Chapter 38
Old Man Wei looked at Su Qingci suspiciously.
Su Qingci immediately took out two eggs from her bag and stuffed them in her hand.
The old man put it in his pocket without hesitation and without changing his expression.
"Meet me at 17 Niuxiang Harbor at lunchtime."
"Oh, okay, okay."
"Prepare more food, especially meat."
As soon as these words came out, Su Qingci knew that she had come to the right place.
This old man doesn't have anything good in his hands, so he doesn't dare to ask for such a big price.
At this time, you may not be able to buy meat even if you have money.
I walked around the town for a while and bought a backpack that is commonly used here. It was almost time.
Su Qingci found a secluded alley and slipped into the farm.
The time spent in this space has now accumulated to more than forty hours.
Su Qingci hurried to put things into the backpack.
Two chickens, a duck, a fish, fifty eggs, ten kilograms of noodles, ten kilograms of flour, and a bag of thirty kilograms of rice.
After thinking about it, he took three pieces of smoked bacon from the farm.
There is no pork left and she doesn't know how to kill a pig.
I packed the things and put them in the backpack, which was full.
Su Qingci tried to carry it on her back.
"Ah~ It's so heavy."
"This must weigh at least a hundred pounds, right?"
"I hope the old man won't let me down."
He staggered out of the farm and headed towards Niuxiang Port.
Niuxiang Port was soon found in the slums in the north of the city.
Some neighbors who were enjoying the cool air in the alley looked at Su Qingci curiously.
An old lady waving a palm-leaf fan saw that Su Qingci was fair and well-behaved, and could not help but ask, "Little girl, who are you looking for?"
"Auntie, have you eaten?"
"I'm from the Iron Hammer Commune next door. I just happened to come here to do some work and came to see my uncle."
"My mom said it's No. 17 Niuxiang Port. Is this the right place?"
"Number 17? You're looking for Old Wei, right?"
"Auntie, am I in the right place at 17 Niuxiang Port?"
"Yes, that's right, it's the room at the very end."
"I didn't expect that this old Wei has such a well-behaved niece."
“I’ve never heard of it~”
"Bang, bang, bang~"
"Uncle, are you home? I came to see you."
"Here I come."
"Hey, kid, you're here?"
"You look hot in this scorching sun. Come inside and sit down."
Old Wei pulled Su Qingci aside and slammed the door shut.
The room was a very small one-bedroom and one-living room. There was a cabinet in the middle of the long room, blocking half of the bed. A square table was placed outside the cabinet to serve as a living room. The whole room was filled with miscellaneous items, and Su Qingci, who was carrying a backpack, had difficulty even turning around.
A boy of five or six years old leaned against the cabinet and looked at Su Qingci timidly, holding two candies tightly in his hands.
Old Wei cleared the things on the table and asked Su Qingci to put down the backpack.
After feeling the weight of the backpack, he could no longer conceal the joy in his eyes.
A stranger suddenly appeared in the room, and the child felt a little uneasy. He leaned cautiously against Old Wei's head, with one hand around his leg.
"What have you brought? Any grain or meat?"
"This is my grandson Congcong." Seeing Su Qingci looking at him, Old Wei explained.
"Yes, show me your goods."
Old Wei took the initiative and asked, "What did you bring?"
Su Qingci didn't say anything, she just picked up the backpack and took out the things one by one.
As soon as the two slaughtered chickens were taken out, Old Wei's eyes lit up instantly and his throat began to swallow unconsciously.
Then the duck, bacon, fish, eggs, flour, noodles and rice were all laid out.
The small table was fully occupied.
Old Wei's hands began to tremble unconsciously.
"This, there are so many..."
"They are all fine grains, all good things."
"Noodles this white, rice this good, these are rare things."
"There's also meat. We have chicken, duck, fish, and everything else."
"Who are you?"
"No, no, no, old man, you're talking too much and breaking the rules. Slap him on the mouth."
Old Wei slapped his mouth and said, "Please don't be offended, my lord."
"Wait a moment."
After a while of rustling in the inner room, Old Wei came out holding a wooden box that was 18 meters wide, 30 meters long and 10 meters high.
"The better ones are all here. I don't know if they're enough. I have some worse ones here. If you don't mind, I'll give them to you. Just consider it as me taking advantage of you."
As Old Wei spoke, he pulled out a large cardboard box from under the table and handed it over.
"I'll keep an eye out for good things in the future."
He pushed the two boxes in front of Su Qingci and watched her reaction nervously.
He thought that the other party would at most bring some sweet potatoes, a small amount of fine grains, and half a pound or a pound of meat.
I didn't expect it to be so generous.
His eyes involuntarily looked at his eight-year-old grandson next to him, who was still as thin as five or six years old. He needed these things so much.
Even if the things he has are worth a fortune in prosperous times, they are worthless compared to life and food in troubled times.
Now a small yellow croaker can’t be exchanged for much in the black market, and there is even panic and begging on his face.
Su Qingci looked at the fear in the old man's eyes and felt a sudden pang of heartache for no reason.
He opened the box a crack and glanced at it casually. "That's enough, don't think you're taking advantage of me. This is a mutual agreement."
"But if you have any good things in the future, you can save them for me. I will also bring you food in exchange."
Su Qingci stuffed the small box into the backpack and stuffed the large cardboard box in sideways without opening it.
"If you're alright, I'll leave first."
Old Wei sent Su Qingci to the door and started shouting at the top of his voice.
"Child, don't you want to sit for a while? Look, there's nothing in my house. Why don't you have a meal before you leave?"
"You've come all this way to see me. Oh, I'm so ashamed."
"Uncle, there's no need to send me off. Just go back. These days, life is not easy for everyone. Just forget about the meal."
"Hey, girl, come again next time."
As soon as Old Wei finished speaking, he slammed the door shut and bolted it.
When he got back to the house, he started hiding things everywhere.
The bacon can still be stored. Wrap it in some old newspaper and put it under the bed.
The noodles and rice were all divided into small bags and stored separately.
The fish and duck were coated with thick salt and hung on the high beams, with an open umbrella hung over them to block them.
The chicken was chopped on the spot and simmered in a pot over the fire. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, the grandfather and grandson got up to eat it.
Su Qingci walked to a secluded place and entered the farm in a flash.
When the cardboard box was opened, it was filled with small and exquisite official kiln ceramics from various dynasties.
There were twenty-one items in total, including plates, bowls, small pots, ornaments, wine glasses, toys, etc.
There are those from the Northern Song Dynasty, the late Qing Dynasty, the Later Tang Dynasty, the Southern Khanate, the Chu State, and the Later Zhou Dynasty.
Carefully put away all the relatively intact porcelain pieces.
Then open the small box.
Even though I just took a quick look at Old Wei's house, I was still stunned by what was inside.
A pair of imperial green bracelets, a pair of blood jade bracelets, a pendant jade with a water content close to that of ice jade, three rings in good condition, arm rings, a set of hairpins, bracelets and necklaces welded with various gemstones, and natural pearls as big as longan.
Even the box is made of a whole piece of high-quality golden nanmu wood.
If this happened in the future, not to mention other things, this box alone would cost hundreds of thousands or even millions.
The value of those two pairs of bracelets was more than enough to buy her farm.
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