Chapter 472 Aside from the general, I only listen to myself.
As soon as Miss Liu caught a glimpse of Jiang Nuanzhi's face, she instinctively took two steps back, clutching the hem of her clothes and swallowing nervously: "You, you, you are that fat veterinarian?"
How did she become so beautiful?
Jiang Nuanzhi blinked, then placed the jade pendant in the box.
She turned around and smiled, "So it's Miss Liu, long time no see."
That's the same Miss Liu who was the living bodhisattva before. She was whipping the waiter to stand up for him, but she ended up choking him and was terrified. I remember she even had to pay me two taels of silver later.
Miss Liu stared nervously at Jiang Nuanzhi, clearly recalling some unpleasant memories as well. Her face was pale, and she looked again at the jade pendant in Jiang Nuanzhi's hand, clenching her fists as if she had made up her mind. She forced herself to continue:
"I really need this jade pendant. I can give you an extra ten taels of silver. Can you give it to me?"
Seeing that Jiang Nuanzhi remained silent, she pursed her lips and said again, "I bought this for my brother. I've been looking for a long time but couldn't find anything suitable. This one caught my eye at first glance, and it's just right. Could you please part with it? I... I'd be very grateful."
"Sell it to your brother?" Jiang Nuanzhi examined the jade pendant closely; it was carved with a delicate little deer. It didn't look like something meant for a man.
Seeing that Jiang Nuanzhi was speaking calmly and showed no signs of anger, Miss Liu became bolder and took two steps forward, saying, "My brother is getting married soon, and this is a gift I want to give to my new sister-in-law."
Jiang Nuanzhi was surprised to hear this. She remembered that Miss Liu's brother seemed to work in the Xuan Ting Mansion, perhaps as a guard? In that case, he wasn't exactly an outsider.
"Hey, you woman, did you hear me?"
The old woman, growing impatient, raised her voice, "How can you be so ungrateful? Our young lady is willing to give you an extra ten taels of silver, so hurry up and hand over the jade pendant. What are you standing there for? You idiot... Waaah!"
"Granny Sun!" Miss Liu turned pale with fright and quickly covered Granny Sun's mouth, pulling her behind her.
He looked at Jiang Nuanzhi nervously for a moment.
"What's going on? Sister Nuan, you're too kind!" Lu Shizhu came out of the restroom in Wanbaoge store and immediately stood in front of Jiang Nuan like a little chick, glaring at Miss Liu and the others.
"Oh, so it's someone from the Liu family again. That old hag is really asking for trouble. You think only your patriarch is powerful? Do you even know my sister... Waaah!"
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Nuanzhi elbowed him in the ribs. Lü Shizhu immediately swallowed the words he was about to say, finding it very difficult to hold back.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Granny, I didn't mean it. I don't want it anymore." Miss Liu noticed that Jiang Nuanzhi's face was pale and she was about to cry. She even cautiously covered her whip, as if afraid that Jiang Nuanzhi would wrap it around her neck again.
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at it, then pushed the box away listlessly: "Anyway, I wasn't planning on buying it, so I'll just let you have it."
After saying that, he waved to Lü Shizhu: "Come on, let's go take a look at another place."
"Oh, my wife, please take care."
The shopkeeper behind her breathed a sigh of relief and bowed deeply to Jiang Nuanzhi, expressing his sincere gratitude.
The wet nurse behind Miss Liu looked displeased: "She's just a veterinarian, Miss, why are you afraid of her?"
"Don't say anything, she's very fierce."
Jiang Nuanzhi didn't care much about what the two were saying and went straight out the door.
Lu Shizhu was furious and spat as he left, "So what if the head of the family is a personal guard in the Sixth Prince's residence? My sister Nuan is an imperial physician, yet she's not even as good as a guard!"
"Alright, keep your voice down." Jiang Nuanzhi said, both amused and exasperated. "Hurry up, we still need to buy things."
"Hmph, if I wasn't in a hurry to get her to you, I wouldn't have put up with her."
