Reborn as an educated youth, my love brain awakens

18. Auntie’s gold bracelet

Ji Qinglan went to see Ni'er again and found her lying on the bed playing. He thought she was still staying in bed and didn't suspect anything.

"Sorry to bother you, Aunt Niu. I brought some milk powder. Just mix five spoonfuls with half a bowl of water at noon." Ji Qinglan handed over the bottle of milk powder again.

Niu Guixiang scolded: "Look at you, you even brought milk powder here specially, and last time you gave me a big bucket."

"It's my duty. Sorry to bother you."

Soon, Ji Qinglan and Liu Yumei went out, and Zhang Jianguo followed them. They both rode a bicycle.

Liu Yumei looked at Ji Qinglan riding a small women's Phoenix brand bicycle with envy in her eyes.

Xiang Lanlan is the only one in the village who has this car. It is so rare.

The three of them talked and laughed all the way. Ji Qinglan said that he wanted to buy some things that he didn't have tickets for, so he specifically asked Zhang Jianguo about the location of the black market.

An hour later, the three arrived at the county town.

Ji Qinglan said they wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things first, while Zhang Jianguo and his wife wanted to go to Liu Yumei's aunt's house and also to a state-owned store. Their routes were not the same, so in order to save time, the three decided to go separately.

Ji Qinglan found an empty alley with no one in front or behind her. Then she took off the backpack and opened the tattered clothes inside. There was a black jacket that she had put there in advance. Xiao Hei came out from the clothes, which scared her.

"Xiao Hei, when did you come in?" Ji Qinglan asked in surprise.

"Meow~" Xiao Hei stretched out his pink tongue and licked her hand.

"You are so naughty. It would be better if you stayed at home." Ji Qinglan touched the little black head and scolded.

When Ji Qinglan rode out of the alley again, his backpack was already full of things: rice, flour, brown sugar, and cotton, covered with tattered clothes. Xiao Hei was squatting in the bicycle basket in front.

She also wrapped herself tightly, putting on a black coat, a black woolen hat on her head, and a black scarf around her face.

After she was dressed up, even Zhang Jianguo and Liu Yumei might not recognize her.

Of course, if they ignored the Phoenix brand bicycle she was riding, they would definitely not recognize her.

The man and the cat came to a remote and dilapidated alley.

She had heard of this place in her previous life. Many people lived here. For some reason, their families had fallen on hard times, and they had no jobs, so their lives were worse than those in the countryside.

After looking around and finding no one there, Ji Qinglan found a house and knocked on the door.

"Who?"

"Auntie, I came to look for my aunt, but I don't know where she moved to. I haven't found her for a long time. I want to ask for a glass of water."

Soon the door opened a crack, revealing a woman in her forties with a weather-beaten face.

The woman looked at Ji Qinglan and was curious when she saw that she was alone and carrying a large backpack, but she did not open the door.

"Auntie, my father asked me to send something to my aunt, but I can't find where she moved to." Ji Qinglan explained.

After hesitating for a moment, the old lady welcomed Ji Qinglan into the house.

"It's so cold, come in and rest your feet before you look for it!"

"Thank you, ma'am."

The old lady stared at Ji Qinglan for a long time before she said quietly, "Who sent you? We are the only two old bones left in my family now..."

Ji Qinglan:? ?

What a bad start! She has such a big backpack, but I can't tell what she is doing?

Ji Qinglan explained awkwardly.

"Auntie, don't get me wrong. My father was in urgent need of money for medical treatment, so I packed up some things at home to exchange for some money. I just asked over there and found the price was lower, so I ran out to try my luck."

Ji Qinglan pointed in a direction and the old lady immediately understood. She was a little tempted, but Ji Qinglan looked unfamiliar and didn't seem like a bad person.

"Let me see what's there first!"

As a result, when Ji Qinglan took out the backpack, there were rice, flour, brown sugar, and cotton... The old lady was not just excited, she was extremely excited.

With the cotton, she can make a warm cotton-padded coat for her old man.

She took Ji Qinglan's hand and asked anxiously in a low voice, "Girl, do you really want to sell these?"

"Ah!" Ji Qinglan nodded in confusion, and then explained: "We couldn't bear to eat these ourselves, so we took them out to exchange for money because we were sick."

"how much is it?"

Ji Qinglan touched his head, carefully lowered the price by one cent compared to the market price, and said that he had tickets that could be used as collateral.

As a result, my aunt's family didn't have many tickets or even much money.

Finally, the old lady went into the house for a while, and came out to give Ji Qinglan a gold bracelet as wide as her little finger.

The yellow and rotten color scared Ji Qinglan, and she pushed it back hastily, lowering her voice and saying, "Auntie, there are too many, I can't find them."

"No need to find money, I'll give them all to you. Take them, girl. I want all these things." The old lady said generously and stuffed the bracelet into Ji Qinglan's hand, not allowing her to return it.

In fact, the old lady was also very panicked, fearing that Ji Qinglan would not accept it. Now this thing is only good-looking but useless, and taking it out would cause trouble.

"This..." Ji Qinglan didn't go back, looking embarrassed. Although this thing can't be used now, it can be sold for a high price in the future!

She had ten kilograms of grain, ten kilograms of millet, ten kilograms of flour, two kilograms of brown sugar, five kilograms of cotton, and one kilogram of milk candy. No matter how you look at it, she was getting the better deal.

Ji Qinglan's face turned red, but he didn't go back.

Finally, she asked the old lady to wait for her and she hurried out. After a while, she secretly brought her ten kilograms of rice and half a piece of dark gray cloth.

The old lady wanted to give her another gold necklace, but this time Ji Qinglan refused to accept it.

When she was leaving, the old lady secretly told her that several families next door were also short of food, and if she had any extra, she might as well go and take a look and tell her name.

Ever since Ji Qinglan took out something again, the old lady roughly understood what Ji Qinglan was doing. She introduced some businesses to Ji Qinglan and hinted that those companies also had things.

Ji Qinglan, who got the big gold bracelet, sighed and said, "Auntie is a good person."

Ji Qinglan followed the same method and visited the remaining five stores in the alley. This time, with the introduction of the old lady, she was able to sell her products like a fish in water.

In the end, Ji Qinglan got 20 yuan, five industrial tickets, a jade bracelet, a gold-inlaid jade hairpin, a painting, and a blue and white porcelain vase of unknown age.

The items in the system backpack also decreased dramatically.

Except for the money and tickets, the rest of the things were not easy to show to others. It would be troublesome if someone found out. Ji Qinglan had no choice but to discuss with 515 and persuade them to put the things in the system backpack.

Being able to store things in it made Ji Qinglan feel like he had opened the door to a new world.

On the way to the black market, he kept pestering 515 and said all the nice things he could to him. The little cutie 515 was very annoyed, but for the sake of having some peace and quiet, he finally nodded and allowed Ji Qinglan to store and retrieve things as he pleased.

Haha!

As long as you don't give up, you can think about anything, right?

Ji Qinglan rode his bicycle and searched through several alleys before he found the entrance to the alley with the big locust tree that Zhang Jianguo mentioned.

Ji Qinglan first found a deserted place and put some things into the backpack, then put the bicycle into the backpack before walking over.

515 saw Ji Qinglan putting down the bicycle, his eyes bulged and he said nothing.