1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Chapter 369 Planting Hope

At dawn, Li Weiguo came to the school like a messenger carrying the spark of hope, bringing the vegetable seedlings and seeds prepared by Grandma Li.

There was determination in his eyes and his steps were hurried, as if he was shouldering an extremely important mission.

As soon as he entered the classroom, he gathered the students who were already there.

Under his leadership, everyone took advantage of the quietness of the early morning and went to the private plots that they had turned over yesterday.

As Li Weiguo walked, he encouraged his classmates: "Classmates, these vegetable seedlings and seeds are our hope. We must plant them well and let them grow into life-saving food!"

"Yes, we must plant well!"

The students were full of energy. Some took hoes, some took small shovels, and started working in the vegetable fields.

They carefully sowed the vegetable seeds in the soft soil and planted the vegetable seedlings neatly one by one, with every action full of anticipation.

And all this happened to be seen by several teachers inadvertently.

The teachers had just arrived at the school, but were attracted by the commotion here and walked over curiously.

When they got closer, they saw that the students were busy working. The vegetable patch had been tilled and looked soft and fertile.

"What's going on? What are you planting so early in the morning?" a teacher asked in surprise.

Li Weiguo straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied with a smile: "Teacher, we turned the land over again yesterday, and we plan to plant the seeds today. The whole country is in trouble now, and we can't just wait for the government to help us, we have to find a way ourselves."

When the teachers heard this, their eyes lit up.

They saw in Li Weiguo and his classmates an indomitable spirit in the face of adversity and the courage to take the initiative to change the status quo.

This spirit and courage are like a ray of light in the darkness in such difficult times today, and are extremely precious.

"Well, you explained it very well, and you did the right thing!" A teacher gave a thumbs up, with praise in his voice, "At this time, we have to rely on ourselves."

The news here spread quickly around the campus like a gust of wind.

When the principal learned about this, he was also deeply touched.

He immediately decided to promote this self-help approach throughout the school.

So, the principal took the lead himself, and teachers and students from other classes responded and joined the ranks of growing vegetables.

For a moment, the whole campus was bustling with activity.

Everyone worked together, some fetched water to irrigate the fields, some helped carry tools, some turned the soil, and some collected vegetable seedlings and seeds.

Everyone's face is filled with enthusiasm for work and their eyes are shining with hope.

Li Weiguo looked at the busy teachers and classmates around him, and his heart was filled with emotion. He thought: "As long as we unite as one and work together, there will be no difficulties that cannot be overcome."

After a day of hard work, the vegetable plots reclaimed in the school were planted with seasonal vegetables.

Although the vegetable planting activity delayed the students' academic studies, Li Weiguo found that the students were in good spirits today, probably because they had planted hope!

That night, Li Weiguo was not idle either. Like a vigilant cheetah, he conducted a secret investigation into the cooperating black markets.

He knew in his heart that in every era there were always people who were blinded by profit, and some of them were unreliable.

"Humph, I hope they can abide by their agreement, otherwise..."

As Li Weiguo hurried on his way, he thought secretly in his heart, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

In the dark night, he moved as fast as a ghost, investigating the black markets that cooperated with him.

Sure enough, the two black markets in the west and south did not trade as agreed.

Li Weiguo hid in the dark, like a keen falcon, observing the price at which the things he gave were sold on the black market.

After understanding it, he found the person in charge of the black market.

When he arrived, he happened to hear the boss discussing this matter with his men.

"What did you say to let me sell it for 50 cents? Such good stuff should be worth at least one dollar! Who is that person? Would we be stupid if we don't make money?"

The subordinates nodded in agreement.

"Yes, if you don't make money, you're a bastard! Let's just sell one piece. He won't know about it anyway."

"That's right. The black market has always been a money-for-goods market. We pay and it's our goods. He still cares how much we sell them for. He has nothing better to do!"

The black market boss in the south was the same, smiling greedily: "Those potatoes and pumpkins are treasures now. No matter what he promised before, we can't let them suffer losses."

"Boss, food is our life now. As long as we have something, we have the final say on how much we want to sell it for!"

"You're right! Those people will starve to death if they don't have food. We are saving their lives. They know how much they are willing to pay for their lives..."

Li Weiguo watched all this in the dark, his brows furrowed, anger burning in his heart: "These people, for the sake of money, they even give up their basic credit, how despicable!"

However, he actually somewhat expected this situation.

He knew very well that in this age of material scarcity, interests often blinded people's minds.

"It seems that we can't let them go easily." Li Weiguo clenched his fists and thought silently in his heart.

As night fell and the hustle and bustle of the black market gradually faded away, Li Weiguo began to act.

Like a ghost, he followed the leaders of the black market in the west to their lair.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Li Weiguo seized the opportunity and attacked like lightning, chopping the man's neck with a knife. The black market leader fainted before he even had time to scream.

Then came the other people in the yard. After a few breaths, the ground was filled with people who had fainted.

He ruthlessly looted the den, and everything in the yard that he saw was taken away by Li Weiguo.

Even the things that the black market boss buried underground were found and collected by Li Weiguo.

Then, he did the same thing again, knocked out the person in charge of the black market in the south, and also robbed their lair.

Li Weiguo looked at the looted items and thought to himself, "These two people made some dirty money, so we need to make sure it is put to good use."

After dealing with the two black market bosses, Li Weiguo hurried to the refugee shelter outside the city.

He planned to exchange the property looted from the black market boss for food and distribute it to the refugees.

When he arrived at the shelter, he moved carefully, fearing to wake up the sleeping refugees.

He gently placed the clothes and bedding outside each tent, and also gently placed a small bag of food inside each tent.

If it weren't for the miraculous changes in Li Weiguo's physical fitness in all aspects after the system upgrade, he would not have been able to distribute food so stealthily as he does now.

By the time he finished delivering the food, it was already past midnight.

Li Weiguo walked back in the shadows. He was very fast and his figure was like a ghost in the night.

Although he did not have such miraculous skills as flying over eaves and walking on walls, his astonishing speed made people who occasionally caught a glimpse of him think they were dazzled and only saw a black shadow flash by.