Chapter 61: Hit It Off
Zhang Xiuhong was swinging a sickle in one hand and holding a few wild chrysanthemums in the other. The cloth bag behind her was stuffed full to the brim with flowers overflowing.
Shen Sisi's eyes widened. It turned out that she was the one who picked the wild chrysanthemums all over the mountain...
Seeing her coming down from the top of the mountain, she was lost and depressed, with a look of dejection and frustration visible to the naked eye.
Forget it, there’s no need to go to the mountain. All the flowers have been picked. We have to find another place.
"It's you... What a coincidence, you're here to pick flowers too." Shen Sisi forced a smile.
The last time Zhang Xiuhong came here, she was looking for death, but now she is in the mood to pick flowers. It seems that her mood has recovered well.
This thought diluted Shen Sisi's inner gloom by about 70%.
Zhang Xiuhong curled her sleeves and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "It's a coincidence that I met you here. It saves me from making another trip."
She rushed to Shen Sisi's side, squatted down, put the big bag on the ground, held the wild chrysanthemums in her hands, and stuffed them into Shen Sisi's backpack one handful at a time.
"You are..." Shen Sisi subconsciously took a half step back, and quickly realized that Zhang Xiuhong had no ill intentions. On the contrary, she seemed to be helping...
"Did you pick these chrysanthemums for me?" Shen Sisi was shocked.
"Yeah!" Zhang Xiuhong panted heavily, and it took five pushes before she forced the wild chrysanthemums down.
"The last time I saw you picking flowers in the woods, you might have been feeling a bit irritated. I figured you'd run out of chrysanthemum tea in the past couple of days, so I came to pick some for you..."
Shen Sisi couldn't help but laugh. Zhang Xiuhong was just too good at talking nonsense, wasn't she? A few small wild chrysanthemums reminded her of someone with a fever and making scented tea... She was indeed a natural gossiper.
However, she was too lazy to explain.
The more explanations, the more trouble.
Rather than telling others that she was making medicinal oil, it would be better for people to misunderstand that she was angry.
"I see..." Shen Sisi was just worried about where to pick herbs, but now Zhang Xiuhong has solved her urgent problem.
Shen Sisi didn't act pretentiously and accepted it generously: "Then Sister Xiuhong, thank you!"
Zhang Xiuhong was worried that Shen Sisi would not accept her kindness, but unexpectedly, Shen Sisi was so straightforward.
She raised her head, and under the mottled shadows of the trees, Shen Sisi's sweet smile was brighter than the sun, as if... the unpleasantness between them had never happened.
With such a huge grudge, if it were Zhang Xiuhong, she would have stopped having anything to do with the person until she died.
Shen Sisi not only saved her, but also helped her, letting bygones be bygones. Her mind is broader than that of a man, and even broader than the ocean.
"You... aren't you afraid that I'm harming you?" Zhang Xiuhong asked deliberately.
Shen Sisi smiled and said, "If you want to harm me, you can just hide in a deserted corner and deal with me secretly. Why bother mowing the grass in the dew so early in the morning?"
Zhang Xiuhong thought about it and it was true!
"Besides, what good would it do you to kill me?"
She patted the mud off her hands and said, "Hey, I knew I couldn't fool you. You're such a shrewd person..."
"I'm not a smart person, it's mainly because of you, Sister Xiuhong, your acting is so bad..."
"You..." Zhang Xiuhong's face turned red with embarrassment, but she didn't dare to tease her anymore.
Shen Sisi's original work was all done by Zhang Xiuhong. Her way of repaying her gratitude was really special.
So they walked back together, basking in the warm morning sun as they walked, their bodies all warm.
Along the way, she didn't know how many thank yous she had heard, and her ears were almost callused.
"Sisi, you're really smart... I listened to you that day and reflected deeply after returning home. I stopped arguing with my husband and stopped gossiping about him. Within a few days, his attitude towards me really changed."
"The divorce was never mentioned again!"
Zhang Xiuhong was relieved. Otherwise, if she divorced and returned to the countryside, she would have been wasted.
"I, Zhang Xiuhong, will never forget your great kindness!"
Shen Sisi never asks for anything in return when doing good things, nor does she expect others to repay her kindness. She just hopes that she doesn't encounter the story of the dragon husband and the snake.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiuhong is quite kind.
It's not that he's so bad that he has a rotten heart.
"It's okay, it's a small matter." Shen Sisi didn't take it to heart at all.
"It may seem trivial to you, but to me it's my life, the life of our entire family. In short, I'll remember it all. I, Zhang Xiuhong, don't have many special abilities, but I have endless energy. From now on, all the chrysanthemum tea in your house will be handed over to me!"
She patted her chest with a serious look, as firm as if she was taking an oath, which made both Shen Sisi and Niuniu laugh.
The speaker said this unintentionally, but the listener took it seriously.
This was only her second order, and there were hundreds of bottles of medicinal oil. She couldn't handle it all by herself, so she really needed some good helpers.
She thought for a while and said, "Okay, it's settled then. If I need any herbs from now on, I'll leave it to you."
Zhang Xiuhong was quite happy and felt that she was needed by her.
"Okay, you're welcome..."
"But I can't let you work for nothing..." Shen Sisi smiled and said, "I will pay you."
"Salary?" Zhang Xiuhong angrily threw her hands up, her face filled with gloom. "Sister Sisi, who are you insulting? It's just a simple task, and I still want your wages?"
Shen Sisi didn't get annoyed, but sighed with pretended regret: "Alas... In that case, I won't dare trouble you next time. I have to pay for someone anyway, so it seems I can only find someone else."
Li Xiuhong was fooled: "What? You want to hire someone?"
Shen Sisi snorted softly and said, "I originally wanted to cooperate with you so that you can take care of the family and make money at the same time. What a pity..."
The arm that had been thrown away once again familiarly held Shen Sisi: "Good sister, what are you doing? You actually want to hire someone."
Seeing that she was a sincere person, Shen Sisi no longer concealed the fact that everyone would know about this business in the future. "I'm making medicinal oil and need some medicinal herbs, some of which can be picked in the mountains."
"I originally thought that if you could help me collect herbs, I would be relieved and have more time to make them. Unfortunately..."
He was deep in thought and sighing, and he suddenly looked dozens of years older.
Zhang Xiuhong was getting anxious now, and her grip on Shen Sisi's fingers kept tightening: "How would I know you were making medicinal oil? I thought you were picking chrysanthemums and drying them to make tea. I didn't expect... you were so amazing!"
Shen Sisi blinked her cunning eyes: "So?"
Zhang Xiuhong was so anxious that her tongue was almost tied. "Yes, of course I will do it. You're going to hire someone anyway. Instead of letting someone else do it for free, why not give it to me? At least I promise to pick fresh ones for you."
"Okay!" Shen Sisi agreed with her immediately, and then talked about salary... Shen Sisi fell silent again.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
