Chapter 1381: Bittersweet Memories 6
Liu Guixiang was startled, but immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Feng Qingxue.
"Thank you so much, elder sister!" Not only did she provide money, but also Grain Tickets, which could keep her alive for a long time.
Feng Qingxue waved her hand and pulled her up, "Don’t talk like that, and don’t kowtow so readily, I can’t help you elsewhere, and I believe you don’t want to go back to face such a despicable person, so find a way to survive on your own."
Having said that, she turned around and left.
Encountering someone like Liu Guixiang and hearing her plight left Feng Qingxue without the mood to continue her stroll.
It had been twenty years since the founding of the nation. The slogan "Women hold up half the sky" was shouted loudly, yet the mindset of favoring males over females remained deeply entrenched in many people’s hearts. Liu Guixiang’s husband was simply inhuman, horrifyingly malicious.
Returning home with a bamboo basket full of supplies, Feng Qingxue told Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu that she had purchased them at a high price from the black market.
There were new year goods for sale on the black market, where some farmers brought their home-raised chickens, ducks, geese, and eggs to sell at high prices, as well as some grains, which were much more expensive than usual. The cash-strapped farmers were naturally happy to sell, and some people even specialized in trafficking pig heads from other places for sale. Having grown up, Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu were familiar with the black market, having accompanied their brother there.
No matter how strictly the state regulated, as long as the common people had needs, trade would exist. The black market was simply uneradicable.
In fact, they never doubted anything Feng Qingxue said. On the contrary, as they got older, they increasingly believed that their aunt was really incredible, with her resourcefulness and extensive connections.