Chapter 129 Stunned

Lu Qingfeng and the other two followed Meng Dong and walked together. To match their pace, Meng Dong and the others deliberately slowed down.

What should have been a two-day journey took them three and a half days to reach the cave where they first climbed the mountain, just a little while before dinner.

He Caiwei found the larger cave from last time and put all their spoils into it. This cave was more than twice the size of their original cave, so it was big enough to hold all their spoils this time.

Looking at the cave that was now completely filled, He Caiwei left with satisfaction.

Now all that's left is to go down the mountain and make a phone call to ask my uncle to send someone to pick it up.

This is grain that is in short supply nationwide right now, so I certainly wouldn't trust anyone else to do it.

"Second brother, the grain is already in the cave. Now, which of you can go down the mountain and make a phone call to ask Uncle to come and get the grain?" He Caiwei didn't want to run anymore; her feet were covered in calluses.

"Hey little sister, what do you want to eat? I'll bring it up for you in a bit." Lu Qingzhu had a work ID, so he didn't need a letter of introduction. He could just go to the post office and make a phone call.

"Buy a few meat buns, or sesame flatbreads if you have any. Heat them up by the fire when you get back, and you can eat them." He Caiwei really didn't lack anything. There were already roasted chickens and eggs in her large basket. These things weren't conspicuous, so no one would notice if she took them out of the basket.

Wang Dahu followed Lu Qingzhu down the mountain. Since the children had taken everything they wanted, their mission was considered complete. Meng Dong was even thinking of hitching a ride with them down the mountain.

He Caiwei slowly pulled things out of the large basket, eventually pulling out a huge pile of items—all of which they had taken from those Russians.

Two stacks of different currencies, six wax pellets, two sets of blueprints, two large bags of compressed biscuits, and six thermos flasks. Well, at least the guns those Russians had were short, otherwise I really couldn't have fit all that stuff in her basket.

Meng Dong was increasingly alarmed. After tracking them for so many days, they had no idea that these Russians had so much stuff on them, including pistols, daggers, and grenades.

Looking at the empty basket, Meng Dong made sure that she had taken everything out before returning the basket to her.

Li Shengli took a piece of paper and began to write down these things. He was shocked when he started writing them down; how could there be so much? They themselves didn't know either.

But is it reasonable for a secret agent to carry so much stuff? Nothing is good; it's just a burden.

"Little sister, are you sure all of these things were looted from those people?" Li Shengli asked He Caiwei again to confirm.

"Yes, there were also some compressed biscuits, which had gone moldy, so we didn't take them." He Caiwei nodded to confirm that these items were indeed taken from that person.

"Okay, we understand." After confirming that it was indeed accurate, Li Shengli finally handed the list he had written down to Meng Dong.

Meng Dong had seen the slip of paper while they were taking inventory. He didn't question it, took a look at it, and really didn't know what to give to the three children.

"Little sister, as payment, you can choose two you want." Meng Dong, as the captain, had the authority to distribute the spoils.

"Can I have that dagger and a gun?" He Caiwei knew they would definitely disagree if she asked for the gun.

The state has very strict control over firearms.

"Guns won't do. You need something else. These guns have very innovative designs. We can have the people at the research institute study them and see if we can make any breakthroughs. Besides, the government doesn't allow private ownership of firearms." Meng Dong looked at the guns and shook his head.

"Then forget it, let's just use that dagger." He Caiwei wasn't greedy. Actually, she also had guns in her spatial storage, but she just wanted to see how powerful they were. Although she knew she definitely wouldn't be able to get them, she still brought it up.

In early winter, the stack of large black 10s confiscated from those Russians was handed over to He Caiwei. The amount of money didn't matter; as long as these enemy agents who were undermining the unity of the people could be caught, it would be a contribution to the country.

"Just leave us a little to report back to, you can take the rest. You completed the task, and I'll report it to the higher-ups when we get back so they can give you a commendation." Meng Dong told them to choose what to do while thinking about how to ask what they were doing there.

However, after going around in circles for a while, he decided to ask directly. That way, even if he didn't get an answer, he wouldn't have to beat around the bush and make people unhappy.

"Can I know what you're going to do abroad?" Meng Dong remembered that there hadn't been any missions requiring him to cross the border recently.

"They went to the Russians to get food, Brother Meng. Do you want to come with me to see? The food has already been transported over and is in a cave not far from here." He Caiwei had already made the arrangements, so she wasn't worried that they would discover anything amiss.

"Grain? Are they still willing to buy grain from us? I've heard that they waste a lot of things every year, but they just don't want to sell anything to us." At this time, Meng Dong particularly hated the Russians.

"No need to buy it, it's free." He Caiwei shook her head and led Meng Dong towards the cave where he had just put the things.

Because they were not far apart, he did not block the entrance to the cave.

After Meng Dong and the others followed the little girl into the cave, they were all stunned. How much food must have been in that cave that was completely full?

This girl actually said she got it for free. Hmm, how can she get so much food for free?

Meng Dong still doesn't believe that so much grain was obtained for free. After all, the mountains are high and the roads are long, and it has to cross the border. How could so much grain be transported into the country so casually?

Looking at the bags of potatoes and wheat, Meng Dong wondered how many people could be fed if so much stuff was distributed, and how much grain they could exchange for what they had. He also wondered if they could get more grain and meat through this connection.

"Has Weiwei estimated how much there is here?" Meng Dong reached out to suppress his restless heart, secretly calculating in his mind how much they could offer in exchange for this grain.

"I haven't really thought about it. What's wrong, Brother Meng? Are you short of food too?" He Caiwei didn't expect that even the military camp was short of food.

“There’s a food shortage everywhere right now, but where can we find so much food to sell? We used to buy a lot of food from our Big Brother, but now that they’ve betrayed us, it’s harder than climbing to heaven to get anything from them,” Meng Dong said with a wry smile.