111: Call me by name, or boss

"Big Sister, the handsome brother has sent the gold bars to the lounge."

After Jiang Xiaoshi finished speaking to Jiang Fei, he took a rag to wipe the dust off the cashier counter.

His clean, small face had delicate features and bright, round black eyes, making him very endearing, though he was too thin and his skin was a bit dark.

No wonder Jiang Fei didn't recognize him.

The little boy in her memory had always been as dirty as a little mud monkey.

"Captain, I plan to have Wan Qing and Uncle Jiang each be responsible for two shelves. This way, the division of labor isn't too tiring, and if goods are lost or products have problems, it's easy to assign responsibility."

"You arrange it as you see fit."

Jiang Fei turned and left the store again, and under the cover of the pickup truck, she retrieved 5 boxes of 24-bottle electrolyte water from the Supermarket warehouse and stacked them in the back seat.

Immediately after, she called Jiang Zhengkang and Su Liuyuan out to move them.

"If Rescue Team or Patrol Team members come to buy things, they can receive one bottle for free with their ID."

"Don't hang a sign outside, so as not to let people with ulterior motives take advantage of the chaos."

Not all official personnel are good people.

Jiang Fei was about to get in the car and go home when a voice sounded.

"Sister Jiang!"

A Meng ran over, sweating profusely: "I finally waited for you."

"A few days ago, the boss told me to deliver bricks and cement to you, but Brother Su said you were too busy and couldn't be found, so I could only wait for you on West Street every day."

"This time there are 4 trucks of bricks and 2 trucks of cement. Where should they be delivered?"

She had been busy planting medicinal herbs recently and had forgotten about the bricks.

"The back door of the Mingshang Apartment Complex. You follow me."

Jiang Fei started the pickup truck, while A Meng went to find his younger brothers to drive the freight trucks.

Upon arrival.

A Meng handed the keys of the 6 freight trucks to Jiang Fei: "There are 10 boxes of gold and 3 boxes of cooling supplies in the trucks. The boss has sold all the adult entertainment and birth control products. He has heatstroke and can't come, so he asked me to ask if you can still get more stock."

"Not right now. If I have any in the future, I will contact you."

She had given all those supplies in the Supermarket warehouse to Crippled Wang last time.

Without going out for zero-dollar shopping, there would be no stock.

"Then I'll go back and tell the boss. Sister Jiang, you can find me after you've used the trucks. There's no rush to return them."

A Meng left with his younger brothers.

The 6 freight trucks were too conspicuous, so Jiang Fei drove them one by one to an uninhabited street and stored them in the Supermarket.

System: [Ding — Detected gold: 126,300 grams]

She checked the cooling supplies in the Supermarket warehouse with her mind.

5 boxes of 10-dose Huoxiang Zhengqi water, 20 packs of mint and borneol cooling wipes, 5 neck-hanging fans, 5 handheld small fans, 5 bottles of medicated oil, 5 pairs of sun-protective ice sleeves, 10 ice pads, and 10 boxes of cooling patches.

They were all sent according to the number of people in her team.

She could send them to her teammates this Sunday.

Jiang Fei returned to 302.

She hadn't locked the small door, and Dahuang ran over from 301, lying sprawled on the sofa, basking in the sun.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, it immediately jumped off the sofa and climbed up Jiang Fei's pants into her arms.

A burning, stinging pain came, and Jiang Fei couldn't help but gasp.

In summer, clothes were thin, and Dahuang's long, sharp claws would pierce through the fabric and scratch her skin.

Jiang Fei sat on the sofa holding Dahuang, rolled up her pant leg, and looked.

There were several long blood marks on the skin of her calf.

The child needed its nails clipped!

Taking out the pet nail clippers from the Supermarket warehouse, Jiang Fei grabbed one of Dahuang's paws.

With a gentle press on the paw pad, the hidden nail emerged.

Snip, snip, all clipped short.

Dahuang instinctively tried to struggle, but a piece of salmon appeared in its mouth, and it immediately stopped moving.

So delicious!

Jiang Fei fed Dahuang while finishing clipping its nails. She then took out a portion of cold noodles she had made before for lunch.

The cold noodles were sour, spicy, and satisfying, with crushed peanuts in the sauce, making every bite crispy, fragrant, and rich.

After filling her stomach, Jiang Fei drank iced milk tea, and Dahuang drank goat milk.

One person and one cat nestled on the sofa.

Jiang Fei decided to rest today, not to work in the Supermarket, and read the books she had taken from Xu Yichen's house.

Perhaps to show off, that scoundrel's books were very comprehensive, covering pharmacology, economics, and animal husbandry.

She didn't know when the Supermarket would unlock live poultry.

It might be better to wait until she had time to go outside and find some poultry to raise.

That money-guzzling system was unreliable.

After studying all day, Jiang Fei finished her ablutions and was about to carry Dahuang to bed when — knock, knock, knock —

Along with the knocking, a woman's gentle voice came.

"Benefactor, it's me, Zhou Wanqing."

Jiang Fei sent Dahuang into the bedroom before opening the door.

Zhou Wanqing held a plastic bag filled with ice to keep the popsicles from melting.

Su Liuyuan was also outside.

