Chapter 110 Powerful Intelligence

Chapter 110 Powerful Intelligence

As for what to do.

Zhang Wenshan hasn't decided yet, but he's not worried.

There are at least twenty days left. Even if the system doesn't generate any suitable information, he won't be unlucky enough to run into anything, since he still has memories of his past life.

Finding a suitable gift isn't difficult.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, the key to this matter lies with Zhao Linlin. Making her happy is the most important thing; the gift is secondary.

Zhang Wenshan snapped out of his thoughts and realized that his elder sister had already handed over the goods and completed the transaction.

"Great, you're getting better and better at it."

"Absolutely." Zhang Fengxia shoved the receipt at him, leaned closer, lowered her voice, and winked, "So, any chance?"

"What?"

"Comrade Zhao, people have been waiting for you since early this morning, and the way they look at you is completely different—"

Zhang Wenshan was both amused and exasperated: "Sister, she's buying things from me."

"Buying things is also an opportunity; you'll get to know each other better after a while, right?"

"Don't play matchmaker. She's not an ordinary girl."

"So what? You're not bad either!"

"I have something to discuss with Sister Xia." Zhang Wenshan quickly made an excuse to leave. "Don't make things worse, or I'll really get angry."

Zhang Fengxia pouted, suppressing her urge to sound out Zhao Linlin.

Shortly after, after discussing the snails with Wu Xia, Zhang Wenshan came out and suggested going to take a bath.

"I'm not going. What's the point of spending the money?"

"Me too, I just boil water in the pot at night and let it boil briefly."

Zhang Fengxia and Lin Cuihua refused outright.

Before Lang Qiuping could speak, Zhang Wenshan said directly, "Come with me. You were rolling around in the deep pool yesterday, you're all pickled now."

After the group parted ways.

Zhang Wenshan went straight to the state-run bathhouse.

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He had originally planned to get a new outfit, but after inquiring about the price, he decided against it.

Return the clothes?

Changing your underwear is difficult now because you need a ticket.

His family's cloth coupons had long been exchanged for grain, and the situation was similar for the other members of the fishing and hunting group, and even the entire village. Only a few people were able to save up cloth coupons.

Knowing full well that cloth ration coupons were about to disappear.

He was unwilling to waste money on that.

If I remember correctly, this year, cosmetics like Dacron should no longer require tickets. We'll see.

While they were thinking, the two of them went to the state-run bathhouse.

Lang Qiuping hesitated for a moment, but Zhang Wenshan pulled him inside.

Pushing open the door, a smell mixed with soap, damp wood, and steam hit me.

"Buy a ticket." Behind the counter, a middle-aged woman in work clothes knitted a sweater in her hands and said without looking up.

"Two bills." Zhang Wenshan handed over a dollar. "How much for a bath?"

"Two cents each, that's just right for the two of you." The woman tore off two pink bills and took out two iron keys with round iron pieces attached to them, and numbers written on them in red paint.

"If it gets lost, I'll pay you one dollar!"

"Okay, get me another bar of soap."

Enter the locker room.

Two rows of green cabinets with peeling paint stood against the wall. Zhang Wenshan found the number and opened it. The space inside wasn't big; it should be able to barely fit a whole set of cotton-padded clothes.

After getting ready, I went to the bathhouse.

Two large pools came into view amidst the misty spray, accompanied by the sounds of splashing water and conversation.

The temperature inside the small cement pool is high.

The larger one is slightly lower, and several rows of iron pipes on the other side connect to the shower head.

Zhang Wenshan went over and tried it. The water flow was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and the temperature was sometimes high and sometimes low. It was far inferior to that of later generations.

He shook his head, losing all interest in exploring, and walked straight towards the pool.

There were already a few people inside, and they instinctively turned their attention to him when they saw him coming. Two young men even raised their eyebrows smugly, looking like gangsters.

However, they immediately lowered their heads in self-consciousness.

The Li family of Chishongtun.

The door to the cabin opened gently from the outside.

Li Dong walked in carrying a bowl of corn porridge.

"Mom, dinner's ready."

Sun Xiaoqin leaned against the high stack of quilts, slowly opened her eyes, and said weakly, "I'm back."

"Um."

Li Dong placed the bowl on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), leaned forward slightly, and spoke with a mixture of concern and impatience.

"Mom, even if you're angry, you can't neglect your health. Eat something."

"It's all because of your dad. He knew what kind of contract those people signed, but he didn't tell me. He made me act like an idiot and cause trouble for the Zhang family while they reaped the benefits. When trouble came, your dad ran faster than a rabbit."

Sun Xiaoqin rambled on about what happened that day.

The resentment in his tone grew stronger, and as he spoke, he started talking about things from many years ago.

"If it weren't for me back then, would your father have been able to find a master?"

"I told him not to be too stingy with the supplies for the village, and he said, 'It's okay, I'm here.'"

"In the end, I had to break my arm to press down on her, and your grandmother, you heartless bastard—"

Li Dongyue grew increasingly impatient, his brows furrowing into a deep frown.

"Mom, eat something first. Don't think about those old, trivial things. I'm back, everything will be alright."

"Okay, okay." Sun Xiaoqin nodded repeatedly, picked up the bowl, and frowned after taking a sip.

The corn porridge seemed to have a strange taste, and the temperature was also wrong.

It's like scraping together the leftovers and reheating them quickly.

She suddenly remembered that she had just heard someone come to her house, start a fire to cook, and they had just finished eating.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

"I have no appetite." Sun Xiaoqin shook her head and said, "You're back now, so be good. Don't cause any more trouble. I've figured it out; your father and grandmother are all talk and no action. Let's settle things down from now on."

"Mother, you've made them sick from all this anger, we can't let this go."

Li Dong hurriedly said.

"I found a legitimate way back. The one who came back with me was the son of the brigade leader of Xikouyingzi. They are experts at catching fish."

He described his plan vividly, completely unaware of the change in his mother's expression.

"How much is the difference?"

"The more the better, at least twenty."

"This is all the money Mom has left."

Sun Xiaoqin pursed her lips, took out two ten-yuan bills from her pocket, and before she could finish speaking, Li Dong snatched them away.

"Mother, you should rest well."

After saying that, the person had already disappeared.

Seeing the door open, Sun Xiaoqin suddenly laughed and abruptly pushed the bowl of corn porridge to the ground.

Snapped!

With a sharp crack, curses came from the east room.

"Damn it, he's always causing trouble!"

Step out of the bath.

Zhang Wenshan stretched under the sun, feeling refreshed all over.

Lang Qiuping, standing next to him, looked several shades lighter.

"How was it? Feeling good after the scrub?"

Lang Qiuping's lips twitched slightly. He still found it hard to accept that this was the first time in his life he had been stripped naked and rubbed from head to toe: "————It's alright."

"You'll get used to it," Zhang Wenshan said with a smile as he walked forward.

Lang Qiuping was taken aback: "Aren't we going back to the village?"

"I won't reply."

Zhang Wenshan walked briskly, his eyes gleaming with barely suppressed excitement. "Let's wander around town first and buy some tools."

He answered with a smile, unable to hide his excitement.

There's no way around it, the intelligence we have today is just too good.

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