Chapter 89 Being followed
As promised, Mrs. Luo gave the key to the house to Xia Juanjuan. Xia Juanjuan had already learned about Mrs. Luo's family from Director Zheng. She knew that she went to Beijing to be closer to the tombs of her four children, so that the whole family could be together. There was a sigh of relief.
She handed the steamed dumplings to Old Mrs. Luo without saying anything to comfort her - this was something that one couldn't really relate to unless one experienced it personally.
Old Mrs. Luo was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse.
Soon a jeep from Beijing came to the door to pick up Mrs. Luo, and she introduced Xia Juanjuan, saying that she was her distant niece who was staying there temporarily.
After Mrs. Luo left, Xia Juanjuan looked at the house inside and out again and was still happy.
The main house, facing north and south, is a two-story building with three rooms on the upper and lower floors, and two rooms on each side. There is a corridor outside connecting the main house. There is a large peach tree in the yard, and there are red plum trees near the corner of the wall.
There is also a small square garden, which is now bare. It must be the small vegetable garden that Mrs. Luo opened in the spring, summer and autumn. I guess the county has turned a blind eye to it.
The front and back courtyards are now large compound courtyards, so the original main entrance (South Gate) was blocked with red bricks, and a small door was opened on the back wall of one of the east side rooms, which is the current entrance and exit door.
Outside the door is a quiet alley where you will hardly run into anyone when entering or leaving, which just meets Xia Juanjuan's requirements.
Apart from the yard, Mrs. Luo did not take away any of the furniture in the room. They were all old pearwood furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties!
The eldest brother of the Li family built two tiled houses of more than 20 square meters at a cost of two or three hundred yuan. This courtyard is 500 yuan, which is more than half free.
Xia Juanjuan still doubted her luck. It was incredible that this old lady Luo, who was not her relative or acquaintance, suddenly trusted her so much.
But...she has encountered all these things such as portable space and time travel, so it is normal for her to have the aura of a protagonist.
Anyway, Grandma Luo is in Beijing. When she goes there in the future, I will look for her and do what I can to repay her.
After choosing a house, Xia Juanjuan locked the door and went to the place where she and Liu Caigou had agreed to deliver the goods.
Although the New Year is coming to an end, the textile factories continue production during the New Year, so the cafeterias are naturally open.
Recently, because of the supplies purchased from Xia Juanjuan, the food in the cafeteria has improved a lot. Many workers and their families are sometimes too lazy to cook at home and go to the cafeteria to eat.
As a result, the canteen's supplies were consumed much faster than before! Originally scheduled to be purchased once every two weeks, Liu now had to purchase once a week.
However, Xia Juanjuan did not agree.
She came to the county town now, mainly relying on the name of the supply and marketing cooperative to write a letter of introduction. Moreover, even if the supply and marketing cooperative came frequently during this period, it was not always possible to go to the black market or find Liu to purchase.
Now that the house has been bought, she will be able to go back and forth through the space in the future, so we can increase the frequency.
Liu Cai had no choice but to increase the amount he bought. Fortunately, it was winter, so even though there was no air conditioning, he could still store the food.
"A whole fat pig weighing 200 kilograms, 50 kilograms of mutton, 300 eggs, 100 kilograms of white flour, 200 kilograms of sweet potato flour, 200 kilograms of corn flour, 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 200 kilograms of Chinese cabbage, 50 kilograms of bamboo shoots, 20 kilograms of mushrooms, 20 kilograms of black fungus, and 50 kilograms of soybeans..."
After buying a few times, Xia Juanjuan lowered the price again. A whole pig was 1.6 yuan per pound, mutton was 2 yuan per pound, eggs were 8 cents each, white flour was 2.2 yuan per pound, sweet potato flour and corn flour were both 1.8 yuan, and sweet potatoes were 1.5 yuan. Chinese cabbage was 8 cents per pound, winter bamboo shoots were 3 yuan, mushrooms and fungus were both 5 yuan, and soybeans were 2 yuan per pound.
The total amount was 614 yuan, and after deducting the 4 yuan change, the final transaction was completed at 610 yuan.
Liu Caigou came with a cart to transport the goods. The big fat pig was still alive. It was knocked unconscious by a hammer beforehand, and then its limbs were tied up and thrown on the cart. This was mainly because they didn't want the pig's squeaking to attract attention.
After the goods were loaded, they were covered with a large piece of oilcloth and transported to a vacant house that had been found in advance, and then transported to the textile factory at night.
People coming in and out of the textile factory in broad daylight dare not transport the goods there openly, otherwise they will be reported by people who harm others but do not benefit themselves, and even the factory leaders who turn a blind eye will not be able to protect them!
Liu Caigou was actually curious about this. She wondered how a delicate woman like the seller could transport so many goods here without anyone noticing. Anyway, every time she came, the seller had arrived first and the goods were already neatly laid out on the floor.
But he didn't bother to ask. Most likely, he was a middleman, and there must be other people helping him. He let the woman show up in public, probably to avoid arousing suspicion.
But they have the ability to take risks to collect the things and sell them to him, and the price is much cheaper than other black market prices. He doesn't suffer any loss at all, so why should he care how they get the money?
Xia Juanjuan put the six hundred and ten pieces into the space and circled the dark alley several times before returning to the supply point of the supply and marketing cooperative, where she met up with Director Zheng and rode a ox cart back to the town.
From the town to Qingshui Village, Xia Juanjuan had not bought a bicycle yet, so she had to walk back.
She has passed through space and can now move freely from home to town and from town back to home.
But there are many people here who know her, and it is somewhat risky to teleport directly back home. Therefore, she does not plan to use space teleportation between the town and home unless there are special circumstances.
Fortunately, Xia Juanjuan was useless. Because what she didn't know was that from the moment she left the town and walked towards Qingshui Village, a figure followed her.
The road between the town and Qingshui Village is not remote, but it gets dark early, and it starts snowing in the afternoon, so the villagers who came to the town to buy goods returned to the village early. It is now past four o'clock and there are not many people on the road.
Xia Juanjuan braved the snow and walked slowly, feeling a little regretful for staying in the county town for too long. She was thinking about using the space to go back directly...
She was used to walking this route, and there was a lot of wind and snow, so the sound of the wind was whistling in her ears. Therefore, she didn't notice that someone was following her.
When they reached a place close to the small woods, the figure who had been following her suddenly accelerated and jumped behind her, hugged her waist with one hand and quickly covered her mouth with the other!
"Wuwuwu!" Xia Juanjuan was startled, but it was too late to resist!
Even if she wanted to escape into the space immediately, she needed to touch the birthmark on her wrist to enter the space. And her hand was also tightly held by the man's arm, and she couldn't move at all!
The other party was obviously a man, very strong, and had the upper hand, so she couldn't escape at all!
Moreover, the hand covering her mouth held a handkerchief soaked in medicine!
Ancient knockout drugs? Are you kidding? She must have traveled through time to the 1970s, how could there be such a thing?
But no matter how unbelievable it is, facts still speak louder than words!
Even though she held her breath immediately, the liquid she had just inhaled still took effect, causing the strength in her body to drain away rapidly...