Time Travel: Conditional Wealth

dinner time.

During the meal, the two sisters felt unprecedented care and consideration, and He Xi and He Fei ate so much that their bellies were full.

The deserted courtyard became warm again and the house was filled with laughter.

In the evening, it’s time for He Xi and Lu Jinan to go for a night run.

Before, she had to take special quick-acting heart pills to barely get through the train ride. She bought them at a high price on the system forum. Some people are just abominable. They buy the medicine even though they don't need it, and then sell it at a high price.

I can’t get what I want, but I have accumulated a lot of what I don’t want.

He Xi rested at home for another day and went to work on the third day.

It was still the same class full of palace fighting. He Xi still didn't understand which palace she was the master of and who she needed to please.

He Xi followed the procedures and went to her small office to put down her personal belongings. She simply tidied up her workstation and took the Peking duck she had bought earlier to Minister Jiang's office to cancel her leave.

"Knock knock."

"Please come in."

He Xi opened the door and came in, seeing Minister Jiang's slightly surprised expression: "Oh, you still remember to come back? I thought you were so happy that you forgot where you were from?"

He Xi lowered her head and offered two Peking ducks with both hands: "Try the famous Peking duck."

Minister Jiang looked at the roast duck, then squinted at He Xi, and said as he collected the roast duck: "Don't think you can get away with it by bribing me. Young people should still focus on their careers. Look at you, you just think about playing all day long."

He Xi smiled bitterly: "Life is hard enough, why should I make it harder for myself to go to work?"

Minister Jiang was stunned for a few seconds, then tapped the table with his fingers: "You proposed the previous conditions yourself. When are you going to start fulfilling them?"

"In the spring! Planting trees in the snow? The frozen soil can be half a meter deep."

Minister Jiang nodded, and He Xi’s leave was cancelled.

Luo Hong came to the small office and saw He Xi's personal belongings on her workstation, and concluded that she had come to work.

Following closely behind were Shen Chuan and Kong Li. They had reconciled long ago. After all, He Xi was not an important person in their lives, just a passer-by.

"Ah? He Xi is back. She's really unique. She took such a long leave." Shen Chuan's eyes widened slightly.

"You really can't change the habit of gossiping about others behind their backs." He Xi smiled, pushed the door open, walked in, and sat at her workstation.

Shen Chuan was embarrassed and whispered, "If everyone is like you, the government compound should be closed as soon as possible."

The expression on He Xi's face froze slightly.

Luo Hong couldn't stand it any longer, so she defended He Xi: "You are just worrying about other people's business. You have no ability, but you are always jealous of He Xi. If you have the ability, why don't you ask Minister Jiang for leave?"

"You..." It was her lackey. Before Shen Chuan could finish his words, Kong Li nudged Shen Chuan with his elbow and shook his head at him.

He Xi smiled. She really didn't want to argue with a primary school kid. She reached out and took out the Beijing roast duck and dim sum she had prepared in advance and shared them among the three of them: "Try some Beijing specialties. I don't think you two will want any, so I can't force you."

He Xi took back the roast duck that had been placed in front of Shen Chuan and Kong Li intactly, with a smile on her face the whole time, but in their eyes, this smile was a mockery.

Shen Chuan: "Tsk, it's so rare."

No? What did you mean by extending your hand just now? You can't even pretend. How can a young man survive in society if he doesn't have good acting skills?

Luo Hong handed He Xi some recent information, which were all about recent events in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. At the top was what happened in He Xi's village. The technicians who were sent there were driven out. This was truly unprecedented.

Luo Hong looked at He Xi's cold face and reminded him quietly, "There will be a regular meeting this week, so be careful. The technician who was kicked out seems to be someone's relative. Be careful that they will put the blame on you."

He Xi was very grateful and said thank you to her.

After sorting out the backlog of documents and checking the two greenhouses in the government compound, I finished get off work for the day.

Wang Qiang from the black market had known for a long time that He Xi had returned. They were well-informed, and he also knew that He Xi would definitely come to ship the goods.

He stood in a casual and arrogant posture, with his arms folded across his chest, leaning against the wall. From his position he could see He Xi at a glance. As long as she entered this alley she would definitely not escape his eyes, but she hadn't come yet.

He Xi was still busy in the rented courtyard. She planned to go to Harbin first. She hadn't been there for a long time and needed to maintain relationships. She prepared too many things in the spacious carriage, including food, drinks, and entertainment. Her purpose was to make money.

As the portal opened, a carriage drove through the streets of Harbin. It was not uncommon for a carriage to enter the city. What was rare was what was bulging on her carriage. Why was there a sound of chickens crowing? And there were so many of them.

He Xi knocked on Jiang Hao's door with ease. He Xi was wrapped too tightly for him to recognize her. He looked indifferent: "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

He Xi was stunned for a moment, took two steps back, opened the layers of wrapping on her head, revealing her originally fair little face: "It's me, He Xi."

Jiang Hao walked out of the door, circled around He Xi twice, looked her up and down repeatedly, and changed his tone: "So it's you. You said you would come often. You calculate the time."

He Xi giggled, "I was so busy that I forgot. I was always busy with my official work, and I went to Beijing to play for a while."

Jiang Hao glanced over: "Oh, if you want to play, you have time. How can you play if you don't make money?"

“It’s not that we have no money.”

He drove the carriage into his house and called on his brothers to start unloading the goods. In addition to the basic rice, flour, grain and oil, she prepared self-heating hot pot and small hot pot, fifty packaged Peking ducks and dim sum, and live chickens.

In the 70s, a Peking duck cost about ten yuan, which seems not expensive now, but ten yuan at that time was the cost of a good year for people today.

At that time, spending two dollars a year was considered a wealthy life.

The hot pot caught their attention: "What is this? Is it also edible?"

This is about He Xi's "professionalism", the essence of a foodie: "Simple hot pot, a must-have for home and travel, bring some water, I will teach you how to eat it."

A group of young men gathered around the steam coming out of the self-heating hot pot, discussing it curiously and excitedly.

Jiang Hao simply couldn't bear to look at them. Even if he had never seen the world, he couldn't be so embarrassed. He cleared his throat and asked, "How do you buy this?"

He Xi picked up two types of self-heating pots and explained the prices to them. The traditional self-heating hot pot is one yuan, while the one from Mou Lao is two yuan. The one from Mou Lao is real and has visible meat inside, and it comes in a variety of flavors.

Jiang Hao felt that the price was a bit high and was hesitant to accept it.

He Xi brought over a spicy tender beef hotpot and started eating it herself. The aroma made them salivate. She chuckled and said, "You'll know after you eat it. There's nothing that can't be solved by a hotpot. If there is, let's have two."

The temptation of delicious food made them accept He Xi's pricing.