Bai Shibao sent back the money Bai Jiaojiao had sent, along with 125 jin of milk coupons he had obtained in the army, all the meat coupons he had on him, and 22 jin of coupons given to him by his comrades.

In his letter, he explained that milk coupons were a rare commodity, and people were reluctant to part with them. However, they all loved the beef sauce that Bai Jiaojiao made, so he had to trouble Bai Jiaojiao to exchange the money and coupons for 125 bottles of beef sauce, which his comrades all liked.

Bai Jiaojiao has just arrived at Yanglin Bay with Shen Heng.

They rode their bicycles all the way here, but even with Chen Heng's stamina, they couldn't keep up and had to rest several times along the way. There were also some sections where they simply couldn't ride anymore, so they let Bai Jiaojiao ride by herself while he walked alongside her.

They set off after breakfast, and the stars were already out when they arrived.

Fortunately, the days are longer now, otherwise it would be pitch black.

Upon arriving at Tongshan Village, one of the villages near Yanglin Bay, Shen Heng led Bai Jiaojiao straight to the village brigade.

A number of people were enjoying the cool air in the courtyard in front of the brigade office. When they saw two unfamiliar yet conspicuous people, they couldn't help but look at them.

"Fellow villager, where is the person in charge of your brigade?" Shen Heng asked.

"I'm the village chief. What are you doing here?"

Shen Heng's appearance alone was unsettling, and the presence of a beautiful woman beside him only reminded people of the spies and traitors in movies who preyed on men and women.

Who would be so kind as to wander into someone else's village in the middle of the night?

Du Songjiang only wanted to ask the reason because he saw that Shen Heng was speaking politely.

“I’m from the supply and marketing cooperative in the next county. I heard you raise a lot of ducks here, and we plan to buy a batch of duck down from you.” Shen Heng took out a transfer order, which not only had the seal of the county supply and marketing cooperative, but also the permit certificate from the county where Yanglinwan is located.

Du Songjiang held the delivery order up to the light and examined it: "Captain, come and check if this is the correct item?"

He had never heard of any supply and marketing cooperative buying duck down, not even from the neighboring county.

The captain then called in the accountant, and everyone worked together to investigate, but no one could find anything wrong.

Just to be on the safe side, the team leader even took out the previous receipts from the supply and marketing cooperative that had come to collect duck eggs from them and carefully compared them. Apart from the different characters on the stamp, everything else was fine; it was the supply and marketing cooperative's special paper.

The transfer order was genuine, so of course they couldn't see anything amiss.

There was a supply and marketing cooperative in the county town where the person in charge of allocation was the same older brother who used to run errands for Shen Heng. As soon as he heard that Shen Heng needed duck down, he immediately contacted the neighboring county to apply for the transfer of goods. This was essentially a matter of the supply and marketing cooperative changing hands.

Wait a few more days, sign a shipping order, return the money to the account, and issue some invoices; then the whole thing will be done without anyone knowing.

The amount of money on the transfer order was quite substantial, and after discussing it, everyone concluded that these two people were probably not scammers.

“The twenty jin you want is no small amount. Several villages have to work together to get it, and it will take several days to deliver the goods.”

"We need to hurry, we have to get back and report. We're leaving tomorrow."

"Alright, we'll try our best to overcome this! I'll have someone notify the other villages right away!"

Although twenty kilograms of duck down is not a small amount, the money that Shen Heng brought in was also not a small amount.

A pound of duck down costs ten yuan, so twenty pounds would cost two hundred yuan.

There are four villages in Yanglinwan. If each village receives fifty yuan, that's a large sum. This year, during the busy farming season, they can buy a batch of new farm tools.

It's just a day or two of suffering, isn't it?

The village head immediately organized the villagers to catch the sleeping ducks and collect their feathers overnight.

The village chief arranged a place for the two of them to rest. When they woke up, twenty pounds of duck feathers mixed with duck droppings were placed at their door.

"You can't do this. There are at least two pounds of duck droppings in twenty pounds of duck feathers. Are the duck droppings in your village gold? And you sell them for ten yuan a pound?"

Shen Heng's face was quite intimidating when he got angry. He kicked over a bag full of down and yelled, "Don't try to cheat me! I'm telling you, you have one more day to collect all this down! You dare to cheat with public money! You're courting death!"

The people of Yanglinwan were at fault first, so no one dared to challenge Shen Heng and meekly took the two large bags of duck down with them.

“We can’t leave today, let’s go tomorrow morning,” Shen Heng said to Bai Jiaojiao.

"That's good. I walked all day yesterday and was almost exhausted. It would be best to have an extra day to rest."

Now that Deng Min makes meat floss cakes at home, although the quantity is definitely not as much as when there are two of them, Wang Fushun's regular customers who place orders with him every day will not miss their appointments.

Bai Jiaojiao treated this as a vacation, and sure enough, the scenery here, nestled against the reeds, was quite beautiful.

The ducks were heartbroken last night, but today they're still scurrying around in the reeds, each one wiggling its rear end.

"Unfortunately, we don't have the conditions to raise ducks where we are."

"You want to raise ducks? Aren't the eggs enough for you to eat?" Shen Heng wanted to laugh.

Last time, when we talked about raising sheep, Wang Fushun went around asking around to see if anyone had lambs. Now we're just waiting for the lambs to be delivered after they've stopped nursing.

Now I want to raise ducks.

Shen Heng shook his head.

"Duck soup is delicious, the older the duck, the more nourishing it is. I want to get one to take home and make soup for my sister."

"Alright, you're already out here and you're still thinking about your sister."

Shen Heng pinched Bai Jiaojiao's cheek.

The two saw many duck nests in the reeds, with beautiful blue duck eggs nestled together inside.

"Wait here, I'll go steal two eggs and bake them for you."

Bai Jiaojiao was both amused and exasperated: "Brother Heng!"

"Don't you want to eat?"

"Why are you acting like a child? If you steal this, do you think they won't come after you? We're in their village, so you should behave yourself."

Shen Heng was a wicked man, but when he heard Bai Jiaojiao say that, he could only pat his palms and say, "Fine, don't eat then. It's just that the food at the village chief's house is terrible. What kind of food do they serve? I was just worried that you would go hungry."

They ate dinner at the village chief's house last night. He kindly cooked a big dish, using a lot of oil. But who is Shen Heng? His palate has been spoiled by Bai Jiaojiao.

“I can see you’ve eaten quite a bit too,” Bai Jiaojiao said.

The village chief was terrified, thinking that Shen Heng had never eaten before.

Shen Heng said, "Even if it tastes bad, you have to eat your fill. We traveled all day yesterday. Do you think your brother Heng is made of iron? If you don't eat more to replenish your energy, how can we take good care of you?"

"When did I ask you to serve me?!" Bai Jiaojiao was anxious to defend herself, and her voice became a little louder.

"Weren't you the one who was paralyzed on the kang last night, too weak to even take off your shoes?"

Bai Jiaojiao blushed: "It was you who insisted on helping me take them off. I didn't have the strength to break free from you, not the strength to take off my shoes!"

This man is really good at twisting the truth!