Cao Ping Moving
September 22nd is a good day for Xizi and Huizi to appear on stage alone.
The autumn in Sancha Township seems to come later than that in Shangguan Town. The leaves of the trees in Lao Qin's house have begun to fall sporadically, but the roads along the Sancha Township are still lush and green. Of course, this may also be related to the vegetation types in the two towns.
Accompanied by the lush greenery along the way, Huizi's uneasy heart was miraculously soothed. As for Xizi, he was like a wild horse running wild, only happy and happier.
Qin Wenli put the two people down, helped carry the things down, and then took Hu Yufeng to her parents' home.
Huizi looked around this place that was not entirely familiar to her, took a deep breath, greeted her neighbors with a smile, then arranged the tables neatly and put out the sign.
Xizi seemed to be returning home in glory. He kept greeting acquaintances at the market, and his cheerful expression was evident in his words.
Everything was ready. Huizi opened her mouth, but found it difficult to speak. She took several deep breaths, adjusted her facial expression, and finally mustered up the courage to shout out: "Selling fried dough twists, delicious Yufeng fried dough twists, all kinds of flavors are welcome to try..."
After shouting for the first time, I found that hawking was not as difficult as I had imagined. Passersby would at most look at me and no one would laugh at me. Just as Xiu'er said, the most difficult thing to overcome is one's own fear. She breathed a sigh of relief and started hawking her wares just like Yang Xiu did.
"Hey, Aunt Qin is training an apprentice and sending you two to compete?" A regular customer came forward and couldn't help asking.
Huizi smiled and nodded: "Yes, Auntie asked us to try it. Don't worry, the taste will definitely be the same."
The man nodded, "I'm not worried. You were the one who fried them in the previous episode, so how can I not be at ease? Here, pack me three pounds of soft fried dough twists..."
Huizi packed it up quickly, handed it over with both hands, and said with a smile: "Take it, and come back if you like it!"
After seeing the customer off, I once again felt deeply impressed by Yang Xiu's thoughtfulness. She has been put in front of people for the past half month. Most of the regular customers who came today have seen her before, and they have no concerns about the change of person.
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Compared to Huizi's smooth sailing, Hu Yufeng was very annoyed.
Her good brother is not at home again!
She wanted to ask her sister, but she was not at home. Hu Yufeng was so angry that she had to ask Qin Wenli to go to Cao Ping's clinic.
She was even more shocked when she arrived at the place. Cao Ping's shop was closed. Qin Wenli peeked inside through the crack in the door and was shocked to find that the room was completely empty. Hu Yufeng was too busy being angry to care about it and quickly ran to the next door shop to ask.
After asking, I found out that her good brother-in-law had moved to the mountain opposite the mountain temple last month.
? ? ? Hu Yufeng was at a loss for a moment. In other words, why would you, a doctor, move to the mountains? Are you really planning to give up medicine and pursue a career in Taoism? Besides, the mountain is covered with forests, where can we live?
The person in the shop smiled and said, "Go and have a look for yourself. It's not hard to find. You'll know when you get there."
Hu Yufeng left the village office with a lot of thoughts in her mind, and the two of them ran towards the mountain temple.
It is indeed very conspicuous. Anyway, she saw from a distance that, diagonally opposite the mountain temple, at the foot of the mountain level with the road, there was a small one-room house standing alone. Against the backdrop of the towering trees all over the mountain, it looked quite pitiful and eerie. Anyway, if it is a cloudy and foggy day, you can imagine a lot of suspense movies just by looking at it.
As soon as the car stopped, Hu Yufeng hurried down and rushed into the poor little house like a whirlwind. Qin Wenli quickly ran after her.
"Cao Ping, what are you doing? Why don't you run a good medicine store but move it to the wilderness?" He heard Hu Yufeng's loud questioning as he just stepped out of the door.
Qin Wenli hurried in, but felt very cramped as soon as he entered. The small room was not very big to begin with, and most of it was occupied by medicine racks and cabinets, with only a small bed in the corner. Next to the bed was a small table that was almost as wide as the bed, with no room for someone to stand.
At this moment, Hu Yufeng was standing outside the counter and Cao Ping was standing inside the counter. With his words, the room became a bit crowded.
Qin Wenli had no choice but to come out and stand at the door, intending to take a look at the situation first and go in if anything was wrong.
"Sister, why are you here?" Cao Ping was a little surprised. He has only moved in for less than a month, why did my elder sister come to find him?
"If I hadn't come here, I wouldn't know what you do all day. You said the village office is fine, why did you move here? This is where people stay."
"I'm not kidding, sister. There are too many people in the village office every day. It's quiet here." Cao Ping explained with a smile.
"You are a doctor. You treat patients, not practice Taoism. Why do you complain about the large number of people?" Hu Yufeng wanted to shake her brother-in-law's head to see how much water was in it. He was obviously a skilled Chinese medicine practitioner, but he was thinking about living in seclusion.
"I'm fed up with the noise, it's so nice here..." Cao Ping said as he walked out, "Big sister, come and see, I've reclaimed the land below and plan to plant some red astragalus next year..."
Qin Wenli quickly stretched his head and remained silent. A piece of land of about 60 square meters was actually dug out below, but it seems too small for vegetables like this, right? But when you think about the few times my uncle-in-law did something, and then look at this little world below that has been dug, leveled, and built with a few small steps, it's pretty good.
