Chapter 32

Jiang Xinli thought this was a good idea.

But the problem was…

“Is this doctor the old man found really capable of treating our son’s problem?” she was a little uncertain.

Shen Wulin had spent his whole life in the military, he was quick and decisive in his actions.

Hearing Jiang Xinli’s words, he said: “Why think so much? If it works, it works, if it doesn’t, we’ll find another one? If there’s hope, we have to try.”

“That’s true, you make sense.”

Shen Wulin snorted from his nostrils: “The problem now isn’t the doctor, it’s your son, your precious, mischievous son, he doesn’t know what’s wrong, and he’s unwilling to say, he just keeps hiding it.”

Jiang Xinli laughed, she reached out and grabbed Shen Wulin’s ear: “Shen, tell me clearly, what do you mean by my precious, mischievous son, he’s my son, and he has nothing to do with you!”

Shen Wulin was just being arrogant with his mouth, hearing his wife’s words, his tone immediately softened.

“I’m just so angry! Look at how old your son is, other people’s children are already helping out in the shop, he’s still a bachelor, every time we introduce him to a girl, he finds an excuse to slip away, even if he doesn’t like them, he won’t even go.”

Jiang Xinli was even more worried than Shen Wulin: “Alright, let’s go see if this doctor has real skills this time, if he really has skills, no matter what, I’ll get him over here.”

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On the other side, Jiang Nianzi had taken 13 orders for whitening cream, and two orders for clothes, she went back and immediately told Jiang Xue and her family.

Jiang Cheng heard this, a surge of enthusiasm welled up in his heart.

He had to work harder.

The money from selling the whitening cream, plus the commission she earned at the clinic, and the 15 yuan Jiang Cheng gave her last time for selling herbs, Jiang Nianzi now had about 60 yuan in her hands.

It wasn’t much, but it wasn’t little either.

In this era, especially in rural areas where people worked in agriculture, most families could only barely make ends meet, their savings wouldn’t exceed a few yuan at most.

Tomorrow, Jiang Nianzi would take Jiang Xue to town to take measurements and pick up fabric.

She had been free all day today, Jiang Xue had already made a set of clothes for Jiang Doudou and Ding Hongmei using the padded jacket fabric Jiang Nianzi bought.

When Jiang Nianzi got home, it was just finished.

Jiang Xue couldn’t wait to take it out for them to try on.

The weather was getting colder and colder, the clothes Ding Hongmei and Jiang Doudou were wearing were very thin.

Jiang Doudou was fine, she could stay at home and not go out.

Ding Hongmei was different, she had to go out to work.

“Mom, try it on.” Jiang Xue said.

Ding Hongmei touched the soft padded jacket fabric, she liked it very much, but she still refused.

“Mom isn’t cold, there’s not much fabric, and you should make two more sets for you and your sister to change into.”

“What do you mean not cold, you’ve been back for the past two days, your body is all icy.” Jiang Nianzi had just arrived home and heard this, she immediately retorted.

She quickly walked to Ding Hongmei’s side, took the clothes from Jiang Xue’s hand, and forcefully stuffed them into Ding Hongmei’s hand.

“Mom, we’re a family, you always think of what’s good for us, we can’t forget about you.”

“But…” Ding Hongmei touched the soft fabric, she really couldn’t bear to wear it.

Jiang Nianzi said: “Mom, I’ll make a lot, a lot more money in the future, don’t worry, this is just the beginning, we won’t have to worry about not having clothes to wear in the future, quickly put it on.”

Jiang Xue also said: “Yes, Mom, we sisters will definitely make more money to support you in the future.”

Jiang Doudou was already wearing the new clothes, her dark eyes were full of joy.

Hearing her two sisters’ words, Jiang Doudou hugged Ding Hongmei’s leg with her small hand: “Mom, Doudou will also support you in the future.”

Jiang Cheng also said: “And me.”

The family was very harmonious.

Ding Hongmei looked at them, her eyes felt hot.

“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”

The four siblings happily laughed.

Ding Hongmei and Jiang Doudou’s clothes were both gray-blue, they weren’t too eye-catching, so the villagers wouldn’t gossip.

The next day, Jiang Nianzi took Jiang Xue to town, it was noon when Zhao Fangru and another girl brought the fabric over.

The two of them brought padded jacket fabric, but the padded jacket fabric they brought was all dark-colored.

Jiang Xue immediately took their measurements.

In this era, other things were cheap, but making clothes was not cheap.

A set of ready-made clothes in the city, just the labor cost was about two yuan and fifty cents.

Jiang Nianzi’s clothes were stylish, so the price was naturally different from others.

