Lele said in a deep voice, "Dad, don't lie!"

"Well, Dad doesn't lie. Anyone who lies is a puppy, okay?"

"good·····"

Chu Tian picked up Xinxin and several other children from the Chu family from the school gate. After they were seated, he was about to whip his horse and head home when Xinxin, who was sitting behind him, tugged at his clothes. Chu Tian turned around and looked at Xinxin.

"Xinxin? What's wrong?"

Xinxin curled her eyes and said, "Dad, Si Ya and I want to go to Xinhua Bookstore. Is that possible?"

"Sure, why not? Do you want to buy some books?"

Chu Tian nodded, pulled the reins, and drove towards the Xinhua Bookstore in the city.

Si Ya's voice came, "Uncle, we're not buying any. We heard from our classmates that Xinhua Bookstore has a lot of new books, so we wanted to go and take a look."

Yao Xiujuan, holding Lele in her arms, glanced at the others in confusion, "Why don't you buy it?"

Chu Aizhu continued, "Aunt Xiaoshi, we don't have any money, so we plan to go see what books are available first. If there's anything we want, we'll ask for the price first. We'll come back the day after tomorrow with the money when we return to school!"

Chu Tian turned his head and glanced at Chu Aizhu, "Aizhu, there's no need to be so troublesome. Just pick up any books you want. I have some money on me, so I'll buy them for you first."

"Can··"

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Yao Xiujuan, "Don't say but, just listen to your uncle and take it first."

Arriving at the Xinhua Bookstore, Chu Tian looked at the people who had gotten off the carriage and said, "Go in and choose some books."

Xinxin was puzzled, "Dad, Mom, aren't you going?"

Chu Tian raised the whip in his hand and said, "Your father, I need to tie up the carriage first before going in."

Yao Xiujuan smiled slightly when she heard this, "Brother Tian, ​​then you go in and accompany Xinxin and the others. I'll take Lele to the supply and marketing cooperative next door."

Chu Tian nodded and took out a handful of bills from his pocket and handed them to Yao Xiujuan. "I know you have a lot of money on you, but it seems that some of these bills will expire at the end of the month. Just pick out the ones that are useful and buy them!"

"good!"

Yao Xiujuan took the ticket and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative with Lele, while Xinxin and the others turned around and walked into the Xinhua Bookstore.

Chu Tian tied up the carriage and did not rush into the Xinhua Bookstore. Instead, he turned and walked into the alley next door. He just observed and found that several people went in empty-handed, and soon came out with things in their hands or in their arms. He knew that this was another black market place, but he didn't know whether Li Gang knew about this black market place.

After walking around inside, he found that the items sold were all common items on the black market. He felt disappointed and turned around to leave. At this moment, he saw a squatting person holding something with a little golden corner in his arms. He stopped and looked around. Seeing that no one noticed him, he walked up to the person and squatted down.

"Comrade, what are you selling?"

The man was frightened and shuddered. He looked up and saw Chu Tian looking at him with a kind smile. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I, I want to sell porn..."

Before he could finish his words, Chu Tian interrupted him, "Brother, where can we talk?"

The man looked at the corner that Chu Tian pointed to, hesitated for a moment, nodded, stood up and followed Chu Tian to the corner.

"Brother, do you want to sell your gold or exchange it for something?"

The man looked at Chu Tian in surprise, "You, how did you know?"

Chu Tian smiled slightly, "Your cloth is not wrapped properly."

"ah!"

The man quickly looked down and saw that a corner of the cloth bag, which was originally wrapped completely, was exposed. He quickly wrapped it up and looked at Chu Tian with an embarrassed smile.

"Big, big brother, do you want it?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Yes, do you want money or something in exchange?"

The man said without thinking, "I, I want half money and half food, is that okay?"

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, "How do you change it?"

"I, I have six gold bars in my hand. Can I exchange three for thirty yuan, or three for thirty kilograms of rice?"

"Fifteen yuan and ten kilograms of rice!"

"It's too little. How about twenty-eight dollars and..."

"No, gold bars can't be eaten or used, at most twenty..."

After bargaining, he finally exchanged twenty-five yuan and fifteen kilograms of rice for six gold bars. Chu Tian went deep into the alley under the pretext of getting rice, found a deserted place, got fifteen kilograms of rice and walked back. The two of them exchanged the money for the goods, and both were very satisfied.

Just as Chu Tian was about to walk out with the six gold bars in his arms, the man grabbed Chu Tian again and asked, "Brother, I still have gold bars at home, as well as gold jewelry. Would you like to exchange them?"

"How many?"

The man looked around and then approached Chu Tian and said, "There is a small box of gold bars, about forty or fifty bars, and a box of gold jewelry..."

Chu Tian was shocked. The man in front of him was just a farmer. How could he have so many gold bars? However, even though a storm of fear flashed through his mind, he remained calm and looked at the man in front of him calmly.

Seeing that Chu Tian didn't say anything, the man thought he didn't want it, so he sighed in disappointment. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard Chu Tian ask.

"When? Where?"

The man looked at Chu Tian in surprise, as if afraid that he would change his mind, and quickly said, "Around noon tomorrow, can we go to the intersection five kilometers east of the main road on the east side of the city?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Okay, but how do you want to change it?"

The man thought for a moment and said, "I-I want money, is that okay?"

"Can·····"

After leaving the alley, Chu Tian walked to the carriage, used the horse to block the way, and threw the few gold bars in his arms into the space, then turned and walked into the Xinhua Bookstore.

"Xinxin, what book are you interested in?"

When Chu Tian walked into the store, he saw Xinxin holding a book and reading it with great interest.

"Dad, this, this looks good, I want it, can I?"

When Xinxin heard Chu Tian's voice, she quickly turned around and handed the book she was reading to Chu Tian.

Chu Tian took it and looked at it. He found it was the comic book of "Snowfield Capturing Spy" and smiled. "Okay, you only want this one? Why not choose a few more?"

Xinxin's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Is it okay?"

"Okay, go ahead and choose. But you can't delay your studies. You can watch it after you finish your studies. If your studies fall behind, Dad won't let you watch it anymore."

Chu Tian nodded. He didn't think that students couldn't read extracurricular books, especially since there weren't any fancy books these days. At most, there were some comic strips about suppressing bandits and counter-espionage.

It is important to combine work and rest. Chu Tian strongly agrees that you can read more extracurricular books to enrich your thoughts without affecting your studies.