Cheng Qiao didn't say anything and waited quietly. A few minutes later, Qiu Min suddenly opened his eyes. Never mind. Skinny Monkey had said that this was an era where the timid would starve to death and the bold would die of gluttony.
Besides, Cheng Qiao helped me because she had a good relationship with Shouhou. Otherwise, who would give me this opportunity? How could you waste the opportunity
"Cheng Qiao, I have a man who is in charge of supply and marketing at a textile factory. At the end of the year, their factory is going to distribute benefits, but many things require tickets, and they don't have so many tickets. Do you have anything cheap and useful?"
"For food, there are eggs, dates, dried black fungus, dried mushrooms, brown sugar and rock sugar, as well as rice and flour. For things to use, let me think, yes, toilet paper, soap, and lunch boxes will do."
"You, you guys..."
Qiu Min was speechless. She didn't expect that Cheng Qiao's man's business was so big. That skinny guy should have made a lot of money.
"How much?"
"I'll give you the price from the supply and marketing cooperative, and you can give them the price on the black market, or give them a little more profit."
"Okay, give me two days, and I'll come find you then."
Qiu Min ran to the supply and marketing cooperative excitedly. She wanted to ask for leave and then go to the textile factory to inquire about the news. If she could make this deal, she could pay off all the money her family owed.
Chen Qiao rode her bicycle back home. When the villagers saw Cheng Qiao carrying large and small bags home, they all shook their heads in their hearts. They thought that this educated youth Cheng had become smarter, but it turned out that he was still as stupid as ever.
Seeing Cheng Qiao coming back with lots of bags again, Mother Li poked Cheng Qiao's forehead with heartache. Suddenly she remembered the wound on her forehead and regretfully lifted her bangs to look over.
"Hey, you bought so many things, why don't you go to the hospital and ask the doctor if there is any way to remove the scar? It's such a pity that such good skin has four little earthworms."
"Mother, it's okay. Chunhua is getting married today. I saw Wang the butcher pushing a wheelbarrow to move the dowry."
"Yes, your Aunt Wang came here and said that the Chen family stole the bicycle. You should know that Butcher Wang is not a good person. Chunhua is going to be in trouble..."
"Mother, what are you talking about? Chunhua deserves to be in trouble. Look at my second sister-in-law's forehead, it's disfigured. Fortunately, she obeyed the old cow in the previous village, otherwise the grass on my second sister-in-law's grave would be so tall."
"How can you talk like that, kid? I don't sympathize with Chunhua at all. I just want to say that Wang Tuzi is not a good person. The Chen family coveted the bicycle, so Wang Tuzi must be taking his anger out on Chunhua."
Cheng Qiao nodded, but her eyes were looking towards her room. Li Huan came out and saw what Cheng Qiao had in her hand. He sighed slightly. It seemed that he had to work harder, otherwise he would really become a gigolo.
Cheng Qiao caught the disappointment in Li Huan's eyes and her heart tightened. She didn't want to hurt Li Huan's feelings, but it was too difficult to make more money in this era.
God gave me this space that can be filled infinitely, isn't it so that I and my family can live a good life? There is no reason not to use the good things I have.
"Li Huan, I'm going to tell you something later."
"Okay, let's go back to the house."
"Brother, I'm hungry. You said we'd eat when Sister-in-law comes back. Sister-in-law is back, why haven't we started eating yet?"
Li Le had made an appointment with his friends in the village to collect firewood in the afternoon. When he saw Li Huan and Cheng Qiao were about to return to their room, he hurriedly called them.
"Eat, eat, you greedy cat."
Mother Li cursed with a smile and hurried to the kitchen. Cheng Qiao was about to help, but was caught by Li Huan. In the little time before dinner, why not recite the "Soup Song"
Cheng Qiao was delighted to hear that Li Huan had memorized the "Tangtou Song" in just one morning, and they decided to go to Uncle Ye's place in the afternoon to become his apprentice.
After lunch, Li Huan, carrying a backpack, took Cheng Qiao and went to Uncle Ye's house. Uncle Ye was about to take a nap, and when he saw the two of them coming, his eyes lit up slightly.
"Who of you will carry it first?"
Cheng Qiao quickly stepped forward and began to recite the "Tangtou Song" clearly. Later on, there was a melody in her voice, and the "Tangtou Song" seemed to have turned into a ballad.
"Very good. Take these two books back and read them. If you don't understand something, come and ask me. Especially for this book, you must remember the shape and effect of each herb. There can't be any mistakes, otherwise the herb that can save lives will become a poison that harms people."
Uncle Ye took out two books from the drawer. One was Compendium of Materia Medica, which contained more than 1,800 kinds of medicines and nearly 10,000 medical prescriptions.
There is also a hand-engraved and mimeographed Chinese medicine book "Lectures on Internal Medicine". This is a hand-engraved book that contains the recipes and production methods of various pills. It is very practical.
Cheng Qiao held it in her hand as if it were a treasure. She knew that she had passed Uncle Ye's test and would be Uncle Ye's eldest disciple in the future.
"Uncle Ye, let me recite it to you."
Li Huan was happy to see Cheng Qiao passed the exam, and he quickly took a step forward, ready to recite, but was stopped by Uncle Ye.
"I'll only accept one apprentice, do you want to compete with your wife?"
"Just accept one, then you can accept my wife as your apprentice."
Upon hearing this, Li Huan quickly took a step back. What a joke it was to compete with his wife.
Uncle Ye smiled and handed three books to Li Huan, asking him to read them carefully. If he could learn, then he could. If not, just reading them would be fine.
Li Huan took the books and looked at them. One was "Jixiao Xinshu", one was "Xingyiquan Juewei", and the other was "Liuhequan Pu". This...
"Li Huan, you may seem like a second-rate person on the surface, but I know what you do behind the scenes. That year, you killed two wild boars and saved your mother and your sister. I think you are a good candidate for learning martial arts."
"Uncle Ye, you..."
"I have also learned a little bit. These three books are all good books. They are not pretentious. Especially the "Liuhe Quan Pu" records the great theories of boxing, the Qigong of guiding the Qi through the body, some martial arts classics, and martial arts experience.
There is also "Xingyiquan Juewei" which contains common knowledge of traditional boxing. The theories on Dantian and Qi training are very valuable for research and the basic theories are quite solid.
"Jixiao Xinshu" is not a professional martial arts book. It mainly talks about military tactics, but it also contains many concepts that provide guidance for martial arts practice. You can take a good look at it.
"Uncle Ye, do you want me to pursue martial arts?"
"No, my little disciple appears gentle and delicate on the surface, but in fact she is wild at heart. I am worried that she will be eaten by wild beasts when she sneaks up the mountain to collect herbs. You have to be a good guardian angel."
When Li Huan heard that learning these books well could protect his wife, he quickly stood at attention and saluted Uncle Ye. However, the salute was not standard, which made Uncle Ye feel uncomfortable.