Chen Lanfen was admitted to the hospital that night and began to have an attack within a few hours. Tang Liren ran in and out to find doctors and nurses, explaining Chen Lanfen's condition to them...
At around four o'clock in the morning, Chen Lanfen was pushed into the delivery room.
Tang Liren and Bai Nansheng sat on the bench in front of the obstetrics department and waited foolishly.
After all, Tang Liren was old, and she fell asleep soon after.
Bai Nansheng stared at his mother's beautiful but somewhat old face for a while, took off his coat, gently covered his sleeping mother with it, then stood up and walked to the corner of the stairs, took out a cigarette and lit it.
He didn't sleep at all.
At around seven o'clock, Bai Dongsheng came over carrying a bag of buns. As soon as I went up the stairs, I saw my brother with a stern look in the corridor?
"Where's mom?" Bai Dongsheng asked.
Bai Nansheng, "She's asleep, don't go over there yet... let her sleep for a while."
Bai Dongsheng nodded and asked, "What about Chen Lanfen?"
"She's had an attack and has gone into the delivery room." Bai Nansheng answered, and then asked, "Have Dad and Sister-in-law been settled?"
Bai Dongsheng nodded and briefly explained the situation: he took his family to stay with relatives last night. There were too many people in his family and there was no room for them, so his relatives quietly opened a few empty rooms in the guesthouse and let them stay there. Then he helped them find an empty yard early in the morning, and Bai Dongsheng paid the rent immediately. Now everyone has moved there and settled in.
"Li Zi and the others are cleaning up the room over there... There's everything there, and they can even cook. Once things are settled here, we'll have to let Mom go over there and have a good rest." Bai Dongsheng said.
Nansheng nodded and remained silent for a long time.
Bai Dongsheng said: "Then you eat the buns first!"
Nansheng asked, "Brother, do you love your sister-in-law?"
Bai Dongsheng was stunned.
"Do you love her?" Nansheng asked.
Bai Dongsheng was a little flustered, "Your sister-in-law and I... are already... an old married couple, what's the point of talking about love or not!"
"Do you love my sister-in-law?" Nansheng asked persistently.
Bai Dongsheng fell into a long silence.
After a long while, he replied, "I know you must be upset about this... I don't want to answer anyone who asks me whether I love your sister-in-law or not. But you are my brother, and if you ask me, I... of course I will answer, but I will only say this once in my life."
"Of course I love her, I can't live without her. I am the eldest in the family, I have parents to look up to me, I have brothers and sisters to support, but she is the youngest daughter in the family, she has been living a life of luxury since she was a child, how much hardship she would have to endure if she followed me! But doesn't she know the situation of our family? Doesn't she know how heavy my responsibilities are? She knew everything, but she still married me."
"In order to find a wife for you, our family has already spent all the money on the betrothal gifts. Later, Lizi and Xingzi will also get married, so dowries should be prepared. I will not be able to live with it if the man looks down on my sisters because of the dowries! Not to mention that Taotao is still a silly girl, and she may need my support for the rest of her life... Your eldest sister-in-law is pregnant with a baby, and even if my brothers and sisters get married, I still have three little ones to support..."
"Nansheng, I don't owe anyone anything, I only owe your sister-in-law! Until now, her parents, her brother's wife, and her sister have been very dissatisfied with me. They think that this spoiled youngest daughter has become the eldest sister-in-law in our family and has to serve the elderly and take care of the young, and do all the rough and heavy work! Nansheng, when I think about how incompetent I am and how I can't make sure she has enough food and clothes, I feel..."
Speaking of this, Bai Dongsheng's eyes became a little moist.
He couldn't say any more.
Nansheng has been listening carefully.
There is no doubt that my elder brother and his wife have a good relationship.
However, he could not relate to every word his elder brother said.
So is his complicated feelings towards Chen Lanfen love?
"Brother, what do you think... do I like Chen Lanfen?" This was the question that troubled Nansheng all night.
