Gu Changlan smelled the fragrance before she went upstairs, and she immediately felt happy. She knew Zhenzhen wouldn't be so bad, and must have come to cook. She didn't want to go upstairs and see her annoying brother Gu Changqing. Gu Changlan was unhappy, "Why are you here again?"

"I'm here to see my girlfriend, not you." Gu Changqing snorted, "Hurry up, wash your hands and eat." Then he brought the pork rib soup into the house.

Bai Ruozhen smiled as he served the last of the stir-fried clams with chili peppers. "Fourth sister, let's have a good meal today."

Gu Changlan sniffed, "It smells so good."

Gu Changlan washed her hands and went into the house with Bai Ruozhen. Seeing so many delicious foods, her mouth immediately watered and her eyes sparkled. "I wish I could eat Zhenzhen's food every day in my life."

Gu Changqing hit her at the right time, "You wish."

"Gu Changqing, get out of here!" Gu Changlan roared.

Gu Changqing was calm and composed. "I'm not leaving. I won't leave until I finish the food my partner made."

Bai Ruozhen finished the meal amidst the quarrels of Gu Changqing and his sister.

But she didn't mind. Although the two siblings quarreled, they were not serious. It was not like their family. Whenever the eldest sister quarreled with others, it would be a huge fight. She just hoped that she would not come back for the New Year this year.

Starting from Monday, Gu Changqing was indeed too busy to take her to work. Bai Ruozhen was used to going to and from get off work alone anyway, but at noon, Gu Xiaoli would always come to find her, and the two of them would squat in the kitchen with their lunch boxes to eat, which was a good way to kill time.

Gu Changqing became busy. This time he got more things back from the Northeast, including dried fruits, black fungus, mushrooms and other things. In order to sell them faster, Gu Changqing simply observed the black market for two days and developed two subordinates. He sold the things to them at a slightly lower price and asked them to sell them again. As for how much they sold for, Gu Changqing didn't care.

After two days of experimentation, the results were quite good. The two men were happy and contacted him secretly to get things from him. However, Gu Changqing was afraid of accidents, so he met them outside, and he gave each of them the same thing, never repeating it.

As for himself, Gu Changqing made several trips to nearby cities to sell ginseng, deer antlers and other medicinal materials unique to the Northeast. These things were expensive but easy to sell, and he quickly made a profit.

Because it was not convenient for Qiu Qiming to show up at the transportation company, the sales were done by Gu Changqing. Of course, Qiu Qiming did not take advantage of him. He only took 30%, and the remaining 70% belonged to Gu Changqing.

Gu Changqing was full of energy and was busy all the way until the twelfth lunar month. The closer it got to the end of the year, the more things would be done. If he didn't have to go to the provincial capital after the Little New Year, Gu Changqing would have wanted to work all the way until New Year's Eve.

Ginseng and deer antlers can be kept, but other dried fruits and dried goods cannot. Gu Changqing simply kept some for himself and sold the rest to his two subordinates. He finally closed the stall temporarily the day before the New Year.

Since it is more convenient to store things in supermarkets now, Gu Changqing hid all the things in the supermarket. This way he would be safer at all times and he would not be afraid even if he was caught by the Revolutionary Committee.

Bai Ruozhen missed Gu Changqing very much, but he didn't see Gu Changqing until the New Year's Eve. Moreover, Gu Changqing was no longer the handsome young man with a crew cut and a brand new military uniform. What Bai Ruozhen saw was the little hooligan wearing a tattered cotton jacket and a sloppy face.

If the smile on his face wasn't so familiar, if the embrace wasn't so warm, Bai Ruozhen would definitely push him away.

Gu Changqing's face had become much thinner. These days he had to go to work at a transportation company during the day and sell things at the black market at night. He was already seriously sleep deprived, but when he thought of his partner, he couldn't wait a moment and came straight here after returning from the black market.

"Zhenzhen, I miss you so much." Gu Changqing leaned against the door, hugged Bai Ruozhen, greedily feeling the warmth from her body.

Bai Ruozhen no longer despised him. He hugged him and choked up, "Brother Changqing, I miss you too."

Gu Changqing chuckled softly, "Yeah. Sit down and take a rest. I'll go to the supermarket to buy some food."

"Yeah." Bai Ruozhen responded and sat down obediently, then turned up the fire in the stove. Then Gu Changqing swaggered into the supermarket, bought a newly released roast chicken, bought a braised pork elbow, and bought ten big white steamed buns and came out.

"Eat these so early in the morning?" Bai Ruozhen stared blankly at the roast chicken and braised pork elbow.

Gu Changqing first took a bite of the big white steamed bun, then tore off a chicken leg and handed it to Bai Ruozhen, "Come, eat. You should eat well so early in the morning. You don't know how exhausted I have been during this period."

Bai Ruozhen glanced at him and said distressedly, "Brother Changqing, you've lost a lot of weight."

"Isn't he more handsome now?" Gu Changqing said.

Bai Ruozhen chuckled, "Yeah, even more handsome, so handsome."