In addition to the household registration booklet, there was also a stack of blue hundred-yuan bills in Ye Dingguo's wallet. Ye Zhao paused and hesitated, but in the end, it seemed that the remaining consciousness of the original owner took over, and she took them all.
The system was furious: "Stealing money is against the law!"
Ye Zhao retorted: "I just took the living expenses that he should have paid."
System: "If Ye Dingguo calls the police, you're done for!"
According to the regulations, if the time traveler breaks the law and is caught, then the time travel mission will be considered a failure.
Ye Zhao shrugged. Ye Dingguo was so concerned about his reputation that he would not call the police. Even if he did, the police would not intervene in such family affairs.
The system was afraid that she would be discovered, and kept reminding her: "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Ye Dingguo is coming out."
Putting the wallet back in its place and fastening the chain of the travel bag, Ye Zhao pretended nothing had happened and walked back to the room leisurely and closed the door. The sound of the bathroom door opening was heard outside.
Ye Zhao leaned against the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
The system was helpless and angry: "You are addicted to stealing!"
Ye Zhao smiled dumbly, "I am a thief, and you are my accomplice. The way you urged me to leave just now was just like someone guarding the door."
The system is speechless.
After Ye Zhao lay back on the bed, the system asked again: "I know you bought a train ticket. What is your plan? Can you tell me? I'll give you some advice."
This is the first time that the system has encountered a time traveler who is so unwilling to chat with it.
Ye Zhao turned sideways and walked out. "To fulfill the original owner's three wishes, I can't stay here and waste time any more."
On the day Ye Zhao came through, the system told her that if the time traveler could not fulfill the original owner's three wishes, she would have to go back and become a vegetable.
None of the three wishes left by the original owner were simple, and they also had time limits.
The first one is to be better than your stepsister.
Excellent is just an adjective. To be more strict, it must be quantified before it can be compared. The simplest and most appropriate way is to compare the college entrance examination scores.
The original owner's household registration was in Shenzhen, so she had to go back to study and take the college entrance examination. This wish was the one she was most confident of achieving.
The second wish is to find the whereabouts of his biological mother and ask her why she abandoned him.
The original owner's mother was an educated youth in the small fishing village that was the predecessor of Shenzhen City. Later, she returned to the city and disappeared. So where did her mother go? The specific clues still need to be investigated by returning to the original small fishing village.
The third wish is magical, it is called "saving the villain Luo Shen."
Luo Shen, the main villain in the book, is the eldest son of a wealthy family in the Hong Kong government. He took his anger out on the wealthy family because of the tragic death of his mother. He is ruthless, insidious and cunning. After forcing his stepmother to death, he used radical financial means to become a big devil in the business world.
Luo Shen was in a state of madness throughout the middle and late stages of the book, and he accidentally fell to his death after getting drunk.
In the end, Luo Shen's cousin, Luo Qi, the male protagonist of the original book, inherited all the Luo family's property.
The original owner did not know Luo Shen. She just hoped that Luo Shen could live well and not give the male protagonist the opportunity to inherit the Luo family’s wealth. She also did not want Bai Lu to get this big bargain and become a winner in life.
Therefore, to redeem the villain, she has to go to the city of Shenzhen next to the Hong Kong government, although she doesn't know how to save him yet.
There is a time limit for realizing the original owner's wish. The system only gives one year to start. During this year, at least one wish must be realized before moving on.
If one wish is fulfilled, Ye Zhao will obtain temporary residence in this world for 3 years; if two wishes are fulfilled, temporary residence for 10 years will be obtained; if all three wishes are fulfilled, permanent residence will be obtained in this world.
Therefore, in order to avoid returning to being a vegetable, she must fulfill all the wishes of the original owner.
After lying in bed until around 4 o'clock, Ye Zhao got up and took out the military green cross-body bag he had prepared long ago from under the quilt, put on his shoes, and quietly went out and downstairs.
As soon as I reached the first floor and opened the door, I heard a small sound behind me, like a cat's meow.
"Where are you going, sister?"
Ye Zhao was startled. It was Xiaoqin who followed her. She quickly turned around and said "hush".
