Seeing that Hu Guilan finally understood what he meant, Li Ping also breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of Hu Guilan's excitement, he hurriedly urged her to go to bed.

...

The next morning, Li Xu took out the dozens of eggs that were left over.

Let Sun Xiu cook a few directly for everyone to nourish, and save the rest for later.

Everyone enjoyed a delicious "hearty" breakfast.

After dinner, Li Xu quietly pulled Li Mei to his room.

Li Mei was confused. "Why did you drag me here? I still have to go to school."

Li Xu did not answer, but took out half a pound of brown sugar from the cabinet and handed it to Li Mei.

Li Mei was stunned after taking it. She looked at the small package, shook it, and asked, "What is this?"

Li Xu smiled and said, "Good stuff, open it and take a look yourself."

After Li Mei opened it and saw what was inside, she exclaimed, "Ah, so much brown sugar, are you giving it to me?"

I have to say, although it was only half a pound, it was not as much as the sugar coupons Li Xu's family received in a quarter.

However, after Li Xu's family bought some candy and shared it with other people, there was still less left. In addition, they usually had to keep some for entertaining guests, so there was even less left to drink.

I was very careful when adding sugar, for fear of spilling a single grain.

Li Xu nodded. "Didn't I say before that I'd get you something to nourish you? This is it. I just got it. Keep these for yourself."

Li Mei was surprised. "I thought you were just talking, but I didn't expect you to actually get such a good thing. This is too much. I can't accept it."

Li Xu advised, "Just accept it. I got it with great difficulty. Besides, I usually like to drink tea, not this. If you really feel embarrassed, just take my little sister to drink some."

After repeated persuasion, Li Mei accepted it and promised to bring Li Ju to drink with her.

Li Mei went back to her room and put the candy away before happily going to school.

...

In the next few days, Li Xu signed in and got some eggs.

The rest is basically food.

Li Mei and her classmates' busy farming season holiday has ended these days, and school has resumed normal classes.

But the countryside is still busy.

They were busy drying the rice. After it was dried, they could pay the public tax and then receive the next year's grain according to their work points.

One day in late October.

Li Xu went to work as usual.

I walked to the gate and greeted Uncle Xu as usual.

But Li Xu noticed that Uncle Xu's face didn't look very good today.

This surprised Li Xu.

He wondered if there was anyone in the purchasing department who dared to give him a hard time?

After so many days here, Li Xu might not know anything else.

But I have a new understanding of Uncle Xu's power here.

I also realized that Uncle Xu's talk about his extensive network of contacts wasn't just bragging...

Li Xu quickly joked, "Hey, Uncle Xu, who made you angry? Why do you look so bad?" After saying that, he said something as if talking to himself.

"That shouldn't be the case. I've never heard of anyone daring to make you angry. Did my aunt cause you trouble?"

After saying that, Li Xu winked at him.

I have to say, this is the first time I've found an opportunity to tease him in such a long time.

Uncle Xu always teases me.

After hearing this, Uncle Xu's already dark face became even darker, and he said impatiently, "Go away, kid, you don't understand anything. I'm upset now."

Li Xu now realized that Uncle Xu was really in trouble, so he stopped joking and said seriously, "Uncle Xu, if you tell me, I'll know. Tell me what's going on. Maybe I can help you solve it."

No matter how Li Xu asked, Uncle Xu refused to say anything.

There was no choice, Li Xu had to go in to work first.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to get off work in the afternoon.

Li Xu walked to the gate and saw Uncle Xu was absent-minded, his eyes wandering, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Decided to ask anyway.

He stepped forward and patted Uncle Xu, "Uncle Xu, what are you thinking about? You were so engrossed that you didn't even hear me say hello to you."

Unexpectedly, Uncle Xu seemed to be frightened and shuddered suddenly.

Seeing Li Xu, he said unhappily, "Why aren't you going home after get off work? Can't you see I'm getting annoyed?"

Li Xu didn't care. This was how most people behaved when they were upset. They didn't want to communicate with others.

So I asked with a smile, "I was saying hello to you, but you couldn't hear me. I don't know what you were thinking about, so I just patted you. I'm free anyway, so why don't you tell me about your troubles? Maybe you'll feel better!"

Uncle Xu was a little skeptical and asked, "Really?"

Li Xu guessed that Uncle Xu must be very annoyed after the whole day, so he relaxed.

So he nodded repeatedly, "Really, if you could tell me about it, maybe I can help!"

"Come on, you! I can't do anything, can you?" After saying that, he hesitated for a moment before continuing, "I'm not angry with others, but my grandson is only a few months old, and his mother has no milk and is starving. We have found many things to nourish his mother, but she just can't produce milk.

We thought about making rice porridge or something for our grandson, but he vomited as soon as he ate it. We went to the hospital for a checkup and they said he had a weak stomach and couldn't handle it. We were so anxious and there was nothing we could do.

Li Xu understood at this point.

Uncle Xu's family has only one grandson for three generations, and the whole family dotes on him to death.

But now he’s hungry every day, how can Uncle Xu not be anxious?

If it was something that Uncle Xu's family couldn't do, Li Xu guessed that it would be difficult for him to help.

But this favor can be solved for Li Xu.

There are still two kilograms of milk powder that Li Xu signed in for before in the space, and he himself is reluctant to drink it.

But if it comes to Uncle Xu, Li Xu will definitely be willing to do it.

Thinking of this, Li Xu showed a meaningful smile, pretended to cough twice, and said nothing, just looking at Uncle Xu.

Li Xu's expression surprised Uncle Xu, who asked in confusion, "What does that expression mean?"

Li Xu chuckled, "I can really help with this."

Uncle Xu said unhappily, "It's already this late, and you're still trying to make fun of me?"

Li Xu didn't respond, just smiled.

But Uncle Xu is no longer able to do it.

Uncle Xu was silent for a while, then asked in disbelief, "Boy, you don't really have a way to solve this, do you?"

Li Xu nodded and said, "I told you I have a way, but you still don't believe me."

After receiving the accurate answer, Uncle Xu was so excited that he quickly grabbed Li Xu's arm and said, "Uncle Xu was wrong just now. Tell me what you can do."

Li Xu leaned over and whispered, "Do you know about milk powder?"

Uncle Xu was surprised and confused when he heard this. He let go of Li Xu's hand and looked him up and down. After a long while, he sighed and said, "I thought you were talking about some method. Everyone knows about milk powder. Your brother Xu asked many people at work for help but couldn't get any milk powder tickets.

This is not something that people like us can think about.”