When everyone heard that the goods were sold out, they were all very reluctant to part with them.
"Hey, I say, why don't you make more stalls?"
"Exactly, exactly, all that waiting in line for nothing."
"My child is crying so hard, he just wants to eat your fried cakes, and you're all sold out!"
As Jiang Yuwei was collecting money and apologizing to those who hadn't bought anything, she saw Sun Shi rushing over, dragging the wailing Ning Xin along. Sun Shi cut in line, jumped to the front, and arrogantly said to Jiang Yuwei:
"You sure know how to stir things up, making fried cakes and soy milk. You don't even know to give them to your in-laws first. You're really heartless. Hurry up and bring out the rest of the fried cakes and soy milk. Our Xin'er wants to eat them!"
Jiang Yuwei was amused by her shameless behavior:
"Haha, you're making a huge joke. Why would I give it to your Xin'er? If you want to buy some, come back next time. We're sold out for today."
As Jiang Yuwei spoke, she packed up the last serving of fried cakes and soy milk and handed it to a man.
Seeing this, Sun was about to step forward to snatch the item from the man's hand, but she didn't forget to smile apologetically and say:
"Look at this gentleman, I'm sorry, this is our own business. My child wants to eat it, so please don't fight with a child. You can come back and buy it next time."
The man wasn't going to tolerate Sun's bad temper. He snatched the soy milk and fried cakes from her, shoved her hard, and angrily said:
"I paid for it! Who do you think you are, trying to steal my things, you bitch!"
After saying that, she left without looking back. Jiang Yuwei and Ning Qiu exchanged a smile and packed up their stall. Just as they were about to leave, Madam Sun got up from the ground and blocked Jiang Yuwei's way, angrily saying:
"Fine, Jiang Yuwei, your own niece is drooling with envy, but you won't even let her have any! What kind of aunt are you!"
Jiang Yuwei pushed Sun Shi away and said coldly:
"You can spoil your daughter, but others won't. Besides, I don't have such a heartless niece. This little child only knows how to bully the weak. Her mother has taught her all bad!"
With that, she grabbed Ning Qiu and left without looking back. Sun Shi, holding the still-crying Ning Xin in one hand, pointed at Jiang Yuwei's retreating figure and cursed:
"Fine, you just wait and see, Jiang Yuwei. I'll go back and tell my mother whether you have the money or not!"
Jiang Yuwei pulled Ning Qiu to a secluded spot, then took out twenty copper coins from her bosom and handed them to Ning Qiu with a smile:
"Here, this is your wages for this morning. Thanks to your help, I really couldn't have managed by myself. Next time we go to the market, I'll do more so we can sell more, and I'll give you more wages then."
Seeing this, Ning Qiu quickly declined, saying:
"No need, no need, Sister Yuwei. I'm just here to help. I'm just sitting at home doing nothing anyway, so don't mention wages."
Jiang Yuwei pretended to be angry and said to her:
"If you keep making excuses, I won't dare use you next time. Listen to me, take it!"
Jiang Yuwei forcefully stuffed the money into Ning Qiu's hand and then said to her:
"I need to go and get some herbs for your brother Ning, and buy some food and supplies. You can go and browse the market by yourself. We'll meet at Uncle Ning's oxcart later."
Seeing that Jiang Yuwei insisted on giving her wages, Ning Qiu stopped refusing. It would be good if she could go to the market with Jiang Yuwei to earn some pocket money to supplement her family's income. Ning Qiu clenched the copper coins in her hand, nodded to Jiang Yuwei, and went shopping by herself.
Jiang Yuwei bought some food and supplies, and after getting seven days' worth of herbs for Ning Huaizhi, she went to a carpenter's shop and gave him the sketch of the wheelchair she had drawn, asking him to make a wheelchair for her.
Now that Ning Huai's upper body has recovered, he should be able to use a wheelchair on a daily basis. We can't let him lie on the kang (a heated brick bed) and overthink things.
After finishing all that, Jiang Yuwei rushed to the oxcart to meet Ning Qiu. Ning Qiu had also bought a lot of things and was overjoyed to see Jiang Yuwei. Meanwhile, Madam Sun watched the two chatting and laughing with a sinister gaze from the side.
When Jiang Yuwei got home, she rushed in to check on Ning Zhao. Seeing him playing with Ning Wan on the floor, she asked worriedly:
"Zhao'er, your wound has just healed, why are you getting out of bed? You should rest more."
Ning Zhao turned around and saw that it was Jiang Yuwei who had returned. She quickly went up to her happily, took her hand, and smiled:
"Mother, I'm all better now, and I don't feel any pain anymore. I just can't stand lying on the kang all day."
Jiang Yuwei lifted Ning Zhao's clothes to carefully examine his injuries, which were indeed much better. Now that he could get out of bed without any problems, she didn't say anything more, but simply smiled and said:
"You still need to wash your body every day and take good care of it so that the scars can fade a bit."
Ning Zhaochong nodded seriously to Jiang Yuwei and said:
"I'll listen to you, Mother. Did you sell everything you wanted at the market today?"
Jiang Yuwei patted Ning Zhao's head happily, took out her money bag, waved it in front of him, and said:
"We didn't prepare enough to sell today, so we need to prepare more next time we go to the market."
Seeing them chatting and laughing, Ning Huaizhi couldn't help but smile as well.
"Yuwei, you must have been very busy going to the market all by yourself today, right?"
Jiang Yuwei said with a smile:
“It wasn’t just me. Today, Ningqiu from the village head’s family helped me sell goods. We get along well, and she’ll come with me again next time we go to the market. I gave her twenty copper coins for her wages today, and I can give her more next time I sell more.”
Ning Huaizhi nodded and looked at Jiang Yuwei approvingly, saying:
"It's good that someone is helping you. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to handle it all by yourself."
As they were talking, they suddenly heard a loud noise outside. Jiang Yuwei immediately tensed up and said in a deep voice:
"I don't know if it's a person or prey. I'll go out and take a look."
As she spoke, she rushed out, grabbed a pitchfork from the doorway, and ran toward the trap she had dug. Ning Zhao, seeing her mother run out, was really worried and followed her out.
Jiang Yuwei checked each of the traps she had dug. When she came to a large pit, she noticed that the weeds and branches covering the pit were gone. She ran over to look and saw a wild boar standing at the bottom of the pit, struggling to get out.
Jiang Yuwei was incredibly grateful that she had planned ahead and set a trap. Without the trap, she couldn't imagine what would have happened if the wild boar had charged into her yard.
It seems that the major house repairs need to be put on the agenda sooner rather than later. I have saved up six taels of silver, plus the five taels given by Ning Huaizhi, making a total of eleven taels of silver. If I can scrape together another nine taels of silver, that should be enough.
Jiang Yuwei looked at the wild boar in front of her as if it were a pile of silver, so she found a long bamboo pole, tied the fork firmly to the bamboo pole, and forcefully stabbed it into the head of the wild boar in the pit.
Ning Zhao, standing to the side, seemed to be shocked by the scene before him. At this moment, he felt that his mother was a warrior, fighting fiercely to protect their homeland.
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