Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 59 Scavenging Yellow Croakers of All Sizes from the Deaf Old Woman's House

Wang Feng rode all the way, his bicycle almost smoking from his pedaling, and finally returned to courtyard number 95 five minutes later.

However, this time he did not enter from the front yard, but went around to the outside of the back yard wall.

Scanning his surroundings and finding no one around, Wang Feng leaned over the wall to observe the activity inside the courtyard.

Seeing that there was no one outside in the backyard, Wang Feng took out a coarse linen coat and a hood to change into, then took out a pair of shoes two sizes too big for him and put them on. After putting on gloves and shoe covers, the preparations were complete.

After storing the bicycle in his spatial storage, Wang Feng quickly climbed over the wall and hid in a corner of the backyard.

After looking around again to make sure no one was passing by, Wang Feng quickly arrived at the deaf old woman's doorstep.

The deaf old woman locked the door before leaving the house, but Wang Feng only pulled it lightly and broke the lock.

After glancing around and seeing that no one had noticed, Wang Feng quickly entered the deaf old woman's room and closed the door.

Once inside, Wang Feng didn't care about anything else and started a violent search, throwing blankets and clothes all over the floor.

Based on the timeline, the deaf old woman and Yi Zhonghai should be on their way back now. It took him five minutes to ride his bicycle, and another two minutes to change his clothes and put on his headgear. It would take Yi Zhonghai half an hour to carry the deaf old woman back. In other words, he had a total of twenty minutes to search the deaf old woman's house.

Wang Feng lifted the blanket and found a square cut on the bed board. He pried open the bed board and found a wooden box.

Upon opening the wooden box, Wang Feng found a house deed, about six hundred yuan, and some common receipts such as grain coupons and cloth coupons. He immediately put the wooden box and the deed into his spatial storage.

After moving the wooden bed, Wang Feng carefully examined the floor tiles underneath. He discovered that four tiles clearly showed signs of being pried open.

"Heh, so you all like to hide under the bed, huh?"

Wang Feng chuckled, picked up his tools, and pried open four floor tiles, revealing another wooden box.

Taking out the wooden box, Wang Feng felt that it should weigh about ten pounds. He knew that it must contain large and small yellow croakers.

really.

Upon opening the wooden box, one finds twenty large yellow croakers, eight small yellow croakers, and some gold and silver jewelry, but nothing else.

Wang Feng didn't stand on ceremony and directly put it into his spatial storage.

Next, Wang Feng checked the cabinets, the table, and even every tile on the floor, but still couldn't find any useful clues.

"Damn, this old bastard is really good at hiding things."

Seeing that it was almost time, Wang Feng opened the door and found that no one was wandering around outside in the backyard. He climbed over the wall and, finding no one outside, simply climbed over the wall and went outside.

After quickly changing his clothes and putting his hood and gloves into his spatial storage, Wang Feng headed straight for the Nanluoguxiang vegetable market.

at the same time.

Yi Zhonghai carried the deaf old woman back to the backyard. When the old woman saw that her lock had been pried open, she was shocked.

She rushed into the house and saw that it had been ransacked. She almost lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"Grandma, what... what happened? Did a thief break in? Grandma, quickly check if anything is missing!"

The deaf old woman had no time to pay attention to Yi Zhonghai. She quickly pushed him out the door and said:

"Zhonghai, you can go out first."

"Why."

Yi Zhonghai knew that the deaf old lady had many large and small yellow croakers at home, which he didn't want her to see, but there was nothing he could do but endure it for now.

After closing the door, the deaf old woman went to the floor under the bed and pried open the floor tiles. When she saw that there was nothing under the tiles, she immediately sat down on the floor.

After a while, the deaf old woman finally sat up, pried open the hidden compartment in the bed board, and found that the money and food coupons inside were gone. She immediately collapsed to the ground.

"It's gone, it's gone, it's all gone!"

These croakers, big and small, were her life savings, and now they're all gone. What will she do in the future?

Fortunately, those important documents weren't kept in the house; if they had been lost, she might as well have just died.

As for the treasure, forget about it. She couldn't open the stone door to the treasure at all. She was just a lonely old woman who didn't trust anyone except her son, whose fate was unknown.

This is Prince Qing's treasure trove, filled with mountains of gold and silver jewels; she dares not tell anyone.

Opening the door, Yi Zhonghai rushed into the room and hurriedly asked, "Grandma, how is it? Is anything missing?"

"Zhonghai, you need to report this to the police right away! My 600-plus yuan and all the receipts have been stolen."

The deaf old woman dared not tell Yi Zhonghai that her large and small yellow croakers were gone, otherwise Yi Zhonghai would definitely not take care of her anymore.

In the past, in order to get Yi Zhonghai to take care of her, she deliberately showed him several large yellow croakers.

To put it bluntly, her relationship with Yi Zhonghai was purely based on self-interest. Yi Zhonghai took care of her, and after she passed away, all of her estate would go to Yi Zhonghai.

"Grandma, you only lost a little over six hundred yuan?" Yi Zhonghai asked tentatively.

The deaf old woman nodded slightly: "Zhonghai, we were only out for a little over an hour, and my house was robbed. It's most likely someone from our compound. You should report it to the police immediately."

"Oh, ma'am, I'll go right away."

Upon learning that the deaf old woman's large and small yellow croakers were still there, Yi Zhonghai breathed a long sigh of relief. If those yellow croakers were gone, wouldn't all the years he had spent taking care of the deaf old woman have been for nothing?

Yi Zhonghai was in a hurry to report to the police when he ran into Wang Feng, who was returning from the market, just as he reached the front yard.

Holding a large rooster, Wang Feng saw Yi Zhonghai's hurried appearance and knew that he must have gone to report to the police. However, he did not greet Yi Zhonghai and went straight back to the Intermediate People's Court.

Back in the house, Wang Feng brought out a recliner and placed a small table next to it. On the table were a teapot and melon seeds. Wang Feng drank tea and ate melon seeds, waiting to watch the show.

"Brother Wang Feng, you really know how to enjoy yourself."

He Yushui walked up to Wang Feng and said with a smile.

"Hehe, it's rainwater. Here, have some melon seeds."

Wang Feng had a good impression of He Yushui. When Sha Zhu was about to hit him, He Yushui had warned him to be careful.

In his memory, Yu Shui and he used to get along quite well. Sometimes when his father went to the countryside to buy supplies, Yu Shui would even cook for him.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang Feng."

He Yushui didn't stand on ceremony, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and started eating.

"Brother Wang Feng, do you think my brother can still get out?" He Yushui asked with some concern.

Wang Feng smiled and nodded: "Yushui, your brother has fought with Xu Damao more than once or twice. This time he probably went a little too far. I think he'll only have to pay Xu Damao a few dozen yuan at most before he's out. Don't worry."

No one in the hospital knows that Xu Damao is infertile. If anyone were to reveal this, it would be tantamount to offending Xu Damao to death. He would never do something that would not bring him any benefit and would only offend people.

He Yushui nodded her head in deep agreement.

"Brother Wang Feng, how come you've suddenly become such a good fighter? Last time, even with so many of my brothers together, they were no match for you."

"Brother Wang Feng, if my brother ever offends you in any way in the future, could you please, for my sake, not kill him?"