"Aunt, you flatter me."
“I’m not flattered. I’m just telling the truth. You’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen, even prettier than my Zhenzhen.”
Qin Zhenzhen pouted and glared at Wang Aizhi: "Mom, you actually spoke the truth. Although I don't dare to compare myself to my cousin-in-law, I know I'm very pretty."
"Oh dear, you're even praising your own product."
"Jingyan, come sit down quickly," Wang Aizhi said to Luo Jingyan.
After Luo Jingyan sat down, Wang Aizhi poured her a cup of hot water and added brown sugar to it. "Jingyan, come and drink some water."
"Thank you, Aunt."
"Don't be so polite. Yanchen's parents live far away in Beijing. Since he's here, this place feels like home to him. You're Yanchen's girlfriend, so you'll be family with us from now on. When Yanchen's parents found out you were dating, they specifically asked us to take good care of you. Come visit us often when you have free time."
"I understand, Aunt."
Lunch was prepared by the Qin family: a braised pork knuckle, a pot of chicken stew with mushrooms, scrambled eggs with wood ear fungus, Mapo tofu, braised blood sausage, a plate of braised pork, rice, and seaweed and dried shrimp soup.
In the 1970s, during a winter when vegetables were scarce, any family that could serve such a lavish meal to a guest must have been very fond of that guest.
Qin Zhenzhen said, "Sister-in-law, Grandma and I both thought you would come today, so we went to the supply and marketing cooperative early this morning to queue up and buy meat and vegetables. Please eat more."
She placed a piece of braised pork on Luo Jingyan's plate, saying, "I can do it myself, you can eat too."
Xue Yanchen gestured to Qin Zhenzhen with his eyes: "Her boyfriend is here, so you don't need to bother."
Xue Yanchen placed a piece of pork knuckle skin into Luo Jingyan's bowl, looking at her with doting eyes: "Eat up."
Qin Zhenzhen teased Xue Yanchen: "With your current behavior, cousin, you're sure to be a henpecked husband in the future."
"I'd be happy to." The man's lips curled up, looking very honored.
After a while, Qin Zhenzhen took a newspaper from Qin Guangrong's study and showed it to Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen.
The article published news of Li Jianguo's arrest, and it was also discovered that the protectors behind those underground dens of iniquity were actually Li Jianguo's father and some of Li Jianguo's mother's relatives.
"I never imagined that the guest and the host would be from the same family," Qin Zhenzhen said.
"The fact that the same family can reunite in prison means they are still family, which is quite kind to them."
Before evening, Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen left the Qin family together.
Luo Jingyan returned to the educated youth settlement and found that Zhuang Feifei had already returned from the county town. She couldn't make a deal with her today and would have to wait until tomorrow.
In the evening, Shen Ruyi brought over some melon seeds and fruit candies. "Jingyan, Huifang found a job in the city and got engaged. These melon seeds and candies are what she mailed back. I'm sharing some with everyone."
Luo Jingyan returned two pieces of candy to Shen Ruyi.
The next day, Luo Jingyan saw that Zhuang Feifei had indeed gone out. Luo Jingyan took the second oxcart to the county town. When she finished disguising herself and arrived at the black market, Zhuang Feifei had already been selling things there for a while.
She walked up to Zhuang Feifei and said, "I'm here today to inform you about the transaction. When is a convenient time for you?"
Zhuang Feifei: She has a personal space, so it's convenient for her anytime.
Having made the previous transaction, she already trusted the person in front of her.
"Tonight is fine, same place as always."
"Okay, it's settled then."
"Could you get me some gold and silver?" Zhuang Feifei asked.
Luo Jingyan does have it in her spatial storage, but she can't take it out. Otherwise, she would have to rent a car, which would involve a lot of paperwork and other hassles.
“I never accept those things. After we finish the transaction, you can use the money to buy them from someone else.”
"Alright then, just give me the money."
"Okay, I'll be going now."
"Wait a moment."
"What's wrong?" Luo Jingyan turned around. "I still don't know your name."
"Just call me Lao Dong."
"OK."
In the evening, Luo Changtian returned with his schoolbag and told him that the school winter vacation had begun and that school would not start again until after the sixteenth day of the first lunar month next year.
That evening, Luo Jingyan went out with Black Tiger and Fatty Tiger. Two kilometers away from the small woods in the county town, she took Fatty Tiger into her spatial dimension.
Upon arriving at the edge of the woods, following the old custom, Black Tiger was sent to scout ahead first, while Zhuang Feifei, without resorting to any tricks, went over herself.
Black Tiger checked everything and found no problems. Luo Jingyan walked over, where Zhuang Feifei was already waiting there with a pile of goods.
Luo Jingyan inspected the goods first, and sure enough, there were the fabrics, cotton, frozen seafood, and two sewing machines that she wanted.
Luo Jingyan gave Zhuang Feifei 2,650 yuan according to the price they had agreed on. After receiving the money, Zhuang Feifei felt a little suspicious.
Old Dong never drives when he comes. Could it be that his truck is loading goods somewhere else this time and he can't come over?
Old Dong wouldn't let her ask any more questions, so she could only keep this doubt to herself.
Perhaps his car was just too busy to keep up.
But when she remembered the time her goods were mysteriously swallowed, she suspected that there was another transmigrator with spatial abilities here.
Old Dong always traded with her normally, and didn't seem like someone who possessed a spatial ability.
Since she wasn't in a hurry to go back, she might as well observe Old Dong from the shadows.
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