Ding Qiunan took his feet back in a daze, and turned back to look at Li Donglai in confusion.
Li Donglai pointed to the ground.
Only then did Ding Qiunan notice that a footprint suddenly appeared on the wooden board that was originally covered with white lime.
"Is this a burglar?...Hmm..." Ding Qiunan's heart trembled and he wanted to scream, but a big hand covered his mouth.
"Shh!" Li Donglai raised his finger to his mouth and pointed behind him, "You wait here, I'll go in and take a look."
With that said, he tiptoed into the house.
Ding Qiunan felt regretful when Li Donglai walked in completely.
If there is really a thief inside, will Brother Donglai suffer a loss?
No, I want to go in too!
With this thought in mind, she mustered up her courage, clenched her little hands into fists, and stepped into the house.
"Come in, it's okay." Li Donglai's voice came from inside the house, and Ding Qiunan breathed a sigh of relief.
Entered the house.
Li Donglai had already turned on the light and was looking for something with a flashlight in his hand.
It seemed like there was a break-in and something was lost... Ding Qiunan also took out a flashlight from the drawer and helped to find it.
For half an hour, the two of them were sweating profusely and exhausted, and looked at each other in disbelief.
Nothing was missing in the house.
The five yuan in the drawer, Ding Qiunan's watch under the bedside, the little sister's Gala... they are all there.
"That's strange. Nothing is missing in the room, so who came in?" Ding Qiunan slowly sat on the bedside, frowning and talking to himself.
She seemed to have thought of something, looked at Li Donglai, and whispered: "Brother Donglai, I think the shoe print at the door looks like a child's shoe print. Is there a naughty child who broke in to play?"
"No." Li Donglai shook his head, "In the courtyard house, except for the Jia family's boss, no other children have the habit of sneaking into other people's houses without their permission."
"If he is a stickler, he will definitely steal something when he comes in and will not leave empty-handed."
"Empty hands..." A cold light flashed in Li Donglai's eyes, and he quickly walked to the bed, hunched over and looked for it.
"Brother Donglai, there is nothing under the bed, how could something be lost?" Ding Qiunan followed him and asked in confusion.
Li Donglai took a flashlight and looked around under the bed. After confirming that there was nothing, he straightened up and said, "It's not scary to lose things. What I'm afraid of is that there are some extra things in our house."
"There are so many things..." Ding Qiunan thought for a moment, his face suddenly turned pale, and he picked up the flashlight and started searching.
Under the bed, in the cupboard, in the corner, behind the coal stove...
"Found it, found it!"
Hearing Ding Qiunan's cry, Li Donglai walked over quickly and saw Ding Qiunan holding a square box and looking at Li Donglai with a frightened expression.
"Brother Donglai, there really is something extra in our house." Ding Qiunan's voice was trembling, and his fingers were trembling, as if the square box was like a bomb.
Obviously, someone is trying to harm us.
Ding Qiunan has never encountered such a situation.
She felt a cold air rush from her tailbone to the back of her head. Her whole body began to tremble.
Suddenly, a pair of strong arms embraced her.
Although he didn't speak, Ding Qiunan heard the steady heartbeat in his chest behind him, and the heart hanging in his throat gradually fell to the ground.
She is like a small boat sailing into the warm harbor from the rough waves.
"Come on, give me the box." After hearing that steady voice, Ding Qiunan came to his senses and handed the box to Li Donglai.
Li Donglai placed the box on the table and looked at it carefully with the help of dim light.
This box is about the size of a palm, and its style is more primitive than the one Lou Xiao'e gave him. It has a flying maid outlined in red lines. The craftsman's craftsmanship is excellent, and the patterns on the edges of the maid's clothes are clearly visible.
Li Donglai knocked on the box and lowered his ears.
There was a hollow sound coming from inside, which showed that the thing inside was not big, and it probably wasn't explosives or anything like that.
Even so, he still asked Ding Qiunan to stand farther away, and then gently opened the copper robe.
I saw a jade pendant lying quietly among the red silk cloth.
"Jade pendant?" Ding Qiunan also came over, and Li Donglai reached out and took out the jade pendant and turned on the flashlight.
The jade pendant is shaped like a crescent moon and is milky white. When the flashlight shines in, the inside is crystal clear, showing that it is not ordinary.
There was a red and black color at the edge. Li Donglai brought it to his nose and smelled it, and could vaguely smell an earthy smell.
Obviously, this jade pendant is an antique and the kind that was found from a tomb.
However, in this era, there are also tomb robbers?
As soon as this idea emerged, Li Donglai felt that he was naive.
The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.
Most people in this era are simple and honest, but there are also many people with ulterior motives.
Touching the jade pendant, he felt the coldness coming from inside, and Li Donglai's heart felt cold.
Tomb robbers want to take their guns.
Whoever secretly hid the jade pendant in his home obviously wanted to kill himself.
What a vicious heart!
"Brother Donglai, is this jade pendant an antique?" Ding Qiunan asked worriedly when he saw Li Donglai's expression flickering.
"Yeah. But luckily we discovered it in advance." Li Donglai put the jade pendant in the box, put the box in his pocket, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I can handle it."
Although Ding Qiunan could not hide the worry in his eyes, he still nodded heavily without hesitation.
"I'll take the box and go out to find someone now. You go to the third uncle's house to play for a while and don't reveal anything about the box."
Li Donglai sent Ding Qiunan to Yanbugui's house, and Yan Jiecheng's fiancee Yu Li happened to be there too.
Yu Li seemed very positive. She left Yan Jiecheng behind, took Ding Qiunan's hand and walked into the back room.
"Sister-in-law, when I see you, it's like meeting my biological sister. My sister collected scraps today and got a good thing. Let me show it to you."
Good thing? Ding Qiunan looked at Li Donglai uneasily.
Li Donglai nodded to her, and Ding Qiunan entered the back room with confidence.
"Donglai, it's so late, where are you going? I asked Yan Jiecheng to accompany you." Yan Bugui noticed something was wrong and asked proactively.
Li Dong came to look at Yan Jiecheng.
Yan Jiecheng, who was originally upset that his fiancée was taken over by Ding Qiunan, suddenly sat up from his chair when he heard this, looking eager to try.
He knew that Yan Bugui was creating an opportunity for him and Li Donglai to get along.
Ever since the Yan family embraced Li Donglai's lap, life has become visibly better.
In the past, I didn’t even have enough cornmeal porridge to drink, but now I can occasionally steam a meal of white flour steamed buns.
Also, Li Donglai is now the director of a hospital department and will definitely be promoted after he graduates from university.
Such thick thighs need to be hugged tightly.
Considering that it was dark and there were enemies in the dark, Li Donglai did not refuse.
The two of them rode bicycles and ran towards the steel rolling mill.
After leaving the courtyard gate, Yan Jiecheng started talking more.
"Brother Donglai, your current salary is more than 100. After you graduate from college, won't it be possible to increase it to more than 200?"
"How can there be so much! The salary of the director of the ministries and commissions is only 253."
"There are so few. It's better not to go to college. If you have the time, why not organize a group of people to collect scraps with Mr. Wang Wu. I heard Yu Li said that Mr. Wang and the others can earn this amount every day.
" Yan Jiecheng made a single gesture and made a slap.
"Money is useful sometimes, but useless sometimes. I mean you are now a first-level fitter, and Yu Li also makes money collecting scraps. You should focus on improving your skills." Li Donglai looked at the rolling steel in the distance.
