The two of them simply got what they wanted, so they didn't stay here any longer. Instead, they quickly packed up their things and left, while those who were staring at them showed disappointment.
Not long after Zhang Yu walked, the old man followed him again, walked to his side and asked in a low voice: "I still have jade there, do you still want it?" Although I got these fine grains today, there is no such thing as too much grain.
I missed today, and given the current situation, I don’t know if I can continue to exchange for food.
It's better to exchange more at once. Anyway, because his father didn't care about the life and death of his family for those jade, he really doesn't like jade very much. If those things weren't exchanged for money, he would have cleared them out and exchanged them.
So I changed it, out of sight, out of mind.
"If it's as good as today's, I'll do it." Zhang Yu felt happy. This is something else. For these things that will increase in value in the future, now that they have met them, there is no reason to let them go.
Even if he doesn't lack the money, he will be very old when the value appreciates, but wouldn't it be nice to keep it for himself to enjoy and to pass on to future generations?
"Yes, it's better than the ones just now." The old man said with certainty, thinking about the pile of emeralds at home.
"I don't have that much fine grain on hand, can I use some coarse grain?" Zhang Yu didn't want to give people the impression that he still had a lot of fine grain on hand.
"Coarse grains can also be used. As long as it is grain, anything will do." The old man did not hesitate. In this day and age, grain is more important than anything else.
"So where do we trade?"
"Please tell me a place, I will take Jade to you later." In order to reassure Zhang Yu, the old man offered to let Zhang Yu choose a place.
"There is an abandoned house in the alley in front, did you know?" Zhang Yu chose a location according to his memory, and then said: "I will wait for you there. I will only wait for you for an hour. I will leave after a while."
"I know, I know where it is. Just wait for me there for a while. I'll go home immediately to get my things."
The old man returned home in a hurry. On the way, he met some neighbors who were curious about the beetle on his back and asked him what he was doing.
He said angrily: "I didn't listen to people saying that there was a supply of food at the grain store, so I hurried over with this guy. I didn't expect that person was lying. I'll go and run for free."
Didn’t buy anything.”
Even though the neighbor didn't really believe it, he couldn't turn his back on him, right? He just followed him and cursed angrily: "Who is this wicked person, spreading these nonsense words?"
"That's right, my trip was in vain. I have to go out to visit a few more supply and marketing cooperatives later to see if I can buy something for my grandson that he can eat."
"Hey, it's not easy for you either!" After hearing this, the neighbor gave up his doubts. He also knew the situation in the old man's home. Apart from the relatively big but dilapidated house, there was only his son.
There is still a job available, but it can barely support the family.
But his little grandson still couldn't feed himself with milk, so he had to look around for something he could eat.
After Lao Lao Hu defeated his neighbor, he quickly entered his yard and straightened his back outside to pretend to be relaxed, making others think he had nothing on his back, but he was exhausted.
He entered the yard, then sneaked to the kitchen door and said, "Old woman, do you think what I brought back?"
The old woman who was cooking inside was startled. She turned around and saw that it was him, then she patted her heart that was beating "plop" and "plop" and said in an unfriendly tone: "You can't walk a little bit."
His voice sounded like a thief, it scared me."
"Old woman, don't worry about this. What do you think I brought back?" The old man didn't care about her complaints. He just took off the robe from his shoulders, uncovered the cloth covering it, and brought it to the old woman.
He motioned her to look inside.
"What did you want me to see?" the old lady said, turning her head and looking inside. When she saw it, she screamed in surprise: "Ah, food! Where did you get so much food?"
"Keep your voice down, why are you so loud? Don't let outsiders hear you."
"Okay, okay." The old woman covered her mouth excitedly, unable to believe that her husband could bring back food.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
"You didn't see clearly, these are fine grains." The old man was very proud of being able to exchange for these grains this time.
"Where did you get so much grain? You're not guilty of anything, are you?" the old woman asked with some worry. She really couldn't imagine where she could get so much fine grain in this day and age.
"How is that possible? I used the emeralds at home to exchange them."
Hearing this, the old woman felt relieved. She grabbed the beetle, looked at the fine grains inside, stretched out her hand and stroked it gently, "These fine grains are so good. With these fine grains, my grandson can eat."
"What are you cooking in this pot?" The old man asked doubtfully when he saw smoke coming out of the pot.
"Isn't there no fine grains at home? My grandson can't eat coarse grains, so I thought of pounding it with garlic a few times until it was fine. I would boil it for a while longer to see if he could eat it.
, but now that you have brought these grains, you don’t have to go to such trouble.”
"You hide the food, I can still use this beetle on your back."
"Okay." The old woman freed her back, and then wandered around the room, muttering in her mouth: "Where should I put it? Where is it safe? Put it here, no, it's easy.
You can find it, but you can't find it there. What if a naughty child gets there and digs it out?"
The old man loaded a few more pieces of better jade from the basement, and hurried out with the jade on his back.
"What else are you going to do?"
"The person who exchanged grain with me wants jade, so I'll exchange it with him again."
"Then be careful. If something goes wrong, run away quickly. We don't want the jade anymore. The most important thing is that you come back well." The old woman warned him worriedly.
"I know, I know. If anything happens, I will run away. Where is our son?"
"He is at work, what are you asking him to do?"
"I'll be replacing coarse grains in a while. I can't make it back by myself. You wait until he gets off work and tell him to go to the alley in front of the black market and find the abandoned house. I'll wait for him there and let him
Bring the food back."
"Okay, go ahead and don't make people wait. I'll tell my son to go as soon as he gets off work."
"Don't be too anxious. We can sneak the grain back until dark. It's too conspicuous during the day. When I came here just now, I only carried such a small amount of grain on my back. My neighbor stopped me and asked me what was on my back.