Chapter 351

"No wonder Grandpa wants to retire on the Sea Island instead of returning to the Capital; it turns out the food is so good..."

Before, Pei Yao didn't know the Sea Island was so rich in resources, and she felt sorry for her grandfather, wondering if he would be unable to get used to the food.

So she would send a sum of money to her grandfather every few months, fearing he wasn't living well.

Now that she thought about it, the clown was actually herself!

Shen Man couldn't agree; she couldn't badmouth her own master.

So she changed the subject—

"Sister Yaoyao, for the next few days, I can find someone to take you around the Sea Island properly."

Pei Yao nodded in understanding, a spoonful of Qingbuliang still in her mouth, and said vaguely:

"Okay, that's a bother for you, I'll pay the expenses myself."

Since she was on someone else's turf, she would be obedient; she wanted to be a sensible guest!

"Okay."

Shen Man didn't refuse, deciding in her heart to find Xiao Hai and his sister to be the "tour guides."

In the past two years, as more retirees came from the Capital, the Sea Island's indigenous people had developed a profession similar to tour guides.

Usually, it was done by elderly people with ox carts or older children.

As for the younger, strong laborers, they had all been absorbed by the processing plants.

In the last two years, the Sea Island leaders had placed great importance on sustainable development and resource integration.

The construction of fruit canning plants, seafood processing plants, betel nut processing plants, and others had solved the employment problems for many people.

After these state-owned factories became profitable, they made indelible contributions to the island's interior, exterior, and even the national treasury!

Although the overall economy was not as good as big cities like the Capital, it at least didn't hold anyone back, showing the country the diversification and feasibility of the economy...

In short, life on the Sea Island was not as backward as outsiders imagined.

On the contrary, with sufficient economic support, it was thriving.

The people here had low material desires, and the goods were high-quality and inexpensive, especially a paradise for those who liked seafood and fruit!

"Is that raw marinated crab claw delicious?"

Pei Yao looked longingly at the dish name written on the local vendor's sign, then looked at the crab claws in the bucket, swallowing her saliva.

"It's not bad, but how is your stomach?

If your stomach is weak, I wouldn't suggest you eat this raw marinade."

Shen Man understood the gluttonous girl's psychology, but she had to warn her; what if her stomach was weak and she ended up with diarrhea?

"It's pretty good, I often tested medicine for my grandpa when I was a kid, so my stomach is well-trained."

Pei Yao nodded immediately. The decoctions for strengthening the body and nourishing the body that she and her sister drank as children could be measured in water vats!

From childhood to adulthood, she and her sister had never had a major illness, not even a minor one!

The authority of the decoctions their grandfather brewed for them was still rising!

If it weren't for the fact that the Pei family was in the limelight, their grandfather wouldn't have retired now and come to the Sea Island to live in seclusion...

"Then let's buy a portion, but since this raw marinade isn't cooked, you should still eat less of it..."

Shen Man's mouth twitched; based on her understanding of her master and the others, she probably understood.

Testing medicine—it was truly using people to test medicine.

Genius and madness are actually only a thought apart.

She never felt that the medical treatises written by her master and her master's senior brother were just empty talk.

Many of the medical cases inside had been verified on living people.

And this living person couldn't just be someone grabbed off the street to cooperate...

Shennong had to taste a hundred herbs to determine which were poisonous.

How much more so for a healer?

She wasn't trying to whitewash her master and the others, but was grateful that their medical books were finished, so they no longer had to sacrifice themselves and their relatives...

Jiang Ye and his brother-in-law returned home one after another, and there was one more person in the house—

"Hello, brother-in-law!"

Lu Xiu Bai hadn't even had a chance to drink a sip of water before being greeted enthusiastically by a female comrade who looked somewhat like his wife.

He immediately looked at his grandfather-in-law suspiciously, then at his sister-in-law. Hmm, both nodded; he was used to it, and she had been verified.

"Hello, I am Lu Xiu Bai, your brother-in-law."

Dealing with his sister-in-law for the first time, Lu Xiu Bai was a bit lost, just pretending to be calm.

"You must be Sister Manman's husband, right? I've seen you on your family's photo wall, you look better in person than in the photos."

Pei Yao's attention was drawn away by someone else, and after sizing him up for a while, she said something shocking—

"Do you have any single friends? Can you introduce one to me?"

Lu Xiu Bai breathed a sigh of relief; he didn't want his sister-in-law to take a liking to his brother-in-law!

Thank goodness, she just wanted his brother-in-law to play matchmaker.

"Sorry, I don't pay attention to such things."

Jiang Ye looked away, continued washing and wiping his hands, and politely declined.

The matchmaking event had long since ended; if she had come a month earlier, he could have asked Section Commander Duan to arrange for her to cut in line.

Now?

It was too late.

And she wasn't his sister-in-law, so he didn't need to be overly concerned.

Pei Yao looked away. Tsk tsk, truly cold and aloof.

She wondered how Sister Manman got along with this person; wouldn't she freeze to death?

But soon, she realized she was completely wrong; he was only cold to outsiders, not to his own family!

"Wife, eat more vegetables."

"Wife, give me the child, you eat first."

"Wife..."

Tsk tsk, she had barely eaten a few bites and felt full.

Look at that, Sister Manman really knew how to handle her husband!

Were all soldiers this devoted?

So doting on their wives?

She understood her sister a little better now, why she had unhesitatingly applied to be a military doctor on the Sea Island...

After dinner, the men washed the pots and bowls, boiled water, and chopped wood.

The elders helped watch the children, sipping green tea from time to time and chatting about the current situation.

Shen Man was preparing baths for the children and getting clean clothes ready.

Her sister-in-law wasn't home, so the task of bathing her little niece naturally fell to her.

Why not give it to her grandfather or master?

Because they were old and couldn't squat for long periods, which would damage their back muscles.

Pei Yao, who had never seen the destructive power of a small child, volunteered:

"I'll help you."

"Okay."

Free labor, why not use it? Just consider it helping her build a relationship.

"Lian Lian, I'm your auntie, I'll help you take a bath, okay?"

"Auntie!"

Lian Lian was actually only a few days old, but the little one was a bully—oh no, she played with whoever she thought looked good and pleasing to her eye.

She saw this auntie who looked a bit like her mother, and when she said she would give her a bath—which meant playing in the water—her eyes immediately lit up with brilliance, sparkling—

"Okay!"

Mom and Auntie wouldn't let her play in the water; finally, someone was playing with her!

Shen Man was just about to stop her when she was interrupted by her master—

"Just let Yaoyao play with Lian Lian for a while. Children, if they don't experience things, how will they grow?"

Pei Lao Ye Zi smiled as he dug a pit for his little granddaughter. Why did he say "second granddaughter" when he introduced her earlier?

Hmm, she really was a bit "two" (silly/naive)!

And so, Shen Man adjusted the water temperature, and before putting the children into the basin, she put on an apron and handed one to Pei Yao—

"Put this on."

"Oh, oh."

Pei Yao thought to herself, why put on an apron?

The next second, the sound of splashing water in the basin rang out, and wave after wave of water hit her, her clear eyes filled with confusion...