Chapter 11: One Point is Worth Ten Points
The flatbread is choking. After a cold night, it’s better to eat something hot.
Chen Chunxing handed the uneaten cake to Yang Yi and asked him to build a firewood pile later. He then took the pottery jar and went to the official to buy water.
Unexpectedly, the rain was so heavy yesterday that the water truck was not leak-proof and almost overflowed.
Since Wei Da was not there, she only looked for Lao Zhang.
Seeing that the little girl's lips were still pale despite having changed into clean clothes and having walked for half a day under the sun, Old Zhang suddenly thought of his daughter at home and said hesitantly, "I'll take you to the city to fetch water."
As soon as these words were spoken, not only did several colleagues stare at Lao Zhang, but even the prisoners next to him had their eyes shining.
It costs money to buy things from the escort officer!
If I could get into the city...
The money can only be used to exchange for steamed buns, and I don’t know how many meat buns I can buy!
"How can I trouble you with such a tiring task as fetching water?"
Immediately, many people shouted out in competition.
Li pushed her eldest son and squeezed forward, then said to Chen Chunxing with a shameless face: "How much water can a girl like you fetch? You should ask your uncle to do it for you."
Chen Chunxing took a step back.
She was impressed by Li's shamelessness.
Seeing that the scene was about to get chaotic, Lao Zhang picked up the whip at his waist and waved it twice in the air, "What are you making so much noise for? Behave!"
Everyone immediately fell silent and dared not move forward.
He just glanced between the two of them with suspicious eyes.
Old Zhang is old and has always been respected as the second-in-command of the team. However, he now finds that even his own people are becoming interested, and he feels that he is in trouble.
If Commander Wei were here, given his character, these little things would naturally not be a big deal.
But he is not here.
If I were to start this, I would probably be talked about to death behind my back.
Who is Chen Chunxing?
Reading people's expressions is her strong point.
His eyes casually swept across everyone's faces. Chen Chunxing shyly picked up the pottery jar and said in a slightly heavier voice, "Since everyone is rushing to help, I won't go."
Old Zhang, who was unable to make a decision, was stunned when he heard this.
Then she continued, "But if I don't go, then the task of collecting herbs in the east of the city will have to be entrusted to my uncle and aunt. I think they will definitely not let everyone down."
What?
Herbs?
Everyone looked at each other.
They are farmers, not mountain people. How could they have ever picked medicinal herbs?
"Boss Zhang, why didn't you tell me earlier that you wanted to go to the east of the city? I almost entered the city first." The young officer in charge of driving the waterwheel looked back in confusion.
"Ah." Old Zhang mumbled, feeling no better than those dumbfounded prisoners.
Where are we going... I didn't even have time to mention it just now.
The little girl looks honest, but she is quite active in her thinking.
He just thought Shen Chunxing was trying to bluff those people, so he didn't expose her. Instead, he helped her out: "This girl is right. Whoever wants to go with us will have to take on the job of collecting herbs as well."
The young officer looked at Chen Chunxing and asked curiously, "What kind of herbs are we going to collect?"
Old Zhang's eyes were wandering.
How would he know what herbs to pick?
Chen Chunxing's expression remained calm. "It's because Lord Wei is kindhearted and worried that everyone would suffer after getting caught in the rain. When I came here, I found some warming herbs in the woods east of the city. They're just what I need."
As soon as these words were spoken, even Li retracted her outstretched hand.
If they could enter the city, I'm afraid most of the people here would rush to the pharmacy. They still know which is more important, filling their stomachs or saving their lives.
Since you can drink the medicine for free, why bother fighting for it?
They all smiled ingratiatingly immediately.
"How can we know what medicinal herbs are there? It's better for you, Chun girl, to do more."
"Yes, yes, but I dare not ruin your kindness."
Mrs. Li always felt that something was wrong. When the waterwheel started to move, she slapped her head and shouted, "That's not right! When did Chun learn how to pick herbs?"
"She won't, but we still have the second girl."
People in the village are actually not familiar with Shen Zhixia, the second daughter of the Shen family.
But there is only one thing that I will never forget.
That year, Chun Yatou witnessed her father's tragic death in front of her eyes and developed a high fever the next day.
However, a family massacre had just occurred nearby and the whole city was under martial law. Diao was unable to find a doctor and in desperation, she almost died with Chun Yatou in her arms.
