Chapter 10

Jiang Nianzi shouted.

Ding Hongmei was worried because her daughter came back so late today, she was about to ask Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou to go look for her.

Hearing the voice, she happily ran out: “Zizi, you silly girl, you’re finally back, you scared Mom to death.”

Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou ran out with Ding Hongmei.

The three of them ran out and saw the pile of things at Jiang Nianzi’s feet.

Jiang Cheng’s eyes widened: “Nianbao, you’ve struck it rich.”

Jiang Cheng rarely called Jiang Nianzi Nianbao, which shows how surprised he was.

Ding Hongmei was also stunned.

At Jiang Nianzi’s feet were rice, soybean oil, eggs, and a can of malted milk, all good things.

Ding Hongmei subconsciously licked her lips: “Zizi, did you buy all this? It’s not for someone else, right?”

“Yes.” Jiang Nianzi nodded, smiling at her family.

She had said she would make them live a good life, she wouldn’t break her promise, and this was just the beginning.

Jiang Doudou was already squatting by the grain, his dark little hands touching the eggs, then the malted milk can.

His round eyes were filled with disbelief.

“Sister, is this all ours?” He tilted his head, asking Jiang Nianzi uncertainly.

Jiang Nianzi nodded heavily, reaching out to touch the little guy’s head: “Doudou, help sister carry the malted milk into the house, okay?”

“Okay.” Jiang Doudou, excited, hugged the malted milk and ran towards the house, his eyes almost popping out of his head.

Ding Hongmei reacted and came to Jiang Nianzi, carefully holding the eggs while scolding Jiang Nianzi: “You silly child, why did you buy so much, why don’t you buy yourself some new clothes.”

Her Zizi hadn’t had new clothes for two years.

Winter was approaching, and she was still wearing thin coarse cloth clothes.

Jiang Nianzi knew that Ding Hongmei was worried about her, her heart was warm. This woman, although not her real mother, had given her a taste of being loved over and over again.

No matter what happened, she always thought of her first.

Jiang Nianzi acted like a spoiled child, holding her arm and rubbing her head against her shoulder: “Mom, new clothes are nothing compared to having enough to eat, besides, these clothes are still good.”

Her little daughter was frail, her voice was soft and thin, and what she said made her old mother feel warm inside.

How could Ding Hongmei not spoil her?

Her heart melted.

“Our Nianbao is so good, Liu Widow, that stinky woman, should see who the money-losing item is. Hmph, my daughter is so good, those two dead boys of hers are good-for-nothing, and they dare to look down on others, bah.”

Where there are people, there is gossip.

Talking about people behind their backs is a common thing, who hasn’t talked about someone behind their back, who hasn’t been talked about behind their back.

Knowing that Ding Hongmei was saying this because Liu Shenshen looked down on her, Jiang Nianzi didn’t mind.

After all, her morals weren’t that high either.

She only liked those who were kind to her.

Jiang Cheng was the only man in the family who could handle things, he carried twenty pounds of rice in one hand and soybean oil in the other, and walked quickly towards the house.

He went into the house and poured the rice into the rice bin.

Their rice bin had always only contained cornmeal, and it was always only one-fifth full.

Today, the rice bin not only had rice, but it was half full.

Jiang Doudou and Jiang Cheng surrounded the rice bin, their eyes wide.

Jiang Doudou, with his little hand on the edge of the rice bin, looked at Jiang Cheng expectantly: “Brother, can we eat rice today?”

Jiang Cheng wasn’t good at studying, seeing his sister so successful, he was both proud and self-conscious.

Mom said that he was the eldest brother, and he should shoulder the responsibility of protecting his younger siblings, and take care of them.

He used to think he was doing a good job, but after his sister fell into the water and woke up, and went to work at the clinic, he realized how much of a failure he had been as an older brother.

He used to think that he was doing a good job by working hard and making sure his siblings didn’t go hungry.

Now it seemed, he was a terrible older brother.

He reached out and touched Jiang Doudou’s head, the smile on Jiang Cheng’s face disappeared, and he said seriously: “Doudou, you have to study hard in the future, only by studying can you have a good future, and only then can you take care of your sisters.”

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Jiang Nianzi carried the malted milk into Ding Hongmei’s room.

“Mom, this malted milk, you can drink it whenever you want, just mix it with water, don’t save it for me. If Doudou and brother want to drink it, you can mix it for them too.”

Ding Hongmei quickly waved her hand: “This delicate stuff, Mom can’t drink it. You’re weak, you should keep it to drink. Money is hard to earn, save some for yourself.”

She kept mentioning her being weak, but Jiang Nianzi didn’t know if it was because of the medicine she was taking, her yoga, or something else.

Since she had entered this body, except for the first day when she felt incredibly weak, she gradually didn’t feel like she was going to gasp for breath every time she walked, it was as if she had returned to her previous body state.

Except for being sensitive to cold, everything else was fine. It was just that when she got cold, she turned into Lin Daiyu, very frail.

So Jiang Nianzi didn’t care what Ding Hongmei said about not being able to drink it, she just didn’t want to drink it.

Thinking about it, she simply carried the malted milk into her room.

Ding Hongmei thought she had listened, and she was relieved.

She carefully placed the eggs under the bed.

She didn’t dare to put these precious things in the kitchen, afraid that someone would see them when they came to the house.

Jiang Nianzi came to the kitchen and saw Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou surrounding the rice bin, she asked in confusion: “Brother, Doudou, what are you doing?”

“Looking at the rice.” Jiang Doudou said matter-of-factly.

Jiang Cheng also said: “Zizi, this is the first time our rice bin has been so full of rice, do you think someone will steal it?”

They were all familiar neighbors in the village, but in this society, there were many people who couldn’t eat their fill, and they finally had some good things, even if no one came to steal them, they would still worry about losing them.

Jiang Nianzi knew how precious these things were in their eyes, she didn’t find their worries ridiculous at all.

“Doudou is often at home, let him watch it.”

Saying that, Jiang Nianzi took out four bowls, put two spoonfuls of malted milk in each bowl, and mixed it with boiling water from the pot.

Smelling the sweet aroma, Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou immediately surrounded Jiang Nianzi.

Jiang Cheng saw that Jiang Nianzi was mixing so much, he was a little anxious: “Zizi, what are you mixing so much for? Just mix some for you and Mom, my brother and I are boys, how can we eat this stuff?”

In a family that was struggling to eat their fill, how could they be picky eaters?

They didn’t even have snacks, Jiang Nianzi didn’t believe they didn’t like sweets.

“It’s all mixed, it’ll be wasted if you don’t drink it.”

Jiang Nianzi took a bowl for herself, and asked Jiang Cheng to take two bowls to the living room. She wanted to go back and get one for Jiang Doudou.

Jiang Doudou had already brought one over.

“Mom, sister made us malted milk, come and drink it.”

Ding Hongmei came out, saw her three children sitting at the table, with four bowls of malted milk on the table, she was instantly heartbroken.

But seeing her daughter’s sweet smile, she couldn’t bring herself to say a word.

The family sat around the table, holding their malted milk and drinking.

The malted milk was very rich and fragrant, with a hint of malt sweetness.

But in Jiang Nianzi’s eyes, who was used to eating all kinds of good things, it was just average.