The True Thousand Gold Possessions of the Myriad Realms Trading System

Ruan Mianmian quickly pressed down on the bell that was about to get up, and said, "It's alright, it'll only be one or two meals. Today we went through life and death together, so we have a bond of life and death, and we should have a good meal to celebrate. Besides, you are injured, and eating something good will help you recover."

Zhang Ying also gently persuaded them from the side. She often did ideological work within the organization, and her persuasion was very effective at this moment.

Jin Sheng's wife wasn't one to be coy. Seeing that the two of them had tried so hard to persuade her, she didn't want to spoil their mood, so she could only nod and say, "In that case, we won't stand on ceremony. I can tell you're from out of town, why don't you move in with me? That way we can save on rent."

She had no money and couldn't repay the favor financially, so she hoped to repay the favor by staying at her place.

"We'll see how it goes." After saying that, Ruan Mianmian reached out her chopsticks to serve food to Zhang Ying, Jin Sheng's wife, and Lingdang. After serving each of them a bite, she began to eat herself.

Ruan Mianmian's cooking skills weren't very good, but the rare white rice and pork made the meal exceptionally delicious, so apart from Ruan Mianmian, Zhang Ying and Jin Sheng's mother and daughter also thought it was exceptionally tasty.

Seeing that Jin Sheng's wife and daughter only picked up one piece of meat and then stopped, Ruan Mianmian quickly stretched out her chopsticks and picked up several large pieces of meat for them.

"That's enough, that's enough..." Jin Sheng's wife and her daughter kept trying to persuade her, but to no avail, as Ruan Mianmian filled the bowl with a lot of meat.

Seeing that Ruan Mianmian was eating lean meat, Zhang Ying put fatty pork on her plate: "Eat fatty meat, fatty meat tastes better."

Ruan Mianmian shook her head frantically, grabbed her bowl and dodged away, saying, "I have too much oil in my stomach, I don't want to eat fatty meat."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ying recalled that even when she was a pampered young lady, she didn't like to eat fatty pork, and she was momentarily stunned.

However, she quickly composed herself.

What's wrong with her eating so many delicacies and not liking fatty meat? Everyone in the world should be like Mianmian, with plenty of oil in their bellies and no liking fatty meat!

After finishing her meal, Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but ask Jin Sheng's wife how she had been captured by the Chrysanthemum Kingdom people.

Jin Sheng's wife shook her head: "I don't know either. Today I heard that a tiger was beaten to death and paraded through the streets, so I took my bell to watch the excitement. When it was over, I was about to go back when I accidentally bumped into a man from Chrysanthemum Country. I was dragged and taken to the boat. Some people couldn't stand it and stood up for us, but they were beaten to death... I'm sorry to them."

As she continued, she broke down in tears, overcome with guilt.

Ruan Mianmian was both angry and saddened upon hearing this, and for a moment she did not know how to comfort Jin Sheng's wife.

After racking his brains, he finally said, "This isn't your fault... We'll compensate their families later." He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking and quickly looked at Zhang Ying.

Jin Sheng's wife is destitute and probably has no money to pay compensation.

Moreover, if they encounter a kind family, it's fine, but if they encounter an unreasonable one, they might try to extort money from Jin Sheng's wife and make her take care of them for the rest of their lives.

Zhang Ying gave her a reassuring look and said to Jin Sheng's wife, "Yes, it doesn't have to be anything expensive. Just bring it up; it's the thought that counts."

Jin Sheng's wife nodded while wiping away her tears, "That makes sense." After saying that, she got up and went to move the large vat that contained grain.

Seeing this, Ruan Mianmian hurried over to see what was available. If not, she could ask the fat system for her share of whole grains—the rice was all used up, and only the share of whole grains remained.

She only got this by pleading and begging the fat system; otherwise, regardless of whether it was coarse or fine grains, she would only have enough for two people a day.

Soon, Ruan Mianmian discovered that Jin Sheng's large vat contained only a very small amount of yellowish rice with pebbles, as well as corn, coarse flour, and other grains, all in very small quantities.