"Sister, please take me away." Ye Xiaoqin guessed that her elder sister was going to leave, and pleaded in a low voice. She didn't want to stay in this house anymore.
Xiaoqin was still in elementary school, and Ye Zhao's own future was uncertain, so how could she take her with her? Moreover, she needed a border pass to pass through Shenzhen City, so she couldn't take her sister with her at all.
Ye Zhao reached out and touched Xiaoqin's hair, accidentally touching the wound on Xiaoqin's forehead. Xiaoqin hissed...
Ye Zhao couldn't bear it, but had to refuse.
She thought that she would find a way to pick her up after she was settled.
However, don't make promises lightly if you are not sure whether you can fulfill them.
"sorry."
Little Qinba blinked and looked at her sister. After her sister left, she lost her only comrade. But she didn't dare to make a fuss or fight for it. She could only sob softly.
Ye Zhao pushed open the door, and a cool breeze mixed with mist blew in from outside. It was dark outside and drizzling. She didn't look back, but walked away with big strides.
Wancheng is a county-level city with a small urban area. It only takes more than 20 minutes to walk from my second uncle's house to the train station.
Ye Zhao did not go directly to the train station, but went to a savings bank far away from the train station and waited for it to open.
Even if her family found out she was missing, they wouldn't immediately come to such a remote place. Moreover, she doubted that anyone would notice she had run away from home until her father couldn't find her household registration book...
It would take at least nine o'clock to get the marriage certificate, so it's still early now.
There was a breakfast shop next to the savings bank, which opened at around five o'clock. She leisurely ate a bowl of fresh meat wontons and two scallion oil cakes in the breakfast shop, and when the savings bank opened at eight o'clock, she took out all the more than four hundred yuan in her passbook.
At 10:45, Ye Zhao boarded a passing train bound for Guangcheng. She bought a hard seat ticket. The train, even the aisle, was filled with people heading south to work.
People of this generation have no sense of etiquette in public places. Some men dislike the hot weather and simply take off their shoes, cross their legs and walk around. The smell of their stinky feet mixed with the sweat and acid from some people's bodies, a strange odor so strong that it makes it hard to breathe.
Ye Zhao covered her nose and sat for a while, slowly getting used to the smell. She didn't sleep all night last night, so she sat by the window and closed her eyes to rest.
In this way, I was half asleep and half awake and I didn’t know how long I slept until I was awakened by a loud noise.
The couple in the front row were arguing for some unknown reason, and some kind-hearted people were trying to reconcile them. Ye Zhao shook his stiff neck and got up to go to the bathroom.
There were two or three people queuing outside the restroom. Ye Zhao was at the back, rubbing his neck. He leaned forward and saw that in front of him was the place where two carriages were connected, and the floor was full of people.
"Take out your tickets. Standing tickets will be checked too..." A conductor squeezed past from behind to check the tickets.
"Hey, hey, don't go, little girl. Where's your ticket?"
Ye Zhao didn't pay attention at first, until the conductor yelled again: "Why are you crying? Ask your parents to buy a ticket, just half of it."
Then she heard a familiar sobbing sound. Ye Zhao quickly took two steps forward and squeezed over. It was indeed... Xiaoqin.
You wouldn't have thought, but her little quail is quite capable and actually followed her.
The conductor took them to the conductor's office to buy their tickets.
Xiaoqin didn't dare to look at Ye Zhao. She just lowered her head, like a baby who had done something wrong, pouting slightly, and stood aside, not daring to speak.
The conductor looked at the two sisters who were dressed very poorly, especially Xiaoqin, who wore clothes picked up from her sister and whose knees were almost worn out.
"There are no hard seats left. Buy a free seat ticket. Half-price ticket to Guangcheng is 7.2 yuan."
Ye Zhao asked again uncertainly: "Uncle conductor, are you sure my sister doesn't need a border pass to follow me to Shenzhen City, right?"
The conductor looked at Ye Zhao and said impatiently, "If you are under sixteen, you don't need it. It's fine as long as you have it."
Ye Zhao does not have a border pass, but she has a household registration book. She is a Shenzhen resident and does not need a border pass.
