Chapter 174 Traveling

It was four or five days later when all the grain was loaded onto the train. Watching the grain and meat being transported away, Lu Zhining remembered that his little niece had mentioned that she had also set up a machine.

You have to understand that since the split, these Russians have been making things difficult for you at every turn. The machines you buy are ones that have been used by others, so not only are the prices inflated, but they also impose all sorts of restrictions. You have to pray to God that the machines you buy from them won't break down, because even a small part can cost you a fortune.

"Weiwei, where's the machine? I remember you said you had a machine before..."

“I thought Uncle only cared about the grain… When I have someone deliver it in a few days, I’ll send it directly to the warehouse where you stored the grain before. When I get back, I’ll open the door. There’s a planter, a harvester, and a weeder. Although they’re semi-automatic, they’re probably the newest ones around. Of all the farms around, this farmer’s farm is the biggest and the richest. The machines look pretty new to me; they must have been bought recently.” He Caiwei was speechless when she saw her uncle, who was only now realizing what had happened.

"Alright, alright, open the door when we get back. I'll have someone send it to the research institute so they can study whether we can produce it ourselves..."

He Caiwei has always admired her uncle, even though he is now in a high position and still hasn't forgotten his original aspirations.

I know why Uncle He ran out of food a long time ago. He really didn't want to contact him, probably because he knew that someone down there was already watching him.

After all, there was a lot of grain in the previous granary. If she hadn't known that her uncle had the trust of the high-ranking leader, she wouldn't have dared to openly take so much grain out to him.

The empire is currently beset by internal and external troubles. Her uncle also told her that the top leader is really poor right now, so he gave her two houses in Kyoto as compensation, and wrote IOUs for the rest.

Whether there was an IOU or a house was not important. What He Caiwei wanted was for her uncle to be safe and sound when turbulent times came.

As the saying goes, when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact.

Upon returning to the capital, He Caiwei stayed at her uncle's house for a day, replenishing the family's supplies with meat and eggs that keep well. Just as she was about to leave, she was summoned by a high-ranking official.

To be honest, Xiang Caiwei was so nervous that her hands were sweating. This was the first time in her two lives that she had met such a high-ranking leader, and she felt like she was walking with her hands and feet moving in unison.

How she made her uncle laugh out loud.

"Don't be nervous. The big boss isn't some monster. Why are you so nervous? When you went abroad to fleece people, you weren't nervous or afraid. Why are you so nervous now?"

"Uncle, I wasn't thinking about anything at the time. I just thought that people were starving to death, and if I could bring back more food, I could save one more person. I didn't think about anything else. Uncle, could I take a picture with the big boss later? Just one picture, and another one of the two of us, you, me, and the big boss..." He Caiwei thought this was the most practical thing to do, and it should be very useful in the future.

"You can ask him yourself when the time comes. I think it's a good idea..."

The meeting went quite well between the old man and the young man. He Caiwei followed his heart and took a few photos with the big leader, and then took a few more with his uncle. Before leaving, the leader gave him a violin, which he heard was brought by an old Russian expert when he came to visit before.

The expert cherished this violin greatly. When he was about to leave, he gave it to a high-ranking official. The official also liked the violin very much. However, since no one around him could play the violin, it could only be left to gather dust in a corner.

Now, judging from the way the little girl looks at the violin, she must be interested in the instrument or have studied it before.

"Thank you, sir. I'll play a piece for you before we start." He Caiwei took out her violin, tested it, and found it sounded pretty good. She then recalled the most popular song at the moment, "The Moon Over the Suburbs," which had come from Russia.

He Caiwei only played the middle section, which had a particularly high pitch and was full of emotion. The leader was so engrossed in the music that he didn't wake up until the girl left.

After listening to the tune the little girl played, he realized that he had given the right gift.

"Old Lu, thoroughly investigate what those people down there are up to. Distribute the grain my niece brought over according to the severity of the disaster. Anyone who dares to lay a finger on it, just chop them up. This old man will back you up." The big boss had only received news of his subordinates' shady dealings yesterday and was already fed up with them. These people were always outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, engaging in underhanded tactics. He hoped that Old Lu could catch a few more as examples this time, so that it would serve as a warning to others.

"I understand, sir. I've set aside 50 jin each of rice and flour, as well as two lamb legs for you. You can decide what to do with them. I'll be leaving now." This was exactly what Lu Zhiheng had been waiting for from the sir. With the sir's approval, he wouldn't be able to get away even during the Spring Festival.

To ensure that the grain was delivered to the disaster victims, Lu Zhiheng specifically instructed people to pay attention to its distribution.

If anyone dares to reach out and chop them off.

According to the investigation, apart from those who fled the famine and those who starved to death, the number of people in the North was the smallest, with one-third fewer people. This result made Lu Quzhi Ning very heartbroken.

People like these deceive their superiors and subordinates, exaggerate, and hand over all the grain as taxes. The villagers who receive the grain can only fill their stomachs by digging for wild vegetables and catching small animals.

However, without staple food, eating pickled vegetables and wild vegetables every day is not a good solution.

Lu Zhining had his men personally escort the grain to the countryside, striving to ensure that all the relief grain was distributed to the disaster victims without missing a single grain.

Before leaving, He Caiwei placed all the seeds she had collected in a courtyard house given to her by the big boss. After treating the pests, she left with peace of mind.

She took half a month off, and after that, plus the time spent on other business, she only has two days left.

If he took the train, who knows when he would be able to get home. He ran for a while and made sure no one was watching him before he took a car that looked like the ones outside.

She traveled day and night and only returned to her home in Pengcheng the night before she was supposed to report for duty. Along with her came a slaughtered sheep, a sack of sheep offal, and two sacks of beef offal. She had put all of these back into her spatial storage and processed them there before taking them out.

Just rinse it with clean water again, and it's ready to cook.

It's after get off work hours, and when they saw him bring back a whole truckload of stuff, everyone rushed out to lend a hand.

So many things were too eye-catching, so after Lu Zhiheng came out, he removed the board from the threshold. Lu Qingfeng reached out and took the handlebars of her bicycle, pushing it directly into the yard.