Hu Yufeng was too lazy to look at his herbal medicine and just pointed at the house in front of her: "Don't tell me you're going to live here? It's such a small place that people can't move out..."
Cao Ping pointed at the surroundings and said, "It's too small to be warm. I don't have money. I'll build two more rooms next year and then put up a wall..."
Only then did Hu Yufeng notice that there was an open space about ten meters wide on the side of the house against the mountain, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Now that it has come to this, what can she do? I could only say angrily: "This mountain belongs to the public. Did the township and the village say anything when you dug it up?"
Cao Ping shook his head. "My cousin said it's okay, as long as we get approval to dig up the trees. Look, I've made up for what I dug up..." Cao Ping pointed to several newly planted saplings at the back.
Hu Yufeng took a deep breath. What else was there to say?
"Then you eat..." Oh, it's a unnecessary question. This person doesn't need to eat.
"Where do you get the water?"
Cao Ping pointed to the water tank in the yard and said, "The villagers brought this with them when they were fetching water..."
Hu Yufeng...how could you have forgotten that in the eyes of the villagers, Cao Ping is still a mysterious master!
Okay, she can’t do anything about it. Just do it as long as you’re not dying of thirst!
She was full of expectations when she came, and was full of anger when she left. Hu Yufeng angrily directed Qin Wenli to start the car. After speeding all the way and stopping in front of the fried dough twist stall, she suddenly remembered something: It's over, she forgot to ask where her brother was! ! !
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“How are the sales today?”
Looking at the two girls with sweat on their foreheads at the stall, Hu Yufeng suppressed her anger and asked after taking a deep breath.
"That's great, auntie. These are the only noodles left out of four bowls of noodles..." Huizi's eyes sparkled as she pointed at the dough of sesame seeds on the chopping board with a smile. Now the nervousness I felt when I first arrived has disappeared, and I am now filled with excitement.
Hu Yufeng's brows relaxed when she heard that. If everything went well, that's great. If so, they could proceed to the next step.
To let the two continue selling, Hu Yufeng went to Lao Zhao's shop.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so angry?" When Old Zhao saw him come in, he smiled and poured her a glass of water.
Hu Yufeng did not hide it and sat down on the stool: "Are they still those two troublesome ones?"
Lao Zhao laughed: "Why are you angry with them when you know they are troublesome?"
Hu Yufeng drank the water in the cup and then sighed, "Uncle, have you seen my eldest brother recently?" The only relative of the Hu family who liked Hu Deyang was Lao Zhao. Although Lao Zhao always tried to persuade him to do business, which made Hu Deyang impatient, he would always come here to sit every time he came to the market. I haven't seen him at home, so I can only ask Lao Zhao.
"Yes, he came to my place the day before yesterday and seemed fine. What's the matter? You didn't see him today?"
Hu Yufeng nodded, "I've always been a little worried. I didn't see him today, and when I went to find Cao Ping, Cao Ping got mad at me again..." Hu Yufeng briefly told me what Cao Ping had done, which made Old Zhao Huzi almost laugh.
The old man laughed and comforted Hu Yufeng, "Everyone has his own way. Cao Ping is just like that. Just let him be. I know you feel bad for Yufang, but think positively. You have brought up Erbao's wife and she can earn money now. Their lives will gradually get better..."
"As for your eldest brother, I think he has become more obedient after the previous one broke up. But being alone is not a long-term solution. What do you think about the nursing home?" Old Zhao looked at the expression on Hu Yufeng's face and said carefully. Anyway, he felt that a nursing home was the best destination for Hu Deyang. There were old men and women there, and he wouldn't feel lonely living there.
Hu Yufeng sighed almost inaudibly: "He doesn't want to go to the nursing home, and I don't want to force him. Uncle, I want to take him to my home to live in old age..."
Old Zhao suddenly looked up at her and said disapprovingly: "Are you crazy? Don't you know the situation in your family? Besides, it is the Hu family's business to take care of the old people. Why are you getting involved..." In this world, women are just relatives to their natal family after they get married. Parents rarely rely on their married daughters for support, let alone their natal brothers. If such a thing happens in a family, the whole family will be laughed at.
Even if there is an unfilial son, and his parents are not living well and feed their daughter with food and clothing, they still maintain the son's dignity to the outside world. Because in the eyes of the world, only sons are the roots and the incense. They are the ones who can carry the soul-guiding pole and the coffin after their death, and they are the ones who can burn paper money for them during festivals.
Back to Hu Deyang, in his case, the clan usually decides whether to send him to a nursing home and bring him back for funeral after his death, or to have a designated male to raise him and see him to the end of his life. But the Hu family is already small. One branch moved to Yumen Pass, one branch is Hu Deyang, and one branch has two brothers who are still bachelors. The only remaining branch has married and had children, but they can't even take care of themselves, so how can they take care of Hu Deyang? As for the ridicule from outsiders, Hu Yufeng doesn't care. But if that day really comes, the old Hu family will definitely jump out and cause trouble even if they don't raise the child.
But that's not the point now. This is just an immature idea of hers, and it will take a lot of effort to make it happen. Not to mention other things, just food and accommodation, she can't provide them now.
"Not now, wait until I earn some more money. Now I'd like to trouble you, uncle, to keep an eye on it for me." This was also the main purpose of Hu Yufeng's trip. After all, she was out of reach and could only trouble her uncle.
Old Zhao waved his hands when he heard this: "You don't need to tell me this. It's you who should take what I said to heart. Don't take it for granted..."
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