Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 1017

Chapter 1017: The Capital City’s Situation ( 2 )
Lu Jueyu smiled when she heard the staff’s words and nodded, “Okay. Thank you, sister.”

After a brief conversation with the staff, they left the state-owned supply store and returned to their rented house. At that moment, both Li Chenmo and Lu Jueyu were lost in thought, considering what they had heard from the staff.

When they arrived at the rented house, Father Li and Dong Li were resting, while Li Lingyun was nowhere to be seen. Knowing his second brother probably had something important to do, Li Chenmo said, “Wife, let’s go to your space.”

Lu Jueyu nodded and brought her husband into her space after locking the door. Inside, they both took a shower and then went for a nap. Although they had done nothing strenuous, they still felt tired after being out all morning.

At the same time, Li Lingyun was sitting inside an old house located in a deserted alley. This place was the capital city’s black market. While it was known by everyone, the police would pretend not to know as long as there was no order from their superiors to crack down on the personal transactions.

Due to the lack of electricity and open windows, they needed to light a candle even during the day. Li Lingyun checked the account book and said, “Looks like the number of sales has been affected by the political situation.”

Sitting across from him, the young man who helped deliver the betrothal gifts in the morning said, “Boss, it’s not only because of the authorities cracking down on middlemen, but also because there is a new middleman in the market.”

“We don’t know who he is or where he came from, but he has a lot of good quality items for sale. He not only has grains, flour, vegetables, and meat but also wild honey, dried mushrooms, snacks, sauces, and fruits.”

Hearing this, Li Lingyun raised his eyebrows. The variety of these items sounded familiar to him.

“Boss, they also sell wound ointment, whitening cream, scar removal cream, tonic wine, and various rice and fruit wines,” another young man added anxiously.

The moment Li Lingyun heard this, a smile appeared on his face. Although he always suspected that his third brother owned the grain store in their county town’s black market, he never had any evidence.

He only knew that his third brother was selling items to Houzi. But now, hearing his subordinates’ words, he was certain that the newly opened store in the capital’s black market was his third brother’s.

While he was curious about the source of his brother’s items, he had no intention of finding out. After all, even though the store owners were different people, they were all part of the same family. So, these stores could be considered part of the Li family business.

Having reached this conclusion, Li Lingyun smiled and said, “Don’t bother with that store. The owner is one of our own.”

When everyone heard this, they looked at him, and one of them asked, “Boss, if the owner of that store is one of us, will we get a discount if we buy their items?”

Li Lingyun laughed when he heard his words and said, “Well, you can ask the owner directly when you see him at my wedding banquet.”

Hearing this, they looked at each other with suspicion in their minds. Since they will meet the owner of the store at their boss’ wedding banquet, they stop asking questions.

“Boss, are we also invited to your wedding banquet?” a young boy asked.

Hearing this, Li Lingyun nodded and said, “Consider yourselves members of the groom’s family. So, everyone should attend. You don’t need to bring anything. Just join the fun.”

Everyone knew how wealthy their boss was, so no one insisted on bringing gifts. After he finished checking the account book and took the money and coupons, Li Lingyun left the old house to visit his friends.

He spent several hours visiting friends to invite them to his wedding banquet, only returning to the rented house when the sky had darkened.

At the same time in Xie Village, Jiang Zehui stood outside Father Li’s house as he knocked on the gate.

“Hello, anyone at home?” he shouted.

Moments later, he heard footsteps approaching, followed by a man’s voice, “Who is it?”

When the gate opened, Jiang Zehui saw a man who resembled Li Chenmo and greeted him with a smile, “Hello, Comrade. I have a telegram for Comrade Li Chenze. Is he home?”

Li Chenze glanced at the thin young man in front of him and replied, “I’m Li Chenze.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zehui took out a piece of paper from his bag, handed it to him and said, “Comrade Li, here is your telegram from the capital.”

At the mention of the capital, a wave of anxiety swept over Li Chenze as he feared something had happened to his family. He quickly took the paper and read it on the spot.

Jiang Zehui was surprised to see that Li Chenze could read. He had expected to read the telegram for him and stood waiting, only to discover that the Li family was literate.

After scanning the message, Li Chenze let out a sigh of relief. Instead of bad news, the telegram mentioned plans for a wedding banquet in the capital and his third brother asked him to send over some ingredients.

Feeling more at ease, he turned to Jiang Zehui and said, “Comrade, please come inside and have a glass of water.”

Jiang Zehui was indeed feeling parched after walking for a long time. So, he didn’t refuse the offer and gratefully accepted it, “Thank you, Comrade.”

As they stepped into the living room, he said, “Comrade, my name is Jiang Zehui. You can call me by my name. My brother is friends with Brother Chenmo, so we are sort of acquaintances.”

Li Chenze smiled when he heard this and said, “I’m Li Chenze. Brother Zehui, since our families are friends, then we are also friends. Please take a seat while I get a pot of tea.”