Chapter 9

Unexpectedly, even though he had given him a chance, he wanted to move out. The landlord cursed, “You’re dreaming. If you want to stay here, stay. If not, get out. You can’t even move out!”

“Don’t think that everything will be alright just because you two broke up. If you dare to act tough with me, I will still go to your school! I want to see if you can still get into university if this gets out!”

The landlord left cursing.

Bai Jun collapsed on the ground again, and stood up after a long time. The pots, pans, and utensils could not be sold for the time being, but rice, flour, and honeycomb coal could be exchanged for money immediately. He had to eat a full meal so that he would have the energy to attend class in the afternoon.

As soon as I walked out of the door, a surprised voice sounded at the next door, “Bai Jun, why are you here?”

Bai Jun looked in the direction of the voice and saw a girl of about eighteen or nineteen years old. She was wearing a dress with small floral patterns, a pair of square-toed leather shoes, a shoulder bag slung over her shoulder, and her hair was tied in a big ponytail. She looked pretty and energetic.

“Who are you……?”

“I’m Qin Lan.”

Qin Lan smiled.

The first thing she did after her rebirth was to instigate her mother to make things difficult for Gu Yunchi and force her to divorce her eldest brother. The second thing she did was to find ways to contact the Bai army.

In his previous life, Bai Jun was admitted to Beijing, and after graduation he joined a scientific research unit and became a pillar of the country. If she wanted to leave the countryside, Bai Jun was the best choice.

She and Bai Jun were classmates. She remembered his appearance, so she went to wait at the gate of the county’s No. 1 Middle School. After Bai Jun arrived, she followed him all the way home, then rented a house next door and spread the news that Jiang Yiyi was a soldier’s wife. She waited for the landlord to kick her out, and then she gave the house to Bai Jun to live in, taking the opportunity to gain his favor.

She is rich, beautiful, young and energetic, and the White Army will definitely be attracted to her.

She had just heard everything clearly while standing by the wall. Things had developed better than she had expected. Jiang Yiyi and Bai Jun had actually broken up. She suppressed her excitement, went back to the room, tidied herself in front of the mirror, and quickly walked to the door, waiting for Bai Jun to come out.

Bai Jun didn’t remember who Qin Lan was, but judging by the way she was dressed, her family must be very wealthy. He clenched his fists and asked, “Can you lend me some money?”

Fearing that Qin Lan would not lend it, he quickly said, “I will pay you back soon.”

With the buffer of money, he can sell those things slowly and make more money.

Qin Lan took out five big unity notes from her bag and gave them to him. “Is that enough? If not, I have more. My brother is a businessman and his family is very rich. I only get 200 yuan in pocket money every month.”

Bai Jun’s heart moved and he swallowed back his words about borrowing only ten dollars.

“Thank you, I will return it to you as soon as possible.”

“It’s only ten dollars, you don’t have to pay it back. By the way, I live next door, so if you have any difficulties in the future, tell me.”

Jiang Yiyi went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought some cloth, and bought a bag of milk powder for Gu’s mother.

Mother Gu’s illness was not serious, but she was too sad and had not recovered yet. She was not well fed and had not been well. That’s why she has not been well.

I also bought half a pound of sugar, a box of snacks, two pounds of chili powder and various seasonings.

Seeing her spend so much money without blinking an eye, several sales clerks were very envious. This amount of money was almost two months’ salary for them.

Jiang Yiyi also wanted to buy some frying pans. After looking around, she didn’t see any. She thought they might not be available, so she planned to look somewhere else. When she looked up, she saw several salespeople looking at her. She had an idea in her mind and asked the salesperson closest to her, “Sister, do we have any frying pans here?”

“No.”

“Do you know where I can buy it?”

If someone else dared to ask this, the salesperson would have rolled their eyes at them. They didn’t have it in their supply and marketing cooperative, let alone anywhere else. But seeing that Jiang Yiyi spent money generously, her family must be rich. They didn’t dare to roll their eyes at such a person and replied, “There’s nothing anywhere.”

“Then do you know where to sell second-hand tricycles?”

She lowered her voice a little.

Selling cold noodles requires a tricycle, so she wanted to buy a second-hand one first. Although the original owner came to the county town every few days, she didn’t know where to buy one.

After that, he lowered his voice and said, “I can give you two dollars as an introduction fee.”

Two dollars!

The salesperson’s eyes lit up, and he said to his colleague next to him, “I have something to go out for a while.”

After saying that, he came out from the counter and walked out.

Jiang Yiyi followed him out with her stuff in her hand, and she grabbed a handful of candy for the salesperson. The candy was not cheap, and although it was sold every day, the salesperson had rarely eaten it. He took it all without hesitation and put it in his pocket, saying as he walked, “My cousin sells tricycles. I’m only responsible for taking you there, and you can negotiate the price.”

“Thank you, big sister.”

The salesperson waved his hand and led her to the former black street and into a yard. There were more than a dozen bicycles in the yard, some new and some old. There were only two tricycles, which looked a little shabby.

“Cousin, she bought a tricycle.”

The salesperson shouted to a man.

The man looked at the bags on her bicycle and walked over quickly.

Jiang Yiyi took out two dollars and gave it to the salesperson, and after the person left, she asked, “Do you have anything newer?”

“Yes, there are, but they are very expensive.”

Few people buy tricycles, so the import volume is small. The few tricycles he has are from other places. He was afraid of being checked, so he only put two old ones on display.

“Let me see.”

The man took her to another yard, where there were two tricycles in the west room, both of which were 90% new.

“Three hundred dollars, not a cent less.”

“I want it, but I need you to make me a glass cover on it. I’ll pay for it.”

The man didn’t expect the item to be sold so quickly, so he agreed without any hesitation.

Jiang Yiyi asked him to get a pen and paper, draw the pattern and size of the glass cover, report his name and address, pay a deposit of thirty yuan, and agree to come back in three days to pay the remaining money.

“I also need some frying pans, preferably aluminum. Does Big Brother know anyone who can provide them?”

The man’s name was Cui Yong. He was a very smart guy. He started selling second-hand bicycles after the private economy was opened up. Naturally, he had connections and knew many people.

However, he had never heard of a frying pan, but he knew what it looked like from the literal meaning, and replied, “How big is it, and how many do you need?”

“Ten for now.”

“Wait a moment.”

Cui Yong led her back to the yard, rode away on a bicycle, and came back more than ten minutes later, followed by a man of similar age.

“This is Brother Liu, you talk to him.”

Jiang Yiyi drew the picture again and gave an approximate size. At that time, people did not have much money, so if you wanted them to buy cold noodles, the quantity had to be big. Naturally, the cold noodles had to be made bigger than in later generations.

“This is not difficult. It can be done in one day. It costs ten yuan each.”

Jiang Yiyi still didn’t bargain, but she had no money left, so she said, “I’ll come to Brother Cui’s place to pick up the tricycle in three days, and I’ll give you the money as soon as possible.”

Brother Liu looked at Cui Yong, and when he saw him nod, he also nodded, “Okay.”