Chapter 319 Jealous

Xia Juanjuan told Li Zhan about her plan to ask Luo Cheng to use his network of connections, and also told him about her plan to ask Yan Haotian for help.

Li Zhan nodded and said, "I'll talk to Third Brother Fu and ask him to contact Luo Cheng to come here first. As for Big Brother... Yan Haotian, I'll also ask him to come over when the time comes to discuss what to do."

Speaking of Yan Haotian, Lizhan suddenly realized that although Yan Haotian is Juanjuan's elder brother in name, in reality... he and Juanjuan have no blood relationship!

How come so many men suddenly appeared around his wife?

Li Zhan sighed somewhat depressed.

Seeing him sigh, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Are you still worried about the disaster victims?"

Li Zhan looked at her and said with a somewhat aggrieved tone: "No, I'm worried about you."

"Worried about me? Worried about what?"

Li Zhan looked at her with burning eyes and asked, "Juanjuan, you won't dislike me and don't want me anymore in the future, right?"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Are you jealous again? Didn't I tell you that Luo Cheng is just a business partner, and there will never be more than this in the future."

Li Zhan sighed and said, "It's not Luocheng..."

Xia Juanjuan was startled: "Not Luocheng? Then who are you jealous of?"

Li Zhan felt a little guilty and said with a smile: "Yan Haotian, doesn't he have no blood relationship with you..."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Li Zhan said with a strong desire to survive: "But I believe you, my wife, you must only treat him as your own brother!"

Xia Juanjuan rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile, "That's more like it!"

Two days later, Luo Cheng arrived here as expected, and Yan Haotian also collected some supplies and sent them over, so it was considered a collection.

Although the three men disliked each other, they were of one mind when it came to the important matter of disaster relief, and they trusted each other's character, so they temporarily put aside their prejudices and worked together.

Finally, it was decided that Luocheng would contact people from all over the country, especially those doing big black market business near the disaster area, to recruit more people, preferably dispersedly, and then Luocheng would provide these people with supplies at a low price.

Yan Haotian was then responsible for buying back all the supplies from these people and transporting them over for disaster relief.

The money for purchasing supplies is centrally managed and controlled by Lizhan.

One more thing is that this matter must not be done openly.

In recent years, the situation in the military is actually slightly more peaceful and stable than in other areas.

However, if this secret purchase of state-controlled food and other supplies on the black market were discovered, even though it was for disaster relief, it would most likely cause a butterfly effect.

Therefore, even though the higher-ups agreed to let them do this, they absolutely could not make it public.

Moreover, in order to minimize the impact, once something goes wrong, the "culprit" responsible can only fight hard.

After everyone had discussed it, they went their separate ways.

The source of resources for Luocheng naturally comes from Xia Juanjuan.

However, Xia Juanjuan did not attend their meeting. After finalizing the details of the plan, Xia Juanjuan still found a secluded place, took out all the supplies in advance, and then asked someone to notify Luo Cheng to bring people to load the supplies onto the truck, and then transported them to different people. Then, Yan Haotian, the temporary "quartermaster", would purchase them all.

All the supplies provided by Xia Juanjuan this time are free of charge.

Luocheng had to bear the risk of transportation and distribution, and he had so many subordinates that he could not ask them to work for free and bear the risk for nothing. Therefore, when they distributed the products to other local small leaders and bosses, they took money.

When the small leaders and bosses sold them to Yan Haotian, the price went up a bit, so he made a profit.

Fortunately, no matter which link, everyone knows that it is to raise funds for disaster relief supplies, so they try to keep the price down as much as possible. It is almost just a labor fee plus a little profit. It is completely incomparable with the high prices and high profits in the black market that are double, triple, or even more times higher.

Xia Juanjuan actually had selfish motives in creating such a complicated process and involving so many people.

She originally thought of just leaving everything behind and finding a secluded place where no one was around, taking out the supplies from the space, and then waiting for the victims or other people to find them.

But tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food and other supplies suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Such an incredible thing could not fail to attract attention. If someone continued to investigate, it would definitely become a hidden danger in the future, and who knows when it would be traced back to Xia Juanjuan.

If that's the case, then she would be hesitant to use the space for other things in the future.

There is another hidden danger. If those materials are discovered by someone, and everyone rushes to scramble for them without caring about anything, then in the end, it will be her good intentions that will lead to bad results. Instead of saving the people from disaster, other tragedies will occur!

Therefore, Xia Juanjuan finally decided to use this method to hide the source of materials, which could also be regarded as her self-protection.

Although Luo Cheng would definitely have doubts, he has been suspicious for a long time.

Moreover, Luo Cheng is a smart man. Xia Juanjuan is such a high-quality and reliable source of supply, he will not be stupid enough to sell her out for a little immediate profit.

After the whole process, Xia Juanjuan did not make any money. The bosses of Luocheng and other black markets only made small profits. Moreover, it was the troops who asked them to purchase supplies, which was actually a semi-legal transaction, and their risks were greatly reduced.

That is... Li Zhan and Yan Haotian are the ones who ultimately bear the risk.

Xia Juanjuan was a little hesitant at first because of this, but Li Zhan smiled and said that since he and Yan Haotian had become soldiers, they should bear such responsibilities and risks.

Things went smoothly, and everyone was hiring reliable and trustworthy people, so soon, batches of supplies were delivered to the victims.

Xia Juanjuan felt relieved when she saw the victims who received disaster relief supplies and couldn't help but wipe away their tears.

