Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 446 - 22: The Crooked Merchant on the Train_3
But although Chu River hit Chu Family members and Shi Family members at home, there was a reason for it.
For the parents who almost lost their child, these thank-you gifts were really unnecessary.
She wasn’t starving after all.
In the end, she had to desperately refuse, using the excuse that the child needed a check-up and some good comforting... only then did she drive the two families away.
The middle-aged man next to her quietly got up and squeezed over as well.
Not long after, he came back carrying that bag of red dates—
"These are a rare thing, see, big and red, 1.5 a pound, do you want some?"
Chu River glanced at him: "If I take them all, how much would you earn per pound?"
The other person was genuinely honest: "It’s all about fate, how could I still earn your money? Not much—earning just three dimes per pound as a labor fee, I bought them at 1.2 per pound, that family was overjoyed."
After all, although red dates are rare items, in some places, selling them to the supply and marketing agency only fetched a procurement price of three to five dimes.
And this middle-aged man’s voice was low, his body close, and he only let others see the bag of red dates without letting them taste—
What a fate.
What a labor fee!
Ten pounds of red dates, Chu River didn’t pay and simply traded two big fish for them, both parties were very happy.
After all, she had plenty of fish.
...
And at this time, the previous elderly man also came over with his luggage and the child.
The child had already woken up, just still seemed a bit dazed—after all, taking sleeping pills at such a young age, even adults wouldn’t wake up immediately, let alone them.
The old man still held him in his arms and this time made his way over with difficulty.
The middle-aged man was quite sensible and quickly got up to help settle the elderly man and the child. The elderly man, not knowing why, still thanked him properly after sitting down stably, which reddened the ears of the middle-aged man who just earned a bit of labor fee.
But how can a modern speculator be this bashful?
He reached into the bag and took out a pack of White Rabbit candies, whispering:
"Sir, the child has been through a scare; why not buy some milk candy for comfort? These are good stuff made from milk."
The old man: ...
He didn’t expect the other party to be so bold, little did he know that the middle-aged man, seeing how highly he regarded this savior, naturally felt more at ease now.
Grasp every opportunity.
He guessed correctly, because when it comes to children, there are plenty of parents swept away by emotions across the world.
"Alright!" The old man immediately went to reach into his pocket.
He was careless, a man, and didn’t know the child was missing... Poor little grandson, although his father passed away early, he was not too deprived as a child, but now he could only follow an old fogey doing farm work in the countryside.
Let alone White Rabbit candies, having enough to eat was an issue. The family had money, but living in the cowshed being watched all the time, how could they dare to disclose it?
Upon receiving a transfer order, he cried tears of joy, but hurriedly packed up and left with his grandson, yet he hadn’t thought that a child is, after all, a child.
He had already asked his grandson and knew that he was given a candy pill—embarrassingly, in the village, no one would play with the child of a stinking intellectual, and this negligent grandpa never taught him these things.
Now...
Thinking of this, the elderly man felt a pang of sorrow. Since an early subsidy had been paid, seeing his grandson’s curious eyes, after all, it’s just some milk candy, right?
Buy!
...
The middle-aged man felt extremely satisfied in his heart, see! As he said, he had an eye for treasures, and the surprisingly met lady along with her acquaintances had such potential for trade.
Now he eagerly asked again.
"The child seems to have missed out on nutrition growing up... do you need formula milk?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
The old man: ...
Chu River: ...
This profiteer, the same lines, he just said it was the last can.
She glared at him with her eyes, and he, with a smile of surrender, successfully made another deal.
Then continued: "Sir, the child looks so endearing... I have tin frogs that can only be bought with foreign exchange in Shen City, no child can resist them—do you want one?"
A few words, and the elderly man, who was soft-hearted, couldn’t control himself for a moment, leading to the fifty dollars in his pocket being spent completely clean.
To spend more later, he would have to use the money he had secretly stashed away.
But looking at the heavy bag at hand, and the little grandson’s satisfied face sucking on the milk candy, he ended up just heaving a long sigh.
In any case, going to the army should fill the child’s belly, clothe him warmly, and help him recover physically.
As for himself, he could carry on with research steadily; they said there were even military spouses watching over the kids in the army, so hopefully Little Xuan could be a bit braver then.
Looking at Chu River, who was meditating nearby, the elderly man thought, in this age, personal possessions should not be easily brought out, he could only wait and see after settling down, then inquire what this comrade might need.
