It was said that outside the courtyard, Qin Chunhe drove away with his carriage, while Qin Huairu stayed at the Zheng family.
The diligent Qin Huairu cleaned up the Zheng family and washed the dirty clothes that the Zheng family had changed. Zheng Zhendong stopped for a long time but didn't stop him.
They had no choice but to help clean up. The two of them worked until about 5 o'clock before they finished cleaning up. Qin Huairu looked at the fruits of her labor and smiled with satisfaction.
Then he took the basin and walked to Zheng's house. At this time, he happened to catch up with the He family father and son who had returned home early from get off work at the steel rolling mill.
Zheng Zhendong hurried forward to say hello to them, and He Daqing returned home after replying.
Zheng Zhendong looked at Shazhu who stopped and asked.
"Brother Zhuzi, how do you feel about your first day at the steel rolling mill?"
Silly Zhu stared at Qin Huairu who was about to enter Zheng's house, and then said.
"It's not bad. Isn't it your first day to do some apprenticeship work? By the way, who was the girl who came into your house just now?"
Hearing Sha Zhu's question, Zheng Zhendong's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Sha Zhu with deep meaning in his eyes and warned.
"This is my sister-in-law. Don't look around or have any inappropriate thoughts, otherwise... hum!"
When Si Zhu heard what Zheng Zhendong said, he felt as if his thoughts had been read, his face turned red and he defended.
"Dongzi, look at what you said. That's your sister-in-law, and that's my sister-in-law. We both don't dare to do it. You're overthinking it!"
Zheng Zhendong didn't care whether he was telling the truth or not. He would just go back later and ask Qin Huairu to stay away from him.
After chatting with Zheng Zhendong for a few more words, Shazhu hurried home.
Zheng Zhendong saw that Sha Zhu had gone home, so he followed him back to his home. He looked at Qin Huairu who was resting and said.
"Sister Huairu, be careful when you go out. There are a few young men of school age in this courtyard. If they bother you, don't talk to them. You can go home and tell me."
Although Qin Huairu was full of doubts, she knew that Zheng Zhendong would not lie to her, so she spoke.
"Okay, Dongzi, if there is really someone who is pestering me, I will tell you right away!"
After saying this, Qin Huairu saw that it was getting late and asked.
"Dongzi, I see it's getting late. Do you want to make dinner now?"
Zheng Zhendong thought for a while and then said: "Wait a minute, Sister Huairu, let's wait until my mother comes back. You can play with my little sister for a while and take a rest."
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Around 5:30, Zheng’s mother and a group of her neighbors who were working at the steel rolling mill began to return to the courtyard one after another.
When Zheng's mother returned home, she was very happy to see Qin Huairu coming. She held her hand and talked for a while before starting to cook.
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After eating and cleaning up, Mother Zheng took Qin Huairu to the bedroom. The three of them squeezed into a bed and chatted until midnight before falling asleep.
After getting up the next morning after dinner, Zheng's mother asked her second uncle Liu Haizhong to take a day off, and then took Qin Huairu and Zheng Xinyi out to go shopping.
Zheng Zhendong watched the three people go out and have nothing to do at home. Thinking that he hadn't taken a shower for a long time, he took toiletries to the bathhouse.
I soaked in the hot water and was scalded by the hot water. I felt so comfortable that I wanted to sleep. Because it was morning, there were not many people in the bathhouse.
Zheng Zhendong soaked for almost an hour. When he was about to get up, two old men in their fifties and sixties walked in from the door of the bathhouse.
These two old men wore big pants, spoke in a high-pitched voice, and looked a bit girly.
An old man held a hand pot, took a sip and said.
"I said, Lao Wang, haven't you found anything yet? How long has it been!"
The other man, who was called Lao Wang, yelled: "Speaking of Mr. Li, I searched my godfather's house and couldn't find it. Could it be that he took it?"
The old man surnamed Li thought for a while and said: "It's impossible. My godfather gave it to him with his own hands. If it's not with him, where else could it be?"
"By the way, did Mr. Wang go to a place he often visited when he was alive?"
"Think about it carefully. Besides, Old Ghost Wang didn't leave a single word behind during his lifetime? Or do you want to keep it all to yourself?"
The old man surnamed Wang quickly cried out, swearing and promising that his character was fine.
Then he said that when Wang Laogui was alive, he would go to the Xu family temple in Dongcheng every three months, and he would not be allowed to follow.
Zheng Zhendong, who was squinting his eyes and pretending to be asleep, was very curious after hearing this. What on earth could make the two of them so anxious?
After meeting the two of them for a while, they stopped mentioning this. Zheng Zhendong pretended to have just woken up, got up and went to the bath room.
The bath master came forward to give Zheng Zhendong a bath. Zheng Zhendong asked curiously.
"Uncle, what's going on with the two old men inside?"
The bath master replied while bathing.
"What do you think of these two? They used to be civil servants in the palace, dedicated to serving the emperor. When the emperor stepped down, they left the palace. Now we are no longer in a new society. They spend their days doing whatever they want!"
Hearing what the bath master said, Zheng Zhendong suddenly realized that no wonder he spoke in such a tone. It turned out to be two eunuchs. This is not surprising.
Thinking of what the two mentioned just now, I felt itchy in my heart. What on earth was it that made the two of them pay so much attention to it that Zheng Zhendong wanted to visit the Xujia Temple?
After finishing the bath, Zheng Zhendong put on his clothes and walked quickly to the Xujia Temple.
When we arrived at the Xujia Temple, we saw that it was already dilapidated. When we walked into the temple, we found that there were some broken bricks and tiles inside, and only the Buddha statue in the main hall was still standing.
However, the Buddhist altar of this Buddha statue is a bit strange. It is a little wider than the ordinary Buddhist altar.
Zheng Zhendong looked at the Buddhist altar carefully, and the more he looked at it, the stranger he became. He couldn't help but murmur in his heart, the things the two old men were talking about just now could not be in this Buddhist altar!
Zheng Zhendong observed carefully and found that there was half a wall behind the Buddhist altar. After careful exploration, he found that a few bricks were alive.
Zheng Zhendong hurriedly took off the bricks, and then saw a three-foot-square cave inside.
Zheng Zhendong reached inside and soon took out a camphor wood box. He dug around again and took out a small sandalwood box.
Zheng Zhendong saw that there was nothing inside, so he put the bricks back, put the two boxes in his arms, looked around, and saw that no one had noticed him, he quickly walked home.
While walking on the road, Zheng Zhendong was very curious about what was in the box, and the two eunuchs could not forget it.
In order to see the contents of the box as soon as possible, Zheng Zhendong couldn't help but speed up his journey.
After walking for more than half an hour, Zheng Zhenzhong returned to the gate of the compound. Looking at his home so close, Zheng Zhendong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When passing by the front yard, he saw the third uncle taking care of the flowers and plants. Zheng Zhendong said hello to Yan Bugui and quickly went home.
When he returned home and saw that the three people who had gone shopping had not returned yet, Zheng Zhendong put the toiletries in his bedroom and locked the door of his house from the inside.