately, Cheng Jiajia didn’t know what she was thinking, otherwise she would have laughed her head off. With her condition, she still worked hard on the exam?

I just memorized it by rote. The questions changed but I didn’t know how to change the answers. It’s so funny!

The more Jiang Qiubai thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt. He couldn't help but sarcastically say, "The scrap yard is so dirty, it's a good thing you can do it. After all, you're from the countryside, so you've probably seen a lot of dirt and stench, so you're probably used to it. I can't do that. Brother Haiyang said he'd buy me a factory job in the future."

This was such a mean remark that even Cheng Jiajia didn't need to retort, Old Man Wang couldn't stand it any longer. With a sullen face, he cursed, "You female comrade, if you want to buy junk, go find it yourself. If not, get out. Why are you whining here? You're making yourself look bad, aren't you?"

Facing Cheng Jiajia, Old Man Wang put on a kind expression again and spoke to comfort her, "Girl, don't listen to her nonsense. What's wrong with coming from the countryside? I, an old man, also came from the countryside, and I'm doing well now. It shows that when judging people, you can't just look at their background, you also have to look at their character. Some people have bad character, so what if they were born in the city? They are still useless!" At the end, he couldn't help but sarcastically scold Jiang Qiubai, which made Cheng Jiajia very happy.

Cheng Jiajia looked unconcerned. "Uncle Wang, don't worry. I'm not the kind of person who gets self-deprecating when someone insignificant says something." She glanced at Jiang Qiubai sideways, her expression etched with sarcasm. "I think some people are just jealous that I have a job. They think I should have considered myself before saying anything to them, right, Uncle Wang?"

Uncle Wang burst into laughter. "That's right, you talk to me, an old man, just like Yu Junsheng. You're indeed a couple!"

The two of them kept pushing each other back and forth, and Jiang Qiubai's face turned red.

But now is not the time to argue with Cheng Jiajia, they still have to look for gold here.

What if there’s a quarrel and this old man really kicks me out?

She has more important things to do and doesn't want to argue with an unreasonable and irrational country girl like Cheng Jiajia!

So she glared at Cheng Jiajia fiercely and said, "You, you unreasonable people... I won't argue with you!" Then she turned around and ran to rummage through the junk.

Second brother Jiang didn't say a word the whole time. When Jiang Qiubai was ridiculed and squeezed, he just treated himself as a stranger and had no intention of standing up for his elder sister.

At this moment, he followed Jiang Qiubai very attentively to turn over the broken wood.

Cheng Jiajia looked at their backs thoughtfully.

Old Man Wang ignored them and drank his tea while chatting with Cheng Jiajia. "Did Junsheng report to the machinery factory today?"

"Yes, I went there this morning with the people from the courtyard."

Old man Wang sighed, "Oh, this kid is stubborn. If only..." He repeated the same old tune again, talking about Yu Junsheng's succession.

Cheng Jiajia was not sure what to say. She just mumbled a few words and kept observing Jiang Qiubai out of the corner of her eye.

Cheng Jiajia didn't believe that this person would travel all the way to the scrap yard in their area to buy wood.

Besides, Jiang Qiubai's attitude was a bit strange. She was a bit impatient and a bit wary.

If you're just buying firewood, what's there to be wary of?

That's obviously wrong.

After observing for a while, Cheng Jiajia saw Jiang Qiubai and her brother rummaging through the pile of black wood that she had just sorted yesterday.

Cheng Jiajia's thoughts turned.

There were more broken woods in the scrap yard than just these. There were quite a few piled up before, but Jiang Qiubai didn't even look at them.

They were looking for something with a clear purpose, not just some scrap wood to burn as she said.

Thinking about the origin of the pile of junk yesterday, Cheng Jiajia had a vague guess in her mind.

These two people must have heard the news somewhere and came here to take advantage of the opportunity.

Jiang Qiubai and Jiang Erdi were digging up pieces of wood, picking up the long ones specifically, looking around as if they were looking for something inside.

When Cheng Jiajia saw it, she had an idea.

After a while, both of them were covered in dust and dirt.

"Fuck, why do they all look the same? Jiang Qiubai, which one is it? Are you kidding me and my parents?" Jiang's second brother was already impatient, and he suspected that Jiang Qiubai was deliberately fooling them in order to stay at her mother's house.

Jiang Qiubai anxiously flipped through the black wooden strips and shook his head, "I really dreamed about it, second brother. My dreams are very accurate. It's in these wooden strips."

Jiang Erdi breathed a sigh of relief and continued to pick and choose resignedly.

Old man Wang suddenly felt something was wrong and looked up.

I saw that the pile of broken wood that Cheng Jiajia and Yu Junsheng had put in place yesterday had been turned into a mess, lying all over the floor.

He immediately flew into a rage and yelled, "What are you two doing? Look at what a mess you've made! Isn't this enough firewood for you to burn?!"

Jiang Qiubai was so frightened that he shuddered and the wooden stick in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.

Everyone present looked at the shiny black wooden stick.

Jiang Qiubai was very panicked and curled his fingers tightly.

"Or do you have some other purpose for coming here?" Old Man Wang cast a sharp gaze on the two of them, his eyes scrutinizing them.

Jiang Qiubai's pupils shrank when he was looked at. Has this old man started to doubt himself?

No, no, no, his doubts must be dispelled!

Her eyes rolled quickly. "No, sir, we just wanted to find some smoother wood to repair the tables and chairs. I'm so sorry to have caused you so much trouble!"

It sounds like that, but unfortunately Old Man Wang didn't listen to it. He angrily drove people away:

"Get out! Get out now! I don't have what you want here!"

