Once again finding a deserted spot, Su Yiyi took out an old-style basket from her space. After all, many people were working around here, so carrying tools wasn’t strange at all.
This time, she didn’t enter carrying cloth bags. She even did a simple disguise for herself. When she came out again, she had already turned into a young man.
She made several trips back and forth like this. Plus, everyone was busy preparing New Year goods, so good items sold easily. In the end, Su Yiyi earned over three hundred yuan—going from penniless to a small rich woman in one go.
After that, she changed back into her original appearance and returned to the post office, now carrying a basket on her back filled with goods.
These were to be sent back to the Su family. Thinking about the Gu family also being from the same production brigade—and since she hadn’t divorced Gu Zhenyang yet—she couldn’t show favoritism too obviously. So she also prepared some for the Gu family, just not as much as for the Su family.
After all, it was almost New Year, so she treated it as sending New Year goods.
The original owner’s father was Su Jian’guo, the brigade leader. If she made it clear which items were for the Su family and which were for the Gu family, he definitely wouldn’t dare embezzle them when distributing at the brigade office.
Su Yiyi borrowed paper and pen from the same woman and wrote a letter to the Su family before sending everything off.
After buying the “Bengma” stamps, she was about to leave the post office when the woman stopped her.
“Sister, where did you buy all these goods? They look really good. If you have connections, could you help me—”
Before she could finish, Su Yiyi glanced around cautiously to make sure no one else was nearby before relaxing.
Her reaction made the woman even more certain that Su Yiyi had some kind of supply channel. She also found it strange—nowadays things weren’t that strict anymore, so why was this girl still so careful?
“Sister, I do have a small channel,” Su Yiyi said after thinking for a moment. “But I just sold out recently, so I don’t have much left right now. Give me a few days, I’ll ask around for you. If there’s more, I’ll bring it to you. What exactly do you want to buy?”
The woman quickly replied, “What else could it be? It’s almost New Year—peanuts, melon seeds, candy, and if there’s meat, even better. I won’t mind having more of anything.”
Su Yiyi nodded. She knew asking for a deposit wasn’t realistic since they didn’t even know each other’s full names. Well, the woman probably knew hers from the mailing slip, but “Su Yiyi” was a common enough name anyway.
Still, she had to say it.
“Sister, I think you’re an honest person. Normally, helping someone buy goods requires a deposit, otherwise if you change your mind I’ll be in trouble. But I trust you—you don’t seem like that kind of person. Don’t let your little sister down, alright?”
Hearing this, the woman quickly waved her hands. “Sister, you’re being too formal! Don’t worry, I’m not that kind of person. Just come find Wang Chunhua next time.”
To prove her sincerity, she even showed her work ID.
“Alright, sister. I’ll be going now!”
After saying goodbye to Wang Chunhua, Su Yiyi returned to the military family compound gate.
By now, her basket was filled with even more goods. At the entrance, guards still had to check everything. Seeing her return with so many items, they were quite surprised—after all, they had only ever seen her taking things out before. Who would’ve thought she could also bring things back? The sun really must have risen from the west today.
After confirming there were no problems, they let her through.
Inside the compound, everyone knew each other well. Seeing Su Yiyi carrying a heavy basket, they all curiously peeked over.
She originally wanted to ignore them and go straight home, but unexpectedly, Liu Lijuan blocked her path.
“Oh? Sister-in-law of Battalion Commander Gu, what did you buy? Looks like quite a lot.”
She even reached out to grab her basket.
Su Yiyi frowned and dodged immediately. “None of your business!”
She was actually glad the original owner had this kind of personality—if she disliked someone, she would just directly snap back instead of pretending politely.
“Tch, I was just asking. Why are you so defensive? What, are you hiding something shameful?”
Su Yiyi found this woman hilarious and shouted loudly:
“Everyone come quickly! Sister Liu is inviting us all to her house for a visit—she wants us to go tour around!”
Her shout immediately attracted everyone’s attention. All eyes turned to Liu Lijuan.
People looked confused. A house tour? They all lived in the same compound—what was there to tour?
“What nonsense are you talking about? When did I say that?” Liu Lijuan panicked.
“Tch, I was just saying it casually. Why? Do you really have something shameful at home?”
Su Yiyi calmly returned her own words back to her.
Liu Lijuan was instantly speechless, her face turning dark with anger.
“I’m not talking to you anymore!” she snapped before leaving in a hurry.
She was genuinely confused. Su Yiyi used to be a loud, brainless troublemaker—why had she suddenly become so sharp-tongued?
Su Yiyi rolled her eyes and walked back home.
Someone like that—how did the original owner even get played around by her so easily?
Back home, she started organizing her goods.
She had brought back several jin of meat, enough for her to eat for quite a while. Since it had been “accounted for” in the open, she could secretly add more from her space without anyone noticing.
She also brought back rice and flour.
Seeing everyone preparing for the New Year, and knowing the children in the compound would be visiting each other during the holidays, she decided to prepare some snacks just in case.