She might truly not want it, but Jhiang Yuan couldn't not give it.
If something happened in the future and they owed someone a favor, it wouldn't be good.
It was better to agree on the compensation in advance to avoid trouble.
A week's payment of five kilos of rice or flour was already quite a lot.
Not to mention, for a family of three, if they were frugal, it could be enough to survive on.
The current situation naturally couldn't be compared with normal times.
"Really, you don't need to, you've already helped us a lot."
She was probably referring to the previous transactions, and it was indeed the case now that even if one had money, it might not be possible to buy anything, especially food.
"Let's just agree on this, keep things separate. Once it's ready on this end, you come over.
Xiao Nuan also really likes Jingjing, let the two kids play together, they can keep each other company…"
"Okay, thank you!"
Being able to exchange labor for food now was something unexpected.