Chapter 052: Will we be able to live?

He never imagined that his sister-in-law would light a stove at the door of the dormitory and cook for him.

When Gu Xiaoxi looked up, she saw him and greeted him, "You're off work! You can have dinner soon."

Lu Jianlin said with a smile: "You actually made me something delicious!"

He had come here originally to take her to the state-owned hotel for dinner.

Gu Xiaoxi nodded. "You gave me so many tickets. I was free today so I used some. You will live alone in the future, so you will have to buy some things."

Lu Jianlin looked at the extra tableware in the dormitory and a smile flashed in his eyes.

He coughed lightly and whispered, "Sister-in-law, I'm not very good at cooking."

He usually eats in the cafeteria.

Gu Xiaoxi was a little surprised, "You don't know how to do it? I thought you could do it too!"

Lu Jianlin laughed, "My eldest brother is a good cook, right?"

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "Yeah. He cooks better than me!"

Lu Jianlin raised the corners of his lips slightly. Although his elder brother is a good cook, not everyone can enjoy the food he cooks.

In fact, my eldest brother didn’t do this at home before.

However, he is willing to cook for his sister-in-law, which shows that he really likes her!

Gu Xiaoxi made stewed pork, minced meat and eggplant, scrambled eggs with green peppers, and stir-fried lotus root slices. The quantities were not large, but they smelled delicious and looked delicious.

Lu Jianlin quickly helped serve the rice and put the stools in place.

Looking at the delicious dishes on the table, he suddenly thought that he could actually learn to cook.

After Gu Xiaoxi sat down, he said softly, "Since your elder brother is not here, let's consider today as a welcome party for you!"

Lu Jianlin felt a little embarrassed and inexplicably moved.

His elder brother would never specially invite him to dinner to welcome him!

"Sister-in-law, are you used to it here?" Lu Jianlin made small talk.

Gu Xiaoxi nodded. "I'm not feeling uncomfortable at the moment, but I heard that the winter in Qingbei is very cold."

"Qingbei is quite cold, even colder than Kyoto." Lu Jianlin chatted for a while, but after he started eating, he was a little reluctant to talk.

His sister-in-law's cooking skills are no worse than those of the chefs in state-owned hotels.

And the rice is actually pure rice, and it is cooked to the right softness and hardness, and tastes great!

He suddenly envied his elder brother again!

With two people in the family both good at cooking, life will never be hard!

Gu Xiaoxi was eating while thinking that in the past few days, in addition to earning merit points, she also had to use the new product showroom to stock up on more dishes.

She also didn't know how long the fresh vegetables and fruits displayed in the new product showroom could be preserved, so she planned to give it a try.

After dinner, Lu Jianlin took the initiative to wash the dishes. He actually ate most of the four dishes and still felt a little unsatisfied.

There was only one single room in the dormitory, so he couldn't stay there for long. He washed the dishes, said a few words, and went to the hospital.

Gu Xiaoxi took a bath, then closed the door and went out.

This time, she went to the train station again, cleaned up a large garbage pit outside the train station, and then took the 10:10 pm train to Hongcheng, two stops away.

Because it was close and she wanted to find an opportunity to clean the trash can, she sat in a hard seat.

Maybe she was unlucky today. The starting point of the train she was on was Qingbei City. The trash cans on the train were very clean, and there was no strange smell on the train. She could not earn any merit points by changing the trash cans, so she could only sit there until she reached Hongcheng.

At this time, it was exactly 5 o'clock in the morning.

After getting off the station, Gu Xiaoxi didn't know where to go, so he asked someone about the location of the supply and marketing cooperative and then walked there.

She walked very slowly, carefully memorizing the route and direction along the way.

When I was passing through an alley, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Run!"

Then, a large group of people came out from the depths of the alley, some carrying or hugging things.

Gu Xiaoxi was startled, but quickly realized that there might be a black market deep in the alley.

Because she didn't want to be affected, she ran after him.

Perhaps it was because her physical fitness had improved before and she had mastered the Lu family self-defense technique, she felt that she was running very fast.

As she ran farther away, she could still hear two people complaining as they ran behind her.

"Ever since that bastard Liu Xiaoyou became the director of the Revolutionary Committee, he has been investigating and arresting people every day. He doesn't want to let people live..."

"I can't afford to offend him! His brother-in-law is from the Qingbei Military Region, and he's the deputy battalion commander. I heard he's going to be promoted soon..."

After hearing this, Gu Xiaoxi couldn't help but slow down and listen for a while longer.

"Tsk! So what if he's the deputy battalion commander? He's still a rag-and-bone collector. Others may not know, but I do. That Liu Meihua is a rag-and-bone person who even had an affair with my cousin..."

Gu Xiaoxi's expression froze for a moment. Liu Meihua? Her husband is the deputy battalion commander?

Isn’t that the Modson?

Is it such a coincidence?

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the two people behind me say again: "That bastard Principal Liu robbed the Jiang family the day before yesterday. Teacher Jiang once taught him..."

"What an ungrateful person! He is much more heartless than those of us who work in the black market..."

"That's right. I also heard that he embezzled a lot of the things he copied..."

Gu Xiaoxi originally wanted to listen for a while, but the two people turned into a residential area on the left, so she stopped.

Looking around, she no longer knew where she was, so she just walked straight along the road.

As she walked, she didn't see the supply and marketing cooperative, but unexpectedly saw a scrap yard.

Without giving it much thought, she went to the scrapyard.

What was more surprising was that the scrapyard was unattended and its door was open.

Going a little further in, she understood why there was no one guarding the place. This was because the place was low-lying, and the miscellaneous items and the gatehouse were flooded. It looked messy and dirty, so there was probably no need for a guard.

Gu Xiaoxi didn't want to get his shoes wet, so he stood at the door and used his garbage cleaning and sorting skills to sort out the debris closest to him and put them one by one into the used items warehouse.

Her luck was better at the moment. Among the things she randomly collected, she actually found a very exquisite mahogany inlaid marble bench, a mahogany carved beauty couch, a carved mahogany brazier stand, and four pear wood flower stands.

Judging from the carving craftsmanship, it is obvious that they are a set.

Afterwards, she collected some books and newspapers that had been soaked in water.

When she found some rusty discarded parts among the waste, she collected them one by one.

Later, she discovered that by throwing these metal parts into the junk warehouse, her points increased at an unprecedented speed. It seemed that no matter how much or how little she threw, every screw counted towards her points.

On the contrary, it is not possible for her to count every newspaper she receives towards her points.

Why is this?

As she was thinking, a hint suddenly appeared in her mind: "The old-for-new system exchanges old items for new ones, and the medium of exchange is the time memories carried by the items. Therefore, in principle, the items after the old-for-new exchange cannot be exchanged again immediately. If paper is discarded as soon as it is produced, it will only belong to garbage and will be automatically destroyed, and no points can be obtained."

Gu Xiaoxi suddenly realized that this was the truth!

If it was an antique, wouldn't it carry more memories of the past? Then why didn't she get any extra points?