Song Jinyue handed over the household registration booklet, and the staff member at the Educated Youth Office immediately registered Lu Weiguo’s family of four to be sent to the countryside.
The staff member was so delighted that he couldn’t stop smiling!
“Comrade, this is the relocation allowance for going to the countryside. Each person receives two hundred yuan to help settle in. There are four people in your family, so that’s eight hundred yuan in total. Make sure you keep it safe.”
“Thank you, Comrade.”
Song Jinyue accepted the eight hundred yuan meant for Lu Weiguo’s family of four and slipped it straight into her own pocket.
All these years, her gold-digging scumbag father and those three ungrateful wolves had lived off the Song family, eating their food and spending their money.
A mere eight hundred yuan?
She would gladly accept it on their behalf.
Those ungrateful wolves wanted to scheme against her and make her suffer a loss?
Dream on!
After leaving the Educated Youth Office, Song Jinyue headed home.
Earlier, Aunt Zhang and the others had wanted to accompany her to the police station, but she had found an excuse to stop them.
By now, they were probably worried sick waiting for her.
Meanwhile, in front of the Song residence, Aunt Zhang and the others were standing beneath a tree, anxiously staring down the road.
They had been watching so intently that they practically wanted to bore a hole through it, yet there was still no sign of Song Jinyue.
“Why hasn’t Jinyue come back yet? Something couldn’t have happened to her, could it?”
Ma Guifen clasped her hands tightly and paced back and forth in anxiety.
Ma Guifen was Director Liu’s wife.
When she came home from work at noon and heard Director Liu say that Song Jinyue planned to sell her job and leave Shanghai, she hadn’t even stopped to eat. She immediately went to the textile factory to ask for leave and rushed over in a panic.
From a distance, she had spotted Aunt Zhang and the others standing outside the Song residence.
Confused, she approached them and asked what had happened, only to learn that thieves had broken into the Song family home and emptied the entire place!
She had already been waiting with Aunt Zhang and the others for almost an hour, but there was still no sign of Song Jinyue.
Her heart had been pounding nonstop, refusing to settle down.
“Guifen, don’t worry. Jinyue left with the police officers. I’m sure nothing will happen to her.”
Aunt Zhang tried to comfort her.
Despite her reassuring words, however, the worry on her face hadn’t diminished in the slightest.
After what felt like an eternity of anxious waiting, Song Jinyue’s figure finally appeared in the distance.
Everyone immediately rushed toward her.
“Jinyue, you’re finally back!”
Ma Guifen stepped forward and grabbed Song Jinyue’s hand, carefully looking her up and down.
Only after confirming that she was unharmed did the heavy weight in her heart finally disappear.
“Aunt Ma, why are you here?”
Song Jinyue was quite surprised to see Ma Guifen.
“It’s nothing. I just came over to check on you. You silly child, something this serious happened, yet you didn’t even tell me! You nearly worried me to death.”
Only a few of them knew that Song Jinyue had sold her job.
Ma Guifen deliberately skipped over that matter and didn’t mention it in front of the outsiders.
But Song Jinyue knew exactly what she meant.
She reassured her, “I’m fine. Sorry for making you worry, Aunt Ma.”
“Jinyue, how did it go? Did those thieves confess?”
Song Jinyue shook her head.
“They’re very stubborn and refuse to talk. The police said they’ll continue interrogating them. I’m sorry for making everyone worry about me. Don’t worry. As soon as there’s any news, I’ll tell all of you right away.”
“Jinyue, I know you must be upset, but no matter what happens, your health always comes first. You absolutely must take good care of yourself.”
“Give the police a little more time. I’m sure they’ll solve the case soon.”
“Jinyue, if you ever get hungry, come eat at my house. I may not be good at much, but I’m a pretty decent cook.”
“We’ve all watched you grow up since you were little. If you ever need anything, just tell us. Don’t ever feel like you have to be polite with us.”
The neighbors took turns reminding and comforting her, filling Song Jinyue’s heart with warmth.
“Thank you, Aunties and Sisters-in-law. It’s too hot outside, so you should all head home. I’ll take good care of myself.”
“Jinyue, come with me.”
Ma Guifen grabbed Song Jinyue’s hand with an expression that left no room for refusal.
