Reborn in the 1980s: Nine Stunning Beauties Get Pregnant Before Marriage

After buying the cement and fertilizer, Chen Yongqiang didn't rush back. He strolled around the secondhand market for a while longer.

"Buy some cooked food to take back. That girl, Liping, is such a glutton."

He calculated that Qin Liping should recover in a few days. These next few days, he should treat her better.

Arriving at the food stall, I bought quite a lot of various braised dishes, fried dough sticks, and roasted nuts.

The stall owner recognized Chen Yongqiang and struck up a conversation while weighing the goods: "Young man, are you alone today? Buying so much, you must have a large family?"

Chen Yongqiang nodded in agreement, without offering any further explanation. Right now, it's just him and Lin Xiulian at home.

If I go back and give a portion, I'll have to send some to Wang Guixiang, some to the Qin sisters, and if Liang Meie happens to come over too... the more I calculate, the more people there are.

Fortunately, Chen Yongqiang knows how to make money; otherwise, with so many people, the food expenses alone could have bankrupted him.

After buying the cooked food, Chen Yongqiang wandered around the secondhand market for a while, trying to find the stall owner who had sold him the pistol last time, but he couldn't find him.

As Chen Yongqiang was about to turn back, he was thinking about something and walked a little too fast. He accidentally kicked something at a roadside stall.

"Sorry, I didn't see it." He quickly stopped, looked down, and saw that it was a blue and white porcelain jar that had been kicked over, but fortunately it wasn't broken.

The stall owner stepped forward and blocked Chen Yongqiang's path: "Young man, you broke something, and you think you can just leave without paying?"

Chen Yongqiang turned around and glanced at the location of the porcelain jar, which was placed on the ground at the outermost part of the stall, where people came and went.

If it were something truly valuable, why would it be displayed like this? This is clearly an attempt to extort money.

Chen Yongqiang didn't play by the rules. He pulled out a pistol from his waistband and fired two shots into the air.

The loud noise drew the attention of everyone in the market.

"Can I leave now?"

The stall owner turned pale and dared not say another word, only nodding frantically.

Chen Yongqiang put away his gun, turned around and strode towards his tractor, driving it away from the market.

Not long after he left, police officers from the local police station received a tip from the public and came to investigate.

But the stall owner himself was no saint; as soon as he saw the gun, he was so scared that he packed up his stall and ran away.

No one was injured at the scene, and no concrete evidence was left behind. The stall owner also ran away, and the matter was eventually dropped.

At this time, Chen Yongqiang had already returned to Wang Guixiang's courtyard in the town.

"Gui Xiang, I'm back."

It was almost noon, and Wang Guixiang was busy at the stove. When she saw him come in, she smiled and said, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll make you an extra bowl of noodles. It'll be ready soon."

Chen Yongqiang handed her the portion of cooked food he had prepared: "These braised dishes can be eaten after heating them up."

He grabbed a large handful of roasted nuts and gave them to the little girl who was staring at him expectantly.

"Thank you, godfather!" the little girl said happily as she accepted the gift.

Before Chen Yongqiang could respond, Wang Guixiang's voice came from the stove: "Don't eat snacks! Dinner will be ready soon!"

The little girl stuck out her tongue but still hid the roasted nuts in her pocket.

Chen Yongqiang smiled at her clever look but didn't expose her.

The three of them sat down around the small square table and had a simple lunch together.

Egg noodles, paired with a few kinds of braised dishes after heating, are quite delicious.

After the meal, Chen Yongqiang took out the envelope and pushed it in front of Wang Guixiang: "This is the money from selling the medicinal herbs, please keep it safe."

Wang Guixiang picked it up and was shocked: "So much money! What are you giving it to me for?"

"Take this money and buy this courtyard first," Chen Yongqiang said, knowing that property prices would only continue to rise.

"With the remaining money, we'll rent a shop on the street and specialize in buying medicinal herbs from mountain runners."

"Isn't there already a state-run medicinal herb purchasing station in town?" Wang Guixiang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I've been to that purchasing station. The people there are arrogant and their attitude isn't very good." Chen Yongqiang knew that many honest mountain runners couldn't deal with those government officials at all.

"Qinglong Mountain is so big, there are so many medicinal herbs, one purchasing station simply can't handle them all."

Wang Guixiang felt both reassured and touched as she listened to Chen Yongqiang's meticulous arrangements, especially his help in buying the courtyard.

This man was genuinely making plans for the future of her and her child.

Thinking of this, Wang Guixiang's eyes reddened, her body went limp, and she leaned into Chen Yongqiang's arms, tears silently streaming down her face: "Thank you, Yongqiang!"

The daughter, Xiaojing, looked at her mother and asked, "Mom, why are you crying?"

Wang Guixiang hugged her daughter tightly, her voice choked with emotion but with a smile: "Xiaojing, we...we have a home now, a home of our own."

Chen Yongqiang didn't say anything, but put one arm around Wang Guixiang's shoulder and the other arm around the bewildered little girl, embracing both mother and daughter.

At this moment, Liu Qiaozhu was chewing on a half-smoked cigarette, shouting and yelling at the smoky gambling table.

Unbeknownst to him, his ex-wife and daughter had already found new homes under the protection of another man.

Chen Yongqiang lowered his head and gently kissed Wang Guixiang's tear-stained cheek: "Don't cry, it's not good for the little one in your belly."

Wang Guixiang then stopped crying and, feeling embarrassed, buried her face in his shoulder and rubbed it against him.

Xiao Jing looked at her mother, then at Chen Yongqiang, and suddenly reached out her little hand and, imitating him, gave Chen Yongqiang a quick kiss on the cheek.

"We need to buy the courtyard as soon as possible, but we can take our time finding a shop," Chen Yongqiang reminded him.

He plans to take it one step at a time, and once he has made enough money, he will buy the shop outright.

In this way, the assets will snowball and grow bigger and bigger.

After giving his instructions, Chen Yongqiang stood up and said, "I'll head back now. I'll come see you again next time I come to buy materials."

Wang Guixiang carried her daughter to the gate of the courtyard and watched him start the tractor and slowly drive away.

Chen Yongqiang returned to his homestead and had just parked the tractor when Qin Liping was the first to greet him:

"Brother Yongqiang, you're back! Did you bring back any good food?"

"I brought them!" Chen Yongqiang said with a smile, taking out several packets of braised food and roasted nuts wrapped in oil paper from the toolbox under the driver's seat.

As soon as Qin Liping got her hands on it, she quickly hugged it to her arms and ran into the thatched hut.

There were many people at the construction site, and she was afraid of being seen. Everyone would crowd around to share, and then there wouldn't be much left.

Qin Shan walked over: "Yongqiang, what did you go out to buy so early in the morning?"

"Someone asked me to help them with a job, and I bought a few bags of cement and fertilizer on the way back," Chen Yongqiang said, pointing to the truck bed.

"You really have a lot of connections," Qin Shan remarked.

He knew that the village's allocated fertilizer quota had long been used up, so it was really difficult to get any now.