Chapter 123
Soon market day arrived.
On this day, members from all over the country would come to the town to trade various daily necessities.
When there are many people, there will be more friction and conflicts. Soon someone's ox cart will hit someone carrying a load.
After a while, the aunt over there started fighting by pulling each other's hair.
There were also some pickpockets taking advantage of the situation, jumping around in the crowd.
Su Qingci took the chicken feather as a token of authority and started dividing the work early in the morning.
Wang Dachui was assigned to guard the place.
The remaining four people were divided into two groups.
Song Jingzhou and Liu Siqing were put in a group and asked to wander around the market.
Xiao Yuehua and Wang Guoqing are responsible for the outer streets.
The market is mainly filled with trading stalls set up by production teams.
There are public restaurants, grain stations, supply and marketing cooperatives, post offices, etc. along the street.
Su Qingci herself stood here and there.
He quickly slipped into a secluded place, entered the farm, and changed his clothes.
Today I have to meet with the woman who sold the enamel porcelain bowl.
She is now a celebrity in the town, so she doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.
It would be best if you could hide your true face.
She put on a pair of high-heeled shoes and the most fashionable "turban hat" that he bought for her last time at the county town's Hundred People Killer.
The front of this hat is similar to the brim of a later peaked cap, a hard piece that can provide sun protection.
A large piece of red scarf-shaped fabric is attached to the back of the duckbill.
Tie the two corners of the triangle under your neck and it becomes a hat.
He wore a loose work suit over his clothes.
To be safe, Su Qingci also wore a mask and a pair of color-changing glasses.
When we arrived at the agreed alley, Old Wei was already waiting at the entrance.
"Master Wei, has the other party arrived?"
When Old Wei heard Su Qingci's voice, he recognized that the person dressed like a spy was Su Yatou.
"Here it comes, here it comes. It's in the woods behind the public toilet in front."
Old Wei said as he led Su Qingci away.
The two soon arrived at the grove.
A woman carrying a bamboo basket was hiding in the woods. When she saw Old Wei and his men coming in, she also came out from behind the tree.
Su Qingci looked at the other person and froze in place.
Although the other person lowered his head, his face was covered with an old silk scarf.
But she still recognized the other person at a glance.
Chen Chuntao.
"Miss, this is the person in charge behind me."
Chen Chuntao glanced at Su Qingci, who was wrapped tightly, and asked cautiously.
"Can you decide?"
Su Qingci nodded subconsciously.
Chen Chuntao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the other party nod.
At this time, the things in her hands are all sensitive items.
If you get caught, if you are not careful, you will be implicated in the destruction of the four olds.
It would be a good thing for her to be able to sell it all at once, even at a lower price.
Su Qingci rolled her tongue and said in a hoarse voice, "Did you bring the things?"
"Do you want money or food?"
Chen Chuntao took two steps forward and asked, "Can you get a job?"
"I want to work in town."
"It doesn't matter what I do, I don't ask for a salary, as long as I can come to town!"
Su Qingci was stunned, then shook her head.
"I'm sorry, I'm not that capable."
Although Chen Chuntao didn't hold much hope, her shoulders still drooped in disappointment.
"I want money and food coupons, and food that can be stored for a long time."
"I need to see your things first."
Chen Chuntao gritted her teeth, removed the towel covering the basket, and pulled apart the two pieces of tattered clothes underneath.
A tightly wrapped cloth bag was revealed inside.
"I only brought some with me. Please take a look first. If you think the items are okay, we can arrange a time and place to trade."
Su Qingci reached out to take the cloth bag that Chen Chuntao handed over.
Chen Chuntao's gaze lingered on the back of her white and tender hand for two seconds.
The cloth bag felt slightly heavy in his hand. When he opened it, Su Qingci's pupils were shocked.
It turned out to be a jade ruyi and two pieces of jade with excellent water content.
The look she gave Chen Chuntao couldn't help but become complicated.
This thing couldn't have been brought by her when she went to the countryside.
That was what I got when I was in the production team.
In the entire Gaotang Brigade, the only family that could have such wealth was the former landlord and gentry Liu family.
Su Qingci had been in Gaotang Production Team for so long that she had heard some rumors about the Liu family.
According to legend, during the heyday of the Liu family, a third-rank official emerged.
Even in the late Qing Dynasty, there were still girls in the family who served as concubines in some royal palace in Kyoto.
When the Liu family's property was ransacked, all the antiques and valuables in the house were moved out box by box.
The crowd of onlookers were dazzled.
Even though more than ten or twenty years have passed, members of the cooperative are still amazed when they talk about the wealth of the Liu family at that time.
However, Liu Pinggang, the only bloodline of the Liu family, has been sentenced to execution for murder.
This batch of things fell into Chen Chuntao's hands and it was a bit...
I don’t know if it was luck that she met him, or if she had some connection with Liu Pinggang?
Chen Chuntao felt a little uneasy when she saw the other party staring at the thing in his hand without saying a word.
"How about it?"
Su Qingci came back to her senses and said, "No problem!"
"How much do you want to exchange?"
"Can I have as much as I want?"
"no!"
"You should have been to the black market. This thing could indeed be considered a family heirloom in prosperous times, but now..."
Su Qingci rolled her tongue and lowered her voice. She felt a little short of breath because she talked too much.
A dark light flashed in Chen Chuntao's eyes. She did go to the black market to ask.
For these three things, the person in charge gave her less than 200 kilograms of food.
If you switch to refined grains, it will be even less.
"I want one hundred yuan and fifty kilograms of food coupons!"
Chen Chuntao was afraid that the other party would bargain, so she spoke hurriedly.
"If it's okay, I'll come to you this afternoon with the rest of the stuff."
"What I have left is no worse than this!"
"I want fine grains that can be stored for a long time, as well as grain coupons, sugar coupons, meat coupons, and money."
"When and where?"
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After the agreement was reached, Su Qingci took out a hundred yuan and fifty kilograms of national food coupons and handed them over.
He rolled up the cloth bag and turned away.
Chen Chuntao looked at the large stack of money and bills in her hand, and her heart leaped with joy.
He looked around vigilantly, then turned around and stuffed the money and bills into the open pocket of his underwear, then fumbled to button up his underwear.
After packing the things, he hurried out.
Su Qingci found a place to change her clothes back.
But in my heart I was thinking about Chen Chuntao.
When Liu Ping attacked the Xiao family, Xiao Sanying and Xiao Hu were both killed with one blow.
The weak woman Chen Chuntao escaped instead.
Moreover, he was able to escape from the Xiao family and regain his freedom.
She has different ideas from those old-fashioned people in the team.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing that Shen Chuntao’s husband died and she was kicked out of the Xiao family.
If the things in her hands really belong to the Liu family.
The hidden story behind this is really intriguing.
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