Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

109. Selling grain (4)

Su Jinru: "If I manage to get the food, how can I contact you?"

“I’m staying in room 202 of the guesthouse.”

Su Jinru: "Okay, whether it works out or not, I'll give you an answer within three days."

"Okay, that's great! Once you've secured the grain, come find me at the guesthouse."

Su Jinru: "There's one more thing I need to make clear beforehand: I don't offer credit. It's cash on delivery. Five tons of potatoes, five cents a pound, that's five thousand yuan. I've prepared it in advance."

"Don't worry, money is not a problem, as long as you can get the food."

Su Jinru: "That's settled then, I'll be going now."

Su Jinru turned to leave, but suddenly remembered that she had bought a bicycle, and a thought struck her.

This person actually owns a Jiefang brand truck; he's no ordinary person.

She turned back.

"Yuan Wenjie, can you get a bicycle ticket?"

"You want to buy a bicycle?"

"Yes, but I didn't buy a bicycle ticket."

"What a coincidence, I happen to have one on me, you can take it!"

Su Jinru said with delight, "That's great! How much? I'll pay you for it."

"No need, consider it a gift from me."

As Yuan Wenjie spoke, he took out a wallet from his pocket, pulled out a receipt from inside, and handed it to Su Jinru.

Su Jinru accepted the receipt without much hesitation.

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

"If you can help me get some food, I can get you any kind of ration coupons."

Su Jinru offered him grain at half the price of the black market, so he had already gotten a great deal. He would give her some other coupons to try and build a closer relationship.

"Then get me some more cloth coupons and oil coupons."

"Okay, I'll bring it to you next time we meet."

After saying goodbye to Yuan Wenjie, Su Jinru went straight to the department store and spent 120 yuan to buy a bicycle.

Su Jinru continued her search for a house on her bicycle.

Persistence pays off, and finally, she found a suitable house in the city center.

The homeowner and his family fled to another place due to famine, and it is unknown whether they are dead or alive.

Before leaving, the homeowner entrusted the house to his sister's family for care.

Just then, Su Jinru needed to rent a house and asked the neighbor of the landlady's sister. The neighbor kindly introduced Su Jinru to the landlady's sister.

The older sister thought that since the house was just sitting empty, it would be better to rent it out and earn some income. With people living in the house, maintaining it, and keeping it alive, it wouldn't collapse.

Su Jinru went to see the house with the homeowner's sister. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw a large yard and immediately fell in love with the house.

This house has three main rooms, a kitchen, and a toilet.

The house contained simple furniture, such as a bed, a pot, and even some farm tools.

The house was an ordinary adobe house.

However, the biggest advantage of this house is that it has a large yard.

This large yard can park two large trucks, and the gate is also very large with no threshold, so cars can drive directly into the yard.

The courtyard wall is quite high, only slightly shorter than the main house.

Su Jinru loves this house so much.

The only downside is that the house is in the city center, where there are many people and a lot of attention.

However, the walls are high enough, and large trucks can drive right in.

The street was right in front of the door, a prime location that would have been considered a bustling commercial area in later generations. However, few people did business there back then, so the residents didn't think that the houses in this location were any better than those in other places.

There is a well about 20 meters away from the house, which is very convenient for getting water. Many people wash clothes by the well.

The rent is three yuan per month.

The lease term is indefinite; the lease expires whenever the landlord returns.

Of course, Su Jinru can terminate the lease at any time.

Su Jinru changed the locks, cleaned the house, took a shower in her spatial dimension, changed into clean clothes, and then went to the guesthouse.

Yuan Wenjie was indeed in room 202 of the guesthouse.

With him was a young man in his early twenties, whom Yuan Wenjie said was his cousin, surnamed Xu.

Yuan Wenjie asked, "Liu Qing, how's it going? Is there any progress on the grain supply?"

Su Jinru felt a little uncomfortable with this form of address.

She nodded.

Where are your big trucks?

"It's right here in that big field outside."

"Drive your big trucks to No. 13 Guangming Road."

Yuan Wenjie couldn't believe that Su Jinru had managed to procure food in such a short time.

How much? Is it potatoes?

Su Jinru nodded.

"It's potatoes, five tons. Is the money ready? I've said it before, no credit."

Yuan Wenjie pulled a bag out from under the bed.

"Money is not a problem."

He opened the bag, which was full of money.

Su Jinru said, "Take the money and come with me!"

They walked out of the room together and went to a large open area at the back, where a large military green truck was parked.

As Su Jinru had suspected, it was a military vehicle.

With a tarpaulin covering the top, it's very safe to haul grain.

At that time, apart from military vehicles, there were very few other large trucks, and ordinary large trucks were not allowed to transport grain over long distances, otherwise they would not be able to pass through checkpoints on the road.

Is this misuse of public vehicles?

However, since the other party didn't mention it, Su Jinru didn't ask either, just like with her own source of food, any smart person wouldn't keep asking.

Su Jinru got into the truck with them and headed towards Guangming Road.

In fact, the distance from the guesthouse to Guangming Road is only 800 meters.

Arrived very quickly.

Su Jinru said, "I'll get out of the car and open the gate. You can drive the car directly into the yard; there's enough space to park. Back the car in, with the back of the car facing inwards. This will make loading the goods easier, and it will also make it easier to come out."

At this time, grain was as valuable as money. Wealth should not be flaunted. With people coming and going outside, it was very lively. It was naturally much safer to store grain in the courtyard.

Yuan Wenjie was worried that it was unsafe to load grain on such a busy street, but when he heard that he could park inside, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Jinru got out of the car, opened the courtyard gate, and while they were backing up, she went inside the house and teleported five tons of potatoes from her spatial dimension into two rooms.

Yuan Wenjie parked the car and got out with his cousin.

Seeing the mountains of potatoes piled up in the two rooms, they exchanged a glance and were overjoyed.

It will be dark in another hour, so let's move it quickly before it gets dark!

The three of them worked together to move the potatoes, using buckets and basins.

As dusk fell, they finally managed to move all the potatoes from the house into the car.

All three of them were panting heavily, but they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The canvas on the vehicle was completely covered, so it was impossible to tell what was being transported on the surface.

Yuan Wenjie took the bag off the car and tossed it to Su Jinru.

“Count it, it’s five thousand yuan.”

Su Jinru found a kerosene lamp in the house, lit it, and counted the money by its light.