books44 Chapter 119 The 60s (4)
Chapter 119 The 60s (4)
News of a large quantity of grain appearing on the black market spread like wildfire, and the Xie family naturally received the news as well.
"Wenbin, go buy some grain tonight, buy a lot. Never mind, I'll go with you!"
"Okay, Dad!"
So that night, the people who sneaked out found themselves encountering many acquaintances, but everyone tacitly kept quiet and waited for the grain seller to arrive.
To prevent hoarding, Wangyou limited the amount of food each person could buy, and the price didn't increase much; it was the same as the usual price. Although people were limited in their purchases, everyone was happy.
While some were happy, others were not. The black market's leader was quite displeased that a large amount of grain had appeared without passing through his hands, and naturally wanted to teach Number One a lesson, but Number One skillfully evaded him.
Wangyou glanced at the ordinary grains in her spatial warehouse. She didn't usually stockpile too much grain, since she couldn't cook, so she mostly stocked cooked food. As for the spiritual rice produced in her space, Wangyou never thought of selling it.
The existence of subtle spiritual energy in this world indicates the presence of at least some ancient martial arts practitioners. If the spiritual rice flows into the market and encounters someone who doesn't know its value, that's fine. But if it encounters someone who does know its value and can't find the source of the spiritual rice, they will definitely try to sell it to other people who bought it. That's why the goods are not a blessing.
Afterwards, Wangyou released the robots Zhang Ma and Lin Yi, and had them each carry 20 million catties of grain to sell throughout the country, hoping to save as many lives as possible.
As for my own family, I'll just keep things in the mean, maybe secretly feed Xiao Jiang and my older sister some treats later.
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A remote border!
"Captain, hang in there a little longer, we'll be out of here soon!" Xie Wenyan said, looking at the severely injured man whose arm had been blown off.
However, the person had already fallen into a coma and could not be woken up no matter what.
"What do we do? The captain has a fever!"
"We must get out of here alive! The captain's child is not even a year old!"
"Hungry, so hungry!"
At the crucial moment, Xie Wenyan suddenly remembered the medicine he had packed in his backpack before leaving, which he had almost forgotten.
"Old Meng, help the captain up, I'll go find some medicine!"
"We don't have any more medicine. We've used up all the medicine we had on us!" Old Meng said, but he still took the person over.
Xie Wenyan took everything out of the bag and finally found all sorts of medicine bottles at the very bottom.
"This is a hemostatic pill!" Xie Wenyan quickly poured out a pill from the bottle and was about to feed it to the captain.
"Xiao Yan, stop fooling around. Where did this medicine come from? What if the captain gets even worse after taking it?" Old Zhao stopped Xie Wenyan's arm.
"Brother Zhao, this medicine is very effective!"
"I'll take it!" The captain, who had woken up at some point, snatched the pill and shoved it into his mouth. "I'm already in this state; at worst, I'll just die!"
But soon, a miracle happened: the bleeding from the captain's severed arm stopped.
"It really stopped the bleeding? Is it that effective?"
"I'll give one to Xiao He too!" Xie Wenyan took the pill and fed it to another seriously injured soldier. Soon, the bleeding stopped.
"This is so useful! Quickly check if it can reduce fever!" As if they had grasped a lifeline, the others didn't care that it was Xie Wenyan's bag and started looking for it themselves.
Having found medicine for external and internal injuries, the group decided to try it out regardless of whether it would work or not.
The group of seven all had injuries, but they tacitly agreed to give the medicine to the seriously wounded first.
After treating everyone's wounds, Xie Wenyan held the medicine bottle, laughing and crying at the same time. He then looked at the other pills and saw a bottle of fasting pills.
Xie Wenyan quickly checked his sister's instructions: one pill would keep her from being hungry for three days!
Xie Wenyan quickly took the medicine and fed one pill to each person. With these fasting pills, they could hold out until they got out.
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"Ring ring ring!"
"Brother He!"
"There's a letter for you, and also a package, but it's quite large. You'll need to take the slip and pick it up yourselves!"
"Okay, thank you, Brother He. Would you like to come in for a glass of water?"
"No, I still have to deliver more messages!"
After seeing the postman off, Xie Xiaorou came in with an envelope. "Second sister, this is a letter from your second brother!"
"Let me see!" Wangyou opened the envelope. "My dearest Wangyou, greetings..."
"Second brother, what did you write in your letter?"
"See for yourselves!"
After waiting a while, the two of them finished reading the letter. "Second Sister, should we send another batch of medicine to Second Brother?"
"Let's go to the post office first and pick up the package!" Wangyou led Xie Xiaorou and Xie Xiaojiang to retrieve the package from the post office.
After returning home and checking her belongings, Wangyou decided to buy medicine and make another batch of pills to send to Xie Wenyan. She also asked him to send back the empty bottles she had used up.
Forget-Me-Not made twice as many pills in the second batch, hoping that Xie Wenyan could keep more!
Because this batch of pills went through a military channel, they were not opened and repeatedly inspected, so the medicine arrived smoothly.
"Xie Wenyan, there's a package for you!"
"Wenyan, your package has arrived. Is it from your sister?"
"Xie Wenyan, take your package and come to my office!" the political commissar said with a smile as he passed by.
"Yes!" Xie Wenyan reluctantly followed the political commissar to her office, carrying the large package.
As expected, Xie Wenyan's package contained many medicine bottles and two letters.
One letter was for him, and another was surprisingly for their leader, which the political commissar happened to see as well.
Without further ado, the two opened the envelopes and read the letters.
Xie Wenyan's letter had the tone of his parents, the earnest instructions of his younger siblings, and his second sister's words about how many pills she had brought him, urging him not to hand them all over at once.
As for the political commissar's letter, after reading it, the political commissar looked at it with a complicated expression. He then glanced at the formulas on the table and went to call the other leaders. He couldn't be the only one being instructed.
When the political commissar summoned the group of leaders and they read the letter, he exclaimed, "Xie Wenyan, your sister is far more shrewd than you!"
"That's right, my sister is the smartest!" Xie Wenyan said with pride.
"Hey kid, write a letter to your sister. We're not taking this prescription for nothing; we'll give her a reward when the results come out!"
"Yes!"
"Alright, we'll keep half of the medicine bottle, and you can take the other half back!"
"Yes, leaders, goodbye!" Xie Wenyan said, then grabbed his package and ran off in a flash.
"Xie Wenyan's younger sister is only eleven years old!"
"Yes, we retrieved Xie Wangyou's information immediately. Who would have thought that a bunch of old guys like us would one day be threatened by a little girl!"
"What threat? The young girl is just worried about her brother. But we need to get the research institute to work out these prescriptions as soon as possible. However, the young girl also mentioned in her letter that even with the same prescription, different methods will result in different effects of the medicine!"
"Hopefully the research institute can lend a hand, so we can save a lot of our soldiers from sacrificing!"
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The research institute, with the formula and samples in hand, began their round-the-clock work of preparing the medicine.