[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio":3,"chapter-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-83":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},891047,1166,"Chapter 83: Can She Do It?","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng didn’t move her feet, but her head turned slightly to look at Shen Yue, who stood up holding the painting paper and presented it to Grandma Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Zhao put down her teacup and looked at the painting paper earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue was so nervous she didn’t dare breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She loved painting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loved it very much!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before meeting Jiang Cheng, she didn’t know she could formally learn to paint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All along, she had been told not to scribble in books, not to waste paper, not this, not that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, no one ever told her, like Jiang Cheng did, that there was nothing wrong with painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue sneaked a glance at Jiang Cheng, who gave her a nod of affirmation and a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue smiled genuinely and turned back to await her judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to learn every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at five o’clock, prepare your own brushes and paper, buy professional paper and pens, can you do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue’s big round eyes were full of surprise, forgetting to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng stepped forward and agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Zhao nodded, handed the painting paper to Shen Yue, and said, \"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng gently nudged Shen Yue, who immediately said, \"Goodbye, Teacher Zhao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without turning her head, Grandma Zhao continued to trim the roses with scissors, taking advantage of the last bit of daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng held Shen Yue’s hand, along with Sister Wang, and walked out of Grandma Zhao’s yard together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She first took Sister Wang home, expressed her thanks, and then took Shen Yue back to the tenement courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way back, Shen Yue chatted non-stop in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister, I really have a teacher now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, and a very skilled teacher, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you say she’s skilled, she must be super skilled! I must study hard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe in you! But you have to promise me, you need to study hard in school as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue put on a determined look and said, \"Okay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng looked at her helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also why she said to study hard, not to necessarily do well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue is probably the kind of student who is very insensitive to studying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Saturday, Jiang Cheng took Shen Yue, Shen Xing, and Grandma Shen to the department store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen said she wouldn’t go because of chores at home, but actually, she was afraid of spending money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Chunxiang popped up out of nowhere, eagerly saying she’d do the chores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Aiguo also appeared, saying he’d carry water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of them could see their own household chores, yet they were competing to help with Jiang Cheng’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most outrageous thing was that the parents of both families not only didn’t mind but even insisted on helping out personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Grandma Shen hadn’t stopped them, she might have lived like a dowager empress of ancient times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, Grandma Shen eventually went with them to the department store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were especially many people on the weekend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the crowd, Grandma Shen held onto Shen Xing and Shen Yue and said, \"Stay close, don’t get lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing this, Jiang Cheng took Grandma Shen and the three of them to the second floor, finding Sister Zhu, whom she had met when buying a bicycle last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chatting for a few minutes, Sister Zhu took Jiang Cheng and the four of them downstairs, walking through their internal passageway to the stationery counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren’t many people at the stationery counter. Seeing a pretty young girl, Jiang Cheng immediately started complimenting her endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young and promising, so beautiful and capable...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a few words, she made the young sales clerk thrilled and happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This paper is really nice! It’s grade-one paper from the paper mill, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You even know this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sales clerk asked with a smile, and Jiang Cheng replied, a bit embarrassed, \"I’ve visited the paper mill a few times, and I remembered this when the manager introduced it to me back then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one sentence, Jiang Cheng conveyed that she knew the manager of the paper mill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, the sales clerk became even more enthusiastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After smoothly buying paper and pens, Jiang Cheng, under the young sales clerk’s attentive service, successfully bought clothes and shoes for Shen Xing, Shen Yue, and Grandma Shen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng was decisive in her purchases, straightforward in paying, and talking with her was truly a pleasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking around once, Jiang Cheng became acquainted with quite a few sales clerks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they came out, Jiang Cheng pretended to sigh and said, \"Everyone is very enthusiastic; no one looks down on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen said nothing, pointing in a direction, \"It says there not to assault customers without reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng thought for a few seconds and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a reminder for both parties to remain calm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen: You say a lot, I’ll believe you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing speaking, Jiang Cheng promptly took Shen Xing, Shen Yue, and Grandma Shen to a state-run restaurant for a meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At lunchtime, there were many people, with limited seating and limited dish supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the crowded state-run restaurant, Grandma Shen said, \"Let’s go back home to eat; even if I’m not worried about money, there’s no place here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re already here, and I’ll be going to the provincial capital in a few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking a few more glances, Jiang Cheng handed the cloth bags to Grandma Shen and said, \"You hold these, I’ll go check it out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing? Do you know someone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng went inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen: Can this work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turns out it really could work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four of them sat at a small table near the kitchen door, each with a small stool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen asked quietly, \"How did you get in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By coincidence, she’s the sister of a night school classmate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen looked shocked and asked, \"You remember which of your night school classmates has a sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng replied as if it were obvious, \"Isn’t that a given?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen: Is it? Is it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one gave Grandma Shen an answer, and at that moment, the dishes arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Braised pork, stewed cabbage, spicy tofu with green peppers, and minced meat tofu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The portions were generous, and the taste very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every cook in a state-run restaurant could boast some skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating their fill, Grandma Shen and the others used steamed buns to soak up the sauce left in the dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng went to chat with the sister of her night school classmate, who was also a sales clerk at the state-run restaurant; the two talked and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen didn’t need to ask to know that this girl had already become part of Jiang Cheng’s new network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon returning to the tenement courtyard, even before Grandma Shen could unlock the door, He Dan and Lin Chengyuan came over with angry faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Cheng, you’re too cruel! Chengyuan and I are in love freely, why do you have to oppose us? What good does it do for you to get me expelled from night school!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Comrade He Dan, during the last three months, you missed two-thirds of your classes and can’t pass any exams. That’s the real reason night school expelled you, and it has nothing to do with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the Lin Family historically inclined to bite the innocent? Why is your family too noble to make mistakes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Instead of spending time looking for trouble, why don’t you reflect on yourselves? No mirror? Use a reflection in water!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng’s quick tongue and disdainful look pierced He Dan and Lin Chengyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Jiang Cheng, whom they once looked down upon, had somehow come to surpass them in every matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xing and Shen Yue stood by Jiang Cheng’s side, sharing the same enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Chengyuan, if you dare to bully Sister Jiang Cheng, I’ll get my big brother to beat you up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue held up a small fist, full of momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a moment of heated emotion, Lin Chengyuan blurted out, \"Shen Que is dead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1371,"2026-06-03T05:46:21.787Z",1,"novelbin.me","3c8f7aec5722d63a9ce87f24325651436aeb780ebe9d0c2285cb97564cb816b6","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-84","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-82",340,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-cover.jpg"]