Bai Dongsheng looked at her with some disdain, "How can you call that love!"
"You have the temper of a bully. You look down on the well-mannered girls because you are not that kind of person... Chen Lanfen dragged you into the cornfield after only seeing you a few times. Then you realized that she was different from those well-mannered girls. She was a maverick like you..."
"Besides, you've been away from home for too long. Once she drags you into the cornfield, it will be like dry firewood meeting fire, which will catch fire at any time," Bai Dongsheng said sharply.
Nansheng was stunned.
Bai Dongsheng continued, "You were so angry at the time that you didn't want to listen to anything we said. Now that you've calmed down... Haven't you ever thought that if she dragged you into the cornfield after only seeing you a few times, then she couldn't drag others into the cornfield? Or are you sure that she loved you to death when she dragged you into the cornfield?"
Nansheng's face turned pale.
Bai Dongsheng added: "We don't know whether she loves you or not. But you can't even figure out whether you love her or not... Hey, brother, why can't you understand? It's because you don't love her at all, so you're desperately looking for evidence and getting stuck in this dead end!"
"It's like, a truly rich person will never consider whether he is poor, but a poor person will think about whether he is rich every day..."
The example the elder brother gave was a little inappropriate, but Bai Nansheng still understood it.
Last night, Chen Lanfen's eyes were blurred with tears. She pleaded with him softly for most of the night, which moved him to sympathize with her and he felt that what she said made sense - everything that happened was not what she had imagined, and she was also a victim.
But what he couldn't understand was that all the pain she endured... was not imposed by him. He was also a victim. Why should he forgive her just because she was a pregnant woman? Because he loves her?
So, does he love her?
It seems like I don't love you.
When his father was forced to agree to his marriage with Chen Lanfen, he put forward a condition: he must join the army after the marriage.
He agreed.
After they got married, his mother Tang Liren was afraid that he would lose control and hurt the baby in Chen Lanfen's belly, so she beat him several times and told him not to have sex with Chen Lanfen...So from the time he and Chen Lanfen worked in the cornfield to the time they got married, to the time he joined the army, and up to now, the number of times he and Chen Lanfen have had sex can be counted on one hand.
He did not have many ties to Chen Lanfen, and he left in a free and easy manner when he joined the army.
After arriving at the company, the heavy training left him with no time to care about Chen Lanfen. When he occasionally had free time, he thought about his parents, his sisters, and his nephews and nieces, but hardly ever thought about Chen Lanfen.
After a few months, he even forgot what she looked like.
Does he love Chen Lanfen?
But he couldn't even remember what she looked like...
Is this love? !
I married her just because I wanted to be responsible.
But now it turns out that the baby in her belly cannot be his.
What other responsibilities does he have? ? ?
Nansheng understood and nodded seriously, "Brother, I understand."
Bai Dongsheng seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
——This younger brother is really confused, and I don’t know what he knows!
Bai Dongsheng sighed, "Mom and Dad are old, you should think more about them!"
At this point, the two brothers saw Tang Liren sleepily sitting up from the bench and looking around -
Bai Dongsheng hurriedly said, "...Now the whole family is paying the price for your impulsiveness. Look, Chen Lanfen is going to give birth, so our mother will have to work non-stop for several days without a break. Dad is still sick over there. If you mention divorce at that time, the Chen family will definitely make trouble..."
Nansheng, "Don't worry, I know my limits."
Bai Dongsheng ignored him and walked up to Tang Liren carrying a bag of buns. "Mom, you've worked hard. The pears will be here soon. You can go back and take a nap! By the way, let's eat the buns first. Did you guys eat last night?"
Tang Liren stretched her neck and said tiredly: "After I completed the hospitalization procedures for her last night, I went to the canteen to buy food. There was only one portion left, so I gave it to Lanfen... Nansheng and I didn't eat it. Hey, Nansheng, did you eat the buns?" She turned and asked Nansheng.
"Mom, you eat first, I'll have a cigarette!" said Nansheng.
