Chapter 19

Back home, as expected, seeing her buy so many things, Ding Hongmei was heartbroken as if she had lost her life.

“I told you not to spend so much money on the family, why don’t you listen?”

Ding Hongmei was still hoping that her nephew would introduce a good partner for her daughter. When the time came, the other party’s conditions would be so good, her daughter’s dowry couldn’t be a laughing stock.

Jiang Nianzi hugged Ding Hongmei and rubbed her head against her shoulder: “Mom, we’re all family, if I don’t spend money on the family, where else would I spend it? Besides, we made a fortune today.”

“Again?” Ding Hongmei asked in confusion.

Jiang Nianzi immediately took out the remaining thirty-two yuan.

“Mom, brother, Doudou and I went up the mountain to collect herbs and sold them to Zhang Grandpa, we made forty-two yuan. We paid back the breakfast fee Zhang Grandpa gave us, and we have forty left.”

Ding Hongmei had never seen so much money before.

Seeing the money Jiang Nianzi put on the table, Ding Hongmei muttered: “Goodness.”

Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou had only seen the money when Zhang Grandpa counted it, now they were also surrounding the table, staring at the money.

Jiang Nianzi sat at the table and counted out fifteen yuan and handed it to Jiang Cheng: “Brother, this is yours, your share.”

“What are you giving me this for?”

“What are you giving him this for?”

Ding Hongmei and Jiang Cheng spoke at the same time. Jiang Doudou looked from one to the other, holding his small hands and not saying a word, playing the role of an honest person.

Jiang Nianzi laughed: “Brother and Doudou dug all those herbs, we agreed to make money together, how can I be the only one to take the money?”

She didn’t deduct the cost of buying eggs and flour, because they were used for the family.

She had thirty-two yuan left, and she gave Jiang Cheng fifteen, just right.

Jiang Cheng didn’t expect his sister to give him money. In his view, they were all family, it didn’t matter where the money was.

He didn’t have anywhere to spend it, as long as he had food to eat.

Hearing Jiang Nianzi say this, he scratched his head and laughed: “Zizi, it’s my duty to help you. I just dug some herbs, it’s not worth that much money. If it wasn’t for you, I would have just treated them as weeds.”

If it was someone else, Jiang Nianzi wouldn’t give them so much.

But this was her brother who only doted on her.

Why bother with so much between families.

Jiang Nianzi didn’t allow him to refuse, she directly stuffed the money into his arms: “Take it, brother. You haven’t married a wife yet, you need to save some money for yourself.”

Jiang Cheng hadn’t even thought about marrying a wife, hearing Jiang Nianzi say this, his face turned red. “What are you talking about?”

“I’m talking seriously. Brother, you’re not young anymore, you should start preparing for your own affairs. Don’t let it be that when you meet a girl you like, you miss out on her because you can’t afford the dowry.”

These words went straight to Jiang Cheng’s heart, he didn’t refuse anymore, but his heart felt warm as if the sun was baking him.

This was his sister who had doted on him since childhood.

Jiang Cheng secretly vowed in his heart that he must earn more money, so that when his Zizi got married, she would have confidence in her in-laws’ house.

Thinking about it, he actually silently reddened, afraid of being seen, he quickly wiped away his tears.

Jiang Nianzi gave Jiang Doudou two yuan: “Doudou, take this. You helped us today.”

Jiang Doudou first looked at Ding Hongmei, seeing her stern face, he didn’t dare to reach out.

His dark, round eyes looked at Ding Hongmei, then at Jiang Nianzi, finally he put his small hands behind his back: “Mom said, Doudou should be good to sister, so Doudou’s two yuan will all be given to sister.”

The little guy was so serious, he sounded like an old man.

Jiang Nianzi and Ding Hongmei were both amused.

Ding Hongmei couldn’t help but rub her little son’s head: “Sister gives you this, take it.”

She could see that her daughter wouldn’t feel comfortable if she didn’t give the money away.

Fortunately, it was all family, so Ding Hongmei didn’t say anything.

With Ding Hongmei’s permission, Jiang Doudou happily took the money: “I’m going to save this money, next year during New Year, I’ll buy fireworks and candy for sister.”

The little guy was so cute, Jiang Nianzi couldn’t help but pinch his little cheeks: “Doudou is so good.”

After dividing the money, the family washed up and went back to their rooms to rest.

Ding Hongmei saw her daughter being so generous and not caring about money with her family, she felt comforted, but at the same time, she felt useless again.

If she, the mother, hadn’t been able to support the family, her daughter wouldn’t have to work so hard.

Look, she was still sick from a cold yesterday, and she had to go up the mountain to collect herbs.

Ding Hongmei always felt that her daughter was delicate, she should be well-nourished, completely ignoring Jiang Nianzi’s words – Jiang Cheng had dug all the herbs.

Lost in thought, suddenly, Ding Hongmei heard the sound of the door opening.

She was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Nianzi quietly ran in: “Mom.”

“Zizi? What are you doing?” Ding Hongmei sat up from the bed.

Jiang Nianzi was holding the remaining fifteen yuan in her hand, hearing her mother’s question, she directly stuffed it into her hand.

“What are you giving me money for?” Ding Hongmei was unhappy.

Jiang Nianzi pressed her hand and just said: “Mom, I still have the eight yuan left from last time. Keep this money, if there’s anything the family needs money for, use it. As for me, I’ll be able to earn a lot, a lot of money soon.”

