C14 (1/2)

The next day, Jiang Kevin went to the mountain before daybreak as usual. On his way down the mountain, he caught two pheasants and delivered them to the Lin Clan.

After breakfast, Jiang Chen returned to his yard to practice martial arts and went to the Lin Family for lunch.

This time, Jiang Chen did not go empty-handed either, she gave Guo Caiyun the two thousand yuan.

”Aunt, this is my monthly meal expenses.”

Guo Caiyun was dumbfounded for a moment, but she quickly came back to her senses. With a straight face, she stuffed the money back into Jiang Chen's hands.

”What are you doing!?” ”Hurry up and take it back, can it be that Auntie will give you less food!?”

Jiang Chen took her hand and stuffed it into Guo Caiyun's pocket, then he held her hand back, ”Auntie, listen to me.”

Seeing that she couldn't break free, Guo Caiyun could only say, ”Speak!”

Jiang Chen said, ”Aunt, of course I know that you and Uncle don't agree to have dinner at home, but I can't just eat for free.”

”But …”

”Also, I am a martial artist, so I have to use up a lot of energy. This meat cannot be lacking. ”You should know that my appetite is so great that no one can afford it.”

Guo Caiyun thought about it for a moment and it was true, but this was a little too much. Their prices could not be compared with those in the city. A catty of meat was only ten dollars. Even if it was two catties of meat a day, it would only be six hundred yuan a month for thirty days.

”Then give me six hundred, and take the fourteen hundred back.”

Jiang Chen was adamant on not wanting it, ”Aunt, you can't be making pork every day right? From time to time, you can also change the taste of the pork as well. What kind of beef and mutton are you trading it for?” If there is still money left over, let's just treat it as the living expenses of grandma and grandpa. ”

Saying that, Jiang Chen lowered his head and said in a low and hoarse voice, ”My mother has already left, but I have to take responsibility for her. Aunt, don't refuse it. This is my heart as a member of the younger generation. ”

Guo Caiyun saw that Jiang Kevin was becoming more and more dejected, so she could only take the money. She silently decided to be more concerned about this motherless child.

Seeing that he had taken care of Guo Caiyun, Jiang Kevin heaved a sigh of relief.

Lin Fengmao and Guo Caiyun were both farmers, living off of the few acres of land they cleaned up every year. Even though they were starving, they did not have much money left over, not to mention a daughter who attended university.

If Jiang Kevin always ate at the Lin Clan, it would be a burden to them. It wasn't a big deal now, but there was no guarantee that his aunt and uncle would complain in the long run.

But to let her split up and open fire on her own while comparing the dishes cooked by her aunt with her own results, Jiang Kevin only took a second to deny it.

Jiang Chen was just being cautious. At the same time, what she said to Guo Caiyun just now was true. In any case, she was responsible for her grandparents.

With her amount of money, the pressure on the Lin Clan would be greatly reduced.

But why not two thousand dollars?

The next morning, Jiang Kevin did not practice martial arts as they were rarely seen. She had a mission today to buy herbs in the county.

When she was in the old city, she had already bought more than a dozen small and expensive medicines. They cost her over a hundred thousand yuan, and were enough for her to use only twenty times.

There were a few large quantities of medicinal herbs left. Jiang Kevin decided to buy them in Forest Mountain County. If they could not be bought, then he would go to Ganquan City.

There are very few places that specialize in Chinese medicine these days, but almost all of the larger pharmacies have Chinese medicine counters. The first stop for Jiang Kevin was the largest pharmacy in Linshan County, Tongren University's pharmacy.

As he pushed the door open, a pretty girl, who was the frontline of the pharmacy's shop assistants, greeted him. ”May I ask what kind of medicine you want to buy?”

Jiang Chen scanned through and could not find a Chinese medicine counter. ”Sorry, I want to buy Chinese medicine. May I ask where is the Chinese medicine counter?”

The pretty girl's smile froze for a moment before she pointed her finger at him. With a straight face, she walked to the end of the line.

The shop clerk gets a commission for every pill she sells, so in order to prevent competition, she has to line up. Whichever concierge has received a customer is to be rearranged to the back of the line. Whether the guest buys it or not.

The customers they hate the most are just looking at nothing.

With regards to the clerk's attitude, Jiang Kevin did not care and directly went to the cashier to ask for the location.

Compared to those good places on the Chinese medicine counter, the Chinese medicine counter was the innermost one, the most inconspicuous one.

Two large medicine cabinets were divided into squares to hold different kinds of Chinese medicine.

In front of the medicine cabinet was a long counter with a computer and an electronic scale.

A middle-aged woman was playing with her cell phone on the counter.

”Auntie, may I ask if there are any of these herbs?”

”This, this, this is fine. As for everything else, how much do you want?”

”Oh, ten catties each.”

”...” How much? Ten catties? ” The middle-aged woman widened her eyes as she could not believe her ears. This was Chinese medicine, who wouldn't buy Chinese medicine according to the price!

Jiang Chen could only repeat himself.

The middle-aged woman looked at him seriously before going to the computer to operate it. After that, she said, ”We don't have much of these three medicines in the pharmacy anymore. At most, we only have five catties left.”

There weren't many people who used traditional Chinese medicine in the county. Even the commonly used herbs only had a few dozen jin of stock. Traditional Chinese medicine also has a shelf life.

Although what Jiang Chen said was not rare or precious Chinese medicine, it was not necessarily available in this small county.

This was more or less what Jiang Chen had expected. Otherwise, she would not have planned to run a few more places.

”It doesn't matter, just give me as little as you can.” A warm smile hung on Jiang Chen's face.