Shen Zhiwen and his group came to the grocery store in the town. While picking and choosing, he boasted about his knowledge to the two girls beside him for a long time. Finally, the grocery store owner became a little impatient and thought they were taking up space, so he finally took out a tattered collection of essays and paid for it.

"Shen Zhiqing, are you only going to buy this one?" Zhang Wenfang saw him bragging about several books just now and thought he was going to buy them all.

Shen Zhiwen's face froze for a moment. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy it, but he was short of money.

Thanks to the fact that there were not many people studying in this backward place, books were sold as junk and at a low price, so he could occasionally buy some books to make himself look good.

Shen Zhiwen smiled and explained, "My family has been busy recently, so they haven't been able to send me money, so I just saved some money myself. Actually, you don't have to buy this book, but I just can't go a day without a book, sorry for that." In fact, his family never sent him any money. He only had the little money he brought with him when he came from home, and he spent it bit by bit.

Zhang Wenfang admired him even more after hearing this. What a good and honest man he is. How does one go about saying that even in adversity, one should stick to one's true self.

Shen Zhiwen then said, "Do you want to buy some? I can recommend them to you. The two books I mentioned are quite good."

Li Daidi was a little nervous after hearing this. She pinched her fingers and said, "I, I don't need it. I can't read..."

"Ah..." Shen Zhiwen said softly, "It's okay. I heard that the village is going to organize a literacy class for the villagers. You can go and learn from it then."

"I know this!" Zhang Wenfang's second uncle is the village party secretary and knows a lot of information. "My second uncle is preparing to select two teachers from the village."

"Then..." Li Daidi bit her lip and asked, "Will it be Shen Zhiqing who will come to teach us?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Zhiwen and Zhang Wenfang's eyes lit up.

Shen Zhiwen was looking forward to it. He heard that if he became a teacher in a blindness prevention class, he could be given ten work points a day. It was an easy and profitable job.

Zhang Wenfang thought that she could talk to her second uncle and give the job to Shen Zhiwen, so that Shen Zhiwen could personally teach her to read and write in the future!

She couldn't help but said excitedly, "I'll tell my second uncle later. It would be a shame if someone as educated as Shen Zhiqing didn't come to be our teacher!"

Shen Zhiwen coughed lightly, hiding the anticipation on his face, and said, "I feel honored to be able to help you clear the blind spot."

He felt regretful in his heart. It turned out that Zhang Wenfang had such a connection. He should have met her earlier.

Shen Zhiwen thought to himself, it seems I still need to make more friends... Isn't this much more useful than Jiang Miaomiao?

Thinking of this, the smile on Shen Zhiwen's face became even brighter.

The group left the grocery store, chatting and laughing. When they passed by the supply and marketing cooperative, Shen Zhiwen looked at the long queue and asked in confusion, "Why are there so many people here today?"

Zhang Wenfang explained: "Today, there is a buy one get one free sale on cotton fabrics. A lot of people are rushing to buy them."

"Oh?" Shen Zhiwen was a little excited. The clothes he brought were almost worn out. If only he could...

But when he thought about the money in his pocket, he gave up silently.

Shen Zhiwen smiled and said, "I didn't expect there would be such a great discount. It's a pity that I didn't catch it in time. I'm short of money right now."

Zhang Wenfang hesitated for a moment and said, "My cousin from my aunt's family works in the supply and marketing cooperative. My mother asked her to leave two pieces of cloth for me. Otherwise..."

She stopped talking halfway through. Cloth is so precious, and a family may only be able to save up for one new set of clothes in a whole year. She was really reluctant to part with it.

Seeing this, Shen Zhiwen said quickly, "That's great. It's perfect for making new clothes for Comrade Wenfang."

After hearing this, Zhang Wenfang lowered her head and smiled shyly, and the topic was passed.

The three of them continued walking past the supply and marketing cooperative and did not notice Jiang Suinsui in the team.

On the other side, Jiang Miaomiao followed Jiang Suinshun for a few steps and then stopped chasing.

She had important things to do today, and she didn't want to be with Shen Zhiwen and the others, nor was she prepared to be with Jiang Suunshun and Song Weizheng.

Jiang Miaomiao asked several people on the road and walked around a few times before finally arriving at a dilapidated mud house. The gate was half-open and there was a pile of garbage in front of the door. Jiang Miaomiao frowned in disdain, walked around the pile of garbage and went in.

This is the place in town where junks are collected. An old man lives there. He usually collects a bunch of garbage and brings it back. He picks out the useful ones to use. If he is lucky enough to get something good, he can even take it out to exchange for other things.

The reason why Jiang Miaomiao came to this place was because in her previous life, the villagers mentioned in casual conversation that there was a man in the town who took a few plates back from a junk shop. A few days later, someone suddenly found an antique among them. Wouldn't that make him rich?

Jiang Miaomiao vaguely remembered that it should have happened around this time, because she heard the news after the autumn harvest of that year. She heard that the man moved away from the town after discovering that it was an antique. Jiang Miaomiao was extremely envious, and guessed that he moved to a better place after becoming rich?

Unfortunately, she didn't know what those plates looked like. Jiang Miaomiao frowned as she looked around the pile of garbage in the yard.

What a mess! How can I find this?

The old man who collects junk was busy sorting through his own garbage pile.

Jiang Miaomiao took a few steps forward and shouted, "Master, do you have any plates?"

