That night, when Li Hongru returned home from get off work, he saw Zhang Weifang with a beautiful smile on her face, and his mood improved a little.

"Why? Are you happy to be back at your house today?"

"Yes, I have good news to announce today. Guess what?" Zhang Weifang couldn't wait to share her joy.

"Is there something good happening in your family?"

"wrong."

Li Hongru thought about it, and then his eyes suddenly lit up:

"You're not pregnant, are you?"

"What? How is that possible? What are you guessing?" Zhang Weifang didn't expect Li Hongru to think of this.

She did not resist the idea of ​​getting pregnant and having a baby. She would have to give birth sooner or later anyway, so the sooner she gave birth the more secure she would be.

"Hongru, let me tell you, I can help you get some food. Are you happy?"

"Is it true?" Li Hongru knew that Zhang Weifang would not joke about such things, he just wanted to confirm it.

"Really? Uncle, you can take me to the Stone Commune to exchange food for the fabric from your factory. What do you think?"

"Of course, but I can't give you much normal fabric. I can give you scraps and defective fabrics."

"No problem. Go back to your house tomorrow and borrow a few donkey carts to transport the cloth. Let your father and eldest brother go with you."

Li Hongru still felt a little uneasy and was worried about Zhang Weifang going out. The weather was so cold and they had to catch a car, which would be a very tiring journey.

"Weifang, why don't you stay home? I'm worried about you going out."

Zhang Weifang refused without a second thought: "How can I not go? My uncle and your family are not familiar with each other. Don't worry, I will wear something thicker."

Zhang Weifang exchanged a set of thick warm clothes and a thick cotton jacket in the system mall.

The pure black cotton jacket looks inconspicuous, but it is made of Xinjiang cotton inside, which is very warm. She even bought a hat, mask and scarf.

Li Hongru couldn't persuade her and could only ask her to be careful.

Moreover, Zhang Weifang exchanged food for him, so Li Hongru was very touched and remembered all the kindness she had shown him.

The next morning, as soon as he got to work, Li Hongru went to the factory director's office and explained his purpose.

Ling Tianming didn't expect that Li Hongru had this ability. There were a lot of defective products piled up in the warehouse. Now exchanging these fabrics for food was also a contribution to the factory.

As the factory director, Ling Tianming had a very long-term vision. He directly approved Li Hongru's proposal and promised to give the lowest ex-factory price for defective products.

After work in the evening, Li Hongru rushed home without stopping and went straight to the point, telling Li Guifang what had happened.

Although Li Guifang was a little worried, he still supported his son's decision.

At nine o'clock in the morning on the third day, four mule carts loaded with cloth set out from the textile factory and headed west towards Stone Commune.

Zhang Jiuyi drove the first car, and Zhang Weifang sat in the front of the car with him.

The remaining three cars belonged to Li Guifang, Li Hongdong and Li Gengtian's grandson Li Guilin.

Li Guilin is a man in his 30s, tall and mighty, 185cm tall. He looks like someone who is not someone to be trifled with, so Li Guifang specifically asked him to hold the scene.

The north wind was howling, the sky was full of yellow earth, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road. They were walking alone on the road.

Halfway through the journey, it was getting dark, and Zhang Jiuyi led everyone to a small village called Niujiaogou on the side of the road.

There are only more than 200 people in the village, the people are simple and honest, and the team leader here is also very hospitable.

Because Zhang Jiuyi had been here once before, the team leader received them warmly and even exchanged a bag of winter melon for some cloth. Both parties were very satisfied.

For dinner, they brought their own steamed buns and cornbread, and asked the team leader to heat them up.

The sleeping place was rather simple. There was only one room without a kang. We temporarily heated it up for a while to make the room a little warm, and then we slept there.

As the only female, Zhang Weifang was treated better. She slept on the same kang with the team leader's three daughters, and the warm quilt drove away the cold winter nights.

To thank the team leader for taking him in, Zhang Weifang secretly left half a pound of brown sugar.

The next morning, everyone hurried on their journey, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, they finally arrived at Stone Commune.

Zhang Jiuyi led everyone to run from village to village, and they could exchange some food in each village more or less.

On the fourth day, they were introduced to a small mountain village, Haojia Village. The village was surrounded by mountains and there was only a narrow path leading to the outside world.

Three people from the Li family were looking at the car outside, and Zhang Jiuyi took Zhang Weifang in.

"Wow, it's so beautiful here." Zhang Weifang couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The mountain is full of tall trees, and there is a small river flowing down the mountain and passing through the village. The river water has not frozen yet, and it flows slowly with "gurgling" and "gurgling" sounds.

In the mountain village, farmlands are intertwined and paths are connected. As you walk along, you can hear the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking. It is a beautiful pastoral scenery.

An uncle passing by saw Zhang Weifang and the others and asked cautiously:

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Uncle, we are not bad people. We are from Lizhuang Commune. The village is short of food, so we came to exchange some for food from you."

As soon as the uncle heard what they said, he quickly shouted towards the village:

"Guardian, Guidan, come here quickly."

In less than two minutes, a small man came running down the hillside. He was wearing a fur hat and white steam came out of his mouth as he spoke:

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"Two people have come to exchange for food. Please greet them."

The man called "Guardian" looked only about twenty years old. He looked the two people in front of him up and down and asked:

"Do you have a letter of introduction? What can we exchange for food?"

Zhang Jiuyi took out the letter of introduction and handed it to the other party, with an honest look on his face:

"We're exchanging cloth for some defective goods. Can you see if the village needs them?"

"Is it really cloth?"

"Of course, my mule cart is parked outside the mountain. If you don't believe me, you can go and take a look."

Twenty minutes later, Guaidan and a dozen other people followed them out of the mountain.

The three people on the mule cart were chatting when they saw Zhang Jiuyi bringing a group of people. They hurriedly stood beside the mule cart and guarded the things on the cart.

Zhang Weifang opened the cloth on the car and let them take a look. The women grabbed it and wouldn't let go.

"Hey, sister-in-law, I want this one, it's too thick."

"I think this floral pattern is the best. It's perfect for Ni to wear at her wedding in the spring."

"These twills will definitely look good in the summer. They can be made into a shirt."

The men stood by and waited for the women to choose the fabrics. The fabrics were not expensive, only one or two cents per foot.

There were so many pieces of cloth that the women were overwhelmed and finally asked Zhang Weifang to take the remaining cloth to their village for further exchange.