Chapter 14

Thinking that there would be internal pockets in some clothes, Song Xi felt that Zhou Yi should have one too, so she reached for Zhou Yi’s upper pocket. However, before she could touch his clothes, her hand was grabbed. Zhou Yi closed his eyes and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. “Wife, you’re playing with fire!”

This domineering speech shocked Song Xi. She widened her eyes and looked at Zhou Yi, who had his eyes closed. He did not even open his eyes and knew that it was her. She had to admit that this man’s senses were really sharp.

Song Xi wanted to pull her hand back, but Zhou Yi was too strong and her body was too weak to pull it back. She lay down helplessly to rest. Forget it, she didn’t want to look anymore. Wasn’t it just a handwritten marriage certificate? There were no photos on it. What was there to look at?

When Song Xi woke up from her sleep, the entire world was pitch-black. She touched the black light and pulled the light rope. The room immediately lit up with warm yellow light. Zhou Yi was not in the room. He must have gone to the state-owned restaurant to buy dinner!

In this era, private businesses were not allowed. Food, accommodation, and baths were all state-owned. Song Xi took out the watch she had hidden from her clothes. It was already 9:30 pm. At this time, the state-owned restaurant should be closed!

She wondered if Zhou Yi could buy dinner.

Recalling what Li Qingqing had said, the night market would start after dark and end before dawn. This meant that the night market had already begun. She had to take advantage of Zhou Yi’s absence to sell something to exchange for some money and tickets so that she could live a normal life.

Afraid that Zhou Yi would not be able to see her when he returned and would be nervous and anxious to look for her, Song Xi wrote a note on the pillow before she set off. It was a simple sentence. She said that she had gone out to exercise and would be back soon.

Although her body had not recovered, she could still walk a few steps. She had packed her things and placed them in a corner of the supermarket. When she was almost there, she would find an opportunity to take them out.

Song Xi held onto the wall and slowly went downstairs. Li Qingqing had gotten off work and the current staff was an old uncle. Song Xi went forward and handed him a handful of white rabbit milk candy. “Grandpa, I have something on and need to go out for a while. When my husband comes back later, please help me tell him.”

Seeing the White Rabbit Milk Candy, the old man thought of his grandson’s greedy look and nodded with a smile. Seeing that the girl in front of him had an injury on her head and her face was pale and weak, the old man was a little worried. “Where do you want to go, little comrade? Do you need Grandpa’s help?”

He was mainly afraid that this young lady would take things too hard. Otherwise, why would she go out when her husband was not around?

It was obvious that she was the kind of pitiful woman who wanted to escape her husband.

Song Xi did not know that the old man had such a big imagination and imagined her being beaten up so badly by Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi looked a little serious, but he did not look like a bad person! Did she look like someone who had been domestically abused?

However, in the face of the old man’s worry, Song Xi really did not know what to say. She nodded and smiled at the old man before walking out step by step. When she reached a dark corner, she quickly entered the supermarket and put on a man’s wig. She even stuck a tattoo sticker on her face that looked like a very realistic scar. After changing her look, she came out of the supermarket and started to search for the so-called night market according to the route map drawn by Li Qingqing.

When they were about to reach their destination on the route map, Song Xi took out the things she had prepared previously. There were 20 catties of rice, 20 catties of millet, 20 catties of peanuts, 20 packets of brown sugar, 20 packets of white sugar, and 10 watches. She really could not carry anything that weighed more than 100 catties. She could only take out a handful of White Rabbit Milk Candy and ask the male comrade guarding the door to help her carry it in.

Song Xi wanted to look for the person-in-charge here, so the male comrade directly carried her basket of things into a room. There were two male comrades in the room.

One of them was younger and was probably in his twenties. The other was a middle-aged man in his forties. Fortunately, the two of them only earned money and did not harm lives. Otherwise, it would definitely be dangerous for Song Xi to take out so many good things.

The young male comrade, Wen Qiang, took out the things in the frame and placed them on the table. He checked them one by one and found that they were of good quality. He even glanced at Song Xi in surprise and saw the coldness and ruthlessness in Song Xi’s eyes. He guessed that there was someone behind her. Wen Qiang did not want to cheat her. As long as he could earn money, it was fine. He disdained killing people for money.

In the end, the rice, millet, peanuts, brown sugar, and white sugar were all traded for 1.5 yuan per catty. The watch cost 100 yuan per piece, which meant that Song Xi had earned 1,150 yuan from this basket.

However, she only wanted 900 yuan in cash. The rest of the money was exchanged for various indispensable tickets in life, such as cloth tickets, food tickets, meat tickets, cotton tickets, coal tickets, industrial tickets, kerosene tickets, and vegetable oil tickets.

200 yuan could not be exchanged for that many tickets, but it was enough for the two of them to live for a while.

When Song Xi left, Wen Qiang even shouted, “Brother, if you have anything good in the future, don’t forget us!”

“Alright, if I have anything good in the future, it’s exclusive for you.”

The first transaction went smoothly and nothing bad happened. Song Xi felt that they were decent people and was willing to build a good relationship with them because this way, she could live a better life in this era where there were restrictions everywhere.

After leaving the night market, Song Xi was already covered in sweat, as if she had been in the water. Her weak body had become like this with such little exercise. She did not know when she would recover.

No one followed Song Xi along the way. It seemed like they were serious businessmen. It was good to work with such people and there would be no danger. Satisfied, Song Xi took off her wig, tore off the fake scar on her face, and changed back to her original appearance. She slowly walked towards the guesthouse. In the darkness near the guesthouse, she took out her things from the supermarket. When she saw a figure moving in front of the guesthouse, Song Xi called out tentatively, “Brother Yi, Brother Yi, is that you?”

Zhou Yi, who was waiting anxiously by the door, heard a familiar voice. He hurriedly borrowed a flashlight from the old man and walked towards the source of the voice in the darkness. Song Xi knew that if she did not get scolded today, this matter would not be over. However, she did not want to be scolded, so the moment Zhou Yi came, she leaned into his arms and closed her eyes weakly.

No matter how angry Zhou Yi was, he could not bear to say harsh words to her at this time!

She also knew that she was indeed trying to be brave today, but she had no choice. She felt uncomfortable not bringing money and things back. She kept feeling that the supermarket would leave her and make her happy for nothing.