"What kind of medicinal herbs are in the Lu family's bags? They even exchanged them for such fine cloth." Wang Qiuju's eyes were glued to the three bolts of cloth that Lu Shiyan was holding, wishing she could snatch two of them.
"Second sister-in-law, you only saw the cloth? Look at what's in that bag, doesn't it look like rice?"
Zhu Dong'e's eyes were also full of jealousy. In this day and age, it's so hard to get anything to eat. The Lu family actually got all these good things for free by digging up tree roots in the mountains.
Why wasn't she so lucky?
Only after Zhu Dong'e's reminder did Wang Qiuju realize that the bag contained the real treasure. Amidst her envy and jealousy, a wicked thought began to stir within her: "Does that Jiang woman truly know herbs?"
If she could truly recognize herbs, she would be willing to curry favor with her like Lei Erniang and Chen Qiuju. If they could learn some skills in identifying herbs, they would have another way to make money in the future.
"To be able to exchange it for so many things, she must really know herbs." Zhu Dong'e's eyes darted around. "But Jiang has been married into Dawan Village for several years now, and I never noticed before that she had this skill. If you ask me, she probably learned it from the herbalist who traveled with her family on the way to escape famine."
Wang Qiuju's gaze lingered on Li Shi, and she couldn't help but hatch a plan.
If Jiang also learned to identify and recognize medicines from Li Shi, then she should try to please the doctor instead of Jiang.
While the Fang family's sisters-in-law were each making their own plans, Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan returned to the Lu family's resting place with their belongings.
Luo Taohua's eyes lit up when she saw the fabric the two had brought back, and she exclaimed, "This small floral print fabric suits me perfectly!"
Seeing that his wife's old habit of taking advantage of others had resurfaced, Lu Shiwang quickly pinched her from behind. Luo Taohua, halfway through her sentence, abruptly changed the subject, saying, "My third sister-in-law, your skin is fair, clothes made from this fabric will definitely look good on you."
After all that trouble, Jiang Tangtang finally managed to raise her character value to the minimum level required to use the scanning function. However, since the minimum level only allows for ten minutes of use and the scanning range is only within a ten-mile radius, Jiang Tangtang was worried that she wouldn't be able to find anyone after activating it. Therefore, she negotiated with the system, hoping to extend the usage time.
She wasn't in the mood to argue with Luo Taohua over the fabric, and besides, she had already planned to use one of the three bolts of fabric for her family.
She said calmly, "I don't like floral fabrics. This piece of fabric can be divided among Mother and my sisters-in-law. I'll just use this navy blue one."
Luo Taohua was stunned. She hadn't expected Jiang Tangtang to reject the prettier, brightly colored floral fabric for the dress and instead choose a darker navy blue.
She was unusually a little embarrassed.
After all, the cloth was obtained thanks to the three wives and their husbands. Of course, Luo Taohua is a selfish person, and the reason she has changed her behavior and been nice to Jiang Tangtang these days is entirely because of Su's guess that being nice to Jiang Tangtang would benefit her.
Her motivation was still to benefit herself.
So her embarrassment didn't last more than two or three seconds. She immediately turned to figuring out how to divide the bolt of fabric so that her family could get the better deal.
Before she could figure it out, Su snatched the fabric away, saying, "Why are you making clothes on the road while we're fleeing famine? Do you think our family isn't conspicuous enough already, and you want us to be robbed again? Put the fabric away for now, and we'll talk about it after we've settled down."
Thinking back to that night when the refugees came in a fierce manner, Luo Taohua could only reluctantly let Su Shi carefully put away the cloth.
Su turned to look at Jiang Tangtang, wanting to use the same reason to get Jiang Tangtang to put away the fabric for her, and to cut the clothes after they were settled.
Jiang Tangtang was unwilling. She looked at Lu Shiyan pitifully and said, "Husband, all that's left in my bundle are dirty clothes that I haven't washed. I don't have any clean clothes to change into. I don't know how many days I've been wearing this. It's almost rotten. If I don't change, I'll suffocate from the smell."
Lu Shiyan said, "I don't know how to tailor clothes."
Jiang Tangtang never expected him to respond with that, and suddenly found him rather cute. She smiled and said, "Then I'll ask my second sister-in-law to help me cut it. If she doesn't know how, I can ask Sister Lei and Sister Chen for help."
"No need to ask outsiders for help, I'll make the clothes for you, sister-in-law," Zhou Qiongniang said hurriedly. "Third sister-in-law, what kind of style do you want?"
Actually, what Jiang Tangtang wanted most was underwear.
The original owner of this body had a curvaceous figure and a good background. However, the underwear of this era consisted of bellybands, which lacked any of the comfort or support of modern underwear. She felt as if she wasn't wearing anything at all.
However, it was clearly impossible for Zhou Qiongniang to use this cotton cloth to make her a set of modern underwear.
If you want underwear, you'll have to find a way to trade through the system.
She only asked Zhou Qiongniang to make her two simple and convenient sets of clothes to change into.
Zhou Qiongniang said, "Don't worry, Third Sister-in-law, I'll work on it as quickly as possible these next two days, and I guarantee you'll be able to change into clean clothes soon."
Jiang Tangtang smiled sweetly and said, "Then thank you, Second Sister-in-law."
"No need to thank me, it's no trouble at all."
Ever since Jiang Tangtang claimed to have received divine guidance, the family's life has improved day by day.
Lately, Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan have been bringing back wild fruits and prey from the mountains that others can't find or catch.
Although they were fleeing famine, the Lu family was much better off than the other villagers, especially since Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan had brought back cloth and rice.
Zhou Qiongniang felt that all of this was thanks to Jiang Tangtang, and she was willing to make clothes for Jiang Tangtang.
The rest of the Lu family had no objections. Luo Taohua felt a little uncomfortable, but she still went up to Zhou Qiongniang and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'll help you out later."
Madam Su was a little dissatisfied with her third daughter-in-law for being too spoiled, but looking at the grain her son had brought back, she thought that the family only had these things because of her third daughter-in-law.
So what if I'm a little spoiled!
So the old lady, who was initially a little unhappy, quickly calmed herself down and approached Jiang Tangtang with a flattering look, saying that she would cut out a piece of floral fabric to make a bellyband for her.
However, Jiang Tangtang declined her offer.
Through her interaction with the system today, she discovered that the rules set by the system are not unchangeable.
The key lies in how to negotiate with the system.
She planned to find Li Shi's wife and children and complete this task before trying to exchange a set of underwear from the system.
"Then, Sanlang's wife, where do we go next?" Madam Su asked Jiang Tangtang with a smile.
"After we help Doctor Li find his family, we'll set off." Jiang Tangtang recalled the plot of the book and said, "Let's go to Jiangzhou!"
Madam Su nodded hurriedly, "Alright, I'll do as you say, let's go to Jiangzhou. By the way, have you made any progress with Doctor Li's family?"
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