Chapter 42: Mission
Fu Jiaming took her task list with an ugly expression, seeing clearly that it was indeed for purchasing the things needed for the factory’s Mid-Autumn Festival welfare, his eyes seeming about to spit fire.
Tang Tian was usually coy and pretentious when speaking, but now she was getting more and more inching forward, actually so blatantly doing something to sabotage internal unity!
Right now, grain and fruit were extremely scarce supplies no matter where.
Assigning a new comrade an almost impossible task was simply too much!
“Su Ning, let’s swap ours.”
Saying this, Fu Jiaming went to his own desk to fetch his task list note.
Unexpectedly, Su Ning stood up directly and took that difficult-mode task note from his hand.
“Thanks, I appreciate the kind intention, but no need, I can do this one.”
These scarce things were exactly what she had plenty of in stock, could complete anytime.
What a coincidence, right?
Tang Tian, who wanted to watch the drama and use this to make things difficult for her? The outcome was destined to be disappointing.
“You…”
Fu Jiaming, wanting to say something, glanced at Hu Yong who was also in the office, and silently swallowed the words that had reached his mouth.
Seeing her so at ease and confident, it seemed she really had some special connection?
Wonder if he could get a bit more out of it.
Hu Yong, who had also heard their conversation, lowered his eyes, his expression seeming hesitant and conflicted, and until she left, he didn’t say those hot potato words.
Annoyed, he grabbed his short hair, and with a heavy heart followed Fu Jiaming one after the other out of the office.
……
With the note from Director Liang, Su Ning went to the factory general office to get the proof, then to finance to collect the business trip subsidy and task deposit, and finally to the transport team to book a driver and note down the contact telephone.
Putting the money and ration coupons into her bag, she walked toward the factory gate while silently calculating an account.
These clerks’ monthly salary was 28 yuan, not including the business trip subsidies each time and the welfare benefits distributed by the factory.
But just this task alone, 100,000 jin of grain at the market price of 0.28 yuan per jin of premium rice would be 28,000 yuan, how many times her salary.
“Hiss~”
No wonder even knowing the risks were high, so many people still risked it to do speculation and profiteering.
Although she didn’t lack money to spend, who would dislike money too much.
Besides, the Peach Blossom Spring Space could continuously harvest, completing the task and getting a big income, wasn’t this killing two birds with one stone!
She nodded silently, thinking this also counted as her ‘labor’ earnings, the first money she truly earned herself, and couldn’t help but excitedly flush her little face red.
Out the gate, she found her bicycle in the parking shed outside, then pedaled hard toward the supply and marketing cooperative.
It took quite some time entering and exiting the space to change appearance, before buying enough hemp sacks and bamboo baskets in batches.
Without stopping, she hurried home, locked the gate and parked the bike, then Su Ning flashed into Peach Blossom Spring.
Controlling her spiritual power to pour the rice from the underground storage room into the sacks one by one to fill them, tie them, and stack them neatly on the empty ground outside the small courtyard.
When it came to packing fruit, she really got choice paralysis.
The fruit mountain had quite a few fruit varieties, not picky about geography or seasons, but to select suitable ones, she still had to think carefully.
To avoid any mistakes, in the end she chose common southern fruits in season in June and July.
Peaches, grapes, plums, these three kinds more each at 3,000 jin, watermelons 1,000 jin.
“Do I really have to get a scale from somewhere?”
Unable to know the weight, Su Ning could only estimate roughly, and prepare ten to twenty extra portions each of rice and fruits just in case.
Next was to consider where to deliver the goods for transport, how to avoid flaws and ensure safety.
Casually picking up a peach, she flashed out of the space.
Rubbing off the fuzz on the peach in the small pool by the pressure well, then rinsing it with clean water, she took a big bite.
Crispy and sweet with a slight sourness, the taste was excellent!
“Got it.”
Eating up the peach in a few bites, Su Ning’s eyes lit up as she jogged back to the room, rummaging in the leather suitcase brought from Beijing City for a map album bought at Xinhua Bookstore.
Sure enough, she hadn’t remembered wrong.
Now renamed Hongqi Commune, formerly Yazi Town, to the northwest bordering Ebei and Shu provinces.
