Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 308: I Want to Make a Phone Call Back to Capital City

Chapter 308: Chapter 308: I Want to Make a Phone Call Back to Capital City

Before dawn, rain began to fall, thoroughly washing away that faint residual kerosene smell lingering in the courtyard, and it was still to the knocking of Stone that Luo Qiao awoke.

She only realized it was raining when she opened the door, thinking that the father and son must be suffering terribly, if not dead; she quickly got ready to prepare a meal, as there was still a cart to catch later.

After eating, she worried about not having an umbrella at home and wondered how they would leave later, when she heard someone knocking at the front gate.

When she opened it, there stood Grandma Lin wrapped in a straw rain cape. Luo Qiao asked, "Grandma Lin, why have you come out in this rain?"

Old Lady Lin replied, "I came to bring you all an umbrella."

A single sentence made Luo Qiao feel warmed, and she said gratefully, "Thank you, Grandma Lin. Then, I won’t be polite and we will leave together shortly."

She went inside to call Stone, served the leftover porridge from the morning into the bowl Auntie Gao had used to give them soy paste yesterday, and wrapped the leftover scallion pancakes in oil paper.

Since it was raining, they couldn’t carry much; she and Stone only took the schoolbags they had brought back. At the edge of the small bridge, Luo Qiao handed the items to Grandma Lin, reminding her to deliver the bowl to the head of the production team later.

The two hurried toward the commune office, fearing that the poor road conditions might cause them to miss the bus. They didn’t expect to run into Zhao Jianing and Li Dahe at the entrance of the village, and Luo Qiao whispered to Stone, "Let’s walk faster."

Zhao Jianing noticed Luo Qiao too, her eyes brimming with hatred. Only after Luo Qiao was far away did she say to Li Dahe beside her, "Big Brother Dahe, would you go with me to the commune to make a phone call?

You know, everything I brought back was burned. I want to make a call to Capital City to ask my foster mother to send me some money for emergencies."

Li Dahe hesitated, all the money at home was in his mother’s hands, and asking her for money might be even harder than reaching for the skies.

But seeing the pleading in Zhao Jianing’s eyes, he clenched his teeth and nodded, "Alright, I’ll go home and gather some money."

But as the saying goes, reality is often harsher than dreams. Li Dahe simply didn’t realize that he had already been followed, and his sister had relayed the entire conversation between the two to their family without leaving a single word out.

Soon enough, Li Dahe’s mother went to the Zhao Family’s place, dragged out Zhao Jianing for a severe scolding, and berated Zhao Pulin until he was dripping with metaphorical blood. This incident even brought trouble for Zhao Jianing’s sisters.

After this ordeal, Zhao Jianing couldn’t even think about going to the commune to make that call; she could only lie in bed, incapable of getting up—never underestimate the fighting power of a mother.

On the bus, Luo Qiao and Stone bumped into Zhang Xiao, who was still as enthusiastic as ever in greeting Luo Qiao and Stone. Luo Qiao wasn’t shy, for the events of the past were just that—past. There was no need to hold onto them, especially since she wasn’t the original host of this body.

Luo Qiao asked, "Where’s your bedding? Weren’t you going to stay at school?"

Zhang Xiao replied, "The rain is not light. My mom worried that the bedding would get soaked, so she said she would bring it in the afternoon if the rain stops. If it’s still raining by then, I’ll go to my second brother’s place and have him figure something out."

Bumping along the way, they arrived in the city only to see Lu Yichen waiting with an umbrella, holding another one in his hand.

Stone called out, "Big Brother, did you come to bring us an umbrella?"

Lu Yichen handed Stone the other umbrella and threw him a thicker piece of clothing before turning to take out a sturdy garment from his chest and handing it to Luo Qiao, "It’s quite cold, wrap this around for now to stay warm."

The three of them and Zhang Xiao said their goodbyes and started toward home, where Lu Yichen had even made some ginger sugar water and bought some breakfast.

Luo Qiao couldn’t eat, only drank the ginger sugar water, while Stone took out half a stick of youtiao from the bag to eat, excitedly telling Lu Yichen, "Our self-sustaining plot yielded so many potatoes and sweet potatoes, all of them exceptionally large."

Lu Yichen turned to Luo Qiao, who was now dressed and preparing to leave, and she added, "What Stone said is true, they grew exceptionally well, so I gave some to the Old Couple of the Lin Family."

Luo Qiao shouted to Stone, "Take the shoes Big Brother brought for you, and you can change into them at school so you don’t have to walk in wet ones."

Luo Qiao was now thinking that she needed to find a way to buy another pair of rain boots, for even if they weren’t needed this year, they would be next year. Lu Yichen, of course, had thought of this too.

So once at the unit, Lu Yichen made a direct call to his buddies in the Capital, asking them to send over two pairs of rain boots.