Tang Liren, "You should smoke less! Look at your father... He was not particular when he was young. Now that he's old, he starts coughing in the winter, and no matter how many herbs he takes, it doesn't help!"
Nansheng holds a cigarette——
After a while, he put away the cigarette again and said, "Okay, I won't smoke anymore."
Tang Liren was satisfied. She took a bun and took a bite. Suddenly, she was stunned. She turned her head and looked at her stubborn son suspiciously, wondering, this prickly young man...how come he suddenly became so easy to talk to?
Nansheng sat down next to his mother, took a bite of a bun, and asked, "Mom, how did you know there was a problem with Chen Lanfen's due date?"
Tang Liren sighed, "That's right, I haven't had time to tell you about this... I can't explain it in detail at home, after all, there are many girls and children in our family, and Taotao..."
At this point, she turned around and asked her eldest son nervously, "Dongsheng, how was Taotao last night? Was she making a fuss? I didn't want her to come at first, but I was thinking that if the news got out and the Chen family came knocking on our door, and we were all here, there would be no one at home who could protect them..."
Bai Dongsheng comforted his mother.
Tang Liren was relieved, and then she said to Nansheng: "You asked me how I found out, it's like this..."
——That day, Xingxing said at home that a reporter would come to interview Bai Zhenggan the next day, and asked if she could take a few photos of her home? Only then did Tang Liren come to her senses and decided to go pick up Chen Lanfen early the next day to take photos together.
So the next day, before dawn, she got up early, packed her things and went to Chen's house. When she arrived at the gate of Chenjia Village, it was just dawn and Tang Liren met Doctor Zhao at the entrance of the village.
Dr. Zhao is an obstetrician and gynecologist in the town hospital. Her husband is an orthopedic surgeon, his surname is Mo. Bai Zhenggan's back injury has been treated by Dr. Mo, and a few days ago, Tang Liren took her two daughters-in-law to Dr. Zhao for several prenatal checkups...
Tang Liren is a very good person. Whenever she takes her husband and daughter-in-law to the hospital, she never comes empty-handed. She always brings some mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc. picked from the mountains and shares some with the doctors and nurses.
After a few visits, the doctors and nurses all had a good impression of this family.
Seeing that there was no one around, Doctor Zhao pulled Tang Liren aside and gave her some instructions. The general meaning is: Chen Lanfen is about to give birth in the next few days, so you have to be careful.
Tang Liren was shocked, thinking, wasn't Chen Lanfen's due date in August? It's May now...
Doctor Zhao said, "Look at how big her belly is. Does it look like she's only five months pregnant? I didn't dare tell you the truth at the time. After all, I know how rude her family is... Chen Lanfen is already full-term! Her due date is May 9th!"
When Tang Liren calculated the date, it was full term? But Chen Lanfen had been married to Nansheng for only three months, and it had only been five months since they went to the cornfield...
Tang Liren was stunned.
Doctor Zhao added, "Also, Chen Lanfen is carrying a giant baby. I'm not cursing her, but let's look at it from a scientific perspective... Based on my experience, the baby in her belly weighs at least 200 kilograms! So you must not take it lightly. You must send her to the hospital for delivery. If you let her give birth at home, it will be a dead end!"
Tang Li felt disappointed.
Finally, Dr. Zhao told Tang Liren not to give her away, and then left in a hurry.
Tang Liren stood there for a long time, thinking that she had to discuss this matter with her family. Before she figured things out, she had to do what she wanted to do...
So she still went to Chen's house and knocked on the door.
Maybe it was too early, the Chen family came to open the door with sleepy eyes, and when they saw Tang Liren, they didn't react at all, and just yelled Lanfen at the top of their lungs...
Chen Lanfen might have been dazed from sleep, as she walked out of her eldest brother's room with disheveled hair. Not only were her legs bare, but she was also wearing her eldest brother's clothes. ? ?
Tang Liren was stunned.
When Chen Lanfen saw clearly that the person coming was her mother-in-law, she screamed...
