Chapter 83: The Hong Family, the Landlord

It’s better to have someone like Su An who’s capable and can hunt for himself.

Even if he goes to the countryside, he won’t suffer.

He can eat meat occasionally and might even live better than in the city.

Shen Ruyi stared at the pheasant in Su An’s hand, feeling greedy.

She used to eat and drink well every day at the Shen family, but these past two days she’s only had bran and vegetables, not a whiff of meat.

Especially today, after being tired all morning and her stomach growling with hunger, Shen Ruyi craved meat.

After coming to the countryside, Shen Ruyi had money, but meat coupons were scarce. Seeing that Su An could eat meat while she was stuck with vegetarian food, Shen Ruyi felt even more miserable.

Thinking about this, after the old educated youth left, Shen Ruyi went straight to Su An’s house.

Seeing Shen Ruyi again, Su An was impatient, “What is it?”

His tone and eyes had a bit of a ruffian air. Shen Ruyi found him familiar, a bit like her fourth brother Shen Xiaochen.

But now, the Shen family was nothing to her. Shen Xiaochen wasn’t her real brother, and he didn’t recognize her as his sister.

After a moment of trance, Shen Ruyi looked at Su An and said, “Su Zhiqing, I saw you shoot several pheasants. I want to buy one from you. I’ll pay you. If you’re willing to sell it, I’ll even give you more money.”

Su An disliked Shen Ruyi and refused to sell her the pheasant.

She wasn’t someone who needed that little money. Besides, earning a small amount from Shen Ruyi would be a hassle.

Speculation was being cracked down on, and those caught would go to jail. Su An was reliable, but Shen Ruyi was clearly not. Doing business with her could lead to being reported.

So, facing Shen Ruyi’s request, Su An simply replied, “No sale.”

Rejected again, Shen Ruyi was so angry her teeth itched.

Su Zhiqing, you have several pheasants, what’s wrong with selling me one? I haven’t offended you much, why are you treating me like this…”

Her eyes turned red. She just wanted to buy a pheasant, not get it for free. Why was Su An being so difficult?

Seeing Shen Ruyi about to make trouble, Su An said coldly, “Shen Zhiqing, you asking me to sell you a pheasant is forcing me to commit a crime.

Do you know how serious speculation is?

If you talk to me again, I’ll report you for engaging in speculation.”

Su An’s words poured cold water on Shen Ruyi, and she dared not say anything else.

Without buying a pheasant, Shen Ruyi left unwillingly.

Not long after Shen Ruyi left, another old lady from the production team came to Su An. She didn’t dare to approach Su An because there were no people around, and she didn’t want to cause trouble.

Su An knew this old lady, her surname was Hong.

The Hong family used to be a big family here. When they were prosperous, they were big landlords and built a large manor.

But now the Hong family had been overthrown, and due to their class background, they were struggling in the production team.

This old lady Hong looked thin and pitiful. Su An couldn’t bear to see her frail appearance.

He didn’t know why she came to see him.

Su An asked Aunt Hong, “Auntie, do you have something to talk to me about?”

Aunt Hong looked at Su An, finding it difficult to speak.

After a moment of hesitation, she said to Su An, “Su Zhiqing, can I ask you for a favor?”

Aunt Hong knelt down on the ground in front of Su An.

Su An quickly helped her up, “Auntie, tell me, I’ll try my best to help. You’re so old, how can you kneel down to me?”

Aunt Hong’s eyes were moist. She wiped her tears and said, “Su Zhiqing, I saw you hunted a few pheasants today. I want to ask, can you sell one to me?

My granddaughter-in-law is pregnant and gave birth to a child, but she can’t produce milk. If adults don’t eat well, how can they produce milk?

So I thought, I’ll buy a pheasant from you to supplement my granddaughter-in-law and see if she can produce milk.

Otherwise, if this continues, the child will starve to death.

My son has suffered, and there are only a few grandchildren. If I can’t support my great-grandson, our Hong family will be cut off.”

The more the old lady spoke, the redder her eyes became.

Seeing Aunt Hong like this, Su An felt sympathetic.

Their hardship was due to the times.

But it would soon be over.

Wait for the Hong family to endure for a few years, and everything would be fine.

Su An knew that this child was the hope of the Hong family. If Aunt Hong’s great-grandson couldn’t be raised, the family’s faith might be broken.

Su An said to Aunt Hong, “Okay, Aunt Hong, I promise to sell it to you.”

Seeing Su An’s agreement, Aunt Hong was very happy. Then she took out a gold bar and stuffed it into Su An’s hand after confirming that there was no one around.

Su An was surprised to see the gold bar Aunt Hong gave.

He didn’t expect her to give so much.

Auntie, you…you gave too much.”

Now gold bars could be exchanged directly at the bank for money. This gold bar was quite heavy, and it could be exchanged for a lot of money at the bank.

Since Aunt Hong had gold bars in her hand, she shouldn’t be short of money. Why didn’t she go to exchange money, but directly stuff a gold bar into his hand?

Su An guessed that it might be because Aunt Hong’s identity was sensitive, and the fact that she had gold bars couldn’t be exposed.

The fact was indeed what Su An guessed.

The Hong family hid treasures before they were defeated. If others knew they still had gold bars, they would try every means to get the treasures they had hidden.

If there was no other way, Aunt Hong wouldn’t have found Su An and exchanged the gold bars for pheasants.

In fact, Aunt Hong dared to give Su An the gold bars because she knew this girl was a good person.

She was very accurate in judging people. Although this girl was sometimes fierce, she had a good heart.

Only then could she not discriminate against her and agree to sell pheasants to her. Aunt Hong was even more sure that Su An was a good person.

Aunt Hong hurriedly said, “My daughter, it’s not much. These are a little gift from Aunt Hong.”

Seeing Aunt Hong say this, Su An did not refuse, but said, “Aunt, I will take the gold bars, but I can’t take too much advantage of you. I will get you more things. Wait for me.”

Su An said, and then went into the house and directly filled two cans of milk powder for Aunt Hong.

This milk powder was for adults, not the kind of milk powder for babies in later generations.

But Su An felt that the child was almost starving to death, so as long as he could supplement his nutrition, it would be fine, no matter whether it was adult milk powder or infant milk powder, as long as it was milk powder, it would definitely be nutritious.