Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 1075

Chapter 1075: Chapter 948: Social Butterfly

In the room, Zhang Guoqing let out a muffled laugh and pointed at the wardrobe. If he guessed correctly, with the opponent able to place five wooden crates here, there must be a basement.

Otherwise, if someone suddenly comes, where would these things be hidden? The set of huanghuali furniture could be camouflaged and brush off in front of those who don’t know its value, but five large wooden crates are impossible.

Zhou Jiao nodded in agreement. It was her oversight, a place that could be used as a hideout couldn’t possibly be just a simple courtyard.

With this thought, the problem was easy to solve. The couple each searched one side, except for the two to three hundred cash and tickets still unmoved on the tall and short dead bodies, a large bag of tickets wrapped in black oil paper was stuffed inside a brick at the end of the kang.

That’s not all, when Zhang Guoqing fished out the small trinkets like gold rings and gold earrings hidden in the corners, Zhou Jiao also opened the cellar seal.

Compared to her designed basement, it was naturally unimpressive, rough, but nonetheless spacious. Surprisingly, the tall guy wasn’t very straightforward to the short guy either.

Just now he was saying... these few crates are all precious antique calligraphy and paintings I secretly picked from the previous batch delivered. But who would’ve thought there was still a stash?

When Zhang Guoqing shone the flashlight on the opened lid, all he saw was a dazzling golden glint, accompanied by jewels, dazzling the eyes. He immediately shut the lid with a "snap."

It’s likely this guy is pretending allegiance while keeping these gold and jewels as a fallback for himself. Smart, but unfortunately crooked intentions.

Looking at the cellar that still had a few burlap sacks stacked together with food, valuable fur coats, and a bit of miscellaneous small items, Zhang Guoqing didn’t let Zhou Jiao store them.

Keeping these evidences along with the large cash on the bodies would make it more believable that these two guys were too happy and drank themselves to death.

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Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao returned to the county from the neighboring city again, it was already close to three in the morning, tidying themselves up, and before waiting longer, the sky had brightened.

In the city, the couple didn’t enter their own small courtyard. Unlike the countryside, the county doesn’t have as many early-farming farmers, but there were still plenty of early-rising elders doing exercises.

With their absence through the night and Ping’an covering for them, the couple didn’t need to worry about Mr. Zhang and Mother Zhang noticing.

Joining those elders in some boxing, exercising, and when returning, Mother Zhang thought her sons and daughter-in-law went out with her husband, commented a few things about her son, and pushed the daughter-in-law to quickly get some sleep instead of messing around with those stronger folks like calves.

Ping’an, who was done with horse steps nearby, almost burst into laughter hearing his grandmother’s words — his poor dad really was the scapegoat!

His own dad cared about himself dearly, he laughed, "Dad, our assignments from the three of us are in the room, you and mom can help us check them, I’ll need them this afternoon."

"Yes, you go in quickly, my grandson’s education shouldn’t be delayed. When someone asks, I’ll say you went running early and sprained your ankle, so you’re resting now."

When Mother Zhang heard this, she promptly pushed him in too, forgetting to complain about her son. She wasn’t like some people now, always saying education is useless.

Useless? What’s useless, why is it that the factory recruits still let high school graduates work in offices? Why doesn’t it let primary school graduates in those positions instead?

Zhang Guoqing winked at his wife, laughing heartily. What gold and silver, jewels, antique paintings, no matter their value, could compare to his family’s Ping’an caring about him?

At noon, the three brothers accompanying Mother Zhang on their outing also returned with some collected postmarked stamps, returning cheerfully for lunch.

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