However, Sister-in-law Jin Sheng filled two-thirds of the bag. Then, she asked Lingdang to help her take out a bag of sweet potatoes from under the bed and divide it into two parts, one of which took up two-thirds of the bag.

Seeing that Jin Sheng's wife was preparing to serve two-thirds of the sweet potatoes, Ruan Mianmian quickly asked, "There's not much left, what are you going to eat next?"

“I still have a few coins left, I can buy some later. Mix some wild vegetables with them, and it will last me for a while.” After saying that, Sister Jin Sheng sighed with guilt, “It’s a pity that my family is destitute and I can’t give anything to those righteous people.”

With a heavy heart, Ruan Mianmian asked, "When can we harvest the remaining grain?"

"It'll be a while longer, but it should be enough to tide us over. It's just that the harvest is very poor, and I don't know how many people will go hungry then," Jin Sheng's wife said with a forced smile. Seeing Ruan Mianmian's sad expression, she continued...

"Actually, we're doing alright here. Although the harvest wasn't good this year, at least we didn't suffer any disasters. Those further north are really in a bad situation. The Yangtze River flooded in June this year, and I heard that more than 100,000 people died. Many others lost all their harvest and are still starving. Earlier, many people went to the city, dragging their children along, wanting to sell themselves so they could rely on their employers to survive."

Ruan Mianmian felt heavy-hearted upon hearing this. Her mouth opened and closed, as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't utter a single word.

Hearing these words, and recalling what I've seen along the way, I realized for the first time how heavy the words "people's livelihood is difficult" truly are.

She made up her mind to head north in a few days and open a shopping mall on the banks of the Yangtze River.

After packing the grain, Jin Sheng's wife asked Lingdang to go next door to ask for help.

Ruan Mianmian was taken aback: "You're going already?"

Zhang Ying said, "The sooner the better." Then she said to Jin Sheng's wife, "My leg is injured, so I can't help right now. She's feeling bad right now, so when you go, please say some kind words."

Ruan Mianmian: ? ? ?

That's not what I meant.

I just want to ask, shouldn't we have thought about how to deal with this in advance? What if the families of those righteous people start relying on Jin Sheng's wife and expect her to take care of them for the rest of their lives?

"Of course." After saying that, Sister Jin Sheng told Ruan Mianmian and Zhang Ying to rest well here. She then smeared ash on her face and was about to take Lingdang out.

Ruan Mianmian came to her senses and quickly called out to the person, "Wait—" After saying that, she rummaged through her backpack and found flour, millet, oats and various other flours. In order to convince Sister Jin Sheng, she also rummaged through Zhang Ying's one-meter-tall mountaineering backpack.

After thinking for a moment, Ruan Mianmian took out cured meat, sausages, white sugar, brown sugar, rock sugar, and some candy. Of course, they were still supermarket products, and she pretended to have taken them out of her backpack.

When Jin Sheng's wife saw that Ruan Mianmian had brought out so many things, including expensive candy, she was very surprised. After her surprise, she shook her head repeatedly and said, "No, I can't accept it!" After saying that, she used her uninjured hand to hold the bell and called to the neighbor boy pushing the cart outside the door to hurry up and set off.

Ruan Mianmian hurriedly chased after him, carrying various items wrapped in paper and burlap sacks: "Sister-in-law Jin Sheng, wait for me! Oh no, I dropped it..."

Hearing that the grain was going to be lost, Sister Jin Sheng couldn't bear it and hurried back to help, but still insisted that they couldn't take Ruan Mianmian's grain.

Ruan Mianmian said, "I greatly admire those righteous people, so I wanted to do my part." She felt ashamed that she had such a despicable idea of ​​sacrificing her life to help the families of those righteous people like Jin Sheng's wife.

But you can't blame her for that.

In the era she lived in, people were afraid of being taken advantage of if they helped an elderly person.

Moreover, she had witnessed far too much darkness.

After Jin Sheng's wife left, Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but ask Zhang Ying, "Sister Ying, isn't Jin Sheng's wife afraid that those unreasonable family members of those righteous people will start to rely on her family?"