130: Happy to be Jiang's mother

“The box contains jewelry. You can take it to the Rich Area to trade for supplies. We’ll split the profits fifty-fifty.”

“My share should be sent directly to Ping An Supermarket, to Su Liuyuan.”

After a trip to the Rich Area, Jiang Fei had a premonition that the Safety Shelter would eventually fall into chaos.

Once ordinary survivors discovered the kind of life people in the Rich Area were living, they would inevitably become unbalanced and take extreme actions.

Before the chaos erupted, she would gather a wave of supplies to restock her two stores.

Crippled Wang opened the box and was almost blinded by the dazzling array of jewelry.

He casually took out a diamond necklace to inspect it, confirmed it was genuine, and was stunned.

“Boss, since you’re so rich, why did you scam me back then—cough, make me buy things…”

Jiang Fei was honest: “I got rich after the apocalypse.”

She was truly poor before.

“You don’t need to collect bricks and cement anymore. Recently, help me collect more medical masks.”

“As payment, you can take five catties of each type of dried vegetable and dried fruit from the branch store.”

The Supermarket warehouse had other protective gear, but masks were the fewest in number.

Masks were disposable items with high consumption, so she needed to hoard more.

She didn’t want to wear a gas mask in thirty or forty-degree weather later and break out in heat rash all over her face.

“Did Boss receive some news?”

“Hoard more protective gear and medicine.” Jiang Fei gave Crippled Wang a knowing look.

Crippled Wang understood.

It seemed that a disaster related to disease would occur after a while.

It was good to have a backer!

Crippled Wang was about to call his subordinates to sort the jewelry when A Meng ran in.

“Boss, Miss Jiang’s car is outside! Is she here too?!”

He turned his head and saw Jiang Fei sitting on a chair.

“Miss Jiang, someone outside is spreading rumors, saying that the goods at Ping An Supermarket and its branch are shoddy and that you’re being kept. ”

“I found out it’s someone named Chen Wenwen who’s spreading the news. Do we need to clarify?”

“Don’t worry about the rumors, but Chen Wenwen can be taught a lesson. Remember not to kill her.” Jiang Fei reminded Crippled Wang:

“If the Chen family comes to buy jewelry, the higher the price, the better.”

A few rumors wouldn’t affect her business.

Crippled Wang: “As long as the Chen family buys, I promise to rip them off completely!”

Jiang Fei also stood up, preparing to leave.

“White-clothed big sister!”

Dao Rong ran out of the lounge, holding a small flowerpot with fragrant jasmine flowers planted inside.

“For you, a gift for the ointment. My brother said to thank you.”

Having not seen fresh flowers in a long time, Jiang Fei was momentarily lost in thought.

“Did you plant these?”

Dao Rong nodded: “There are more inside.”

Jiang Fei followed Dao Rong to the lounge.

The windowsill was adorned with Christ thorn, milan flowers, and periwinkles, all thriving.

A three-tiered cart on the floor next to it held various planting tools.

“Xiao Rong used to be a gardener.”

Dao Ba pointed to his head and continued: “Ever since she became unwell here, she grew even fonder of floral cultivation. So I found flower seeds and tools for her to plant. I didn’t expect them to actually bloom.”

Jiang Fei suggested: “She has a lot of talent in this area. She could work at the Planting Base.”

“The treatment there is good, and they won’t mind Xiao Rong’s condition.”

The last time she went to the Planting Base, she saw staff members with similar conditions to Xiao Rong’s.

According to Ling Zhaorui, the Planting Base only looks at ability, not physical condition or background.

In the apocalypse, talent was the most important.

After all, they could help humanity rebuild their homes in the future.

“I’d like Xiao Rong to go.” Dao Ba sighed and continued:

“But our identities aren’t clean; we’ve all had criminal records to some extent. We don’t dare deal with the officials. How can we send her to the Planting Base? I’m also afraid she’ll be laughed at by others if she goes for an interview.”

Crippled Wang: “Xiao Rong is innocent. If she’s implicated because of our past mistakes, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.”

Jiang Fei: “After the apocalypse, these things are no longer important. The officials won’t investigate.”

“I have time today. I can take Xiao Rong to the Planting Base. Which of you, you or Dao Ba, will drive and come with me?”

“Let me be clear, I’m not sure if the Planting Base will accept Xiao Rong, but it’s worth a try.”

It was also time to deliver supplies to Ling Zhaorui.

Dao Ba and Crippled Wang exchanged glances.

One was dark-skinned, the other covered in tattoos.

They finally decided to let Crippled Wang go with Jiang Fei. He would drive Dao Rong and the flowers.