"Today I taught Wan Qing how to make popsicles. She innovated a bit and brought them for you to taste, to see if they can be sold in the store."

Jiang Fei took the popsicle and bit into it.

It tasted sweet and sour, with a faint coconut aroma.

"Not bad. What is this made from?"

Zhou Wanqing explained: "The fruit candies and coconut candies from the store, three of each kind, melted in hot water, can make 10 popsicles. It's more economical than using white sugar, and there are many flavors."

"When the fruit popsicles are sold out, sell these. You're responsible for making them, Su Liuyuan is responsible for pricing, and I'll double your salary as overtime pay."

"No need, Benefactor, making this isn't troublesome." Zhou Wanqing's cheeks were slightly flushed.

Her Benefactor approved of her popsicles.

"It's very late today, so I won't disturb Benefactor's rest. I live downstairs in 202. Benefactor can come find me anytime."

Listening to Zhou Wanqing's address, Jiang Fei felt a little uncomfortable: "You don't need to call me Benefactor. Call me by my name, or Boss."

"Okay, Boss." Zhou Wanqing obediently agreed and went downstairs.

Jiang Fei looked at Su Liuyuan: "Where do Jiang Zhengkang and Jiang Xiaoshi live?"

"Common sleeping area."

Guessing what Jiang Fei wanted to ask, Su Liuyuan replied: "Wan Qing doesn't have a job, but she was assigned resettlement housing. I asked her, and she said she exchanged supplies for it."

"Keep a close eye on things."

It's always right to be careful in everything.

At this moment, in 202.

Zhou Wanqing lay on the bed in the bedroom, her eyes brightly fixed on the ceiling.

The layout of the Mingshang Apartment Complex was all the same.

Her Benefactor lived directly above her.

Thinking of this, Zhou Wanqing smiled contentedly.

Without an ID card, she couldn't go to the Safety Shelter. By chance, she met a team escorting a wealthy merchant on the road.

Using her appearance, she followed the wealthy merchant and entered the Safety Shelter.

A fleeting affair earned her three large shops and abundant supplies, which she planned to leave for her Benefactor.

But the Safety Shelter was too big, she couldn't find her Benefactor, and had no way to contact her.

While hesitating whether to leave, she accidentally learned that the recently popular Ping An Supermarket was opened by her Benefactor.

After inquiring about her Benefactor's address, she used half of her supplies and all her shops to exchange for the right to reside in 202.

She could now protect her Benefactor well.

She would never let anyone harm the Benefactor who saved her from hell.

Zhou Wanqing couldn't help but giggle softly.

The next day, she woke up extra early, tidied herself up to look clean and pretty, and waited for Jiang Fei downstairs in the apartment complex.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Fei didn't come downstairs. She waited until Su Liuyuan drove over.

"Let's go to the store together. I asked the Captain for the MPV's car keys. From now on, we'll drive it out, and we won't have to walk under the scorching sun."

"Aren't we waiting for the Boss?"

"She's not going to the store."

Zhou Wanqing instantly put away her smile and got into the car with a look of disappointment.

Her Benefactor wasn't there, and she didn't want to smile for a second.

—

Afternoon.

Jiang Fei drove the pickup truck to Ping An Supermarket and carried a large box into the store.

"I brought a shaved ice machine, fruit jams, disposable plastic bowls, and spoons. Starting today, we'll sell shaved ice, made to order. One bowl is still 500 grams of gold."

"Who wants to learn?"

"Me!" Zhou Wanqing was the first to raise her hand.

Connecting to the store's generator, Jiang Fei taught Zhou Wanqing how to use the shaved ice machine.

To avoid one person being overwhelmed, she also called Jiang Zhengkang and Jiang Xiaoshi to learn.

Su Liuyuan, sitting at the cashier counter, watched Jiang Zhengkang and Jiang Xiaoshi's serious expressions.

Then he looked at Zhou Wanqing, whose eyes were full of admiration and whose small face was flushed.

Su Liuyuan felt a murmur in his heart.

Why did the atmosphere feel a bit strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it?

After teaching the three, Zhou Wanqing, Jiang Fei drove to her teammates' dormitories to deliver supplies.

Busy until evening, Jiang Fei returned home, fed Dahuang, and then entered the Supermarket to build the orchard's fence.

Building the wall couldn't rely on machines; it had to be done manually, applying cement and laying bricks one by one.

She really wanted a tool-person to help with the work.

Unfortunately, the Supermarket did not allow other people to enter.

Jiang, the old workhorse, sighed and continued to bury her head in building the wall.

In nearly a week, all the orchard's fences were built, and a self-made wooden door was installed.

There weren't many bricks left, and Jiang Fei didn't use them, wanting to save enough to build the medicinal garden.

The medicinal herbs had all grown into new plants.

Using the foam boards she had hoarded before, she made simple insulation boxes, filled them with soil, and Jiang Fei began to transplant the medicinal herbs.

To save space, the insulation boxes were made very flat, and the lids just barely didn't press down on the medicinal herbs.

One box could hold 100 plants, for a total of 30 boxes.

She kept 50 plants of each type for herself, to propagate them again from stems and roots.

After all this was done, another week passed.

The day she and Director Ning had agreed for delivery was approaching.