Chapter 279

Taking advantage of the cave being empty, Si Jiuyue quickly hurried back. She took thirty-one sets of four-piece bedding from the Dimension. To avoid suspicion, she covered the pillows and quilts with a layer of coarse linen, giving them a very simple, rustic appearance. She also laid out supplies for washing faces, laundry, and bathing—such as bath beans, tooth-cleaning sticks, and other daily necessities like combs, fine-toothed combs, brushes, vanity cases, ink stones, washbasins, hairpins, sewing needles, various linen threads, shoe uppers, collars, and foot bindings. Once the toiletries were organized, Si Jiuyue took out an insecticide spray and thoroughly coated the cave to ward off ants, venomous insects, and scorpions. She also placed seven or eight water vats and pickling jars she had collected earlier inside the cave. She had already decided to treat these children as her own trusted subordinates and nurture them well. She knew she couldn't adopt the exploitative methods of modern capitalism; treating people like livestock would never win their hearts.