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In the next few days, Gu Jiu had to go to the countryside to look for sources of supply, and Lin Shu was also afraid to go into the wild to collect herbs, so he had no time to pay attention to this group of people.
It was not until more than ten days later that the group came back in a mess and went to the front desk to check in a room with their passports.
"They've been gone for more than ten days, why are they back? It looks like their expedition was thwarted."
Lin Shu came down from upstairs and noticed this group of disheveled and sloppy foreigners, and told Gu Jiu her guess.
Gu Jiu noticed that some of the foreigners had a limp in their legs, and thought they were probably injured. "Our Northwest region is vast and sparsely populated, with a harsh environment. If outsiders who are not familiar with the terrain and climate come here, it will be a big deal."
The group of people only suffered minor injuries and their lives were not in danger, so they were lucky.
The two did not pay too much attention to these foreigners. After leaving the guesthouse, Lin Shu asked, "Let's go around the market today to see if there are any specialties. Then we can buy some to take back as gifts."
"Okay, it's up to you."
The purpose of coming to the Northwest has been achieved, and we have unexpectedly opened up a trade route that runs to the Western Regions all year round, and we can sell a lot of dried fruits from them.
Food ingredients like raisins, walnuts, red dates, wolfberries, etc. are all raw materials needed by food factories.
The animal husbandry industry is well developed in the northwest. Although it is still a collective economy, there are still a lot of dried beef and mutton on the market.
In H Province, meat is still a rare commodity.
Tickets are required for transactions.
Lin Shu bought two sacks. The quantity was a bit too much, but it would be great to take back as gifts or to use for cooking in a restaurant.
After buying some local specialties and playing in Yulin for two days, the couple bought return train tickets.
When the train arrived at the ancient capital, we had to change trains. Everything else was easy except that there was a lot of luggage. Just two sacks required Gu Jiu to carry them twice before we could get them off the train.
Fortunately, we moved to the platform and borrowed a trailer from the ground staff to tow the luggage to the platform on the other side.
All the luggage was loaded onto the train and pushed under the berth. The passengers in the two adjacent berths asked in surprise, "What's in your sack? It looks quite heavy."
Gu Jiu stuffed all the sacks under the bed and just sat down to take a breath when he heard the passenger ask, "Some beef jerky and mutton jerky."
"Hiss~" The two passengers in the same carriage gasped.
Meat is free, how wasteful would it be to buy so much at one time?
The two passengers were middle-aged men in their thirties or forties. Judging from their attire, they should be cadres from their workplace, and they were on a business trip to the ancient capital.
They also had a pen in their chest pocket, a watch on their wrist, and their hair combed back. This look was the most popular attire for men of some status in this era.
"From your accent, you must be on a business trip to the northwest. How long will it take to finish all the jerky you bought at once?"
They suspected that if they ate so much dried meat for too long, it would become moldy.
"It's not just mine. I brought some for others and gave some back to relatives and friends. There isn't much left." Gu Jiu replied casually.
The middle-aged man looked at Gu Jiu and Lin Shu's clothes and felt that they must come from good families, otherwise, they would not be so ignorant of the sufferings of the world.
Who buys meat in sacks?
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu didn’t know what the two middle-aged men were thinking. Now that the train started moving, they lay on the bed and began to read books to pass the time.
It was three days later when we arrived in Province H.
"Uncle, aunt!"
As soon as the train pulled into the station and stopped, they heard Gu Youhui's voice coming from outside. The two looked out the window and saw the boy standing on the platform and seeing them.
Gu Jiu shouted outside: "Come up quickly and help me carry my luggage."
"Okay, I'll come to you right away." Gu Youhui glanced at their approximate location and ran towards the car door.
Lin Shu checked and found that the luggage was packed. After Gu Youhui came up, he asked the uncle and nephew to find a sack each. Lin Shu got out of the car with the luggage in both hands.
