Chapter 173: The Scope is Too Small

Just as she expected, after making a phone call at the post office, she planned to go to Kunming to browse around and buy some local specialties to take back. However, when she returned to the foot of the mountain after shopping for local specialties, she found that several cars were already waiting there.

"Halt! A special mission is underway here. This road is blocked. Please do not proceed." He Caiwei was stopped as soon as she approached the car.

Knowing her uncle was cautious, He Caiwei directly took out her work ID and showed it to the soldier who was stopping her; this guy was armed to the teeth.

The young soldier took the work ID from her hand, and after carefully comparing the photo to confirm that it was him, she took him to find his superior.

"Uncle, how did you get here so fast?"

"Where did you run off to, you little girl? I searched the whole mountain but couldn't find you... You scared me to death..." Lu Zhining finally felt relieved when he saw the little girl.

When he first went up the mountain, he couldn't find the little girl and was really worried. He sent people to search the whole mountain, but they still couldn't find her.

"You know my abilities, don't worry. I just went down the mountain to buy some things. How is it, Uncle? Is everything in your warehouse gone?" He Caiwei wanted to confirm whether her uncle had squandered all the large warehouse he had left behind when he left.

“We’ve run out of food long ago, you know that. There’s a nationwide food shortage right now, and the top leaders are so worried they can’t sleep at night. I was thinking of secretly asking you if there was anything we could do, even if it’s not much, it would at least alleviate the situation a little. I haven’t even sent you a telegram yet, and your brother has already messaged me, saying that you didn’t even ask your second brother to help. Aren’t you afraid, being a girl like you?” Lu Zhining has been having a splitting headache lately because of the food problem, but he doesn’t want to ask his little niece, because he’s afraid that his little niece has already been targeted.

They couldn't help their little niece, and they didn't want her to be coveted by others.

"Tell me, how much did you get this time?" Lu Zhining pulled her little niece toward the cave where they had previously stored the items.

"Hey, I really don't know how much I got on this trip. The last farm I went to had a farmer who fell to his death. All the sheep were on the verge of death, so I brought over all the farm's supplies. I also got a few of their planting and harvesting machines. Should I take them to study? There are still hundreds of sheep. I definitely can't kill them all by myself. I killed the ones that died of cold. They can all be used as meat. I didn't let any of them go."

He Caiwei genuinely had no idea how much supplies she had acquired this time; she had even used the cave where they had rested to keep sheep.

There are so many shortages of supplies in China, and this is all she can do to help.

"There's even meat! That's great! Come on, guys, drive those sheep onto the cart and put them on the train. Give them some hay first. We can't let them die before we get back to Kyoto. They're only valuable when they're alive." Lu Zhining's eyes lit up when he heard there was meat. He hadn't had any meat for two months.

It's not just the drought-stricken areas in the north that are facing shortages; these supplies are also scarce in the supply areas of those places.

He still had some cured meat and other things left by his little niece before she left, so when he went to the canteen he only bought some cornbread to fill his stomach and left the meat for the soldiers.

He knew that the Russians raised at least several hundred sheep on a single farm; he just didn't know how many his niece had brought back.

When he arrived at the cave and saw the cave filled with sheep bleating, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Weiwei, why...why are there so many? And you said they're starving, but they're all fat and big-eared. Where did you see these things starving..." Startled, Lu Zhining stammered.

He imagined that since the farm owner was dead, there must have been many sheep frozen to death inside. After all, fresh, live mutton would taste better than meat from those frozen to death.

“I asked someone to help me get them over here. There were only about 10 sheep that froze to death on that farm. I’ve already slaughtered and cleaned them all. These sacks are the sheep. Have someone take these away first. This time, it might take a whole train to fit them all. Never mind, come on, I’ll take you to see them…” He Caiwei felt that no matter how she explained, words would be ineffective, so she decided to just take her uncle over to see them.

Having been frightened by the sheep, Lu Zhining thought that no amount of grain could scare him. But when he saw the cave full of grain and potatoes, he was truly frightened once again.

This girl only arrived a few days ago, right? How come she's managed to snag so much stuff in just a few days? This niece's abilities are terrifying.

Fortunately, the people he brought today were carefully trained confidants, so they wouldn't say that he got these things from his niece.

"Are all the people who came today trustworthy, Uncle?"

"Yes, these are specially selected for my second brother. They are trustworthy, so don't worry." You don't know what your little niece is trying to say? But these are all trustworthy.

“I have a slaughtered cow here, also from this farm. I brought back the beef and bones. I wanted to eat the offal, so I kept the beef and bones. You can share them with them later as a small token of my appreciation.” As He Caiwei spoke, she used her mind to slaughter a cow in her space, dividing all the beef into 35 pieces, the ribs into 35 pieces, and chopping all the beef shanks into portions.

He Caiwei packed each sack into a small burlap sack, and inside each sack was a live pheasant. These were all things she had prepared for the people who were helping her.

When He Caiwei finished talking to her uncle, she saw the young soldiers carrying grain with all their might.

He Caiwei looked at the road and realized that it wasn't that the cars couldn't get up; it was just that the drivers' skills might not be up to par.

"Uncle, please have them wait. I'll drive the car up here so we don't have to carry it so far and go through all that trouble..."

He Caiwei ran a few steps to the truck, started the engine and reversed. Although the slope was a bit steep, it was no problem for He Caiwei.

Soon, the division of labor resumed. He Caiwei was responsible for driving the car up and also teaching the young men how to get back up here.

The remaining people quickly carried the bags of grain from the cave onto the vehicle.

He originally intended to move the sheep first, but the more Lu Zhining thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Grain was scarce these days, let alone meat. If they were targeted, once they loaded all the grain onto the train, there wouldn't be much meat left. He decided he had to get the grain off the train first.

With so much grain, he wouldn't lose out even if he shared some with others.

He didn't realize how much there was until he loaded it onto the train. It wasn't until he watched the train's video and was told that there weren't enough carriages to fit it all that he realized he had been too narrow-minded.

His little niece said it would take a whole train to transport them, and it really was true, not an exaggeration at all. In the end, the whole train still wasn't finished.