Chapter 34

On the other side, after Li Jianguo went back, he kept thinking and shaking his head.

“No, no, I have to go back to my hometown.”

Wang Lan asked in confusion, “Why are you going back to your hometown now? You’ve finally got a day off.”

“I don’t feel at ease!”

Wang Lan was puzzled. “What are you uneasy about? Didn’t you come home already?”

“It’s not that, I’m worried that girl might go back and say things to her mother.”

When Wang Lan heard this, she put her hands on her hips and widened her eyes. “Li Jianguo, what do you mean? Didn’t you say you were going to divorce that woman?”

Li Jianguo’s heart skipped a beat. He had never really thought about divorce, but when he thought of the child in Wang Lan’s belly, he immediately smiled and said, “Oh, Wang Lan, don’t look at me now, with a good salary. Our family expenses are high, too, regular costs, plus I have to give gifts to my boss. Every month, I also have to give you 20 yuan. Honestly, there’s not much left.

As for the filial piety to my hometown, that’s all on Lizhen. If I divorce her, who will pay the 200 yuan in filial piety every year?”

Wang Lan frowned and thought for a moment. “Then you can’t keep dragging this out, I’m already two months pregnant.”

“I know, I know, don’t worry. When your belly gets bigger, just say this child is a posthumous child. It doesn’t matter if the child is born a month earlier or later. Once I get a smooth divorce, we’ll be able to live well together!”

Wang Lan thought for a moment and agreed. The man had died just a month ago. Before he died, he had returned home, said he was going on a mission, and who knew that once he left, he never came back, only sending 800 yuan as condolence money.

Wang Lan nodded. “Alright, that’s settled then. But how does going back to your hometown relate to us?”

“That girl has been acting strange lately. I need to take her back to my hometown; otherwise, I won’t feel at ease. What if our matter gets exposed? It’ll be a disaster. We’ll have nothing, and we’ll end up parading through the streets!”

Wang Lan thought for a moment and swallowed. “Fine, go quickly!”

Li Jianguo quietly slipped out from a secluded house, jumped on his bicycle, and pedaled quickly toward the large locust tree.

On the other side, after Li Yuechan finished her meal, she leisurely returned home to sleep.

Gu Zhixing, due to an urgent task at the bureau, hurried back to the office.

Li Yuechan was half asleep when she suddenly woke up to the sound of a cat meowing. She scratched her head and mumbled, “Ah, I forgot about Zhang Jinbu!”

She answered with a hum and slowly walked out.

As soon as Zhang Jinbu saw Li Yuechan, it was as if he saw his own family, rushing up to her and asking, “Big sister, what happened? I came here earlier to find you, and I almost lost my voice shouting. You didn’t come out.”

Li Yuechan scratched her head, feeling a bit embarrassed. “I was out for something earlier.”

Zhang Jinbu reached into his pocket and pulled out something. “Oh, this is the 100 yuan for the rice seller.”

Li Yuechan casually took the money and then asked, “What about the sacks I wanted?”

“Oh, here they are. I’ve brought them all. A total of 1,000 sacks, plus this ten-jin food ticket.”

Li Yuechan nodded and asked, “How much in total?”

“Jin Ge said there’s no charge this time. Just cooperate more in the future.”

Li Yuechan didn’t hesitate and directly put everything into her pocket.

“Big sister, they said the goods are too few. Can you ask them to send more?”

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Li Yuechan nodded and cheerfully said, “Alright, the other side has plenty of goods. They were just testing us at first to see if we were sincere.”

When Zhang Jinbu heard this, he quickly nodded, “You’d better not bring the unicycle tonight, it won’t fit the goods.”

Zhang Jinbu asked in confusion, “Big sister, how did you know I was bringing the unicycle?”

Li Yuechan cleared her throat and quickly explained, “I saw it last time when I went to your house. Oh, and tonight, take him with you to collect the goods. Let them transport it, and you can just give me the money tomorrow.

Tell them that from now on, we’ll be getting shipments every two days.”

“Alright, alright, big sister, I’ll do as you say.”

With that, Li Yuechan pulled out a yuan bill. “This is for your hard work during this time. Take it.”

Zhang Jinbu was overjoyed and quickly took the money, deeply bowing. “Big sister, from now on, you’re like my real sister!”

“Alright, go now.”

“Okay, I’ll contact them right away.”

Li Yuechan returned home, feeling very pleased as she thought about how after this shipment, she’d be able to make a big profit!

Looking at the apple tree, which was about half her height, she suddenly had a strong craving for apples!

Suddenly, she slapped her head as she remembered that the person who came to apologize earlier in the morning had brought a bag of apples!

She rushed back to the main house and immediately saw the bag of apples on the table. Opening it, she was surprised to find a few food coupons inside!

She blinked and recalled the day when her sleeve had been torn.

She shrugged; the person was quite thoughtful!

She grabbed two big apples, happily went back to her room, entered her space, and after cleaning them thoroughly, started munching on them.

After finishing the apples, she planted the cores in the space. This time, she planned to dedicate an acre of land to fruit trees, and the rest would be used to grow rice!

After a busy day, she finally fell asleep contentedly.

Bang, bang! Bang! Bang!

Li Yuechan turned over in bed, groggily hearing the door creak open.

“You little brat, are you a pig? What time is it, and you’re still sleeping? Get up now!”

Li Yuechan rubbed her eyes and sat up, “Got it, mom, I’ll get up, I’m going to cook now!”

The mother and daughter entered the kitchen. Su Lizhen opened the rice barrel, puzzled, “How does it feel like the rice is increasing?”

Li Yuechan glanced at the barrel, “There’s nothing wrong, I don’t see any change.”

“You brat, are my eyes bad? Did you go to the black market?”

“What? No way!” Li Yuechan didn’t expect her mom to have such sharp eyes. She grinned and laughed, “Mom, there’s enough to eat, let’s just cook!”

“Where did this wild chicken come from?”

Li Yuechan looked at the chicken. It was something she had taken out while preparing rice, planning to kill it but had forgotten about it. “Oh, I bought it.”

Su Lizhen poked her daughter’s head, “You brat, don’t go to those places in the future. We have enough food at home. I’ll worry about you if you keep doing that.”

“Mom, don’t worry, I promise I won’t go to those places. I had someone else buy it for me.”

“Oh, mom, I know, your daughter is starving to death!”

Su Lizhen rolled her eyes at Yuechan and didn’t speak any further.

As they cooked, Su Lizhen suddenly seemed to remember something. “Today, I got a call from your grandmother when I was almost done with work.”

Li Yuechan curiously scratched her ear. “Grandmother?”