This frightened the eldest son of the Chen family in the house, and he rushed out angrily, holding the bolt.
Well, the flowery shorts that the eldest son of the Chen family is wearing belong to Chen Lanfen. It was the floral cloth that Tang Liren bought from the supply and marketing cooperative in the town. She was reluctant to use it because of its good quality, softness and sweat-absorbentness. Later, she felt sorry for her two pregnant daughters-in-law, so she made three pairs of large shorts with elastic waists for each of them.
At this point, Tang Li became extremely angry and gasped for breath.
"I was so angry at the time, but then I thought, I was alone and powerless, and if anything happened, I would be the one to suffer, so I immediately turned around and walked into the yard, saying, 'Lanfen, I'll take you home, you should change into decent clothes quickly, the village over there is arranging a photo shoot today... They may be deceiving themselves and thinking that I didn't see anything, so they are just trying to cover up the situation."
Tang Liren continued, "Later, when I took Chen Lanfen home, she saw my attitude and she knew... I already knew."
Nansheng had originally thought it through and calmed down, but when he heard his mother's words, he became angry again, "She's already full-term pregnant and she's still... still messing around with the eldest son of the Chen family?"
Tang Liren looked disgusted. "Moreover, the day before, I took your father, her and your sister-in-law to the town hospital, but she insisted on going back to the Chen family. No matter how I persuaded her, she would not listen... I thought that the pregnant woman was the most important person in the world. As long as she was willing to go back to her parents' home, why should I stop her? I even gave her five dollars. Now that I think about it, maybe the Chen family really thinks that our family is stupid and easy to deceive!"
Nansheng's face was gloomy and veins appeared on his forehead.
Bai Dongsheng asked: "Mom, what should we do next?"
Tang Liren, "The reason why I have to come to the county town is that I don't want to implicate Dr. Zhao from the town hospital. In addition, the town hospital can't save Chen Lanfen in her condition, so I have to go to the county hospital. The second consideration is... this is the county town, we are not afraid of the Chen family making trouble, they dare not do anything reckless."
"The third consideration is that all of our family members, young and old, have come out, and the Chen family doesn't know where they are, so we're not afraid of them coming to our house to make trouble. In addition, we've called people from the ancestral hall in our hometown... We're in the right, we have more people, so we're not afraid of them making trouble!"
Bai Dongsheng, "Then I'll call the town right now and ask Aunt Guihua to go to the village and pass on a message?"
Tang Liren, "Don't rush, let's see how Chen Lanfen's delivery is going. She has to be fine before we can negotiate... If anything happens to her, we won't be able to explain it."
The mother and her two children grumbled for a while and discussed how to file for divorce...
At this time, a nurse ran out of the delivery room and shouted, "Family of Chen Lanfen!"
Tang Liren answered loudly, "Here!"
"Dear family members of Chen Lanfen, Chen Lanfen is pregnant with a giant baby and cannot give birth. She may need a cesarean section. Here, this is the surgery notice. You must sign it quickly and then go to the window to pay the deposit. Then bring the signed surgery notice and deposit slip over here. The doctor will operate on her immediately!"
Tang Liren and her two sons were stunned.
——Whatever you fear will come true!
Tang Liren took the list and asked, "Nurse, is Chen Lanfen okay?"
Nurse, "Who told you not to keep an eye on her? You think being pregnant is so great that you're eating to death? Pregnant women can't eat too much, especially since it's her first child! If the baby weighs more than seven pounds, it will be very difficult for the mother to give birth! But she is fine, this baby... our director said it weighs at least ten pounds!"
Tang Liren glanced at Bai Nansheng, sighed, and handed the surgery notice to Nansheng, "Sign it and I'll pay the money!"
Dongsheng snatched the list from his mother's hand, "Mom, I'll go, don't get tired..."
Tang Liren showed a trace of relief on her face. She glanced at the amount on the bill, took out a stack of money and handed it to her eldest son, "Then go quickly! Don't delay the surgery, it's a matter of life and death!"
