Chapter 512 - Chapter 512: Chapter 499: Feeling Guilty (1/2)

Chapter 512: Chapter 499: Feeling Guilty

The negotiation for the dried noodle project didn’t come to fruition. Apart from eating a bowl of delicious fish soup noodles, Zhuang Qingning felt that she gained little else from the day. Dispirited, she went to bed early with Zhuang Qingsui.

At night, the northwestern wind rose, and fine snowflakes began to drift down from the sky.

By midnight, these snowflakes had turned into large snowflakes, continuing to fall until the rooster crowed at dawn. By the time it was fully light, a thick blanket of snow had covered the ground.

For the farming families, this snowfall was timely.

Since the autumn planting, there had been little rainfall, and the ground was somewhat dry. The sprouting wheat in the fields was showing some yellowing. A heavy snowfall brought promise of a good harvest, bringing much relief to the farmers.

After a couple of days under the sun, the snow began to melt. Snow water dripped from the eaves forming long icicles on the eaves tiles.

All the village children found it fun and interesting, so they grabbed bamboo poles to knock down the icicles.

The snow took a good two or three days to fully melt, and only when the surface of the ground had dried somewhat, it became possible to walk or drive cattle and carts on it.

Just around noon, Cheng Ruize and Fang Hou came visiting.

“Manager Cheng looks much better.” Zhuang Qingning brewed some hot tea and observed that Cheng Ruize was full of vitality, his sickly pallor long gone. She smiled and said.

“I am much better now.” Cheng Ruize smiled in response. “I finished the dose of pills Manager Zhuang gave me yesterday, and the doctor also came to check my pulse, saying that I am completely healed.”

“That’s good,” Zhuang Qingning nodded and smiled. But inside, she was frustrated.

Since accepting the task of rescuing people, she has not yet received the second half of the soap formula reward.

In the beginning, Zhuang Qingning assumed that the task would be completely finished only after Cheng Ruize’s poison was completely removed. However, he had already finished his medication according to the treatment plan, and yet the award-giver had shown no intention for giving out the rewards.

Could it be that even after finishing the medicine, one had to wait for some time to fully recover?

Just like having a cold or fever or surgery, one still has to rest and recover after stopping the medication to fully heal.

Cheng Ruize was deeply poisoned at the time. Even though the antidote had removed the toxins, his body functions were only mostly restored. It would take some time to completely recover to the state before he was poisoned.

Anyway, the reward-giver is not going anywhere and will have to pay sooner or later. Also, there’s a noodle workshop that hasn’t been set up yet so she couldn’t worry about the soap formula for now.

Zhuang Qingning thought about it and decided to put this matter off for now. She regained her smile and said, “However, recovering from illness is like unraveling a silk thread, Manager Cheng should rest more.”

Regardless of her verbal advice, seeing how Cheng Ruize started working everywhere immediately after finishing his course of medication yesterday, she knew this workaholic probably couldn’t stand doing nothing.

Cheng Ruize laughed lightly and said, “You’re right, Manager Zhuang.”

Having said that, he took the brocade box that Fang Hou had been holding, handed it to Zhuang Qingning, and said, “Today, I came for two reasons. First, I was bored from staying at home for a long time and wanted to get out and about. Second, I have something to give to Manager Zhuang.”