This green train is running very slowly. It won't arrive in Guangcheng until tomorrow at noon. Standing is too tiring. Seeing Xiaoqin's tired look, Ye Zhao didn't want to save the money. She asked, "Are there any sleeper berths?"
"Please help me calculate how much it is."
The conductor was calculating the ticket price with a stern face. Ye Zhao's mind was working quickly. She acted cute first: "Uncle, have you seen the movie "The Shepherd"? You look a lot like the father of the male protagonist in the movie."
The conductor grinned. "Am I that old?"
Ye Zhao shook his head: "It's not old, it's handsome. The male protagonist's father is more handsome than the male protagonist!"
More handsome than the male lead? The train conductor raised his eyebrows when he heard Ye Zhao's flattery, but he couldn't show too much happiness.
"Come, buy your sister's standing ticket from Wancheng to here first, and then buy a sleeper ticket. I'll give you half the price for both."
Seeing that the conductor's tone was more relaxed than before, Ye Zhao whispered again: "Uncle, I don't have much money with me. Can you buy a half-price sleeper for my sister, and then change my hard seat ticket to a standing ticket..."
She and her sister are both thin, so it is no problem for them to squeeze into a sleeper berth. So there is no point in keeping the hard seat, so it is better to change to standing tickets. This is the most cost-effective option.
On the train, it is not easy to change from a hard seat to a sleeper berth, but to change from a hard seat to a sleeper berth is the reverse operation and is even more difficult.
"My parents work as bricklayers at a construction site, and they don't make much money. Can you help us, uncle? You look like a good man." Ye Zhao's smile is not only beautiful, but also sunny.
The conductor stayed on the train every day and had seen many poor people. He had developed a hard heart, but this was the first time he had seen such a pretty girl with such a sweet mouth. And he said she looked like a movie star? Hey!
"Okay, okay, I'll try to arrange a lower berth for you. I'll say hello to the conductor later, and you can squeeze in with your sister in the hard sleeper car tonight. Pay the money, 25.80 yuan."
"Thank you, uncle. You are really a living Lei Feng, a good man!" Ye Zhao paid the full amount and took Xiaoqin directly to the hard sleeper car.
Neither sister had any luggage. Ye Zhao only bought a piece of bread and a bottle of water before getting on the bus. She divided the bread into two, half for each sister.
"How did you follow me?"
Xiaoqin ate the bread and whispered, "I saw my sister's train ticket."
"Then how did you get on the train?"
"I hold someone's clothes..."
He looks honest, but he is quite smart.
Ye Zhao sighed secretly and could only take her to Shencheng first.
The train stopped at a small place. Someone was knocking on the window to sell food. Ye Zhao bought a plate of fried rice, two braised chicken legs, and two tea eggs.
Xiaoqin swallowed her saliva and said, "Sister, let's not buy it."
Although she also wanted to eat chicken legs, she was more afraid that her sister would spend all the money in one go and she would go hungry for the next meal.
Ye Zhao took 2,000 yuan from her father's wallet this morning, and then took out more than 400 yuan from her passbook. Now she has more than 2,400 yuan in her hand. In this era, this is a lot of money.
"Eat quickly! Drink while you can! Don't worry about drinking cold water tomorrow." Ye Zhao threatened his sister with a smile.
Xiaoqin ate the chicken leg with big mouthfuls. As long as she could follow her sister, she would be willing to beg for food and drink cold water.
After dinner, Ye Zhao took a nap. At about eight o'clock, he heard the station announcement on the radio. They had arrived at the provincial capital and the train would stop at the provincial capital railway station for fifteen minutes.
Ye Zhao got up and told Xiao Qin: "Wait for your sister here, don't wander around. I'm going out to buy something and will be back soon."
When the train arrived at the station, Ye Zhao got off and called home from the nearby store.
The call was answered by the second uncle. When he heard her voice, he immediately asked in surprise: "Where are you?!"
Ye Zhao did not answer directly, but only asked: "Where is my dad? Second uncle, your name is..."
Before she finished her words, the second aunt on the other end of the line had already grabbed the phone, "Ye Xiaozhao! You bastard, did you take my passbook?"
Ye Zhao: "I only took mine."