==
Bai Taotao followed her family to the county town after a long journey. She first stayed in a guesthouse for one night, and then moved to a nearby house early the next morning.
It’s tiring, but…
She saw the bicycles that city dwellers rode, buses that could carry more than a hundred people, fans that turned by plugging in, pit toilets that flushed with a single press of a button after using the toilet, rain showers that produced hot water with just a flip of a switch without having to boil water... and that thing called a TV!
No wonder Silly Xingxing said she wanted to move to the city in the future!
Yes, who doesn’t have a beautiful wish?
In the future, she is going to move into the city with her whole family. Life in the city is much more convenient than in the countryside!
Just at this moment, she saw her sister acting sneaky as if she wanted to sneak away?
"Hey, Bai Xingxing!" Taotao called out her name.
Bai Xingxing was shocked!
Seeing that it was her silly sister, she breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Fourth sister, stay home obediently. I'm going out for a while and will be back soon!"
"Wherever you go, I want to go too!" Taotao also wants to see this colorful world.
Bai Xingxing, "I'm going to the newspaper office to ask reporter Zhang for photos. You...don't go. It's quite far. Your feet will hurt from walking so much."
"I'm going, I'm going!"
Tan Fenghui heard it and asked, "What are you two arguing about?"
Bai Taotao, "Silly Xingxing wants to go to the newspaper office to get the photos, Taotao goes to protect her!"
Tan Fenghui smiled and coaxed Taotao as if she were a child, "If she doesn't listen, ask her to go. Taotao, be good, you won't go..."
Bai Taotao pouted and said, "I want to go!"
Even Bai Zhenggan heard the quarrel. He thought for a moment and said loudly, "Hui'er, let them go. The newspaper office is not far from here, and they can exercise their courage! Give them two dollars and ask them to buy food for lunch and dinner..."
As expected, Tan Fenghui took out two yuan and gave it to Bai Xingxing, and then reminded her: "Keep the money safe, and keep an eye on your fourth sister, don't let her get lost... If you don't know the way, just ask people where the train station is. Once you get to the train station, it will be easy to find this place!"
"Got it, thank you, sister-in-law!" Bai Xingxing held Taotao's hand and said loudly, "Dad, my fourth sister and I will go out now!"
"Go, come back soon!"
The two sisters went out.
Taotao finds everything strange.
Especially near the train station, almost every street is a black market with abundant goods and a wide range of prices. Most of them are vendors pushing carts or carrying baskets, and the things they sell are mostly food, including meals, green bean soup and jelly, as well as various snacks...
Of course, there are also people selling needles and thread, scraps of cloth, buttons, rubber bands, and even old clothes.
Taotao picked out a few things that interested her and asked about the prices.
Xingxing also leaned over to take a look, and seeing that they were some herbs, eggs and so on, she lost interest and pulled her sister away.
The newspaper office was not far from the train station. Bai Xingxing asked people along the way and soon found it. After some further inquiries, she found out... Reporter Zhang was not from the county newspaper at all. He was stationed in the county town for the provincial newspaper and his work unit was in the county party committee compound in the west of the city.
Today is a rest day, and there are black markets and vendors everywhere.
While Bai Xingxing was talking to the newspaper office security guard, Bai Taotao walked through the black market in front of the newspaper office from beginning to end...
After Bai Xingxing asked for the new address, the two sisters squeezed onto the bus and even changed buses halfway. Only then did they find reporter Zhang and get a photo of the family.
Bai Taotao was shocked when she saw the photo for the first time.
——Oh my god, this is too clear!
Bai Xingxing also admired herself in the photo and said to Taotao with a smile: "The photos now are all black and white, and there will be color photos and even videos in the future..."
"What is a video?" Bai Taotao asked.
Bai Xingxing realized that she had let the cat out of the bag, and after thinking for a while, she replied, "The video is just like what we watched on TV last night!"
Bai Taotao glanced at Xingxing and seemed to have noticed something.