Jiang Qiubai and Jiang Erdi looked at each other, fearing that there would be more trouble, so they didn't dare to confront Old Man Wang. They quickly took a few of the heaviest wooden sticks, paid the money and left.

After seeing them leave, Old Man Wang pouted and said, "They just walked away without a care in the world, but they made things difficult for us."

"Uncle Wang, you take a rest, I'll do it. I was the one who did all this yesterday, so it will be easier to clean up."

This time, Cheng Jiajia put on gloves and started to clean up without Old Man Wang telling her anything.

……

When they returned home at noon, Yu Junsheng ate in the cafeteria. Cheng Jiajia had something on her mind, so she made a simple lunch for herself.

After she finished eating, she closed the doors and windows and went to the utility room to study the shiny black wooden strips.

Jiang Qiubai's words didn't seem to be groundless. Perhaps she really knew from some channel what was inside these wooden sticks.

If there is really something hidden inside, the weight of this wooden strip will naturally be heavier than ordinary wood.

Cheng Jiajia remembered that Yu Junsheng said that the wooden strips he carried were the heaviest ones.

So is it possible that there is something hidden inside these ones I have?

Cheng Jiajia's heart was beating wildly.

On the one hand, I felt that I might have gotten lucky and found a bargain, but on the other hand, I felt that I would not be so lucky.

Cheng Jiajia hesitated for a long time, and finally took an axe, aimed it at the middle of one of the wooden sticks, closed her eyes and chopped it down.

Cheng Jiajia was very strong, and cracks began to appear on the surface of the wooden strip after a few hits. After a few more hits, the cracks gradually became larger, slowly revealing a golden area in the middle.

"Oh my god! There really are some good stuff here!" Cheng Jiajia's expression suddenly changed, with her eyes lighting up.

She then slowly chopped it with the axe, gradually peeling off the outer layer of wood, revealing what was inside.

The middle of the wooden strip was hollowed out, and small yellow croakers were hidden inside.

Cheng Jiajia counted them and there were 4 in total.

There are still seven wooden sticks left, so that means there are still 32 small yellow croakers left!

Cheng Jiajia was so excited that she couldn't close the smile on her face, hehe, hehe.

This time it’s really sent out, it’s sent out!

Cheng Jiajia then split the remaining few pieces.

There were six wooden sticks in total, and Cheng Jiajia split them all.

It was discovered that four of them contained small yellow croakers, and two of them were actually filled with cement?

Cheng Jiajia: “…”

Who is so clever to come up with this trick?

I have to say, it's very clever.

Although it was not all gold bars, Cheng Jiajia was very satisfied. After all, one should not be too greedy.

These 16 gold bars for free are like pie in the sky, right?!

Cheng Jiajia happily took the gold bars into the inner room, pulled the curtains, put the things deep in the closet, and hid them together with the wooden box from last time.

Thinking of the money that the Ren family lost last time, Cheng Jiajia suddenly felt that this cabinet was not so safe. It seemed that she had to find a more secret place.

Wait until Yu Junsheng comes back and discuss it with him.

And to be on the safe side, I have to find a few similar ones to make a shoe rack and put it in the open.

After all, so many people saw them when they brought back the wooden sticks today.

There is also Jiang Qiubai who is suspected to know the inside story.

I believe that it won’t be long before Jiang Qiubai will know that he and Yu Junsheng also bought this wooden strip.

Cheng Jiajia had a hunch that Jiang Qiubai would come looking for her soon.

If we don't see this thing in their house by then, wouldn't it make people suspect that they took the gold?

She had to prepare in advance.

Cheng Jiajia remembered that the pile of wooden sticks all looked similar, and they must have been taken down from the same object. Tomorrow, she could just look for a few similar ones in the pile, which would save her trouble.

There is no need to bother looking for colors and traces of aging that are similar.

……

At the same time, in the food factory staff quarters.

The doors and windows of the Jiang family were closed.

The Jiang family formed a circle, their eyes fixed on the wooden sticks in front of them, as if they would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Qiubai also looked at the things in front of her nervously. Her parents did not drive her away because of this gold.

There must be no mistakes this time!

No, this time no one got ahead of them, so there would be no mistakes!

Jiang Qiubai's second brother was very excited. He was rich! He was rich! He would soon have enough money to marry a wife!

He used all his strength to chop the black wood strips with the axe again and again.

Unfortunately, the wood was so hard that a few blows with the axe only left a mark.

Jiang Erdi was so angry that he cursed, "Fuck, why is this thing so hard? I've been chopping it for so long, why hasn't it cracked yet?"

"Second brother, if you can't do it, I'll do it! I'm stronger!" Third brother Jiang was eager to try. If he opened it first, would he be able to hide it while no one was paying attention?

Jiang Erdi glared at him, "What are you talking about, kid? Who said I'm no longer capable?"

When he held the wooden stick in his hand, he felt that the weight was not right. There must be a lot of gold inside.

No one can take this job away from him!

Third brother Jiang curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "I'm a weakling to begin with, and I won't let anyone say anything?"

Father Jiang scolded impatiently, "Why are you arguing? The most urgent thing now is to find the gold inside!" Father Jiang saw through the little thoughts of his two sons clearly. They were really short-sighted. Nothing had happened yet, and they started arguing already?

Second Brother Jiang took a breath, swung his arm again, and brought down the axe with all his strength.

With a "crack", the wooden strips were chopped into pieces, revealing what was inside.

The Jiang family members widened their eyes instantly and held their breath.

But then, when they saw what was inside, they were all dumbfounded.

"Cement?! It's actually cement?!"

“Why is it cement?”

Jiang Qiubai's eyes widened as he screamed in disbelief, "No, impossible!"

“Why is it cement?”

"Where's the gold?!"