Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

"No, Dad will go back after the meeting tomorrow morning." Yu Dazhuang said softly. He had been busy these days and forgot to explain the journey clearly to the children. He didn't know whether she could reach her destination smoothly.

"Is it really that far? No wonder Section Chief Yang takes several days to come back every time he goes back to the county." Yu Congcong thought to herself, it turns out that it is because the mountain road is rugged and he has to take a detour, so it is so far. At this moment, she realized that she had underestimated the remoteness of this place before.

"Then Dad, you sleep a little longer. If I can't sleep, I'll go to the kitchen to make breakfast." Yu Congcong said softly.

"Dad, go too! I'll make some rice cakes for you to eat on the way. Boil some eggs and heat some hot water in a bamboo tube so that you don't have to drink raw water on the road." Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhuang hurriedly got up and prepared.

Yu Congcong followed his father obediently and helped to light the fire. Dad skillfully prepared breakfast for four or five people, and also made rice cakes for four or five people. When filling water, he went to the storehouse to find two bamboo tubes to hold water. Everything was ready, and Tiezhu came to help carry things. Dad asked him to eat breakfast first, and grandma was also awakened by their noise. She was puzzled and asked them why they got up so early. Dad told grandma about Yu Congcong's operation. Grandma laughed and scolded: "You, you are so excited to go out, and you don't even sleep. Be careful that you won't grow tall in the future."

"Grandma..." Yu Congcong started to act coquettishly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Tiezhu, eat quickly, your sister Congcong is anxious!" Grandma smiled and joked as she saw Tiezhu didn't move his chopsticks.

Tiezhu didn't want to eat at first, after all, he had already had breakfast at home, but he couldn't refuse at the moment, so he had to finish the porridge quickly.

In the early morning, the sky was still covered by a thin layer of fog, and the mountains in the distance were looming in the fog, like a mysterious giant covered with a veil. Yu Congcong looked around and could not see Zhang Yun, so he asked, "Where is Zhang Yun? Is he awake?"

Tiezhu replied, "He's waiting at the entrance of the village with his mule cart." They had already loaded the cart with their belongings yesterday, and they were ready to set off today after they had harnessed the mules. Unexpectedly, they all got up so early and headed for the entrance of the village.

"Has he had breakfast?" Yu Congcong continued to ask.

"I don't know. I asked him to eat at my house, but he left on the mule cart without eating, saying he would wait for us at the village entrance." Tiezhu stated.

"Oh, he must have not eaten it. He has a strong personality and is embarrassed to eat other people's food. You can bring it to him later!" Xiaocao sighed.

Everyone nodded, quickly finished their breakfast, filled a bamboo tube with porridge and gave Zhang Yun two eggs.

After setting off, everyone came to the village entrance to meet Zhang Yun. Dad took over the task of driving the mule cart and slowly moved forward along the mountain road. The mule's pace was slow, almost the same as Dad's walking speed.

Yu Congcong found an opportunity and handed the breakfast she brought to Zhang Yun: "Zhang Yun, here." She looked at Zhang Yun with sincere eyes, while Tiezhu and Yu Dazhuang watched secretly from the side.

Zhang Yun looked at Yu Congcong's sincere eyes, silently took the food and started eating. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that he would not accept it.

After walking for a while, Yu Congcong could no longer walk, so Yu Dazhuang put her in an empty space on the mule cart. At this time, the sky gradually brightened, and the sunlight shone through the mist, shining on the leaves in the mountains, emitting a little golden light.

Along the way, the mountain road was rugged and uneven, and the mule cart was shaking violently, making the buttocks hurt. Yu Congcong had to sit for a while and walk for a while. In this way, they drove from sunrise to the sun gradually passing overhead, and finally arrived at the county town.

The county town was not what Yu Congcong had imagined, it looked a bit run-down. Some of the houses had collapsed and had not been repaired, while others were being repaired. The shops on both sides of the street were okay, with a few open every other one or two. However, the shelves in the shops were sparsely stocked with goods, even the shelves in the grocery stores were not fully stocked.

Yu Congcong and Tiezhu went to ask the boss if he would buy pickles. The boss was so happy that his eyes were full of joy. After tasting their pickles, he was even happier. He offered 20 banknotes per jar. Yu Congcong was a little confused. Is it so expensive? The system seemed to understand her thoughts and quickly said, "Host, don't be fooled. 20 banknotes now are equivalent to 20 yuan in your world."

"Ah, why is this money so worthless? Isn't it said that 50 yuan in the 1s was equivalent to yuan in our time? How come it is several times the other way around?" Yu Congcong was very puzzled.

"Host, you are talking about the second set of currency after 55 years." The system explained.

"Then this boss is dishonest." Yu Congcong muttered to herself, with an unhappy look on her face. She snatched the pickles from the boss's hand and walked out. Seeing this, Tiezhu also left with her.

"Hey, little girl, don't go. If the price is not suitable, we can negotiate. I also want to leave you room for bargaining." The grocery store owner said behind Yu Congcong.

"The space you leave is really large. You don't need to leave any space. Just give a sincere and suitable price. If they want to stay, then they can stay. If it's not suitable, we can each find a more suitable one and save time." Yu Congcong said calmly.

"Then 25." The boss raised the price tentatively.

Yu Congcong still had no expression.

"28." The boss continued to add more.

Yu Congcong still didn't give in and continued to walk out.

"Little girl, don't go. Give me a price." The boss anxiously grabbed Lu Congcong's sleeve and continued.

"50, no bargaining." Yu Congcong estimated and said, without asking for a higher price.

"Little girl, your price is too reasonable. I can't make any profit at all." The boss said, trying to lower the price.

"No, I'll leave. Let's not argue and it will hurt the relationship." Yu Congcong refused to give in.

"Okay, this is the price. Do you have other goods? Sell them to me as well." The boss looked at the mule cart full of things and felt very greedy.

"No more. They are all fresh goods, your store doesn't need them." Yu Congcong replied.

"Tiezhu, bring down two jars of pickles for the boss." Yu Congcong said to Tiezhu. Although Tiezhu was puzzled as to why only two jars were given when there were clearly six jars. Tiezhu originally planned to bring the two large jars of pickles from home directly. Seeing this, Yu Congcong asked Tiezhu to use a small jar to pack the pickled eggplant into two jars, and the chili sauce into four jars in an even smaller jar. Tiezhu did not move for a while. Seeing this, Zhang Yun got in the car and brought the two jars of pickled eggplant to the boss. After the boss paid, Yu Congcong asked the system to check and confirm that there was no counterfeit money, and then took everyone away.