Ningxia handed over the household registration card in her hand as she spoke. She had to keep it with her, as there were several mouths to feed at the medical center.

Another thing is that when Sangsang recovers from her illness, she will inevitably have to trouble Li Gang, Lei Lao Hu and his group on her way home. If she sells everything, how will she use to entertain them?

Xiao Zhang immediately beamed. Taking the household registration, he didn't forget to buy Ningxia a good deal. "So, what are you going to do with the remaining meat, sister? How about you give me some meat and I'll have someone pickle it for you and store it. Contact me when you need it."

“Is it reliable?”

"Reliable! It's an official factory! Don't worry about the work inside. I'll issue a certificate and send it over and process everything at once. It's a little more expensive than outside charges, but it saves trouble."

Ningxia thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. Although the weather is getting colder day by day, the temperature will only drop to around 16 or 17 degrees Celsius at most.

These meats need to be marinated. She really doesn't have the energy to take care of them these days. She will probably be too busy when she gets home, so she might as well spend some money to send them away to save trouble.

"Sister Xia, I've left these for you. I'll take the rest."

Ningxia went forward to take a look. Xiao Zhang had reserved for her a piece of meat weighing about ten pounds, half fat and half lean, and a piece of lean meat weighing about five pounds, as per her request. She had also reserved four pig's trotters. Although they were a little thin, they were still useful.

These pigs don't have much oil, but Ningxia still saved some of it. These days, vegetable oil is more expensive than animal oil, but we can't do without oil, so we really can't bear to give up the opportunity to make some oil.

After seeing Xiao Zhang off, the stop finally quieted down, and the crowd followed Xiao Zhang to the trading point in a noisy manner, hoping to get a low price and take some fresh meat back to try.

Ningxia then turned back to her own business. While the pork was being cut up outside, she had been simmering a pot of rice, which was almost done.

She dug out her kettle, fetched some hot water, and soaked a handful of dried bamboo shoots. No one had eaten well during the days of traveling, so she planned to make some stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat, which Sangsang was sure would love.

The half-fat and half-lean meat is cut into thin large slices, and no oil is needed, as its own fat is enough.

Ningxia looked at the pitiful bag of salt and a small packet of Sichuan peppercorns she had packed herself. After a moment's thought, she decided to head towards the trading point. Making do with food was not her style.

Besides, she didn't pursue luxury, she just wanted to eat better within her means.

"Sister Xia, why are you here?" Xiao Zhang was very busy at the moment. He deducted the meat that was to be sent to the shelter, and the rest was almost ordered by cutting it here and there amid the noisy sounds of the residents at the trading point.

The sales on site were very hot.

Xiao Zhang handed the mess over to his colleagues and squeezed out of the crowd. "Sister Xia, is there something wrong?"

"I came to you to exchange some seasoning."

Xiao Zhang put on a smile and said, "Sister Xia, I'm too busy here and haven't had time to exchange points for you yet."

Before Ningxia could say anything, Xiao Zhang took over.

"Sister Xia, how about this? Just take whatever you want, and I'll deduct it from your points later."

Ningxia saw how busy he was and didn't give him any trouble. The staff at the station reminded her, so she brought a water bottle with her, as plastic bottles were hard to come by these days.

After buying half a pot of soy sauce and exchanging it for some ginger and a few heads of garlic, Ningxia went back.

There were no other dishes, just this mouth-wateringly fragrant stir-fried bamboo shoots and pork slices. Because of two patients, Ningxia didn't even dare to use Sichuan peppercorns, but even so, the aroma of soy sauce after sautéing salt and oil easily captured everyone's heart.

Ningxia packed the dishes with great satisfaction. In the past, there were so many different seasonings that she thought soy sauce was dispensable.

It was not until Ningxia had been a vegetarian for several years that the bright white stir-fried dishes regained their color and the aroma of the fried soy sauce was stimulated. Only then did she realize how important soy sauce was in the kitchen.

Ningxia quickly ate a large bowl of steamed multi-grain rice and some meat slices and bamboo shoots. She also scooped a few spoonfuls of the side dishes she made herself and put them on the steaming rice. She mixed them together and chewed them with big mouthfuls, feeling extremely happy.

The remaining dishes were divided into two portions and packed up to take away. The portions were not small, but Ningxia thought about Lin Yi and Le Zhengtang's appetites and didn't think there would be anything left.

Fortunately, I brought some mixed grains with me when I came here, otherwise I would have to go to the trading point to exchange them for this meal.

"Xia Xia!"

"Sister Xia Xia!"

She didn't know whether the effect was really fast or Ningxia's psychological effect, but she always felt that Sangsang's spirit had recovered a lot.

"Here, this is your meal, you have to finish it." Ningxia handed over a big lunch box. The bottom was filled with solid rice, and on top were shiny and fragrant bamboo shoots and meat slices.

Lin Yi took it and opened the lid. The whole observation hall was filled with fragrance, which attracted the attention of other patients.

Ningxia immediately took back the lunch box and put it back on her body. "You take care of my sisters. I'll take food to your brother Lezheng. I'll be right back."

Lin Yi looked around at the people around him, swallowed, and nodded obediently.

Knowing that the three of them were hungry, Ningxia had just eaten some coarse grains when they set out in the morning. Not long after they went out, they encountered the wild boar. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and Ningxia's steps to go downstairs were a little hurried.

"Ningxia? Why are you here?" Le Zhengtang was fully awake now. When he heard that Lei Lao Hu had returned to the camp, he was wondering why he didn't bring him back.

"I'm here to bring you food. Does your body still hurt?"

Le Zhengtang struggled to sit up and said, "It's okay. I can accept it. You don't have to worry about me. The nurse here said that someone brought me food when Lao Hu left."

Knowing that the other party could sit up, Ningxia hurried over to help him. One hand supported his intact arm, and the other hand was placed on his waist to help him up without any hesitation, without noticing Le Zhengtang's red earlobes.

"I'm the one Brother Lei arranged for." Ning Xia supported the other person and answered him from behind his neck because of his posture, her tone natural.

Feeling the breeze on his neck, Le Zhengtang turned around in surprise and said, "Ah?" He was caught off guard and met Ning Xia's cold eyes. The two were quite close to each other, and Le Zhengtang felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

His face felt like it was burning, but luckily his skin was dark enough that nothing could be seen without a close look.

After just a brief glance, Le Zhengtang quickly looked away, "Well... then I'm sorry to trouble you...", letting his chest surge violently.

Ningxia frowned, her tone extremely serious. "It's not a bother. I'm happy to take care of you." After all, if it weren't for him, the three of them would have been in great danger. It was only natural that she should take good care of him.

Le Zhengtang didn't dare turn his head to look at her, but he couldn't suppress the upturned corners of his mouth. He lowered his head and pretended to adjust the quilt on his body.

"Come, try it." After the other party sat down, Ningxia handed him a cup of warm water. After watching him drink it, she opened the lunch box.