"Then Auntie can give whatever she thinks is appropriate."

Now Ruan Qiushui couldn't refuse.

"Auntie spent a lot of money on medical treatment before, so please don't mind this ten yuan."

The family doesn't have much savings left, and her two sons are still unmarried because of her.

If Ruan Zhiqing really cured her illness, he would be a great benefactor to her family.

"Auntie, I'll accept the money. You don't need to pay me next time."

"There are thirty pills in here. Take one a day. Then come to me for acupuncture every five days."

"The medication will be adjusted according to the patient's condition one month later."

Ruan Qiushui took out a small porcelain bottle with a cork stopper and handed it to Wu Guihua.

"Alright, alright, then Auntie will head back now."

Wu Guihua tucked the bottle into her bosom as if it were a precious treasure.

Zhang Xianfeng put down the bamboo basket and helped Wu Guihua walk away.

"What's going on?"

Chen Fenglan came closer, extremely curious.

Even He Yongjun and his group, who were not far away, perked up their ears.

"I happened to know some medical skills and saved Aunt Wu."

Ruan Qiushui briefly mentioned it.

"So, if I ever have a headache or fever in the future, I can come to you."

Chen Fenglan was pleasantly surprised that Ruan Qiushui had such abilities.

No one in the Red Flag Brigade knows how to treat illnesses, so minor ailments like headaches and fevers are simply endured.

Only those with serious illnesses that they can't overcome will go to the town hospital.

"Okay, if you have any minor ailments, come to me, and I'll cure you completely."

Ruan Qiushui made a guarantee.

"Qiushui, are you going to keep these chickens?"

Chen Fenglan saw Ruan Qiushui staring at the chicken with a worried expression and wondered if she could help.

"Sister Chen, I don't know how to kill a chicken. Can you kill one for me? I'll make chicken soup and share a bowl with you."

There were plenty of chickens in the space, and she didn't lack eggs, so she didn't bother raising them.

She had never killed a chicken before; she usually processed them using her spatial abilities. Seeing the chicken still alive, with its sharp beak and claws, she feared it might suddenly break free of its rope and peck at her.

She doesn't want to relive her childhood trauma.

"It's not difficult at all. I'll kill it for you, and you don't need the soup."

She just took a piece of cured meat from Ruan Qiushui at noon, and now she's drinking chicken soup. She's not that shameless.

“Ruan Zhiqing, I can also help you kill a chicken.”

Once the wound heals, the pain is forgotten. Liu Pandi's eyes gleam with greed as she ran up to Ruan Qiushui.

"Need not."

Ruan Qiushui bypassed Liu Pandi and handed the basket directly to Chen Fenglan.

She was too scared to catch the chicken.

"If you don't need it, then you don't need it."

Liu Pandi stormed off from the educated youth center, refusing to even cook.

"I'll go boil water, kill the chicken, and pluck its feathers. Qiushui, go find a bowl to collect the chicken blood later."

As Chen Fenglan spoke, she walked towards the kitchen.

"Sister Chen, I don't need the chicken blood, you can keep it."

A woman should be tough when facing thugs and hooligans, but when faced with something sharp-beaked, hairy, and slippery, she should be timid.

"Alright, brothers from the North and South, come over and help out quickly. I'll make you chicken blood tofu tonight."

Aunt Li from next door traded a piece of tofu with her today, and she's been wondering what to eat it.

Now, stir-fried with chicken blood, or even with wheat bran, you could easily eat two big bowls of this.

Li Haonan and Li Haobei immediately stood up, wagging their tails as they followed Chen Fenglan into the kitchen.

"These two are really foodies."

Ruan Qiushui chuckled and carried the basket back to her room.

While no one was in the house, in addition to the shiitake mushrooms that Aunt Wu had brought, she also took some red dates and goji berries from her spatial storage.

When they got to the kitchen, Chen Fenglan had already chopped the chicken into small pieces and set them aside.

"Thanks, Sister Chen."

Ruan Qiushui soaked the shiitake mushrooms and then blanched the chicken. She put ginger slices, red dates, goji berries, and shiitake mushrooms into a pot and simmered them over low heat.

"It smells so good."

The broth in the pot was boiling, and the aroma wafted out through the cracks, making the Li brothers, Haonan and Haobei, drool.

"I'll just make you all drool."

Chen Fenglan was making duck blood tofu on the side when she saw the two of them looking so pathetic and laughed so hard she bent over.

Ruan Qiushui fiddled with the firewood and put two sweet potatoes she had gotten from the accountant into it.

She cooked enough food for one meal at noon, but for dinner she could only have sweet potatoes and chicken soup.

After simmering for nearly an hour, it was finally time to take it off the heat.

Ruan Qiushui took a small bowl, ladled out some soup, and tasted it.

The broth is rich and flavorful, with a hint of jujube sweetness. One sip and you feel completely relaxed.

"Is Ruan Zhiqing here?"

Gu Changfeng knocked on the courtyard gate and stepped into the courtyard.

Why are you here?

Ruan Qiushui looked at Gu Changfeng carrying a basket with some curiosity.

"My mother asked me to bring you some food."

"These steamed buns were delivered this morning; this is a return gift."

This is a wild rabbit that he specially went up the mountain to hunt this afternoon, so that he could feed his future wife until she is plump and healthy.

"Really? Auntie's cooking? I'll have to try it."

Now that she had acknowledged Gu Changfeng as her suitor, there was no need for her to be coy.

"Wait."

Ruan Qiushui took the basket, poured out the braised rabbit meat, washed the bowl, and served Gu Changfeng a bowl of chicken soup.

She loves drinking soup, but doesn't like eating the meat in it, complaining that the meat in clear soup is tasteless.

There are some things that are hard to take out right now because they don't have a provenance, so she might as well make a dry dipping sauce and eat them with it.

We couldn't just throw it away and waste it, so we gave half of the chicken to Gu Changfeng.

Luckily, the bowl he brought was large, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to hold everything.

"Go back and eat."

The rabbit meat is still piping hot. I bet this idiot brought it over as soon as it was cooked, without even eating.

"Okay, then I'll head back now."

Gu Changfeng was reluctant to leave, but he had no choice but to go.

He glanced at the chicken soup in his hand, then left, brimming with excitement.

This was made by his future wife herself, so it was practically made especially for him.

He was so happy.

"Sister Chen, here you go."

With more meat and less soup, Ruan Qiushui specially found a large bowl for Chen Fenglan to eat, filling it to the brim.

She kept two chicken wings and two chicken feet.

"Qiu Shui, this won't do."

As Chen Fenglan spoke, she was about to pour the chicken from the bowl into the pot.

Half a chicken was already in the bowl; she couldn't possibly accept it without a second thought.

"Sister Chen, don't think I'm being petty. I'm bribing you with chicken so you'll take good care of me in the future."

"This is the only time. I'm only here today because of Aunt Wu."

"If we want to eat something nice again, we'll have to wait for money to be sent from home."

Chen Fenglan didn't seem like the type to take advantage of others, but Ruan Qiushui still had to be upfront about what was unpleasant.

Given her love of good food, she wouldn't openly indulge in delicacies, but she would definitely eat refined grains every now and then.

This was agreed upon beforehand, and the source of the money was explained to avoid them feeling envious or resentful later.

"Of course, we'll only remember your kindness when we benefit from it, and we certainly won't eat the meat and then curse the cook."

Giving it to you is a favor, not giving it is her right. She doesn't have the nerve to ask for favors.