After getting off the car, Gu Youhui turned around and asked the two people following behind him, "Uncle, aunt, I smell a meaty smell in this sack. Is it filled with dried meat?"
"You guessed it, one bag is beef jerky and the other bag is mutton jerky."
"All dried meat?" Gu Youhui exclaimed, and then asked: "You bought so much, is dried meat very cheap in the northwest?"
Lin Shu smiled and said, "It's not cheap, but it's more convenient to buy than here, and the dried meat is cheap compared to here."
As the three of them walked towards the exit, they chatted about the customs and culture of the Northwest.
When Gu Jiu asked about the situation of Dabao and Erbao at home, Gu Youhui smiled embarrassedly: "To be honest, I have been busy recently and I don't know much about the situation of Dabao and Erbao."
As he said that, he glanced at Lin Shu and said, "It's just that my aunt's relatives came to the provincial capital a few days ago. I heard that they lived in my uncle's house. They wanted to live in your house, but my uncle and grandmother didn't agree."
Gu Youhui followed Dabao and Erbao to call people. The uncle and grandmother he mentioned were Lin Wei and Liu Xiaoe.
Lin Shu knew that the relatives he was talking about were Lin Mei and Aunt Lin. She was relieved to hear that her family did not let them live in their house.
At the same time, I was also angry. Why did the two of them come to the provincial capital to avoid trouble for no reason?
She had no sympathy for Lin Mei's current fate, and deep down she felt that she deserved it.
In her previous life, her reputation was ruined by Lin Mei. Later, an accident happened. Although Xu Ting and his sister were responsible, no snowflake in the avalanche was innocent.
Similarly, Lin Mei and Xu Ting, brother and sister, were the culprits that caused her to wander around for half her life.
Lin Shu: "They are living in my brother's house now. Are they causing any trouble?"
"I haven't heard of it."
Gu Youhui felt that even if there was a conflict, his grandmother probably wouldn't tell anyone else about it.
The three of them left the station and loaded their luggage into the jeep. Gu Youhui came to the station specially today to pick them up, and he drove Gu Changsheng's special car.
"Uncle, Grandpa knows you're coming back today, so he told me to tell you to have a good rest today and go to the old house for dinner tomorrow."
"Okay, got it. Just focus on driving."
Although there are fewer cars on the road these days, there are still people and cars mixed on the road, especially those riding bicycles, so be careful not to scratch them.
After returning home, Gu Jiu unloaded the luggage, and the two big men carried it up to the second floor together.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Dabao and Erbao lying on the deck chairs, sleeping soundly.
"Oh, you're back?" Liu Xiao'e exclaimed in a low voice when she saw Gu Jiu coming into the room, then stood up and walked over to greet him.
"Why did you carry the sack here? What's in it?
"Grandma, this sack contains dried meat, a specialty my uncle and aunt brought back from the northwest."
Gu Youhui put the sack in the corner of the restaurant, returned to the door, took the sack from Gu Jiu, carried it over, and put it in the corner.
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu didn't have time to take care of their luggage. They just said hello to Liu Xiao'e and sat around the deck chairs.
Looking at my two children sleeping soundly with their bellies open, I missed them so much as I haven't seen them for more than a month.
It was not until I saw them now, and scanned their faces, bodies, hands and feet, to confirm that they were fine, that my worried heart finally settled down.
Liu Xiao'e poured tea for the three of them and said with a smile, "The children are all fine. You must have worked hard to get back. Have a drink of water and take a rest."
Lin Shu couldn't help but touch the two children's hands, "Mom, have Dabao and Erbao been well behaved at home recently? Have they been bothering you?"
"Both children are very well behaved, don't worry."
Maybe it’s the bond between mother and child, Lin Shu touched Erbao’s hand, but the little guy fell asleep and didn’t feel anything.
But when he touched Dabao's hand, the boy seemed to sense something and slowly opened his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and saw Lin Shu's beautiful face. "Mom~"