Quick Wear: True and False Life

Fang Nan packed up the backpack and came to the entrance, asking softly if they wanted some supplies.

"how many?"

"One or two thousand pounds"

"Comrade, come with me. Huzi, you guard the place well, and be alert." After saying that, he led Fang Nan into the alley from the front. There was a back door at the end. The two of them passed through the door until they reached the front yard. The man went forward and knocked on the door and said, "Brother Lu, we have an important customer. Would you like to see him?"

"See, I'll tell Brother Li to get up."

A quarter of an hour later, several people sat down in the hall. While Fang Nan was looking at them, the two people over there were also observing Fang Nan.

"I heard from Dajiang that you have a batch of supplies to exchange. I wonder if I can see the samples first." As the two sides were watching each other, Brother Li took the initiative to check the quality of the supplies. In the past two years, there has been severe drought across the country and food has been insufficient. If it is true, it would be great. Let's see if it can be developed in the long run.

"You can take a look before we talk." Fang Nan had put some things in his backpack when he came in. He opened the basket, took out the rice, noodles, cornmeal and cabbage and put them on the table.

Brother Lu stood up and went to the table to check everything. They were all good stuff, without any stones or sand. The noodles and grains were fine and of good color. He broke off some cabbage and tasted it. It was crisp and sweet, and there were no worm holes in it. He nodded to Brother Li who followed him.

"Comrade, what's your last name? How do we exchange it? Are the items consistent?" Brother Li asked after seeing Brother Lu check them.

"My last name is Fang, so you can call me Comrade Fang! The quality of the item is still a problem, so I will exchange it at the market price."

"Comrade Fang, can you provide long-term supply?"

"Then we need to create a separate article."

"If you buy goods from me, the price increase cannot exceed 30%, and you must sign a contract."

Fang Nan saw that the two were not bad people, so she was willing to help them as long as they did not cross her bottom line.

After discussion between Brother Lu and Brother Li, they felt that it was feasible and profitable. As for the contract, they all agreed that it was the best way to go, as only by checking and balancing each other could there be security guarantees.

"Comrade Fang, let's set the price first and then sign the contract. The two kinds of rice and flour are 40 cents a pound, cornmeal is 35 cents a pound, and cabbage is 8 cents a pound. Do you think it's okay?" Brother Li said after confirming it.

"Okay," Fang Nan replied after hearing the offer and thinking it was reasonable.

"Brother Li, please sign a contract." Brother Lu, who can read but has poor handwriting, said to Brother Li.

"No need, I have them here. You can check first to see if they need any changes." Fang Nan used his sleeves to cover up the two contracts and bamboo cards that Ling Xi had just made, and put them on the table and pushed them to them.

The two were a little surprised, but they still picked up the contract and looked at it carefully. The contract was written very strictly, so they prepared to find a pen to sign it.

"No need for a pen, it needs to be signed with blood." Fang Nan stopped him when he saw this.

The two men followed Fang Nan's instructions in surprise and pierced their fingers with the tip of the knife and dripped a drop of blood on the blank space of the contract. What surprised Brother Lu was that the words "Lu Li" appeared on the place where the blood spread on the contract. He quickly looked at Brother Li's contract, and his showed the three words "Li Chuqing".

"There is also the bamboo card," Fang Nan pointed at them with his eyes and said the blood-stained bamboo card.

After they dripped blood on the bamboo tokens to recognize their ownership, Fang Nan explained that the contract could not be violated. In addition to being used as a talisman, the bamboo tokens could also transmit information and resources. Future transactions would be conducted through the bamboo tokens. After she had explained everything clearly, she also negotiated the matters of salt and sugar, and then left the black market.

The sky will brighten at this time, heralding the arrival of a new day.

"Comrade, you are finally here."

The old man waited here for more than an hour. He was very anxious and kept having all sorts of random thoughts. Sometimes he thought that the comrade had deceived him; sometimes he thought his wife was hungry; sometimes he thought his little grandson was sick. He always had something to worry about, but finally he waited for the person to arrive.

"Grandpa, I'm here to see you. Take me back and sit with you. We haven't even moved yet. I have to go and get to know the place first." Fang Nan said with a smile while holding the old man's hand.

Fang Nan heard someone from a distance saying that the Red Guards were beating people, so she quickly took the old man's hand and asked him to call her grandpa. She felt that this group of people were immoral scum who were disgusting and hurt people for their own benefit.

The old man was experienced and reacted immediately. He pulled Fang Nan towards the alley behind the house, talking about the situation at home as they walked.

"Girl, come in and sit for a while." He was afraid that the person might not have left yet, and he didn't want anything to happen to a kind-hearted person like Fang Nan, so he really took her home.

"My dear, you are lying down. You don't have the strength to get up. Be careful not to fall."

"I heard some noise and came out to see if you were back." She replied weakly.

The old man helped his wife back to the room, then came out to greet Fang Nan and poured her a bowl of water on the table.

"Comrade, you can see how busy the situation is at home. I can only offer you a bowl of water." The old man said ashamedly.

"Grandpa, stop busying yourself and sit down and talk."

"The 25 kilograms of rice and flour you asked for, a whole processed chicken, and some common medicines, take a look." Fang Nan said as he took out the things and put them on the table. He asked the old man to confirm it before accepting the ring.

The old man was so moved that he didn't know what to say. He pulled Fang Nan out and choked up, saying that he had met a good person.

Later, when they talked about his family, she learned that the old man had two sons and one daughter. One son died on the battlefield, his wife ran away, leaving only a little grandson; the other son was also a soldier and his life or death was unknown. When the daughter saw that something had happened at home, she directly published an advertisement in the newspaper to sever ties with him. Now there were only two old people and one child at home, and they had to deal with the harassment of the Red Guards. How miserable it was.

Moreover, there are several families in the same difficult situation as the old man nearby, so Fang Nan suggested that the old man sign a contract, and the old man signed it without hesitation. In this era, staying alive is the most important thing.

After leaving the old man's house, it was almost nine o'clock. She wanted to go to the department store in town and buy some things that were not available in public. Otherwise, it would easily attract attention if she took them directly from the space.

There were a lot of people inside, so if you wanted to buy something you had to squeeze in. Fang Nan would queue up wherever there were fewer people, and buy everything, including White Rabbit and fruit candies, egg cakes and shortbread, enamel basins and thermos, and finally a ladies' watch.

I have been wanting a watch for a long time. When she was at her adoptive parents' home, I couldn't bring her with me due to circumstances. Now she lives far away and must have a watch so that she can check the time more easily.

After putting the things in the basket, he went to the People's Hotel for lunch. He ordered the same food as last time, except that the plain noodles were replaced with egg noodles. However, it did not affect Fang Nan's appetite.

As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the village, she saw Haozi squatting under a tree and looking at her from afar. When he saw her, he ran over like a butterfly seeing a flower and called happily: "Sister, sister."

Fang Nan saw that he was helpless. Going out in the sun in this weather would not be much cooler even under the shade of a tree. It seemed that Aunt Cui failed to coax him.

"Are you hungry? Here's a meat bun."

"Sister, do you want to eat some meat?" Haozi happily took the bun, broke it into two halves, and handed one to Fang Nan's mouth.

"I've eaten it. I brought it specially for you. Come and eat it!"

Haozi was happy to eat, and Fang Nan saw that he didn't go home, so she went back to her house to put down the food. She took Haozi to the back mountain, took him for a walk, killed a chicken, found a water in the mountain cave, and roasted the chicken.

"Sister, here are some beautiful flowers for you." Haozi picked some wild flowers from the surrounding area and gave them to her like presenting treasures.