Chapter 88: Chapter 88

"Let’s go! We’ll talk at home!" Bai Ruxue said as she got up and left.

Wang Cheng also knew this wasn’t the place to talk, so he quickly followed her out.

Once they got home, Bai Ruxue unlocked the courtyard gate, parked her bicycle, and brought Wang Cheng into the house.

"Uncle Wang, I got quite a bit more goods this time, can you handle it?" Bai Ruxue went straight to the point.

"I can handle it. I’ve already got orders for over a thousand yuan!" Wang Cheng immediately replied.

Bai Ruxue calculated that a thousand yuan meant a hundred boxes of cigarettes, which was ten cartons of cigarettes.

So she’d distribute it : ten cartons of cigarettes, one hundred pounds of bulk white wine in barrels, and ten pounds of tea!

Altogether, it adds up to three thousand yuan.

"Alright, I’ll reserve one hundred pounds of white wine, ten pounds of tea, and ten cartons of cigarettes for you!" Bai Ruxue said, "Uncle Wang, sit down, I’ll step out for a bit!"

"Kid! I mentioned to you before the year that my friend wanted to use small yellow fish to trade for goods. He wants to exchange ten small yellow fish, but... he wants grain and pork." Wang Cheng said with a bit of uncertainty. Follow current novels on novel✶fire.net

Because every month the little girl only gave him one hundred pounds of millet, and the rest were cigarettes, wine, and tea, he wasn’t sure if the little girl could come up with enough grain.

"Alright! Ten small yellow fish, I’ll take them at the bank’s gold price - seven yuan per gram. A small yellow fish weighs thirty-three grams, that’s three hundred thirty grams, which is two thousand three hundred ten yuan." Bai Ruxue calculated in her mind.

So she’ll provide fifty pounds of pork, one thousand pounds of grain, and the remaining sixty yuan can cover a few more items.

"Kid, is there... is there that much grain available?" Wang Cheng asked carefully.

"I’ll get you one thousand pounds of fine grain and fifty pounds of pork, and for the remaining sixty yuan, do you want more pork or more grain?" Bai Ruxue asked.

"Then... then just get four more pounds of pork, that should be good!" Wang Cheng quickly replied.

"Alright, that makes it fifty-four pounds of pork, one thousand pounds of fine grain, a mix of flour and rice! Get ready to come by in a few days to collect the grain!" Bai Ruxue said easily.

She spoke of one thousand pounds of grain as if it were just ten pounds. In this era of scarcity, one thousand pounds of grain could save many lives!

"Alright, alright, Uncle knows. Uncle will definitely bring the small yellow fish over then!"

Bai Ruxue imagined a pile of gold necklaces and gold earrings flashing before her eyes.

Three hundred thirty grams of gold! How many gold necklaces could that make? And it’s exchanged for just a thousand pounds of grain and fifty-four pounds of pork.

If these goods were produced in this era, they would really be worth the money. But, they were taken from her supermarket, where they could be replenished in a week, almost feeling like getting them for free.

Bai Ruxue felt delighted in her heart; it felt even better than selling them for money.

"Alright! Uncle, just wait here! I’ll get you the tea and cigarettes, and then you can find a cart to haul the white wine away!" Bai Ruxue said as she got up to go out.

Soon, she brought back ten cartons of cigarettes and ten pounds of tea.

"Kid, I have just over a thousand yuan with me now. This is the deposit; you can keep it first, and I’ll pay the rest next time, okay?" Wang Cheng said.

"Sure, no problem!" Bai Ruxue trusted those she used, and she didn’t use those she doubted.

Having traded with him several times, she had some trust in him.

"Thank you, kid, thank you!" Wang Cheng was finally relieved.

"Uncle, from now on, just call me Xiao Xue!" Bai Ruxue didn’t like him calling her ’kid’ repeatedly.

She realized she only liked Zhang Yuan calling her ’kid.’ Thinking of this, she remembered Zhang Yuan might have already arrived in Chenxi County, and she figured he might come to space and find her later.

