Ruan Shengpeng had only whispered a few words to his daughter when Yao Tongxu called from upstairs, "Dad, the phone!"

Ruan Shengpeng immediately rushed to answer the phone. He had only given the number to the military region, so the call must be important!

Ruan Shengpeng quickly ran down: "I won't wait for your mother to come back. I'll go back to the military region to take care of some things first. Once your mother has settled things here, call me and I'll come pick her up!"

"If the three boys all go to the gun factory, don't go out by yourself. If you do go out, take Qin Sang with you. She's quite skilled!"

He almost embarrassed himself in front of his wife and children, a real daredevil!

As soon as she finished speaking, she ran out. She looked so anxious. What had happened? Yao Tongjia couldn't help but follow her downstairs to see. It turned out that a car had come to pick her up!

Judging from her anxious appearance, is she about to go on a mission? Is the mission dangerous? Yao Tongjia closed the door and went upstairs, wondering worriedly.

An hour later, Yao Yanxin and Qin Sang returned with their purchases. Yao Yanxin beamed, "Ah Sang is really amazing! She knows how to pick things out and how to bargain. The things she bought were both cheap and good!"

Yao Tongjia helped carry the items: "Didn't you buy them from the supply and marketing cooperative? You can still bargain? Did you go to the black market?"

"It's not called the black market anymore. Tongtong, you don't usually go out to buy things, so you don't know how much the outside world has changed. There are so many stalls now!"

Yao Tongjia understood that the spring breeze of reform and opening up was about to blow. The cessation of cracking down on street vendors was a signal, and many perceptive people started doing business openly!

"So where exactly did you ride your bike to buy it? And was it possible to negotiate the price?"

“Some people go to the countryside to trade things, and I don’t even know where they are. It was Asang who took me there. She knows this area very well!”

"Look, these tomatoes are so fresh! I'll wash a few for you all to eat like fruit. The tomato seller is quite clever; he broke one off for us to eat!"

"It's so sandy and sweet, it's so delicious! If I wasn't worried about it going bad, I would buy the whole basket!"

Yao Tongjia quickly took the tomatoes: "I'll wash them. You guys tidy up your things first. There's so much food, chicken and fish, it's not good to pile it all up!"

Yao Yanxin knew her daughter wasn't very patient with these things: "Take it and wash it, then take it upstairs for your dad and the others to eat!"

"My dad was called away by phone!"

"He called me away? Wasn't he supposed to have a few days off to rest? He even said he'd wait for me here so we could go to the military region together!"

"He sounded really anxious on the phone; he practically ran!"

Yao Yanxin's smile froze: "He did the same thing last time. He promised to have many days of vacation, and then he would run away after just one phone call! And that was more than ten years ago!"

"Won't it be the same this time?" Yao Yanxin's eyes were filled with unpleasant memories!

"We won't let him go on missions anymore. He can only stay in the rear now. Don't you all know how old he is? His bones are almost stiff. Who would dare to let him go on missions?"

Yao Yanxin: "..." Was that supposed to be comforting? But I feel like I've been comforted, what should I do?

Yao Tongjia chuckled: "Did you already see that my dad was struggling when you sparred with him before?"

"It's not bad for someone his age to have this kind of strength, but how can he compare to us who are in our prime? If I go all out, he definitely won't last three moves!"

"Then why didn't you unleash your full power? Or were you too afraid to say it?"

"If I tell anyone, I'm afraid I won't have money for food. I have no choice; my mouth is too expensive, and I can't afford to offend anyone!"

"So you still dare to say that now? Aren't you afraid I'll tell my dad?"

"You definitely wouldn't dare say it, wouldn't it make your dad lose face?"

Yao Tongjia: "..." You're someone who understands psychology!

Yao Yanxin nudged Yao Tongjia: "Go wash the tomatoes for the boys, are they all upstairs reading?"

"They're working on a plan!" Actually, they were working on the step of keeping it secret. This time, the three of them were going to go to the gun factory together to work on the plan.

Yao Tongjia carried the washed tomatoes upstairs. As soon as Xiao Gengwu heard her footsteps, he immediately turned around: "Aren't you reading? Why are you washing tomatoes upstairs?!"

"Mom just bought these. She said they're delicious and asked me to bring them to you. You can each have one and then we can figure out what they're good for!"

The three people obeyed, and each of them took one.

Yao Tongxu took a big bite and, caught off guard, was sprayed with tomato juice all over her face. The juice flowed down her cheek and onto her clothes, instantly staining them red.

Yao Tongxu jumped up: "How come there's so much juice?"

Yao Tongjia found it funny: "Otherwise, why would you say it's so fresh and sweet? Mom said it was bought because someone just picked it and she tasted a little and thought it was especially sweet. You're really like Pigsy eating ginseng fruit!"

"You're the one who's Pigsy, your whole family are Pigsy!"

He Jiale added insult to injury: "Doesn't Sister Tong's whole family include you? You yourself really enjoy playing the role of Pigsy?"

Yao Tongxu was speechless for a moment. He watched as He Jiale took small bites of the tomato, slowly sucking out the juice without spitting it out, and his clothes were spotless.

He immediately ran over to hug He Jiale: "Brother, come here, give me a loving hug!"

He Jiale immediately jumped away easily: "Don't touch me! Give me a hug my ass! I don't want to do laundry, tomato juice is too hard to wash off!"

And so, the two of them chased and fled, circling around the living room. Xiao Gengwu handed one tomato to Yao Tongjia, and then took another for himself to eat slowly.

Ignoring the two energetic guys at all, He Jiale no longer felt weak after a month of acupuncture. He was much more lively than before and often joked around with Yao Tongxu!

Yao Tongjia picked up their proposal and looked at it: "Is this what you're planning to submit?"

Xiao Gengwu nodded: "Yes, let's hand over a portion first. If they're willing to let us start instead of forcing us to hand over all the materials, then we'll begin!"

"I'm afraid that once you submit it, they'll start pressuring you to submit the rest of the materials, and you'll even implicate Jiale, resulting in all three of you being caught in one fell swoop?!"

“He’s our protector! Who would dare touch him? With him around, it’s easy for us to get away. If Uncle had told me earlier that he was coming to this military region, I wouldn’t have gone to this gun factory.”

"I went there so that the materials could be used to make actual products, not so that I could become a ghostwriter!"

"We've agreed that no matter how busy you three are, you don't need to rest at the gun factory. Anyway, the journey isn't far; you can ride your bikes there and back!"

"If you don't come back from the gun factory tonight, I'll go find Sister Jiayin to rescue you. If she's not there, I'll go straight there with Qin Sang!"

Xiao Gengwu smiled broadly: "Then I'll wait for Tongtong to come and save me!"

"How can we repay this life-saving grace?"

"Of course, I'll repay you with my body!"

The sound of vomiting came from behind, shattering all the tenderness and affection!

Xiao Gengwu's face turned black!