Li Taiping's eyes lit up when he saw the twisted dough sticks in Wei Mo's hand. Although he often traded goods on the black market, he only dealt in basic receipts. He had no access to grain or anything like that. You know, grain is the hardest thing to buy these days.

If we have food, we won't go hungry!

The country is still repaying loans to the Soviet Union, which has led to a nationwide food shortage. As a result, many people who cannot buy food have no choice but to try their luck on the black market.

Especially the fine grains used to make twisted dough sticks, once they enter the black market, are so scarce that they are practically sold out immediately.

Li Taiping seemed to have thought of something, his eyes narrowed, he took the pompom from Wei Mo's hand, and said to Wei Mo,

"Thank you, little brother, but is it alright if you give me the twisted dough stick? You can keep it for yourself."

To be honest, Li Dongping was also very tempted. Looking at the twisted dough stick handed to him, he swallowed hard.

But since it was his first time there, he felt it wasn't right to eat something given to him by someone else's child, so he handed the twisted dough stick back.

This action surprised Wei Mo, but it also proved that the other party was indeed a good person! There shouldn't be any problems if we cooperated with him.

He broke the twisted dough stick in his hand in half, gave half to Li Taiping, and said to him,

"Brother, let's split it in half. This half is on me, since you gave me so many candies."

Seeing Wei Mo hand over another twisted dough stick, Li Taiping hesitated for a moment, but finally took it and put it in his mouth.

Mmm! It smells delicious! It's so tasty.

Since Wei Mo can make twisted dough sticks, he must have a lot of fine grains. I wonder if I can buy some from his house, since I mainly do buying and selling on the black market.

Li Taiping's idea actually aligned perfectly with Wei Mo's, but neither of them voiced it.

Wei Mo was eating a fried dough twist, tilting his head as if he was thinking about how to start the conversation. After all, he had a large amount of grain, and what if he could exchange the grain for gold?

He estimated he could exchange a lot, which would allow his trading mall's currency to increase rapidly. However, he didn't trust his family members to go to the black market, so he couldn't reach a cooperation agreement with them.

Moreover, the source of the goods is also a problem!

With the best opportunity for cooperation right in front of him, Wei Mo tentatively asked.

"Brother, have you ever been to the black market?"

Wei Mo's casual question made Li Taiping nervous. He looked at the little kid in front of him and thought that the boy was only five years old. Even if he said something, others might not believe him.

For some reason, Li Taiping admitted it, nodded to Wei Mo, and didn't say anything.

When Wei Mo saw Li Taiping nod, his eyes lit up. He then pointed to the side, his meaning clear, and whispered something.

"Brother, come on, let's go over there and talk. My family has some things that we could ask you to help sell."

These kinds of reselling are mostly done alone, and there are very few face-to-face transactions with acquaintances. Li Taiping was also very worried, but then he thought that the person talking to him was a little kid who was only five years old.

Thinking to myself, "How could a child possibly fool me?" I nodded and followed Wei Mo toward one side of the courtyard.

When they reached the edge of the courtyard, where no one could hear them anymore, Wei Momo finally spoke.

"Big brother, my family has grain. Can you help me exchange it for gold, silver, or jewelry? Gold would be best."

Looking at the little kid in front of him, Li Taiping honestly thought Wei Mo was joking. But agreeing to his request wouldn't have been a big deal.

Since he had never actually worked with them and had only mentioned it, and no one could find any evidence, he nodded to Wei Mo.

"Sure, but will your parents let you take it? You have to talk to your parents about this, otherwise I won't do it for you."

Although Li Taiping wanted to make money, he still adhered to his principles and would not lie to a child.

Wei Mo nodded in satisfaction at this point and said to Li Taiping,

"Big brother, wait here for me, I'll go and call my mother over."

After saying that, Wei Mo jogged away, heading towards his mother's direction.

Li Taiping was taken aback, not expecting that what the child said was actually true. However, he didn't take it too seriously, figuring that the child's family probably didn't have much food. If all else failed, he would just consider it a favor.

Wei Mo ran back to his mother's side, tugged at her clothes, didn't say a word, and then ran back to his room.

Wei's mother understood that Wei Mo had something to do and apologized to Zhou Fen.

"Hey girl, I'll go inside for a bit. You guys chat for a bit, we'll talk later."

"Then Sister Wang, you go ahead and get busy. I'll talk to Xiuxiu and the others for a bit."

The social butterfly had already become familiar with Wang Zhenhua and didn't stand on ceremony with her, sitting there chatting with Grandma Yu and the others about interesting things.

Wei's mother got up to say goodbye and followed Wei Mo into his room. She spoke first.

"Son, what's up?"

Wei Mo tugged at Wang Zhenhua's collar, making her squat down.

As Wang Zhenhua squatted down, Wei Mo whispered in his ear.

“Mom, the Dragon King also wants some gold and silver. He can give us a lot of food, but we don’t have any of that, so I haven’t told you.”

“I just told that older brother that he could exchange the grain for gold and silver on the black market, which is what the Dragon King needs. But he doesn’t believe me. I need you, Mom, to go with him to discuss the trade.”

"As for food, the Dragon King can provide it anytime, and in large quantities!"

When Wei's mother heard Wei Mo's words, her eyes widened in surprise. It was something the Dragon King needed! She knew that her family's transformation was entirely due to the Dragon King's help, which enabled them to live the life they had today.

Wang Zhenhua wholeheartedly agrees with this point.

Upon hearing Wei Mo say that the Dragon King had a request, Wei's mother quickly nodded.

Although buying and selling is risky, since I didn't go myself, even if I got caught, I could just deny it, and the male educated youth would bear all the risks.

After thinking it over, Wei's mother felt that this was a good idea, the only thing to worry about was the family's food supply.

After thinking for a moment, he realized there was a bag of flour in the cupboard at home, which could also be traded, so he said to his son.

“Yes, the Dragon King has helped our family so much, we should repay him. It’s just that our family doesn’t have any gold or silver. Since that male educated youth can do all this, let’s find him to cooperate. I’ll go talk to him in a bit.”

Wei's mother turned to go over, but Wei Mo grabbed her clothes. Wang Zhenhua turned back and looked at his son in confusion, only to hear Wei Mo say...

"Mom, don't panic, listen to me."

“We don’t need to show up. We can just have the Dragon King put the grain in the dilapidated temple, and then have that brother go and collect the grain. The gold and silver we get back can be delivered to our home.”

“At least we didn’t do any business with each other. He just sent us money and said he owed us. You need to make this clear to him.”

Looking at her clever son, Wei's mother listened to his words and felt they made sense; at the very least, she should be more careful.

She nodded. If that was the case, as long as Li Taiping was willing to sign the IOU, then whatever happened would actually be none of Wei Mo's business.

Then he patted Wei Mo's head, thinking, "No wonder he was chosen by the Dragon King."