Cheat: Only children make choices! I want them all

When Yi Zhonghai heard what Jia Zhang said, his forehead suddenly swelled. This damn woman was really good at confusing right and wrong. She could even call rummaging through other people's things packing their luggage...

"Stop it! Jia Zhang! I promised to help look after my luggage. If you mess around like this, I might blame me when I come back..." Yi Zhonghai tried to dissuade her helplessly.

"Haha! What does that have to do with me? I didn't do anything bad..." How could Jia Zhang give up so easily? She broke free from Yi Zhonghai's hand and put her fat hand into her bag.

"Crash!"

A pile of things were turned out by Jia Zhang and scattered on the kang.

A bag of flour, a pile of documents, a bag of rice, an iron kettle, a toothbrush, and some other daily necessities...

When Jia Zhang saw the bag of fine flour and rice, her eyes widened!

This is all good stuff! Fine flour is hard to find these days, and the price is double or triple that of regular white flour! And yet there's no demand for it!

As for rice, it was a rare commodity in the old city, and was basically only eaten by the wealthy. Ordinary people like them couldn't bear to spend money on this specialty shipped from the south, as it was much more expensive than cornmeal...

Jia Zhang laughed and said, "Hey! How come this kid, who just retired from the army, has such fine white flour and rice? I remember that the food in the army wasn't this good. I'm afraid he's the son of some wealthy family who went to the army to get some experience and then was transferred back..."

Hearing what Jia Zhang said, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but feel a surge of thoughts in his mind.

This was true. When he first met Ye Lingtian, he also felt that he didn't look like someone from the army. Ye Lingtian was so fair-skinned, completely different from the soldiers he had in mind...

"He has so much flour and rice, I guess he can't finish it all by himself! He doesn't even have a place to store the food, if it's kept for a long time, it will probably be stolen by rats! I'll help him pack some back and keep it at my house for him..."

Jia Zhang's calculations were ringing loudly! She clearly had her eyes on the food they brought and wanted to take it home to eat, yet she had to pretend she was keeping it for them. How shameless!

Yi Zhonghai shook his head speechlessly, snatched the flour and rice, and said, "Don't mess around. This guy doesn't look stupid! If he finds out you've been messing with his things, be careful or he'll report you to the neighborhood committee office!"

"Hmph! Yi Zhonghai, just help this kid! I wonder how long you can keep trying to curry favor with him! He might even look down on you, and you're just trying to curry favor with him..."

Jia Zhang snorted disdainfully, her fat body trembling, and then she turned over and picked up the documents to check them.

"Hey! Lao Yi, what is this thing? Why does it have the national emblem?"

There were some words on it, but Jia Zhang didn't recognize them, so she could only ask Yi Zhonghai for help.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai leaned over and caught a glimpse of the national emblem on the cover, and then saw the big words "Martyr's Certificate of Honor" written on it!

"hiss!"

Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat and he felt something was wrong!

He took another look at Ye Lingtian’s ID and compared it with the information on the martyr’s certificate!

What the hell! This is his parents' legacy! Ye Lingtian is actually the surviving relative of a martyr! And he's the only child in the family!

Doesn't that explain it? A family full of martyrs like his wouldn't normally be recruited into the army. Even if they did, they'd only be able to serve in some idle civilian positions. That's why Ye Lingtian looks so delicate and tender, because he didn't have to struggle in mud pits and on battlefields like those soldiers!

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai quickly reached out and snatched the documents from Jia Zhang's hands, put them aside and carefully arranged them, and warned her with a serious face: "Jia Zhang! Let me tell you! This kid is the surviving relative of a martyr. Did you see the document he just showed? That thing is the Martyr's Glory Certificate! Both his parents died on the battlefield! He is the only child in the family. In fact, the army didn't want him to join the army, so they retired him! So don't talk nonsense anymore, don't offend him! If he really makes trouble for you, I can't protect you..."

"hiss!"

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Jia Zhang immediately took a breath of cold air, her eyes widened unconsciously, and she said in surprise: "This kid is actually the surviving relative of a martyr! Don't scare me..."

In this era, the families of martyrs are like a golden medal of immunity from death.

If you dare to provoke them, the police station and the street office will definitely be the first to stand up and support them!

"Why would I lie to you? Look at you, you've messed up other people's things, why don't you clean them up quickly! Otherwise, if they come back and find out, you'll be in big trouble..." Yi Zhonghai had already started stuffing the things back into Ye Lingtian's cloth bag.

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang also began to help clean up in a hurry.

Not long after, the things were put back into the bag...

"Is this okay?" Jia Zhang asked cautiously.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the cloth bag. Although the shape was slightly different from the original one, the contents should be intact and the other party should not be able to notice. So he nodded to Jia Zhangshi and said, "Okay! Be more careful next time and don't be so careless! If you really get into trouble, just wait for the street office to come and arrest you..."

"Hmph! Yi Zhonghai, you're such a heartless person! You only know how to scare me! Forget it, I'm tired today, I'm going back to sleep, you just stay here..."

Jia Zhang was no longer in the mood to take advantage of Ye Lingtian. After knowing that Ye Lingtian was the relative of a martyr, she was terrified!

She didn't want to be paraded through the streets and shot by the street office and the police just because of a meal of white noodles! She really couldn't afford to offend Ye Lingtian...

Jia Zhang got up from the kang, walked out of the door in a few steps, and hurried home.

Yi Zhonghai sighed helplessly when he saw this: This Jia Zhang is always causing trouble...

……

The scene changes!

On the other side, Ye Lingtian and Yan Bugui had already arrived at Wangfujing Street.

Wangfujing Street is located southwest of Nanluoguxiang, and the distance between the two is very close, only a few kilometers.

Today is the weekend, so there are still quite a lot of people shopping in Wangfujing.

The two of them walked side by side, entered the archway, and went straight inside along the street.

Wangfujing Street is almost two kilometers long and has hundreds of shops of all sizes.

Since the country was founded not long ago, the private economy has not been completely regulated, so you can still see many private shops, but state-owned ones are rare...

The real nationalization will not begin until the second edition of currency is issued and the three major reforms are launched, and only then will we officially start targeting some of the bourgeoisie and old landlords!

By then, all kinds of bills would appear! Supplies would be distributed based on demand (number of people), and purchasing supplies would require not only money but also bills! This was done to prevent the emergence of capitalist-roaders, and to cope with the pressure of foreign debt from the north...

By that time, things will truly be beyond your reach even with money! Life will be even harder for ordinary people...