Chapter 122 Despair

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so sad?" Zhuang Qingning patted her little head.

"Uncle Liu hasn't come these past two days, and Sister Qiuying hasn't come to set up the stall either." Zhuang Qingsui frowned, "I wonder if something happened at home."

"Yeah." Zhuang Qingning also pursed her lips.

These two days she was busy tidying up the shop, thinking about how to arrange shifts and expand production in the tofu shop. Her mind was full and she didn't worry too much about this matter. When Zhuang Qingsui said this, she discovered that Liu and Zhang Qiuying had not come to the town to set up their stalls for two or three days.

Although Liu was not feeling well before, she still forced herself to sell donkey rolls. It was not until she could no longer bear it that she rested for two days.

But today is the big market day, and Liu didn't come either. It was obvious that something big must have happened at home that made her unable to get away.

As the two sisters were talking, Zhang Qiuying came over, carrying a bamboo basket on her back.

"Qiu Ying."

Zhuang Qingning saw Zhang Qiuying's red eyes and was quite surprised: "What's wrong with you? Where's Aunt Liu? She didn't come today?"

"Sister Ning." Zhang Qiuying pursed her lips and tears fell. "My father went to work two days ago, installing a beam for someone, and his leg was crushed and broken. The employer said that my father was not careful at work, and he refused to compensate me. My second and third uncles didn't care either. We really had no money. My mother and grandmother sold all the things in the house and the land to see a doctor for my father."

"The doctor bandaged it and prescribed some medicine, and told my dad to rest well. But he also said that the leg injury was too severe. Even if he can walk in more than three months, he will probably be lame and can't do heavy work. He will also have leg pain on cloudy and rainy days."

"Grandma was so anxious, and mom was crying all day long. She was taking care of dad while looking for someone to ask the master for an explanation. I couldn't help much at home, so I begged grandma to make donkey rolls last night. I brought them to the market to sell today, which can be considered as helping the family and earning some money for dad to buy medicine."

Zhang Qiuying became sadder as she spoke, and her tears fell like beads from a broken string.

The family lost its pillar and the land was sold. The whole family was left without any means of livelihood in the short term. Zhang Qiuying naturally felt quite desperate.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Zhuang Qingning reached out to help Zhang Qiuying wipe the tears from her face: "Since we are in town now, stop crying and sell your donkey first, then we can talk about other things."

Zhang Qiuying was indeed a poor little girl when faced with such a thing, but since her family was already in this state and she had already planned to do something for her family, she had to do these things well first, otherwise it would only cause more trouble.

Zhuang Qingning's tone was gentle and firm, which made Zhang Qiuying, who was originally flustered and sad, feel much more at ease. She always admired Zhuang Qingning very much, so she listened to what Zhuang Qingning said at this time and nodded, "Yes, I know."

After saying this, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, calmed himself down, and started selling donkey rolls.

Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui were helping to sell donkey rolls.

While selling things, I also said a lot of encouraging words to her.

It was the first time that Zhang Qiuying came out alone to sell donkey rolls, and she was afraid that she could not sell too many by herself, so she asked Liu not to make such a large quantity. Therefore, even though she came to the town late, they were all sold out by noon.

Zhang Qiuying breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui: "Thank you, Sister Ning, and thank you, Sister Sui, for helping me so much."

At this moment, Zhang Qiuying's face no longer had the traces of tears that she had when she first came to the town. Instead, she looked stronger and more resolute.

"You're welcome. This is what I should do."

Zhuang Qingning stuffed something in his hand into Zhang Qiuying's hand while speaking: "I made a basket of buns. Take them back to eat at noon."

"Originally, I should have come to visit uncle, but things haven't settled down yet. I'm afraid that if I go, it will only cause trouble for the family. You should take the buns back first and tell your grandmother and father. I'll go visit uncle after some time."

"No, no." Zhang Qiuying waved her hands hastily: "Sister Ning has been helping me sell donkey rolls for a long time, how can I accept the buns that Sister Ning bought?"

"Just take it if you're told to. Don't say anything else."

Zhuang Qingning stuffed the bun into Zhang Qiuying's hand without saying anything: "Okay, it's getting late, and you're here alone. You've been out for a long time, I'm afraid your aunt will be worried about you, so go back quickly."

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Zhang Qiuying hesitated for a moment before nodding: "I understand, thank you Sister Ning."

"Hurry up and walk slowly on the road." Zhuang Qingning reminded repeatedly. After Zhang Qiuying walked away, he packed up and walked back with Zhuang Qingsui.

When I got home, Zhuang Jingye was waiting at the door. From the look of his face, it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.

"Uncle head of the village." Zhuang Qingning walked over quickly. "Come to see me? Come in quickly. I just bought some tea in town. Uncle head of the village should also have a cup of tea."

If this girl Ning is not angry, she is really a very capable and polite person.

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Zhuang Jingye was very touched by Zhuang Qingning's enthusiasm.

"Don't be busy. I just came here to talk to you." Zhuang Jingye said, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to find a place to build a house? I have time these two days to take a good look around the village to see if there is a suitable vacant land for you to build a house."

"It's just that after looking around, I can't go anywhere else, but here at the entrance of the village, there is still some free time. I thought that since you are going to be busy with the tofu shop here, you can't be too far away, so this place is suitable."

"Two rooms plus a small courtyard won't take up much space, so we can just build a small courtyard opposite Hua the butcher's house. Although there's a dirt pit in front with some weeds growing in it, it would be nice if we cleaned it up and filled it up."

"If the Wen family's tofu shop is not enough in the future, you can think about expanding it. This place will be enough."

Anyway, they are all earth pits and no one has reclaimed land and cultivated crops here. As long as you are not afraid of the trouble of filling the pits here, you can build a house on any size of land you want, as long as it does not exceed the standards of ordinary people.

"Yeah." Zhuang Qingning took a look, and then took a careful look as Zhuang Jingye said.

It was exactly as he said.

This street is called Bandao Street in the village. The reason it is called Bandao Street is that there are no residents on the south side of the road and no one builds houses there.

(End of this chapter)