The entire village shakes their heads at Zhuang Qingning - an orphaned girl who, after recovering from illness, stubbornly registers as a female household head instead of living with her uncle.
...Chapter 99 I Cannot Agree
"You know, although I have a son and a daughter in my family, they are both incompetent and we live a very tight life. I am old now and can only sell some pea yellow in town to supplement the family income."
"But the pea yellow business is not good. Every time I make pea yellow, I can't sell all of it. I can only eat it myself or share it with others. But this way, not only will I not make any money, but I may even lose money. I have to think of other ways to do business."
"I thought your tofu would sell well, so I came to talk to you and see if you would allow me to take several dozen kilograms of tofu from you every day and sell it on the streets. It would be a way to earn some money to supplement the family income."
After Ge Hetong finished speaking, he looked at Zhuang Qingning with hope.
Zhuang Qingning pursed her lips.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Uncle Ge, I'm afraid I can't agree to this."
"In addition to me selling tofu in town, I have already asked an uncle or aunt in my family to do the job of selling tofu in the village. If someone else were to do it, I'm afraid it would be a mess."
"If it's not chaotic, then where can it be chaotic?"
Ge Hetong was a little disappointed when he heard Zhuang Qingning's refusal at first, but he still said: "Your uncle and aunt just told me which villages they sell tofu in, so I won't go to that village. There are many villages nearby, so we can go to different villages and no one will bother anyone."
"That's not what I meant. If the area is fixed, what will happen? If we can't sell all the goods here today, can't we go to other places to sell them?"
Zhuang Qingning said with a smile: "Uncle Ge, I'm really sorry, I really can't agree to sell tofu to you."
There will be more and more tofu products in the future. Now it is fresh tofu, and then there will be dried tofu, and then there will be other things. Zhuang Qingning wants to expand this tofu shop and enrich the products, so he has to control the sales.
Zhuang Qingning planned to let Zhuang Yonghe's family be responsible for retail sales in each village in the future. Apart from her own sales, other sales issues could be dealt with by Zhuang Yonghe alone, so that the sales would not be divided among so many people, which would cause many problems.
If the stall is too big, it will be difficult to manage.
Furthermore, the reason why Zhuang Qingning agreed to Zhuang Yonghe and He's proposal so readily was because she knew them inside out and their personalities, and knew that they would never betray her.
As for Ge Hetong, she had only sold things with her for a day or two before. She was originally a stranger and no one knew why he had been hiding for a long time. But now he suddenly came up to her and wanted to make money with her help.
No one could agree to this.
As for the difficult times at home... there are so many people living in difficult times, she doesn't have that much ability, nor does she have that much compassion.
Seeing Zhuang Qingning's firm attitude, Ge Hetong stopped talking and just sighed, "Okay then."
Then he turned his face away and continued to sell the pea yellow.
Zhuang Qingning continued to be busy selling tofu. When she was almost done and there were fewer people buying tofu, she had time to take a break and found that Ge Hetong, who was selling pea yellow next to her, had left at some point.
This old man Ge is quite interesting.
Zhuang Qingning shook his head and after selling the remaining tofu, he went to the bakery with Zhuang Qingsui to buy some things, preparing to go see Liu who had been ill for a few days.
Shortbread and date cakes are things that older people like to eat. Zhuang Qingning thought about it and bought some sesame candies.
I heard from Liu before that she has several grandchildren who are about the same age as Zhuang Qingsui. If she brings some snacks for the children, Liu won't be so worried about her grandchildren that she will share her own food with them and not have any to eat herself.
After buying the things, the two sisters went to Zhangjiazhuang.
When they arrived at Zhangjiazhuang, they asked around and found out the location of Liu's home.
It's located almost in the middle of the village. He lives with his eldest son. There is a low wall and a jujube tree in the yard.
When we got there, we saw a very sturdy jujube tree inside the half-man-high courtyard wall. The chickens in the yard were digging for food with their claws, and two little girls, about six or seven years old, were picking leeks in the yard.
"Is this Aunt Liu's home?" Zhuang Qingning asked across the courtyard wall, "Aunt Liu who often sells donkey rolls in town."
"My grandmother's surname is Liu, so you're probably talking about her." The taller girl stood up and looked Zhuang Qingning up and down.
"But my grandmother is sick and is lying in the house. My parents are out working and haven't come back yet. If you have anything to do, you have to wait until my parents come back."
"I often sell tofu with your grandmother in town. Your grandmother has been ill these past two days and hasn't been to town, so I came to see how she is doing."
Zhuang Qingning smiled and said, "If you're worried, just go in and ask your grandmother."
After saying that, the smile on his face became a little more intense.
I have to say, this little girl is very vigilant and doesn't let strangers enter the yard.
The little girl thought about it and nodded: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll go in and tell my grandmother."
After saying this, the little girl ran into the house, and after a moment she ran out again: "Grandma asked you to come in, please come in quickly, I will make tea for you."
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"Thank you." Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingning carried their things into the yard, and followed the little girl into the east room.
The house was built with a mixture of blue bricks and adobes, and was not very high. When Zhuang Qingning entered the door, he bowed slightly.
Liu was lying on the bed at the back of the room. When she saw Zhuang Qingning coming in, she smiled and said, "Ms. Ning, Miss Sui, why are you two here?"
"Just now I heard Qiuying say that it was you who came, but I didn't quite believe it. I never thought it was really you two."
"Come, come, sit down. Look at my messy room. I can't entertain you..."
As Liu was talking, she was about to get up from the bed, but she exerted too much force and coughed twice.
"Don't bother, Auntie." Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui hurriedly supported her, "We are not strangers, why are you being so polite? Qingsui and I can do it ourselves."
As Zhuang Qingning spoke, he and Zhuang Qingsui found a small stool to sit on.
Zhang Qiuying brought over the tea: "Please have some tea."
"Thank you." Zhuang Qingning took the tea and handed over the sesame candy in his hand: "Take the sesame candy and eat it with your sister."
Zhang Qiuying did not take it. She looked at the sesame candy and then looked at Liu.
"My sister gave it to you. Take it." Liu said with a kind smile.
"Thank you, sister." After getting the consent, Zhang Qiuying took it and grinned at Zhuang Qingning.
She has a round little face, with a small canine tooth on the left and a shallow dimple on the right when she smiles. She is very cute.
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