The eldest master did not even raise his head and said, "There are so many things here, take a look for yourself!"

Jiang Miaomiao was choked for a moment, and thought, forget it, it would be more reassuring to find it herself. She squatted down and began to rummage through it...

Behind this mud house, in a more hidden house, Song Wei Zheng, who had disappeared in front, was frowning and listening to the person opposite him talking in silence.

"Brother Zheng, this is all I have found out." Tie Zhu looked at Song Wei Zheng's expression and consoled him, "It has been so many years, and they don't have any relatives in the town. The most I can find out is that they moved to Beijing. Brother Zheng, why don't we just forget it..."

Song Weizheng glanced at him and said calmly, "Beijing City? Sure."

"Hey, Brother Zheng!" Tiezhu stopped him, "Are you really planning to go to Beijing? Not to mention that you can't go there without our introduction, even if you go, you won't be able to find anyone in such a big place!"

Then, he said weakly, "Even if we find him, we can't do anything to him... He was the director of the Revolutionary Committee eight years ago, so he must be even more powerful now, right?"

"I know you want to help Auntie Lan find the jade pendant, but I don't think Auntie Lan cares about it anymore. How about just forget it?"

Song Weizheng raised his lips in contempt and said coldly, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid."

Eight years ago, his mother's jade pendant was stolen by someone in the name of collecting the landlord's property, which caused her to be injured and weak and difficult to give birth. His father crossed the mountains and ridges in the heavy snow to seek medical treatment to save her and Xiaoxue, but he accidentally fell from the hillside and froze to death in the mountains. His sister Xiaoxue was born thin and small, weak and sickly due to difficult labor and premature birth, and she barely survived.

All this is because of those crazy and greedy people.

Song Weizheng had always known that his mother was brought back to the village with amnesia, and that jade pendant was the only thing left on her. Because it was engraved with orchids, she simply named herself Rulan.

When Song Weizheng was a child, he had seen his mother caressing the jade pendant more than once, with a look of confusion and sadness on her face.

He realized that she had always wanted to regain her memory, and that jade pendant might be the only proof of her identity.

So after he had some connections, he asked someone to help find out the whereabouts of the group of people who had come to his house to steal things that year. In the end, he found out that the jade pendant was most likely taken by the director of the Revolutionary Committee who was in charge.

Unfortunately, the final news we got was that the man had somehow gotten a promotion, and his family moved to Beijing, and there was no news from him since.

"Let's talk about it later. Thank you for this time." After thinking for a moment, he patted Tiezhu's shoulder and said.

Then he changed the subject and asked, "How are you doing lately?"

Tiezhu understood what he was asking and smiled, "Business is going well! It's just that you, Brother Zheng, are not free recently. I am almost too busy to handle it."

"Thank you for your hard work." Song Wei Zheng said, "I've been busy collecting these things recently and I don't have time. I won't be back soon. I'll be back soon."

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you!" Tiezhu chuckled, "With Brother Zheng here, I can work with more peace of mind."

Tiezhu and Song Weizhen only met last year. One night last winter, he was riding a bike with several large bags of food on his way back. It was dark and the road was slippery. He was tired after a whole day and had little energy. He accidentally fell into a ditch with his bike and couldn't get up.

Tiezhu immediately realized that his leg was probably broken, and he felt hopeless. It was already late at night, and this was a remote road he had chosen on purpose, with no one passing by. Even if someone came, he would not dare to ask for help, after all, his business was not something that could be seen by others.

He lay in the ditch, feeling cold and in pain. He didn't know how long it had been. When he felt he was about to freeze to death, he suddenly heard a steady sound of footsteps passing by the path where he had just fallen!

Tiezhu opened his mouth, hesitating between being frozen to death and being discovered to be a trader. Before he could make a decision, the footsteps stopped by themselves, right above him.

Tiezhu quickly closed his mouth, feeling a little nervous.

The footsteps stopped above for a while, and suddenly jumped down!

Tiezhu was startled, but before he could say anything, the man walked up to him.

That person was Song Weizheng.

He pushed aside the half-high grass, squatted down, and saw the iron pillar lying on the ground, unable to move, and the bicycle pressing on him.

Since he was discovered, Tiezhu stopped struggling and said weakly: "Brother, help me..."

In this way, Song Weizheng rescued Tiezhu and took him back to the town on his bicycle overnight. Tiezhu was admitted to the town hospital that night. The doctor said that if he had come later, not only would his legs have been broken, but his bones would have been frozen.

Song Weizheng saved his life! If his legs were disabled, he would not be able to survive!

What moved Tiezhu the most was not just this. Song Weizheng later rode back silently and retrieved several bags of food that he had left in the ditch. He also secretly delivered them to his house when it was dark and no one was around, without saying anything.

Although Song Wei Zheng later said that he was attracted by his business, Tie Zhu was still deeply moved and wholeheartedly acknowledged him as his brother and recruited him into the partnership.

Tiezhu's business was actually very simple, he just bought grain and resold it, making a profit from the difference. Although the risk was a bit high, the difference was enough for his family to live a life without worries about food and clothing.

Song Wei Zheng has a stable personality, good physical strength and energy, and a quick mind. He has also opened up many new ways. Gradually, Song Wei Zheng led him to do things. Tie Zhu felt that making money was much easier and he felt safer. He was looking forward to Song Wei Zheng coming back to collect the money after he was done!