Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Buy, Buy, Buy! Filling Up the Entire Cart!

All the vendors knew that this market collaborated with the Northwest Military Region. Seeing Gu Jia Ning, unfamiliar but wearing a military coat, they immediately realized she was a new military spouse. They were very welcoming to her, especially when they noticed Gu Jia Ning’s pretty face. People, after all, have a fondness for beautiful things, so they had an excellent first impression of Gu Jia Ning.

“Young lady, I have radishes, napa cabbage, and tomatoes, all freshly picked from my own field today. What would you like?”

Gu Jia Ning noticed that there were many vegetable vendors, and she walked to a stall where an elderly couple was selling. When they saw her approaching, they quickly greeted her.

“How much are these?”

After inquiring about the prices, Gu Jia Ning bought a good amount of everything. In winter, they would last quite a while.

Afterward, Gu Jia Ning continued shopping. She bought several bags of dried mushrooms, vermicelli, a bag of potatoes, and when she saw someone selling large blocks of tofu, she bought several blocks as well.

It seemed that seeing Gu Jia Ning buying so much and not haggling made the vendors realize she was a significant customer.

Many of the farmers enthusiastically greeted her to buy from them as she passed by.

Gu Jia Ning indeed saw many things she wanted to buy but was worried about not being able to carry them all by herself.

“No worries, there are people at the market with carts who can help you deliver to the military area for just one dime,” someone immediately offered her a solution, pointing it out to her when she murmured her concerns.

Gu Jia Ning indeed saw a lot of carts gathered together; she initially thought they were for sale, but they were actually for transporting goods.

That allowed her to shop with peace of mind.

Seeing the fresh, lively fish jumping at the fish stall, Gu Jia Ning wasted no time in having several big black fish scooped up for purchase!

Seeing the poultry vendors, she directly bought two chickens. As for the chicks, she did not buy them since she didn’t know how to raise them and didn’t plan to.

Seeing piles of potatoes, she directly bought half a bag.

There was even a pork stall, so she bought all sorts of pork belly, ribs, and lean meat!

Gu Jia Ning also saw someone selling wild Cordyceps at a very cheap price.

This was an expensive item in future markets, but in the Northwest region, it seemed that Cordyceps was quite common.

Without hesitation, Gu Jia Ning bought all of it, planning to keep some for herself and send some to her family and Grandpa Sang and Grandma Sang.

The ones selling Cordyceps were a pair of siblings around ten years old. They had dug up the Cordyceps from the mountains, hoping to sell it to exchange for some rice and flour.

Previously, no one was willing to buy any, not even to take a look.

Unexpectedly, a fairy-like sister came and bought it all at once, making them extremely happy.

After shopping across the entire market, Gu Jia Ning had bought enough to fill an entire cart.

“Sister, we have other herbs at home, would you like them?” The young boy, Qin Tian, mustered up the courage to ask, seeing that Gu Jia Ning really liked those Cordyceps.

The sibling pair was from the nearby Kao Mountain Village. They only had a frail grandmother at home to rely on, with the family being young and old, unable to work in the fields. Fortunately, their grandmother had taught them a lot about herbs in the past.

So they would occasionally go to the mountains to gather herbs to sell at the county hospital, but the prices were severely undercut, and it took them at least a four-hour walk to get there. The journey was too far; in the cold weather, the road was freezing and snowy, making it unbearable.

Therefore, the siblings loved the big market that took place on the 10th of every month, as it was closer to their village, and as long as they could sell something, the prices were reasonable and not heavily undervalued.

With the herbs sold, they could buy rice and flour for home. Their grandmother was recently ill and needed to eat refined grains.

Moreover, they had a wish they hadn’t told anyone: to save money so they could go to school.

“Absolutely…,” Gu Jia Ning quoted some names of herbs, “if you have these, bring them and sell them to me, and I also want more of that Cordyceps.”

As soon as Gu Jia Ning finished speaking, the siblings Qin Tian and Qin Qing’s eyes lit up, “Sister, we have those herbs at home right now, can you wait for us? We’ll go get them now.”

Qin Tian rubbed his gloved hands together nervously. His gloves were torn, revealing a few fingers. His lips tightened, and his eyes were filled with anticipation, looking at Gu Jia Ning cautiously, as was Qin Qing, whose eyes were full of hope, as if Gu Jia Ning was their entire world.

Gu Jia Ning naturally liked children, and seeing the siblings, she could tell their family situation wasn’t great.

“Sure, I’m not planning to leave the market just yet, so go ahead and get them. I’ll wait for you here. For those herbs you mentioned, I’ll take as many as you have,” said Gu Jia Ning generously.

The siblings’ eyes instantly brightened, “Thank you, fairy sister, we’ll go and fetch them now.”

With that, the siblings ran off like the wind, rushing in a particular direction.

As Gu Jia Ning watched their silhouettes fade away, her expression softened.

The reason she agreed was partly because she wanted to help the siblings and also because she needed those herbs.

Soldiers often had to train and carry out missions in harsh environments. In these times, medical advancement was lagging, and medical resources were scarce. Soldiers suffering from stomach issues, back pain, spinal issues, and rheumatism were common.

Even Sheng Zexi had such issues.

Although Sheng Zexi never mentioned it, when she bound him as a patient before, it showed up during the scan.

When she asked, Sheng Zexi said it wasn’t just him; almost every soldier had those ailments.

Gu Jia Ning fell into thought after hearing this.

These ailments were bearable in youth but became quite a burden in old age.

Therefore, in the system’s exchange store, Gu Jia Ning exchanged for formulas for rheumatism ointment and Stomach-Protecting Pills, each costing 10 points.

These two formulas were the most expensive in terms of points in the store and also the most effective. The description stated that they were developed 100 years from now.

Of course, there were other lower cost options with poorer effects, but Gu Jia Ning ultimately chose these two.

Now that Sheng Zexi was her husband, she wanted to care for him. Therefore, stocking up on rheumatism ointment and Stomach-Protecting Pills was necessary.

However, those points…

With a measly four points left, Gu Jia Ning desperately hoped her sister-in-law would get pregnant soon or cure Sheng Zexi’s infertility quickly. That would earn 300 points.

Points were valuable; once used, they were gone.

And the herbs she had listed were exactly the ones needed to make the rheumatism ointment and Stomach-Protecting Pills.

She had been worried about sourcing the ingredients, and she happened to encounter these siblings, making it a mutually beneficial situation.

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