Su Xiaoqi's heart skipped a beat. Ah, she had been too hasty; how could she forget this?
Su Xiaoqi herself was an extremely selfish person.
When she married into the Shen family and saw their impoverished state, she had told Shen Yun in front of everyone that her dowry was off-limits, even if the entire family starved.
Now, she was directly offering her dowry to subsidize the Shen family. Wasn't this a slap in her own face?
Su Xiaoqi lowered her head, her eyes darting around. She grabbed Shen Yun's sleeve and acted coyly,
"Husband, I was ignorant before, but now I understand. We are all one family, and should face adversity together and share blessings."
Shen Yun's fingers brushed past Su Xiaoqi's hand, and he clearly saw her inner thoughts:
"Please, I just want to help Er Dan, and level up!"
Shen Yun's brow furrowed slightly. He didn't understand what "leveling up" meant.
However, he was somewhat surprised by her pure heart, focused on helping Er Dan.
He agreed, but was curious how she planned to manage with so little dowry.
So, he feigned needing to go to a bookshop to copy some books, telling her to get the medicine herself.
Su Xiaoqi nodded repeatedly, wishing Shen Yun would stay far away from her.
As soon as she turned and entered the pharmacy, she realized she had no silver or jewelry.
The original host wasn't the eldest daughter of the Su family, so how could she possibly have a dowry?
She directly called the pharmacy owner aside.
She pulled out a sack of rice from her embrace and asked if she could exchange it for medicine.
"Rice, white rice?" The pharmacy owner, Lu Ming, looked at the woman before him, dressed in indigo rough cloth, and could hardly believe his eyes.
Su Xiaoqi nodded and even asked him to scoop a handful.
Feeling the texture of the rice grains in his hand, the pharmacy owner nodded repeatedly and dispensed the medicine according to her prescription.
White rice prices had surged. One sheng was now 150 wen, and it wasn't always available. This sack contained at least a dou of rice, worth 1500 wen.
Because they couldn't buy white rice, his family hadn't eaten it for three full months.
"That young lady, can you sell me the remaining white rice?"