It was the unattended second girl who, with her bloody feet, went to the woods behind the farm to find herbs, boiled them into a pot of soup, and fed it to Chun girl despite being beaten and scolded by Diao.
This saved the lives of the whole family.
The neighbors all saw this clearly, and Diao's favoritism towards Chun Yatou gradually became apparent from then on.
So when they saw the water truck passing by the Shen family's resting place and discovered that Chen Chun was about to pull the second girl onto the truck, everyone was completely relieved.
In their eyes, the second girl could even cure such a dangerous high fever, so what was a mere cold?
Shen Mingqiu, who hadn't been able to get on the car, curled his lips at this and whispered, "I bet if these people knew that my second sister only knew herbs and couldn't heal people, they wouldn't be so at ease."
"It's not good to make a bet, you will lose and it's easy to eat celery." Yang Yi shook his head, took Shen Yandong who had climbed onto his back, and put him on his neck again, letting him ride on it for fun.
Shen Mingqiu pulled the corners of his mouth speechlessly, complaining in his heart.
That's because you're always being tricked by your elder sister! She doesn't like celery, but you have to eat it!
Who in this world can beat her?
Even those idiots around who thought they had gotten an advantage, didn't know that if they wanted to get any benefit from the Shen family, they had to be well prepared.
A mocking smile appeared on the corner of the little boy's mouth.
The eyes that should be filled with innocence now appear a bit cold.
If Chen Chunxing were here, he would definitely give him a few scoldings and say, "Why is it so inappropriate for a child to be so serious?"
It's a pity she's not here.
Shen Mingqiu quickly suppressed the emotions in his eyes, turned around and went to collect firewood with Yang Yi.
Boiling a large pot of medicinal soup is not an easy task.
The few people over there went to the east city gate first.
Only then did Old Zhang realize that the little girl was not deceiving anyone and really wanted to pick herbs for everyone. He looked at Shen Zhixia for a long time with strange eyes, touching his chin without saying a word.
This second daughter of the Shen family... doesn't seem to be as outstanding as the eldest daughter.
He is average looking and his manners are not good enough.
As they walked along, whenever Lao Zhang asked something, it was Chen Chunxing who answered. Chen Zhixia didn't even raise her head, and was as silent as if she didn't exist.
"Is your sister mute?"
The young official's unintentional words made Shen Zhixia grab the corner of Shen Chunxing's clothes in a panic. Old Zhang immediately understood and glared at the young official, "You are the one who talks too much!"
Shen Chunxing patted Shen Zhixia's hand and said frankly: "She is just not ready to speak yet."
"Children are like this. Once they start to think things through, they will naturally learn to speak."
Both of them thought that the little girl was trying to comfort her sister and change the subject.
Arrived at the place.
From a distance, you can see a group of refugees gathered outside the city gate.
Old Zhang led his men out of the car and told the young official to go into the city to fetch water by himself.
Chen Chunxing stopped the man and warned him cryptically, "It's better not to enter the city from here. The adults may not have escaped the famine before. If this person is extremely hungry, he will inevitably do something bold."
She came here specifically to see how bold these people were.
Lao Zhang was experienced and knew that this made sense, so he decided to take a detour and go into the city from the south gate to get water when he returned.
Under Shen Zhixia's guidance, the four of them quickly filled a basket with herbs.
Looking at those miscellaneous "haystacks" that didn't look like the same kind, the young officer became suspicious.
"It's just a medicinal soup to keep out the cold, do you need so many kinds of it?"
Chen Chunxing didn't play dumb this time and winked at the two of them innocently.
"Well, I'll have to go back and ask Doctor Chang. We'll just collect it, not boil it."
Doctor Chang is the old doctor who is accompanying us.
Thinking of that person's temper, Lao Zhang and the young officer looked at each other, and their expressions were a little... hard to describe.
"Xiao Zhao, talk to Doctor Chang about this when you get back."
"Come on, Zhang Boss, I'm just a driver!"
The two of them started pushing each other in front of Chen Chunxing, as if neither of them wanted to deal with Doctor Chang.
Chen Chunxing found it interesting and was about to speak when he was interrupted by a loud shout from afar.
"You should all know the seriousness of attacking an imperial official! Retreat immediately and don't risk your lives!"
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