Chapter 61 Seeing Hope

Zhuang Yonghe agreed more readily and said that the first batch of thirty duck eggs would be delivered in the evening.

After the matter was settled, Zhuang Qingning went home to prepare lunch.

He wanted to stay for lunch, but the noodles today were made from homemade sweet potato flour, and the side dish was just the usual dried sesame leaves, which was not very presentable, so she had to give up.

Before leaving, he stuffed a handful of garlic sprouts into Zhuang Qingning's hand.

Zhuang Qingning bought some pork belly this afternoon and was planning to make twice-cooked pork. Now he had some garlic sprouts as a side dish, so he took them and went home to boil the pork belly, then took it out, sliced ​​it and stir-fried the pork.

Steamed dough pancakes, pork with garlic sprouts, stir-fried shredded potatoes, and vegetable soup.

In the evening, when the two sisters got up, Zhuang Qingning went to cook dinner, while Zhuang Qingsui was busy watering the vegetable garden in the yard while the sun was setting.

Various vegetables are growing vigorously and have completed the growth stage of the vegetable task. Cucumbers, winter melons, pumpkins and other vine vegetables have already sprouted thick vines and are trying hard to climb up along the bamboo poles or walls inserted by the two of them.

The garlic sprouts, leeks, tomatoes, green peppers and other plants in the yard are all growing well, with thick, lush green leaves that look shiny and glossy under the afterglow of the setting sun.

"The vegetables are growing really well." Zhuang Qingsui said with emotion while watering the vegetables.

During this period of time, Zhuang Qingning kept talking about how fertile the soil in the yard was and how much sunshine was available. Zhuang Qingsui felt more and more that it was because the soil in the yard was fertile that the vegetables grew so well, and he did not doubt anything else.

Zhuang Qingning felt more at ease when he saw that Zhuang Qingsui no longer had any doubts about the vegetables. He smiled and said, "This is all thanks to your diligent snapshots every day."

"Oh, by the way, let's cut some leeks and fry some leeks and eggs."

"Okay." Zhuang Qingsui agreed readily.

The leeks in the yard were moved from He's field. The leek roots were dug out. In just a few days, the leeks sprouted tender green buds. Now is the time to eat young leeks, and they are definitely not dry.

After the two sisters finished cooking, Zhuang Yonghe came over.

Come and deliver the harvested beans and duck eggs.

"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle He." Zhuang Qingning hurriedly took the things.

"Oh, isn't this what I should do?" Zhuang Yonghe wiped the sweat beads on his forehead that appeared due to walking in a hurry.

It was indeed what she should do. Zhuang Qingning called him uncle, so she was his niece, and Zhuang Qingning had never asked him to do anything for nothing, so Zhuang Yonghe felt that he deserved more both morally and logically.

"These beans are heavy. I'll put them directly in the tofu shop for you so you don't have to carry them back and forth." Zhuang Yonghe put down the duck eggs, carried the beans on his back and went to the tofu shop, ignoring Zhuang Qingning's offer to invite him to have dinner.

Since the duck eggs had been delivered, Zhuang Qingning did not waste any time. After quickly finishing his meal, he pickled the duck eggs and sealed them in a jar.

When the time was almost right, he went to the tofu shop with Zhuang Qingsui to grind tofu.

The tofu business is booming.

Because the customers gradually became regular, various restaurants, steamed bun shops, leek box stalls, and even chefs who prepared wedding and funeral banquets in the town all came to Zhuang Qingning to buy tofu, and Zhuang Yonghe's business was also very good, and many people had gradually started to come to buy tofu.

The cloudy and rainy days seemed to have no impact on Zhuang Qingning's business.

Zhuang Qingning gradually increased the amount of tofu he made, including the amount given to Zhuang Yonghe, which increased from 40 kilograms to 60 kilograms.

Zhuang Yonghe and He's mouths were stretched to their ears because of this.

They can earn about ten cents for making sixty kilograms of tofu a day. Together with Zhuang Mingliang's wages and Zhuang Yonghe's wages for collecting beans and duck eggs, they can earn more than half a tael of silver a month, and six or seven taels of silver a year.

The family's food and drink expenses for the whole year, plus the cost of the fourth child's medicine, is no more than three or four taels of silver a year. In this way, the family will not only be able to live more comfortably in the future, but also save some money.

If this continues for a long time, I can save enough money to build a house and get married for my child in the future.

Zhuang Yonghe and He felt that they saw hope in life.

Even during this period, the food at home is better than before.

In the past, the table was full of seasonal vegetables from the fields, plus pickles, and the staple food was mostly sweet potato and cornmeal steamed bread. But recently, I can eat a few pure cornmeal pancakes from time to time, and occasionally fry an egg for my family to satisfy their hunger.

Especially today, when the family made fried leeks and eggs, Zhuang Minghao couldn't help but sigh: "Mom still cares about us. She knows we have been very busy recently, so she made up for it for us."

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"These days, your eldest brother has to work in the tofu shop, and your father has to get up early in the morning to sell tofu, and at the same time help harvest beans and duck eggs, etc. He can't take care of the work in the fields and at home. You have to work in the fields and help me with things." He said with a smile.

"Isn't this as it should be?" Zhuang Minghao scratched his ear a little embarrassedly after being praised like this: "We are already big kids."

"Yeah." The remaining two little ones also echoed.

Her own child was thoughtful and sensible, and Mrs. He smiled.

Zhuang Yonghe cleared his throat and said, "Our family has always lived a tight life. Dad and mom knew that you were working hard, but they were powerless. They wanted to let you eat better but it was impossible. Now you can eat these because Mingliang can work in the tofu shop and I can make a living by selling tofu."

"After all, our family is living a better life thanks to Miss Ning. You should be more diligent in the future and help Miss Ning with more things."

"Don't worry, Dad. We know what's going on." Zhuang Mingliang agreed readily.

During this period, in addition to grinding tofu in the tofu shop on a daily basis, in his spare time, he took the initiative to help Zhuang Qingning fill the water tank at home, so as to save Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui from doing such heavy work.

"besides……"

Zhuang Yonghe paused, his tone becoming more serious: "You also have to remember one thing. The reason why Ning girl is so caring and trusting of our family is probably because your mother sent some corn flour to her family when they just established a female household. Ning girl has been thinking about us ever since."

"So from now on, you must remember one thing, that is, be kind to others. If you are well-off, try your best to help those who need help. Do more good deeds, and it will always be beneficial."

(End of this chapter)