Pointing with her fingertip on the map album at the junction of the three places, an idea gradually formed in her mind.
Perfect chance to also visit the Su Family Ancestral Home.
Just… where to find two or three prudent and tight-lipped trustworthy people.
While she was thinking whether to ask Director Liang for a few days extension, waiting for Zhang Ze and Mao Jinqian to return before handling it, the note clipped in the map album fell to the ground.
“Is this the one Uncle Lu gave that day?”
The note not only had two people’s names but also detailed addresses.
Seeing the address of the person below clearly, she couldn’t help revealing a big smile.
……
Beijing City, Qinghe Lane Fu Family.
Fu Ying and Fu Ting, the siblings already on summer vacation, unlike previous years running wild outside every day hard to catch a glimpse.
Both wilted like banana leaves beaten by rain.
Clearly many days had passed, but still couldn’t help feeling upset just thinking of their Sister Ning Ning.
“Tingzi, do you think the luggage we sent to Sister Ning Ning arrived? Did she receive the gifts we included with our letters?”
“Probably still needs a few days.”
“Sigh~”
Hands propping her chin, Fu Ying let out a long sigh, gazing at the big clouds on the horizon and murmuring, “If only I could fly to Xiangnan.”
“Flying is impossible, but…”
Fu Ting’s eyes brightened as he leaned close to her ear and whispered a proposal, “Anyway summer vacation is still so long, how about we go to Xiangnan to find Sister Ning Ning?”
“Hehe.”
How about what, of course not!
Giving him an annoyed eyeroll, Fu Ying ruthlessly retorted, “Believe it or not, before you even board the train, Dad would drag you right back.”
Hearing Sister Ning Ning had just started working, Grandfather and them surely wouldn’t agree to the two disturbing her at this time.
“I’ll go write a letter to Sister Ning Ning!”
“Another one? With you sending one a day, can Sister Ning Ning even reply?”
“Mind your own business, get lost stinky boy.”
“Hey wait for me, me too!”
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Beijing City, Guihua Street Beiyuan Hutong.
“How have you considered it.”
He Yue nervously gripped her braids subconsciously, he was hidden in the dim room corner, face unclear, but the aura he emitted inexplicably made one fearful.
Thinking of the gossip rumors in the courtyard these days, almost all from the Xu Family.
Even the best-tempered person couldn’t stand the constant strange looks and backbiting pointing.
Thinking more and more it was like this, He Yue gradually lost some fear in her gaze toward him.
“I’ve thought it through, Uncle Xu. But Ning Ning for some reason suddenly has a rift with me, I’m a bit worried…”
“Since nothing sordid happened between you two, it’s probably just because Ning Ning went through near-death from falling in water causing a temperament change, once you go to Xiangnan with only you as her friend there, isn’t repairing the relationship easy?”
Xu Zixin thought of that wicked girl, his eyes filled with thick inescapable malice, truly wasted so many years doting on her.
Stabbing a knife in the back, how was that a dear daughter, even more ruthless than enemies!
Thought leaving Beijing City meant he temporarily had no way to deal with her?
Heh, naive.
“I’ll prepare the things in these two days.”
“Thanks Uncle Xu, rest assured once I’m there I’ll definitely take good care of Ning Ning for you!”
Hearing this, thinking of the things soon to be in hand, He Yue no longer cared about fear or worry, immediately beaming with joy and repeatedly guaranteeing.
“Little Yue, Uncle of course believes you.”
Xu Zixin finished turning and left first: once he got the leverage back, heh, time to let the treasure daughter know what goes around comes around.
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Gu City, South Gate First Street.
Taking advantage of the early time, closing home doors and windows, Su Ning hurried to the station to catch the route bus to Yong County.
By the time entering the station buying ticket and boarding, quite a few people were already seated, handing the long yellow-based red-lettered ticket to the ticket collector.
Finding a front seat by the window to sit, prepared this time she brought two oranges, holding one left one right in her palms, as soon as feeling unwell immediately put them under her nose to sniff hard.
Just like this, with the rocking route bus, arriving at Yong County was an hour and a half later.
Face not too good but at least no vomiting, easing the discomfort in her chest, Su Ning then had the mind to size up this small county town before her.