Bai Xingxing looked around and said to Taotao, "Fourth sister, just walk around here, don't go too far. I'm... helping Yan Naqian and the others post letters. It will be ready soon. I'll come find you later."
Bai Taotao loved shopping the most, so she nodded when she heard that and went to the black market not far away to watch people selling things one by one.
Bai Xingxing sent Bai Taotao away and immediately took out the letters in her arms.
She did not touch other people's letters, and only opened the letters from Yan Naqian and Jiang Hongzhi.
——Yan Naqian’s letter was written to Song Sui. It was a five-page letter. One third describes her "miserable situation" in Ruyi Village, and one third describes how much she misses the time she spent with Song Sui. There is also a lot of space describing the various love affairs and vows she and Song Sui made when they were young.
At the end of the letter, Yan Naqian tactfully told Song Sui that Shen Zhi had also come to Ruyi Village to join the team, but Shen Zhi did not recognize her at first. She also told Song Sui that she missed Song Sui day and night so much that she was often in a trance and always mistook Song Zhi for Song Sui. If this continued... what would happen?
Seeing this, Bai Xingxing understood a little.
In her previous life, Yan Naqian wanted to follow Song Sui's path and ask Song Sui to help her leave Ruyi Village, right? Song Sui did not agree or was unable to do it for some reason, so Yan Naqian framed Song Zhi in anger.
So Yan Naqian married Song Zhi in order to anger and stimulate Song Sui?
Bai Xingxing read Yan Naqian's letter again from beginning to end, and the more she read, the more she felt that this was the meaning.
She couldn't help but sneer, this woman's level is quite high!
I just don’t know why, someone with such a high IQ, Song Zhi, was played around by Yan Naqian.
Bai Xingxing opened Jiang Hongzhi's letter again.
Jiang Hongzhi's letter was addressed to his mother. The content was simple. He just mentioned that he was short of money recently and asked his mother to send him some money. He also said that his pursuit of Yan Naqian was about to succeed. Yan Naqian had agreed to date him and even mentioned the marriage gift to him...
It can be seen that Jiang Hongzhi has already corresponded with his mother and written a lot about Yan Naqian, so his words are concise and only take up half a page of letter paper.
Bai Xingxing sneered.
She thought about it, took out one of Yan Naqian's five sheets of letter paper, folded it together with Jiang Hongzhi's letter, and stuffed it back into Jiang Hongzhi's envelope.
——In this piece of letter from Yan Naqian, her love and expectations for Song Sui were written in tender and sweet words. Most importantly, Yan Naqian also criticized in the letter a male educated youth in the educated youth station who, in his capacity as station chief, flirted with her and harassed her, making her feel scared and disgusted. She wanted to leave this bad environment as soon as possible and return to Song Sui.
Haha, Jiang Hongzhi is the director of the Ruyi Village Youth League Station, the only one.
I wonder what Jiang’s mother would feel after receiving these two letters at the same time?
Next, Bai Xingxing tore up the other four pieces of letter paper from Yan Naqian and threw them into the trash can. Then she took out a handwritten letter and stuffed it into Yan Naqian's envelope along with the photo of her that she had just received from reporter Zhang.
Bai Xingxing also played a little trick.
——Her letter was written to a non-existent pen pal. The content of the letter was quite simple. It only wrote about her basic personal situation, personality, hobbies, etc., and then solemnly wrote down her contact address (the address was Aunt Guihua’s workplace at the county railway station, and asked her to forward it to her). A photo of Bai Xingxing was also attached.
Of course, the personality and hobbies portrayed by Bai Xingxing were the result of extensive media reports after Song Sui became rich and famous in his previous life. Bai Xingxing was just catering to his preferences.
At the same time, Bai Xingxing is not averse to using envelopes written by Yan Naqian - only in this way will Song Sui open the letter and read it. Of course, the most interesting thing is that, for some reason, Yan Naqian did not write the return address on the envelope, but only wrote "address to be specified"...
Bai Xingxing held the envelope and smiled.
