Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"Commendations, sirs!"

Xia Weiwei took a deep breath and excitedly reported to the leader, "Hongwei and I have figured out how to upgrade the storage space."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, the leaders immediately became interested.

The larger the storage space, the more supplies can be transported.

This is a major event concerning the War of Resistance against Japan.

Political Commissar Zhang hurriedly inquired, "How can this storage space be upgraded?"

"gold!"

Xia Weiwei said, "So far, we have only discovered that gold has room for improvement."

"Last time, the leaders asked me to bring the gold bars with me, and we found that five large yellow croakers were suddenly missing. Then we discovered that the storage space had become larger."

"At the time, we speculated that gold might have increased the storage space. We originally planned to continue experimenting with those gold bars, but Hongwei said, let's try the gold bars from the future first and see if we can upgrade the storage space."

"In the future, gold bars will fluctuate according to the price of gold, but the gold we brought from this timeline will be antique gold, which will be more expensive."

"I never thought that gold bars could be used in the future. This way, we can use our gold bars to exchange for more money to buy supplies."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

This back-and-forth exchange can indeed generate more money and allow you to buy more gold bars.

Deputy Division Commander Xu smiled and exclaimed, "Hongwei is so young, yet he has such a keen business sense; he's definitely a talent for business!"

Commander He said, "It seems that our other important task is to collect more gold bars!"

"Um!"

Deputy Division Commander Nie nodded and said, "This is indeed a difficult task."

The Eighth Route Army and the Soviet areas were too poor; obtaining gold bars was not an easy task.

Commander Liu, however, said, "That's actually easy to handle; we can just use sulfonamides to replace it!"

"Comrade Hongwei said long ago that those sulfonamides are only for people who are allergic to penicillin, and another purpose is to get us to exchange them for supplies."

"Sulfonamides are more expensive than gold these days. Those capitalists and high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang need to keep some on hand. We can just trade with them directly."

Deputy Division Commander Nie said, "It's really hard to give them such good medicine!"

"They're still fighting the Japanese, so it's necessary to use them."

Political Commissar Zhang shook his head and said, "Right now, our main enemy is still the evil Japanese invaders."

"Commendations, sirs!"

Xia Weiwei began by saying, "I hope you can exchange your gold bars for those from the Central Mint. They should have complete stamps, serial numbers, Sun Yat-sen portraits, and cloth emblems; these are the most valuable."

"Gold bars from private silver shops, such as Yang Qinghe Silver Shop in Shanghai, Jiucheng Yongji Silver Shop in Yunnan Province, are of secondary quality."

"Ordinary, off-brand gold bars are not very valuable, only about 30% more expensive than the raw material, and at most no more than 80% more expensive."

Commander Liu nodded and said, "Okay, we understand."

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and said to Xia Weiwei, "Xia, there's another letter for you here."

Commander Liu opened a drawer in the room and took out a letter.

"My letter?"

Xia Weiwei was somewhat puzzled.

Commander Liu said, "It was sent to you by your parents. They originally sent it to Yan'an, but it was only recently delivered here."

Xia Weiwei looked at the leaders and asked, "Leaders, if there's nothing else, I'll go out and see what they wrote for me."

Go!

Commander Liu nodded slightly.

Since last year, the other party has lost contact with their family after secretly going to northern Shaanxi with their classmates.

After all, the Soviet area had been blocked by the Kuomintang and reactionary warlords in the past.

If it weren't for Marshal Zhang, Edgar Snow and others like him, they wouldn't have been able to get into the Soviet area.

It wasn't until the second bipartisan cooperation that Xia Weiwei and her students were able to reconnect with their families.

Xia Weiwei came into the yard, moved a small stool over there, sat down, and opened the envelope to read it.

"Xiao Wei, greetings!

"With the Japanese invaders rampant and aided by naval gunfire, the National Revolutionary Army of China suffered heavy casualties, and the fall of Shanghai was inevitable..."

"But your mother, brothers, and I have all evacuated to the mountain town beforehand and are perfectly safe. Don't worry about us!"

"You are far from the battlefield in northern Shaanxi, so I don't need to worry about your safety. With war raging everywhere and the situation chaotic, I cannot visit you. Please don't blame me!"

"Your mother asked me to tell you that we are all safe and sound. You must take good care of yourself and, under no circumstances, should you go to the front lines!"

"To express our apologies, we purchased a box of mooncakes and some candy, but we don't know if they will be delivered successfully..."

Upon reading her parents' letter, Xia Weiwei couldn't help but smile, and at the same time, she felt a surge of emotion.

Xia Weiwei never expected that her parents would still care about her amidst the war.

She felt happy, but also somewhat sad.

Come to think of it, this is the first time she has been away from her parents for so long without seeing them even once.

In the past, when she went to study in Beiping, she would go back home during holidays.

Sometimes, her parents would go to Beiping to see her because of business matters.

Previously, whether at home or at school, she had servants to take care of her, and she didn't have to worry about food, clothing, or shelter.

But after arriving in northern Shaanxi, all of this comfortable life disappeared, and she had to rely on herself for everything.

Neither food nor clothing can compare to what they used to have, and they even have to work.

Although this kind of life was tough, Xia Weiwei felt a sense of satisfaction she had never experienced before.

Along the way, she witnessed the rampant extortion and forced selling of children in the White areas.

They also witnessed the land reform in the Red areas, where the people's mental outlook underwent a tremendous change, and they all wholeheartedly supported the Red Army.

That's why she chose to join the army and volunteered to come to the front lines.