I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 302: Good Things for Little Suizi Oh (Monthly Ticket 850+ Updates)

Chapter 302: Chapter 302: Good Things for Little Suizi Oh (Monthly Ticket 850+ Updates)

Who would’ve thought it could be so awkward?

Suizi and Yu Jingting glanced at each other, lifting their hands under the light of a flashlight.

"Old classmate, is that you?" Liao Yong was startled.

His gaze swept over the spade in Yu Jingting’s hand and remembered the matter that these two had once requested him to handle—

"What are you digging in the middle of the night?"

"We, we..." Suizi was stuck for words.

She was too meek and clueless when faced with a situation.

At critical moments, it was Yu Jingting who thought on his feet.

"Hey, I secretly saved some private money—"

"Why is your old classmate here too?"

"She found out, haha, now I’m waiting to go home and kneel on the washboard, that’s married life for you."

Liao Yong was suspicious, and carefully walked over, while Suizi casually took out some money from her pocket and threw it into the pit.

Her back of the hand was facing Liao Yong, so he couldn’t see her movements.

When he finally saw it, he couldn’t help but sympathize with Yu Jingting.

These measly coins—don’t even amount to two taels, right?

Married life is indeed tough.

To be kneel on a washboard at home just for this petty amount of private money!

Suddenly, marriage didn’t seem so appealing anymore.

"You despicable rascal! I knew you couldn’t be trusted! You’ve hidden so much private money!"

Suizi seized the opportunity to playfully punch Yu Jingting’s shoulder.

"Ah!" Yu Jingting exaggeratingly took a step back and leaned against the wall. He reached out to Liao Yong.

"Help~me~"

His acting was as exaggerated as always.

"You dare to help him? Are you also in on it when he hides money? Are you an accomplice?" Suizi smartened up, questioning Liao Yong.

"Well, I need to go patrol the front, you two communicate slowly—old classmate, take it easy, Brother Jingting has a hard time too."

Afraid that Suizi would target him, Liao Yong quickly retreated.

When he was gone, Suizi finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off her forehead, and said to Yu Jingting:

"Quickly dig, after we’re done we need to tell mom, we can’t play out this charade anymore."

Though treasure hunting was thrilling, it was also terrifying.

Yu Jingting couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

If it really was something the mother-in-law buried, it would be easy to handle, but... it wasn’t!

"Wife, have you never doubted how Mother managed to bury things here while out of town?"

Yu Jingting asked while digging hastily.

His wife was so smart, how could she not have noticed how eerie it was for the one who sent the stuff?

The letters always came from different cities, but the goods were hidden in this city.

This would seem strange to anyone.

"What’s so strange about that? Mom has many coworkers who travel a lot. She just needed to ask one of them to mail the letter while they were out of town, and then have a local friend help bury it—I bet Auntie did it!"

Suizi’s reasoning was seamless and logically thorough.

But it neatly avoided the truth.

Yu Jingting pretended to admire her wit, but in his heart he was thinking, I have to visit Auntie tomorrow, to keep our stories straight...

In order to cover for his mother-in-law, the ex-street wanderer had successfully put one over on Suizi.

Suizi would never guess that her husband was now her mother’s inside man!

As the shovel went down, it hit something crunchy and brittle.

Yu Jingting pulled out his flashlight and shone it over, what is this...??

"River Clam?"

Yu Jingting pulled out a River Clam as big as his head; some of the shell had even been chipped.

The stench was overpowering.

It seems the river clam is already dead.

"Mom, why are we burying this thing? It’s a sin." Yu Jingting found it revolting and wanted to throw it out.

He wondered if the senders of this gift sought to take revenge on his wife.

Why did they give them a dead river clam?

It seems like it’s not just one.

There is no sea in the North, but there are rivers.

In the summer, you can sometimes find river clams. Most of them weigh around two taels and are edible, but many people can’t stand their fishy smell and let the kids play with them.

Yu Jingting had never seen such a big one before.

"No, this is not an ordinary river clam - there’s no time for explanations. Take it and go."

Suizi realized what it was. This is not something that should be found here in the North.

But she couldn’t bother with that now, getting it out of there was more important.

"What are you going to take? God, it stinks so bad." Yu Jingting smelled his hand that had held the dead clam, and distastefully moved it away.

He was disgusted with himself.

"The hessian bag——Ah, the hessian bag." Suizi slapped her forehead, remembering the hint from the two radishes.

Those cute radishes in her dream had even tipped her off about the hessian bag!

But who could have guessed that the hessian bag would be used for such a purpose?

"It’s too late to go back home for it, someone might come by anytime—take off your vest for me."

Couldn’t a vest be slightly modified into a simple bag?

Yu Jingting shook his head, like a pellet drum.

This thing smelled too bad. If he used his vest to carry it, he would never be able to wear it again.

"Wife, just throw it away. It’s not worth wasting a vest over some lousy dead clams. What’s the point?"

"Believe me, the clams are dead but they are certainly worth more than a vest."

Yu Jingting grudgingly removed his coat and began to take off his vest, all the while giving Suizi a pitiful look.

Hoping that this callous woman might change her mind.

Alas, it seemed that Suizi was completely immune to his pleas for help.

She tied a knot at the bottom of the vest and ordered Yu Jingting to put those ugly clams in it.

"Why aren’t you carrying it?"

"I can’t stand the smell either... hey Jingting, could you move a bit further away from me? The smell makes me feel like throwing up."

Yu Jingting gritted his teeth. Very well, you money-minded little wench, we will settle this back at home!

Wang Cuihua sat up a little groggy-eyed. She had heard the front door open and knew the two children were back.

As a responsible mother, she couldn’t sleep until her children were home.

Just after she put on her coat and stepped out, she saw Suizi and Yu Jingting coming in, trailing a good distance behind each other.

"Are you two fighting? Why are you so far apart - good lord, Jingting, did you fall into a dung heap?"

Wang Cuihua finally understood why her daughter-in-law had been keeping such a distance from her son. Because Yu Jingting, looking glum, was stinking to high heaven!

"I didn’t fall into a dung heap, it’s your darling daughter-in-law who’s fallen head over heels for money!" Yu Jingting threw the vest to the ground and couldn’t stop cursing.

"Now I understand the saying ’Spouses are like birds of the forest, they fly apart at the sign of trouble.’"

Suizi smiled apologetically.

"I’m pregnant, and I’m super sensitive to smells. If it was something else, I would have shared the burden with you."

Really, she couldn’t help it. She was pregnant, everyone could understand that.

"Did you go shovel shit? Did you drop some money in there?" Wang Cuihua couldn’t find the words to describe the foul smell - it was both fishy and nasty.

"Bring the stuff to the storage room. Mom, get a big iron basin and a small knife!"

Wang Cuihua sucked in a breath.

"Oh, Suizi, even though this boy does stink a bit, you can’t just chop off his hands cause they were in a dung heap!"

"Mom, what are you talking about? We’re about to open the clams and extract the pearls!"

Her street urchin had such deft hands, she couldn’t afford to lose them. - Ah, had some strangely erotic thoughts snuck in?

Suizi shook her head, hurrying to dispel the thoughts in her mind.