Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Since the arrangement was made, the two of them drove back.

"We can only collect for another half month at most. I won't have time anymore after that."

"Alright, I know."

Zeng Hongling wanted to persuade Su Yuanyuan, but when the words reached her mouth, she didn't know what to say. It's easy to talk when the matter hasn't happened to oneself.

After getting home, Zeng Hongling didn't sleep but instead separated the books and calligraphy.

The next day, neither of them got up in the morning. They didn't have breakfast.

The day after, Su Yuanyuan took Zeng Hongling to the county, and she drove away.

When she returned in the evening, she found Zeng Hongling at the train station.

"Today I checked out three places, and they totaled just fifteen hundred yuan. Their stuff was so-so. This time let's go directly to Qin Zhong's place."

Su Yuanyuan nodded. It was already July in the lunar calendar, and she didn't want to waste too much time on this.

"And there's that elderly lady from last time; I also informed her today. She said to go over the day after tomorrow. This time she wants a thousand pounds of wheat, a hundred pounds of rice, and a hundred pounds of meat."

"Alright, we'll still make it by the fifth day."

The two of them arrived at Qin Zhong's home. While Zeng Hongling went downstairs, Su Yuanyuan released two hundred pounds of wheat and sixty pounds of meat.

"You two wait here while I call the others; they're all waiting."

Busy until after one o'clock, the two finally drove back.

"Yuanyuan, I find this really exciting."

"You like it this way?" Su Yuanyuan asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I love this kind of life."

"Hongling, I'll think of a way for you to go to school and then find a job like this."

Zeng Hongling sighed, "I don't want that. I just want to stay beside you."

"Hongling, what are you obsessing over? Everyone has their own life. We'll still be friends in the future, won't we?"

"That's true, but only by staying with you do I feel secure."

"That's just habit. It'll get better in the future; all good things come to an end."

"Alright, but let's talk about it in a few years; I don't have such ideas right now."

Su Yuanyuan did not press further.

"Yuanyuan, haven't we already gathered at least thirty percent of the wealthy families' stuff in this city?"

"Who knows? People are smart; they would definitely keep the best things for themselves."

"That's true; they must have hidden them very well."

The next day, the two organized things at home to be sent back to the Capital.

Two days later, they both went out again. Su Yuanyuan prepared what people requested and returned by ten in the evening, mainly exchanging for books and calligraphy today. That's quite good. Now, Su Yuanyuan has taken a liking to these items.

With only nine days left until July 15th, Su Yuanyuan started planning with the old village chief.

"Xiao Su, are you really unwilling to give up?"

Su Yuanyuan shook her head firmly. She wanted to try and see if she could meet the children again. Although sometimes she dreamed about them, no contact left her uneasy; it always felt just like a dream.

"Alright then, that day let Wang Er and the others go with you."

With things settled here, Su Yuanyuan finally relaxed.

On the tenth day, Zeng Hongling was cooking when she heard a knock on the door.

Su Yuanyuan already knew it was people from the old village chief's family bringing Wei Guangxiang and the other two.

"Xiao Zeng looks different now," Zhan Yunzhao said with a smile at Zeng Hongling.

"Daoist Zhan, life here is good. You guys are in for a treat today; I'm cooking seafood for you."

Su Yuanyuan came out of the house too, feeling a bit helpless by their visit.

The five of them had a sumptuous lunch at noon, and the three male comrades praised Zeng Hongling's cooking skills.

"On the fifteenth, I am going out. You all will wait here. There's no room for discussion."

The four of them looked at Su Yuanyuan's firm attitude and said no more.

"Also, if you have time now, it would be best to run an errand for me. We've collected a lot of things again. I hope you can help send them back to the Capital and then come back with the truck. I'll be here waiting, and we'll go ginseng picking together."

The three men understood they were being sent away. It took three days and nights to travel from here to the Capital. A round trip would take a week, so if they left now, they'd return by the nineteenth or twentieth.

Zhan Yunzhao smiled, "Alright. No problem, the three of us will go back."

It was rare to see such a serious expression on Su Yuanyuan's face. Better to go deliver the goods.

"Xiao Su, we have reorganized the cellar and placed lime in the corners; there's no dampness."

"Thank you all."

In the afternoon, Su Yuanyuan drove to the transport team and happened to meet the same driver from last time, which was just perfect.

In the evening, Zhan Yunzhao and the other two once again boarded the bus to leave.

"Haha, they came just in time."

Su Yuanyuan merely smiled. She intentionally sent them away, especially fearing Daoist Zhan might discover something.

On the morning of the twelfth, after the two had just finished breakfast, Shao Hongming arrived.

"I told you not to come; it puts me in a difficult position."

"Su Yuanyuan, don't worry. I'll just wait for you on the boat."

Su Yuanyuan still shook her head. She refused Zeng Hongling and the four men, so she wouldn't allow Shao Hongming to follow either.

"Go back. This is troubling me."

She spoke rather unkindly. Shao Hongming felt hurt, but he had assumed this outcome before he came.

"Alright, I won't go with you. Here's a bomb I've prepared for you."

This time, Su Yuanyuan accepted it, "Thank you." And said nothing more.

Shao Hongming left helplessly, feeling utterly rejected.

He promised not to go with Su Yuanyuan, but he didn't say he wouldn't go out to sea that day. So he went directly to the shipping company, the same arrangement as last year.

Zeng Hongling watched from the side and finally realized Su Yuanyuan really would not let anyone follow her.

On the morning of the fourteenth, Su Yuanyuan went to the village chief's house to confirm things. Then she returned home to wait. Around nine in the morning, the five of them set off.

Zeng Hongling watched the boat sail away from the shore.

She felt quite calm. She didn't feel nervous at all, so her good sister would definitely be fine.

It was still Wang Er steering the boat. As he looked at Su Yuanyuan sitting calmly, he sighed once more inside.

When they reached the spot where the accident happened before, Su Yuanyuan gazed at the moon. It was especially bright this year, and nothing seemed different; it wasn't the red moon Wang Er and others mentioned, indicating she wouldn't be coming back this time.

She boarded the small boat, watching the time carefully. "You all leave, sail for at least fifteen minutes before stopping."

She also saw Shao Hongming was on the shipping vessel again this time. Sometimes such fervor really is a burden, evoking feelings of disgust.