Chapter 33: A Little Different

He even sighed and said, "Speaking of which, these two children are also poor children. We didn't give them much last time. Since they took the initiative to ask for it, we should give them some. Don't be too stingy."

Hearing this, He burst out laughing.

"What's going on?" Zhuang Yonghe looked at He who was laughing so hard that she was bent over, with a look of surprise on his face.

"I laughed at how we were thinking the same thing. We both thought Miss Ning was here to borrow food, but Miss Ning wasn't here to borrow food. She wanted me to help them sew some clothes, and she also gave me a piece of tofu so that we could taste her cooking skills."

He then told Zhuang Yonghe what had just happened: "Ms. Ning originally wanted to give me money, but I refused. Let's talk about it later. They just moved out, and there will be a lot of places to spend money in the future."

"Yes." Zhuang Yonghe nodded in agreement. "As the weather gets warmer, tofu will probably be hard to sell and make. We can't give much, so if we can give it up, then we don't need it."

Seeing that her husband had the same idea as her, He didn't say much. She just packed up the cloth and told the children who were playing in the yard to work and go to bed.

When Zhuang Qingning returned to the yard, Zhuang Qingsui was hoeing the ground. He cleared a small piece of land bit by bit.

"Let me do it. You take a break and have some water." Zhuang Qingning took the hoe and continued to hoe the ground.

This house and yard had been abandoned for a whole year, and weeds had grown in the soil. The ground was not as solid as that of an ordinary yard, so it was not that difficult to hoe it.

The original owner's body was from doing farm work for many years, so he was very strong and could do these jobs with ease without blushing or breathing heavily.

Zhuang Qingning was hoeing the fields here, while Zhuang Qingsui went to boil some hot water and made a pot of tea for her to drink after she was done.

After a while, Zhuang Qingning took a rest while Zhuang Qingsui went to take the hoe.

The two sisters took turns working, and the area in the yard planned for growing vegetables was quickly hoed clean.

Just wait for the turned over soil to dry out, and when it’s almost done, hoe it again, and then you can simply plant some vegetables.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhuang Qingning took Zhuang Qingsui to rest for a while, then packed up and went to Uncle Wen's place.

Considering that Wen usually went to bed early and slept lightly, Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui walked very quietly when they entered the room, without making any loud noise.

The two men crossed the yard and carefully entered the tofu shop.

The tofu shop, which was usually dark, was now lit with oil lamps. Wen was sitting there, staring blankly at the big pot of boiling soy milk on the stove.

"Aunt Wen?" Zhuang Qingning walked forward in surprise and called out.

Mrs. Wen seemed to have just come to her senses. Seeing Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui, she narrowed her eyes and asked, "Why did you two come so early today?"

"I promised someone to deliver tofu early tomorrow morning, so I came to grind the tofu earlier." Zhuang Qingning saw that Wen's face was gloomy and seemed to be worried about something, so he asked carefully, "Did I disturb you, Aunt Wen?"

"It's okay, you guys just go about your business. I was just looking for something, but couldn't find it, so I'm wondering where I put it." Mrs. Wen stood up and walked out.

"Then Aunt Wen, you should go to bed early." Zhuang Qingning said.

Wen did not respond, but just put her hands behind her back and walked out slowly.

Zhuang Qingning lit another oil lamp and used it to scoop out the soaked beans.

Zhuang Qingsui hurried to help and couldn't help asking, "Sister, do you feel that Aunt Wen is a little different today?"

"Oh? How do you mean?"

"Uncle Wen usually has a stern face and often speaks harshly. But today, she was not polite to others, but she was gentle. It's really strange..."

"You." Zhuang Qingning stretched out her hand and pinched Zhuang Qingsui's little ear: "Isn't it good for Aunt Wen to speak gently?"

"That's good..."

I just don't feel used to it.

We are all used to a person's usual self, but when he suddenly changes his personality, it is really hard to get used to it. We also always feel like something worse is going to happen in the future.

"Maybe something happy happened to you." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile, "It's good for Aunt Wen to be like this, isn't it? As for the future, let's talk about it later. No matter how worried you are now, you don't know what it is, right?"

“That’s right.” After thinking about it, Zhuang Qingsui felt that what Zhuang Qingning said made a lot of sense, so he hurriedly helped Zhuang Qingning to fish out all the beans and prepare to grind them into pulp.

I worked hard all night, and by the time I finished making the tofu, the stars in the sky had not yet all fallen.

Simply eat some dry food prepared at home and heat up the soy milk that you have just saved, and you will have a nutritious breakfast.

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After preparing the tofu pudding and tofu needed by Mrs. Wen, and when the sky began to lighten in the east, the Zhuang Qingning sisters were ready to set off.

The spring days gradually grew longer and the dawn came quickly. By the time the two of them reached the road, it was already bright.

Many people got up early in the morning and rushed to the town to work. On the road, they could often see fellow travelers and ox carts rushing to the town. They spent two cents to get on an ox cart. When the two sisters arrived at the old place where they set up their stall, it was only two quarters before the morning.

At this time, there are not many people setting up stalls on the street. Only the places selling breakfast such as fried dough sticks, soy milk, steamed buns and tofu pudding are busy attracting customers.

There were few people on the street at the moment, so the two of them were not in a hurry to hawk their wares. They just sat there to rest for a while, and if someone came to buy, they would start selling tofu.

Zhou Xueming came hurriedly with a frown on his face. When he saw Zhuang Qingning, he paused, breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked quickly to her: "Girl, let me get my ten kilograms of tofu."

"Okay." Zhuang Qingning cut the tofu skillfully, weighed it, and put it into the bamboo basket carried by Zhou Xueming. Then he cut another piece of tofu and put it in as well.

"Since today is your mother's birthday, this piece of tofu can be considered as a birthday gift. I wish you good fortune and a long life."

The other party gave him twelve cents, but Zhuang Qingning always felt that it was a bit too much and didn't want to take advantage of him, so he simply gave it back as if it were tofu.

"Since it's for your birthday, it would be inappropriate for me not to accept it." Zhou Xueming took the bamboo basket and said, "Thank you, young lady."

"You're welcome." Zhuang Qingning smiled and bowed, saying, "If you think the tofu is delicious, please come and support us often in the future."

"Sure." Zhou Xueming agreed firmly.

Thinking about many things at home, Zhou Xueming did not stay here for long. He just said goodbye and hurried away with the tofu.

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