Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 232 - Chapter 232 232. Dr. Xiaozhang buys _1

Chapter 232: 232. Dr. Xiaozhang buys _1 Chapter 232: 232. Dr. Xiaozhang buys _1 Refunds are out of the question.

It was said that those first two who got refunds haven’t been able to enter the group since then, and they have to sneak around to find family members to buy vegetables because they themselves are absolutely forbidden from coming to the vegetable market.

It’s not that everyone doesn’t believe in the quality of the vegetables, but sometimes, you know, you just need a little reassurance.

The auntie in charge waved her hand magnificently, “I’ll take 10 pounds!”

The nearby vegetable seller: …!!!

Absurd!

These are 20 yuan per pound, not 2 yuan!

“You want 10 pounds?” he quickly cried out, “Come take a look, have a gander, fresh crisp bok choy, directly brought from our local gardens, only 3.50 yuan a pound!”

Before he could finish shouting, the auntie pushed him aside, “Oh, you’re not buying vegetables; stop blocking the way, you’re holding me up.”

Behind her, someone else followed up, “I also want ten pounds.”

And another lifted their hand, “I want two pounds…”

“No… Sister, how are you all going to eat so much? Isn’t it going to be stale after a few days in the fridge?”

Some young customers were still hesitating modestly.

“What few days? I can eat a pound of this bok choy stir-fried by myself! Let alone making dumplings and buns. And there’s no delivery fee either!”

The experienced auntie immediately made a judgment.

“If I don’t buy more, when will I have such a chance again?”

The young customer sighed weakly, “But it’s really expensive.”

Indeed, it’s 20 yuan per pound, enough for just a stir-fried dish.

Everyone fell silent for a moment, and the spirit of the nearby vegetable seller revived. He quickly started shouting again, “Local bok choy here! Fresh and crispy, only 3.50 yuan per pound!”

However, the one who awakened first was the young person.

He looked at the bok choy on the neighboring stand and, gritting his teeth, he also forced himself, “You’re right, sister, other vegetables are cheap but they don’t have this taste.”

“Compared to the boss’s, this 3.50 yuan one is like heaven and earth!”

Vegetable seller: … Are you being polite?

My 3.50 yuan bok choy didn’t hurt anybody.

But his promotions were no longer of any use, as the other aunties coming to the vegetable market grew more puzzled and then couldn’t help but swarm forward.

Before they could even be surprised by the price, a group of elderly men and women dressed in the standard blue and white stripes of the patient’s uniform from First People’s Hospital rushed over–

“Make it quick! Miss, weigh ours first; the nurse is going to come back for the ward round soon.”

“Right, right, right, please everyone, help me out; I’m bringing vegetables for quite a few wards!”

An old man with white hair was tiptoeing to get a look inside.

If it were any other day, nobody would ever give up these precious positions at the front.

But today, after a moment’s silence upfront, they also loosened up, “Alright then, grandpa! You go ahead.”

The hospital patient’s uniform was so distinctive and eye-catching, truly a sign of indomitable spirit.

The old man repeatedly expressed his gratitude, and then he approached Qiaoqiao, “I’ll take 100 pounds.”

Turning back around, he pulled a little cart out from the thick crowd, “Could you give me the basket too?”

Ah, this large plastic basket also costs 10 yuan each.

Song Tan looked behind the old man at the other patients in hospital attire and thought for a moment, “How much do you all want?”

“I want 20 pounds!”

“I want 50 pounds!”

“I’ve got 38 pounds here!”

The most serious one was still holding a drip bottle, you definitely couldn’t jostle that.

Song Tan hurriedly pulled Zhang Yanping over:

“Thank you so much, uncles, aunties, old gentlemen, and old ladies for your support! How about this, you all register with my brother here first, and I’ll have him push the vegetables over separately. You take a portion, and you pay for a portion, okay?”

That was perfectly alright!

Everyone nodded repeatedly. They then cautiously checked the time: “We’ll head back first, otherwise the nurse is going to scold us–”

As he said this, a crowd hurriedly gathered around Zhang Yanping, chattering as they left their contact information, and then turned and left like the wind.

After tallying the numbers, Zhang Yanping decisively brought out four baskets of cabbage.

“It comes to 472 pounds.”

Wow!

The onlooking crowd gasped, and there was no way they could give up their spots now; they quickly bought whatever they needed!

However, stimulated by all the patients here, everyone quietly increased the amount they wanted to buy by another three to five pounds.

The nearby vendors who were being ignored were all silently standing still, never in their lives having seen such a hot-selling high-priced vegetable.

One of them became anxious: “Hey, aren’t you disrupting the market order?”

Turning his head, he saw an old lady staring at him with a fierce gaze: “Young man, don’t talk nonsense, okay? I’m warning you, my heart isn’t very good. If I don’t get my vegetables, who knows what I might do on a whim.”

They were all old neighbors who shopped there every day, who could really do much about it?

So everyone just sat down grudgingly, guarding their silent, unvisited stalls, as if watching a lively drama play out.

–People flocking to their door while their own was deserted.

…

First People’s Hospital.

Dr. Xiaozhang had been busy rushing around in the emergency room all morning. When he got off work, he felt completely drained, but fortunately, he didn’t forget that he had to go to the vegetable market to shop. It was only 8:30, so there was no need to hurry.

Dragging his stiff body, he arrived at the market, but despite the location shared in the group, he couldn’t find anyone.

After looking around carefully twice, Dr. Xiaozhang finally came to a stop, with a complex expression, in front of an empty pickup truck he had seen before in the group.

He looked stunned and bewildered: “Where’s the produce?”

Qiaoqiao was packing up the baskets, and now she loudly said, “Sold out.”

But in an instant, she dug out a bundle of less vibrant little cabbages from the corner of a basket:

“There’s one pound left, do you want it?”

Just then, Song Tan came back carrying two baskets, and upon seeing Dr. Xiaozhang, she couldn’t help but be quite surprised:

“Dr. Xiaozhang, you came to buy vegetables!”

Without a second word, she took the bundle of little cabbages from Qiaoqiao’s hands and stuffed it into his:

“Sorry about this, you see, you didn’t give a heads up, otherwise I would have saved some for you. They are all sold out now, take these and boil some noodles, let’s consider it my treat.”

Dr. Xiaozhang was close to tears.

He hadn’t spent even a dime of the money he had prepared last night.

“I was going to… I was supposed to visit my girlfriend’s family today…”

Oh my.

Song Tan thought for a moment, then pulled him aside: “Dr. Xiaozhang, if you trust me, I also brought some tea leaves and honey. You can’t go wrong giving these as gifts! Here’s the price…”

The prices had already been advertised in the group, and everyone truly remembered them by heart.

What could Dr. Xiaozhang do? He knew the price of these things too. Now he could only feel a little sorry for himself.