The second aunt said angrily, "You are lying! Where are you? Are you at your classmate's house? Get back here right now!"
Ye Zhao: "Second mother, why don't you ask Xiaoqin?"
Second Aunt: "Do you still need to ask? Hurry back here, the two of you, or I'll skin you alive!"
Ye Zhao said lightly: "When I feel better one day, I will tell you where the passbook is. Please let my dad answer the phone."
This is totally disregarding her. Second aunt slapped her thigh and said, "Are you rebelling? You are getting bolder and bolder! Oh, I am so angry. Third uncle, take your daughter away. I can't raise her anymore."
After a while, Ye Dingguo finally answered the phone. His voice was much calmer than that of the second aunt's.
"You took my household registration book and the cash in my wallet. What do you want to do?"
Her father is the one who can grasp the key points and chat.
Ye Zhao still said the same thing: "I want to study."
Ye Dingguo: "I didn't stop you from studying. I just wanted you to see for yourself what kind of person you are. You secretly took away the household registration booklet, and you were blackmailing me!"
Ye Zhao was very calm: "I am not threatening you. I just want to tell you that I want to study and take the college entrance examination next year. I took my household registration booklet and the living expenses you should give me, that's all! If you think 2,000 is too much, I will pay you back when I have money."
Ye Dingguo tried his best to suppress his anger. "You won't need your household registration book until next year for the college entrance examination. What do you want to do with it now? You are deliberately preventing your Aunt Bai and I from getting the marriage certificate, right?"
Ye Zhao laughed and didn't evade the question at all: "Yes, I did it on purpose."
Ye Dingguo finally couldn't hold back his anger anymore. He cursed, "Asshole! You are wasting my time. I have so many things to do. It's not easy for me to come back. Bring me back my household registration book immediately."
"It's too late. I took the train early this morning and will be in Shenzhen tomorrow."
"What?!" Ye Dingguo was furious. They had always thought that Ye Zhao had gone to hide at a classmate's house, but who could have thought that she was so bold as to run away in the opposite direction and go to his territory.
"What are you doing in Deep City?!"
"I'm going back to my place of residence to study."
Ye Dingguo: "You are crazy!"
Ye Zhao: "Well. Just think of me as crazy. Next year, I will do better than Bai Lu in the college entrance examination! I will go back to my place of residence to study for the college entrance examination, and I will also ask her to go back to her place of residence to study for the college entrance examination, so that everyone will be fair!"
"Childish! Get off the train now and buy a return ticket immediately." Ye Dingguo warned, "Don't waste my time, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Ye Zhao interrupted directly: "You are dreaming, let me go back. Let me put it this way, I don't care whether you marry Aunt Bai or not, but I care whether Bai Lu will get benefits that I can't get after you get married, at least not before the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination, it's up to you. I won't give you the household registration book."
Ye Dingguo was furious. He didn't understand why the little girl's thoughts were so crazy and unreasonable.
He said angrily, "You want to compete with Bai Lu, are you worthy? Are you worthy?! Do you know how many points she got in the mock exam? Do you still remember how many points you got in the previous exam? You are not even worthy of carrying her shoes! Today was originally planned well, but you messed it up! You don't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is! What are you thinking, tell me? Why do you suddenly want to compete with Bai Lu? What right do you have to compare with her? Ah? If you can do better than Bai Lu in the college entrance examination, I will kneel down and call you daddy!"
The system, which was watching the show and not minding the trouble, was stimulated by Ye Dingguo's words and screamed excitedly: "Make him kneel! Make him kneel!"
Ye Zhao sneered at the other end of the phone, "Got it. I did better than Bai Lu in the exam, you kneel down and call me dad... Okay, don't break your promise."
Ye Dingguo was furious and helpless: "Get the hell back here!"
Ye Zhao: "Dad, do you remember my birthday?"
Ye Dingguo was stunned. He seemed to be trying hard to recall when Ye Zhao was born. There was no way he could forget that day.
He will never forget that day. He trembled as he took the scissors and cut the umbilical cord. His hands were covered in blood. He will never forget that.
The sound of a train whistle came from her ears, and Ye Zhao hung up the phone without waiting for an answer.
(End of this chapter)