“It isn’t safe for you to stay home alone. You’ll stay at my house for the next few days.”
In the end, Song Jinyue went home with Ma Guifen.
“Jinyue, sit down and have some fruit first. I’m going out to buy some meat. I haven’t seen you for just a few days, and you’ve already gotten thinner again. You need to eat plenty of meat later and nourish yourself properly.”
Ma Guifen washed some fruit and placed it on the table before immediately preparing to rush out and buy meat.
“Aunt Ma, I’m not hungry. You don’t need to go through all that trouble.”
The moment Song Jinyue heard that Ma Guifen was going out to buy meat, she immediately stood up from the sofa.
“Be good and listen to me. Stay home and get some rest. I’ll be back soon.”
Ma Guifen picked up her bag and hurried out the door.
Director Liu and Ma Guifen had a son and a daughter.
Their son, Liu Fengxiang, was already married and had children of his own. His work unit had assigned him a separate home, so he didn’t live with Director Liu and his wife. He usually only came back to visit on weekends.
Their daughter, Liu Fengyu, was a year older than Song Jinyue. She was twenty-one this year and still unmarried.
Everyone in the family had a stable job, and they were all currently at work in their respective factories.
After Ma Guifen left, Song Jinyue was the only person in the house.
Although she had spent most of the day running around—emptying out the ancestral residence, clearing out her scumbag father’s secret stash, going to the police station to replace her household registration documents, and even registering her scumbag father and those three ungrateful wolves to be sent to the countryside—Song Jinyue still felt as though she had endless energy to spare.
Since she was bored sitting around by herself, she slipped into her storage space to inspect the results of today’s hard work.
The thirty-something boxes she had found in the secret room were neatly arranged together.
For the time being, those things could only remain inside her space and couldn’t be taken out.
On the other side were all the large pieces of furniture from the house—the beds, sofas, wardrobes, tables, chairs, and more.
At present, the black market mainly dealt in grain and meat that could be purchased without ration coupons, along with scarce manufactured goods.
The most sought-after items included the so-called “Three Big Items”—watches, bicycles, and sewing machines—as well as smuggled foreign goods such as nylon stockings and tape recorders.
Large items like beds and furniture would attract far too much attention on the black market.
No one dared conduct that kind of business.
Even if Song Jinyue brought the furniture there, nobody would dare buy it.
If someone reported them, the losses would far outweigh the gains.
Song Jinyue decided to leave the large furniture inside her space for now and deal with it once the policies became more relaxed in the future.
After all, she had more than enough room inside her space.
As for the clothes, shoes, bags, and other smaller belongings of those ungrateful wolves, she would sell them after arriving in Beijing.
She had already squeezed thirty thousand yuan out of her scumbag father, Shen Yurou, and Lu Manman.
She had also sold her job for 1,200 yuan.
Adding the 27,000 yuan bankbook she had found in her scumbag father’s room, she currently had more than fifty thousand yuan in cash and savings alone.
Many of the clothes, shoes, and bags were imported goods, so she could probably sell them for several thousand yuan.
Then there were the Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Omega watches.
Those were all foreign luxury brands. Even secondhand, they could probably fetch close to twenty thousand yuan altogether.
Once everything was sold and added together, she would have more than eighty thousand yuan!
Good heavens!
Having more than eighty thousand yuan in this era meant she was absolutely loaded!
Song Jinyue crossed her arms and stared at the pile of things she intended to sell.
She could practically see stacks upon stacks of money waving enthusiastically at her!
Excitedly rubbing her hands together, she decided to freshen up.
After running around all day, she had worked up quite a sweat, so she took a long, comfortable shower inside her space.
Then she changed into an outfit similar to the one she had been wearing before.
Using the space’s one-click cooking function, she also prepared some food for the chicks and piglets and fed them.
Only after finishing everything did she leave the space.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Soon, the day finally arrived for her scumbag father and the others to return.
After Director Liu and the rest of the family left for work, Song Jinyue eagerly hurried toward the Song residence.
When her scumbag father and the others saw that the entire family fortune had been cleaned out, the expressions on their faces were bound to be priceless, weren’t they?
Hehe.
How could she possibly miss such a good show?