As long as Song Sui is willing to write back to her, she will have a chance.
As for other details, such as why she used Yan Naqian's envelope to send a letter to Song Sui? Song Sui had to write back to ask her what was going on before she could reply again. And then, after a while,...
Bai Xingxing felt nervous and excited.
After doing all this, Bai Xingxing put all five letters into the mailbox at the entrance of the post office. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and ran to find her silly sister.
Bai Taotao was squatting in the corner watching the vendors selling things.
Xingxing went over and pulled her, and the two of them squeezed onto the bus together and returned to the vicinity of the train station.
Remembering that their father had asked them to buy some groceries, the two sisters went directly to the black market near the train station. As a result, Bai Taotao ran to a vendor and asked, "How much are the eggs?"
The vendor said, "Five... no, four cents each."
Bai Taotao, "How many do you have?"
The vendor got a little nervous. "How many do you want?"
Bai Taotao, "Two cents each, I want a hundred!"
Xing Xing got anxious and tugged at Bai Tao Tao's sleeve, "Fourth sister, we don't want a hundred eggs!"
"You have a hundred eggs, sell them to me for two cents each," said Bai Taotao.
The vendor said, "No, no, two cents each? No way..."
Bai Taotao turned and left. Xing Xing patted her chest in shock and followed her.
The vendor ran after her, "Little girl! Wait a minute! Three cents an egg, okay? I still have over eighty eggs, I'll sell them to you for two dollars and fifty cents!"
Bai Taotao, "Eighty eggs, one dollar and fifty cents! And I've already seen that there are a few cracked eggs in your basket."
"Little girl, you——"
The vendor stamped her feet, thinking that other vendors had already sold their eggs and gone home to work, but she was still dawdling here, wondering how much work she had delayed at home! Finally, he gritted his teeth and agreed, "Okay, fine! I'm in a hurry to go home, so... I'll sell it to you!"
Bai Xingxing opened her eyes wide, her face full of disbelief.
Bai Taotao, "Give me the basket of eggs as well. Go to the guesthouse and ask for it from the security guard, Uncle Zhang, tonight." Then she turned to Bai Xingxing and said, "…give her 1.5 yuan."
Bai Xingxing stupidly took out the money to pay the bill, still wondering in her heart whether she had to eat eggs for lunch and dinner today. There are only 50 cents left, how much rice can I buy?
The vendor took the money, reminded us to remember to return the basket, and then left in a hurry.
Bai Taotao said to Xing Xing, "Let's go to the black market outside reporter Zhang's house."
"Huh?" Xing Xing looked dazed.
Bai Taotao said calmly: "Let's become traders and resell this basket of eggs!" She staked out three markets in total, carefully observing what people said and the prices they negotiated, and she already had a rough idea in her mind.
"Fourth sister, where did you learn this... and you're a profiteer? Be careful or you'll be arrested as a profiteer!"
Bai Taotao ignored Sha Xingxing's threats and pulled her back onto the bus.
The two sisters had to take a different bus before they arrived at the black market outside reporter Zhang's home. This is the "luxury residential area" in the county town, not far from the gate of the county party committee compound. The residents are relatively wealthy and the prices are slightly higher.
Bai Taotao was pretty and clean. She put a basket of eggs on the side of the road. After a while, a middle-aged woman came over and asked, "Little girl, how much are these eggs?"
Bai Taotao, "Big sister, these eggs are six cents each, sixty cents for eleven."
The middle-aged woman was delighted when the pretty girl called her "big sister". Since the price was right, she asked, "Are your eggs good?"
Bai Taotao, "This is the egg that my family raises from our own chicken. I eat one every day..."
The middle-aged woman glanced at Bai Taotao, who had fair skin, and said, "Here, buy me the sixty-cent one!"
Bai Taotao, "Big sister, buy one dollar worth of eggs, and I'll give you twenty-one eggs!"
"Okay!" the middle-aged woman said cheerfully.
Bai Xingxing was stunned.