Seeing her daughter’s confident smile, thinking about how she had indeed made a lot of money these days, Ding Hongmei didn’t argue with her anymore, anyway, if she kept the money, she wouldn’t need to use it.

Her daughter was extravagant, she could keep it to buy her daughter’s dowry later.

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This money was like finding treasure for Jiang Nianzi.

She didn’t feel bad about it.

Back in her room, she took out the other herbs for making whitening cream from her drawer.

These herbs were all bought from Zhang Grandpa.

With the Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonatum sibiricum she collected today, she wouldn’t have to worry about the whitening cream not being effective.

Her family didn’t have a mortar and pestle, but they had a stone jar for crushing garlic.

Jiang Nianzi took it to the kitchen and washed it clean, then she put all the herbs together and crushed them.

She had to crush the soaked herbs into a paste, it would take a lot of time.

Jiang Nianzi simply washed her face first.

She crushed the herbs for about twenty minutes before they became a paste.

Jiang Nianzi took out the Ganoderma lucidum powder and poured in a little bit.

This was too rare, and with her current financial situation, she couldn’t afford to buy more, so she could only use it sparingly.

She made about half a bowl of whitening cream, Jiang Nianzi scraped the remaining cream from the edge of the stone jar and used it as a face mask.

While she was wearing the face mask, she took a mirror and looked at herself.

It has to be said, after physical sun protection these days, her neck had become much whiter.

Thinking about it, she scraped out some more and rubbed it on her neck.

Then she took some white vinegar and mixed it with water to soak her hands.

The white vinegar water could soften the cuticles, making the skin smoother and more delicate.

But she couldn’t soak them often.

Jiang Nianzi estimated that the time was about up, so she scraped off the whitening cream on her face and neck and put it in another small bowl.

She massaged her face with her fingers until the remaining whitening cream was absorbed, then she used the excess to rub on her hands.

The whitening cream could be directly rubbed on her face, the reason Jiang Nianzi called it a face mask this time was because she used a lot.

Cold comes from the feet, Jiang Nianzi also soaked her feet and drank a cup of Ganoderma lucidum water before going to bed.

Little white girl, she’s coming!

She won’t be a little black girl anymore.

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The next day, Jiang Nianzi got up early and touched her face.

The touch was smooth and delicate, very moist.

Hmm, it must be the effect of the whitening cream from yesterday.

Jiang Nianzi quickly got up and looked in the mirror.

Because she had rubbed too much whitening cream last night, her face was a bit oily, but her skin was visibly brighter.

“Wow, the effect is so good…”

Jiang Nianzi touched her face, she was a bit surprised.

Could it be because the Ganoderma lucidum she collected wasn’t polluted by the environment in the modern world, so the effect was so good?

After washing her face, she went back to the mirror and looked at herself.

Hmm, it looked even whiter than before she washed her face.

At this time, she was very grateful that although her skin wasn’t white, it was very delicate and not rough at all.

She rubbed some more whitening cream on her face, then she put on the sun hat and mask she had made.

Because her skin had gotten visibly brighter, Jiang Nianzi was in a particularly good mood.

She believed that as long as she persisted and rubbed whitening cream every day, she could definitely recover to the state she had in the modern world.

With this beautiful belief, Jiang Nianzi went to the clinic.

An old lady saw her and respectfully called out: “Doctor Jiang is here.”

“Hey, Grandma Liu, why are you at the clinic again? Are you feeling unwell?”

“Oh, my rheumatism is acting up again. Doctor Jiang, please give me some acupuncture.”

The old lady had a fever and pain a few days ago, it had been going on for days, her body was so weak that she couldn’t even lift her arms.

She came to the clinic to take a look, and Jiang Nianzi gave her some acupuncture and also prescribed some medicine. The next day, she was better.

Her body was weak, in the past, when she had a cold, a fever, or a cough, it would take ten days or half a month for her to recover completely.

She didn’t expect Jiang Nianzi to give her some acupuncture and she got better so quickly.

“Alright, let me take a look.” Jiang Nianzi squatted down next to Grandma Liu.

Zhang Grandpa said happily: “Grandma Liu hasn’t asked me to treat her since she saw you.”

Jiang Nianzi explained: “Grandma Liu is afraid that you, Zhang Grandpa, will get tired because you’re old.”

Grandma Liu was Zhang Grandpa’s old customer, she went to him for any minor ailments, and they knew each other very well.

Hearing Jiang Nianzi’s explanation for Zhang Grandpa, she laughed and said: “No, it’s not like that, I just think Doctor Jiang’s medical skills are much better than old Zhang’s.”

Jiang Nianzi was stunned, she didn’t expect Grandma Liu to say that.

Zhang Grandpa waved his hand: “Girl, no need to be humble, Grandpa knows you’re better than Grandpa.”

“No, I still need Grandpa’s guidance in many areas.” Jiang Nianzi was embarrassed by the compliment.

On the other side, after the flood receded in Da Mu Village, the soldiers helped the villagers rebuild their homes.

A group of people were chopping trees, sawing wood, and moving stones, doing everything.

Shen Cheng was shirtless, carrying a large tree forward, when Li Wen ran over.

“Captain, I found out about the thing you asked me to look into. Doctor Li said, the female doctor who saved you that day, came with an old Chinese doctor named Zhang Qi Xian. That old doctor’s clinic is in town, it’s called De Yuan Clinic.”

De Yuan Clinic?

He seemed to have passed by it yesterday in town.