Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space

Chapter 1004: Smooth Sailing

They didn’t wait for Guodong for dinner, knowing that even if he didn’t come back, he wouldn’t go hungry.Li Yungui was truly hungry, carrot meatballs with corn porridge, and cabbage tofu, this meal was really filling and delicious.

After the family finished eating, Guodong still hadn’t returned, he must have eaten at someone else’s place.

Li Yungui put down his chopsticks and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Xiao Wei, Xiao Jiang, today went quite smoothly. Township Chief Xing didn’t give us a hard time; he even advised me to bring along the person in charge from the supply and marketing agency.

The county head just exchanged a few more words. He also signed and stamped without hesitation, and I also reported to the Revolutionary Committee. That was the county head’s suggestion."

"So it’s going to be toughest tomorrow when we go to the city?" Wei Kaiyun asked.

"Yes, tomorrow going to the city will be the toughest, so I was thinking of having Xiao Jiang and you come with me. Since Xiao Jiang knows the formula for the chicken feed, I think this gives us more persuasive power."

The couple nodded. "No problem, we will join you tomorrow.

Village Chief Li, actually the hardest issue is the chicks."

"Xiao Wei, I’ve thought it over, we’ll collect some chicks from the village, though it won’t be enough. I know a few people who hatch and sell chicks in other villages. If it works out, we’ll go to them directly and have them help.

Moreover, the hatched chicks might not all be hens, so I’ve promised Director Zhao to send roosters to the supply and marketing agency for the holidays."

Wei Kaiyun nodded, this arrangement was good. Actually, the difficulties they imagined might not be that hard since city leaders will consider the opinions of the township and county. Since the two below have signed, the higher-ups shouldn’t be too difficult.

The toughest part should be in the Revolutionary Committee, as they strictly control this. Now wanting to farm on a large scale, they probably won’t agree easily.

"Xiao Wei, the application written by Wen Zhenzong should be quite aligned with the leadership’s thoughts, and the things I said to the county head were also taught to me by Wen Zhenzong."

"Ah, he’s indeed a capable person."

"Alright, tomorrow after breakfast we’ll set off, I expect some grinding will be needed in the city."

Wei Kaiyun saw Li Yungui out. Watching him walk away, his esteem for this village chief grew higher.

Old Yang smiled at the couple. "To eat eggs, you two are really putting in some effort."

Jiang Xinyu laughed at Old Yang’s comment, "Who says otherwise? To eat well, you have to figure it out yourself."

"How confident are you about going to the city tomorrow?"

"Not sure, we’ll see how it goes. If it doesn’t work out, then so be it."

Actually, these folks were quite bold, just worried the leaders above might not be able to accept it.

"Give it a try, there’s no harm done. Analyze the pros and cons, and if it doesn’t work, we’ll just find a way to buy eggs to eat."

Old Yang was genuinely impressed with the couple.

Li Yungui returned home, and Qu Xiaoli quickly poured water for him to soak his feet.

"Dearest, did things go smoothly today?"

"The township and county had no issues; the toughest is the city. But tomorrow Xiao Wei and the couple will go with me. It’ll be great if it succeeds, if not, then it’s okay."

"Dearest, today I told everyone you went to get the chicken farm documents sorted out, and everyone’s thrilled, especially Third Uncle and the others, they are getting older and can’t manage the field work. They said if they could raise chickens, they’d have something to do."

"But if the higher-ups don’t agree, it’s equally unworkable. Well, we’ll find out the result tomorrow."

Li Yungui was truly exhausted. After soaking his feet, he fell asleep in the bed within five minutes.

Qu Xiaoli felt sorry for her husband, even at this age, he still had to work hard.

Next morning, breakfast was mantou and dough drop soup, along with mixed seaweed strips.

Each child had a fried egg. Guodong looked at the egg in his bowl, "Aunt Jiang, you don’t need to prepare eggs for me in the future, I’m grown up."

Jiang Xinyu smiled, "Yes, a married man indeed. You are certainly an adult now."

Guodong blushed red after being teased but still told the family not to prepare eggs for him in the future.

After the meal, the children wandered around the yard with Shang Zhenkun for a walk. The two boys whispered, knowing the adults were going to the city. They also wanted to go out to play, but knowing that it was official business, they didn’t dare say they wanted to tag along.

Jiang Xinyu asked Zhao Xiaoqiang to inform Mr. Wu that she was taking a leave and asked two teachers to substitute.

"I’m really unfit for this task when I’m doing things in such a sporadic manner."

"Who says? You’re contributing to the village."

Jiang Xinyu heard the children’s voices and went out.

"Did you come to our house for something?" Jiang Feifei curiously looked at the girl standing at the door, she must be a Zhiqing, right?

"I’m here to thank your family for helping us buy coal." Yan Shuping was momentarily stunned by the delicate little girl, what kind of family could raise such a child?

Jiang Xinyu came out and saw a girl with two braided pigtails standing at her door, "Comrade, who are you looking for?"

Yan Shuping had already seen the woman who came out, how to describe her? She didn’t have the braids typical of girls today, but just a ponytail, and her clothes were ordinary. However, she looked different, unlike all the girls of today.

"Mom, this lady says she’s here to thank Uncle Yang for helping them buy coal."

"No need for thanks, you should thank Village Chief Li the most."

Just then, Li Yungui came up from behind, "Yan Zhiqing, why are you here?"

Yan Shuping gave an awkward smile, "I wanted to come by and thank the comrade who helped us buy coal."

"Oh, no need for thanks." Li Yungui said flatly, there wasn’t anything happening right now, why don’t you stay still instead of coming over here?

The three children in the yard, along with Village Chief Li, and that woman were all staring at her, making Yan Shuping extremely embarrassed. They didn’t invite her in.

"Still, I need to thank you, I won’t disturb you further." She said and turned to leave, somewhat resembling fleeing.

Li Yungui went into the house where Wei Kaiyun was drinking water.

"Village Chief Li, shall we head out now?"

"Yes, let’s go now. It’s uncertain how long it’ll take."

Jiang Xinyu said something to Shang Zhenkun and the three set off by car.

Shi Jing sidled up to his sister, "Feifei, that woman kept peering into the house."

"Her interest lies elsewhere, not in the wine."

Shang Zhenkun listened and laughed; these two kids are very perceptive, which is a good thing.

So today he taught the three of them about discerning people.

"Master Shang, I just think that female Zhiqing didn’t have good intentions."

"Haha, how did you come to that conclusion?" Shang Zhenkun asked Shi Jing with interest.

"Intuition, I just feel she isn’t a good person."