Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Chapter 68: Smuggling

Zhang Guoqing kept an eye on the old man, worried about him drinking too much, while listening to Xiao Fei and the others bragging and farting, discussing tomorrow’s hunting trip up the mountain. In the end, they even decided how to cook the wild boar meat.

"Xiao Wu, what do you think? We’ll take the guys over, and you lead the way."

"Sure, let’s go early tomorrow, we can come back sooner."

Zhang Guoqing seized the opportunity to secretly tug on Xiao Zhou’s sleeve, "Brother Zhou, lend me the car keys for a bit, I promise I’ll be back within 30 minutes, and don’t make a fuss."

"Do you want me to go with you?" Xiao Zhou felt confident in his driving skills, and it was getting dark with barely a soul on the road.

Zhang Guoqing shook his head and took the keys handed to him under the table, put them in his pocket, picked up a bowl and walked out, and nobody noticed him, thinking he went to the kitchen.

Xiao Zhou watched him from behind, feeling amused, this guy really played his part well.

Zhang Guoqing quickly went to the west wing, seeing Zhou Jiao boredly counting her fingers, "Honey, I got the car keys, bring it out quickly before we get caught, hurry."

Zhou Jiao quickly took out half a lamb and several plastic boxes, "Hubby, stick to the plan and act fast, this is everything you mentioned earlier, do you need anything else?"

"You can’t eat much during your confinement, so grab two more black chickens. No need for anything else, Mom has stored plenty in the cellar, we’ll eat those first before anything else." As he spoke, he took out the prepared cloth bags and crammed all the lamb meat and bones inside, then grabbed another tattered bag and stuffed the beef and pork bits into it.

"Hubby, be careful not to drive into a ditch, haha." Zhou Jiao stored those boxes away.

After packing the stuff, Zhang Guoqing left the room as soon as Jiao Jiao spoke, looking around outside for people then dashed out the door, stuffed everything into the car trunk, took out the car keys and drove off, finally letting out a long breath, driving somewhere but ended up heading towards the town.

He remembered a small alley in town selling books, not sure if he’d find any good ones, since moving here their home only had the two of their textbooks and nothing else for leisure reading, a change from before when he’d read something before sleeping every night. Cycling was exhausting, driving got him there quickly, parking the car at the alley entrance.

He strolled over, seeing two old bookstores still open, given it wasn’t too late, he went into one. The owner was an old man who he knew; he used to come with Jiao Jiao to read books, "Old man, have you gotten anything new recently?"

The old man glanced at him, "Wait a moment, something came in this afternoon, I’ll show you, help me watch the stall a bit." He went inside without a worry about people stealing the books.

Zhang Guoqing squatted down and browsed, finding many ancient books worth savoring for their sentimental value. He set aside the ones he fancied and found some on Chinese medicine, good for his wife, now fluent in five languages and skilled in medicine, chuckling to himself.

"How about it, everything’s in this bag, look through it, then we’ll calculate the price." The old man saw how much he’d picked and was quite happy.

Zhang Guoqing didn’t answer, just nodded, casually fished through the open bag, discovering all were ancient books. He didn’t ask where they came from, guessing they were cleared out from homes. Not many people buy old books now.

"Alright, old man, check how much these cost and bundle them up for me."

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