Traveling through the Sixties with the Male God (Completed BL)

Chapter 23: Buying Grain

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 11/24/2023

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Chapter 23 Buying Grain: Did Uncle go to bring grain to the Chen family?

The couple returned with grim faces, and the younger ones didn't dare to make a sound. Even Chen Fen quickly helped to boil water and wipe the table, afraid that the adults would vent their anger on them.

Angry or not, meals still need to be eaten. Another pot of sorghum and wild vegetable porridge was cooked, but Cai Zhen was in a bad mood, and the porridge was already unappetizing; she even managed to burn it. With the astringency of the wild vegetables combined with the bitter taste of the burnt pot, it was so unpalatable that it made people want to vomit.

Chen Guoliang, just after taking a sip, wanted to throw the bowl away but forcibly held back. With the limited food, and his hometown still experiencing a famine, any leftovers in his mouth had to be sent back. Therefore, Chen Guoliang frowned and drank large sips, as if the porridge flowed down his throat without passing through his mouth. The others followed suit; Chen Xiaohua and Chen Fang drank with wrinkled brows, while Chen Fen pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

When Song Wenbin knocked on the door, the Chen family had already finished this miserable dinner.

Cai Zhen was clearing the dishes, and upon hearing the knocking, she sent Chen Fang to open the door.

Chen Fang opened the door and saw Song Wenbin. She ran back, pulling Cai Zhen's clothes and urging her to take a look.

With one glance, Cai Zhen saw the sack that Song Wenbin was carrying and immediately beamed with joy. "Oh, Director Song, come in, come in."

Then she turned to Chen Fen and said, "Eldest niece, go fetch some water!"

"No need," Song Wenbin directly refused, not saying anything extra to Cai Zhen. He directly approached the head of the household, Chen Guoliang, and said, "Comrade Chen, could you come out for a moment?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Guoliang forced a smile and walked over, "Director Song, what can I help you with?"

Song Wenbin took a couple of steps back, allowing Chen Guoliang to step forward, and then placed the sack between them. "This is the grain your family bought for my nephew. I'm making up for it. Please find a scale and check if it's enough."

Without waiting for Chen Guoliang to speak, Cai Zhen's eyes lit up as she eagerly approached. She reached out, lifted the sack, and wanted to carry it into her own room. She even said, "No need to weigh it; we all trust you..."

It's not surprising that Cai Zhen acted like this. This sack of seventy kilograms of cornmeal, if used sparingly with black bread, could feed their whole family for two months. In the past two years of famine, many people in the countryside had starved to death. Chen Guoliang had sent back quite a bit of grain to the village. Combined with the house issue, the Chen family had been living on a tight budget. This sack of cornmeal was a significant income for the current Chen family.

Song Wenbin couldn't let Cai Zhen just take away the grain like that. He held onto the sack, insisting that Chen Guoliang find a scale and reweigh it.

Chen Guoliang had no choice but to take a scale and weigh it publicly, confirming whether it was exactly seventy kilograms. Then, Song Wenbin took out fifty yuan, counted it, and handed it to Chen Guoliang.

It's not that he wanted to give more money, but Song Wenbin felt that since Xiang Chen had stayed at Chen Guoliang's house for a few days, it was necessary to sever all ties cleanly, leaving no room for excuses for the Chen family.