Chapter 169 There is a way to buy cheap fodder

Xia Juanjuan pushed the little yellow croaker back and said, "Auntie, it's not that I don't have the twenty yuan, but... there are so many people in the cowshed, you can't be the only one to pay, right? You've set an example this time, and what will they do if something happens in the future when they all rely on you? If you refuse to help, some people might even blame you for not being consistently 'kind'!"

Shen Wanxue sighed and said, "Alas... Juanjuan, I understand your concerns. But, I just saw Lao Zhang's appearance. Before he came to the countryside, I heard that he was the director of a factory. As a result, his own son drew a clear line between him and him, and his son even criticized him. Now he is sending a telegram to his son to ask for money. Isn't that forcing him into a dead end? I'm afraid something bad is going to happen!

We are both people who have fallen on hard times, so let's help each other if we can! Lao Zhang is a good man. During the autumn harvest, when I couldn't do the farm work, he helped me with some of the work. I won't give him this money for nothing. Even if it's a loan, I'll ask him to pay me back when he returns to the city. To the outside world, I'll ask him to take it out after a few days and say that it was sent to him by his family. That's it."

Xia Juanjuan still felt uneasy after hearing what Shen Wanxue said. Just as she was thinking about whether there was any other good way, there was a knock on the back door again.

This time the knocking was so loud that it could be heard even in the house.

Lin Yuru knew that Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi would occasionally come over at night to check on the kid, so she didn't say anything.

Xia Juanjuan and Shen Wanxue went over and opened the door, only to see Yang Qiushi standing at the back door with an anxious look on his face. He trembled and said, "Juanjuan, check if you have any of these herbs here. This is extremely urgent. We need to save lives..."

As he spoke, he immediately listed the names of several herbs and how many grams they required.

Seeing this, Xia Juanjuan and Shen Wanxue did not dare to interrupt him. Xia Juanjuan silently memorized the names of the medicines Yang Qiushi had reported, then nodded and said, "I have them all here. Master, wait a moment, I'll go get them from the house."

Having said that, he turned and went into the inner room, and in his haste, he did not forget to lock the door.

There were only three kids and Xiao Wu in the room. Xiao Wu slept like a pig every night, so Xia Juanjuan had no choice but to take a risk and enter the space.

Fortunately, everything in the space is what she wants, and it can be automatically adjusted out, and the quantity is what she wants.

However, she deliberately did not weigh the quantities accurately. Otherwise, if she had found all the herbs in such a short time and the weights were accurate, she would definitely be suspected.

After getting the herbs, Xia Juanjuan took out a small scale that she usually kept at home for weighing herbs.

Here, Shen Wanxue waited until Yang Qiushi finished reporting the herbs before she dared to ask, "What happened? Did something happen to Old Zhang?"

Yang Qiushi sighed and said, "Ah! You figured it out too? I was just worried about him, so I went to his room to check. I knocked on the door for a long time but got no response. So I just barged in and found Lao Zhang lying on the bed, foaming at the mouth. He had taken medicine!"

After hearing this, Shen Wanxue was extremely anxious: "Oh! What a sin! Old Zhang too, why is he so depressed? There is nothing in this world that cannot be overcome!"

Yang Qiushi said: "Who says it's not true? Fortunately, I know the toxicity of the medicine he took and what herbs can cure it. Now I can only hope that time is up and I can bring him back from the brink of death! Alas! Those who stole the fodder are such bastards!"

As he was speaking, Xia Juanjuan came over with the herbs, weighed them in a hurry, and asked Yang Qiushi to take them back.

Shen Wanxue left after a while, fearing that being with Yang Qiushi would make too much noise and be seen by others.

At this point, Xia Juanjuan thought for a moment and said, "Auntie, you said that Lao Zhang is a trustworthy person, and I believe you. But forty yuan is still too much. How about this, you lend the twenty yuan to Lao Zhang and tell him that it is your and my master's private savings. I will go to Secretary Zhao tomorrow. My brother used to be a quartermaster in the army, and he should be able to get some cheap fodder. Twenty yuan should be enough."

Shen Wanxue couldn't help but widen her eyes after hearing this and asked, "Juanjuan, are you serious? Is twenty yuan really enough?"

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said confidently: "Auntie, don't worry. It's just this time, and the amount we're short of is not much. My brother will definitely find a way. Twenty yuan is enough!"

Shen Wanxue wanted to give the yellow croaker to Xia Juanjuan, but Xia Juanjuan declined: "Auntie, you should keep it for yourself. These twenty yuan are my way of honoring you and Master. It is also a way of thanking you for naming our three little guys. What do educated people call that? Run... Run what?"

Shen Wanxue smiled and said, "Rubbing the pen. You know a lot, kid."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's called 'the closer you are to a red person, the more you are to a black person.' Both you and my master are educated, and I have been learning from you, so I have learned it, right?"

Shen Wanxue smiled and said, "Even though you said that, you also know that twenty or forty yuan is too much for your master and I to take out at once. If I put this small yellow croaker with me, what if the thief who stole the fodder sneaks into our house again and steals this small yellow croaker? That would be another disaster. Juanjuan, you should accept it, and I will feel more at ease."

After hearing what she said, Xia Juanjuan was still determined to give Xiao Huangyu to her, so she gave Shen Wanxue another twenty yuan for her and Yang Qiushi to spend as pocket money, and Xiao Huangyu accepted it.

Anyway, she and Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi now get along better than if they were blood relatives, so there is no need to make such a clear distinction.

That night, because Yang Qiushi discovered the disease in time and used medicine in time, Lao Zhang managed to save his life.

Yang Qiushi and Shen Wanxue did not say anything about this matter. The other people in the cowshed also slept soundly that night and did not seem to notice anything.

Shen Wanxue gave the twenty yuan to Lao Zhang and told him that she and Yang Qiushi had lent it to him, and asked him to take it out after a few days and say that it was sent to him by his son.

She also said that she had heard from villagers before that there was a commune that sold fodder cheaper and that twenty yuan would be enough.

After hearing these words, Lao Zhang was moved to tears. His son disowned him and made a clear distinction between them, but he did not cry, but became even more silent. He did not expect that he would receive a life-saving grace from a stranger.

The next day, Xia Juanjuan went to Secretary Zhao to tell him about the fodder. Two days later, Lao Zhang brought thirty yuan to Secretary Zhao.

In addition to Shen Wanxue's twenty and Secretary Zhao's five, he also added five of his own.

Secretary Zhao gave the money to Xia Juanjuan. Of course, it was impossible for Xia Juanjuan to ask Yan Haotian for fodder.