Chapter 71 You are mine, no one else can have you.
Looking at Pei Jiuyan's eyes, Qin Suisui suddenly had a strange feeling, as if she had been caught doing something wrong.
Sun Ruwen chuckled and said something meaningful: "Now that he's back, I'll be leaving."
After saying that, he rode his bicycle away.
Qin Suisui frowned, and Pei Jiuyan, holding his military cap, walked over with an upright posture.
Qin Suisui felt unusually guilty. She took the hat from his hand and smiled broadly, "You're back? Didn't you say you'd be gone for at least half a month? Why are you back so soon?"
Pei Jiuyan glanced at her but didn't say anything. That night, however, he tormented her with unusual force.
Qin Suisui was annoyed by him and bit his shoulder hard: "Pei Jiuyan, what's wrong with you?"
Pei Jiuyan stopped what he was doing and buried his head deeply in her shoulder: "Baby, don't go with him."
Qin Suisui was completely bewildered: "Go with whom? Who is he? I'm already married to you, why would I go with someone else?"
Perhaps it was because the confusion on her face was too real, Pei Jiuyan suddenly dispelled the gloom on his face and gently kissed her eyes: "You must always remember what you said, you are mine, and no one else can have you."
Qin Suisui rolled her eyes speechlessly.
When Qin Suisui woke up the next morning, Pei Jiuyan was no longer at home.
She got up, tidied herself up, and ran to the kitchen to try making a bowl of egg noodles for Zan Zan. Although the taste wasn't particularly good, it wasn't bad overall. This was Qin Suisui's first time cooking noodles, and she was quite satisfied with it.
The little guy ate without looking up, making slurping noises as he slurped his noodles, mumbling incoherently, "Mommy's so amazing! Mommy's noodles are so delicious! Even better than the chefs at the state-run restaurants! I love them the most!"
The emotional value was plentiful, and Qin Suisui beamed with joy, wishing she could immediately pick up a large spatula and cook him a Manchu Han Imperial Feast.
After the mother and son finished breakfast, Qin Suisui took Zanzan to the daycare. During this period, whenever she had free time, she insisted on personally picking up and dropping off Zanzan.
After returning from the nursery, Qin Suisui rode her bicycle to town with Sister Wu and the others.
Remembering what Sun Ruwen said last night, Qin Suisui asked Sister Wu, "Sister-in-law, which black market are we going to in town?"
Sister Wu laughed and said, "Let's go to West Fifth Alley. The black market there is smaller and doesn't have as many items, but we're just going to buy some seasonings and such, so it's fine."
Qin Suisui thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't we go to the black market in the East Third Alley of the Glass Factory?"
Aunt Wu turned her head and looked at her with some surprise: "Sui Sui, you know about East Third Alley? Didn't you say you'd never been to the black market here?"
Qin Suisui shook her head: "I've only heard it from others."
Sister Liu smiled and continued, "You haven't been here long, so you might not know, but we're far from the inland, and it's inconvenient to buy many things here. So, many people smuggle daily necessities here by waterway to resell on the black market. The things in East Third Alley are basically smuggled from the inland. There are many kinds of things, and they're all available at fair prices. But relatively speaking, it's also more dangerous. We don't need to go there to buy things like seasonings and needles and thread."
After riding a few steps, Sister Wu suddenly turned around and said to them, "Why don't we go to East Third Alley today? I heard from the woman next door that a batch of freshly colored Dacron fabric came from the inland a few days ago. She bought a few feet and made a shirt overnight. She's been showing it off to me every day these past two days!"
Sister Tu nodded: "Okay, I was thinking that the shirt you made for Sui Sui before was quite nice, I'll go get some fabric and ask you to make one for me!"
Aunt Wu chuckled: "That's high-end cotton fabric that Grandma Sui Sui bought from the department store in the city. The fabric is good, and the shirts made from it are crisp and neat, of course they look good!"
Tu's sister-in-law said with envy, "Sui Sui, your mother-in-law is so good to you. She bought so much fabric and even asked someone to make clothes for you and the child. She really treats you like her own daughter."
A happy smile spread across Qin Suisui's face: "Yes, my mother-in-law is very good to me."
Aunt Liu sighed from the side: "That's because Ayan treats Suisui well. As long as a man can stand up for himself and cherish his wife, his family will definitely not dare to mistreat her."
These words left Tu's wife with a bitter expression. Qin Suisui knew a little about it. Tu's wife's husband, Shen Shen, was a mama's boy who listened to his mother in everything. However, his mother loved to act like a mother-in-law and torment her daughter-in-law. Now that Tu's wife had gone to the army, things were better. Her mother-in-law would only come once a month at most. Before she went to the army, Tu's wife was really tormented at home.
Ultimately, the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law problem is a problem between husband and wife.
Qin Suisui sighed, but she couldn't interfere in other people's family affairs.
The heavy topic was quickly moved on, and the group happily rode their bicycles straight to East Third Alley. Qin Suisui was shocked to discover that the so-called "East Third Alley Black Market" was actually just one alley after the one where they had previously discovered Zhang Zhiqing's hideout—it was that close?
Thinking about Zhang Zhiqing's matter, so much time has passed, I wonder if anything has been found out. When Pei Jiuyan came back yesterday, his expression was obviously wrong, and today he didn't go out to sea, but he dressed up early and went somewhere I don't know. I wonder if it's related to this matter.
