Chapter 41: Going to the County Again (Part 1)

After hearing Zhao Xiulan’s words, Zhao Weiguo, who had originally wanted to speak up for Li Lijuan, also fell silent, feeling some dissatisfaction towards Li Lijuan.

Li Lijuan’s laziness was even worse than he had imagined.

She only earned two work points in one day? Wasn’t that just playing around instead of working?

Seeing the anger on Zhao Weiguo’s face, Ma Yumei didn’t dare to speak up for Li Lijuan anymore.

“What? Do you think it’s too little? If you think it’s too little, you don’t have to eat it, and you can give it to us.” Zhao Xiulan glanced at Li Lijuan and said coldly.

Li Lijuan could only hold her bowl angrily and eat the remaining noodles, but her resentment towards Zhao Xiulan deepened a bit.

Damn Zhao Xiulan, just wait and see. When she found an opportunity, she would definitely deal with her properly! She would retaliate for all the grievances she had suffered.

After dinner, Zhao Weiguo asked Li Lijuan to wash the dishes. Dinner was prepared by Zhao Xiulan, so it wouldn’t be fair to let Zhao Xiulan wash the dishes too.

Zhao Xiulan told Zhao Weiguo about her plan to go to the county to beg for food tomorrow and asked Zhao Weiguo to help her take a day off, then she went back to her room early.

While no one was around, Zhao Xiulan ate a little more food, then took out the cosmetics she had stored in the space, applied some to her face, and put on a face mask before lying down on the bed and falling asleep peacefully.

The next morning, as soon as it was barely light, Zhao Xiulan got up, carried a basket on her back, and headed towards the county.

When she was about to reach the county, she took out some rice, flour, eggs, and rapeseed oil from the space.

These were the items she was going to trade with Guo Aidang. She didn’t take much of each item. She didn’t want to arouse suspicion by taking too much. It was better to be cautious.

According to the agreement with Guo Aidang, when she arrived, Guo Aidang was already waiting there.

It was not surprising that Guo Aidang was so enthusiastic. It was because Zhao Xiulan brought good stuff. Whether it was grains or oil and eggs, they were all very scarce. He often visited the black market and knew the situation, which was why he eagerly anticipated Zhao Xiulan’s goods.

Guo Aidang was afraid that Zhao Xiulan wouldn’t come, so he was anxious while waiting. When he saw Zhao Xiulan’s figure appear, he became excited.

“Girl, you finally came!” Guo Aidang’s face was filled with a bright smile. He took a few steps forward to Zhao Xiulan, and at the same time, the hanging heart finally relaxed.

Zhao Xiulan smiled slightly, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said to Guo Aidang, “Sorry, the road was too long. Did you wait for a long time?”

Guo Aidang waved his hand and said, “It’s okay, as long as you’re here. Waiting for a while doesn’t matter. Besides, I didn’t have anything else to do.”

“That’s good. I brought the goods over. Take a look.”

Saying that, Zhao Xiulan leaned closer to Guo Aidang, looked around, and found that there was no one around. Then she opened the basket and showed Guo Aidang the contents.

Inside were five catties of rice, five catties of noodles, five catties of flour, ten eggs, and two catties of rapeseed oil.

The quantity was not much, and Zhao Xiulan deliberately said, “I can only manage to get this much for now. I can’t get more for the time being. Do you want all of these?”

Guo Aidang knew that although the quantity was a little less, they were all precious items. It was already rare. Zhao Xiulan had great ability to obtain so much. For ordinary people, getting a few catties of rice would already be considered exceptional.

(End of Chapter 41)