Chapter 26

Old village head Jiang Weimin looked at Jiang Zhizhi with gratitude and awe, thanking her, “Our family owes you a favor, a huge favor.”

Jiang Zhizhi: “Noted!”

With so many people present to witness the village head’s words, she wasn’t afraid of him going back on his word.

Jiang Weimin’s eyelids twitched involuntarily. He was touched, but also a little amused.

She was such a kind and helpful girl, yet she had this “I didn’t do it for free” attitude.

Li Hong thanked Jiang Zhizhi profusely, her hands tightly clasped around Jiang Zhizhi’s, “Auntie will never forget your kindness. When Fengshou wakes up, I’ll have him kowtow to you in gratitude.”

Jiang Zhizhi nodded, subtly withdrawing her hands, and instructed, “He’ll wake up soon, don’t worry. Just make sure the wound doesn’t get infected afterwards.”

The old Jiang family sent away the villagers who came to watch the spectacle, then returned home, closed the door, and locked it.

“Alright, alright, I’ll go cook some food first.”

“Our Zhizhi has been tired all day, you little brats don’t bother your sister.”

Ding Xianglan was still holding a grudge against her sons. She told them to take care of Zhizhi, but they took her to the deep mountains.

The three brothers immediately scattered in a panic. The eldest went to the vegetable garden and picked four or five tomatoes and a basket of greens.

The second and third brothers helped Zhizhi process the herbs they brought back.

Jiang Xiangliang held a hammer, staring at the several sacks of pine cones, and gasped.

“There are so many pine cones, I don’t know where to start!”

He sounded helpless, but his tone was full of pride and joy.

Jiang Yuanyang laughed loudly, “Dad, don’t worry, I’ll come after I’ve eaten.”

Then he couldn’t help but lean closer to Jiang Zhizhi, whispering, “Sister, do you like pine nuts?”

“Brother knows how to fry them. I’ll show you my skills, and I’ll shell the pine nuts for you, how about that?”

Jiang Zhizhi immediately gave Jiang Yuanyang a thumbs up, “Brother, you’re shelling pine nuts for me, you’re a little angel!”

Jiang Yuanfeng chuckled and moved closer to his brother and sister, “I’m in on this too!”

Jiang Yuanyang pushed his second brother aside and refused, “Take care of yourself, I’m still your brother, why don’t you have any sense of responsibility as a brother?”

Jiang Yuanfeng turned his head and called out to Jiang Yuanshan, signaling him to deal with the third brother. “Big Brother, it seems we haven’t paid enough attention to the third brother.”

Jiang Yuanshan reached out and pushed his second and third brothers away. If he didn’t make his move, how would he have a chance to show off?

The three brothers simply started wrestling, pushing and shoving each other, all the way to the living room.

Ding Xianglan was exasperated, “I’ve never seen you guys so childish!”

“Yeah! Especially the third brother, he’s so childish.”

Jiang Zhizhi burst into laughter. Thankfully, the three brothers had gone far away, otherwise they would have shaken her and asked where the friendship boat had capsized.

The third brother was the same age as her, and they were the closest.

Ding Xianglan counted the wild eggs today and decided to fry three tonight, keeping the rest for Zhizhi.

“Xiangliang, is the water boiling?”

“It’s ready.”

Wild chickens can fly and can’t be kept, so Ding Xianglan simply slaughtered the other wild chicken, salted it, and kept it for next time.

Jiang Zhizhi was looking forward to the chicken stewed with mushrooms in the big iron pot. It was said to be super fragrant.

It had to be admitted that her aunt was very efficient at work. She even kicked her and her brothers out of the kitchen, complaining that they were in the way.

Jiang Zhizhi actually gave her cooking skills a nine out of ten. The remaining one point was to prevent herself from being too proud.

But there was still a long way to go, and she could always show off another time.

Soon the food was cooked. The aroma hit her face, and Jiang Zhizhi couldn’t wait to take a bite of the chicken stewed with mushrooms.

“So delicious!”

The chicken was very flavorful, super delicious with rice. Even the little bit of juice from the mushrooms flowed out, carrying a unique aroma.

The four siblings were happily munching away again.

This time, Jiang Xiangliang had to admit, these four little things were really like pigs in a pigsty.

After dinner, the old Jiang family started to clean up the pine cones.

The pine needles they brought back could be used as firewood, and the pine cones contained oil and could also be burned.

Jiang Xiangliang asked, “Are we going to the mountain to pick pine cones tomorrow?”

The four siblings nodded in unison, with the same smug expression: “Yes!”

Look at you guys, so smug, you’re about to burst!