In the final analysis, she had used 30,000 kilograms of rice, 30,000 kilograms of flour, 30,000 kilograms of millet, 100,000 kilograms of cornmeal, 100,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 30,000 eggs, 1,000 large pigs, 1,000 sheep, and 5,000 live chickens, ducks, and geese.

Xia Juanjuan didn't take out vegetables or anything like that. After all, vegetables spoil too quickly in summer, and the most important thing was to fill her stomach, so having basic grains and meat was good enough.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but sigh. After taking out these things, her space was so empty for the first time.

However, although so many supplies would not go bad if stored in the space, being able to use them to save so many people can be considered a good use of them.

More than half a month passed, the flood gradually receded, and the victims returned to their villages and began to rebuild their homes.

They have started to repair the dams, roads, etc. that were destroyed by the flood, and it will take some time.

Xia Juanjuan went back first.

Xia Juanjuan hadn't seen the little ones at home for nearly half a month. She still missed them a lot and didn't know if they missed her too.

The kids all lived in the Fu family in Beijing City. After returning with the military truck back to Beijing City, Xia Juanjuan went straight to the Fu family.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu, Beibei, Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao couldn't help but be stunned when they saw their mother who they hadn't seen for a long time suddenly appear at the door.

Then, the triplets suddenly rushed over and burst into tears: "Woo woo woo! Mommy! Mommy!"

Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei were not much better and they all couldn't help crying.

Xiao Wu cried the most. He cried so much that even the triplets forgot to cry because they were looking at him. Yao Yao ran over like a little warm boy, opened his little arms and hugged Xiao Wu, saying in a baby voice, "Second brother, be good! Don't cry!"

Xia Juanjuan's mouth twitched. Is it really magic that defeats magic? Xiao Wu is really talented...

Fu Weixin and Old Master Fu came out and both smiled helplessly: "Look at you crying like ghosts and wolves, as if you were tortured at your grandparents' house..."

Xia Juanjuan looked at the two of them and greeted them with a smile, "Grandpa, Dad."

Fu Weixin saw that Xia Juanjuan had lost a lot of weight after not seeing her for more than half a month. He couldn't help but feel distressed. He nodded and said, "Hey! You've lost a lot of weight. I'll go to the market with Aunt Chen to buy a chicken and stew some chicken soup for you to replenish your body."

Aunt Chen was the one the Fu family had just hired to help out. After hearing what Fu Weixin had said, she smiled and said, "I'll go right away! Let's make the chicken soup as soon as possible!"

Having said that, he went out with the net bag.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Dad, I'm considered lucky. I'm still provided with three meals a day, so I'm not hungry. Some villagers trapped by the flood over there haven't eaten for several days."

That being said, Xia Juanjuan had been eating and sleeping with the disaster victims these days. She had three meals a day, which were the thinnest corn porridge and half a steamed sweet potato or steamed bun for each person. There was no such thing as cooking.

If I don’t eat salt, I won’t have any strength, so at most I can put some salt in the porridge to take in some salt.

If you keep eating like this, it would be strange if you don’t lose weight.

At least Xia Juanjuan still had some space, and she could occasionally secretly take out a meat bun or some chocolate to cushion her hunger.

That's the case, and I have indeed lost some weight.

After hearing what Fu Weixin said, she felt a little hungry when she thought about the delicious chicken soup and the soft chicken wings and chicken legs.

Fu Weixin sighed and said, "Is Li Zhan still busy? He really made a great contribution this time! He also suffered a lot."

If it weren't for him, the suggestion to buy disaster relief supplies on the black market would probably not have been possible.

However, Fu Weixin did not mention this matter in front of Xia Juanjuan.

After all, this matter is, to put it bluntly, a violation of policy, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Fu Weixin never dreamed that so many supplies were actually provided by his young lady.

Since Fu Weixin didn't mention it, Xia Juanjuan naturally wouldn't mention it either.

The old man and Fu Weixin took Xia Juanjuan aside and asked her about the specific situation in the disaster area.

Aunt Chen came back and bought an old hen, a pound of pork, a dozen eggs, some vegetables and so on.

During this disaster relief effort, the Fu family also gave Li Zhan several thousand yuan to help him buy supplies, so the family was able to live more frugally.

However, there are elderly people and children in the family, so eggs and meat are guaranteed for every meal.

When Xia Juanjuan saw Aunt Chen go to the kitchen, she stood up with a smile and said, "I'll go help."

After hearing this, Fu Weixin and Old Master Fu were stunned for a moment, and then they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Fu Qingye has been in the Fu family for so many years, but I have never seen her take the initiative to help Sun Chunhua cook or do housework.

I couldn't feel it before because of the comparison, but now I can see the difference immediately.

Aunt Chen saw her come in and quickly smiled and said, "Hey, I can do it alone. Grandpa and Brother Fu are always asking when you will come back. Why don't you go over and talk to them?"

Xia Juanjuan couldn't resist, so she came out and talked to Mr. Fu's son Fu Weixin.

After staying at the Fu family for another five or six days, Xia Juanjuan planned to take the children back to Qingshui Village.

Although the Fu family was reluctant to let her go, they couldn't force her to stay.

Besides, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru haven't seen their children for several days. They are old now, and they raised these children since they were young, so they must miss them.

Fu Weixin asked Fu Nanzheng to buy a lot of food, clothes, shoes and other things for him, and also asked Xia Juanjuan to take all the tickets.

When Fu Nanzheng sent Xia Juanjuan to the train station, he again mentioned the matter of asking her to transfer her household registration back to Beijing.