After the meal, Su Li packed up twenty meat buns and ten tofu buns.

Using the basket on her back as cover, she put ten meat buns and ten tofu buns into her storage space.

He then took a meat bun from his hand and handed it directly to Old Li when he got to the oxcart.

"Uncle, I bought a few steamed buns. Here, have a taste."

Old Li waved his hand, saying, "These days, food is very precious, and no family has it easy."

He couldn't possibly take advantage of such a big girl.

"Su, thank you for your kindness, but I'm not hungry. I'll eat when I get back. You should eat these buns while they're still hot!"

Su Li shoved the steamed bun into his hand and said, "Uncle, I just ate. I brought these steamed buns especially for you. I probably won't be back until two or three o'clock this afternoon. I wonder if you could come and pick me up then? I'll pay for the return trip."

Old Li laughed and said, "The farm work isn't busy right now. I'll come over at two o'clock this afternoon. You don't need to pay me. I've already eaten your big meat buns, and I even had your candy last time, how could I possibly take your money back!"

Su Li smiled and said, "That's different. Those are things I'm willing to give, and the fare is the fare."

"No need, it's settled then. I'll pick you up this afternoon, you can go do your thing."

"Okay, thank you, uncle."

Su Li didn't pursue the matter further and turned to leave. She still had time; she wanted to go to the bookstore to buy some high school practice questions to work on. Once the weather got colder, she would have to focus on her studies. Passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, she bought a scale—she'd definitely need one later.

With the college entrance examination just a year away, she knew she had to hurry.

Once inside the bookstore, she bought several sets of high school exam questions, planning to study with Shengnan later.

Seeing that the weather was getting colder, Su Li went to browse through the clothing stores again. Although she had bought some before, she always felt that the clothes were not as thick as those made in Northeast China. So she bought a few more sets of Northeast-style floral cotton-padded jackets and trousers.

To be honest, it's quite ugly, but it can withstand the cold!

Seeing that it was almost time, she changed her clothes and went directly to the dilapidated temple in the suburbs.

Here, only four walls of varying heights remain, and the roof is gone.

The place was overgrown with weeds. Su Li took out the red dates and weighed them one by one.

She actually kept most of the bag, not intending to sell it, but to keep it for herself.

After weighing out 300 jin and storing it, she put the rest into her spatial storage.

After doing all this, she waited another twenty minutes, and Lu Shan came over with his men pushing a tricycle.

Lu Shan saw the bags in the dilapidated temple and said to Su Li, "We need to inspect the goods."

"Can"

The people below Lushan opened the bag, looked inside, and nodded at him.

"The meat and fruit you want are on that tricycle. Go check if you have any, and I'll have them weigh them for you. Those bones are my licks for you."

Su Li walked over to the tricycle, lifted the cloth covering it, and saw a large piece of meat inside, along with several bones. There were also two grapevines, and surprisingly, mangoes, dragon fruit, peaches, bananas, and even durians and jackfruits. Su Li could hardly believe her eyes; there weren't many of each fruit, and only one jackfruit and one durian.

"I'll take them all. Can you calculate the total cost?"

Lu Shan was surprised that Su Li wanted them all. That smelly fruit made him want to vomit; he couldn't understand why she liked it.

"These red dates of yours are 105 yuan in total. As for these fruits, you know it's not easy to transport them from the south to here. So I can't offer a very low price. I won't ask for more. If you have any good stuff in the future, you can come to me to sell it. I'll sell these fruits for 27 cents a day, the price of apples. How about we become friends?"

Su Li knew this was already a low price in Bijie, so she didn't try to lower it further. She smiled and said, "Alright, Mr. Lu is a straightforward person. I have another 600 jin of chestnuts. Would Mr. Lu be interested?"

Lu Shan's eyes lit up. He had a gut feeling that the young girl was no ordinary person, and he didn't expect that they would have a second collaboration so soon.

"Our purchase price for chestnuts is slightly lower than that for red dates. The highest price I can offer is 23 cents."

This price was close to her desired price, so she nodded.

"Yes, but the delivery will be completed in three days."

"good"

"Twenty catties of meat, I'll give you seven cents per catty at market price, that's fourteen yuan in total. I weighed the fruit before I left, there were twenty-five catties in total, I'll give you twenty-seven cents, that's six yuan and seventy-five cents in total. Your red dates sold for one hundred and five yuan in total, I'll give you eighty-four yuan and twenty-five cents in change, is that right?"

Su Li took the money and counted it in front of Lu Shan.

He smiled and said, "The transaction is complete; it's a pleasure doing business with you."

Su Li gently packed the fruit from the car into her basket.

Once she was out of their sight, she felt completely relieved.

She was genuinely worried about being double-crossed! Luckily, this Lu Shan only looked intimidating.

She stored all the fruit in her spatial storage, then walked towards the oxcart. It was almost time to meet Old Li.

Even on the way, she didn't forget to change her clothes in her online space.

It was already three o'clock when we got back to the village in the oxcart.

As soon as Su Li got off the oxcart, before she even entered the village, she heard the sound of a bicycle bell behind her.

Su Li saw the bicycle stop in front of her; it was the postman delivering mail. "Comrade, do you know Su Li?"

"That's me."

The mailman never expected that asking one person would lead him to the person in question.

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