Rebirth Counterattack with Space

After sending Gu Tianming and Xia Na onto the train, Gu Feng and Gu Meng officially began their life at the Lu Family.

Their rooms were arranged on the second floor, and their arrival directly changed the daily routine of the four members of the Lu Aiguo family. The original nightly study and exchange time in the study now shifted to spending time separately in their own rooms unless there was a need to meet in the study to discuss matters.

The books on the bookshelves in the study had been taken for safekeeping to their own little storerooms long before.

Although the nightly exchanges in the study were missed, everyone’s time spent downstairs increased. After dinner, including Gu Feng and Gu Meng, everyone would take a few more laps around the courtyard to aid digestion, or gather in the living room to play table soccer, sharing the amusing little incidents or venting about the irritating problems they encountered during the day...

Around seven o’clock, everyone would return to their rooms to do homework or busy themselves with other tasks. At nine o’clock, Xia Yuan would appear in Gu Feng and Gu Meng’s room on time to bring them milk and snacks, and to remind them to go to bed.

Gu Feng and Gu Meng were allowed to read extracurricular books after finishing their homework, but they had to drink their milk by nine o’clock, finish washing up, and be in bed by no later than quarter past nine. This was a rule set by Xia Yuan, which they had to follow with absolute consistency.

At first, the two of them had instances of secretly getting out of bed to read comic books after lights out, but they never managed to escape the discerning eyes of Xia Yuan, Lu Aiguo, and Shitou. Finally, after a stern warning that they would have all their extracurricular books confiscated if they continued that behavior, they calmed down.

At this time.

Lu Aiguo, Xia Yuan, Shitou, and Lu Yun were still completely oblivious to the great shock and loss that Gu Tianming and Xia Na, who had just arrived in S City, were facing in their lives.

The moment they got off the train, already mentally prepared to make a big impact, they were dumbfounded. The "Special Economic Zone" of S City, so highly praised by Lu Aiguo, Xia Yuan, and Shitou, and said to offer more opportunities, seemed no better than Sea City in their eyes.

The opportunities were not yet visible to them. What they could see were the dirt roads that were even worse than in Sea City, probably because it had just rained and the ground was not yet dry, and the mud was everywhere.

Carrying their bags, they looked at each other and saw the disappointment and dejection in one another’s eyes.

Looking at the simple and low-rise buildings around them and the few bicycles for hire scattered outside the train station...

Could it be that they accidentally got off at some rural place?

"Old Gu, did we get off at the wrong station?" Xia Na’s face was filled with anxiety.

"Impossible, look." Gu Tianming gestured for Xia Na to look back at the brightly lit "S City" sign outside the train station.

"So what do we do now?" Xia Na was at a complete loss and could only rely on Gu Tianming.

What else could they do?

There was no turning back after the arrow was shot—they had already arrived, and surely they couldn’t just get back on the train and return!

Seeing Xia Na’s panicked look and her complete reliance on him, Gu Tianming quickly calmed down, "Let’s find a hostel to settle down first."

With gritted teeth, they suppressed the strong feeling of being "cheated" and began the most difficult, yet most memorable and talked-about journey of their lives—the initial venture of ’Blossom,’ which would always be recounted with joy...

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In April, a telegram arrived from Yushu Village: the factory had finally been completed.

Lu Aiguo drove the truck alone, making four trips, carrying with him the potato peeling machines, slicers, vacuum fryers, vacuum packaging machines, solar panels, silent diesel generator sets, a large amount of diesel fuel, and a small quantity of potatoes, all carefully covered with tarpaulins, back to Yushu Village.

Aside from the potatoes he brought back, the potatoes that were planted last year in Yushu Village had also been purchased and stored. News spread quickly, and many households from nearby villages, upon hearing the news, came to ask Uncle Lu Er whether he would continue to buy potatoes. After receiving confirmation, the number of households planting potatoes surged.

It took Lu Aiguo a whole day to connect the solar panels, generator sets, and various machines and to teach several people how to operate the machinery. Then, after observing them for two days and ensuring they could use the machines smoothly, he returned to Haicheng with Wu Tan.

Wu Tan didn’t stay long in Haicheng; he drove the truck loaded with a full cargo of potatoes back to Yushu Village the following day.

The factory in Yushu Village was now operational, and the output steadily increased and became consistent. In addition to supplying the local township and town, there was a large surplus every day.

Even though Haicheng had long been self-sufficient in chips, Lu Aiguo did not ask them to reduce production. Thus, Lin Weisheng and Zhang Ming would deliver goods to Haicheng every other day.

The journey from Yushu Village to Haicheng generally allowed them to reach the warehouse by eleven o’clock in the morning.

Because the time was fixed, Lu Aiguo or Shitou would wait at the warehouse punctually each time they arrived, bringing them lunch in insulated food containers.

Lin Weisheng and Zhang Ming didn’t linger after unloading the goods. They would load up some potatoes and diesel, fill up their fuel tank, and head back the same way, just in time for dinner at the factory. Even if they missed it, the people who stayed behind for the night shift at the factory would have meals saved for them.

With Yushu Village stabilized, the only concern left was S City.

Apart from the initial telegram from Gu Tianming and Xia Na, which was a very basic "safe and sound" message, there had been no further news from them.

"I wonder how my sister and brother-in-law are doing. If they run into trouble, being strangers in a strange place, we wouldn’t even get a message," Xia Yuan couldn’t help but worry a bit after two to three months without news, despite her usual serenity.

"They wouldn’t have. Don’t worry about nothing. Communications aren’t convenient these days. Maybe they’ve already written a letter, but it’s still on the way?"

While Lu Aiguo couldn’t help but worry, he also felt a bit annoyed with Gu Tianming and Xia Na. How could they do something so unreliable, not writing even a letter for months except for that telegram with just the word "safe"? Although he blamed them in his heart, he still comforted Xia Yuan with his words. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

S City.

"Wife, send a telegram quickly, I’ve got an order," Gu Tianming could no longer contain his jubilation and called out to Xia Na as soon as he returned to the shop.

"An order?"

Xia Na, who had been listlessly counting the few bottles of the ’Hua Yan’ brand, which had hardly diminished since they were put on display, and calculating in despair how much her sister and brother-in-law would have to pour into rent, their salaries, and various overly generous allowances for yet another month, suddenly jumped up.