Chapter 18

Seeing the other party’s tightly wrapped appearance, Shen Cheng was surprised.

The other party’s face was covered with a coarse cloth mask, and he was wearing a hat, also made of coarse cloth.

Does he have some kind of hidden illness?

This was Shen Cheng’s first thought.

Jiang Nianzi didn’t expect the other party to turn around suddenly, and she felt incredibly apologetic.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it.”

She wanted to slap herself. How could she suddenly slip up and compliment a man on his beauty? It’s no wonder he wouldn’t be angry.

Because she raised her head, Shen Cheng caught a glimpse of her eyes.

They were bright and dazzling, as if there were stars inside.

Her almond-shaped eyes were big and round, making Shen Cheng unconsciously think of glowing black gemstones, dark and bright.

Jiang Nianzi had a filter for soldiers, she had no resistance.

Seeing the other party’s overly handsome face, she remembered the words she had just blurted out and felt embarrassed. She quickly lowered her head and pulled Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou away.

Shen Cheng turned back to look at the girl’s hurried back and asked the few soldiers next to him in confusion: “Am I scary?”

The soldiers “puffed” out a laugh, raised their hands and rubbed their crew cuts, teasingly: “We don’t know if you’re scary, but Captain, the girl said you were beautiful, did you hear that?”

Everyone knew that their Captain Shen hated it when people called him a pretty boy.

This girl was great, she directly complimented him on his beauty.

Shen Cheng remembered the soft voice, his eyes flashed with a hint of amusement: “Little girl.”

The soldiers looked at Shen Cheng in surprise.

Did they see correctly?

Their Captain was actually smiling?

They thought he would be upset.

Shen Cheng carefully recalled the voice, his long fingers twirled together.

No one knew he had a special hobby, he liked beautiful voices.

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Here, Jiang Nianzi pulled Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou, they ran for a while before slowing down.

Jiang Cheng asked her in confusion: “What’s wrong, Zizi, are you afraid that comrade will hit you? Brother tells you, he won’t, the People’s Liberation Army are all good people.”

Jiang Nianzi coughed lightly and explained: “I was worried that Zhang Grandpa closed the shop.”

“Oh.” Jiang Cheng nodded, seemingly understanding.

Jiang Doudou pulled Jiang Nianzi’s clothes with his small hand and hurried into the clinic.

Zhang Grandpa was about to close the shop.

Seeing Jiang Nianzi, Zhang Grandpa asked in confusion: “Zizi, aren’t you sick? Why are you here?”

“Zhang Grandpa, I’ve been resting at home for almost a day, I’m feeling much better now.” She wasn’t particularly energetic, but she wasn’t so weak that she couldn’t walk.

“But it’s closing time now.” Zhang Grandpa said.

Jiang Nianzi “hmmed”: “Zhang Grandpa, are you buying herbs?”

Zhang Grandpa saw her expression, then saw Jiang Cheng behind her carrying a backpack, and immediately understood what she meant. He laughed: “Did you go up the mountain to collect herbs?”

“Yes, I got some. Brother, bring the herbs over and show Zhang Grandpa.”

“Alright, here you go.”

Jiang Cheng took out all the herbs from his backpack.

The old man was delighted when he saw them.

There was actually Tiger Ginger, Tiger Ginger is also known as Chicken Claw Ginseng, its scientific name is Polygonatum sibiricum, and its nourishing effect is comparable to ginseng.

There was also Winter Notopterygium, Cassia obtusifolia… and other various wild herbs.

“Grandpa, what do you think? Are you buying them?” Jiang Nianzi saw Zhang Grandpa’s smiling face and knew he liked them.

The old man stroked his beard and said happily: “Buying them, why wouldn’t I buy them? I’d buy them from anyone, I have to support my granddaughter’s business, right?”

The old man always liked to call Jiang Nianzi his granddaughter, everyone knew his little secret.

“Go and weigh them.”

“Alright, here you go.”

Hearing the old man say he would buy them, Jiang Nianzi was naturally happy, because she wouldn’t have to worry.

Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou were also very happy to hear that the herbs were sold.

The three siblings worked together, quickly weighing the types and weights of the herbs.

They recorded every detail in the account book.

“Grandpa, there are five jin and eight liang of Notopterygium, half a jin of Polygonatum sibiricum, Cassia obtusifolia…”

“Alright, stop chattering, Grandpa doesn’t doubt you, right? Just look at the purchase price list and calculate it yourself, give me a total price.”

Jiang Nianzi wouldn’t cheat, she was happy to hear the old man say that.

She calculated the price one by one and combined them, the total price was 42 yuan, two yuan more than Jiang Nianzi’s estimate.

Hearing 42 yuan, Jiang Cheng was shocked.

Goodness, they worked in the fields, and they still had to rely on good luck. Their income was only about twenty yuan a year.

This…

Jiang Doudou just knew it was a lot of money, she didn’t really understand the concept, but Jiang Cheng was excited.

They had made so much money!

Jiang Nianzi sorted the herbs into categories, Zhang Grandpa took his key and opened the money box, and he counted out 42 yuan for Jiang Nianzi.

“Girl, take it.”

Jiang Nianzi didn’t hesitate, she took it and counted it, then took out two yuan and handed it to Zhang Grandpa: “Grandpa, this is the money for the breakfast you bought me these days. I don’t have much money now, when I make money later, I’ll come back and show my respect to you.”

The old man refused to take it: “What are you doing, girl? You came here to help Grandpa with his work, how could Grandpa not take care of your breakfast?”

Jiang Nianzi had her own insistence, she didn’t say she wanted to include breakfast when she first came to work here.

Seeing her insistence, the old man was both angry and amused: “You’re afraid I’ll take advantage of your grandma, right?”

“No, it’s not like that.” Jiang Nianzi smiled: “With my grandma’s temper, if you could take advantage of her, you wouldn’t have waited until now to still not have chased after her.”

Hey, he was being teased.

The old man raised his hand and knocked her head: “Alright, go back.”

“Okay, goodbye, Zhang Grandpa.”

Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou also said goodbye to the old man.

At the entrance of the alley, some villagers were bringing their eggs to exchange for money.

Jiang Nianzi, with Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou, went to this small trading street.

They happened to meet an old lady carrying a basket of eggs at the end of the street.

“Grandma, how much is an egg?” Jiang Nianzi asked, holding an egg.

The old lady gestured: “Five fen.”

Jiang Nianzi bought all of them, she counted them, there were exactly one hundred, a total of five yuan.

The old lady sold them cheaper than the cooperative.

The main reason was that you still needed a ticket to buy eggs, but now the environment is better, and there aren’t as many restrictions. Many villagers exchanged their eggs, which were all laid by their own hens, they were collected one by one, and they didn’t need tickets, so they were naturally cheaper than the cooperative.

Jiang Nianzi was happy to buy so many eggs at a low price, and the old lady was also happy.

She kept telling Jiang Nianzi to come back to her if she needed eggs in the future.

Jiang Cheng saw Jiang Nianzi buy so many eggs at once, and he thought his sister was too extravagant.

But it was her own money, she could do whatever she wanted.

Besides, it was for the whole family to eat.

Jiang Cheng quickly put the eggs in his backpack and carried them.

Jiang Doudou’s eyes almost lit up when she saw so many eggs.

“Sister, can we eat eggs tonight?”

“Yes, of course.” Jiang Nianzi smiled and rubbed his head.

Besides eggs, Jiang Nianzi also bought some flour and white sugar.