8 Rebirth as an Orphan (2)

Lu Xiaoxiao wondered where she would live after moving out. Because the original owner was still young, she didn't know much. She couldn't get any useful information from her memories, so she could only entrust it to this house. She hoped that the original owner's parents had left any useful information.

She pushed open the door to the original owner's parents' room. The furnishings were simple. There was a bed, a wooden wardrobe, a table, and a chair. There was nothing else.

In her memory, the original owner had always taken money from a box in the wardrobe. Lu Xiaoxiao took out the box and realized that there were five five-dollar bills and three one-dollar bills. The rest were just some loose cash and tickets.

Lu Xiaoxiao thought to herself that if it was an ordinary family, it could be said to be a lot of money. However, with the position of the original owner's parents, they should not only have this amount of money. They usually did not spend much, so there was only one possibility. They had been hidden very well by the original owner's parents and had not told the original owner.

After rummaging around, Lu Xiaoxiao finally found a secret compartment at the head of the bed. There was a household register, a bankbook, a letter, and a key.

The envelope had the words 'For my child' written on it. Lu Xiaoxiao opened the letter and it said that her parents were no longer around by the time the original owner saw this letter. They told her not to be sad and to live well. The key that was placed with the letter was the key to the house that her father had left for her. He asked her to stay there in the future and wrote the address in detail with a simple map.

The money in the passbook was their salary and she could use it. They also emphasized that when she reached the new residence, she had to go to the study to pick up the wooden puppy that her father had made for her when she was young. This way, it was like her father had always been by her side to protect her.

Although she didn't know why the original owner's father said that, there must be a reason for him to emphasize it so seriously. She wasn't the original owner, so she wouldn't be stupid enough to think that the original owner's father's intentions were just like that.

Lu Xiaoxiao opened the bankbook and saw that the original owner's name was written on it. The savings were 26,000 yuan. In the era where workers only earned more than 20 yuan a month, this was a huge sum of money.

As soon as she put everything she had found into the space, she heard someone knocking on the door. She opened the door and saw a man in his forties in a military uniform. In her memory, this person was also the one who had helped settle the funeral arrangements of the original owner's parents. This person had often come to the original owner's house in the past. He was good friends with the original owner's father and seemed to have the surname Zhang.

Before she could greet him, she heard him say, "Xiao Xiao, why haven't you been to Uncle's house for dinner these past few days? If your aunt hadn't told me when I came back from a mission, I wouldn't have known about this."

Lu Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and remembered that someone had come to call the original owner to eat in the past few days. The original owner had rejected for some kind of reasons, so she replied, "Uncle Zhang, it's not difficult for me to eat alone. It's easy to make food myself. If you want me to live independently in the future, I should get used to it now. Thank you and Auntie for your concern. I wonder why you're looking for me now?"

Seeing how determined Lu Xiaoxiao was, Zhang De had no choice but to explain his intentions. The first thing was that she was going to move house. Seeing that she was young, the organization could help her rent a house for her to live in until she reached adulthood.

The second thing was the issue of her parents' compensation money. As her parents had sacrificed themselves to protect the scientific research results, which were very important to the country and valued by the leaders, they would receive a compensation of 32,000 yuan. Also, she would be subsidized every month until she reached adulthood.

These two matters needed to be settled that day. He was here to bring Lu Xiaoxiao to settle these matters.

When Lu Xiaoxiao heard Zhang De's words, she packed up briefly, carried a small cloth bag, and went out with Zhang De to settle the matters.