Jiang Xiangliang and Ding Xianglan said they would go too. With two more people to help pick pine cones, it would save a lot of time.

The whole family, except for Jiang Zhizhi, would meet at the back of the mountain after work.

Jiang Zhizhi would stay at home to dry the herbs first, then go to the back of the mountain later.

…….

At night.

Jiang Zhizhi came back after taking a bath and entered her space with her mind.

She planted the wild Poria cocos, astragalus, White peony, wild goji berries, cough grass, atractylodes macrocephala, gentian, burdock, and codonopsis pilosula in the medicinal field in her space.

After getting the points, she immediately activated the Peach Mall.

The Peach Mall was very easy to operate. Just click on what you need, place an order, submit it, pay, and wait for delivery.

The problem was, the icons that hadn’t been unlocked were gray, with a lock symbol on them.

This meant that Jiang Zhizhi needed to earn more contribution points to unlock the unknown functions.

There were many things for sale on the agricultural products page: seeds, farm tools, crops, pesticides…

The food section had even more variety: rice, oil, flour, noodles, eggs, sugar, fruits, vegetables, beans, dairy products, frozen drinks, meat and meat products, seasonings, seafood, all kinds of snacks…

Daily necessities: toiletries, paper products, disinfectants, family planning products…

What surprised Jiang Zhizhi the most was that there were actually all kinds of weapons for sale!

Cold weapons! Hot weapons! Wow!

Jiang Zhizhi was excited.

A barrage flashed across the space: 【Master, you can enter the item you want in the search bar. The Peach Mall can connect to different time and space dimensions. Whatever you can find, you can order and buy it.】

“Is it really that good?” Jiang Zhizhi asked, “Can I put things up for sale?”

Space: 【Xiao Kong is at your service, of course you can. Just pay the store opening fee, and you’ll have your own exclusive store.】

【Check contribution points: 1888 points.】

【Store opening fee: 1500 points.】

Jiang Zhizhi, who was not wealthy, was once again terrified of poverty. “Can’t you give me a discount?”

Xiao Kong:……….

Unconscionable master!

Xiao Kong also had to participate in the rankings of all spaces. How could it have no income?

Run away~

Goodbye~

Jiang Zhizhi was almost mad. As soon as money was mentioned, it became a matter of feelings.

No wonder Xiao Kong, who had been lurking all this time, ran away so quickly.

Jiang Zhizhi, who was poor and smug, endured the pain and clicked on the store opening function.

【Check contribution points: 388 points.】

Jiang Zhizhi: “……….”

As for the store’s decoration style?

The unassuming little genius naturally chose the simplest and most plain initial state.

Name?

It’s called “A Poor Family Needs to Eat!”

Jiang Zhizhi put up 100 pounds of pine cones and herbs on the trading page today.

In a blink of an eye.

They were gone!!!

【Check contribution points: 8888 points.】

This was out of line!

It was too fast!

Which dimension needed so many herbs?

Jiang Zhizhi’s eyes almost went blind from the brightness. She quickly exited her shabby little shop and browsed the Peach Mall.

She bought a lot of cotton seeds and cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens. She mentally placed them in the farmland and pasture.

After all, buying cotton at the supply and marketing cooperative required cotton coupons. She only had four pounds of cotton coupons, which wasn’t enough.

Autumn had already arrived, and she still hadn’t found out where her parents were sent.

Her uncle and aunt had put a lot of effort into finding out, but no one had come to the nearby villages yet.

So the whole family was still waiting for news.

But they could prepare the supplies in advance. Once they found them, they could immediately send them to her father and mother.

Her father and mother couldn’t withstand the harsh winter in the north, so she couldn’t just sit back and do nothing.

After planting the cotton, Jiang Zhizhi thought about how this area mainly grew rice, soybeans, corn, and sorghum.

These grains were life!

No one could do without them!

So she bought seeds for these crops, as well as potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, broccoli…

She mentally scattered the seeds of these crops in the farmland, hoping they would grow quickly, and then every crop would thrive.

One thing Jiang Zhizhi was very satisfied with was that she didn’t need to actually use a hoe to cultivate the land.

Otherwise, it would take forever to plant everything in this vast area!

Jiang Zhizhi smiled, her small tiger teeth faintly visible.

Anyway, the space had the function of automatic harvesting when mature, so she didn’t have to worry about the crops ripening and not being harvested in time.

Besides, she didn’t enter the space often, and sometimes it was even mysterious.

But it couldn’t be denied that the space was very user-friendly. It quietly took care of everything in the space, diligently helping its master to make more money.

Strive to be a little rich woman.

It was truly a shining and adorable little treasure.

It, Xiao Kong, was the coolest kid in the space world!!!