allonlinenovel Chapter 159 I want to exchange some things
Chapter 159 I want to exchange some things
Ye Nuan's heart skipped a beat.
When Hao Dahai said to bring medicine, he certainly didn't mean he was only bringing medicine for Gu Hanchuan.
Moreover, it is definitely not an ordinary medicine.
Ye Nuan had previously prepared several medicines for Gu Hanchuan, made them into pills, and stored them in several small porcelain bottles. In order to fool those experts or scholars, she also deliberately added some good things such as ginseng, so that they would not be able to figure out the proportion of the medicines inside.
Ye Nuan explained that these were medicines that could save lives in critical moments, but the ingredients were rare, so only these were made in total.
Gu Hanchuan brought two bottles, mainly because Ye Nuan brought out two bottles.
When Ye Nuan heard that they should bring medicine, she knew that they might be going on a mission, and a dangerous one at that.
Gu Hanchuan didn't care about anything else; he took all his belongings and ran straight out.
Ye Nuan stood at the door, wanting to yell at him.
This person is so heartless, doesn't he even know how to say a few comforting words to her?
At this point, someone is going on a mission, and I don't know if they'll be able to come back for the New Year.
In fact, apart from Ye Nuan, no one knew that these men had gone on a mission.
These are all confidentiality regulations.
Ye Nuan could guess that it was purely because of that medicine.
Song Huili came over after get off work on Saturday, but she forgot her keys and could only wait at the door.
Xiang Lan happened to see her and greeted her with a smile: "Xiao Ye probably won't be back for a while. Why don't you come to my house and sit for a while?"
"No, sister-in-law. I'll just wait here for a while."
Xiang Lan didn't try to persuade her any further, since she couldn't wait much longer anyway.
When Ye Nuan returned, she was still carrying a basket filled with many good things, which she had specially taken out of her spatial storage when she was almost home.
"Huili? Why aren't you going in? Didn't you bring your key?"
Song Huili nodded: "I changed my clothes, but I left my keys in the dormitory."
"Alright, go inside. You're off tomorrow?"
"Okay, I'll take a day off tomorrow."
"Perfect! How about we stew chicken for the two of us tomorrow, and have fish for dinner?"
"Great, absolutely great!"
Song Huili knew that she could eat good food here.
The food in the factory canteen was barely edible; for someone like her who had never experienced hardship since childhood, it was really just so-so.
"Let's go inside and warm up for a bit. It'll just be the two of us tonight, so there's no rush for dinner."
"Where's my brother?" Song Huili helped light the fireplace and consciously moved closer to warm herself by the fire.
"He's probably in training camp. He won't be back for the next few days, which is good because we don't need to cater to his tastes."
Song Huili laughed upon hearing this: "Sister-in-law, my brother shouldn't be picky about food, right?"
Ye Nuan didn't speak, but she still snorted to show her dissatisfaction with Gu Hanchuan.
Song Huili was about to go to the kitchen to help when Ye Nuan stopped her.
"Alright, just peel the garlic and scallions here. The kitchen isn't lit right now, it's too cold. Let's have noodles for dinner, it's easy and tastes best with fish."
Song Huili didn't really understand, but she felt that she could eat anything.
Ye Nuan brought the noodles back directly. There are noodle processing plants in the city now, so she bought ten kilograms at once and stored them in her space. Whenever she feels lazy, she can just cook them.
Ye Nuan had already prepared the fish, of course, in her spatial dimension, mainly because it was too cold outside, the damp kind, and everything felt icy and uncomfortable to touch.
Ye Nuan bought bighead carp, which is the best fish for making chopped chili fish head.
Ye Nuan got the chopped chili sauce from a fellow Hunanese through a friend; she specially exchanged three jin of flour for three bottles.
After steaming the fish, Ye Nuan stir-fried some garlic greens and then made a soup.
In the dead of winter, a bowl of hot soup can warm you up.
After the fish head was served, Ye Nuan invited Song Huili to start eating. By the time the two of them had finished the fish head, only some chopped chili peppers and broth remained on the large plate.
Ye Nuan got up and cooked a big bowl of noodles, then poured it directly into the pot. After mixing it, it smelled amazing!
She also ate it with the green vegetables on the side. Song Huili thought the noodles were even tastier than the fish, and she ate them while slurping and shoveling more into her bowl.
In the end, both of them were stuffed.
After washing the dishes, Song Huili collapsed onto the sofa and remained silent and still.
Ye Nuan smiled and glanced at her: "Tomorrow morning, let's sleep in until we naturally wake up, and have breakfast at whatever time we get up."
Song Huili had no objections. She was finally off work, so she wanted to do whatever made her comfortable.
The next day, the two sisters-in-law had breakfast together, and seeing that the weather was nice, they decided to ride their bikes to a fellow villager's house to exchange their belongings.
Now, the villagers in the nearby villages treat Ye Nuan with great affection.
Other family members also frequently came to exchange things, but they were all stingy and not as generous as Ye Nuan. Moreover, they were never willing to give them ration coupons in exchange.
Ye Nuan is different.
Sometimes they were willing to exchange sugar coupons with them.
These are all high-quality items that are hard to buy even if you have money!
Ye Nuan had brown sugar in her spatial storage, but she couldn't openly take it out, so she exchanged the sugar coupons her workplace gave her with her fellow villager and then said that she bought the brown sugar with Gu Hanchuan's sugar coupons.
"Huili, I think these dates look good. Let's exchange some. When you bring some back to your dorm, I'll get you some goji berries and add some brown sugar to make a tea. Or we can just boil an egg with them. It's good for your health."
An elderly woman from the village nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "That's right, this is the best way for a girl to stay healthy."
Song Huili smiled and agreed. Afterwards, the two exchanged some dried vegetables and mushrooms, which were things that were hard to buy at the supply station.
Ye Nuan only spent one yuan this time; the rest was obtained by exchanging tickets.
Sugar coupons, meat coupons, cloth coupons.
Ye Nuan was very generous with her gifts, and the older women in the village liked her very much.
Besides, Ye Nuan was still thinking about disposing of some of the supplies in the space, but not too much. Moreover, because she was a military dependent, going to the black market was obviously not an option. If someone found a handle against her, Gu Hanchuan's future would be ruined.
Ye Nuan took Song Huili to the brigade leader's house, and then pulled the brigade leader's wife aside.
"Auntie, several of my colleagues and I don't like eating whole grains, and we have too much of them right now. We were thinking of trading them with the villagers for some dried mushrooms, dried vegetables, or wild game from the mountains. What do you think?"
When the brigade leader's wife heard this, she thought, "Why not? This is a good thing!"
What's wrong with the countryside?
There's a food shortage even in the countryside!
Do you really think that just because you own land you'll have enough to eat?
"Xiao Ye, tell your aunt, how much coarse grain do you have?"
“I’ll go back and ask. It must weigh at least fifty pounds. Actually, it’s nothing. In our line of work, once there’s an emergency, it’s physically and mentally exhausting. We really can’t handle eating coarse grains. Sometimes Dr. Su goes to the operating table for seven or eight hours without eating or drinking. How can he stand it? But we are all law-abiding citizens, which is why we thought of you and Uncle!”