Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Tian Dahua was arranging the evening's work when she saw Su Wanqing arrive, and her expression wasn't too good.

"Captain Tian, ​​there's something I need to report to you. We're thinking of building our own stove and cooking separately, instead of eating from the communal pot anymore."

Tian Dahua frowned, about to bring up the topic of collectivism, when Su Wanqing spoke first:

"Actually, eating from the same pot is fine, it saves the trouble of having to gather firewood ourselves. The main problem is my mother-in-law, she has some infectious diseases that are difficult to talk about... but they're not serious. If you don't mind, we'd be willing to eat there..."

Before she could finish speaking, Tian Dahua, upon hearing that it was an infectious disease, quickly waved her hand:

"Comrade Xiao Su! You can start firing yourselves, but we'll handle this as a special case."

Su Wanqing's voice wasn't loud, but it wasn't quiet either. Several other educated youths around her heard it, their expressions changed, and they immediately took a few steps back, saying in unison:

"Comrade Su, if you want to start firing your own weapons, then do so; we support you!"

"That's right, that's right. The food here doesn't suit our tastes. It's better if you cook for yourselves."

Zhou's mother did indeed have athlete's foot, which was difficult to talk about. She wasn't lying, so she just let her wicked mother-in-law bear the bad reputation. Anyway, her wicked mother-in-law wasn't used to the communal meals.

Zhang Yan originally wanted to take another look inside the house, but she immediately gave up and decided never to go there again to avoid catching any diseases.

"Our stove isn't finished yet..."

"No problem, just use the ones assigned by the educated youth first, and then stagger them."

Su Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the bag of red dates: "Captain Tian, ​​we just arrived and haven't grown our own vegetables. Could we exchange these red dates for some vegetables that we can eat right now? Anything is fine."

Tian Dahua squeezed the bag of solid red dates, and her expression softened a bit.

"No problem at all! The cabbages and radishes in the field are growing just right now. I'll go to the garden and get you a couple of cabbages and a few radishes!"

The vegetables ordered by the educated youth were grown by Tian Dahua alone. The grain and cloth coupons she collected were naturally considered as profit, so this big bag of red dates was also her extra income.

Therefore, she was in a good mood.

"Hmm, that's fair enough." After successfully testing her with the red dates, Su Wanqing turned and went back to her room.

Then she used the golden spiritual power she had received as a reward for saving people today to gather all the cloth in the space.

Ten times the return!

Instantly, more than a dozen bolts of cloth in various colors appeared in the space. Each bolt of cloth was worth 55 yuan, and with the money she received from the black market, her value increased tenfold in an instant! She no longer had to worry about cloth in the countryside for a short time, and could even go to the black market or other places to exchange for other supplies.

Su Wanqing casually pulled out a piece of dark blue work cloth.

This caused quite a stir at the educated youth settlement!

The educated youth immediately gathered around, chattering amongst themselves:

"Wow! This, this must be work cloth? It's so thick!"

"That's right! It's work cloth! Last time I went all the way to the county supply and marketing cooperative, and it cost 5 cents a foot, plus you needed a cloth coupon! It's in very short supply!"

"This bolt of cloth looks new. Is it the standard size of ten zhang and a hundred chi? My goodness, does this new educated youth have such a wealthy family? Where did they get so much cloth?"

Facing the probing gazes of the crowd, Su Wanqing explained:

"Please don't misunderstand, everyone. This is cloth that my family scraped together to buy when I got married to Comrade Zhou Yanshen. We originally wanted to make new clothes for the whole family, but then we were notified to go to the countryside. We're new here, and we have nothing to eat. Plus, my mother-in-law isn't well and needs to eat refined grains. We really had no other choice but to bring this cloth out to exchange for some refined grains." She didn't want coarse grains.

What she said was reasonable and made it difficult for anyone to question it further.

Upon hearing this, Tian Dahua's heart immediately warmed. She stepped forward and touched the thick, durable fabric, suppressing her excitement as she asked, "Su Wanqing, how do you plan to replace this fabric?"

She was worried about getting married to Erzhuzi next month, and she hadn't even collected enough cloth coupons to make new clothes. This was like a godsend!

Su Wanqing quoted a price slightly lower than that of the supply and marketing cooperative, but still absolutely fair: "Captain Tian, ​​you see, the supply and marketing cooperative sells it for 5 cents a foot and requires coupons, but I don't need coupons. Let's say it's 5 cents a foot, and exchange it for grain of the same price. Is that alright?"

"Great! Absolutely fantastic!"

Without hesitation, Tian Dahua immediately turned around and went back to her room, offering up five catties of fine white flour and four catties of white rice, which she was reluctant to eat, in exchange for ten feet of cloth.

White rice is more expensive in Northwest China.

When the other educated youth saw Tian Dahua take the lead, and also saw that the cloth was indeed good and didn't require coupons, they gritted their teeth and stepped forward to exchange their precious grains, which they were reluctant to eat, even though they were heartbroken about the food.

They usually eat coarse grains and are reluctant to eat refined grains.

Some traded three or four catties of millet for a few feet of cloth, intending to make a pair of durable trousers; some traded a few catties of soybeans for some, and some traded white rice. Before long, Su Wanqing traded about thirty feet of cloth for a lot of fine grains and sweet potatoes.

Looking at the remaining fabric, Tian Dahua's mind started working, and she took the initiative to say to Su Wanqing:

"Wanqing, are you still going to replace these fabrics? If so, I'll take you to my future in-laws' house, the Zhang family, to ask again. They have many able-bodied men, and their conditions are among the best in our 65th Regiment. They definitely have surplus fine grains. Besides, we're having our wedding next month, and we're worried about not having enough fabric for new bedding and clothes!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wanqing exclaimed with delight, "Captain Tian, ​​that's wonderful! Thank you so much!" She then greeted Zhou Yanshen.

"Comrade Yanshen, I'll use the cloth to exchange for some more things."

Zhou Yanshen wiped the dirt off his face and quickly stood up. "Shall I go with you?"

"No need, Comrade Yanshen, you can build the stove here. Hurry up and get it done so we can cook for ourselves tomorrow."

"Okay, then be careful."

So, Tian Dahua led Su Wanqing to a spacious courtyard at the east end of the village, a place she knew well by heart.

"Aunt Zhang! Is Aunt Zhang home?" Tian Dahua called out.

A neatly dressed, kind-faced middle-aged woman came out of the house in response to the call. When she saw Tian Dahua, she smiled and said, "It's Dahua! Come in quickly! And this is...?" Her gaze fell on Su Wanqing, who was holding a cloth.

Tian Dahua quickly introduced, "Auntie, this is Su Wanqing, a new educated youth in our group. Her family is in a bit of a hurry and wants to exchange this work cloth for some fine grains and food. No coupons required!"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang's gaze was immediately drawn to the brightly colored, thick work cloth in Su Wanqing's arms. She touched it and nodded repeatedly, "Hmm, this cloth is really nice! It looks like it's from the provincial capital." Her smile became even more amiable.

"That's wonderful! You and Erzhuzi are getting married next month, and I was just thinking of getting everyone in the family some new clothes to celebrate! This fabric doesn't require ration coupons, so I'll use the remaining coupons to buy you wedding quilt covers and sheets!"