Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 283: 283 Reciprocation

The two of them, of course, had no objections. They obediently went to work.

This finally gave Su Yuanyuan some time to rest for a while.

Then she started to prepare the ingredients, and to be honest, Shen Shao Hong’s place really had nothing.

The two young men were very quick at chopping meat.

But there were no bowls, so there was no choice but for the two of them to go back and get some.

Soon, Shen Shao Hong came back, with two bags of sweet potato starch on his bicycle, and another bag, which was probably meat.

The helpers left, leaving just the four of them.

Cao Boyang managed to get a funnel from the supply and marketing cooperative, which was even more useful.

Su Yuanyuan started marinating the meat and secretly added soy sauce, oyster sauce, and spice mix. That would make it taste particularly good.

The three of them were quite curious about stuffing sausages. So the four of them worked together.

As soon as the first batch was steamed, the second batch was placed on the steamer trays.

The aroma was really enticing, making the three of them eager to eat.

”It’s not ready yet. It needs to be set before it can be eaten once it cools down.”

The four of them didn’t eat lunch, and it wasn’t until the last batch came out in the evening that the first batch was ready to eat.

Cao Boyang had already bought some cornbread and steamed buns from a restaurant to go with the sausages, and the three young men ate a lot.

”Xiao Su, how are you so skillful? There’s still twenty pounds of meat and small intestines left. Can you help us make more tomorrow?”

Su Yuanyuan thought for a moment, ”I’m not sure yet. Once we confirm in the morning when we can load the goods, then I’ll know.

If you prep everything, I’ll come over to help marinate the meat. The rest you already know how to do.”

This time it was Peng Haishan who took Su Yuanyuan back to the hotel.

”Thank you, Mr. Peng.”

”I didn’t do much. It was all because of you. By the way, how did you get my father to agree?”

”The manager told me there were no bottles for canning, so I said we didn’t need that kind of packaging. Our farm is fine with bulk packaging.

We’ll just buy a one-pound beer pitcher, and it’ll work the same when we’re spraying the pesticides.”

”That’s right. You’re dealing with large areas, and you can organize it uniformly, so bulk packing suits you.”

”Mr. Peng, where can we buy those pesticide sprayers?”

”Not far from us. I’ll take you over there tomorrow.

But the price is quite high. Twenty-five yuan each, and they’re plastic. If you’re not careful, they break easily.”

Su Yuanyuan nodded, she knew that there was no mature plastic technology yet, but even if it’s expensive, she has to buy it.

”We need it. So please take me there tomorrow. We have a vehicle, so we can bring some back.”

”Sure, no problem. Let’s go over there at noon.”

Su Yuanyuan understood Peng Haishan, after all, he has work to do as well.

”Okay, I’ll wait at the door once I get the news.”

”No need for that. You can wait in the office, and you can even try our canteen’s food.”

”Let’s eat outside. I want to treat you to something good. Besides, I’m lucky. I might even come across something nice.”

”True, even us locals can’t always buy half a pig, but you can. You’re really lucky.”

Su Yuanyuan returned to the hotel, where there was already a girl.

They were about the same age, so they quickly introduced themselves to each other.

The girl was here visiting relatives, but couldn’t find them, so she planned to buy a train ticket back home tomorrow. She didn’t dare stay in the waiting hall alone, so she painfully spent money to stay at the hotel.

Su Yuanyuan felt this scene was too familiar. It felt like such a cliché.

Looking at this girl’s poise, she hardly looked like she was from the countryside. Now she understood how she was different from others.

So she felt uneasy.

”Su Yuanyuan, what do you do at your farm?”

”I’m just a farmer. But since I’m usually quite lucky, the manager decided to take a chance and sent me over.”

”You really don’t look like a farmer.”

”Do I? Is there anything different?”

”Very different,” Zheng Lanying confirmed.

Su Yuanyuan could only laugh awkwardly, unsure of what to say.

”Su Yuanyuan, how do you feel about Second Farm?”

”You know Second Farm too?”

”Of course, they’re always recruiting workers from our village.”

”My only feeling is that it’s exhausting. Really, there’s not even time to cook. I make my meals at night for the entire day, and sometimes even bring them to the fields.”

”Is it really that bad?”

”Isn’t it? And I get so tanned.” Could this girl be thinking of heading to the farm? Why did she suddenly start asking about this?

”I hate working.”

”Nobody likes it. I don’t either, but what can you do? All I know is farming.”

Zheng Lanying looked at Su Yuanyuan sympathetically, making Su Yuanyuan feel the urge to lose it.

”Su Yuanyuan, have you ever thought about becoming a factory worker?”

”Is it that easy to get into a factory? I don’t have the courage to even think about it.”

”Why not? I was thinking of visiting the factories around here tomorrow morning, but I definitely won’t go to the pesticide or plastic factories.”

”Why?”

”They must be toxic and bad for one’s health, so I won’t go there.”

Su Yuanyuan was certain now. This girl was just like her. Oh dear, am I like this too? That’s scary. I need to watch out in the future.

”Haha, you’re amazing, but I can’t do what you do. I’ll just go back to farming.”

”Do you think I could join a transport team if I could drive? That way I could travel everywhere, wouldn’t that be great?” The more the girl talked, the more excited she became, almost as if she was already part of a transport team or had traveled everywhere.

”That would be awesome. You should really give it a try. A female driver, it sounds so impressive. But how did you learn to drive?”

Could it be that I also stood out like this? Su Yuanyuan frowned thinking about it. In the end, she determined that she only acted differently in front of Tan Shaoting.

Feeling much relieved, she thought of how she always used space, which made her more uneasy.

”Zheng Lanying, I’m really craving meat right now, but I just can’t buy any. If there were some fine grains to eat, that would be nice too.”

Zheng Lanying’s face fell, ”I want to eat too, I’m almost dying of cravings, but I have no money, no coupons, and nowhere to buy.”

”This year, I kept two hundred pounds of wheat, just waiting to grind it for flour. If it’s finely ground, it must be very white, right? And delicious too, isn’t it?”

”Actually, the farm isn’t too bad. You can grow your own grains to eat.”

”But you have to meet quotas.” Is this girl dreaming?