While waiting for the brother and sister, Gu Jianing wandered around the snack stalls and started eating.
Meanwhile, Qin Tian and Qin Qing, brother and sister, rushed home in a hurry. As soon as they entered the house, they went to the room where they kept the herbs and started searching.
When Grandma Qin heard the noise, she started calling for help.
"Is it Xiaotian? Is Xiaoqing back?" The old man was lying on the kang. His voice sounded old and weak, accompanied by a cough. On the stove next to him, Chinese medicine was being decocted.
Grandma Qin knew that today was one of the three big market days a month, and this day was her grandchildren’s favorite day.
A few days ago, he was saying that he would take the Cordyceps he had saved to sell. It’s only been a short time since he left, why is he back?
Could it be that someone else came in?
But Grandma Qin thought it was unlikely. She could tell that it was her grandchildren who were making the noise, and they seemed to be running around in a hurry.
"Has anything happened?"
Is it because no one wants to buy Cordyceps that it has returned?
Grandma Qin felt sad when she thought about her two young children who couldn't even read and couldn't get enough to eat, and who had to go to the mountains to find herbs to sell in such a cold and snowy day to buy food for them.
If she hadn't been afraid of dying now and her two young children being bullied, she would have hanged herself with her belt long ago.
As she thought about it, Grandma Qin suddenly became overwhelmed with grief and was about to cry.
Just at this moment, Qin Qing ran in.
The little girl rushed to the edge of the kang, her gray face full of joy and her tone full of excitement and excitement.
"Grandma, grandma, my brother and I met a fairy sister. She is such a kind person..."
Qin Qing, who is rather shy in front of outsiders, is a chatterbox in front of Grandma Qin. Her words aroused Grandma Qin's curiosity, and the tears that had yet to flow stopped.
"What's going on? Who did you meet?"
Qin Qing hurriedly told Gu Jianing about how he bought all of their Cordyceps.
"...She wants other herbs. My brother and I have most of them here. Let's go back and find them and send them to her."
"Grandma, you haven't seen it. It's really a very beautiful man and a beautiful sister. She's like a fairy. She's a very good person."
At this moment, Qin Tian, who had already found several bags of herbs, also ran in. He squatted in front of Grandma Qin's kang with bright eyes, "Grandma, after we sell the herbs, we can buy food. I saw that there are many people selling food at the market today."
"Okay, you have met a good person, go quickly, don't waste time, and be sure to thank him well, okay?"
"Grandma, we know."
Qin Tian poured out the Chinese medicine on the stove and put it aside. "Grandma, remember to drink it when it cools down a bit."
"Then my sister and I will go deliver the herbs."
The brother and sister were still thinking about Gu Jianing who was waiting for them at the market. They were afraid that she had waited for too long, and of course they were also afraid that she would leave.
"Okay, go ahead, go ahead, grandma remembers it."
Without any further delay, Qin Tian and Qin Qing each took two bags of herbs that were larger than theirs and left home.
Grandma Qin looked at their small backs and tears finally fell.
But now I have some hope in my heart, but it is a pity for the two children.
Here, when Qin Tian and Qin Qing, brother and sister, were carrying several bags of herbs back to the market, Gu Jianing was drinking a bowl of mutton soup from a stall.
It was a big bowl with a lot of tender mutton stewed in it. The person selling the mutton was a middle-aged man who had an excellent skill in stewing mutton. The mutton did not taste fishy at all.
In the middle of winter, a bowl of hot and nourishing mutton soup can warm you up.
Yes, it’s more expensive!
In front of the stall, only Gu Jianing was eating. Others passing by smelled the food. It was indeed delicious, so delicious that it was meat!
But it is too expensive and not many people are willing to buy it.
Some people bought, but they only bought a little and didn’t dare to buy more.
While eating, Gu Jianing talked to the uncle and found out that the sheep was shot by his family in the mountains.
She also learned that the control over supplies on the mountain was not so strict. It was not said that all things on the mountain were public property. If you could find something on the mountain, it would be yours.
Especially in winter, when supplies are scarce, those who can go up the mountain to find things at this time are all from poor families.
We can't deprive them of the little things they have found with great difficulty in the middle of winter.
Wouldn't that mean people will starve to death?
So, I just turned a blind eye.
Gu Jianing learned that the market conditions in the northwest are generally relaxed.
She thinks this is good.
"Sister, we have brought all the herbs you requested."
Just as I finished the last mouthful of mutton soup, a child's childish voice rang beside me.
When she turned around, she saw two children carrying more woven bags that were bigger than theirs, and two pairs of eyes were looking at her brightly.
It seemed as if he had been running and he hadn't even caught his breath yet.
"Did you run back and forth?" It's only been a short while since you came back.
Qin Tian put down the heavy bag and said carefully: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid you'll wait too long."
Gu Jianing's heart softened all of a sudden. She took the woven bag again and looked at the herbs inside. They were well dried and of good quality.
While looking at Gu Jianing, he asked, "How much do you sell these for?"
Qin Tian and his sister looked at each other, then carefully quoted a few prices. These prices were lower than what they usually sold at the market. They were afraid that if the price was too high, Gu Jianing would not want it.
Gu Jianing knew the approximate price and knew that the price given by the siblings was already quite cheap, and that these herbs were of relatively good quality.
"Okay, then let's go with the price you mentioned." Gu Jianing agreed without bargaining.
Qin Tian and Qin Qing looked at each other, and a smile appeared on their lips unconsciously. "Thank you, sister, thank you. Don't worry, we have prepared these herbs very well."
"So it was you who concocted it..."
The atmosphere among the three of them was pretty good. After chatting for a while, Gu Jianing got to know the family background of the two little guys, which was the same as she had imagined.
Their family was poor and they had only a sick grandmother to depend on. The knowledge of finding and preparing herbs was taught to them by their grandmother.
It is also the basis of their survival.
"If you still have any herbs, save them up in a week and send them to me at the Northwest Military Region. Just tell the soldier on guard to look for Captain Sheng's wife." Considering that herbs might be needed later and the brother and sister left a good impression on Gu Jianing, Gu Jianing decided to cooperate with them for a long time, which could be regarded as helping them.
"Really? That's great, sister. Thank you, thank you."
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