"A total of a hundred thousand. Yanāer, a hundred thousand. My big brother is so damn rich. Humph, with so much money, he never thought to give us a bit. If I hadnāt voluntarily quit school back then to let mom and dad support him, he wouldnāt have what he has today or marry such a good wife."
"Ning Hai? You dead man, who are you speaking well of?"
"I... I was just complaining casually; you really take it seriously."
"Quickly, check if thereās any encryption on it (back then, money deposited on a passbook had a deposit slip, and the slip would indicate the single deposit amount. If a password was set, there would be a mark for password enclosure)." Wang Yan said, suddenly showing an excited smile, "Itās okay if thereās a password; I roughly know what it is."
"Hey, such an important thing as a password, how do you know?"
"Once, I saw your sister-in-law gave a deposit slip to our dad. Probably afraid weāll forget the password, she wrote it directly on it. I remembered it then with my wits."
"Wife, you truly are my Ning Haiās lucky star. Look, this requires a password."
"No matter about the password, letās quickly take five thousand and leave."
"Five thousand? Why not take it all, anyway, big brother and sister-in-law can earn money."
"Are you stupid? We canāt take it all. We should only take our half. If things come out later, we can argue. This half is rightfully ours. Besides, itās benefiting your big brother too. This factory makes money. Thereāll be more money coming in the future."
"Thatās why I say take all the money."
Wang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Letās take seven, no, eight thousand. Leave the rest to them."
"Alright, listen to the wife."
The couple took several deposit slips, leaving everything else untouched. After taking them, they put everything back in place. Once assured everything was okay, they hurriedly sneaked back to the room.
What they didnāt know was that in the pitch black, from the direction of the outhouse, there were two pairs of shining eyes watching them.
Unaware of this, they returned to their room, laughing excitedly.
"Wife, eight thousand, this can buy a lot of land."
"A lot indeed; just the villageās western end, half the villageās land area, can be easily secured."
"Great, going back, weāll follow big brotherās example, build a new house, buy a TV, and get a bike."
"With all this money, we can buy anything. But donāt let it slip in the next few days. Keep working quietly for me. Tomorrow Iāll go take the money out. In a few days, weāll find a reason to visit home with the kid."
"Okay, listening to the wife."
While the couple was āplottingā together, Shi Lan was rushing over with Uncle Hu and Hu Lijuan.
Although Lin Wan had a scare but no real danger, she suffered quite a lot, with such a big wound requiring many stitches, sweating all over from the pain upon waking.
After all, the injury was on the back, the men felt unable to approach. It was the people from the police station that visited once, conveniently recording Lin Wanās statements after she woke up, then left.
This sort of thing belonged to family disputes, civil cases where police mediation was the priority.
Given the patientās current state, it was certain mediation could not happen in the short term, the police indicated theyād return in a few days.
When Aunt Shen heard Little Star and others were at her place, she took Uncle Hu and Hu Lijuan back with her.
Tan Aixiang feared Shi Lanās parents couldnāt manage so many children, hence sending Bai Xu to take Shen Rong back.
After all, Shen Rongās child was still little and unsettled without people, and although thereās resentment towards Shen Rongās couple, they couldnāt make it tough on the kid.
Just as Ning Haiās couple was excitedly rolling around on the bed with the lights out, there was noise in the yard, and soon heard sounds from the yard, along with Shi Lanās voice.
The two calmed down quite a bit, diligently listening to the sounds from the yard while inside.
Not long after, some unfamiliar voices and childrenās voices were heard; turns out they were picking up the children.
When Hu Bin and Hu Lijuan arrived at Shi Lanās house, Little Star had just fallen asleep. The adults didnāt wake them and respectfully took their children away afterward.
The couple stealthily observed Shi Lan enter the bedroom and shut the door through the window and soon saw the lights go out.
"Looks like they didnāt notice; shall we sleep too, remember to act normal tomorrow."
"Donāt worry, I know."