Chapter 61 Lin Yuexi sells supplies to Zhao Gang

Liu Cuifang saw that her soft approach wasn’t working, so she started to make a scene. “You heartless thing, how could I have given birth to such an unfilial son? I’m telling you, if you don’t agree to a divorce today, I’m not leaving.” With that, she plopped down on the ground and began to wail. Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun were so scared by this display that they hid behind Lin Yuexi, timidly watching Liu Cuifang.

 Lin Yuexi gently patted the two children’s heads, signaling them not to be afraid. Then she walked up to Liu Cuifang and said coldly, “Mother-in-law, why are you doing this? You know how you treated us, how you treated Lu Cheng’s injury, and now you want to mend this mother-son relationship? You’re delusional…” Liu Cuifang glared fiercely at Lin Yuexi. “You jinx, if you hadn’t been badmouthing me to Cheng’er, my son and I wouldn’t be in this mess.” Lu Cheng roared angrily, “Shut up! Don’t you dare talk about Yuexi like that.

” Liu Cuifang was startled by Lu Cheng’s roar, but she still stubbornly said, “Anyway, this matter has to be settled today. Either you divorce Lin Yuexi and let me take care of you, or all your disability benefits go to me…”

 After listening, Lu Cheng took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. “Mother, I’ll call you mother one last time. I can let bygones be bygones. But I will never divorce Yuexi, and you’re not to bother us anymore. This compensation and allowance, I earned it with my life, and I’m going to leave it to Yuexi and the children. If you really care about me, go back.” Liu Cuifang didn’t expect Lu Cheng to be so resolute. She started to panic a little. But thinking of the money, she couldn’t bear to give up so easily.

So she came up with another idea. “Son, look, your leg isn’t healed yet, and you have a long life ahead of you. How can Lin Yuexi take care of you alone? How about this, mother will move in and take care of you with her, let me do my part.” Lu Cheng looked at Liu Cuifang, his eyes filled with disgust. He didn’t know how he could have such a mother. When he was a child, although she favored his older brother, under his father’s intervention, she still agreed to let him go to school and join the army.

But now she had become this way. Thinking about it, Lu Cheng felt a pang of pain in his heart and shouted, “Mother, are you done? Do you think I’ll believe you? I’m telling you, I’m not divorcing Yuexi, and I don’t need you to take care of me, and I don’t need your fake concern.” Liu Cuifang wanted to say something else, but Lu Cheng had already issued an order to leave. “Go away, don’t come back.” Seeing that Lu Cheng’s mind was made up, Liu Cuifang knew she wouldn’t achieve her goal today.

 She got up from the ground and said viciously, “You’ll regret this, you unfilial son.” With that, she stormed off. Lu Jian Guo and Li Xiuyin followed behind her and left as well. Watching Liu Cuifang’s departing figure, Lu Cheng let out a long sigh of relief. He took Lin Yuexi’s hand. “Yuexi, don’t worry, I won’t let anyone ruin our family.” Lin Yuexi nodded slightly, a hint of gratitude flashing in her eyes. “I know, I believe you.” From then on, Lu Cheng worked even harder on his rehabilitation training, and Lin Yuexi took good care of him. Days turned into weeks, and Lu Cheng’s leg gradually improved.

 As for Liu Cuifang, she never came to his house to cause trouble again. Lin Yuexi also took advantage of this time to dress as a man and appear in the black market at night. She had to exchange as many supplies as possible for money, and then use that money to buy land and houses. Land and houses in the future would be worth their weight in gold! That night, after Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun fell asleep, Lin Yuexi quietly rode her bicycle to the black market.

This time, she took ten chickens, ten geese, and fifty pounds of pork from her space and went to the black market. She chose a secluded spot and set up her stall. People came one after another to ask about her chickens and ducks, but they couldn’t agree on a price. Lin Yuexi was thinking that the black market in this town was too small, she couldn’t keep doing this small-time business. She decided to go to the county black market next time and see if she could sell more at once. Just then, a man walked up to her stall.

 Lin Yuexi looked up and saw that it was Zhao Gang, from the east end of Qinghe Village. She had saved him once, and saved his friend once. She didn’t expect to see him here buying things in the black market. As she was thinking, Zhao Gang asked, “How much are your chickens and ducks per pound?” Seeing that it was him, Lin Yuexi deliberately lowered her voice and said, “The best free-range chickens and ducks are one yuan per pound…” Zhao Gang asked again, “How much is the pork per pound…”

 Lin Yuexi replied, “Fresh pork was 0.66 yuan per pound last year, but the market price has gone up this year, 0.8 yuan per pound. Are you interested, comrade?” Zhao Gang looked at the chickens and ducks, then at the meat. “I’ll take all of this. How much is it all?” Lin Yuexi was a little surprised, but she didn’t say anything. She weighed the chickens, ducks, and meat, calculated the price, and said, “The chickens are 30 pounds, the ducks are 40 pounds, and the meat is 50 pounds, a total of 110 yuan…” Zhao Gang paid the money, didn’t say much, took two bags and packed them up, and left.

He carried 120 pounds on his shoulder without any effort. After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, “Brother, if you have more, how about we meet here every night?” Lin Yuexi wanted to refuse, but then she thought, since Zhao Gang needed it, and she had a lot of supplies, why not sell it? Thinking about it, she replied, “Comrade, that’s fine.

 How much do you need, I have that much…” Zhao Gang was delighted. “Then I need grain, chickens, ducks, fish, meat… a lot. Do you have it?” “Yes, I do…” Lin Yuexi thought, if Zhao Gang really had this line, it would save her a lot of effort! “Okay, it’s a deal. We’ll meet at the old warehouse behind the town tomorrow night. You can send me a thousand pounds of rice and two hundred pounds of pork first to see…” Zhao Gang said.

Lin Yuexi thought about it, she had been to that old warehouse twice, so she wasn’t afraid. Besides, she had her space. If Zhao Gang really wanted to do something bad, she could just go into her space in an instant. Besides, Zhao Gang wasn’t a bad person, she just didn’t know why he needed so many supplies. But after thinking about it, she just had to sell, she didn’t need to know why he needed it. So she quickly agreed, “Okay, we’ll meet at the old warehouse tomorrow night…”

 After they agreed, they went their separate ways. Lin Yuexi rode her bicycle home. When she got to the front door, she quietly entered the courtyard, put away her bicycle, and locked the courtyard door. After entering the main room, she was about to go to sleep in the side room where the two little ones were sleeping, when she saw that the candlelight was flickering in Lu Cheng’s bedroom. Lin Yuexi quickly pushed the door open and saw Lu Cheng lying on the ground, his hands clutching his legs, groaning in pain.

The urine pot was broken on the side.