Black Market Boss: His Beloved Wife's Lazy Life

"Winter is almost here, so it definitely needs to be covered up properly."

"Is there any ceremony involved in raising the roof beam?" Shang Yanfang asked curiously.

"No need, your educated youth settlement doesn't need it, but the villagers do."

"Just give the villagers an extra day's wages or treat the people who built the house to a meal."

"Let's just give them money then. It's too much trouble to treat them to meals at the educated youth settlement."

"Okay, go back and discuss it with your friends who were sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution."

"Okay." The two walked hand in hand down the path.

"Shang Zhiqing, you're back." The villagers on the road greeted the young girl one by one.

"Auntie, go back and cook."

Shang Yanfang greeted them all the way to the educated youth settlement.

Gao Jianguo, standing behind, showed a relieved expression.

It seems the little girl is doing quite well in the village.

Seeing the young girl approach the educated youth settlement, Gao Jianguo turned and left.

"Yanfang, you're back. I've put your food in your lunchbox, remember to eat it," Liu Yan said to the little girl.

"Thank you, Yanzi." Shang Yanfang quickly thanked Yanzi.

"It seems like we're going to be raising the roof beam tomorrow."

The group of people eating looked at their friends sitting around them and said something.

"Yes, it will be finished tomorrow, just one more day."

"That's what Li Zhaodi, who has been helping out, said."

"Let's not talk about treating each other to dinner tomorrow, just pay me for an extra day's work, okay?"

"Sure, since it's not convenient for us educated youth to cook."

After they discussed it and reached an agreement, they went back to their rooms to sleep.

"Get up! Today is a great day for us to raise the roof beam. Even if we don't hold a celebration, it wouldn't be too much to treat the brigade leader to a meal."

Li Zhaodi woke them up early in the morning.

"Okay," Shang Yanfang replied, then tried to lie back down and continue sleeping.

"We still need to go to the commune to buy meat! Who's going?"

"Can we just buy some meat? Or how about we go to the village and exchange it for a chicken?" Liu Yan, who had been woken up, suggested.

"Okay, I agree." He Lingling probably didn't even understand what was being said before agreeing.

"How about I go to the commune to buy meat?" Shang Yanfang weakly raised her hand.

“My friend still has some kitchen knives and pots left for me. I said I would go to his place to get them after the house is finished.”

“Okay, go ahead. We’ll give you the money when you come back,” He Lingling said first, indicating that they wouldn’t take advantage of the situation.

"We'll talk about that later. Now, I need to get up."

Shang Yanfang took out her clothes and put them on.

"Tomorrow, shall we go up the mountain to collect firewood and mountain produce?" Li Zhaodi was usually the most enthusiastic among them when it came to work.

She also had a very good relationship with the older women in the family. She was able to find out many things they didn't know.

“Okay, we’ll go up the mountain to collect firewood and mountain produce tomorrow.” Liu Yan agreed to tomorrow’s itinerary.

"I'm leaving now, I'll try to come back as soon as possible." After changing her clothes, Shang Yanfang said goodbye to the others and left.

She first went to the backyard and looked around, but did not find Gao Jianguo.

They strolled leisurely towards Gao Jian's house.

Halfway there, we met Gao Jianguo riding a bicycle.

Today, Gao Jianguo was wearing a pair of liberation shoes, a military green shirt, and black pants.

Even though it was just an ordinary outfit, it looked like it was tailor-made for him.

"Come back to reality, am I that good-looking? You're not going to stare like a madman."

Gao Jianguo waved his hand in front of the little girl's face and asked.

"Good, good-looking. Handsome."

The girl's blunt words caught Gao Jianguo off guard.

"Hey, hey, are you going to the commune? Let's go together!" the man said, changing the subject.

“Go ahead,” the girl replied, and without any hesitation, plopped down on the back of the man’s seat.

"Aren't you afraid the villagers will gossip about you?" Gao Jianguo reminded the little girl in the back seat.

"What, you mind? If you mind, I'll get off." Shang Yanfang said, trying to jump off the back seat.

"No, no, I'm just worried about your reputation." Gao Jianguo hurriedly stopped the girl when he saw she was really about to jump.

"Who cares? Let them say whatever they want," Shang Yanfang said indifferently.

In her past life, she cared too much about those pathetic vanity projects, which made her life so tiring.

If she could live her life again, she would want to live it according to her own ideas, not others' ideas.

"Alright, since you don't care, let's go from the village entrance."

"Walk."

The word "Let's go" sounded like a battle to be fought by Shang Yanfang. The two rode to the village entrance, and sure enough, there were many elderly women sitting under the big willow tree.

When they saw Gao Jianguo riding his bicycle with Shang Yanfang on the back, their eyes scrutinized them from head to toe like X-rays.

Their eyes were gleaming with gossip.

"Jianguo..."

"Auntie, I'll chat with you when I get back. I have to go now," Gao Jianguo said preemptively.

Then he rode his bicycle and sped off like the wind.

"That was terrifying! My heart is pounding. I'll definitely take a detour next time," Shang Yanfang said, patting her chest.

"When we get back, you take the back road, and I'll go through the village entrance. Otherwise, people will spread the word that we eloped tomorrow."

"They won't just sit there waiting, will they?" Shang Yanfang asked incredulously.

"Don't doubt it, they will." Gao Jianguo affirmed Shang Yanfang's imagination.

The little girl buried her head in Gao Jianguo's back and wrapped her arms around the man's waist.

"I really want to grab a block of tofu and smash my head against it to my death," the little girl's muffled voice came out.

Gao Jianguo laughed unkindly.

Enraged, Shang Yanfang pinched the man's waist, but it was too hard and she couldn't move it.

"Gao Jianguo, you're bullying me," Shang Yanfang said, feeling wronged.

"How did I bully you?" A bunch of question marks were swirling around Gao Jianguo's head.

"You're just bullying me. The flesh on your waist is so hard, it hurts my hand when you pinch it," Shang Yanfang continued, sounding aggrieved.

"Sweetie, I'll soften it up when I get back."

"No, no, I like its firm texture." Shang Yanfang imagined what those six-pack abs would look like as a big chunk of fat, and couldn't help but shiver.

"No, no, I like you the way you are." Shang Yanfang expressed her feelings anxiously.

She was afraid that if she waited any longer, her handsome boyfriend would turn into a greasy, beer-bellied one.

"What are you going to the commune for today?" Gao Jianguo asked, seeing that the little girl was about to cry. He quickly changed the subject.

"Isn't today the day for raising the roof beam? We were thinking of inviting the team leader, the accountant, you, and Brother Lu to have a meal together."

"It's great. The team leader really put in a lot of effort to build this house." Gao Jianguo also agreed with the girl's approach.

"I'll buy some pork today, and then go back to your place to get the pot and cleaver. After all, the new house is all built now." Shang Yanfang carefully listed the things she needed to do at the commune.