Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Trade, Helping Others Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Trade, Helping Others Then she got busy in the space, making meat pies, scallion pancakes, steamed buns, baozi, flower rolls, and also steamed a batch of mixed flour goods to store for any emergencies.
She caught a wild boar weighing around a hundred pounds on the mountain, processed it directly, and made lots of dried meat—five-spice, spicy, and also a good amount of meat sauces, hot sauces, and mushroom sauces to keep in the storeroom.
Finally, she also simmered rice congee with eight treasures, as well as plain rice and millet porridge to store in the storeroom, and only then did she realize how exhausted she was.
She heated up a pot of water with Spatial Well Water and took a hot bath before tidying up and leaving the space, noticing it was already nearly eight o’clock in the evening. She quickly disguised herself and hurried to the courtyard outside the city.
When she arrived, she first circled around to ensure it was safe before entering the place. She had just arranged everything when she heard someone approaching.
She saw Ning Rui at a glance, and the transaction was quick—she earned two hundred and sixteen dollars. Watching the car drive away, Luo Qiao quickly packed up her things and hurried home. As she approached her neighborhood, she saw two old ladies with red armbands heading out.
Not wanting any trouble, Luo Qiao found a triangular patch of ground to enter the space. She removed her disguise, reverted to her original appearance, and, thinking the people must have gone by now, left the space.
But as she reached the alley in front of her house, she saw a bicycle fallen at the entrance and heard someone moaning in pain; the fall looked serious. Despite the late hour, she couldn’t just ignore it.
Considering her martial prowess, she wasn’t afraid of any potential threats, so she approached, “Do you need help?”
The person seemed to have recovered a bit and said, “Could you please go to the fifth house ahead with the mahogany door, and ask them to come out and help me?”
Luo Qiao replied, “Alright.”
With that, she ran towards the house and knocked on the door. She heard a voice from inside say, “Why are you so late today? We’ve been waiting for you for ages. Your dinner is going to get cold…”
When the door opened, they realized it wasn’t the man of the house at the door, but a beautiful young lady: “Miss, who are you looking for?”
Luo Qiao answered, “Auntie, there’s an uncle who fell down in the alley ahead. He asked me to come find some people to help him up.”
Qu Meimei was flustered and called into the courtyard, “Jiang Bo, Jiang Hong, hurry up! Your dad fell in the alley. Go see if he’s hurt!”
Two fellows, one taller than the other, ran out of the courtyard towards the alley.
Qu Meimei arrived and asked anxiously, “Old Jiang, are you alright? How did you fall over?”
The man on the ground replied, “Some kid left a rock at the entrance of the alley. I turned the corner on an incline, and next thing I knew, I went flying over it.”
Jiang Bo asked, “Dad, can you move? If you can, I’ll carry you to the hospital. If not, I’ll go grab a stretcher to carry you there.”
The man on the ground, who was Qu Meimei’s husband Jiang Dongli, said, “I’m fine, just twisted my ankle, and probably scraped my knee, but nothing else.”
Relieved that her husband was okay, Qu Meimei turned to Luo Qiao, “Girl, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, our Old Jiang might have been stuck there for a while.”
Seeing that everyone was fine, Luo Qiao said, “It was no trouble at all. I’ll be on my way, then. You should hurry and take the uncle to the hospital.”
After speaking, she turned to leave, but Qu Meimei grabbed Luo Qiao, “Miss, which family do you belong to? I wish to visit you to express my thanks.”
Luo Qiao laughed, “Auntie, this wasn’t a big deal—no thanks needed. Plus, I’ll be traveling out of town tomorrow, so the timing isn’t great. If you have time in September, I live in the third house down the back alley and would welcome a visit from you.”
Qu Meimei asked, “Did you buy Old Li’s house?”
Luo Qiao smiled lightly, “Yes, auntie, let’s talk about this later; you should get the uncle to the hospital first.”
Qu Meimei responded, “Right, right, my name is Qu Meimei, and my sister is Qu Lili.”
Luo Qiao then realized why Qu Lili had directly brought her to see the house when she was buying it and chuckled, “So, you’re Sister Qu’s elder sister. I suppose I really made a muddle of my address to you just now.”
Qu Meimei opened her mouth to respond when they suddenly heard Jiang Dongli cry out in pain.