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

Ma Hongwei applied directly and added the food company on WeChat.

Zhengcheng Food Company has accepted your WeChat message.

[Ma Hongwei: "Hello, I need a large quantity of near-expiry compressed biscuits. What's the price?"]

Zhengcheng Food Company: "How much do you need? Prices vary depending on the quantity!"

[Ma Hongwei: "Let's start with 40 tons!"]

Zhengcheng Food Company: "??? Are you sure you want 40 tons?"

Ma Hongwei: "Yes."

Zhengcheng Food Company: "Sorry, we don't have that many near-expiry compressed biscuits. We only have a little over 6 tons that are nearing their expiry date!"

Upon seeing the other party's reply, Ma Hongwei couldn't help but scratch his head.

At first, he thought 100 tons of goods wasn't much, but upon closer reflection, he realized that without so many orders, who would produce so much goods?

[Ma Hongwei: "I want all the near-term futures contracts, can you give me a discount?"]

Zhengcheng Food Company: "Our products still have more than two months left on their shelf life. We can only offer you a 2% discount at most."

[Ma Hongwei: "Okay, let's go for 20% off. I'll pay a deposit, and you can arrange for a car to deliver it to me. Payment upon delivery!"]

Zhengcheng Food Company: "Then transfer the money to our company account!"

Ma Hongwei looked at Xia Weiwei and said, "I didn't expect that a single food company wouldn't have that many near-expiry products. It seems we'll need to find a few more!"

Xia Weiwei said, "If we really can't gather the money, then let's stick to the original price!"

"It's not at the original price!"

Ma Hongwei said, "I buy in large quantities, enough to drive the price down to 50%-60%."

Xia Weiwei said, "If the price is 50%, I think it's acceptable!"

A box costs less than 50 yuan and contains eight jin (4 kg), which is about six yuan per jin.

Ma Hongwei searched online for several food factories or companies in surrounding provinces, made some phone calls, and finally managed to gather more than 30 tons of goods.

The surrounding provinces are close by, so the trucks can deliver quickly and won't delay their delivery to the other world.

"call!"

After finishing all that, Ma Hongwei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Finally done! It's really not easy to save a little money!"

"I know you've been working hard!"

Xia Weiwei asked, "What do you want to eat tonight? It's my treat!"

Ma Hongwei shook his head and said, "Don't spend your money, just spend mine!"

He had previously made money and transferred 5,000 yuan directly to Xia Weiwei's WeChat account, so Xia Weiwei was also wealthy.

"It's not like they're short of money!"

Xia Weiwei smiled and said, "This time, I reported the profit-sharing situation to the leaders. They said your help was invaluable, but your share was too small, and they wanted to give you a larger share."

"No! Please don't!"

Ma Hongwei quickly said, "I feel I've already received a lot of money; how could I possibly ask for more?"

He received over 400,000 yuan from the two transactions, which is no small sum.

"I knew you wouldn't want it, so I explained the situation to the higher-ups!"

Xia Weiwei said, "Later, despite my objections, these leaders also gave me a 5% share."

"Then you'll suddenly become a little rich woman!"

Ma Hongwei said with a smile.

Xia Weiwei pouted and said, "What 'little rich girl'? That's awful!"

She told Ma Hongwei, "Although this money was given to me with the permission of the leaders, I don't want to spend it recklessly. I think it should be spent on the soldiers!"

"The soldiers had such a hard time in that world, I don't want to enjoy it here alone, what would that be like?"

Ma Hongwei nodded and said, "It's fine not to spend money recklessly, but you can't be deliberately hard on yourself either."

"Just like those underground party members who infiltrated the Kuomintang and became officials, if they continue to maintain a Puritanical lifestyle, they will be exposed."

"Just like during the Liberation War, Du Yuming, the deputy commander of the Xuzhou 'Suppression Headquarters,' reported to President Chang, saying, 'President, Guo Rugui is probably a Communist!'"

"When President Chang asked him why, Du Yuming whispered, 'Because he's too honest. Which of our Kuomintang generals lives in a dilapidated house and rides a bicycle? His sofa has exposed cotton wadding, and he doesn't even have an adjutant. It's just too suspicious.'"

"If it weren't for President Chiang's belief that there should be clean members within the KMT, instead of everyone being corrupt, he probably would have been arrested by now."

"In fact, General Guo joined the Communist Party as early as 28 and had been infiltrating the party for more than a decade."

"Of course, you're not a member of the underground Communist Party, and you don't need to pretend to be corrupt."

"But since we can enjoy these conveniences, why not? As long as we complete our mission and bring them back the supplies they need, that's enough."

"This is a different division of labor in the revolution, and we are also supporting the revolution."

Hearing the other person's words, Xia Weiwei couldn't help but laugh and say, "You always have more twisted logic than genuine reasoning!"

Even so, she felt that she had let go of a lot of burdens.

She had always felt that the Eighth Route Army soldiers bled and sacrificed themselves in another time and space.

She felt guilty for enjoying all the wonderful things in this world all by herself.

"What do you mean by 'fallacy'? This is the truth!"

Ma Hongwei retorted, "Look, if you continue to starve here, continue to eat chaff and wild vegetables, and then because of insufficient nutrition, your body becomes weak, and you suddenly get a fever or something, and become seriously ill."

"Since you're so weak and have been hospitalized, doesn't that mean you can't continue transporting supplies over there?"

"If the delivery of supplies is delayed, won't the Eighth Route Army soldiers have to suffer even more hardship and torment?"

"In my opinion, this kind of behavior is like making a fuss over nothing. Just like my mom and my grandma, they would eat or drink things that were already spoiled or expired, and make themselves feel uncomfortable."

"These are just mild symptoms, like diarrhea, nothing serious. If it were anything serious, it would be the end of the world!"

"Just like the media reported about an old lady who ran out of cooking oil at home. She saw some oil accumulating under the range hood and thought it would be a waste to throw it away, so she used that oil to cook a meal."

"When their old man ate the food cooked with the oil from the range hood, he was poisoned and had to be hospitalized."

"That little bit of oil is only worth a few dollars. To save that little bit, you suffer and end up in the hospital, and then have to spend so much money on treatment. It's a complete loss."

He paused, then continued to Xia Weiwei, "Comrade Xia Weiwei, your task is to eat and drink well, take good care of your health, and avoid getting sick. Delivering the supplies back is the greatest support you can give them!"

"knew!"

Xia Weiwei nodded.

Seeing that his "PUA" tactics were working, Ma Hongwei said, "Since that's the case, let's go out for hot pot tonight!"