Chapter 67: Struck by Thunder

Maybe I just noticed her because of her nice voice when I first met her.

What really became more and more uncontrollable was the deeper I got to know her each time I came into contact with her.

She is like a shining sun. As long as you get close to her, you will be illuminated by her sunshine and feel the warmth.

Shen Cheng suddenly smiled, and the smile in his peach blossom eyes could burn into people's hearts.

"On behalf of all soldiers, I would like to thank you for being such a good doctor."

As he said this, Shen Cheng saluted her again.

There wasn't much flirtatiousness or ambiguity in his smile this time, but rather admiration hidden deep in his heart.

Yes, Shen Cheng admired her.

Not only like, but also admiration.

Jiang Nianzi said what she really felt in her heart, and she felt inexplicably embarrassed when she saw Shen Cheng's formal actions.

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Shen Cheng took the medicine and left, Jiang Nianzi waited in the clinic.

After a while, Zhao Fangru came over to get the whitening cream.

"Doctor Jiang, are you done this time?"

"Yeah, it's done."

Jiang Nianzi took out the whitening cream, a total of sixty-five bottles, packed in a large bag.

Hand cream is also placed inside.

Exactly the same, exactly one hundred and thirty bottles.

Zhao Fang enumerated them all and said excitedly, "Another gift of hand cream, that's great."

She stretched out her hand and said, "Look, I used the hand cream and my skin became smooth and tender. Now many of the sisters' relatives in the factory have come to ask about it."

Zhao Fangru used to think that he wanted to be alone.

Now I realize that the joy of counting money is totally incomparable to that of Dumei.

And because of physical problems, even if you use whitening cream, the degree of whitening is not the same for everyone, not to mention the differences in facial features.

Jiang Nianzi reached out to touch it, but before she could touch it, Zhao Fangru grabbed it with her backhand.

"Oh, compared to you, my hands are dirty." Zhao Fangru laughed and didn't mind.

Because from the first time she saw her, she felt that Jiang Nianzi was an absolute beauty.

The gap is so huge that I can't even feel a little jealous.

She quickly counted the money to Jiang Nianzi: "Here, Doctor Jiang, besides my 65 yuan dividend, there are a total of 260 yuan here, count it."

Two hundred and sixty yuan is a huge sum of money for a working-class family in this era, let alone other people.

A few dozen thick.

Jiang Nianzi asked her: "Have you counted?"

"I've counted it, count it again," said Zhao Fangru.

Jiang Nianzi shook her head: "I won't count anymore since you've counted. We are in long-term cooperation, and I trust you."

If she dared to tamper with the money, it would be the last time they cooperated. Zhao Fangru was not that stupid.

Of course, the main reason is that a lot of this money is in cents and bills, and counting them one by one would make your hands cramp.

Unlike what Shen Cheng got, which was a large amount of money.

With money in hand, Jiang Nianzi felt like she could stand up straight.

Thinking of the people at home who were still sleeping on mattresses made from old clothes, Jiang Nianzi prepared to buy some.

But the cooperative in her town didn't seem to have any mattresses for sale.

Jiang Nianzi's face instantly fell, frustrated.

So another day of freezing?

Zhao Fangru noticed that her expression was not right and asked her, "Doctor Jiang, what's wrong with you?"

"I want to buy some new mattresses, but there are none for sale in town."

"Mattress?" Zhao Fangru laughed: "Doctor Jiang, have you forgotten that I just got married not long ago?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Nianzi looked at her: "What do you mean?"

"I have new mattresses at home. There are several beds, all with cotton quilts."

Zhao Fangru's family were all factory workers, so when she got married, her dowry was quite generous.

There are eight sets of sheets, quilt covers and quilts alone.

But after getting married, they found that they didn't need so much, because her partner's family were all factory workers and they didn't lack these things.

At this moment, Jiang Nianzi looked at Zhao Fangru as if she was a god descending to earth.

"Really? Then take me there."

Jiang Nianzi asked for leave from Grandpa Zhang and followed Zhao Fangru to her home.

Her frail body shivered with cold in the chilly winter.

Zhao Fangru took Jiang Nianzi to her home and asked her how many beds she wanted.

Jiang Nianzi said she wanted bed five.

She immediately took out five large floral quilts and bed sheets from the cupboard.

This thing is of good quality. When Jiang Nianzi touched it, she felt the warmth brought by the soft quilt.

"How much?" Jiang Nianzi asked her.

"20." Zhao Fangru made a gesture.

The floral quilt is not cheap. Together with the sheets and quilt cover, a bed costs about 20 yuan.

Prices are weird these days.

Some things are surprisingly expensive because there is no demand for them.

The average monthly salary for factory workers in the town is only about 30 yuan, but a quilt costs so much.

And this was the case when Zhao Fangru gave her a bed at a discount of five dollars.

One bed is five dollars cheaper, so five beds are twenty-five dollars.

If it were someone else, they wouldn't be able to get a penny from Zhao Fangru, but she knew how to handle things and was quite forthright about it since she knew the benefits that Jiang Nianzi could bring to her.

The total cost of the five beds, sheets, bedding and quilts was one hundred yuan.

Jiang Nianzi gave ten more yuan, so one hundred and ten were gone.

Zhao Fangru refused, and Jiang Nianzi said, "Giving you fifteen yuan is already a great advantage. Take it, or I will be embarrassed."

After hearing this, Zhao Fangru took the money.

It was impossible to take all the bedding back with one person, so Jiang Nianzi went to the three-way intersection in the town to find a bullock cart and then sent the five beds of bedding back to Tongmu Village.

