Chu Tian shook his head slowly, took out the agreed hundred yuan from his pocket, thought for a while, and took out a few national food coupons he brought with him and handed them to her. Amidst her series of thanks, he said nothing more, turned around and walked out of their house without any reluctance, walked out of the yard, and walked step by step towards the first house.

As I walked, I was still thinking to myself, how much human suffering is there in this world?

Alas, it’s a pity that he is not a saint and cannot help everyone. Giving more things is already the greatest good deed he can do.

Asking for more money? That's impossible. It's not that the mother and daughter can't eat, they just can't eat fine grains and meat!

You know, there are so many people who are hungry these days...

Chu Tian returned to the store he had visited at the beginning, spent ten dollars, and took away two exquisite bottles and two pairs of jade earrings that looked pretty good from them. Just as he turned to leave, the man with a happy face grabbed Chu Tian.

"Brother, are you still accepting it? I have a colleague who used to be an activist. He has a lot of jewelry and other things at home that he brought back from Beijing."

Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, thought about it and then spoke.

"Sure, but I won't go to the other party's house to pick it up. You can go and help me negotiate the price. Bring it to me after the negotiation. I will still give it to you according to the price we agreed on today. As for how much you give him, that's up to you..."

"Hey, don't worry, everything he has is good stuff, I will definitely help you get the lowest price!"

Chu Tian's words were very clear, and the man understood what he meant. What he meant was that if he wanted to make some money, he had to rely on his own abilities. He was so happy that his mouth almost stretched to his ears.

After walking around for a long time, Chu Tian finally found a black market. He went in and took a look around. He bought all the dried bamboo shoots, dried day lilies, dried tribute vegetables, fungus and other dried goods that the young man brought with him at the price of one cent per pound.

During the chat, he learned that all the team members had a lot of dry goods stored at home, so he made an appointment with him to get up early the next morning to go to the suburbs to trade. The price was one cent per pound, and he would buy as much as he could, with no upper limit.

Especially when Chu Tian heard him say that because their brigade was close to the mountains, there were many wild pepper trees and wild peppercorn trees on the mountains, so every household had a lot of them, Chu Tian said that he also wanted to buy peppercorns and Sichuan peppercorns at the price of one cent per pound, and he would buy as many as he could.

"Hey, hey, okay, don't worry, big brother, I will lead the team to deliver the things tonight."

The man was incredibly excited. How could he not be? Because their brigade was nestled in the mountains, they had little land, so the harvest was small. But they still paid a lot of grain, and the remaining food wasn't enough to eat. What could they do? What else could they do? They could only find more wild vegetables and other things in the mountains.

Because he would go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables during the slack season, he had a lot of stock at home. So, from time to time, he would take out some of the dried goods at home to sell, or exchange them for things that he didn't have at home. However, he probably couldn't sell them twice out of five times. Even if he could sell them the other three times, the other party would be picky and would haggle for a long time before buying the half-price ones...

"good."

Chu Tian smiled, turned around and walked out of the black market. He once again sighed in his heart that people in this era are really simple and honest, and their trust in strangers is really high!

If this happens in the next few decades, not to mention strangers, even acquaintances may not deliver the goods to you if you don’t place a deposit!

After walking around a few more times, he headed towards the guesthouse. It was already past six in the afternoon. At this time, the sun was still high in the sky in Xinjiang, but it was time for dinner in Sichuan Province. So when he returned to the door of the guesthouse, he saw that the state-owned restaurant outside the guesthouse was particularly lively with people eating.

"Little brother, are you back?"

Chu Tian turned his gaze from the state-owned hotel and found Chu Min standing on the steps smiling at him, so he raised his eyebrows and asked.

"When did the second brother come back?"

Chu Min smiled and said, "You've been back for half an hour, right? By the way, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Chu Tian joked when he heard this, "No, what? Second brother is planning to treat me to a meal? If you treat me to a meal, I won't eat ordinary food!"

Chu Min waved his hands generously when he heard this, "I won't treat you to ordinary food, brother will treat you to delicious food!"

Chu Tian was in high spirits, so he returned to the house without any hurry. He looked at Chu Min curiously, "Delicious? What is it?"

Chu Min smiled and pointed to the state-owned restaurant next door. "I heard that this state-owned restaurant has a specialty dish called braised pork elbow. It's said to be very delicious. Many people who come here on business trips, and even locals, come here to eat this pork elbow. I paid for it before I left this morning, and I'm waiting for you to eat it together tonight."

Chu Tian was surprised, "Elbow?"

Chu Min nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"It's okay! Then you go first, second brother. I'll go back to the house."

Chu Tian smiled. He remembered that he seemed to have heard before that there was a very famous dish in Chengdu’s Tianhu Hotel, which was pork elbow. He wondered if this pork elbow was the same one that would be available in the next few decades?

"Brother Wang, this is the final payment, and the keys..."

Chu Tian sent Chu Min away and did not go back to the house directly, but went to another room first.

The man took the money and the key and said with a smile, "Brother, have you taken away all the wine?"

Chu Tian nodded and said, "Take it away."

After a few pleasantries, Chu Tian was about to leave. The man thought for a moment and pulled Chu Tian back to ask.

"Brother, I have a batch of wine here, do you want some?"

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, "Anything else? Is it from your winery?"

The man shook his head. "No, it's Maotai from Guizhou. Do you want it?"

Chu Tian was surprised. He looked the man up and down, and asked doubtfully, "Brother Wang, can you still get Maotai?"

The man smiled and scratched his hair. "We all have frequent exchanges with each other among the major distilleries. I'm familiar with the driver at the Moutai Distillery. He also makes some wine from time to time..."

The words were not clearly stated, but Chu Tian had already understood. They colluded to resell the winery's wine. This had nothing to do with him. He had no control over it, and it was impossible for him to control it. Moreover, this matter would not be stopped now, even in the next few decades...

"How much Moutai is there? How long will it take to be delivered? We won't be here long."

The man quickly said, "He just arrived today. I asked, and he has about a hundred bottles. The supply and marketing cooperative sells them for eight dollars and a half, and you need a special ticket. If you can buy them all at once, he said he can give you a minimum of nine dollars and a half a bottle..."

Chu Tian, ​​"..."