Chapter 106 The Middleman
Everyone was tired, so there was no need to bother cooking.
Bai Tang took some prepared food directly from her spatial storage in the restaurant as her dinner.
Bai Tang took Gu Yanxu's specialties: sweet and sour pork ribs, shredded pork with garlic sauce, and congee with preserved egg and lean pork.
They also brought out quite a few dishes, including scrambled eggs with tomatoes, hot and sour shredded potatoes, cumin lamb, scrambled eggs with mushrooms, and scrambled eggs with spinach.
Finally, they brought out a bowl of rice and three pounds of steamed buns as their staple food.
It's mainly for my parents and grandfather, to nourish them, so there's a lot of eggs and meat dishes.
The tables in their restaurant weren't very big, so they had to squeeze in to eat lunch.
Since she had already told them about the existence of the space, Bai Tang simply replaced it with a larger dining table.
Bai Tang let the canned food out to air it out, and naturally prepared dinner for it as well.
Then Bai Tang set the food on the dining table and called out to them in the yard:
"Have you all washed your hands? It's time to prepare dinner."
Grandpa Gu went inside first: "It smells so good! I can tell from the smell that there must be sweet and sour pork ribs."
Bai Tang smiled and said, "Grandpa has such a keen nose."
Gu Yanxu and the others followed them into the house.
Bai Tang greeted them, "Dinner's ready."
Soon everyone was seated and the meal was served.
During dinner, Gu's father asked, "Are you all going back to the temporary dormitory tonight?"
Gu Yanxu replied, "There isn't enough room for all of us to sleep at home, and it's not convenient either, so we've been resting in temporary dormitories until we return to Shengshi."
But we'll come to your house and eat with you three meals a day.
Grandpa Gu ate the ribs in his bowl and then said, "Hmm, this arrangement is excellent."
Everyone chuckled secretly, and Gu Yanxu teased him:
"It seems that Grandpa has had enough of eating bland food."
Grandpa Gu said, "You see through things but don't say it out loud. Why are you attacking people with your words?"
The group finished their dinner in a cheerful atmosphere.
After having dinner and sitting at home for a while, Bai Tang and the others planned to go back to their temporary dormitory to rest.
Gu Yanxu said, "We'll have breakfast together again tomorrow morning. Mom, Dad, Grandpa, we'll head back now."
Mr. Gu nodded and said, "Be careful on your way back."
On the drive back, Bai Tang touched the bracelet on her wrist and said to Gu Yanxu:
"It would be great if we could give each of you your own little private space, so you can take care of yourselves when you're out and about."
Gu Yanxu smiled and replied, "Sweetie, we're not greedy. Having Mu Mu is already a great stroke of luck."
Bai Tang also said, "I'm content with just Mu Mu. Mu Mu is a super precious baby."
Gu Yanxu then asked, "Who do you plan to sell the snow fruit to?"
Bai Tang said, "I know where the middlemen in the Beijing base usually buy their goods."
The person I'm looking for is named Qian Duoduo. I knew him before, and I also know his sister, Qian Xin. They are both middlemen.
They were already quite successful at reselling goods at the Beijing base before.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu had agreed that if they were to mention their past life again, they should use the word "before" instead, because walls have ears and they should be careful.
Gu Yanxu agreed, saying, "Have you decided how much to sell it for?"
Bai Tang said, "We'll sell three bags, each weighing 100 jin. We'll pay them for the supplies after the snow fruit from the base is sold first."
When the time comes, scarcity will make things valuable, and we can earn more contribution points.
However, they would definitely make a lot of money by reselling them, so they wouldn't lose money.
Unfortunately, none of us are cut out to be middlemen.
It was completely dark outside, and people who had been in the heat all day could finally catch their breath.
Bai Tang and the others quickly drove back to their temporary dormitory building.
After parking the car, the group got out and went upstairs.
When I got to the third floor, I saw Zhao Lei had also returned with his family.
Zhao Lei walked over to Bai Tang and said, "Thank you, Captain Bai."
Bai Tang said, "We didn't do anything, no need to thank us."
Zhao Lei said, "If it weren't for Brother Lin Fan's idea, I might still be searching for people in the shantytown. I still want to thank him."
"I'll treat everyone to dinner when we get back to our base. Captain Bai and the rest of you absolutely have to come!"
Bai Tang looked over and saw Zhao Lei's wife, Zhou Suying, and their two sons behind her.
Sister Zhou's youngest son was as thin as a cat, and he looked at Bai Tang timidly.
Sister Zhou's eldest son is also tall and thin.
However, Zhao Lei has enough contribution points in his pocket to support his wife and children.
These are things that are not her concern.
Bai Tang said to Zhao Lei, "Okay, I can't refuse such kindness, so I won't stand on ceremony with Captain Zhao."
While thinking to myself, "Sister Zhou, who has a kind heart, is finally rewarded and her family is reunited."
In her past life, Bai Tang was crammed into a shelter during an extremely cold period and almost froze to death.
It was thanks to Sister Zhou and her two children's kindness in pulling Bai Tang into their bed that Bai Tang survived.
Fortunately, everything is different now, and everything is moving in a positive direction.
Zhao Lei said goodbye to Bai Tang and the others, and then took his wife and children into their team's house.
Because Captain Zhao's team had quite a few people, they drew two sets of dormitories.
The members of their team also cared about each other. Knowing that this was the captain's wife and children, they were all incredibly enthusiastic.
Once Bai Tang and the others returned to their room, there was nothing to do for entertainment.
Everyone went back to their rooms, turned on their fans, and prepared to rest early.
Because they get up very early every day to do things before the temperature gets too high, they rest early.
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The next morning, Bai Tang got up early; as expected, going to bed early and waking up early makes you feel refreshed.
After she finished washing up, she woke up the others, and Linzhou and the others washed up one by one.
At six o'clock, they went downstairs and drove to the Gu family's house, because they had agreed to have three meals together yesterday.
Grandpa Gu heard their car and rushed over to open the door.
Gu Yanxu went over to help his grandfather up, and then asked, "Why aren't my parents coming to open the door?"
Grandpa Gu said, "Hahaha, well, of course it's because they can't run as fast as me, so I'm the one who opens the door."
Bai Tang said from the side, "Grandpa is still going strong for his age. Let's go inside and have breakfast."
Bai Jiyang and the other three followed him into the house.
Breakfast should not be too greasy, so Bai Tang took out some porridge, pickled vegetables, steamed buns, baked flatbread, and fried dough sticks from her space.
Grandpa Gu, holding a steamed bun, said, "It's been so long since I've had such delicious steamed buns. The steamed buns at the base canteen are awful. Your dad still bought them for me."
Bai Tang said, "It's okay, Grandpa can eat as much as he wants this time, Mom and Dad, you can eat too."
The appetizing pickled vegetables, paired with steamed buns and fried dough sticks, made everyone feel quite full.
After breakfast, Gu's mother and father prepared to go to work.
Bai Tang asked Bai Jiyang, Lin Feng, and the other two to stay home and keep their grandfather company.
She and Gu Yanxu planned to drive to find Qian Duoduo, a middleman at the Beijing base.