No, this is... almost paying off?
As soon as the business opened, an old lady came over and asked, "Is it one dollar for twenty-one eggs?"
——The county party committee is a bit far from the train station, and eggs are sold for six or seven cents each, which is a normal price. The girl sold eggs for five cents each, which was about the same price as the black market price at the train station, and she also offered to buy twenty and get one free, which was a great deal.
Seeing Bai Taotao nodded, the old lady immediately asked for an egg worth one dollar.
Well, another twenty-one eggs were sold.
Bai Xingxing's eyes widened!
Soon, another person came and bargained with Bai Taotao for a while. In the end, he took the remaining forty eggs for one yuan and eighty cents.
At this point, the eggs were out of stock.
Bai Xingxing still couldn't recover from her shock.
——In less than ten minutes, her silly sister sold the whole basket of eggs and earned three dollars and eighty cents. After deducting the cost of one dollar and fifty cents and the bus fare for the reverse drive, the net profit was two dollars and twenty-two cents!
Next, Bai Taotao ran to a fish vendor and asked, "Uncle, how much is this fish?"
"Fifty cents a fish. This fish weighs at least two pounds!" said the fishmonger.
Bai Taotao, "Three cents a piece. I'll take all ten fish. And I'll give you two eggs for free." As she said this, she took out the two eggs that she had put away earlier.
——Taotao observed this vendor for a long time when she came here last time and found that he was not good at shouting, and his fish was the biggest and the price he offered was the highest, but many people asked but no one bought. Even now, not a single fish has been sold... It's almost noon now, I guess he is also worried about the sales, right?
The fishmonger was indeed hesitant.
According to his idea, if he caught ten fish at fifty cents each, he could earn five dollars. But unfortunately today, several people came to set up stalls to sell fish. Other people’s fish were not as big as his, but much cheaper, so he didn’t sell any fish.
The girl in front of me was a bit aggressive in bargaining, but the good thing was that she was able to sell all the items.
"Then... OK!"
Bai Xingxing was so shocked that she was completely speechless. She just mechanically followed Taotao's instructions and paid three dollars.
The two men put the ten fish in a basket that contained eggs and drove back to the train station.
Bai Taotao followed suit and went to the black market, where she started to sell her wares. "I just caught a big fat fish from the river this morning! Only 60 cents a piece. A fish weighs at least three pounds, which is much cheaper than meat! I can make fish soup, braised fish, sweet and sour fish... It's delicious any way you cook it! Come buy some!"
According to Bai Taotao's observation, no one was selling fish in the black market at the train station today.
Sure enough, as soon as she shouted, people gathered around and picked out the fattest fish. Then people came in groups of three or four to pick up the fish, and no one wanted the last two fish.
At this time, the money in Bai Xingxing's hand had increased from two yuan to... five yuan and fifty cents, plus two big fat fish.
Bai Taotao asked her sister, "Is five yuan enough to buy two chickens, five kilograms of meat and twenty kilograms of rice?"
Bai Xingxing finally came to her senses and thought for a moment, "It's a bit difficult. Let's ask. If we can't buy it, it should be close to the same."
Finally, the two sisters returned to the small courtyard they rented, carrying two fish, a chicken, two kilograms of meat, two bags of cabbage and more than ten kilograms of rice.
Bai Zhenggan, Tan Fenghui and Bai Lili were all stunned.
Tan Fenghui, "You two... went out to rob? Where did you rob?"
Bai Zhenggan, "Are prices in the city so cheap?"
Bai Lili, "Did you pick up all these things? For free?"
Red Bean and Yellow Bean were so happy that they were spinning in circles, "Ohhhh, we're having meat today!", "And chicken! And fish!"
Bai Taotao was very thirsty, so she followed him to drink some water; Bai Xingxing told her father and sister-in-law everything about how many trips they had made today and how much they had sold...
The whole family was shocked.
Bai Taotao cried out that she was hungry after drinking the water and asked for meat...
Bai Lili came back to her senses
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