"I know, I know," Gao Dalin said impatiently.
It is said that on that day, Gao Second Sister went to An's house to fetch Gao Meiyun's corpse. When no one was paying attention, she sneaked into Gao Meiyun's room and did find some nice things as expected.
Under Gao Meiyun’s bed was a box, containing two to three hundred dollars, and a diary.
The money itself was a nice surprise, but the diary gave her an even bigger one, including an earth-shattering secret.
Afraid of forgetting the things from her previous life due to poor memory, Gao Meiyun had recorded all the big and small events she could remember clearly in her diary.
The wedding day was quite chaotic. She thought the important stuff was not suitable to take away that day, so she hid it under the bed, planning to come back and take it a couple days later.
Unexpectedly, something happened on the wedding day, and she never had a chance to come back. She ended up dying outside, which worked out nicely for Gao Second Sister.
Gao Second Sister had never been a kind person. After learning this secret, she made a series of plans according to the records in the diary, starting with her and Gao Dalin's future.
From the diary, she learned that there were human traffickers near the train station who had been active for many years. They had trafficked countless women and children, with details of the gang's hideouts recorded precisely.
These were things An Zhiqing did not know, because during the period when the An family got into trouble in her previous life, she left with them. By the time she came back, An Wenqing had been trafficked. She only managed to catch up but was unable to rescue him, still ending up with a bleak outcome and dying in the end.
An Zhiqing only knew the face of the trafficker who took An Wenqing away. She had gone to the train station to look for him several times in recent days, but it was like finding a needle in the ocean and she found nothing.
No one would have imagined that Gao Second Sister would actually set her sights on the human traffickers.
It had to be said, if the malignancy was excluded, the Gao family's genes were quite outstanding. It was a pity that none of them used their brains for good causes.
Eighteen years ago, Gao Dazhuang exchanged someone else's child for his own daughter to have a good life. Two years ago, Gao Meiyun wanted An Zhiqing to die in order to secure her own position. Today, Gao Second Sister dared to take on human traffickers for her future prospects. One really didn't know whether to praise her for being gutsy.
Unfortunately, Gao Second Sister didn't know that before leaving Jincheng, An Zhiqing learned that she hadn't left and asked Liu Jun to keep an eye on her.
Of course, An Zhiqing also gave Liu Jun proper payment. She couldn't expect others to help for free.
And Liu Jun was willing to help not just because of the money, but also because of An Zhiqing. Furthermore, last time at the Lin family's place, it was because of An Zhiqing that he was the first to find out Huang Cui was a spy and arrested Huang Cui's family members, thus obtaining huge benefits.
Moreover, with An Zhiqing's request, Liu Jun specifically ordered one of his subordinates to pay attention to Gao Second Sister and brother's actions.
As a result, as soon as Gao Second Sister made a move, Liu Jun received the news on his end and followed them.
What a coincidence, Gao Second Sister planned everything carefully but gained nothing. On the contrary, Liu Jun snatched the advantage and made another contribution.
This time, Liu Jun gained a profound realization - ever since getting to know An Zhiqing, he had made one contribution after another, and every time it was because of her. She was simply his lucky star.
Hence, Liu Jun watched Gao Second Sister and her brother even more attentively.
In a few days, the man who was guarding Gao Second Sister saved a drowning girl and found himself a wife.
Liu Jun had an intuition that Gao Second Sister might bring him even bigger surprises later, so he decided to stake out himself. As a result, he happened to save a senior official again...
After several occurrences like this, Gao Second Sister finally realized that Gao Meiyun’s diary could not necessarily bring her good fortune.
She planned according to the events recorded in the diary, but the well-planned scheme to catch the human traffickers was ruined by a group of minions.
That day, a girl from a decent family was going to fall into the river. She let Gao Dalin go save her. Although Gao Dalin did not look good, as long as he tore the girl's clothes off in the water, she would have to marry him even if unwilling. But in the end, Gao Dalin still failed to snatch her.
She herself staked out the place where the senior official would fall, but the lead minion got there first again, sending the official to the hospital and taking credit for it. From start to finish, she didn't even get to show her face.
One really didn't know whether to feel frustrated!
Mentally devastated, Gao Second Sister decided to return to An Le Village, because she realized that group of elusive minions was simply her nemesis.
She didn't dare take out the money from Gao Meiyun, and had no food tickets or ration book to buy meals in the city. When Gao Dalin tried to steal someone's dog again, he got bitten by the dog. If they stayed any longer, the two siblings would only starve to death.
Moreover, they didn't have an introduction letter. If caught by the neighborhood committee, they would only be sent back and criticized.
It was different for Liu Jun. After getting a taste of benefits for several times, just when he was excited to follow Gao Second Sister, she suddenly returned to An Le Village.
Unwilling to give up, he had people keep watch over them for a period of time. Finding that there really was nothing to gain, he finally gave up continuing to watch them.
Also, Gao Meiyun didn't have much knowledge in that lifetime. Most of the things she knew about were just casual mentions she overheard from others. She had used some herself after rebirth for two years, and Gao Second Sister plotted unsuccessfully for several times. There really wasn't much left.
As for the later records, they were things that would happen many years later, and no one knew what they would look like by then.
...
Lingjiang City Food Factory was the only food factory in the city. However, as the region was relatively poor, the food produced was too monotonous and unpalatable - it couldn't be sold externally, and locals couldn't afford it either.
This time Wu Lei was sent south to learn about new food varieties, but he spent a lot of money and didn't learn much.
Food formulas were the most core technology for every food factory. Others were also guarding them closely, unwilling to teach if not for an exchange, simply letting him make a wasted trip to make things difficult for him.
Eating the mung bean cakes An Zhiqing gave him, Wu Lei felt more and more upset as he thought about it.
If things carried on this way, the factory probably wouldn't last much longer.
...
Early in the morning, An Zhiqing came over and brought them breakfast. After breakfast, he took Pei Jing out.
An Zhiqing didn't idle away either. She went to ask Aunt Fengxia for information, such as the river outside the military district where local women washed their beddings and clothes. With only two wells among dozens of households here, washing queue could get long when it got busy, let alone going to wash beddings and clothes.
After chatting for a good half day, the roar of a truck sounded and stopped at the door. Pei Jing and An Zhiqing jumped off the truck, and some helpers were with them too. An Zhiqing also got up to take her leave.
Opening the door, everyone carried things into the house.
The wardrobe was moved into the room, and also a bedside table. There were two dining tables, one big and one small, both placed outside. The small one could just be pushed under the big one. There were also several chairs and small stools, all looking half old and incomplete, some missing arms or legs.
The kitchen utensils, pots and pans, stove and coal balls...
The two of them had really gotten a lot of stuff this morning.
After everything was moved into the house and arranged nicely, Pei Jing thanked the helpers, and An Zhiqing busied herself pouring water for them too.
An Zhiqing said, "The furniture is a bit dirty. You two clean and tidy them up yourselves. Fix anything that's not too good. I still have things to do in the afternoon, so I won't help you guys."
