Chapter 45: Emptying the Enemy's Home and Marrying a Tyrant 1
When Ning Yan returned home, Ning Father and Ning Mother were both in the living room drinking tea. She said in a hurry, “Dad, I have something to tell you. Come with me to the study. Mom, keep an eye on things.”
Ning Wuyan saw that his daughter was so anxious that her forehead was sweating, so he quickly got up, and the two of them went to the study.
Ning's Mom knew that her daughter must have something important to say, otherwise she wouldn't be in such a hurry. There were still two helpers at home, so she simply dismissed them all.
“Dad, do you still remember my classmate surnamed Chu, Chu Jingze?”
“Chu Jingze? The one whose dad works in the government?”
Ning Yan nodded: “Yes, that’s him. I ran into him while shopping today. He called me aside and told me that he went to deliver food to his dad yesterday and heard that someone reported our family. However, because our family had made contributions in the past, they are still hesitating.”
Ning Wuyan was first startled, then quickly regained his composure: “Go register for going to the countryside.”
He quickly got up, twisted the mechanism in the study, and the bookshelf moved to reveal the secret room inside. “Come in.”
Ning Yan followed him in and also saw the things in the secret room.
“After our cotton mill was handed over, we received a 20% dividend every year. All the money earned in the past twenty years is in these boxes. Unfortunately, you can’t take these things with you, but you can take more of these tickets, and also the things in this small box. Find a place to hide them.”
Yes, the secret room was full of boxes. Besides one box filled with various tickets and money, there was also a smaller carved box than the money box, which was full of valuable jewelry. The rest were all small gold bars.
Ning Wuyan had already made two preparations before, putting the things passed down from his ancestors in three places, and also bought some grain to store in one of the places.
But now, with the current situation, if their family were really sent to a farm, those things would be even more untouchable.
He now only hoped that his daughter could live safely.
Ning Yan, however, pulled out the jade pendant around her neck, “Dad, do you still remember this jade pendant that Grandma passed down to me?”
Ning Wuyan: “Of course I remember. This is your grandmother's family heirloom. She said that everything else could be lost, but the jade pendant could not.”
Ning Yan said: “I had a dream two days ago, and after I woke up, I found that this jade pendant was a space.”
Ning Wuyan: …What is a space?
Ning Yan had no choice but to show her dad. She waved her hand, and the things in the secret room disappeared before his eyes.
Ning Wuyan: …
He silently chanted, no spirits after the founding of the country, no spirits after the founding of the country, no spirits after the founding of the country… What the hell!
So many of his good things had vanished into thin air. If it wasn't a ghost, what was it?
“Dad, don’t be afraid. The jade pendant hasn’t become a spirit, and neither has your daughter. It’s just that this jade pendant is a space that can store things. A fated person can open it, but to an unfated person, it’s just a jade pendant.
Look, these things are all still here!”
After speaking, she waved her hand, and the boxes reappeared.
Ning Wuyan had been in business for many years and had long cultivated a state of being unperturbed by changes, but today he lost his composure.
“What else is in your jade pendant?”
Ning Yan rummaged through it and found a ring that was neither gold nor jade, “There’s also a space ring here, similar to the jade pendant, but it only has five square meters. Dad, you just need to drip blood on it to use it.”
Ning Dad was also decisive. He turned and left the secret room, picked up the paper cutter on the desk, and cut his hand.
Ning Yan quickly handed him the ring, and the blood was indeed absorbed.
Ning Dad tentatively put away two boxes of gold. Sure enough, the boxes disappeared, and at the same time, he did see two boxes of gold enter the ring, and there was still some space left in the ring.
He took a deep breath and then released the two boxes of gold, “Yanyan, quickly put all these things away. If Dad and your mom are sent down, they won’t have the chance to use gold bars. It’s better to put more food. I don’t know how long food can be stored in the ring.”
Ning Yan, “Whatever it looks like when it goes in, it stays that way. It should be permanently fresh.”
“That’s perfect. Later, when we go out, let your mom make some food and I’ll put it away. You quickly put these away. Also, there are three other places that we, father and daughter, need to visit tonight.”
With the jade pendant space, those things naturally had to be taken by his daughter.
It was half an hour later when the father and daughter came out of the secret room.
Ning Father whispered a few words to his wife, and the two helpers were dismissed, compensated with one month's salary.
Next, the couple went into the kitchen. All the rice and flour were made into food. As soon as they came out of the pot, they were all put into Ning Dad's ring.
Meanwhile, Ning Yan dressed up, first went to sign up for going to the countryside, and then published a notice in the newspaper to sever ties with her family.
Afterwards, she went to the department store, sorted out all the tickets, exchanged all the local tickets for goods, and bought a lot of pots and basins, specifically for holding food.
After buying things, she would find a deserted place to put them away.
She also went to the state-run restaurant and bought a lot of meat and vegetables, packed them in lunch boxes, and then did the same operation. By the time she returned home, she only had some daily necessities left in her hands.
Seeing their daughter return, Ning Dad and Ning's Mom quickly brought the food to the table and urged Ning Yan to eat.
Ning Yan handed all the cured meat, sausages, pork belly, and ribs she had bought to Ning Dad, telling him to cook and store them while he had time tonight. She also distributed some daily necessities to her parents.
“I have already published a notice in the newspaper severing ties with you two. The place where I’m going to the countryside has also been decided, in Heilongjiang Province. This is the address, Dad, you should keep it safe too.
When the time comes, I will mail things to you and Mom. When you get there, you and Mom can eat without worry. As long as you eat well, your health won't deteriorate. Hold on for a few years, and after this storm passes, our family can be reunited again.”
In her previous life, Ning Dad and Ning's Mom were sent to a farm in Heilongjiang Province. The couple had lived a leisurely life for half their lives and couldn't endure the hard labor on the farm. They also lost contact with their daughter and died of illness within a few years.
In this life, she would never allow this couple to repeat the same mistakes as in her previous life!
So she specifically gave things to the people at the going-to-the-countryside office and chose the brigade closest to their assigned location, but she couldn't mention this because she couldn't explain it.
Anyway, her dad had a space ring. Even if it was a bit small, it could hold hundreds of pounds of food. Plus, she could secretly go and deliver things from time to time, so her parents' lives would definitely not be unbearable.
Ning's Mom looked at her daughter, smiling gently, “My child has grown up.”
Although she was very afraid of being sent down, seeing her child so sensible, her heart also calmed down. Whatever happens, as long as they live, there is hope! As long as they have food, they can live.
Ning Dad also nodded, “She’s indeed stronger than before.”