The female lead, who died in the apocalyptic era, is unexpectedly reborn into a new world. Witness how she performs a storm-like counterattack to change her predecessor's miserable life.
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Seeing this, Manager Lin hurriedly took the fried cake and gardenia soy milk handed over by Jiang Yuwei. His eyes lit up after just one bite of the fried cake. It was the first time he had ever eaten such a sweet but not greasy, soft and delicious pastry. Even he, who does not like sweets, ate it with relish and finished the fried cake in his hand in no time.
Seeing his lingering interest, Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but chuckle and say:
"Manager Lin, please try this gardenia soy milk again."
Manager Lin hurriedly took another sip of soy milk, nodding repeatedly in praise:
"Okay, okay, I'll take both of these prescriptions. Name your price."
Jiang Yuwei thought for a moment and said:
“These two dishes were my means of making a living. Now that I’m selling them to Manager Lin, I can no longer rely on them for a living. If I hadn’t gotten along so well with Manager Lin today, I would never have sold these recipes to support my family. Manager Lin has already tasted these dishes, so the taste is beyond question. I’m selling these two recipes for forty taels of silver.”
When Manager Lin heard that Jiang Yuwei wanted forty taels of silver, he hesitated for a moment and said with a forced smile:
"Isn't forty taels a bit too expensive? I..."
Before Manager Lin could finish speaking, Jiang Yuwei got up to leave:
"Forty taels is my bottom line. These are the recipes that I use to make a living. If it weren't for Manager Lin's sincere attitude today, I would never have sold these two recipes even if you killed me. Since we can't agree on a price, I won't delay Manager Lin's business."
Seeing Jiang Yuwei get up to leave, Manager Lin quickly stood up as well, blocking the doorway, and gritted his teeth, saying:
"Alright, forty taels, I'll buy the recipe!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled slightly, sat down, wrote down the two recipes, and went to the kitchen to guide the chefs in making them. Manager Lin tasted them before giving her money and seeing her off.
Jiang Yuwei's mood improved as soon as she stepped outside. She didn't want to sell the fried cakes and gardenia soy milk anymore anyway. It was good that she could sell the recipe to Zuixianlou, this sucker, at a high price. Otherwise, in a few days, there would be people selling fried cakes everywhere in the market, and she wouldn't be able to make any money.
After leaving Zuixianlou, Jiang Yuwei went straight to Huichuntang. Now that she had some money, she bought the herbs for the medicinal bath so that Ning Huaizhi could soak in the spiritual spring water every day, which would be good.
After finishing the house construction in the next few days, Jiang Yuwei will go up the mountain to find ginseng for him. She knows that the longer this leg injury is delayed, the worse it will get.
Upon arriving at Huichuntang, the shop assistant remembered her and went straight in to find Doctor Lin. Jiang Yuwei greeted Doctor Lin immediately:
"Doctor, you said I would find the ginseng, but now I'm thinking that if I could give my husband a medicinal bath first, would that help him feel better?"
Seeing Jiang Yuwei's words, Dr. Lin nodded approvingly and said:
"It will indeed help a bit, and it can relieve his pain on a daily basis. However, once he starts taking a medicinal bath, it will cost a lot of money."
As he spoke, Doctor Lin looked Jiang Yuwei up and down, seemingly feeling sorry for her. After a moment's thought, he continued:
"I'll prescribe seven days' worth of medicine for you. Just let him soak it for fifteen minutes every night. If it's effective, come back for more."
Jiang Yuwei knew that Doctor Lin was worried that she wouldn't have enough money to treat Ning Huaizhi, so she didn't say anything, just nodded, quickly paid the money, and left with the herbs.
The shop assistant at Huichuntang, watching Jiang Yuwei's retreating figure, said to Doctor Lin:
"Judging from this woman's appearance, she doesn't seem to be wealthy. She's probably emptied her savings to treat her husband's leg injury."
Upon hearing this, Doctor Lin glanced at Jiang Yuwei's retreating figure, said nothing, and simply shook his head helplessly before entering the inner courtyard.
Jiang Yuwei was thinking of buying some more things. Now that she had extra money to pay the deposit, she decided to go to the carpenter's shop on West Street to order the furniture she needed. After all, making furniture would take some time, and once the furniture was finished, the house would be built.
Thinking this, she walked to the front of the carpenter's shop. The shopkeeper was very happy to see Jiang Yuwei and got up to greet her. Last time, Jiang Yuwei gave him the wheelchair blueprints, which earned him a lot of extra money. Many dignitaries and nobles with elderly and mobility-impaired family members came to order wheelchairs.
Now that the God of Wealth has come to the door, the shopkeeper naturally has to treat him well.
Jiang Yuwei smiled slightly at the shopkeeper and said:
"Today I would like to order some furniture. Some of the furniture is quite special. I wonder if the shopkeeper can make it according to my design drawings? If it is troublesome, I can pay more money."
Upon hearing that there were new blueprints, the shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"No trouble at all. You can come to me to make whatever you need in the future. I won't charge you extra. The wheelchair blueprints you sent last time did make me a little money."
Jiang Yuwei was surprised by the shopkeeper's honesty. He had made money using her own blueprints but hadn't shared the profits with her, yet he had told her the truth. Jiang Yuwei could only smile helplessly. Thinking that making wheelchairs was a good thing that benefited everyone, she didn't pursue the matter further and said:
"Shopkeeper, today I want a bed, four tables, a sofa, two storage cabinets, and two shelves made of mahogany. I will draw up the blueprints for all four items for you today. You will surely make a fortune. However, since I drew these blueprints, you must give me some compensation for your hard work. I will not settle the matter with you about the wheelchair from the other day."
The shopkeeper pondered for a moment. If he could really obtain so many blueprints and then promote them at the residences of the nobles on South Street, he would surely receive many orders. So he spoke directly:
"In that case, I won't take your money. I'll make all these things for you, and I'll also give you four stools as a bonus. How does that sound?"
Jiang Yuwei spoke immediately upon a thought:
"Then make me a dressing table too, and I'll give you the blueprints as well."
The shopkeeper was overjoyed. Now he had five blueprints, which could be passed down in the future. With this skill, his family could surely make a name for themselves in Ping'an Town. So he nodded and agreed without hesitation.
Jiang Yuwei drew up the blueprints and gave them to the shopkeeper. She also asked him to write an order slip for her. She was to bring the slip to pick up the goods in fifteen days. Jiang Yuwei was worried that he might change his mind because she didn't have much contact with the shopkeeper.
Jiang Yuwei was overjoyed to find that she could have furniture made without spending a penny. After leaving the carpenter's shop, she went straight to the East Street market to buy a lot of things before taking Uncle Ning's oxcart back to the village.
When Jiang Yuwei arrived home, she saw Ning Huaizhi waiting for her in a wheelchair at the gate of the yard. Her heart warmed. Apart from his crippled leg and quiet nature, her husband was fine. After all, Jiang Yuwei liked Ning Huaizhi's appearance very much. She often wondered how someone as ugly as Chen Guixiang could give birth to such a handsome son.