Now that the mountain was clear of snow, the path was much easier to walk on. Lin Yizhen often walked this path, so she quickly crossed it and reached the main road leading to the town.
Next, Lin Yizhen took the bicycle out of the space.
Then, he packed the distributed gifts into cloth bags, tied them to the back seat of the bicycle, and rode towards the town.
When she arrived in town, Lin Yizhen did not go to find Cao Aiguo immediately.
Instead, he went to the original black market first and found that the original entrance there had been sealed with mud.
It seems that Wu Ye has been arrested and the black market is gone.
Fortunately, she found a buyer in the city in advance, otherwise she would be in trouble.
Since the black market was gone, she didn't need to go in anymore. Lin Yizhen turned and went to the People's Armed Forces Department to look for Cao Aiguo.
Cao Aiguo, who was working in the office, heard that Lin Zhiqing was looking for him. He thought that Lin Zhiqing had come to give him another performance report, so he quickly followed the soldier who brought the news to the door.
Seeing Lin Yizhen standing at the door, he pulled her aside and said, "Lin Zhiqing, where did you find the spy again? I'll go get people to prepare to leave."
When Lin Yizhen heard Cao Aiguo's words, she was stunned for a moment.
I didn't think I'd said I'd caught a spy! Could it be that the soldier just reported the wrong message?
Captain Cao looked anxious again, and he didn't look like he was faking it.
I think either the soldier spread the rumor or Captain Cao misheard it.
So, Lin Yizhen said to Cao Aiguo, "Captain Cao, you heard wrong. There is no spy. I came to see you today because I brought you some local specialties from the capital.
Because I don't know where your home is, I thought of sending it to your workplace.
I didn't expect you to misunderstand me."
"No spies? Send me local specialties?" Cao Aiguo said with a look of disbelief.
Lin Yizhen saw that he looked incredulous and a little puzzled.
How could there be so many spies in such a small town?
Just after saying this in her heart, Lin Yizhen suddenly remembered what she heard outside the banker's house last night.
Wasn't Zhuang Weixing injured while catching a spy? Adding to the spies he had caught before, now that I think about it, there are quite a lot of spies in this town.
Thinking of this, Lin Yizhen no longer complained about Cao Aiguo in her heart.
Because there are indeed a lot of spies in this town.
Then, continuing Cao Aiguo's words, he said, "Yes, I came back from the capital yesterday. I happened to be coming to town today, so I thought of bringing you some local specialties."
As he spoke, he lifted the bamboo basket in his hand.
Cao Aiguo looked down at the bamboo basket Lin Yizhen was carrying. There were many oil-paper packages in it, almost filling up the entire basket.
He said with some embarrassment, "Lin Zhiqing, you are too polite."
Lin Yizhen smiled at him and said nothing.
Compared to the money and tickets Cao Aiguo had secured for her, these things were nothing. If it weren't for Cao Aiguo, she wouldn't have received those rewards; or even if she had, the money wouldn't have reached her at all.
In short, Cao Aiguo is a good person. It is only right for me to go to the capital and bring him something back.
Thinking of this, Lin Yizhen lifted the bamboo basket up and wanted to hand it to him.
But Cao Aiguo seemed not to notice and continued to say to Lin Yizhen, "Lin Zhiqing, please wait here for a moment. I will go back and ask for leave."
Having said that, he turned around and ran hurriedly into the yard.
Lin Yizhen felt a little confused as she wanted to hand the bamboo basket to him.
Fortunately, Cao Aiguo came out pushing a bicycle not long after he went in. It seems that he had asked for leave before going in.
Arriving at the gate, Cao Aiguo said to Lin Yizhen, "Lin Zhiqing, let's go!"
"Leave? Where to?"
"Go to my house. Your sister-in-law has wanted to see you for a long time, but she is always busy. Today, she happens to be resting at home."
Lin Yizhen didn't want to go, but seeing Cao Aiguo waiting for her with a bicycle next to her, she had no choice but to push her bicycle and follow him.
Cao Aiguo rode his bicycle and led Lin Yizhen towards his home.
It took only about ten minutes to get home by bike. Seeing my son playing at the door, I said to him loudly, "Jianshe, go back and tell your mother that there are guests at home."
Cao Jianshe, who was playing marbles with his friends, quickly picked up the marbles on the ground and ran home when he heard his father's words.
When the remaining people saw Cao Jianshe leave, they also took the marbles and went home.
Cao Jianshe ran home and said to Wang Shengnan in the house: "Mom, my dad said there are guests at home."
Wang Shengnan, who was cleaning the cabinets in the room, was surprised to hear her son's words and said, "Didn't your dad go to work? When did he say we had guests?"
"Just now."
Just as Cao Jianshe finished speaking, Wang Shengnan heard the voice of her husband Cao Aiguo coming from outside: "Shengnan, come out quickly, we have guests."
After hearing this, Wang Shengnan quickly put down the rag in her hand and walked out of the house.
Then I saw my husband pushing a bicycle and leading a little girl of about fourteen or fifteen in the house.
Although Wang Shengnan didn't know what was going on, she still greeted him enthusiastically.
After Cao Aiguo set up the car, he said to his wife, "Shengnan, this is Lin Zhiqing from Lizhuang Village. He's the Lin Zhiqing I told you about before, the one who helped me several times."
When Wang Shengnan heard that the girl was Lin Zhiqing, she hurried over to help her put up the bicycle and take the things off the bicycle.
Then, he took Lin Yizhen's hand and walked into the house.
As he walked, he said, "Lin Zhiqing, I heard about your situation from my husband, Lao Cao.
He said you helped him several times and he always wanted to invite you to his house for dinner. But you always came and went in a hurry, so he never had the chance. Today he finally brought you back.
Wang Shengnan pulled Lin Yizhen into the house, made a cup of milk with sugar, and handed it to her, saying, "This is the milk powder my sister brought back from Hai City. I heard it's very nourishing.
I don’t know if it’s true or not, try it and see if you like it.”
"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Lin Yizhen said after taking it with both hands.
Milk powder? To be honest, Lin Yizhen had never drunk it.
However, she seemed to have this thing in her space. I don't know when my godmother bought it, but before leaving, she stuffed it all into a snakeskin bag and brought it back.
Thinking about this, Lin Yizhen lowered her head and took a bite. She found that the taste was not bad, but it was a bit sweet because of too much sugar.
Lin Yizhen wanted to let go of her hand, but when she saw Wang Shengnan sitting opposite her looking at her, she said, "Thank you, sister-in-law. The milk is delicious."
Hearing Lin Yizhen's words, Wang Shengnan smiled and said, "Isn't that right! If you like it, drink more. If it's not enough, I'll make you more."
At this time, Cao Aiguo was holding the bamboo basket that Lin Yizhen had brought and said, "Shengnan, is there enough food for lunch? Otherwise, you can go buy some more."
As he said that, he put the bamboo basket in his hand on the table next to Lin Yizhen.
The basket was full of rare treats, and Cao Aiguo didn't dare leave them in the yard. Seeing Lin Zhiqing being dragged away by his wife, and not having time to take the basket, he helped to get it back.
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