Seeing the table full of goods and knowing that Song Wanning was no longer short of money, Li Lan accepted the cash.
“Song girl, I’ll take the money, but you should take these grain and eggs back with you.”
“Look how skinny you are. You should eat more. We still have grain at home, and as for eggs, we keep three hens, so we’re not lacking them.”
Seeing how insistent Li Lan was, Song Wanning took the eggs back but left the grain behind.
“You’ve given me so much already. If I don’t repay at least some of it, I’ll feel guilty.”
Song Wanning truly felt indebted.
“Godmother, I’ll take the eggs back then, but please keep everything else.”
“Oh, and these dishes I packed from the state-owned restaurant. They’re all untouched.”
“Godmother, you, Godfather, Eldest Brother, and Little Xu can eat these. I’ll just take this portion home.”
Song Wanning only brought back the leftovers from the meal they had eaten at the state-owned restaurant. The freshly packed dishes were all left for Li Lan’s family. Li Lan repeatedly refused, but Song Wanning insisted, so she had no choice but to accept them.
Song Wanning still had to return home. She wondered whether Xu Lanjiao had gone hungry while staying home alone.
Watching her departing figure until it disappeared from sight, Li Lan finally turned to Wang Jianguo.
“Jianguo, didn’t I tell you this child is wonderful? The Song family truly doesn’t know how lucky they are.”
“Mm. Song girl really is a good child. We’ll treat her even better from now on.”
Wang Jianguo had also grown quite fond of Song Wanning.
The couple stood there chatting when Wang Zixu came over holding the White Rabbit milk candies.
“Dad, Mom, Big Sister bought me candy. Can I eat it?”
“Of course. Your sister bought it for you. Eat it if you want, but don’t eat too many at once.”
Wang Zixu happily nodded, grabbed two candies, and ran off.
“Dad, Mom, I’m going to play with my friends!”
Watching Wang Zixu run away, Wang Jianguo and Li Lan exchanged smiles.
Song Wanning carried the food home, reheated it, and brought it to Xu Lanjiao.
“Lanjiao, I’m sorry. I had some things to take care of today and came back late. You must be starving, right?”
Xu Lanjiao shook her head.
“I only missed breakfast. It’s not like I haven’t eaten for several meals.”
Seeing Song Wanning return, she took out the money, meat coupons, and grain coupons she had hidden beneath her pillow.
“Wanning, come here for a moment. I have something for you.”
“Hm? What is it?”
Xu Lanjiao took out fifty yuan, along with grain and meat coupons.
“This is a small token of my gratitude. Please accept it.”
“You saved my life. I know this isn’t much. If I have the chance in the future, I’ll repay you properly.”
Holding the warm stack of money and coupons, Song Wanning froze for a moment before pushing them back.
“If you give me all your money and coupons, how will you live afterward?”
“Please take them. If I run out, my parents will send me more.”
“I’ll be staying here and eating your food for quite a while. You’ll even have to cook for me.”
“Besides, you saved my life. I honestly don’t think this is enough.”
Hearing that, Song Wanning stopped refusing.
In any case, Xu Lanjiao’s parents would be coming to take her home in another month.
She remembered that in her previous life, they had arrived in a private car.
In this era, anyone who could drive a private car was certainly wealthy.
Her family background had to be excellent.
As for why she had come to the countryside in the first place, Song Wanning had no idea.
“Then I’ll accept it without standing on ceremony.”
“Don’t worry. While you’re staying here, I’ll make sure you eat meat every day and become nice and plump. Your injuries will heal quickly.”
Song Wanning’s words made Xu Lanjiao laugh.
The two chatted for a while.
After Xu Lanjiao finished eating, Song Wanning took the empty lunchbox outside, washed it, and returned to her own room.
She entered her space, wanting to examine the farmland inside and see whether anything could be planted there.
After looking around carefully, she discovered that the black soil plots were medicinal fields specifically meant for growing herbs, while the other fields appeared to be ordinary farmland suitable for vegetables or rice.
She brought in a rake and casually turned over the soil a few times.
Unfortunately, she didn’t have any seeds.
“Right! Maybe there are some inside the house.”
Song Wanning searched through the room but couldn’t find any seeds.
Just as she was leaving in disappointment, she suddenly noticed a white paper package lying on the table beside the ancient medical books she often read.
She walked over and opened it.
Inside was a packet of seeds wrapped in A4 paper.
After examining them carefully, her eyes lit up with excitement.
These were Dendrobium officinale seeds!
Dendrobium officinale was an extremely valuable medicinal herb.
Especially in this era, nearly all of it was wild.
If she could successfully grow it and sell it, it would certainly bring in a great deal of money.
It might not be as profitable as the Ganoderma mushroom, but it would still earn a considerable sum.
The only problem was that these seeds normally required sterile conditions for germination.
She had no idea whether simply planting them in the medicinal field would work.
Deciding to give it a try, Song Wanning sowed a small portion of the seeds into the medicinal field.
She then watered them with a little Spirit Spring water, unsure whether it would help.
She carefully wrapped up the remaining seeds again and placed them back on the table.
After finishing everything, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, left the space, heated some water in the kitchen for a bath, and returned to her room to rest.
The days passed one after another.
In the blink of an eye, two more days had gone by.
Today was the wedding day of Wang Zhuzi and Song Miaomiao.
Their wedding was extremely simple.
There were only a few banquet tables, and the selection of dishes was rather modest.
Although Song Wanning hadn’t been invited, she still went to watch the excitement out of curiosity.
Normally, a groom would ride a bicycle to fetch his bride.
If he didn’t own one, he would at least borrow one.
But Wang Zhuzi did neither.
Instead, he led over a large spotted pig with a bright red flower tied to its head.
He actually came to the Song family to fetch his bride… leading a pig.
The moment Liu Cuihua saw the pig, her face darkened instantly.
There were so many people gathered outside watching.
Hearing the spectators burst into laughter, Song Dashan’s expression became even uglier than Liu Cuihua’s.
The mocking laughter from outside grated on his ears, leaving him utterly humiliated.
Throughout the entire ceremony, there wasn’t the slightest trace of joy at marrying off his daughter.
His face remained gloomy the whole time.
Song Miaomiao didn’t look any happier.
She came out wearing nothing but her ordinary clothes—not even a single new outfit.
There was nothing she could do.
All of her previous clothes had disappeared, and Liu Cuihua refused to spend money buying her new ones.
She could only make do with her old clothes.
Fortunately, Wang Zhuzi didn’t mind in the slightest.
He was already overjoyed just to have a wife.
Every time he thought about what had happened that day, his heart was filled with happiness.