"Alright, alright! Xiao Xue, from now on I’ll call you by your name!" Wang Cheng was now compliant with whatever Bai Ruxue said.

Three thousand yuan, and he could make three hundred yuan from it! That’s quite a windfall.

"Uncle, where do you live? Is it close to here?" Bai Ruxue asked because she was concerned about Wang Cheng having trouble hauling the wine back home.

"It’s a bit far from here; the government assigned me a house near the textile factory!" Wang Cheng replied.

"Uncle, now you’re earning money. Don’t you want to buy a courtyard of your own?" Bai Ruxue suggested.

"Oh, Xiao Xue, the government provided a free house; why spend money on that?"

Indeed, people’s mindset from that era was quite similar.

Bai Ruxue secretly mocked him in her heart but didn’t continue the conversation.

Wang Cheng hurriedly packed the cigarettes and tea into a burlap sack and left.

Bai Ruxue idly looked around, calculating in her mind how to organize the courtyard. When her dad started working at the milk powder factory, she wondered if she should have him live here. Then, she heard knocking at the door.

Bai Ruxue quickly returned inside, then promptly entered her space to let Zhang Yuan come in.

"Zhang Yuan, you couldn’t catch the train today, right?" She asked Zhang Yuan as soon as he entered, voicing the concern she had been harboring.

"Yes! The train is at eleven tomorrow morning!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile, pulling his little girl’s hand as they sat in the rest area they had created in the space.

"Where are you now?" Bai Ruxue asked, curious.

"I just arrived at the small western-style building and couldn’t wait to come in. I missed you!" Zhang Yuan answered honestly.

"Have you eaten? Do you want to eat hot pot?" Bai Ruxue asked, blushing.

She was really flirted with by this man.

"Not yet, just give me a self-heating pot!" Zhang Yuan said, "The small western-style building has plenty of our stored grain. I can manage a meal if I get hungry at night."

"Alright, I’ll make a self-heating hot pot for you!" Bai Ruxue said as she got up to prepare the hot pot for Zhang Yuan.

After they finished eating, Bai Ruxue was eager to go out.

Because Wang Cheng was probably arriving soon.

Wang Cheng returned home, hid the cigarettes and tea, and brought two twenty-pound barrels with him. He had to make three trips to haul away the white wine.

Once Wang Cheng finished hauling the wine, Bai Ruxue locked the courtyard gate and rode her bicycle home.

On the way, she stopped at the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some snacks from this era, such as slot cakes and peanut sticks, to bring for her younger siblings.

When she arrived home, the family was setting up the table.

"Xiao Xue, what happened at Xiao Yuan’s house? You left so suddenly in the morning, I didn’t have time to ask," Wang Cuihua asked worriedly as she saw her daughter return.

"Nothing major, we’ll know when Zhang Yuan returns!" Bai Ruxue didn’t share what she knew with her family.

They couldn’t do anything but worry, so there was no point.

"That’s good! Did Xiao Yuan say when he’s coming back?" Wang Cuihua asked again.

Xiao Yuan and her daughter had only been engaged shortly before he returned to the Capital City. If he didn’t come back, what would happen to her daughter?

As a mother, her concern was understandable, but she didn’t realize how much Zhang Yuan liked Bai Ruxue.

"It might take a month or so, I’m not sure! Oh, I brought snacks for you all! They’re in the bag! You can divide them up and eat them later!" Bai Ruxue responded to her mother’s questions and didn’t forget to tell her siblings about the snacks she brought back.

"Alright, thank you, big sister!" Bai Ruchuan was the first to stand up, ready to dig into the bag, even skipping dinner.

This was because Bai Ruxue let him do so; otherwise, they wouldn’t have moved.

"Little Chuan, eat your dinner first! You’re so big now, still so immature," Bai Daliang remarked.

Bai Ruchuan reluctantly came back to eat.

But the meal was tasty and not missing snacks.

Unlike other families, they couldn’t eat their fill every day, yet her family could enjoy rice to their hearts’ content.