Chapter 15: The Vegetables in the Space Drew Attention

These few people weren’t particularly close to Bai Yuying. When they heard whispering voices discussing something here, they thought she hadn’t returned yet.

Bai Yuying walked toward them step by step and suddenly spoke behind them, startling them. “I’ve already explained once—he already has a wife and children. I truly just see him as an older brother.”

“Do you all really have to keep going with this?”

“He was only here just now to ask me for advice about what kind of supplements he should buy for his parents. Is that really something to be portrayed in such a way by all of you?”

“I’m a military doctor, a physician. I’ve even checked his parents’ pulses and examined their health before. He came to ask what supplements would be suitable for them. Isn’t it reasonable he came to me? After all, none of you have examined his parents’ health, have you?”

Bai Yuying held a cold expression. She was clearly upset. Only when the others saw her genuinely angry did they finally fall silent.

“We just thought it seemed a little unusual. Since you’ve explained it so clearly, we won’t overthink anymore.”

“Yes, yes, we won’t overthink it anymore, okay?”

After murmuring a few words of apology, the group quieted down. Bai Yuying walked past them without saying anything more.

She truly only saw Jiang Cimo as an older brother.

It was nothing like the dirty things they imagined.

Jiang Cimo was indeed excellent, but he already had a wife and children. And she didn’t harbor any feelings of romantic admiration for him.

She really didn’t understand why they had to be so gossipy!

She felt exasperated.

After she walked away, someone who particularly disliked her spat on the ground and rolled her eyes. “What’s she pretending for?”

“Isn’t she always pretending like that? Everyone says she’s young and pretty, that she’s a good person, but that’s not how she really is!”

“I bet she just wants to take advantage of him. Maybe one day she’ll try to steal someone else’s husband! That would be destroying a military marriage!”

The two or three remaining military doctors, filled with jealousy, let loose every spiteful thought they had.

Bai Yuying had a strong temper. They didn’t dare say such things to her face, so they could only grumble quietly behind her back.

After all, they were all in the same profession. Why was Bai Yuying the one who got to be capable and beautiful?

Heaven really was too unfair!

Bai Yuying had no idea what they were grumbling about behind her back, nor did she care. She just focused on doing her own duties well.

On the other side—

Xi Youyou read books whenever she had free time, and spent the rest of her day cooking and taking care of the children.

Jiang Fenglin and Xu Xiu were not made of stone. The two of them could clearly sense her changes, so their attitude toward her gradually softened as well.

They no longer held the same hesitant attitude as before.

Xu Xiu was about to go out to buy groceries when Xi Youyou came out of the kitchen and said: “Mom, tell me what we need to buy. I’ll go. I can bargain.”

She wanted to use the excuse of going grocery shopping as a chance to take some food out from the space.

“Last time, when I bought that electric fan, I bargained with the seller for half an hour and saved quite a bit of money. That’s how I managed to buy those things for the kids.” Xi Youyou said with a smile. “Let me go, alright?”

“Then you go.”

Xu Xiu trusted her, of course. “Just buy whatever the kids like to eat. Our household only gets this much living expenses each month, so spend wisely.”

“Okay.”

Xi Youyou agreed, and Xu Xiu handed her three yuan. She then pushed her bicycle out the door.

Xiao Bao and Da Bao stood in the courtyard, watching eagerly.

The two children also wanted to go.

“No candied hawthorn today, how about we have malt sugar instead?” Xi Youyou pushed her bicycle to the doorway and, remembering the two little ones in the courtyard, turned around and asked them with a smiling face.

“Yes!”

The two babies had been pouting just now, a little unhappy that they couldn’t go to the market with Xi Youyou.

But upon hearing this, their eyes immediately lit up.

Smiles bloomed on their little faces, and all their earlier unhappiness vanished in an instant.

“Then wait at home and be good for Grandpa and Grandma. I’ll be back soon!” With that, Xi Youyou pushed the bicycle forward, one foot on the pedal as she glided away.

After sliding forward a few meters, she swung her leg over the frame and began pedaling the bicycle toward the town.

It was still early. Everyone had just finished breakfast. But buying vegetables was best done in the morning, since that’s when they were the freshest. By noon, they would already start to wilt.

Xi Youyou parked her bicycle outside the market.

Carrying her basket, she walked inside.

After a few steps, a thought suddenly popped into her mind—she had farmland in her space, and there had always been vegetables growing there.

Why not take out some vegetables from the space and see if she could sell them?

She still wanted to make money. It really bothered her to always have to stretch out her hand and ask Xu Xiu for money.

The things inside the space could absolutely be put to use.

Yes!

Xi Youyou left the market and found a deserted alley. From the space, she took out some fresh vegetables and placed them into her basket.

Looking at the vibrant, green vegetables in the basket, she felt a surge of confidence for no apparent reason. With the basket on her arm, she walked into the market.

There were a lot of people at the market. As soon as she stepped in, she could hear all kinds of shouting and bargaining voices.

The noise was overwhelming. Xi Youyou walked around once—there were plenty of vegetables for sale, but not even half as fresh as the ones in her own basket.

Soon, she would be able to take some vegetables and meat from the space back home, and the money Xu Xiu gave her could then be kept in her own pocket.

Although she had decided to work at the county hospital, she still wanted to save up quickly and open a small Clinic of her own.

That way, it would be more flexible and a bit easier.

She didn’t really like the feeling of being restricted. In her previous life, she had always planned to push through a few more years before opening her own clinic.

But before she got the chance, she ended up transported here.

Then she would realize her dream inside this book.

“Ah-yo!”

A sudden exclamation beside her snapped Xi Youyou out of her thoughts. “Young lady, why are your vegetables so fresh and tender? Where did you buy them?”

Xi Youyou looked up to see a plump auntie standing in front of her, eyes glued to the vibrant, fresh vegetables in her basket.

So green and crisp—just looking at them whetted the appetite.

“Come on, just tell Auntie.” the woman said when Xi Youyou didn’t reply. She reached into her pocket and stuffed two pieces of candy into Xi Youyou’s hand. “I can tell your vegetables are really fresh. They must taste great when cooked. Just tell me where you bought them—I don’t think I’ve seen any like this in the market!”

Some aunties came to the market specifically to buy vegetables. Their families were quite well-off, and they wanted the best produce.

She had walked around the whole place and hadn’t found anything suitable. The vegetables in Xi Youyou’s basket were the best she’d seen.

She had been buying vegetables for years—how could she not tell the difference?

“Oh.” Xi Youyou finally responded. After all, bringing these vegetables to the market was precisely for this reason. “These are vegetables I grow myself. If Auntie likes them, I can sell some to you.”

“They’re from your own garden?”

The auntie got excited. “Then your vegetables are really something! I want them, I want them. These are so fresh—how about I take the whole basket for ten cents?”