After packing up, the two prepared to head home. This time, with the money his mother gave him, he had earned a total of 1,400 yuan, but they didn't have any tickets.
But it doesn't matter, the income is quite substantial. I'll come back to sell brown sugar products next time, and maybe I'll look for the black market next time.
The two waited until dark before preparing to return to the village. They took out 50 jin of sweet potatoes and 100 jin of corn from nearby, put them in bags, and prepared to head home.
Back home, the whole family was still awake. When Grandpa Guo saw the two of them return, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Why are you two so late? We were so scared, we thought something had happened to you."
"No, we got some grain when we went to the city this time." Old Guo lit a candle, glanced at it, and was shocked. "So much! Grain is so hard to buy these days."
“Father, Mother, we saw a man being chased. We rescued him and found out he was selling grain on the black market and was being chased.”
"Knowing why we came, they exchanged food for us as a way of repaying us. This can be considered a good deed being rewarded."
“Jianjun, you’re really capable,” said the second brother. “I’m just lucky. God is on our side.”
“Yes, if we eat this grain sparingly, it will be enough for our late spring planting. You two don’t need to go to the black market anymore; if you get caught there, you’ll be accused of speculation.”
"I understand, Father and Mother. Don't worry."
Grandma Guo said, "Let me tell you, keep your mouths shut. If anyone says we have grain, they'll all come to borrow it. What will our children eat? How will our family survive?"
"Yes, you should listen to your mother on this matter."
“Okay, we know how serious this is, we won’t tell anyone,” the eldest and second eldest said.
The old lady took all the grain inside and locked it up. The whole family went to sleep happily, because having grain meant they wouldn't go hungry.
Even if they didn't eat the corn and continued to drink wild vegetables and sweet potato root porridge, everyone was full of hope, knowing that in critical moments, no matter how difficult things got, they wouldn't starve to death.
Before going to bed, the two of them washed up and secretly ate six eggs and four steamed buns in the room. They hadn't eaten much all day, and the tension and exhaustion made them finish their meals quickly and fall asleep.
The next morning, Jianjun and Tingting were both very tired from their trip to the county the day before, so they slept until almost 10 a.m. Their family didn't say anything, after all, they had brought back so much grain the day before.
During the meal, although the table still had the same amount of food as before, everyone was happy. Even just looking at plums to quench thirst was a kind of happiness.
After finishing their meal, Tingting and Guo Jianjun went up the mountain for an extra meal and put the money they had earned the day before into the safe in their spatial storage.
After they got out, the two of them discussed how to make money next.
"Tingting, we can't go to this town too often, to avoid being spotted and caught. Go every few days, and spend the rest of the time on the mountain to replenish our energy and exercise. Otherwise, when it's time to farm, the two of us won't be able to handle it, and it will be too bad for our health."
“Our parents have all sorts of illnesses because they’ve worked too hard, and they’re not getting enough nutrition.”
“We can’t get vegetables now, and many people have night blindness. We have vitamins in our space, so we should eat them too.”
"Okay, honey. If we're going to eat more and not get fat, we need to exercise and make ourselves look strong so we won't stand out."
"Do you think we can catch rabbits or anything like that, honey? That's how it's written in novels."
"You can only catch them in spring and autumn. They're nowhere to be found in winter. These things run incredibly fast. Forget about it. If they were so easy to catch, everyone would be able to eat meat."
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