Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

"Grandma, I'm back." Yu Congcong shouted. Grandma has been weaving cloth at home these days, and she plans to let Dad sell it. Yu Congcong learned about several natural colorants from the system, and used the tie-dye method to dye the cloth woven by grandma with patterns, which looks particularly beautiful. The day after tomorrow, she will take it to the county town to test the waters and see if there is a market.

"You're back. Go to the kitchen and eat the egg custard." Grandma was concentrating on weaving. She didn't even raise her head to call Yu Congcong to eat the egg custard.

"Oh, I see." Yu Congcong went from the kitchen to the weaving room with the egg custard to find her grandmother. "Grandma, is our soy sauce successful?" Yu Congcong asked her grandmother.

"Well, grandma took a look at it a few days ago, and she's almost there." Xiaocao kept moving his hands while answering Yu Congcong.

"Grandma, let's go and take another look! Okay, we've filtered it and processed it. Let's sell it the day after tomorrow!" Yu Congcong discussed with her grandmother.

"Well, who should we sell it to? Soy sauce is a precious thing. Poor people eat it very little, while rich families eat it. Rich families usually buy it from fixed merchants." Xiaocao told Yu Congcong about her life experience, but she didn't know that the world had changed under the leadership of the Communist Party after the war outside.

"Grandma, those merchants may have moved away because of the war. We can buy them at a cheaper price so that small families can afford them. That's all. Let's try it first. If it sells well, we'll continue to make it. If it doesn't sell well, we'll just take it back and eat it ourselves." Yu Congcong analyzed.

"Okay, let's go take a look in the afternoon." Xiaocao said lovingly.

Yu Congcong nodded happily and then ate the egg custard seriously.

Tiezhu hurried back home and without saying anything, he began to pack up the things he was going to exchange for money. Fu Youtian came back from the rice field and saw him moving some jars and pots from the storeroom to the main room. He was full of curiosity and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"

Tiezhu didn't even raise his head, and continued to concentrate on checking what was in the jar. "Grandpa, I want to see if there is anything in our house that can be exchanged for money." He replied in a firm tone.

"What valuable things can we have in our house? The most valuable things are with your wife." Fu Youtian said slowly after putting the farm tools into the warehouse.

"Grandpa, that's not what I meant. I was just thinking about whether there is anything that can make money." Tiezhu explained anxiously, and for a moment he was a little incoherent.

"Oh, I see. You are thinking that when you go to the county town the day after tomorrow, you can take some things you don't need to exchange for money." Fu Youtian helped him to speak out the words as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Yeah." Tiezhu responded softly.

"No." Fu Youtian answered affirmatively.

"Grandpa, just go and do your own thing! I'll take a look myself." Tiezhu hurriedly urged his grandfather to leave, while he continued to be busy.

"What's so good about these? These are the pickles you prepared earlier. If you want to make money so badly, just get a few bags of rice from the warehouse and sell them." As Fu Youtian spoke, he found a stool and sat under the eaves.

"Grandpa, the rice can't be sold. Congcong said that the rice from recent years can't be sold." Tiezhu's attitude was extremely firm.

"If we don't sell rice, our family will have nothing to sell." Fu Youtian sighed helplessly, thinking to himself that life was becoming increasingly difficult.

At this time, Tiezhu suddenly stared at the two cans of chili sauce and pickled eggplant and asked, "Grandpa, are there any more chili peppers and eggplants in the vegetable garden?"

"There's only this little bit left! Some of them have gone bad, there won't be any more." Fu Youtian thought for a moment and replied.

"Grandpa, let me sell these two cans of chili sauce and pickled eggplant!" Tiezhu discussed with his grandfather.

"What? I, your grandfather, like these pickles very much. Are you going to sell them? What will we eat for the next six months if you sell them? Can we only eat radishes and cabbages in the future?" Fu Youtian was immediately unhappy. He loved these two kinds of pickles the most, especially the chili sauce, which went well with rice. The eggplant pickles had a strong sauce flavor, which was perfect to eat with wine.

"Grandpa, isn't there still some hawthorn in the vegetable garden? I'll make it for you when I come back from the county town. If you want to eat it these days, I'll save some for you." Tiezhu comforted him quickly.

"Okay! It may not be sold." Fu Youtian said helplessly.

At this moment, Fu Wu rushed to Tiezhu and said breathlessly: "Brother Tiezhu, go help Zhang Xiaobao! He is being beaten by Scar's wife with a broom!"

"Look for your dad!" Tiezhu answered anxiously.

"I can't find him. My dad went to the next village." Fu Wu replied anxiously.

"Where can we find Section Chief Yang?" Tiezhu knew very well that this kind of thing could not be solved without someone in charge.

"Section Chief Yang is not here either. He went to the county. Even the militiamen went out to patrol the mountains and hunt today." Fu Wu was helpless. He looked around for anyone but couldn't find any. He could only ask Tie Zhu, who had some martial arts skills, to help fight.

After hearing Fu Wu's answer, Tiezhu also became anxious. He turned around and looked at his grandfather, and asked uncertainly: "Grandpa, are you going?"

"Grandpa, that won't work. I can't do anything if I go. Scar's wife might become even crazier." Fu Youtian also noticed the recent changes in Scar's wife.

"Tiezhu, how about this? Go and call Aunt Jinyu and Sister-in-law Chen Duo over." Fu Youtian ordered decisively.

"Okay, I'll go then. Wuzi, you go and watch first, don't let Zhang Yun get hurt. Oh, by the way, you can't call Zhang Xiaobao Zhang Xiaobao anymore, you have to call him Zhang Yun." Tiezhu didn't forget to remind Fu Wu to change Zhang Yun's name in such an emergency. After that, he hurried to Aunt Jinyu and Sister-in-law Chen Duo's house.

The word speechless was clearly written on Fu Wu's face, and he couldn't help but mutter in his heart that Brother Da Zhuang was still thinking about changing his name at this critical juncture.

"Grandpa, I'm going." Fu Wu said hello to Fu Youtian softly, and then turned around and was about to leave. But at this moment, Fu Youtian hurriedly called him: "Grandpa, let's go together!" Fu Youtian was really worried, and he was determined to go and take a look.

"Oh." Fu Wu simply responded, and then the two of them walked quickly towards the ancestral hall. Scar's wife and Zhang Yun still lived in the ancestral hall. Their original house had been returned to them a long time ago, but Scar's wife was reluctant to move back. Not only that, she also refused to let Zhang Yun move back to her own home. Everyone thought that she was probably going back to her hometown, so they didn't care too much. But now looking at Scar's wife's attitude, one can't help but wonder if she has some ulterior motives for staying in the ancestral hall.