Chapter 63: His heart was moved

"Sisi, thank you for thinking of me, but... I'm worried that I might mess things up!"

Li Wenhui felt itchy, but her mind was full of worries.

Mainly because I have no confidence in myself.

Since she was a child, her parents always criticized her for being bad at everything, except eating.

He was not as efficient as others at doing farm work, but he studied very hard. In the end, he didn't even get into high school.

Later, when she just turned 18, she was introduced to Cheng Yong from the same village by a matchmaker. The two fell in love at first sight and were attracted to each other the first time they met. Then she got married naturally and came to Jiangcheng with the army.

Shen Sisi also became anxious: “You haven’t even tried it, how do you know you’ll mess it up?”

"As for me, I've been terrible at everything since I was little. I've never accomplished anything in my life, but I have a really good appetite!"

In the words of her hometown, she is a typical lazy and gluttonous person.

Shen Sisi picked up a piece of evenly-rolled dumpling wrapper, and looked at the bacon, sausages, dried sweet potatoes, dried radishes and other things hanging at the door of her house. This thing was so good that it could be used for anything!

"Sister Wenhui, how can you lie so openly? Everything in this yard was made by your skillful hands. Even the chefs at state-owned restaurants don't have your skills!"

"Really? You didn't lie to me?"

Shen Sisi nodded solemnly: "Of course..."

Li Wenhui's originally dull eyes were instantly filled with stars. Apart from her brother Yong, no one had ever praised her like this. Perhaps, she could really do it?

The family is in a difficult situation right now and needs money everywhere. If she can find a job with flexible working hours, she would be willing to work for even 5 yuan a month, let alone 10 yuan.

"Well, thank you then..."

Li Wenhui smiled so much that the corners of her mouth seemed to fly up to the sky, and her whole body became visibly more sunny and confident.

Sister Sisi trusts her, so she has to learn from her and collect the herbs well.

Shen Sisi was also very happy and made an appointment with her to go to the back mountain together tomorrow morning to teach her to recognize those herbs.

"Okay, let's put it this way..."

Shen Sisi still had things to do and had no time to sit idly by.

Seeing that she was in a hurry and was carrying a child, Li Wenhui thought it must be very tiring, so she suggested that she leave the child here and she would cook meat dumplings for the child.

Shen Sisi hesitated for a moment, and seeing that little Niuniu's eyes were almost focused on the dumpling filling, she asked her softly, "Niuniu, would you like to stay at your aunt's house?"

Niuniu nodded dully and snorted softly: "Hmm!"

"Little greedy cat..." Shen Sisi reached out and scratched the little guy's red nose: "When there are delicious foods, you don't even want your mother."

"Yes..." Niu Niu noticed her mother's disappointment, held her face with both hands, and leaned over to kiss her sweet mother.

Shen Sisi's heart was melted by the cuteness. The little guy was not very old, but he had a lot of tricks when it came to coaxing people.

Seeing how close the mother and daughter were, Li Wenhui showed envy in her eyes.

If her child were still alive, he would be about two or three years old.

She must be as cute as Niuniu, hugging her neck and calling her mommy, mommy every day...

"Sister Sisi, don't worry, I can take good care of Niuniu and make dumplings for her later."

Shen Sisi had to go to the dock next, and it was really inconvenient to bring the child with her: "Okay, I'll leave it to you. I'll try to get back before noon."

"It's okay... If you're busy in the future, just leave Niuniu to me. I'm idle anyway, and I'll be happier with a child around."

Shen Sisi noticed that the way she looked at Niuniu was different, that she really liked her, so she didn't refuse anymore: "Okay, thank you for taking care of her..."

After Shen Sisi came out of Li Wenhui's house, she rushed to the dock without stopping to find Wang Xiaodao.

There are more than a hundred bottles of medicinal oil, and the amount of oil needed is not a small amount.

If you buy through formal channels, not only will you not have enough oil coupons, but the cost will also increase.

Including the two employees hired today, the basic salary adds up to 20 yuan, so she has to control the costs well.

Soon, she saw Wang Xiaodao. Just like last time, he was pot-bellied like a two-legged turtle, and was yelling at his men.

"Brother Dao!" Shen Sisi walked forward to greet him confidently. As soon as she appeared, she caused quite a commotion.

"What a beautiful girl..."

"Never seen before..."

"You're so fair and clean, why are you here at our dock, looking for Brother Dao..."

Everyone stopped working and just stood there looking at the beauty!

Shen Sisi was not afraid of everyone's gaze and walked straight to Wang Xiaodao.

She looked so beautiful when she smiled, with red lips, white teeth and a rosy face, which made Wang Xiaodao's heart beat fast.

He quickly straightened his clothes, and his tone unconsciously became more restrained: "Big sister, it's you..."

Shen Sisi walked three or four steps in front of him and suddenly stopped, maintaining a social distance: "Brother Dao, the oil you bought last time was very good. I want to ask you where the small workshop is..."

"So much oil is used up?" Wang Xiaodao was surprised.

"Yeah!" Shen Sisi didn't intend to waste any more words with him. She directly took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to him: "Brother Dao, please do me a favor."

Wang Xiaodao touched the square cigarette box in his hand. This little girl is quite sensible.

He shook the box in his hand, looking very embarrassed. "Well...it's not that I don't want to help you, but that small workshop is preparing to be transferred recently. The owner is no longer running it."

"What?" Shen Sisi's heart tightened. "Didn't I give you soybean oil last time to promote it? Why don't you do it anymore?"

"This workshop is run by an elderly couple with two children who both have regular jobs. They don't want to run this business as a self-employed person, as they think it's embarrassing. A few days ago, the old man fell and broke his hand, and the children took this opportunity to persuade them to stop."

Shen Sisi sighed inwardly, what a pity... Such a good workshop is no longer in operation.

So she asked Wang Xiaodao which oil-pressing factories or workshops there were in Jiangcheng. Wang Xiaodao took her cigarettes and naturally told her everything he knew.

Shen Sisi looked around according to the address he gave, but found that none of them were satisfactory.

Either the price is too expensive, or there are cheaper ones, but the quality is not good enough and does not meet her expectations.

I am most satisfied with the half bucket of soybean oil that Wang Xiaodao gave me last time.

She thought about it and walked back to Wang Xiaodao's dock: "Brother Dao, just give me the address of that store, I'll go take a look."

When Wang Xiaodao saw her coming back with a worried look on her face, he knew that she didn't like any of the families.

So he took out a pen and wrote down the address for her: Old Zhang's house at No. 16, Mianhua Lane.

Shen Sisi immediately treated Wang Xiaodao to another bottle of hot soy milk, and she also sat at the dock and opened a bottle herself.

After drinking the soy milk, her cold hands and feet finally warmed up, and she was full of energy as she walked towards Cotton Lane.

At the door of No. 16 Cotton Lane, there is a cloth sign with the words "Zhangjia Oil Mill" written on it.

There was a piece of white paper stuck on the side, which did indeed say that the oil mill was being transferred.

Shen Sisi's eyes darkened and she knocked on the wooden door: "Excuse me, is anyone home?"

A vicissitudes of life voice came from the inner room: "The door is not locked...Come in!"

Shen Sisi pushed open the wooden door and could smell the fragrance of oil as soon as she stepped in.

"Little girl, are you here to buy oil? We're out of oil here, go ask somewhere else!"

Shen Sisi followed the sound and saw an old man sitting on a lounge chair in the patio, basking in the sun, with a few bamboo strips tied to his hands.

"Old man, what are you doing..."