The Brilliant Life of a Post-Apocalyptic Female Boss Reborn at 70

"We do have Daqianmen, but are you looking to buy some snacks? We happen to have some snacks to sell. They taste good, but the shapes are a bit damaged. They're much cheaper, would you like to take a look?"

Upon hearing about this good deal, Xin Yi certainly wouldn't miss it. "Sister Lin, let me see it. I don't care about these things since I'm eating them myself. I'll just buy two more pounds of the better ones later!"

"Eh!"

Lin Feng agreed and asked someone to fetch a large bag of pastries from the warehouse. "Take a look and see!"

Xin Yi looked at the bag and saw that it contained peach shortbread, pear syrup, and various other pastries. Some of them had only a few small pieces missing, which wouldn't affect her eating them at all.

"Sister Lin, give me a big paper bag. I want to pick out more snacks. When I don't feel like cooking, I can eat these snacks. It's easy!"

Xin Yi took the bag and used the tongs to pick and choose, filling it up in no time. "Sister Lin, I've picked everything out, can you weigh it for me?"

"okay!"

Lin Feng weighed it on the steelyard, "Ten pounds and five ounces, perfect!"

"Then I'd like to trouble Sister Lin to pack two more pounds of peach shortbread for me, one pound in a bag, as I'm giving them away!"

With everything packed, Lin Feng took out an abacus and started fiddling with it. "Ten and a half pounds of flawed pastries, eight mao per pound, totaling eight yuan and forty mao; two pounds of peach shortbread, one yuan and two mao per pound, totaling two yuan and forty mao; two packs of Daqianmen pastries, three yuan in total, all together thirteen yuan and eighty mao. Xin Yi, you do the math!"

Actually, this was accurate. As a college student in her previous life, Xin Yi had already calculated it. However, she still said, "Sister Lin's calculations couldn't be wrong. I believe you!"

As he spoke, he took out the ticket, picked out thirteen dollars and eighty cents, gave the change, and handed it all to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng happily took the money and counted it. "Xin Yi, you can't just buy things based on what others say. Besides, everyone makes mistakes. Whether it's intentional or not, you can't let yourself suffer a loss!"

"Okay, I'll be going now. The last oxcart back to the village is about to leave, so I need to hurry. Goodbye, Sister Lin!"

"goodbye!"

Seeing Xin Yi's energetic and lively manner, Lin Feng was extremely envious. There was nothing she could do; everyone has their own destiny, and she should just live her own life well.

Xin Yi, carrying the snacks, hurried along and finally saw the oxcart. She couldn't help but feel secretly relieved that Grandpa Liu was still waiting there.

When Grandpa Liu saw Xin Yi running over, he greeted her warmly, "Xin Qingqing, where have you been these past two days? I waited for you for half an hour yesterday, but you didn't come back!"

"Hey, Uncle Liu, I went to the county town on some business!"

As Xin Yi spoke, she put her things in the car and took out the fare to hand to Grandpa Liu.

"Going to the county town? Has everything been taken care of?"

"Oh, you did a great job, so you're back now."

"Then hurry up and get in the car, we're about to leave!"

"Ok!"

Xin Yi climbed onto the oxcart and moved her belongings to the ground.

Several middle-aged women were already sitting on the oxcart. Two of them looked quite familiar, but they didn't bother to greet her, so Xin Yi decided to avoid the trouble.

He leaned against the oxcart, closed his eyes to rest, and the oxcart swayed and rocked until it arrived at Dahe Village. It was already dark by then.

Xin Yi didn't rush to get off the bus. She waited until almost everyone had left before taking a handful of snacks from her bag and handing them to Grandpa Liu.

"Uncle Liu, it's getting late, have something to eat to fill your stomach!"

Grandpa Liu knew Xin Yi's personality; the sincerity in her eyes was genuine, so he didn't refuse and accepted it.

"Xin Zhiqing, you're too kind. I'll accept the old man's offer!"

"It's okay, I'd be happy to give it to you!"

"Hey, little girl, don't you know that there's a share for everyone who finds it? Giving such a precious thing to this old geezer is not as good as letting me take it home for my precious grandson to eat!"

I have a short temper, but never mind, we're all from the same village, I'll put up with it.

"Auntie, I gave this to Grandpa Liu because I often trouble him and I wanted to thank him for his help. I don't have much for myself. You should go back and cook for your precious grandson!"

Grandpa Liu had heard of Xin Yi's exploits; she could kill a wild boar with her bare hands and beat people with ease. Fearing that she might act impulsively, he kept winking and gesturing for Xin Yi to leave first.

"Impossible! The aroma of these several bags of pastries has wafted all the way here, how could they be gone? Open them and let me see!"

He tried to snatch it from Xin Yi's hand, his expression fierce enough to overwhelm most people. But unfortunately for him, it was Xin Yi, not someone to be trifled with.

Xin Yi didn't want to cause trouble, but she wasn't afraid of trouble either, especially not people who were unreasonable and always trying to take advantage of others.

Besides, if he left, the old lady would most likely swindle the snacks from Grandpa Liu.

"Uncle Liu, you go first, I'm not in a hurry!"

When the aunt heard Xin Yi tell Grandpa Liu to go first, she ran over and tried to snatch the bag from Xin Yi's hand.

Xin Yi kicked the woman, and she fell to the ground.

"Auntie, this isn't my fault. I was just acting in self-defense. If you come any closer, I'll fight back!"

The woman lay on the ground, howling loudly.

Grandpa Liu couldn't stand it anymore and advised, "Aunt Chen, you should do more good deeds for the children. You're always thinking about taking advantage of others, and one day you'll pay the price. Have you forgotten that you ate the wild boar meat that Xin Zhiqing killed with his bare hands?"

Reminded by Grandpa Liu, Aunt Chen remembered the matter of hunting wild boars. Looking at the seemingly weak female educated youth in front of her, she didn't expect her to be such a tough nut to crack. She had thought she was easy to bully.

Perhaps fearing that Xin Yi might accidentally beat her to a pulp or even kill her, Aunt Chen quickly got up, dusted herself off, and ran away.

Xin Yi thought there was more to the story, but it turned out the other person was just a bully who preyed on the weak. His surname was Chen? No wonder she disliked him so much!

Seeing that the matter was resolved so easily, Grandpa Liu breathed a sigh of relief, but still reminded him, "Xin Zhiqing, Aunt Chen's son is a good-for-nothing. He might complain to her son when he gets back, so you have to be careful!"

"It's alright, I was worried he wouldn't come. How dare he mess with me? I'll teach him a lesson!"

Seeing Xin Yi's calm and collected demeanor, Grandpa Liu felt that this matter probably wouldn't cause her any trouble.

Grandpa Liu raised his whip and cracked it, "Xin Zhiqing, you should go home too, this old man is leaving too!"

Goodbye, Grandpa Liu!

Xin Yi passed by the educated youth settlement. The gate was wide open. She glanced at it casually and figured they were having dinner. Without thinking much of it, she walked straight to her own courtyard.

The door was ajar. Xin Yi gently pushed it open and saw light coming from the kitchen. It must be Liu Mengting cooking. She quietly walked over.

Upon closer inspection, she saw a dark-faced baozi official stirring a dark, gooey mess in a pot. Xin Yi quickly went in and placed the mess on the stove.

"My Lord Bao, what kind of bizarre cuisine are you researching?!"