There is room for rebirth at 70: a loyal dog and a rough man’s strong pet

When everything was ready, the two locked the door and set off. Considering that Shi Lingxi was pregnant, Li Jiancheng held her with one hand and the other hand held the flashlight borrowed from the captain's house yesterday, because Shi Lingxi came back yesterday. Lingxi felt that the light of the flashlight was not too bright, so she took two new batteries from the supermarket on the first floor and replaced them. At this moment, the snow-white beam illuminated the road under their feet.

Because of the uneven road, the two of them did not walk too fast. Anyway, they came out early. It was only about two o'clock in the morning. It was only three or four miles to the town. It didn't matter if they walked slower. Can't delay the business.

If it weren't for the fear that someone would come out and see it, Shi Lingxi would have wanted to take out the electric car as a reward in the mall, and it would only take a few minutes at that speed!

After walking for more than 40 minutes, the two people arrived at the black market located in the northeast corner of the town. It was said to be a black market, but it was actually a relatively remote street. Because there were relatively few pedestrians, people initially chose to secretly exchange some food here. It has slowly grown to its current scale, and members from several nearby villages will secretly come here to exchange if they have something they have no use for.

Exchange rice, exchange noodles, exchange money, exchange various kinds of tickets, in any case, everyone gets what they need, because everyone from far and wide are relatives, and generally no one will care.

However, if someone reports or the transaction amount is too large, they will be arrested and locked up in a dark room, or even jailed in serious cases.

The things they sell today are not too many, but they are definitely not too little, so the two of them had discussed it early. When they arrived, they would act separately, one person and half, and make a quick decision.

When they were at the entrance of the town, Shi Lingxi had already taken the basket out of the space and divided it into two parts. One part was for Li Jiancheng to carry, and the other part was still placed in the space. She only held a basket in her hand. Five pounds of meat and five pounds of white flour were put in, and covered with an old blue cloth.

When they arrived, there was no one in the alley. They each found an inconspicuous place, put their baskets and backpacks on the ground, without taking off the cloth covering them, and just waited quietly.

Both of them knew in their hearts that although there was no one in the alley, there were countless pairs of eyes observing what was going on inside, and no slightest movement could hide from the people hiding in the dark.

Not long after, as soon as it got light, people began to come to the alley. There were more men carrying backpacks and women carrying baskets. They did not say hello to each other, but each found a suitable position and put their covered bags on their backs. The cloth is lifted, waiting for business to come to the door.

People who come to buy things will not stop at first, but will walk around and observe everything around them as if unintentionally. Only when they are sure it is safe will they turn back and go straight to the items they were interested in. The negotiation becomes a direct transaction. If that doesn’t work, keep looking for the right one.

At this moment, standing in front of Shi Lingxi was an old man with gray hair but extraordinary bearing. His weather-beaten face was full of sadness and heavy color, and his eyes full of wisdom showed sorrow and helplessness.

After looking Shi Lingxi up and down, he asked anxiously: "Girl, how do you sell this white flour?"

"Liangmao, this is fine white noodles. It's much better than what's sold on the market now!" Shi Lingxi introduced calmly.

"I know, I know. My old lady hasn't eaten much for several days, and now she just wants to take a bite of these steamed buns made of refined flour. I'll take all you have!"

"Uncle, I have a lot here. You should take as much as you need. After all, life is not easy now. I can't cheat you!"

Shi Lingxi thought of the 25 kilograms of flour in his hand, plus the ones from Li Jiancheng, there was quite a lot. Although this old man didn't look like an ordinary person, the look on his face clearly indicated that there was some difficulty at home. Oh, she can't be that kind of black-hearted businessman who only knows how to make money!

The old man glanced at the young woman in front of him with some surprise, his eyes flashed with gratitude, and he said movedly: "Thank you, girl, I want as much as you brought today. I have something to do at home and need these things, and you." The meat in the basket seems to be of good quality, so I’ll take a piece of it, but I don’t have that much money with me, could you please follow me home to pick it up?”

Shi Lingxi was startled, went home to get it?She squinted her eyes and looked at the old man carefully. He looked full of bookishness, and his movements were frank and frank. There was no trace of cunning in him. He must not be someone with ulterior motives.

Thinking of this, she agreed happily: "Okay, no problem, but my man is still setting up a stall over there to exchange food. I have to see if he has finished the exchange and tell him before going."

The old man had no reason not to agree, and he also said that if you want to go there together, you can also keep the remaining things together if his family can use them.

Shi Lingxi nodded, thanked the old man, and walked quickly to Li Jiancheng. When he saw that he had sold out all the pork, and there were only two small bags of flour left in the basket, he whispered to him. Talk about the situation and then ask for his opinion.

After hearing this, Li Jiancheng put the basket on his back without even thinking about it, took the basket from his wife's hand, and walked towards the old man together holding his wife's hand.

As they walked and looked around, they felt that the old man looked upright and he probably wasn't setting up a trap to harm them.

They came to a stop and nodded to each other as a greeting. The two of them followed the old man out of the dark alley.

After nearly 10 minutes of twists and turns, they arrived at a brick house in a small alley.

The house is a small quadrangle with three main rooms, one east and west side room, and the door opens to the south. It is connected with two side rooms. It may be due to years of disrepair. The yard is somewhat dilapidated, but it is kept very clean. , you can tell at a glance that the owner has very good qualities.

The yard was quiet except for a few heartbreaking coughs coming from the main room to the east, which made people feel their hearts tightening. Then there was the voice of a young man urging his grandma to drink some water.

Hearing the coughing in the house, the old man ignored the presence of outsiders and ran quickly into the house to see his wife. The distressed and guilty expression stung Shi Lingxi's eyes, and she sighed secretly in her heart. , it seems that it is also a family with a story!

Neither of the two people spoke, they just stood in the yard and waited quietly. After a while, the old man came out again, with an apology on his face, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, girl, I kept you two together for a long time." Wait, come on, come on, hurry up and sit in the room, we can talk about other things after you go in, lest the walls have ears!"

Listening to the old man's voice getting lower and lower, Shi Lingxi turned around and glanced outside the door with enlightenment. Sure enough, he saw someone leaning outside and listening to the corner!

Seeing Shi Lingxi turn around, she hurriedly hid aside as if she was afraid that others would find out that she was peeping!

Shi Lingxi nodded towards Li Jiancheng, and the two of them followed the old man into the house.