Sweet Dreams in Famine Years: The System Leads to a Brilliant Life

The villagers naturally had no objection to Zeng Zhengen's plan to take a walk around the city, but a few older villagers warned Zeng Zhengen to be careful.

After separating from the villagers, Zeng Zhengen walked directly towards the busiest street in the city.

The streets are full of small vendors setting up stalls and the sounds of hawking are endless.

Zeng Zhengen took a quick look on the street and finally decided to go to a pharmacy to sell some of the medicinal herbs he had collected in the mountains.

After all, there is no need for so many medicinal materials now. If they are left for a long time, the efficacy will be greatly reduced.

Zeng Zhengen came to Jishidiang, the largest pharmacy in Jinzhou City.

There were many customers coming to Jishidiang to get medicine. The shopkeeper and the waiter were very busy, and there was a long queue in front of the doctor inside.

However, despite this, after Zeng Zhengen entered, the shop owner still greeted Zeng Zhengen very warmly.

"Sir, please take a look at what herbs you need. We have a full range of herbs in our store. You can buy any herbs you want in our store."

Zeng Zhengen glanced at the shop owner and after a while, he spoke.

"Shopkeeper, I'm not here to get medicine. I collected a lot of herbs before, so I wanted to come and ask if you would accept any herbs."

When the shop owner first heard that Zeng Zhengen was not here to get medicine, the smile on his face faded a lot. However, when he heard that Zeng Zhengen had medicinal materials in his hands, the smile on his face returned.

"I wonder what kind of medicinal herbs you have, young lady? If our shop buys medicinal herbs, we must first check the quality of the herbs before we can set the price." The shop owner said with a smile.

After all, the price of each medicinal material is different. Sometimes the same medicinal material is processed differently, so the price is also different.

When Zeng Zhengen heard that someone was collecting medicinal herbs, he took out a bag of herbs that he had prepared in advance without any hesitation.

When the shop owner saw the bag of herbs Zeng Zhengen took out, he thought they were just some worthless herbs and didn't take it too seriously.

But when Zeng Zhengen opened the medicinal materials, the shop owner's initial indifference turned into shock.

"This... this is actually black wolfberry?" asked the shop owner in disbelief.

Zeng Zhengen nodded, then smiled and said, "The shopkeeper has a good eye. This is black wolfberry, but there are not many picked. There are only about three pounds here in total."

Zeng Zhengen discovered this black wolfberry when he first went to Lantau Island. However, as there was only one black wolfberry tree, not many were picked. Zeng Zhengen kept some for himself and brought the rest here.

After carefully examining the black wolfberries, the shop owner nodded with great satisfaction.

"My dear, may I sell all these black wolfberries?" The shop owner was no longer as nonchalant as before, and his words were much more polite.

Zeng Zhengen smiled and looked at the shop owner, saying, "Whether we can sell them all depends on your sincerity."

When the shop owner heard this, he immediately understood what Zeng Zhengen meant, which was that as long as the price was right, then all of them could be sold, otherwise they might not be sold.

The shop owner hesitated for a moment, then quoted a price.

"We are buying the ordinary wolfberries at 400 coins, and the black wolfberries at 600 coins. What do you think?"

Zeng Zhengen was shocked when she heard what the shop owner said. She didn't expect that black wolfberry could be sold for six hundred coins per catty. She originally thought that it would be sold for four hundred coins at most, which was already a very high price.

The shop owner saw that Zeng Zhengen had been silent and thought that Zeng Zhengen was not satisfied with the price, so he hurriedly explained.

"My dear, my price of 600 wen per jin is already the highest in Jinzhou City. Other shops only buy black wolfberries for 500 wen per jin at most."

After listening to the explanation of the shop owner, Zeng Zhengen readily sold all three kilograms of black wolfberries.

"Okay, then the price is 600 coins per catty."

When the shop owner heard Zeng Zhengen's words, his face immediately smiled like a chrysanthemum.

"Okay, wait a moment, young lady. I'll ask the waiter to prepare the money for you right away."

As soon as the shop owner finished speaking, the waiter immediately brought over 1,800 coins.

Zeng Zhengen just took a quick look and put all the silver away.

"My dear, next time if you have other good medicinal herbs, please remember to bring them to our Jishiditang to sell. I will definitely give you the most fair price." The shop owner instructed Zeng Zhengen.

Zeng Zhengen nodded, "Okay, I understand. If I have more medicinal herbs next time, I will definitely sell them to you."

Zeng Zhengen walked out of the store directly after he finished speaking. Just as Zeng Zhengen stepped out of the store.

Suddenly, a miserable voice was heard at the door of Jinrentang opposite Jishidiang.

"Doctor, please save my son! I beg you."

The woman's cry for help immediately attracted a lot of people to watch, and Zeng Zhengen was also attracted by the voice.

When I walked closer, I found that it was a woman holding a child of about four or five years old. The child's face was very red, but the child's mouth was always open, and his hands kept covering his throat. It seemed that something was stuck in his throat while he was eating.

An old doctor with gray hair was examining the child at the moment, while the woman was praying beside him.

"Doctor, you must save my son! Please, you must save my son."

After examining the woman for a while, the doctor shook his head at her.

"I'm sorry, I can't do anything for you. Please seek help from someone else!" The old doctor said and was about to turn around and go back.

When the woman heard what the old doctor said, she felt like the sky was falling.

Her son is her life, but now the doctor says there is nothing he can do. How can she not despair?

Seeing that the child's breath was getting weaker and weaker, Zeng Zhengen stepped forward, picked up the child from the ground, and then used the Heimlich maneuver.

The woman was originally still sad, but when she suddenly saw the child being snatched away by someone, she immediately forgot her sadness and hurriedly got up to take the child back.

But just as she stood up, she saw that the person who had stolen her child was holding her child and doing strange movements.

"Stop it, put my child down, or I will be rude to you."

The woman shouted at Zeng Zhengen.

However, Zeng Zhengen didn't even look at her and continued to do the Heimlich maneuver.

Seeing that Yang Yueyue refused to listen, the woman immediately stepped forward to snatch the child away, but Zeng Zhengen gave her a cold look.