Not long after Lu Lin arrived home, Jiang Manyue came back with the meat she had just "bought".
There was a whole chicken in her basket. There were originally two chickens, but she had given the other one to Miao Xianghua before she went home.
Li Guifen didn't find it strange to see her buy a chicken. Jiang Manyue often went to the county town, so it was normal for her to buy a chicken occasionally.
She went to her private plot to pick vegetables as if it was nothing unusual, because Jiang Manyue liked her roast chicken half braised and half stewed, which counted as two dishes, so she just had to pick two handfuls of vegetables.
Jiang Manyue took the chicken to the well to wash it. Lu Lin suddenly asked from behind, "Did you buy this chicken in the county town?"
Hearing his question, Jiang Manyue answered directly without turning around, "I bought it from the state-owned butcher shop. I bought one and braised half of it and stewed the other half in soup."
Lu Lin walked up behind her and said calmly, "I also went to the county town today and passed by the state-owned butcher shop. They were selling pork today."
Jiang Manyue shuddered all over and suddenly turned back to look at Lu Lin, with a slightly panicked look in her eyes.
Lu Lin looked at her expressionlessly, "So where did you buy the whole chicken?"
Jiang Manyue instantly felt the oppressive feeling emanating from Lu Lin. Her heart started pounding and she was speechless for a long time.
Lu Lin's face remained expressionless. He leaned forward slightly and warned in a low voice, "Jiang Manyue, don't go to places you shouldn't go. We eat whatever meat the state-owned butcher sells at home. Don't cause trouble for our family."
After hearing this, Jiang Manyue breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed completely.
It turned out that Lu Lin thought that her chicken was bought from the black market and warned her not to go to the black market again, but she was overthinking it.
Coming back to her senses, Jiang Manyue felt that she had made a big fuss. How could Lu Lin possibly have discovered her space? No matter how smart he was, he couldn't have guessed that someone could have a portable space that no one else could see or touch.
"I understand. I won't go next time."
Jiang Manyue admitted to going to the black market and warned herself in her heart that she must be more careful in the future. The meat she took out should be the same type of meat sold by the state-owned butcher shop that day. Otherwise, if she was discovered, going to the black market would be a serious crime.
Seeing that she promised not to go again, Lu Lin said nothing more and picked up the hatchet to go up the mountain to help chop firewood for the family.
Jiang Manyue looked at his back and just hoped that he would return to the army as soon as possible, otherwise she would always be restricted in doing things and worried every day that he would find out. She felt very tired.
It’s a pity that Jiang Manyue didn’t know that Lu Lin had already become suspicious of her. He went to the county town today specifically to send a telegram to his leader, asking him to stay at home for a few more days to find out that she was not Jiang Manyue.
After lunch, Jiang Manyue and Lu Lin lay on the bed and the floor respectively, with their backs to each other, trying to fall asleep.
Jiang Manyue didn't sleep much, and when she woke up, she hoped that Lu Lin would return to the army as soon as possible, so that she wouldn't have to sleep well and worry every day.
It was hard to tell whether Lu Lin was asleep or not. After getting up and tidying up the bed on the floor, he followed his father to work in the fields.
He only came back a few times throughout the year. When he came back, he thought about doing more work for his family to earn some work points. Not only would he get more food at the end of the year, but he also regarded it as physical exercise.
After a few days of this, the transaction time for the next batch of goods agreed upon by Jiang Manyue and Zhou Laosan was approaching.
Lu Lin had been going to work with her father these days. Jiang Manyue thought it would be no problem for her to go for a trade, so she went to the county town directly under the pretext of buying meat.
But what she didn't know was that Lu Lin said he was going to work, but in the morning he would always wait for a long time on the road leading to the county town, and would only go to work in the fields if he couldn't wait for her.
Jiang Manyue carried the basket and went to the county town. Lu Lin, who was hiding between the branches, jumped down from the tree and followed her.
Arriving at the bushes again, Jiang Manyue entered the bushes, took out a bicycle, and headed straight for the county town.
Lu Lin had already made preparations. He quickened his pace as he shuttled through the woods, following Jiang Manyue into the county town at a close distance.
Jiang Manyue rode the bicycle all the way to the black market, hid in the old place, put the bicycle into the space, and changed her appearance.
Lu Lin was staring at her nearby, and her disguise did not escape Lu Lin's eyes. He followed the disguised Jiang Manyue without hesitation.
Seeing Jiang Manyue entering the alley and someone guarding the entrance, Lu Lin knew that this must be the black market in the county.
Lu Lin did not enter the black market, but walked around nearby and observed the terrain.
As he walked around, he discovered that this black market indeed had more than one entrance and exit, and there was another exit on the other side.
Lu Lin decided to take a gamble and wait at this exit to see if Jiang Manyue would come out from this exit.
He was lucky that Jiang Manyue took this route when she came out of the black market and went to her courtyard.
Lu Lin was waiting outside. Jiang Manyue and Zhou Laosan had already settled the money. They agreed that the key would be left at the door and Zhou Laosan could go and get it directly in the evening.
Jiang Manyue took the money and went straight out of the exit, preparing to go to the courtyard to put her leather shoes away.
When Lu Lin saw her come out, he followed her quietly.
Jiang Manyue walked all the way to the courtyard, took out the key, entered the yard, and closed the door again.
Lu Lin didn't know what she was doing in this small courtyard. He looked around and saw no one around, so he climbed over the wall to see what Jiang Manyue had done in there.
He climbed over the wall and saw Jiang Manyue pushing open the door of a room and going straight in.
Lu Lin looked around the courtyard again. It didn't look like anyone lived there, and he had no idea what Jiang Manyue was doing there.
But when he looked at Jiang Manyue in the room again, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, unable to believe what he saw.
He saw a bunch of boxes suddenly appear in the room! And Jiang Manyue's hand was stretched out in the air, as if she had conjured them up!
Lu Lin was shocked by the scene before him. Just as he was distracted, a voice sounded behind him.
"Who are you? Why are you lying on the wall?"
Lu Lin was startled by the sudden shout, and he lost his balance and fell down.
Jiang Manyue also heard the shouting outside the yard and hurried out to check the situation, but she did not see anyone lying on her wall.
Just as she was about to return to her room, the same voice rang out again from outside the courtyard wall.
"What are you looking at here, young man? Are you trying to steal something?"
Judging from the sound, it seemed to be just outside the courtyard wall on her left. Jiang Manyue quickly closed the doors and windows and ran out to check the situation.
Lu Lin fell from the wall. Although he reacted in time and was not injured, the aunt kept holding on to him, thinking he was a thief. He had nowhere to hide and was caught by Jiang Manyue.
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