In the afternoon, a postman came to deliver a letter. After sending the letter, Zhu Guixia finally received a reply after a long wait. Amidst everyone's jokes, Zhu Guixia went back to her room to read the letter. Perhaps only Bai Ruozhen had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, after reading the letter, Zhu Guixia became silent. Bai Ruozhen asked her, but she didn't say anything. At night, Bai Ruozhen woke up and found that Zhu Guixia was not on the kang. She hurried to look for her and found that Zhu Guixia was hiding in the backyard crying.
"Sister Xia." Bai Ruozhen approached gently and called out worriedly.
Zhu Guixia quickly stopped crying, wiped her tears, and turned around. "Zhenzhen, why are you up?"
Bai Ruozhen stepped forward and looked at her. "What happened?"
Zhu Guixia smiled bleakly. "You're right. He said he has a girlfriend. The one his family introduced him to is a factory worker in the city. They said we're not meant to be together." She wiped away her tears and said, "I guess I'll never be able to go back in this lifetime."
Bai Ruozhen didn't know how to comfort her, so he just stepped forward and took her hand, "Sister Xia, I don't think he's worthy of you."
"I think so too." Zhu Guixia started to cry as she spoke. "All those vows of love are just lies. Zhenzhen, you must be careful when dating in the future."
"Yeah." Bai Ruozhen turned her eyes away slightly, somewhat thankful that Zhu Guixia couldn't see the expression on her face in the dark.
That same night, Gu Changqing and Qiu Qiming parked their truck on the road some distance from the village. Gu Changqing said, "Uncle, wait here. I'll find someone to move the things back."
Qiu Qiming held a ginseng root in his mouth and said, "Go quickly."
"Uncle, I think you can eat up all the food before we sell it, and you don't have to worry about getting a nosebleed from eating too much." Gu Changqing got out of the car and went home with a flashlight. On the way, he felt greedy and bought a piece of chocolate from the supermarket to chew in his mouth. He thought it was quite unpalatable when he ate it for the first time, but it tasted better and better. Now he thinks it is better than White Rabbit Milk Candy.
It was already midnight, and there was not even the sound of a dog barking in the village. These days it was hard for people to even get enough to eat, let alone raise a dog.
When passing by the educated youth camp, Gu Changqing faintly heard crying. He seemed to have a feeling and went to the backyard, and then heard the voices of Bai Ruozhen and Zhu Guixia. Gu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief, as if it wasn't this little girl crying.
He was in the Northeast during this period, and for some reason, he never dreamed of her once. But as soon as he entered Shandong Province and went to sleep, the little girl came to his mind again, especially when he was near Yancheng, he was lying in the lounge in the back row to rest, and he dreamed of Bai Ruozhen in a daze.
But this time, the little girl in the dream was crying with grievance, and stretched out her hands to him and said, "My hands are all worn out."
However, before he could answer, a car horn honked and Gu Changqing suddenly woke up.
At that time, Gu Changqing couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or relieved, but now when he heard Bai Ruozhen's soft and comforting voice, he suddenly wanted to laugh. How could he fall in love with a girl so easily?
Didn’t he agree to follow his uncle’s example and remain single?
Gu Changqing shook his head and quickly walked to the door of Gu's house and knocked. After a while, he heard his father's voice.
Gu Zhiguo reached the door and asked, "Who is it?"
"Dad, it's me." Gu Changqing shouted in a low voice.
"Old Five?" Gu Zhiguo was delighted and hurried over to open the door. "Why are you back so late at night?"
"Come inside and talk." Gu Changqing chuckled twice and went into the house. Qiu Lanying also got up and was very surprised to see Gu Changqing coming back. After all, he had been away for more than two months, and they were very worried, especially since they were engaged in speculation and profiteering, which made them even more worried.
Now that she saw him back safely, Qiu Lanying finally let go of the worry in her heart.
Gu Changqing picked up the bowl and drank a bowl of water and said, "My uncle is still waiting on the road. Let's go get the things home. It's not safe to leave them in the city."
"Okay." Gu Zhiguo said, "Do you want a shoulder pole?"
Gu Changqing nodded, "Yes."
When the old couple heard this, they knew that Gu Changqing had brought back a lot of things this time, and they were very happy. This meant that they could make a lot of money this time.
The three of them carefully walked out of the village and reached the roadside. Qiu Qiming jumped out and said, "Oh, you're all here."
Qiu Lanying rolled her eyes at him and said, "Hurry up, it will be troublesome if someone finds out."
Qiu Qiming said nonchalantly, "What are you afraid of? If you see them, just tell them you're here to pick up Changqing."
As he spoke, his hands moved quickly. He first dragged out a sack from the lounge at the back of the car, and then took out two small bags from under the seat.
Gu Zhiguo was stunned. "Is this all ginseng?"
Gu Changqing pointed to the sacks and said, "This bag is full of ginseng, these two small bags are deer antlers, and there are two sacks at the back containing dried fruits, fungus, mushrooms and other dry goods." If they had known earlier that they would go before the New Year, they could get some dried fruits, mushrooms and fungus and sell them during the New Year. But now that the weather is getting hot, the dried fruits have been stored for a long time and it is estimated that they will not be able to sell many, so they just got some and divided them among the families and did not sell them.
As for wood ear mushrooms, they had them in the mountains behind them, but the Northeast was of higher quality, and those in the city definitely didn't have them. They had only heard about the Northeast's rare kelp, but they hadn't expected their kelp to be traded for ginseng and deer antlers. What a pleasant surprise!
Gu Zhiguo and Qiu Lanying were already dumbfounded. Fortunately they brought two carrying poles, otherwise they would not be able to handle it.
Fortunately, the things looked heavy but they were not that heavy. Finally, they were carried on two shoulder poles. Qiu Lanying carried the two small bags of deer antlers in her hands, and the family of three went home.
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