Chapter 85: Purchasing Traditional Chinese Medicine

"There's no mistake. Translation wages must go through at least three approval and accounting processes. You can rest assured and take it," Chen Shao explained.

"That's good then. I was afraid they'd make me return it!" An Yinan gave a cheeky smile, like a little mouse stealing oil, looking quite cute.

"How is Aunt Yun Dan's health? Has she gone to the hospital for a follow-up?" Every time she saw Yun Dan, her feeling was always a bit off; she couldn't quite describe it, but there was always a vague sense of closeness.

Upon hearing Yun Dan's name, the look in Chen Shao's eyes softened, showing just how much they loved each other. "She went to the hospital. The check-ups there showed no problems. She has had much more energy lately, and her mental state is much better every day. Most importantly, she can sleep soundly and never wakes up in pain in the middle of the night anymore."

Seeing Chen Shao now, An Yinan suddenly understood the saying that people in love have light in their eyes.

Because at this moment, there was light in Chen Shao's eyes.

The ink-black sky was filled with stars, like a lover's eyes, flickering and shimmering with a burning brilliance.

"Congratulations to Uncle Chen and Aunt Yun Dan." An Yinan sincerely wished them well.

"We should be the ones thanking you." Chen Shao was very sincere. They were both grateful to An Yinan—extremely grateful. A life-saving grace was something they could never repay.

An Yinan thought for a moment and said something quite metaphysical: "It must be fate."

Since her rebirth, the space had issued a task for the first time, and it was also the only time.

Before that, she didn't even know the space could issue tasks; she had only thought of it as a storage space.

And ever since then, the space had fallen into silence again. There was no sound and no tasks issued; she didn't even know how to trigger a task.

"By the way, Uncle Chen, I want a large number of canning jars. Do you have a way to help me find them?" An Yinan asked.

"How many do you need?" Chen Shao did know where they could be bought.

An Yinan thought about it. "At least three hundred, more is better."

Chen Shao didn't ask too many questions. This little girl had many secrets, but whenever he asked about things she didn't want to answer, she would just brush it off; he wouldn't get an answer anyway.

"Alright, next time you come to the County, I'll take you to pick them up," Chen Shao agreed.

An Yinan went to the waste recycling station, collected her items, and left supplies for the old man. Because there were outsiders present, An Yinan didn't linger, and the two of them didn't say more than a few words.

She checked her watch; it was just past ten o'clock. It was a bit early to go to the State-run Restaurant, so she prepared to go to the hospital.

"Sister Liu Yun." Seeing Liu Yun standing at the nurse's station, An Yinan, carrying a large basket on her back, walked up quickly.

"Little sister, why are you here? Are you sick?" The hospital wasn't a good place. Seeing An Yinan come over, Liu Yun felt a tightness in her heart.

An Yinan quickly reached out and waved her hands. "No, no, I just have something I need Sister Liu Yun's help with."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yun finally felt relieved; as long as she wasn't sick, it was fine.

"What is it?"

An Yinan took out a piece of paper. "I want these traditional Chinese medicines. Is there a way to get them?"

A large portion of the medicines she listed were for the Hemostatic Pill recipe, but there were also some for the Crack Ointment and the Frostbite Ointment recipes.

She mixed the three recipes together to buy the medicine, mainly to prevent the recipes from being leaked.

This era was different from the modern age; this era was fought with information warfare. Moreover, things produced by the system were likely not ordinary items. Her own country hadn't even used them yet, and she didn't want to let others benefit from them cheaply.

"Most of these are common traditional medicines, but these two have low stock. I'll go ask for you and try my best to get them all together," Liu Yun said after a quick glance.

An Yinan nodded quickly. She could only come to Sister Liu Yun for traditional medicine. Although the space had some stored, she had no procurement channel, and she couldn't easily mail Hemostatic Pills to Chen Xun and the Chen Family eldest brother. She hadn't tested the things the system gave her yet; if the effects were too good and attracted too much attention, the lack of an origin for the medicine would cause many troublesome problems. She wanted to avoid that from the start.

Liu Yun left with the paper containing the medicine names. A full half-hour later, she walked out with a large bag in her hand.

"You're really lucky. Those two medicines were just procured today, and the Ten-Year Ginseng you specified was also sold to the hospital this morning." Liu Yun couldn't help but sigh; this girl's luck was just too good. If she had come a day earlier or a day later, these medicines might not have been in stock.

"That's great." An Yinan was also pleasantly surprised. This way, she could go back and test the pill recipes sooner.

If she succeeded, she could mail them out. They often went on missions at the border, and having Hemostatic Pills would increase their survival rate.

"Take this slip and go pay over there. I took the medicine out secretly first; I'll go back to the pharmacy to return the payment slip later, just in case someone else claims the medicine in the meantime," Liu Yun said quietly to An Yinan.

An Yinan nodded quickly and gave Liu Yun a thumbs up.

Liu Yun felt that being with this little girl made her own mindset feel several years younger.

"Head Nurse, who is that young girl? Is she your sister?" the young nurse asked, watching the girl who ran off to pay.

Liu Yun nodded. "My sister."

"She's so cute, especially her eyes," the young nurse commented. She wasn't just flattering the Head Nurse; the Head Nurse was very gentle and never lost her temper with them, so they didn't need to deliberately flatter her.

Liu Yun agreed; her sister's eyes were very spirited.

After An Yinan finished paying, she quickly returned the slip to Liu Yun. Being able to buy these traditional medicines in advance was truly thanks to Sister Liu Yun.

"Sister Liu Yun, thank you so much." An Yinan, petite and delicate, stood to the side, hands pressed together, almost bowing in gratitude.

Liu Yun took her hand. "Why be so polite? You gave me those bedsheets last time, and it really made me look good. I haven't even thanked you yet. Next time you need any medicine, just come find me."

The bright red bedsheet from last time was a gift for her cousin's wedding, but her aunt-in-law was a snob who only had eyes for other people's things. Seeing her gift of a bedsheet, she had made several twisted and sarcastic remarks.

But when the bedsheet was opened, the bright red was incredibly pure. In the center of the sheet, "A Hundred Years of Harmony" was embroidered in gold thread, along with a Playing in Water Painting of mandarin ducks.

The edges of the bedsheet were trimmed with layers of concubine-red gauze, giving it a hazy, ethereal feel.

On the spot, everyone asked where the bedsheet had been bought.

"I had someone buy it in Shanghai." A few words made everyone's eyes light up, and the aunt-in-law who had just been disparaging it was left unable to save face.

A single bedsheet had slapped the aunt-in-law's face hard.

She had spent that money very happily.

After saying goodbye to Sister Liu Yun, it was already past eleven o'clock. An Yinan rode her bicycle to the State-run Restaurant, where Xie Yuanyuan was poking at her food with chopsticks, waiting anxiously.

"You're finally here." She had been waiting for two hours, afraid that something had happened to Nan Nan.

Just a moment ago, she had seen people with red armbands moving back and forth outside, and it was said that many people had been arrested. Since Nan Nan hadn't returned for so long, she couldn't help but go outside to check several times.