Once Tingting finished her postpartum confinement, she started playing with the baby and planned to search through her personal space to find something to trade away.

I saw quite a few cotton coats, without labels, a total of 15 pieces. I can also sell 300 jin of cotton. There's so much stuff in this space. I'll also sell some pheasants, rabbits, pork, and rice.

Hey, this guy still has a lot of fruit candies, and these melon seeds, peanuts, and malted milk powder. These are all good stuff, but I have too much space and can't use them all. I should hurry up and sell them to people in the city to earn more money. With three children, it's impossible to go out frequently.

This time, let's ask Wang Hongjun for more wine tickets. We don't lack anything else. It's been almost 63 years, let's make more money.

"Hello, I'm looking for Wang Hongjun, the leader."

"Oh, you're looking for Deputy Factory Director Wang?"

"Hello, please come in. We're waiting for you inside."

"Young man, it's been a year since you last came. It's great to see you again."

"I've been so busy. I finally managed to get out of the house, and I wanted to ask if you still want this."

"Yes, I definitely want it. Your things have been very useful. I'd like to have a look at the goods if you have a few more."

"Malted milk powder, and rice, wheat flour, and a lot of cotton, etc."

“These are all good stuff. I’ve brought enough money, and you bring the stuff. Let’s meet at our usual spot.”

They had already sold quite a few things during the day, and now that night had come, the two parties completed their transaction and drove away under the cover of darkness. In Wang Hongjun's view, this person was capable and had a significant background, so he couldn't afford to offend him and should maintain good relations with him.

This time, the two of them went home and sold things during the day, earning 5200 yuan. In the evening, they traded goods with Wang Hongjun and received 8200 yuan, plus 30 liquor coupons. The two of them counted their total and realized that they were now much closer to their goal.

Wang Hongjun is now in charge of the factory's procurement of materials and other personnel arrangements; he wields considerable power.

So everyone is happy to be buying so many things now, and no one will be idle enough to ask questions, because having more things means everyone will have a better New Year.

The purchasing department is staffed entirely by their own people, and the goods are distributed together with those purchased from the villages below, making it very safe.

"Let's go to that city again this time and sell some more things, maybe somewhere a little further away, to make it a round number. We won't go next year. We'll sell the beans from the space. These can be pressed for oil, and there's sure to be a lot of demand for them."

“Okay, no problem. Let’s go to the scrap metal yard again and leave as soon as possible so we don’t get caught. Neither of us has any letters of introduction.”

"Anyway, I've already told my mother that there are five mouths to feed in the family, so we need to go up the mountain to get some food. After all, we don't have enough food at home, so I'll just leave the pillar there."

The next day, the two wandered around the vicinity of another factory. There were many factory workers and their wages were high. The two sold quite a bit of meat, as well as beans and cotton, before stopping and quickly riding their bicycles away.

I went to the supply and marketing cooperative and exchanged 10 bottles of wine. I also went to the scrap metal recycling station and bought a lot of calligraphy and paintings. I put the rest of the porcelain into my space. If I saw something good, I would buy it if I could afford it, and put the rest into my space.

As darkness fell, they returned to the village via a side path.

The Guo family was also very anxious. So much time had passed and the person hadn't returned. Could something have happened to him on the mountain?

"Father, Mother, we're back. We've hunted quite a lot this time, including two pheasants and three rabbits for you."

"You two are really worrying. Looking at all this stuff on the ground, I know you've made quite a haul."

"Mom, Dad, where did you two go? You didn't take me with you. Grandma said she went to find me something to eat."

"Yes, eldest son, if we don't find you something to eat, we'll all go hungry. Let's go home quickly, your grandma has been busy all day."

Back home, the money-grubbing couple tidied up their son until he fell asleep, then began counting their money, putting the huge sum into a safe in their apartment.