The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 88: Envy

Everyone watched, green with envy.

It was one thing to get a reward, but there was also prize money and this mug.

You needed coupons to buy a mug like this, and coupons were hard to come by.

The crucial part was that it was a gift from the leadership—it was an honor.

The accountant then handed Gu Jiaojiao the distributed money and wrote out a slip for them to go collect their grain.

They didn’t have much grain, so it was bagged up in no time.

Just then, Zhao Tiezhu arrived, pushing a flatbed cart.

Seeing Leng Yuan effortlessly carrying two sacks of grain in just one hand...

It was terrifying.

As a man, even he felt a little inadequate watching him.

Aunt Zhao kicked Zhao Tiezhu, who finally snapped out of it and hurried forward. "I-I’ll help you."

Leng Yuan shook his head, tossing the sacks onto the cart in one go. He then shifted his body and loaded the sacks from his other hand on as well.

Gu Jiaojiao was almost completely captivated.

It was only because they were in public that she had to act reserved.

Aunt Zhao saw Gu Jiaojiao’s adoring gaze and couldn’t help but look away. ’Who was it that said Gu Jiaojiao only married Leng Yuan to provoke Yun Zhiqing? And that she wouldn’t build a proper life with Leng Yuan.’

From what she could see, the young couple was so incredibly affectionate that it made an old woman like her blush.

"Are you taking the grain back home now?"

Gu Jiaojiao shook her head. "We want to buy some more fine grain in a bit."

Aunt Zhao clicked her tongue in amazement.

’They already have so much fine grain, and they still want to buy more.’

She hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice. "Jiaojiao, I have ten catties of fine grain I’d like to sell. Do you want it?"

Gu Jiaojiao was taken aback. "Auntie, your family only got twenty catties in total, and you’re selling some?"

Aunt Zhao nodded. "I’ve set aside some millet and white flour for the baby in Xiuhua’s belly. I want to sell the rest."

Gu Jiaojiao didn’t ask any more questions. In times like these, grain was scarce. One catty of fine grain could be traded for more than two catties of coarse grain.

Ten catties of fine grain, exchanged for coarse grain, could feed a family for a month.

"Then sell it all to me! I’ll pay you the grain station’s procurement price."

The two made an agreement for Zhao Tiezhu to deliver the grain to her house later.

After finishing her conversation with Aunt Zhao, Gu Jiaojiao noticed Xu Wenwan was still staring at her. She rolled her eyes ungracefully.

’What is wrong with this woman, staring at me all the time?’

But Gu Jiaojiao paid her no mind. ’Anyway, I don’t like Yun Hao anymore, and I don’t want anything to do with Xu Wenwan. As long as I stay away from the main plot and cling to my man’s thigh, I shouldn’t have such bad luck!’

Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t the original owner of this body.

Even without Leng Yuan, she wouldn’t let herself starve to death on her own merits.

As she thought about it, Gu Jiaojiao’s eyes lit up at the sight of the fine grain on the cart.

’I can finally steam some white rice!’

They had received twenty catties of purple rice, thirty catties of millet, and fifty catties of white flour.

Xu Wenwan watched Gu Jiaojiao gaze at the grain with a look of pure joy and dismissed the absurd thought from her mind.

For a split second, she thought she saw a resemblance to her older cousin in Gu Jiaojiao. She’d almost wondered if her cousin had also transmigrated into the book.

But seeing those eyes, sparkling at the sight of grain just like any other villager’s, she felt relieved.

’My cousin is the daughter of a wealthy family, after all. She’d never have that kind of expression over a bag of grain. Besides, how could my cousin possibly have the same kind of bizarre encounter as me!’

At this thought, Xu Wenwan remembered her reason for coming here today and began searching through the crowd.

"Yun Hao! One thousand eight hundred work points. Three hundred catties of grain, ten catties of it fine grain. Cash distribution: ninety-two yuan and eighty cents."

Xu Wenwan’s head snapped in that direction.

A man with a tall, straight posture stood there, exuding a scholarly and gentle aura. He took the slip and money from the accountant and went to fill his grain sacks.

Seeing this, Xu Wenwan quickly smoothed her clothes and walked over. "Let me help you!"

Yun Hao turned and was met with a face blooming like a flower.

He was a little excited to see Xu Wenwan, but he remembered this wasn’t the time to catch up and suppressed his feelings.

Seeing the beautiful and gracious smile on the girl’s face, he seemed to be infected by it, and a rare, brilliant smile of his own appeared.

"In that case, thank you very much!"

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