Xiao Nan quickly went to make lunch, stewing a pot of meat and vegetables, and serving steamed flatbread as the main dish.

Everyone ate their meal in the old woman's house. Zhou Shi and Wang Feng ate the hot meat and vegetables, their eyes welling up with tears of emotion.

When they left, each of them carried a basket on their back. Wang Feng's basket contained rice and flour, while Zhou carried cotton cloth and other things.

The two of them kept wiping away tears as they left.

Xiao Nan sighed. They were used to hardship, so they were treated this way when they were treated a little better.

He's a person with a conscience. If it were someone from this village, humph, even if you gave them your entire fortune, they wouldn't be moved; instead, they'd think you were hiding something from them.

However, time will tell. There's plenty of time; we'll see what they're really made of once we put them to the test.

Despite Xiao Nan's kindness towards the old woman, she doesn't easily trust anyone, including Meng Fei.

Having emerged from the apocalypse, she only trusts herself.

She doesn't care about small things. If giving them away can earn her a bit of sincerity, it's worth it. If it's fake, it's still a good way to see people's true nature. She doesn't lose either way.

In the afternoon, she and Meng Fei cut all the garlic sprouts they had planted in the house, bundled them up, lined a basket with a cotton quilt, put the garlic sprouts in, covered them with another cotton quilt, and put them in the storage room.

For dinner, the three of them made a lot of garlic chive dumplings, and froze the ones they couldn't finish.

As for stir-fries, they have to be cooked early tomorrow morning. They won't be fresh overnight, and the taste will be much worse.

After they were ready, the three of them finally had a chance to rest.

The next day, Zhou and Wang Feng arrived as promised. Zhou and her two daughters-in-law worked through the night to make the cotton-padded clothes.

So, she and her husband were both dressed warmly and no longer shivered like before.

Meng Fei and Xiao Nan were also ready. They put the baskets for holding vegetables on the oxcart. The old woman was afraid that Wang Feng hadn't eaten breakfast, so she stuffed a few hot steamed buns into his arms, with a few salted egg pancakes inside.

Grandma and Mrs. Zhou stood at the door, watching them until they were out of sight, before turning around and going home.

Xiao Nan was bundled up thickly by Meng Fei, and he chatted casually with Wang Feng, but Meng Fei felt that something was missing.

He turned to look at his wife and suddenly slapped his head.

"Nan'er, after we sell the garlic sprouts, let's go to the clothing shop."

"What's wrong?"

“I knew something was missing. I’ll buy you and Grandma a cape each, no, two. It’s so cold, how can we go without capes? I’ll buy two cotton capes.”

"This will do."

"No, it's too cold like this. That one has a hat to block the wind."

"All right"

Xiao Nan was starting to have doubts. Was it him marrying into the family, or was she getting married? He couldn't tell anymore; this guy was too domineering.

However, she liked it. She had been strong all her life, and it was time to relax. It wasn't bad to live a life where she depended on men in every way.

Wang Feng was incredibly envious, but he was too embarrassed to interfere in their private affairs. In his heart, he thought that when he made money in the future, he would buy one for his wife too.

He wants his home to be like his aunt's, with new furniture and everything neatly arranged; he likes the way his grandmother's house is.

This time, he built his house according to the old lady's style, only with a few more rooms, since his family had more people than the old lady's family.

Throughout the journey, Wang Feng was lost in thought.

Before they knew it, the oxcart arrived at Zhengde Town. When Manager Liu wasn't busy, he liked to look outside.

The pharmacy had just opened today, and there weren't many patients. He rested his chin on his hand, looking outside, hoping to see Xiao Nan.

Although there is no war and medicine is no longer in short supply, the weather is too cold and many people are getting sick.

He hoped to get some more medicinal herbs from Xiao Nan, and to his surprise, his wish came true. He immediately spotted Xiao Nan, who was covered up tightly, on the oxcart.

Just as he was about to rush out, he saw the two men in the car and stopped in his tracks. At that moment, Xiao Nan also looked at him.

He made a gesture to him, and Manager Liu's face immediately broke into a chrysanthemum-like smile.

"It's settled. Miss Xiao will be here in a few days, and she'll definitely have some medicinal herbs with her."