Jiang Nianzi curled herself up between five quilts the entire time to protect herself from the cold.

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When the ox cart arrived home, Jiang Nianzi shouted, and Jiang Cheng and Ding Hongmei ran out immediately.

Seeing the things on the ox cart, Ding Hongmei's eyes widened.

"Zizi, why did you buy so many quilts?"

"For home use." Jiang Nianzi said happily.

Jiang Doudou and Jiang Xue hurried out to see the excitement.

The family was stunned to see so many quilts.

Jiang Xue touched it, and the soft and warm touch made her feel a little sad.

This winter, the family no longer has to suffer from the cold and sleepless nights.

She looked at Jiang Nianzi, with some emotion in her eyes.

These are what she had always wanted to do, but she never expected that in the end it would be the weakest sister who had to support the family.

Ding Hongmei's eyes also turned red.

Jiang Nianzi didn't like sentimentality. Seeing Jiang Xue and Ding Hongmei's eyes tear up, she said hurriedly, "Let's get started together and move into the house as soon as possible."

There were five mattresses with sheets and quilt covers. Jiang Nianzi had one. Jiang Xue originally slept in the same bed with Ding Hongmei, but now she came over and slept with Jiang Nianzi.

Jiang Doudou and Jiang Cheng sleep in the same bed, so only three quilts are used at home.

Jiang Nianzi asked Jiang Cheng to bring a bed to the old lady.

The old lady touched the soft quilt and smiled. She hadn't even used it yet, but she was already showing it off to others.

At night, Jiang Nianzi lay in the warm quilt and felt that she was alive.

Jiang Cheng and Jiang Doudou were lying in bed. Jiang Doudou's dark eyes were full of joy: "Brother, our sister is really amazing. She can make money, she's pretty, and she can heal people. Who do you think is worthy of our sister?"

"She's your sister, not mine." Jiang Cheng slapped him and said, "Go to sleep. You're so young, what are you thinking about all the time?"

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Jiang Nianzhi fell seriously ill and lay in bed, feeling weak and powerless.

She hates winter.

With more money in hand, Jiang Nianzi did not delay and immediately said to Jiang Xue: "Sister, take me with you, and find a vacant storefront that can be used as a store and find a way to rent it."

Seeing her lying in bed still worrying about these things, Jiang Xue and Jiang Cheng felt very distressed.

Jiang Chengduo wished he could do something to help his sister.

Jiang Xue brought her some ginger soup and said, "Drink some ginger soup to get rid of the cold."

Jiang Nianzi took a sip of the ginger soup, grabbed a handful of money and handed it to Jiang Xue, asking her to hurry to the town.

She wanted to get this sorted out quickly and go to the military hospital.

Jiang Xue had no choice but to agree.

Before leaving, he remembered to remind Ding Hongmei to take good care of Jiang Nianzi.

Ding Hongmei touched Jiang Nianzi's head with a distressed look: "I want you two to tidy up at night. Remind you, your mother doesn't care about Zizi any more than you do."

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Jiang Xue and Jiang Cheng went to the town, asked for leave for Jiang Nianzhi first, and then went to look for a vacant store.

The clinic is in the town center, and the store is a few hundred meters to the left from the town center.

The store location is good, the size is spacious, and the price is cheap.

The landlord was very easy to talk to, so Jiang Xue decided to move in immediately.

However, because there has been no tenant in more than half a month, there is a lot of dust inside.

Jiang Xue took action and immediately went to the clinic with Jiang Cheng. She borrowed some cleaning tools from Grandpa Zhang and started cleaning right away.

After sweeping the dust, Jiang Xue took a small basin and towel left by others in the store, went to the next door to borrow some water, and began to wipe several tables in the store.

Jiang Cheng went to return Grandpa Zhang's cleaning tools.

After wiping a few tables, Jiang Xue was full of ambition as she thought about her promising future. She picked up the wooden basin filled with muddy water and splashed it toward the street outside.

"Blah."

On the originally deserted road, a man in green military uniform suddenly walked out.

Jiang Xue's basin of dirty water splashed heavily on Shao Yang.

Shao Yang closed his eyes and let the water droplets drip from his hair.

He turned his head to look at the source. His face, which was always polite and smiling, was now tense, with a hint of sharpness in his eyes.

Jiang Xue was stunned for a moment. After seeing his face clearly, she raised the wooden basin awkwardly and said, "What a coincidence."

Shao Yang also saw clearly the culprit who splashed dirty water at him.

The pair of eyes that had become stern suddenly bent, returning to their previous smiling tiger image.

Dirty water was still dripping from his hair, but he smiled calmly and politely: "It's quite a coincidence."

He strode into the store.

Jiang Xue had just finished mopping the floor.

He was still dripping.

She watched him go into the store.

I wanted to stop her, but she splashed dirty water all over the person and he didn't say anything yet.

Shao Yang noticed her gaze and lowered his eyes to look at the ground. His raised foot had not yet landed in the store.

She looked distressed.

Shao Yang wanted to laugh in his heart and slowly put his foot down.

Then he put his other foot in.

He carefully observed the expression of the person opposite him.

Her eyes were fixed on the ground he was standing on, and with every step he took, her distressed expression grew more intense.

Shao Yang was in a daze when he realized it and apologized, "Oh, sorry, I made your floor dirty."

Jiang Xue raised her head and met his eyes full of apology, her heart bleeding.

Sorry you haven't gone out yet!

But if she said this to anyone, she would be struck by lightning.