Wang Yanan walked over to Lu Yuanxing.
“Brother Yuanxing, I’ll go shopping with you!”
Lu Yuanxing’s face darkened. “No. It’s inconvenient for you to come with us.”
Wang Yanan hadn’t expected that in less than a day, Lu Yuanxing would already become so distant toward her.
She was deeply indignant. “What’s inconvenient about it? Isn’t Li Susu going shopping? I need to buy things too. We can just go together!”
Li Susu hadn’t expected that in this conservative era, Wang Yanan would be so shamelessly forward.
“Wang Yanan, we’re a married couple going shopping together. Why are you tagging along? Do you want to be a third wheel?”
Wang Yanan looked confused. “What’s a third wheel? What does that mean?”
Li Susu rolled her eyes. “It means you’re getting in the way.”
Wang Yanan’s face turned pale.
She never expected that so quickly, the positions between her and Li Susu would be completely reversed.
Unable to accept it, she loudly questioned Lu Yuanxing,
“Brother Yuanxing, do you also think I’m getting in the way?”
Lu Yuanxing looked impatient. “You should go back to the city as soon as possible.”
Wang Yanan was completely stunned.
She couldn’t understand where exactly she had lost.
Could it be because Li Susu was pregnant, and that was why Lu Yuanxing had fallen for her?
If that was the case, then she absolutely could not let Li Susu give birth to this child.
She had to stay in the countryside and take Lu Yuanxing back from Li Susu.
While Wang Yanan was lost in thought, Li Susu and Lu Yuanxing had already walked away.
Unwilling to give up, she immediately chased after them.
“Wait for me!”
Li Susu was speechless when she heard her voice. She glanced at Lu Yuanxing and saw that his expression had become even darker.
Li Susu sighed inwardly.
It’s not that she’s too impressive. It’s just that my love rival is an idiot! Isn’t she practically chasing after us and helping strengthen the relationship between me and Lu Yuanxing? What a complete idiot!
Lu Yuanxing didn’t slow down at all.
Seeing this, Li Susu considerately said, “Look at Comrade Wang. She’s coming after us like that. Maybe we should wait for her?”
Lu Yuanxing’s face was full of annoyance.
“No need. Just buy whatever you need. Once you’re done, we’ll go home.”
Li Susu answered gently, “Okay!”
In fact, she already had almost everything in her space.
But the food from this era had not been contaminated by all sorts of additives and pollution. The food here, especially, was incredibly delicious.
She wanted to buy some eggs and fresh meat.
After Li Susu told him what she wanted, Lu Yuanxing fell silent for a moment.
He glanced at her stomach and said, “The supply cooperative sells those things, but do you have the required ration coupons?”
Li Susu shook her head.
She had only just arrived in this era and had forgotten that in addition to money, people also needed coupons to buy things.
To buy meat, for example, you needed a meat coupon.
She searched through the original owner’s memories and only then remembered that the original owner had been an only child from the city. She had been forced to go to the countryside simply because her parents hadn’t been able to arrange a job for her in time.
Before she left for the countryside, her parents had prepared not only 3,000 yuan for her, but also more than 200 ration coupons of all kinds.
That was also why Xu Mei had always tried so hard to curry favor with the original owner.
However, she hadn’t brought any of those things with her when she came to town today.
Seeing her shake her head, Lu Yuanxing felt somewhat helpless as well.
Logically speaking, now that Li Susu was pregnant, he had the responsibility to make sure she ate well and got enough nutrition. But his family had been sent down to the countryside, and he had neither money nor coupons. They could only rely on the work points they earned.
After thinking for a moment, he said, “There’s a hidden alley in this town. There’s a black market there. If you want to buy eggs and meat, we can go there.”
The moment Li Susu heard this, her eyes lit up.
“Then let’s go to the black market!”
Lu Yuanxing glanced at Wang Yanan, who was still following them from behind, and lowered his voice.
“A place like the black market has to be visited discreetly. We’ll shake off Wang Yanan first, then go.”
Li Susu nodded.
She felt that the distance between her and Lu Yuanxing seemed to have become much smaller.
No wonder people said that married couples should have children. The relationship between a husband and wife really was rather strange.
Lu Yuanxing led Li Susu through a series of twists and turns, and soon managed to shake off Wang Yanan.
Wang Yanan searched around several times but couldn’t find either of them. She was so angry that she stomped her feet.
Li Susu and Lu Yuanxing soon arrived at the small alley.
It was already afternoon, and there weren’t many vendors at the black market.
Only a few people were scattered around.
To Li Susu’s delight, she spotted someone selling eggs.
The egg vendor was a middle-aged woman who looked rather kind.
Li Susu walked up to her stall and asked, “Auntie, how much are the eggs?”
The woman looked at the two of them cautiously before answering in a low voice, “Five cents each.”
Li Susu didn’t know the prices of goods in this era, but inwardly, she exclaimed,
That’s ridiculously cheap!
“Okay. I’ll take all the eggs in this basket!”
Lu Yuanxing hadn’t expected Li Susu to be so decisive and generous when buying things.
There were at least a hundred eggs in that basket, and she wanted all of them?
He hurriedly tried to persuade her.
“It’s hot now. You won’t be able to finish that many eggs. They’ll spoil.”
“It’s fine,” Li Susu said. “I’ll keep thirty for myself and give the rest to you. Your family has quite a few people. Let them have some and build up their strength, too!”
Those words warmed Lu Yuanxing’s heart.
His family had been sent to the countryside for three years.
For those three years, they had endured countless cold looks and rejections.
They did the hardest work while eating the least amount of food.
No matter who looked at their family, it was as if they were looking at some heinous criminals.
Forget about anyone showing them concern—even not kicking them when they were down would have been considered kindness.
Wang Yanan also claimed that she cared about his family and said she had been running around in the city trying to help them.
But Lu Yuanxing knew very well that Wang Yanan had never actually done any of those things for his family.
The reason they had been rehabilitated and cleared of wrongdoing was because of his father’s former superior.
But now, even that former superior had been implicated by his family.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuanxing looked at the person responsible for all of it standing before him.
The warmth he had felt a moment ago instantly disappeared.
He said coldly, “Forget it. Just buy what you need. Our family doesn’t need anything.”
Li Susu had noticed that Lu Yuanxing had looked quite touched just moments ago, only to suddenly turn cold again.
What a fickle man.
“Auntie, I’ll take the entire basket of eggs. And I’ll take the basket itself, too. How much is everything?”
The vendor immediately broke into a broad smile.
“There are 120 eggs altogether. That’s six yuan. The basket itself would normally cost eighty cents, but since you’re buying so many eggs, I’ll only charge you fifty cents for it!”
Li Susu said nothing and promptly paid.
After accepting the money, the vendor turned to Lu Yuanxing.
“Young man, your wife is really something. She’s pretty, decisive, and, most importantly, she even thinks about your family. A wife like this is hard to come by. You’d better cherish her!”
Li Susu gave an awkward smile after hearing the woman’s words.
Lu Yuanxing, meanwhile, cooperatively nodded.
Li Susu looked around.
She didn’t see anyone selling pork, so she quickly asked the woman,
“Auntie, do you know where I can buy some pork?”
The vendor leaned closer to Li Susu’s ear and whispered,
“If you trust me, I’ll take you there.”
Li Susu looked at the woman’s cautious expression and found the whole thing rather amusing.
Why does buying and selling things in this era feel like some kind of secret-agent rendezvous?