Instead of wasting time crying and wailing here, why not go out and run around in the mountains!

He said in a deep voice, "Those who live near the mountains live off the mountains. There are plenty of things to eat in the mountains at this time of year. If you work hard, you can save up enough food for most of the winter. The village's grain supply is limited. Your family is lazy and good-for-nothing, so don't expect the village to give you any more grain!"

After saying that, the old village chief shook his head and went back to oversee the distribution of grain.

Yu Mingxiang watched the show with great satisfaction, then borrowed a wheelbarrow from the village and pushed the 800-odd jin of grain she had been allocated home.

After dinner that evening, Xue Ru took out a stack of grain coupons.

“Mom, these are the grain coupons that Weiguo and I used to get from our work unit. Back then, we received grain every month, so the grain coupons were useless. Now…”

Thinking of the grain her family had been allocated, she sighed and said, "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative when we have some free time and buy some grain."

Yu Mingxiang did not refuse and smiled as she put away the grain coupons.

"Don't worry about the food, Mom will take care of it!"

She looked at the three children and reassured them, "Xiangdong knows that before I went to the countryside, I stocked up on a lot of things on the black market and asked someone to send them here. You won't lack food and drink, so don't worry!"

Upon hearing this, the three looked at each other in bewilderment.

That's true.

Although they dressed more simply after going to the countryside, their food and drink were no worse than in Beijing.

Not only is it no worse, it's even slightly better?

The three of them weren't the type to pry, and seeing that their mother didn't seem inclined to elaborate, they didn't ask any further questions. But...

The food problem that had worried them was resolved the very next day, because someone from town came and delivered a letter of commendation.

Yu Mingxiang was quite surprised when she read the letter of commendation.

"An antiquities trafficking ring?"

She couldn't hide her shock and said, "There's actually a large-scale antique trafficking ring behind Wei Jian'an?"

It turned out that her report against Wei Jian'an before she went to the countryside had made progress.

Like pulling up a radish and bringing out the mud, Wei Jian'an quickly confessed to his subordinates after being arrested. The investigators followed the clues and stumbled upon a huge scandal.

The entire gang was busted.

Yu Mingxiang finally understood why her family's treasured items from her previous life had ended up in a museum overseas. It turned out that Wei Jian'an was backed by a large-scale cultural relic trafficking gang!

The person leading the delegation from the town was Mayor Xiao Changqing.

Hearing this, he chuckled and said, "Yes, the higher-ups said that the group was involved in an extremely large number of cultural relics. Dr. Yu, you have done another great service and saved the country from a huge loss."

Yu Mingxiang quickly said, "Mayor, you're too kind. I didn't mean to do this."

"Whether it was intentional or not, we brought the reward grain with us. Please accept it, Dr. Yu."

As Xiao Changqing spoke, he had someone bring over the grain.

Ten large sacks!

A whole thousand catties of grain!

Not only were the village chief and others who rushed over upon hearing the news stunned, but even Yu Mingxiang was speechless: "!!!"

Everyone was shocked.

"This...this is too much, isn't it? We already have the grain distributed by the village."

“The village is distributing the fruits of your labor, and the commendation is a commendation.”

Xiao Changqing smiled and suggested holding an award ceremony for Yu Mingxiang, but Yu Mingxiang declined, saying that the clinic couldn't do without someone.

He didn't insist, and turned his back to Yu Mingxiang, stuffing a stack of meat tickets into her hand.

"Someone asked me to give this to you."

After saying that, Xiao Changqing left with the people of the town.

After seeing him and the old village chief off, Yu Mingxiang began to worry about the pile of grain and meat coupons.

The three children also gathered around, chattering away at the stack of meat tickets.