In a flash, more than two months passed. The weather was getting colder and colder, and everyone had to wear cotton-padded jackets. The sweater Su Yan knitted for Lu Ting still had one sleeve not finished. Fortunately, he already had two old sweaters, a wool vest and a long-sleeved sweater.

But that long-sleeved sweater had been worn for many years and was a bit stiff and not very warm, and the cuffs looked like they were worn by dogs.

In order to finish knitting the sweater as soon as possible, Su Yan didn't read any books these days. She was not short of sweaters, as the original owner had a woolen coat and a turtleneck sweater.

There are a lot of fashionable sweaters in the villa's wardrobe, and no one cares if they are worn.

Lu Ting was very busy recently. Before the soil froze, he took his teammates from the third and second regiments to open up the wasteland in the mountains.

During the two months of pioneering, Lu Ting brought back eight little rabbits for Su Yan. These were all caught by him and his teammates. They also caught big rabbits, pheasants and wild boars and sent them to the canteen.

He took all the little brats back and told others that his wife wanted to raise them.

His teammates often asked him, "Tuan Lu, how are your wife's rabbits doing?" He would directly say that his wife had killed the rabbits. In fact, all the rabbits were sent to Su Yan's space to be raised.

Now everyone in the Third and Second Regiments knew that Lu Ting’s little wife liked to raise rabbits, and every time she raised one, it died.

Lu Ting exchanged the two wild boars and twenty pheasant eggs that his teammates had caught with dried red dates and melon seeds for them.

The eight chicks hatched with lights weigh one or two kilograms. Together with those in the cherry shed, Su Yan's space is now full of chickens, ducks and rabbits.

The two piglets, one male and one female, that we bought before and grew up eating fruits and vegetables now weigh more than 90 kilograms. Together with two ferocious little wild boars, there is space for four pigs in total. The only thing missing is sheep and cows. We will be able to enjoy meat-eating freedom next year.

Lu Ting said he had a way to get a lamb, but a calf was more difficult to get.

Su Yan didn't expect him to get a calf. She wanted to eat fresh beef, so she saved up all the meat coupons and waited until the New Year to see if there was beef for sale in the market. If there was, she would buy more.

Su Yan was worrying about not having enough beef to eat, so Su Ze came over on his bike and brought her ten kilograms of fresh beef and a few beef bones.

"Brother, where did you buy this beef?"

"An old cow in Xiaohe Village rolled down a mountain and became paralyzed for several months. The village chief decided to kill it before the Lunar New Year.

Grandpa knows you like to eat it, so he gave us two or three pounds of meat and bought us fifteen pounds of beef. The beef bones were given to us free of charge."

These beef bones don't look like ribs. Those people have removed all the meat from the bones. There is no meat at all. They definitely won't charge for it.

Su Yan didn't dislike it at all and used it to make soup or cook noodles. When Su Ze returned, Su Yan prepared apples and frozen pears for him, as well as various preserved fruits and candies.

Su Yan cut half a pound of beef for stir-fry, cut two pounds for her mother-in-law, and put the rest in the refrigerator to keep fresh.

He wanted to eat braised beef, but it was too embarrassing to put such a small amount of beef into the pot. Seven pounds of fresh beef could only yield four pounds at most. If it was made into a cold dish, Lu Ting could eat one pound in one meal.

Su Yan stared blankly at the stir-fried beef with celery on the plate. Lu Ting asked, "Yan Yan, what are you thinking about?"

"I wonder when I can eat beef every day. There are so many cattle on the prairie, we can't get any back."

"Yan Yan, prepare the red dates, melon seeds, and various preserved fruits and dried fruits. We're going to Jinshi before the New Year. I've contacted a friend in that fleet, and he can help us with those dried goods."

"Are we going to sell these dry goods to Jinshi? Should we sell some locally?"

"No, it's safer to sell it farther away. When we go to Jin City, we can go to the small fishing village to buy some seafood."

"That's a good idea. Whether it's fresh seafood or dried seafood, we should buy more. Dried seafood can last longer."

"Okay, I'll take you with me to Jinshi. We'll drive there secretly at night, play in Jinshi for a day, and then drive back the next night."

"Yeah." Su Yan was naturally very happy as it was a rare opportunity to go out.

On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Ting asked for two days off and drove to Jinshi with Su Yan. They set off at nine in the evening and arrived at the Jinshi wharf at twelve o'clock. They handed the goods to the friend, got the payment, and found a hotel to book a room.

The next day, Lu Ting's friend said he would treat them to a meal, and after the meal, he took them to the black market to buy some imported foreign goods.

Su Yan asked for four sets of imported skin care products and one set of cosmetics. The skin care products in the small villa were almost used up, so she took this opportunity to stock up on some more for herself.

She bought Lu Ting a less conspicuous imported watch and bought him and herself a black coat.

Seeing that the man still had a few classic watches in his hand, Su Yan finally took them all. She planned to put these watches in her collection space because she knew that they would appreciate in value sooner or later.

Lu Ting’s friends didn’t understand, so Lu Ting said he bought these things for others.

Su Yan did not explain. She bought a box of vodka for her father-in-law and her father, dozens of kilograms of sausage, and twenty kilograms of purple candy and chocolate. She also took all the milk powder in the man's hand.

These things are a bit expensive, but at least she doesn't need a ticket or queue up at the department store. She will buy whatever she needs.

Song Tao was dumbfounded. "Brother, are you here to buy goods?"

"Well, it's time to stock up. Remember our code. Write to me next time you have a lot of stock."

"This friend in the black market loves customers like you the most, because you're so generous."

"I just run errands for people and earn a few dozen yuan."

Song Tao didn't believe that Lu Ting only made a few dozen yuan. He helped the big boss behind the scenes to receive goods, and the boss gave him hundreds of yuan more this month.

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