Xiao Nan knew that Manager Liu was concerned about medicinal herbs. She didn't want to cut off this source of income. The more than 1,000 acres of wasteland could be used to grow some medicinal herbs, and Manager Liu's pharmacy was her first choice for sales channels.

She didn't farm to make money, but she could make money while farming.

As Xiao Nan passed by the Fang family's house, he glanced at it, wondering how Zhang Tingyu was doing. Had that massive dumping of excrement left any lasting effects? He was afraid she wouldn't dare use the outhouse again.

The thought of this almost made Xiao Nan vomit.

At this moment, Longlong, the roundworm, spoke up: "Master, after I threw feces at Zhang Lao Er, he fell ill and it took him half a month to get out of bed. Fang Shi wouldn't even go near him because she thought he smelled bad, haha."

"How did you know?"

"Hey, his father and mother wanted to get some benefits from the Fang family. They went to the Fang family empty-handed under the pretense of visiting him. It was Zhang Lao Er who told them to."

Xiao Nan snorted softly. No wonder her eyes looked strange when I showed off the bracelet that day. Besides being red-eyed, she also seemed a little sad.

"That day, they went to the Fang family, but not only did they get nothing, they were also scolded by the Fang family and left in a sorry state."

"Why didn't he die of illness?"

"Hey, is there still any drama to watch after someone dies of illness?"

"Yes, we can't die from illness, let's live well."

"Master, you've changed."

"What's changed?"

"You used to treat money like dirt, but now you're showing off a broken jade bracelet. We have plenty of jade better than this in our space."

Xiao Nan smiled, pursing his lips: "What do you know? In the past, during the apocalypse, there was money but nowhere to spend it, and nobody valued money. Now it's different. Money can influence everything, understand? You can even bribe the King of Hell. Don't you think it's appealing?"

"Hehe, I'm afraid this bracelet was a gift from your husband."

"Of course, it was a gift from the man I chose. I love it so much, I would be doing my husband a disservice if I didn't show it off."

I feel nauseous!

"I brought some hawthorns, would you like some?"

After the "Pah!", Longlong's voice was never heard again.

Thinking of something, Xiao Nan asked Meng Fei, "Does our Longguo sell hawthorn cake?"

"No, right? Anyway, there aren't any in pastry shops, restaurants, or even street vendors. Why are you asking this, honey?"

Xiao Nan curled her lips into a smile; she suddenly had an idea for a business deal.

However, we'll have to wait until the wasteland is cleared and fruit trees are planted. But we can make a small amount for our own consumption.

She swallowed hard and said, "I can make hawthorn cake. It's sweet and sour, and it's especially good for cutting through the richness of other foods."

"Don't we have hawthorn berries at home? Let's make them at home."

"it is good"

I can't think about it anymore, or my cheeks will get sore.

I crave jam, jelly, hawthorn berries, fruit tea, milk tea—a whole host of delicious treats are on my mind.

Seeing that the two of them were looking ahead, Xiao Nan turned his back, took out a small piece of hawthorn cake from his spatial storage, and put it in his mouth.

I felt like I'd been electrocuted; my eyes snapped shut, and I almost blurted out, "It's so sour!"

This is really refreshing; it instantly made me feel much more energetic. Otherwise, I would have been sleepy just sitting on the swaying oxcart.

All the way there, Meng Fei kept thinking about his wife wanting to eat hawthorns. As soon as they entered the county town, he did nothing but head straight for the candied hawthorns.

Wang Feng didn't eat; he only bought one and handed it to Xiao Nan: "Wife, eat. You just wait for us in the car for a while. We'll go in, buy the vegetables, and then come out. Don't stay any longer."

"it is good!"

Meng Fei drove the oxcart to a place called Penglai Restaurant. He parked the oxcart and went inside with Wang Feng, carrying baskets.

Xiao Nan grinned as he looked at the candied hawthorns, as happy as a child.

She remembered that in her previous life, before the end of the world, she was a little girl. Every winter, she would go to the stalls outside the supermarket to buy a string of candied hawthorns, which she would wrap in glutinous rice paper.

Then, find a quiet place to sit down and savor the sweet and sour taste all by yourself.

Unexpectedly, once she arrived here, someone remembered her desire to eat hawthorns and treated it as an important matter.

Is this what happiness feels like?

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