“Thank you, Miss Jiang! Whether Xiao Rong stays at the Planting Base or not, you’ve helped me! You’re my Mother Jiang!”

Dao Ba knelt down and kowtowed decisively.

Dao Rong looked at her brother, copied his actions, knelt, and giggled, “Hello, Mother Jiang.”

Jiang Fei: “…”

“Don’t kowtow to me again, and don’t call me Mother Jiang.”

What kind of weird address was that!!!

Dao Ba stood up awkwardly, but Dao Rong couldn’t change it. As if she had found something fun, she kept calling her Mother Jiang.

The calls made Jiang Fei’s scalp tingle, and she quickly ran back to her pickup truck.

She was alone in the car, took a few bags of supplies and put them in the back seat, then drove towards the Planting Base.

Crippled Wang drove his van, following behind with Dao Rong.

Upon reaching their destination, after showing their identification and entering, Jiang Fei and the other two found Ling Zhaorui in the dormitory.

After briefly explaining the situation, Jiang Fei brought out the jasmine flowers Dao Rong had planted.

Ling Zhaorui didn’t even bother to eat, looking at the thriving jasmine flowers in surprise: “They’re even better than the flowers in our greenhouse. How did you plant them?”

Dao Rong blinked and earnestly gestured: “It’s like this, then like that, and then the flowers bloomed.”

Ling Zhaorui: “…”

She explained it quite concisely.

“I can’t make the decision on this. I’ll take you to see my teacher.”

Crippled Wang was a little scared, but for Dao Rong’s future, he bit the bullet and walked into the building.

As soon as she entered the office, Jiang Fei noticed that the identity display card on the desk had changed.

[Base Leader of Planting Base, Kang Ansheng]

“Mr. Kang got a promotion?”

“Thanks to Little Jiang, the freshwater shrimp breeding was successful, and the higher-ups promoted me.” Kang Ansheng touched his nose nervously, not hiding anything:

“This week, the official store of the Safety Shelter will start selling freshwater shrimp.”

“Little Jiang, are you still short on special cabbage?”

The Safety Shelter selling freshwater shrimp meant cutting off one of Little Jiang’s paths to wealth.

Especially since Little Jiang’s trading price with him was very cheap, which made him feel even more uneasy.

Seeing Kang Ansheng’s remorse, Jiang Fei took the opportunity to probe: “Can the special cabbage be exchanged for 5 kinds of medicinal herbs?”

“One plant of each type.”

She wasn’t greedy; she would take them back and plant them herself.

“Of course, you can. I’ll give you 10 different medicinal herbs, to make it a perfect ten.”

Jiang Fei was delighted.

She didn’t expect to have an unexpected gain from coming to the Planting Base!

Kang Ansheng: “What can I do for you?”

Ling Zhaorui explained Dao Rong’s situation and put down the flowerpot he was holding.

Kang Ansheng looked at the jasmine flowers in the pot and said in surprise: “Little girl, what method did you use to plant them?”

Dao Rong gestured to Kang Ansheng what she had just told Ling Zhaorui.

Kang Ansheng was silent for a few seconds, then said: “How about this, let her stay at the Planting Base for a while. After she plants new flowers, I’ll decide whether to keep her.”

“Her situation is special; asking her is useless. She can only prove it through action.”

Jiang Fei looked at Dao Rong: “Are you willing to stay here?”

“Will Mother Jiang stay with me?”

Jiang Fei: “…I can come visit you occasionally.”

Crippled Wang whispered: “Your brother and I will come often.”

She was their only sister; they had to humor her.

Dao Rong then smiled and nodded.

To facilitate entry and exit, Jiang Fei also helped Crippled Wang get a temporary pass.

Although it could only be used by one person, he could often come to visit Dao Rong.

Crippled Wang followed Dao Rong and Ling Zhaorui to tidy up their accommodation, while Jiang Fei went with the staff to the greenhouse to collect medicinal herbs.

She chose medicinal herbs with anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, and fever-reducing properties, and also asked for a small pot of camphor grass.

When used as medicine, it could calm the nerves, reduce inflammation, and fight bacteria. When dried, it became catnip, which cats loved.

Da Huang had grown so big, but it seemed he hadn’t encountered catnip. She would take it home for her cub to try.

After loading the ten small flowerpots into the car, Jiang Fei drove out of the Planting Base and then put all the medicinal herbs into the Supermarket warehouse.

Taking out the ointment and medicine for solar dermatitis, Jiang Fei divided them into 4 bags and went to Ping An Supermarket.

As soon as she parked her pickup truck and walked into the store, a very conspicuous silver commercial vehicle pulled up outside.