However, as soon as he boarded the carriage, Miss Liu chased after him, saying, "Um, what... what do you want? Take one item and I'll give it to you. Don't be angry."
For some reason, Ms. Liu couldn't help but stare at this strange woman whenever she saw her, feeling that she was different from everyone else she had ever met.
Jiang Nuanzhi waved her hand: "Thank you for your kindness, Miss, but no need. We'll meet again someday."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Lu Shizhu rolled her eyes. "At least she knows what's good for her. But, Sister Nuan, why did you give in so easily? It's so embarrassing!"
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at him: "She's just a child, why get angry? It would be embarrassing for me to fight with her."
Then he laughed and said, "Besides, 120 taels is too expensive, and I didn't intend to buy it anyway. Let's go and browse the next store."
Well, there wasn't much suitable stuff on the street. Jiang Nuanzhi thought it over and over, and figured that Xuan Ting probably wouldn't lack these gold and jade items. If she bought something that wasn't of high quality, she probably wouldn't be able to take it out with her status, so she simply picked out some novel and whimsical little trinkets, bought a few more, and had the shopkeeper wrap them up.
He went into the cloth shop and bought a few more bolts of cloth before jumping into the carriage and heading home.
Lu Shizhu, shameless as ever, jumped back onto the carriage.
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at him unconsciously: "Why are you following me? Isn't the pharmacy busy at all today?"
"Busy! But I still have my old man, don't I?"
"Alright, stop following me. Now hurry up and take the red ginseng back, lest Old Master Lü finds out and breaks your legs. If you're free tomorrow, come to my house, and I'll cook something nice for you. Consider it goodbye."
"Leaving tomorrow?"
"Um."
Under Lü Shizhu's reluctant gaze, Jiang Nuanzhi finally shooed him off the carriage.
Then, cracking his whip, he slowly made his way home.
On the way back, Jiang Nuanzhi felt a little regretful; it was quite tiring to keep an eye on two carriages all by herself.
If Sanqi or Eunuch Liu were to accompany her along the way, and Lü Shizhu were not to go with her, why would she need to drive the carriage herself?
The carriage behind them was unmanned, its reins tied to the side of the carriage in front.
Jiang Nuanzhi was afraid something might go wrong, so she would check on him every now and then.
She hurried back home, and only when she was almost in the village did she finally breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Her stomach was growling with hunger. She pulled out the fruit she had bought earlier from her bosom, wiped it clean, and was about to take a bite when, in the next second, a figure flashed past her, and her hand suddenly went empty.
Jiang Nuanzhi frowned and looked up. She saw a huge eagle perched on the roof of the carriage. It was holding a pear in its claws, tilting its head and looking at her defiantly. It even pecked at her right in front of her.
Jiang Nuanzhi narrowed her eyes slightly: "Hey, how come this beast has such an arrogant face?"
It really made her itchy to do it.
"You beast, come back now, and I'll be gentle when I pluck your fur later."
Lightning tilted its head, dismissively spreading its wings and flying away, circling the carriage several times. It even tossed some crumbs of fruit over.
Jiang Nuanzhi: "!"
Ha, how arrogant.
"Madam! Madam, I've come to pick you up! How is it? Hehe, this is lightning, isn't it cute?"
Jiang Nuanzhi's deep gaze shifted to Dongzang, who had somehow jumped to her side, and she asked in a light voice, "You raised him?"
"Of course, Lightning only listens to me. Cough cough, of course, it listens to the General the most, but when it was a puppy, I took the most care of it. Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely teach it to listen to you too, it just will take some time."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at Dong Cang's darting eyes and asked, "Oh? How long?"
Dongzang's eyes lit up immediately: "Madam, if you have braised pork, it will be ready very quickly."
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded knowingly: "Oh~, I see."
Dongzang looked at Jiang Nuanzhi expectantly: "Mmm-hmm!"
Then, the next second, the lightning bolt, having finished eating the pear, circled halfway overhead, and then, as if losing its strength, fell straight down from the sky.
(End of this chapter)
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