Gu Qingmeng grabbed Su Xue who was about to say something and shook her head to signal her to stop. Her best friend had been cheated by a brother and sister before. It happened when they were teaching in rural areas.
The brother and sister were left-behind children and were good students. Su Xue felt pity for them and decided to sponsor them to go to school and cover all their tuition expenses. Just before they were about to leave after their teaching period, the brother and sister tricked Su Xue out.
The reason was quite strange. The brother and sister's father came back. They knew that Su Xue was rich and wanted to get her mother.
They actually kidnapped Su Xue and wanted their father to force her to have sex with him.
If she hadn't been worried about going out to look for someone, Su Xue might have been raped by the man. Although the matter was finally reported to the police, it left an indelible scar on Su Xue.
So Su Xue saw that Li Changan and his sister had some extreme ideas.
In Gu Qingmeng's opinion, Li Changan is a very strong-willed person. He will not take advantage of Guan Beibei. He will give equal rewards to those who help his siblings. A few days ago, when she gave them a fever-reducing pill, he had sent five bundles of firewood to their home in a row.
People like this don't want to owe favors to others, and everything must be exchanged for an equal value. I think they are cold-hearted and don't care about anyone except their sister.
When Gu Qingmeng got home, she saw Li Changan standing at their door. There was a large bundle of firewood at the boy's feet. Six large bundles of firewood were enough to equal the value of a pill.
"Gu Zhiqing, you guys are back. I'll bring you some firewood." Li Changan said calmly.
The young man's voice was slightly cold, without any fluctuations. Gu Qingmeng agreed with a smile, accepted the firewood and told him that he didn't need to send it to him in the future. It was just a piece of medicine and was not worth so much firewood.
Gu Qingmeng didn't know that Li Changan was already gentle towards her, but he was even more indifferent to others.
"Eh...this person is so cold. I think Guan Beibei is being nice to them, but she's just trying to please them."
Su Xue doesn't like cold people. She loves sunny and handsome little puppies. It would be even better if they are little puppies during the day and big wolfhounds at night. She loves them all.
Gu Qingmeng shifted her gaze away from the boy's back. What cold people like most is kind and enthusiastic girls.
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The next day, Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue got up early, had breakfast and went to the bridge to wait for the ox cart. Now breakfast is made by the Gu Guodong brothers. After half a month of learning, the brothers have been able to make breakfast quite well.
Su Xue is the only kitchen novice in the family now, which has made her interested in learning how to cook again.
"Gu girl, come up quickly." Pei Heixiong started shouting as soon as he saw Gu Qingmeng. There were many people going to the commune today, and there would be no seats if you were late.
"Grandpa Pei, you're driving the cart today! Why do I feel like there are too many people waiting for the ox cart today?"
Gu Qingmeng was confused. Several people came to the bridge at this moment. Was it a special day?
"Da Zhuang's grandson is busy, so I'm driving the car. Today is July 16th, and the supply and marketing cooperative has started to supply mooncakes. Every family should start preparing festival gifts! Mooncakes are only available for a month, so taking two mooncakes would be a good festival gift. You don't have to buy them, I'll get them for you when the time comes."
The cows in Peijiagou were specially approved by the retirement community when he returned, just so that he could earn some money by driving the ox cart when he had nothing to do.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming again. The years go by so fast. He is the oldest person in Peijiagou. He has no shortage of food and drink during the festival every year. He can receive more than ten kilograms of mooncakes every year, but he can't eat them all. They become hard after being stored for a long time and are not tasty.
So, every time there is a festival, a group of children will gather at his door, waiting for him to share some delicious food.
"So it's Mid-Autumn Festival. Grandpa Pei, what kind of mooncake filling do you like? I'll make some for you."
Gu Qingmeng makes a few mooncakes for herself every year. When her mother was alive when she was a child, she would make mooncakes every Mid-Autumn Festival, and she would help her.
Since her mother is no longer around, she makes mooncakes by herself, which is also a way for her to miss her mother.
"Miss Gu can also make mooncakes? No matter what the filling is, the old man is waiting for the mooncakes you make." Pei Heixiong thought of the braised pork made by Gu Qingmeng, and he was particularly confident in her craftsmanship. He unknowingly began to look forward to the mooncakes she made.
"Grandpa Pei, just wait! The mooncakes Mengmeng makes are delicious! Especially the ones with egg yolk filling, the ones with black sesame are delicious too."
Just thinking about it made Su Xue drool. She begged Gu Qingmeng all the way, and finally decided to make mooncakes tomorrow and boil the syrup when she returned home in the afternoon.
When she arrived at the commune, Gu Qingmeng went to send some gifts first, and helped Guan Beibei pick up the package. She also had a package arrive. As soon as she saw the address, she knew it was from her two cousins. After it got cooler for a while, she would make some dried meat and send it to them.
Jerky is good for them and can satisfy their hunger.
And nutritious.
After putting the package on the ox cart, Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue left on the pretext of going for a walk. They found a deserted place and entered the space to disguise themselves. After a while, they saw two thin and dark boys coming out.
This time, Gu Qingmeng and her friends did not plan to go to the black market, but wanted to sell things from door to door. There is a pharmaceutical factory in Gaoling County. The conditions of the factory’s staff quarters are generally good, which is their primary target this time. They have already asked the villagers about the location.
Each of them carried a large backpack covered tightly with cloth. As soon as they entered the family compound, the backpacks they carried attracted a lot of attention.
Gu Qingmeng was extremely alert and signaled to Su Xue with his eyes to run away immediately if anything went wrong, the things were not important!
After a while, an older woman came over and pulled them to a blind spot! A perfect blind spot.
"Young man, what's in your basket? How do I change it?" The old lady lowered her voice deliberately.
Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue grinned broadly, looking like two simple and kind young men. They also lowered their voices and said, "Rice, white flour, corn flour, egg noodles and oil."
"Cotton, calico, corduroy, soap, soap, washing powder, whatever you want, I have it."
Su Xue said it casually. The goods in the space were stockpiled by her. It is true that there is everything, but she can't sell everything?
"You really have everything! Do you have lard, too? Young man, put your backpack down and let me see. If it really has what you said, I'll take it all." The aunt was suddenly excited. Her son was getting married, and she was worried about buying things. The family had enough money, but it was hard to buy things!
"Rice, flour, and soybean oil are two yuan, no ticket needed! Cornmeal is forty cents, no ticket needed!"
Before Su Xue could finish her words, she was interrupted by the old lady.
"Young man, this is not a good idea. It doesn't even sell for two yuan on the black market! And cornmeal is only two cents at most."
The old lady started bargaining as soon as she opened her mouth, leaving Su Xue speechless. The price she asked for was indeed high. Last time at the black market, she only asked for two dollars. Now she just dropped the price by two dollars out of nervousness. But this old lady was too ruthless in bargaining!
In comparison, she was so gentle when bargaining with brands before!
"Oil is 1.6 yuan, no ticket needed! Only ten catties. Rice and flour are 1.2 yuan. I'll tell you what they are. They're all good stuff, so I won't charge you more. Cornmeal is 3.5 yuan. It's pure cornmeal without the corn in it, comparable to fine grains. They're all ten catties. Eggs are 7.5 yuan a catty, no ticket needed! Ten catties in total. White noodles are 9 yuan a catty, ten catties in total."
The three of them whispered about the price of crickets, like thieves.
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