Qin Suisui shook her head. Never mind, she'd ask him when she got home tonight.
The situation on Qiongtan Island is somewhat special; the black market isn't as strictly managed as on the mainland. The women led Qin Suisui straight to an abandoned courtyard, where a weathered wooden door stood, and a thin, dark-skinned man squatted there smoking.
Seeing them approach, the burly man with the dark hands expertly announced the price: "Buy 2, sell 3."
Sister Wu nodded and was the first to give two cents.
Qin Suisui, along with her sisters-in-law, took out two cents and handed them to the man.
The man took the handful of small bills, counted them, and then nodded: "Come with me."
Pushing open the wooden door, one finds a similarly dilapidated courtyard, seemingly abandoned for an unknown period. The well in the courtyard has dried up, its opening covered in moss.
Qin Suisui and the others continued to follow the man toward the abandoned main house. Pushing open the heavy wooden door of the main house, they found an equally abandoned living room. The man led them along the same passageway that ran through the living room and kitchen. Along the way, Qin Suisui accidentally got stuck with several spider webs. Finally, they pushed open another heavy wooden door, and what came into view was no longer an abandoned courtyard, but a wide square with people coming and going.
Looking at this scene, Qin Suisui was somewhat dazed. How could this black market be the same as the one she had visited in Guangzhou before coming to Qiongtan Island?
Moreover, the black market was bustling with people, like a vegetable market, much like the black markets in Northeast China. This lively atmosphere was a stark contrast to the outside world.
Was it her imagination? Or are all black markets the same?
"Sui Sui, what are you standing there for? If you don't come soon, all these new fabrics will be gone!" Aunt Wu called out to her from a fabric stall.
Qin Suisui snapped out of her daze and hurriedly ran over there, shouting, "Coming, coming!"
The fabrics here are indeed very diverse in color and type. In addition to blue, gray, and black, there are also white polyester fabrics, floral print fabrics, and even plaid fabrics.
However, Qin Suisui already had a lot of fabric stored in her space, and she also had many clothes, so she didn't try to snatch the Dacron fabric with her sister-in-law. The main reason was that she felt that although Dacron fabric was durable, it wasn't breathable, and the summers on Qiongtan Island were too hot, so she wasn't used to wearing it.
So he selected a few feet of ramie cloth from a pile of fabrics that no one had ever bought.
Mrs. Wu came out satisfied, carrying her beloved floral-patterned polyester fabric. When she saw Qin Suisui carrying ramie cloth, she frowned, leaned forward, and whispered, "Suisui, were you tricked by the shopkeeper? This ramie is so rustic and wrinkles so easily. Why did you buy it?"
Qin Suisui smiled and said, "This fabric looks like it has been carefully treated. It's not scratchy at all. It looks quite soft and breathable. I'll buy it and make a dress for it. I can also make shorts and a t-shirt for the kids."
After the sisters-in-law had all chosen their favorite floral fabrics, the group headed towards the soy sauce and condiment stall.
The women come here mainly to buy vinegar, white sugar, brown sugar, and seasonings.
The production of local vinegar on Qiongtan Island is extremely limited. Vinegar from the mainland, especially from the north, is very famous and indeed delicious. However, its availability in the market is limited, so most people buy it from the black market. Qin Suisui also bought two bottles of aged vinegar and two bottles of fragrant vinegar.
She has plenty of brown sugar and white sugar in her online space, most of which she brought from her own home before, and some from Yang Jiankang's home. She has enough so she didn't buy any more.
This stall even had Sichuan-style fermented bean paste and chili sauce, all packaged in large jars. Qin Suisui was extremely tempted and bought two jars of each, and also bought one for Sister Tang.
What was even more surprising was that they actually sold fermented bean curd here. Qin Suisui had been craving it for a long time, but the weather on Qiongtan Island was too hot for fermenting tofu, and none of her sisters-in-law had it at home. Now that she had finally seen it, she naturally couldn't let it pass by. She immediately bought three large bottles, each weighing five jin (2.5 kg), since they wouldn't spoil in her spatial storage anyway.
Sister-in-law Tu also spotted that they were selling five-spice powder: "This is really convenient. It's much more fragrant than the peppercorn powder and star anise powder that we grind at home. Just add a little bit when stewing meat."
Qin Suisui's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Wasn't this tailor-made for a cooking novice like her? Without hesitation, she weighed out two jin (1 kg). Seeing the chili powder next to the five-spice powder, she weighed out another five jin (2.5 kg).
After looking around, they still couldn't find the sesame paste Qin Suisui wanted. Aunt Tu muttered, "Why don't we try looking at the oil shop? I was thinking, isn't sesame paste made from sesame seeds? It's similar to sesame oil..."
Qin Suisui thought it made sense, so she asked the people who patrolled the black market from time to time. She found out that the place selling oil was under the eaves in a corner of the black market. She ran there and smelled an enticing aroma of sesame oil from afar.
Qin Suisui swallowed hard and asked the shopkeeper, who was wearing a straw hat and looking down at the oil vendor, "Excuse me, do you have sesame paste here? And how much is this sesame oil per pound?"
As soon as Qin Suisui finished speaking, she heard a low laugh. She felt it was somewhat familiar. Then, the "boss" wearing a straw hat looked up, and Qin Suisui's eyes widened: "Liang...Liang Qi?"
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