But this was just a small town, although Qishi Town was much richer than other towns, it was still not as good as big cities.

Logically, the price in a small town should be two yuan.

But because the style was good, the price was finally set at two yuan and fifty cents.

Jiang Nianzi planned to make this a long-term thing, she would only provide the designs, sisters could care for each other, but the profits should be clearly divided, so as not to ruin the sisters’ relationship because of money in the future.

She provided the designs and attracted customers, Jiang Xue was responsible for making the clothes, and they would split the profits 50-50.

Jiang Xue understood, all of this was thanks to her sister, she just knew how to make clothes.

She worked in the county town, her boss only paid her 12 yuan a month.

She felt uncomfortable with a 50-50 split, she felt like she was taking advantage of her sister, she directly told Jiang Nianzi 30-70, she would take 30%, and Jiang Nianzi would take 70%.

Jiang Nianzi didn’t want Jiang Xue to suffer, because she didn’t have time to manage.

If there was really a chance to expand in the future, Jiang Xue would still have to manage it.

In the end, they decided that she would take 60%, and Jiang Xue would take 40%.

The two sisters discussed it and agreed on this.

After that, Jiang Xue went back, and Jiang Nianzi continued to stay in the shop.

She was the only one in the shop today, because Grandpa Zhang was still at Grandma’s house, he hadn’t come back.

Before, Jiang Nianzi had always thought that Grandpa Zhang was one-sided.

After watching carefully a few times, she realized that Grandma also had feelings for Grandpa Zhang.

It’s just that she was a little stubborn, she always felt that she had already married and had children, she had wasted decades, and now she was old, it was not suitable to talk about a partner.

Of course, Grandpa Zhang couldn’t live in the house, he lived in a small shed built outside Grandma’s yard.

She had nothing to do, so she took some herbs for making whitening cream and started making whitening cream, a total of 13 bottles.

For the herbs used to make whitening cream, Jiang Nianzi would first weigh them, then calculate the money, and then put her own money into Grandpa Zhang’s cash box.

She had just finished filling the whitening cream into the jars when three people came into the shop.

A middle-aged man and woman, they looked like a couple, and they were supporting an old man in the middle.

“Where’s Doctor Zhang?” the old man asked as soon as he came in.

Jiang Nianzi walked around the counter and walked forward: “Grandpa Zhang is not here, hello, who is feeling unwell?”

Most of the people who came to the clinic were patients, so Jiang Nianzi asked this question.

Jiang Xinli looked at the little girl in front of her in some bewilderment.

Most of the people she had seen here were dark-skinned.

But the little girl in front of her was white and tender, like a snowball.

Her watery apricot eyes were bright and beautiful, her lips were red and her teeth were white, like a flower bud about to bloom, bright and pure, she was extremely beautiful.

Jiang Xinli’s heart, which was thinking of introducing a girl to her son, began to stir.

Shen Wulin saw his wife like this, how could he not understand what she was thinking, he quickly coughed a few times to remind her of the purpose of their visit.

Neither his son nor his daughter-in-law was reliable, so Grandpa Shen had to take the initiative to speak.

“Little girl, where did your Grandpa Zhang go?”

“Grandpa Zhang is busy for the moment, he may not be back until tomorrow, are you feeling unwell? I’m also a doctor here, you can tell me.”

The professional doctor system was only implemented in 1998, now Chinese medicine practitioners were known by word of mouth, they built up their reputation bit by bit.

As long as they knew medicine, they could treat and save people, Chinese medicine was relatively more relaxed, they didn’t need a so-called license.

Hearing this, Grandpa Shen was a little disappointed.

“He’s not here… then we’ll come back tomorrow.” Grandpa Shen said.

Granny Liu happened to be looking for Jiang Nianzi to prescribe medicine for her, she heard this and enthusiastically explained to Grandpa Shen and the others.

“Hey, it doesn’t matter if that old Huo Pi is here or not, old buddy, I’ll tell you, don’t look at how young Doctor Jiang is, her medical skills are much better than Old Zhang’s, if we’re not feeling well, we all come to see Doctor Jiang.”

She patted Grandpa Shen’s shoulder, with a familiar tone, she said: “Listen to me, you, if you’re not feeling well, find Doctor Jiang, it’s more effective than finding Old Zhang, that old Huo Pi is now in the shop, he doesn’t even treat patients anymore, he sits in a lounge chair all day and relaxes.”

Is that so?

The three members of the Shen family looked at Jiang Nianzi, she really looked young.

Jiang Nianzi was a little amused and embarrassed by Granny Liu’s praise: “Granny Liu, you’re exaggerating.”