Chapter 13: Small Snacks Are Very Popular

Chapter 13: Small Snacks are a Big Hit

Xiao Yingchun reminded him that when drinking water in the wild, it must be boiled first to avoid parasites, illness, and diarrhea.

When a doctor cleans a wound, their hands must be clean to prevent the wound from festering...

Speaking of diarrhea, Fu Chen'an wanted to ask Xiao Yingchun to buy some anti-diarrheal medicine.

Many soldiers had been suffering from diarrhea lately, likely because they had eaten too much beef and mutton and their stomachs couldn't handle it.

Xiao Yingchun told him to wait and called Uncle Ye directly to ask if he had any anti-diarrheal medicine.

Uncle Ye recommended a medicine called Zhengchang Pills, saying they were from Hong Kong; they smelled bad but worked well.

Xiao Yingchun then had Uncle Ye deliver dozens of bottles of Zhengchang Pills and dozens of boxes of Norfloxacin directly to the warehouse entrance.

Once Uncle Ye delivered them, Xiao Yingchun went straight to the warehouse, opened the door to bring the medicine in, gave it to Fu Chen'an, and explained how to use it...

Fu Chen'an wrote down the instructions on labels and stuck them on...

Time flew by. As the afternoon passed, Fu Chen'an felt unsatisfied, yet he knew it was time to return.

Before leaving, Fu Chen'an finally asked, "How much for all of this?"

Xiao Yingchun smiled and said, "Pay whatever you think is appropriate."

She had earned so much previously that she felt embarrassed to even name a price now.

However, Fu Chen'an misunderstood her meaning, thinking that Xiao Yingchun was infatuated with his intentionally groomed appearance and had lost her composure.

He felt it was improper to seduce others with his looks; if he couldn't remain true to his heart, he feared he would despise himself.

With a momentary flicker of inner turmoil, Fu Chen'an said with righteous gravity, "I must pay what is owed. I cannot take advantage of you."

Xiao Yingchun still refused to name a price.

After thinking for a moment, Fu Chen'an produced a ten-tael gold ingot: "Is this enough?"

Xiao Yingchun nodded repeatedly, "Enough, enough! There's even extra."

Having earned hundreds of thousands while weeping with joy, of course it was enough.

"Then I shall take my leave. I will come again tomorrow. Could I trouble you to prepare one thousand plastic buckets for me?"

Xiao Yingchun nodded in agreement, but didn't forget to give him a heads-up.

"I might not be able to prepare all one thousand by tomorrow. I will give you as many as I have ready tomorrow, and the rest as soon as possible. Is that acceptable?"

Fu Chen'an nodded and stood up to leave, but felt as if he had forgotten something. After careful thought, he couldn't recall what it was.

Consequently, his movements were somewhat hesitant and lingering.

Xiao Yingchun did not rush him: this was her number one VIP client; the longer he stayed, the better.

Finally, amidst Xiao Yingchun's smiling farewell, Fu Chen'an left the Time-Space Supermarket with a tote bag slung over his shoulder.

As he walked out through the back door, the mist in the wilderness quickly dissipated.

The soldiers, who had been surrounded by the mist, saw Fu Chen'an's figure emerge and shouted in unison, "General!"

"General, you finally appeared!"

"If you hadn't come out, the Marshal would have gone mad!"

Fu Zhonghai gave him a kick: "You're the one going mad! You insolent brat!"

"Hahaha..."

Some soldiers began to laugh.

Three or four soldiers familiarly stepped forward to take the plastic bags from Fu Chen'an.

Doctor Niu hurriedly reminded him, "Let me test for poison first!"

Fu Chen'an glanced at Doctor Niu: "No need to test for poison. I have already tasted everything in the shop."

Doctor Niu: "..."

His mouth was already watering, and he wasn't even allowed to test for poison?!

How disappointing.

Fu Zhonghai was already striding toward his horse: "Tonight, the army will celebrate the great victory in Yongzhou City. Leave one garrison (100 men) here in Xima Town; you all arrange yourselves accordingly."

Fu Chen'an hurriedly called out to him, "Father Marshal, there is no need to leave men in Xima Town."

He caught up to Fu Zhonghai and whispered an explanation about how he could enter that mysterious shop regardless of where he was.

Leaving men in Xima Town had been for Fu Chen'an's convenience in buying things.

Now that the hardest problem was solved, there was no need to station men here.

Fu Zhonghai reacted immediately: "So you just entered that shop directly while outside?"

Fu Chen'an nodded.

"You can enter from anywhere?"

Fu Chen'an nodded again.

"Very well. The entire army will head to Yongzhou City. We will camp outside Yongzhou City tonight."

"Yes, sir!"

As the military order was passed down, everyone cheered.

To celebrate, it was naturally better for everyone to be together to set the mood.

Fu Chen'an was also very happy: from now on, no matter where he was, he could enter the Time-Space Supermarket.

The thought of being able to see that mysterious Miss Xiao in the future made the corners of his mouth curl up involuntarily.

As night fell, bonfires were lit, beef and mutton were roasted, and buckets of strong liquor were brought out.

After arranging the duty shifts, the remaining soldiers were given two taels of strong liquor each and could eat as much meat as they wanted.

At first, everyone felt indignant, thinking the alcohol was too little, but who knew that after finishing two taels, nearly half of them were actually drunk!

Only then did they realize just how powerful this liquor was!

Fortunately, few were heavily intoxicated; most were just tipsy.

More soldiers became talkative and started sparring.

Thus, a martial arena was set up on the spot, with a group of soldiers surrounding two combatants, cheering and egging them on.

Cheers erupted periodically through the crowd.

Fu Chen'an sat among the crowd, occasionally attending to soldiers who came to toast him, with small packets of snacks he had just bought placed before him.

Fu Zhonghai and the other officers were also eating the small snacks, chatting happily as they ate.

They had eaten dried fish before, but they had never had such delicious, oily, and spicy dried fish.

They had eaten peas before, but they had never had these crispy peas.

Peanuts... they had never even seen them.

Let alone brine-marinated peanuts or pickled chili peanuts... such excellent snacks for drinking.

They couldn't stop!

They simply couldn't stop!

Seeing them eating so happily, Fu Chen'an couldn't help but remember Xiao Yingchun's words.

"You haven't eaten these things before. If you eat too much at once, your stomach might not adjust, and you might feel unwell."

"If you get an upset stomach, remember to take these Zhengchang Pills."

Fearing an upset stomach, Fu Chen'an was very careful not to overeat tonight.

But the officers had never eaten them before and were currently enjoying themselves so much that they couldn't care less about diarrhea.

The secret sense of superiority from being "the first to have tried them" made the corners of Fu Chen'an's mouth lift...

After seeing Fu Chen'an off, Xiao Yingchun realized she hadn't even eaten lunch.

She had intended to eat after finishing business, but who knew Fu Chen'an would act so strangely today and chat for so long!

However, having earned so much money... Xiao Yingchun forgave him in a second.

After sending the gold ingots up to be stored, Xiao Yingchun called Uncle Wu to help her order 1,000 ten-pound plastic buckets, requesting them as quickly as possible.

Uncle Wu agreed immediately, saying he would get back to her with the price and availability.

Work finished!

Xiao Yingchun turned to head out, preparing to get something to eat.

Just as she opened the front door of the supermarket, she heard someone call out, "Little Yingchun, why are you only opening the shop at this hour again?"

Xiao Yingchun turned around to see an old man and a young man walking side by side, and her heart skipped a beat: it was Grandpa Zhao and Dai Hengxin.