Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 235 - 234 One Yuan Eighty

Chapter 235: Chapter 234 One Yuan Eighty

Bai Bo’s smile was somewhat stiff.

He wiped his face, crushed the irritability, and still asked her in the gentlest voice, "Wife, who said something to you?"

Zheng Lirong bit her teeth, clenching the keys even tighter.

She said, "I counted again this morning, we have saved eighty-four thousand yuan over the years, which is enough for us to live on for the rest of our lives... Old Bai, ever since you started this job, I’ve never had a peaceful sleep, always dreaming that you’d get caught by Public Security... We have money now, enough to spend, can we quit doing this, please?"

Her brows furrowed, there was a trace of pleading in her eyes as she looked at Bai Bo.

Those eyes of hers, Bai Bo had only seen them on the night of their wedding.

After taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly, Bai Bo patiently reasoned with her, "Wife, think about it, what were the prices of rice and pork twenty years ago? How much are they selling for now? Shanshan and Xiao Jun need to go to school, to get married... Even if we don’t consider that, wife, all these brothers rely on me for a living, should I ignore them?"

Zheng Lirong bit her lower lip and said, "With so many people, Laoer, Laosan, and Laosi can all handle things, why does it have to be you?"

"Why are we able to survive here? If I wasn’t holding things together..."

"Are you the one holding it together? It’s the students of my father and grandfather who are doing it out of respect for the Old Zheng family!"

These words struck Bai Bo like an invisible hand, grabbing his throat and leaving him with a red face.

Indeed, being able to run this stable black market was indeed relying on his father-in-law’s connections.

But...

"Why the hell do I do this life-threatening job? Isn’t it to get medicine for your parents?"

Blood rose in the depths of Bai Bo’s eyes.

Back then, back then...

Initially, as an orphan who married into the Zheng Family, it wasn’t long after his daughter Zheng Shan was born that trouble arose in the family.

He had been a porter in a grain shop, barely managing to support the mother and daughter. But as winter came, his in-laws’ living environment was harsh, and they both fell ill one after the other...

He carried sacks during the day and collected eggs, vegetables, and mountain goods in nearby villages at night, trading them on the black market. He would walk twenty to thirty li a day, his soles wearing thin layer by layer.

Later on, he met one of his father-in-law’s students on the black market, a student who worked as a trade union officer in a food factory...

And as time went by, step by step to today, he was unable to pull back anymore.

Who the hell would want to live on the edge if they could live a peaceful life?

Thinking of his parents-in-law, tears fell from Zheng Lirong’s eyes.

Seeing his wife’s tears, Bai Bo felt some guilt and stretched out his hand awkwardly to pat her shoulder, "Well, wife, I’m not blaming your parents... it’s just, if I retire now, today I’ll say I’m quitting, and tomorrow I’ll be dead."

"Wife, I promise you, once your sister’s source of goods is stable, I will gradually cut off the relations with those factory people, and hand over the business to Laosan and Laosi... Just wait, I’ll definitely let you and the two girls live a peaceful life."

Zheng Lirong wiped away her tears, threw the keys at him in a huff, and snapped, "Do whatever you want," as she turned and went out.

She was really scared, truly terrified.

Especially lately, she had been unable to sleep, constantly dreaming that Bai Bo was executed by firing squad...

Gripping the keys, Bai Bo stood in silence for a moment before turning to open the chest, and counted out another twenty thousand yuan from the neatly stacked cash.

...

The voices outside the door had been heard by Lin Nianhe.

The corners of her mouth subtly lifted, she cleared her throat and then said, "Uncle Feng, do you think that’s feasible?"

Feng Yuanshan was a bit confused, but after a moment, he shook his head, "You don’t need to contribute money, with the little you make each month, it’s not even enough for yourself... Don’t worry about the issues with the Victory Team, they lack more than just tuition fees."

Lin Nianhe uttered a "hmm" sound, understanding Feng Yuanshan’s meaning, so she didn’t continue on this topic. Instead, she asked, "Actually, I came today to ask if we could raise some chickens and pigs at the school? The eggs could be used to nourish the children’s bodies, and this could also be part of our labor lessons."

Feng Yuanshan mulled it over for a while, picked up his teacup and took a sip, hesitant, "There are so many kids at your school, to provide them with eggs, you’d need to raise fifty, maybe three hundred chickens? Chicks... that... it costs money."

It wasn’t that no school had ever thought about raising chickens, but the problem was where to get the money from?

Feng Yuanshan started to worry again, habitually wiping his face vigorously.

Lin Nianhe spoke with a smile, "If you say it’s okay for us to raise them, we will figure out a way to get the chicks and piglets... Buying chicks is expensive, but buying eggs to hatch chicks is not that costly, and I know how to select fertilized eggs."

Feng Yuanshan’s eyes lit up suddenly, "Really? You can do it? Not everyone can handle this job!"

"Really, I can, the accuracy rate... maybe around ninety percent."

Lin Nianhe smiled with great confidence.

Of course, she was confident, for she had thousands of fertilized eggs in her space!

She had casually bought them from a breeding farm, thinking that if life ever got too boring in the post-apocalyptic world, she would raise a couple of chicks for fun. She also had a professional incubator, but just couldn’t take it out for use.

However, with so many aunties in the Ten Miles Team, there must be someone who could hatch chicks, right?

Feng Yuanshan sprang to his feet, his eyes full of excitement looking at Lin Nianhe, "If that’s the case, you can go ahead and raise them, build the chicken coop, and raise as many as you want!"

Lin Nianhe’s smile was meaningful: "This is what you said, we can raise as many as we want, huh."

"Yes, as many as you want! If the leaders don’t let me, I’ll just sit in protest outside their offices!"

Feng Yuanshan was so excited that he grasped and shook Lin Nianhe’s hand, "But Teacher Xiao Lin, if this works out for you all, could you maybe help other schools to get some chicks as well?"

"Of course," Lin Nianhe’s smile was as bright as flowers, "leave it to me!"

"Alright, alright, alright..."

Feng Yuanshan immediately took out some paper and started writing a letter of introduction, muttering to himself as he wrote, "You can just go pick them out at the Cooperative Society, right? Six cents per egg, one yuan and eighty cents for thirty, sss..."

Seeing the look of pain in his eyes, Lin Nianhe couldn’t help but say, "How about I pay for them?"

One yuan and eighty cents!

Does the leader in charge of all the schools in the commune need to be like this?

He does. It’s necessary.

Only those in charge know how expensive staple foods are, all the schools in the commune are eagerly waiting for funding from him!

Let alone one yuan and eighty cents, Feng Yuanshan wished he could break every cent in half before spending it.

Feng Yuanshan did not take up Lin Nianhe’s offer to pay herself and handed over one yuan and eighty cents along with the letter of introduction, reluctantly instructing her, "Teacher Xiao Lin, make sure you keep the money safe, choose carefully, don’t fret if it takes time, just try to increase the accuracy rate a bit."

Lin Nianhe: "Okay."

"Put the money in your pocket."

"Alright."

"Walk carefully on your way, and don’t lose it."

"Um... can you let go of my hand?"

"Ah... Sss..."

Lin Nianhe rushed out of the commune with the damp one yuan and eighty cents and the letter of introduction, afraid that Feng Yuanshan might change his mind and ask for the letter back.