Chapter 2: System Empties the Entire House and Takes Mom to Accompany the Army

From her memories, the System knew that her grandfather was originally a capitalist’s young master who came to this small mountain village to escape disaster.

He bought a small house in the countryside and became a barefoot doctor.

Originally wanting her mother to live a carefree life, he found her an honest and reliable man to marry.

He even helped her father join the army, pulling strings for him to advance his career.

Who would have thought that as soon as her grandfather passed away, the Lin family would reveal their true nature, starting to ruthlessly exploit her mother’s remaining value and even setting their sights on the Yu family’s house and her mother’s dowry.

Her grandfather had indeed left many valuable things for her mother, hidden in the basement of the house.

Lin Tongtong and her mother sneaked in and saw the entire room filled with large wooden boxes stacked together.

Small gold bars were packed box by box, and there were plenty of antiques and calligraphy paintings. Pearl, agate, jadeite, and gold jewelry were countless, filling a full ten boxes!

In addition, there were many medical books and ancient texts, along with eight large boxes of precious elixirs and high-grade medicinal herbs. Tongtong guessed that her mother’s ancestors were likely medical practitioners.

Yu Wanqin was stunned.

She knew her father had hidden things, but she never imagined there would be so much!

“This…”

While she hesitated, Tongtong had already rushed in like a little whirlwind.

Wherever her small hands passed, everything instantly disappeared.

All of it was stored away in her space!

The entire basement was as clean as if it had been licked! Not even a few bags of grain left in the corner were spared.

Yu Wanqin: !!!

She felt the whole world had gone mad!

“Tongtong, where did all those things go?”

Tongtong blinked her pitch-black eyes, took her mother’s hand, and with a thought, her mother followed her into the space.

The place looked like a warehouse. Seeing the neatly arranged shelves filled with all sorts of strange things, along with the twenty-something boxes from the secret room casually placed inside, Yu Wanqin felt even more dizzy.

“This… what is this?”

Tongtong squeezed her mother’s hand with her chubby little hand, proudly showing off: “This is Mom’s space, and everything inside is yours~ Tongtong has protected it well~”

Not only that, she discovered that her mother’s Healing Type and Plant Type abilities had actually transferred to her.

But it didn’t matter.

What was hers was her mother’s!

Yu Wanqin swallowed hard, thinking of the saddest things in her life to keep herself from screaming out loud.

Her daughter must have had a miraculous encounter!

It must be so!

Suppressing her trembling hands, Yu Wanqin quickly convinced herself and nodded firmly at her daughter.

Then she solemnly warned: “You must never tell anyone about this.”

She didn’t want her daughter to put herself in danger because of her special abilities.

“Okay~”

…

The two of them emerged from the basement in just two minutes.

But that wasn’t enough!

Lin Laosan was still struggling in the waist-deep manure pit. The more he tried to climb out, the deeper he sank. When he tried to call for help, he got a mouthful of shit and nearly fainted from the stench!

Tongtong ran to the doorway and shouted in her little milky voice.

“My Third Uncle fell into the manure pit!”

Instantly, everyone working in the nearby fields came running!

Especially the Lin family, who knew that the old woman had taken the third son to seize the house today and had been secretly watching the situation. Hearing the shout, they dropped their hoes and rushed over.

Tongtong took advantage of the chaos and pulled her mother away.

“Tongtong, the village entrance is this way!” Yu Wanqin reminded.

Tongtong grinned, her dark, sparkling eyes full of mischief: “Mom! Let’s go to Grandpa and Grandma’s house first!”

Over the years, the Lin family had taken advantage of them countless times, gaining many benefits while bullying her mother.

Her System was not to be trifled with!

Hmph!

Tongtong rushed to the Lin family’s house. Without even looking, she excitedly waved her little hand and stored everything into her space.

Except for the old couple and Lin Laosan’s tattered clothes, she left nothing behind.

Grandpa’s secret stash hidden in the chimney—taken!

The gold bracelet the old woman snatched from her mother—taken!

The pots, pans, bowls, preserved meats, fish, rice, flour, oil, and grains hidden in the kitchen… all taken!

She didn’t even leave the doorframe, tossing it into her space to use as firewood.

She even pried up the floor tiles!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! She kept on collecting!

Looking at the empty, dilapidated house now missing even its doors and windows, Yu Wanqin’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Only after making sure there wasn’t even a scrap of firewood left did Tongtong plant her hands on her hips, revealing adorable dimples as she smiled.

“Yuck! This dump isn’t worthy of my fairy-like mother! Mom, let’s go, off to a new life!”

“Alright!” Yu Wanqin nodded firmly.

After all, she’d listen to whatever her daughter said.

She quickly picked up her short-legged daughter, and the mother-daughter pair avoided others, making a final stop at the Village head’s house before leaving.

She explained she was going to accompany the army and would rent the Yu family’s brick house at a low price to the Village head’s son.

The Village head had five children, and their old house had long been too cramped. With his youngest son about to discuss marriage, Yu Wanqin’s offer came just in time to solve his urgent problem.

“Sister! You go ahead and accompany the army, I’ll definitely hold down the fort for you here!”

He was quick-witted and immediately made the promise!

Yu Wanqin thanked him repeatedly, and then the mother and daughter quietly left Kaoshan Tun overnight via a small path.

The Village head personally watched them leave—the frail-looking mother and daughter were empty-handed, not even carrying luggage.

No one would ever suspect they were the ones who had emptied the Lin family’s house.

Meanwhile, the Lin family begged everyone for help and finally managed to get their third son out.

Returning home to see their dilapidated, drafty house, their world collapsed!

Old Mrs. Lin sat on the ground wailing: “What heartless, rotten beast did this! This is going to be the death of us! Ah!”

Old Mr. Lin was so furious his vision went dark, and he fainted again.

In short, while the Lin family was in utter chaos, Yu Wanqin and her daughter had already boarded the bus to the county town.

From there, they transferred to a train heading to the Chuncheng Military District.

Tongtong, with her built-in GPS function, wasn’t afraid of getting lost at all.

The green-skinned train of the 1970s was packed with people, a jumble of various smells, and the noise was incessant.

But Tongtong loved it.

Compared to the terrifying emptiness of the post-apocalyptic world, this lively atmosphere made her feel more at ease.

Yu Wanqin had only managed to buy seated tickets for the two-day, one-night train journey.

In the middle of the night, snores filled the carriage.

The train stopped, some people got off, others got on, and the train started moving again.

Tongtong groggily went to the restroom. Passing by the seats diagonally opposite, she noticed three new passengers.

A couple and a little boy.

The woman had a scarf covering her face, holding the child, and was placing a white pill into the child’s mouth.

The boy seemed to be in a half-asleep, half-awake state, his face pale, his eyes vacant.

What truly caught the System’s attention was his exquisitely handsome face—more beautiful than any little brother Tongtong had ever seen, pretty as a doll!

The man sat nearby, his eyes vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

Tongtong narrowed her eyes.

Something’s off!

—How could two ugly people give birth to such a handsome little brother!

Watching the little boy fall back into a deep sleep after being fed medicine by the woman, alarm bells rang loudly in Tongtong’s mind.

Oh no!

Could it be we’ve run into kidnappers!?

She glanced around at the few people leaning against each other, fast asleep, then her large, dark eyes darted around before she suddenly burst into loud crying.

“Waaah—Mommy! I need to pee! I can’t hold it in anymore!”

Her earth-shattering cry woke up half the carriage.