Simple was also thinking the same thing, which would save him from having to lie and find excuses. This one excuse would solve the problem for both sides. Moreover, it would allow the two of them to communicate, and from now on, they could just use this fictitious person for everything, saving them from having to keep covering up one lie.
Furthermore, the fact that I dare to present it so openly and boldly, highlighting it as my main focus, shows that I have nothing to hide, and therefore you have no doubts.
It was already late, so without further delay, Lao Zheng called for help, and Jian Dan followed them directly in the car. He jumped in first and put the things he had prepared in advance inside.
Old Zheng went in a step later, and by the moonlight and the reflection of the snow on the ground, he was also quite startled by what was scattered all over the ground.
"That's quite a lot."
This snow pile was quite heavy. When placed in the snowdrift, which was still damp and hadn't hardened yet, it was obvious that the snowdrift was filled with supplies.
"Director, so much? This is much more than last time,"
That's right, last time there were only wild boars, and they filled the whole yard.
This time it looked spectacular: wild boars, grain sacks of all sizes, burlap sacks, and what looked like baskets—just like last time, the yard was completely full, but stacked really high.
"Uncle, this is wild boar, this is grain, corn and sorghum, that is rice and wheat flour, the basket on the right has brown sugar, these are some apples, oranges, and pears, the sack has some cotton, not much fruit and cotton."
Several people were speechless with shock. Although it was a lot, Old Zheng regretted his earlier offer to give half away, and he couldn't bring himself to say that he would take it all and not give any to Cheng Jin.
At least they can stay safely in warm houses. People rescued them, cleared roads, and removed snow in the freezing cold for the sake of their lives. Those were his former brothers. He couldn't just lend a helping hand. He couldn't possibly be a burden.
"Well then, let's not talk about anything else. The garrison is on a life-saving mission. Their first priority should be to fill their stomachs and keep warm. But, there are indeed a lot of people in our mining area."
"My dear niece, how about this? I'll take advantage of you. I'll take two-thirds of the pork, grain, and fruit. The rest I'll take to Old Cheng's place later, okay?"
To be honest, the supplies in this yard, especially the wild boars, are no less than last time.
The fruit, though not much, still amounted to two tons.
However, there was really not much cotton, only a little over a thousand catties and less than a ton. Her original intention was to take it to Cheng Jin and the others. Now that she had already taken the right path, she didn't want to cheat halfway through.
She saw it yesterday too. Xiao Wu and the others' cotton-padded clothes only had a little bit of cotton. The cuffs and elbows were worn down to frayed edges, and there were only two thin layers of cloth left. It was hardly warm at all.
Old Zheng probably saw through Jian Dan's intentions, so he didn't mention cotton at all.
His words resonated perfectly with Jian Dan's thoughts.
"Of course, no problem, I'll listen to you, Uncle."
As I briefly mentioned earlier, there was a lot of stuff, and Old Zheng did bring a few more people, but it was still a drop in the ocean compared to the yard full of belongings. Without a word, Old Zheng sent San'er back again.
"Go back to the factory and call people. Call everyone who isn't down in the mine to come and help."
There was a lot of stuff, and the snow in the yard was so thick that it reached thigh-deep with each step, making it difficult to move around or go fast. But everyone had a happy face, and Old Zheng was also happy watching from the side.
Simply put, he went out to deliver the payment, but after going around in circles, he came back. Several truckloads of the mining area's goods that had already been traded had been hauled away, and the rest were to be sent to Cheng Jin. Old Zheng was still guarding the area.
"Don't worry, I'll have the factory send two more trucks. Three trucks will be enough to load all this stuff, and we can get there in one trip, saving us the trouble of going through all that trouble. What do you think?"
Simply put, she wanted to use him to get things done openly and avoid trouble with Cheng Jin. She had no other requests, so naturally, she would go along with his wishes.
"That would be great, but I'm sorry to trouble Uncle Zheng with this trip."
Old Zheng waved his big hands,
"Don't mention that. I should thank you for this. Otherwise, my brothers would have starved to death by the time the grain was allocated from above."
Besides, even though Lao Cheng and I live not far apart, it's been years since we last saw each other. If there's nothing wrong, he won't even call or send a letter. Humph, perfect, I'll go see him too.”
After all that trouble, it was already past 11 p.m., but that was the time. Old Zheng had agreed to help, and she couldn't insist on delivering it the next day.
By the time the remaining items were loaded onto the truck by Xue, the moon was high in the sky. Jian Dan secretly glanced at her watch; it was 1:30 a.m. Even with so many people around, it hadn't been delayed at all. She herself was already feeling a bit sleepy.
Old Zheng sent the men back, promising to improve things when they got back in the morning. The young men didn't complain about being tired; perhaps they had hope, and they left with a brisk pace.
Although the road is passable, we need to be much more careful than usual, especially in the dead of night when the snow reflects a silvery light everywhere, making it even slower to drive.
They were moving so slowly that by the time they arrived at the gate of the garrison camp, it was already past 4 a.m.
Jian Dan and Lao Zheng had a good idea. It would be dawn in an hour, so they decided to wait there for a while. However, they forgot that there were sentries at the entrance of the camp. In the middle of the night, seeing three large vehicles standing there so brightly made them very nervous. After waiting for half an hour without any sign of them leaving, the sentry was so scared that he didn't care that it was still dark and immediately called to report.
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