Because he had no money, Li Hehua had to sadly give up the restaurant recommended by the old man and continue looking for a suitable shop. Unfortunately, there was no news.
Li Hehua could only continue to do business while searching. She still had to work hard to save money, in case a good shop appeared again, she would not miss it again.
In order to save money, Li Hehua worked harder every day. Apart from the time spent on Shulin, she spent all her time and energy on the stall. She got up before dawn to prepare, closed the stall and went to find a shop, and worked until late at night before going to bed. As a result, she lost a lot of weight recently. Her clothes went from loose to empty, and she had to use a belt to tie them tightly.
However, the current clothes were only made a short time ago and are still new. Li Hehua is reluctant to make new clothes. She plans to alter all the clothes she is wearing to be smaller and continue wearing them. She will then make new clothes when she loses weight to 100 kilograms.
When the busy day came to an end, Li Hehua made a bowl of chicken noodle soup. She, Dahe and Xiaoyuan sat around the table to eat lunch. Of course, she only ate half a bowl, and most of the bowl was soup. Most of the pot was eaten by Dahe and Xiaoyuan.
Dahe has gotten used to Li Hehua eating like a kitten, but Xiaoyuan is not. He feels uneasy every time he sees Li Hehua eating only a little. However, he is too embarrassed to say anything. But today, looking at the noodles in Li Hehua's bowl that can be eaten with a few chopsticks, he finally can't help but say, "Aunt Hehua, why do you only eat so little every day? Dahe and I have enough to eat, don't be reluctant to eat, it doesn't matter if the two of us eat a little less, you have to eat enough, you have to do so much work every day, it's very tiring, and your body can't stand not eating enough."
Seeing Xiaoyuan's concerned look, Li Hehua felt warm in her heart. She smiled and said, "Don't think too much. Aunt Hehua is not trying to save food. She is trying to lose weight, so she eats less. If you don't believe me, ask Dahe."
Da He swallowed the dough in his mouth and nodded, "At first I felt uncomfortable seeing Aunt He Hua eat so little, but Aunt He Hua wanted to lose weight. Didn't you see how thin Aunt He Hua is now? She used to be fat."
Xiao Yuan looked at Li Hehua's current body shape, and then thought about how she looked when he first met her, and he understood. So she was deliberately not eating to lose weight. He had never seen anyone do this before. The people around him didn't have enough food to eat, and every day they thought about how to eat more to fill their stomachs, so he didn't think that Li Hehua's behavior was to lose weight.
But... "Auntie Hehua, you are not fat at all now. You are fine now. You don't need to lose weight. Just eat more." Xiaoyuan advised.
Dahe also nodded, "Auntie Hehua, you are so thin now, so slim, so you really shouldn't lose any more weight, eat more, how can you bear being so hungry every day?"
Li Hehua smiled, "Dahe, it's not as exaggerated as you say. I'm not slim now. I still need to lose more weight." Although she has lost a lot of weight recently and now weighs only about 120 pounds, this weight is definitely not light and is far from being slim.
Da He said, "But I really think you are good the way you are now. What's the point of being too thin? I think you look better when you are a little fatter. I want to gain weight."
Li Hehua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she could also understand Daha's thoughts. In that era, people were short of food and clothing, and most people were skinny. They thought that gaining weight was a sign of happiness, so Daha thought that she was in good shape now.
But as a woman who has lived in the 21st century for more than 20 years, her thoughts are different from those of the people here. She still thinks that being thin is good-looking. According to her current height, her weight should be over 90 kilograms to be good-looking and healthy. She still has some skinny to go.
Seeing that the two of them kept persuading her to eat, Li Hehua smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry about me. I just like to be thin, just like you, Dahe, who want to gain weight. So, you just need to eat well and drink well to gain weight. Don't feel bad for me. When I, your Aunt Hehua, lose weight the way I want, I won't eat so little anymore."
Hearing Li Hehua say this, Dahe and Xiaoyuan didn't understand but stopped talking and lowered their heads to eat noodles.
At this time, Xiao Yuan felt something was wrong. He looked up at the sky and said, "Aunt Hehua, I think something is wrong with the sky. It's getting dark. It looks like it's going to rain."
Li Hehua looked up and saw that the sky had indeed turned dark, as if a heavy rain was coming. It was sunny in the morning.
The weather in this season is changeable.
Li Hehua said hurriedly: "Let's hurry up and close the stall quickly. It will be bad if it rains."
Hearing this, Daha and Xiaoyuan ate faster. After quickly finishing their meal, the three of them immediately started to pack up the stall. Li Hehua packed up the pots, pans, and utensils, while Daha and Xiaoyuan carried the tables and chairs and put them on the cart.
At this time, the sky became darker and the wind suddenly blew. The other stalls on the street were shouting to close their stalls and hurriedly collecting the things on their stalls. Soon, most of the stalls on the street were gone.
Daha carried the heavy tables and chairs and wanted to move them quickly, but he was too thin and not strong enough. He felt extremely tired and soon started sweating. He looked at Xiaoyuan and saw that he was in a similar situation.
At this time, Dahe thought of Zhang Tieshan. He still remembered that when Zhang Tieshan was here, he didn't need any help from others. He could quickly and easily tidy up a pile of tables and chairs by himself. If he were here, he would definitely be able to finish it in no time.
"Aunt Hehua, it would be great if Uncle Tieshan was here. He's very strong." Dahe said, then he remembered that Zhang Tieshan hadn't shown up for a few days, and asked in confusion, "By the way, why hasn't Uncle Tieshan come for so many days? Didn't he come to help every day before?"
Hearing this, Li Hehua paused and pursed his lips and said, "I have my own things to do, how can I come to help every day? You two, hurry up, there is almost no one on the street, and the rain may come at any time."
Daha said "Oh" and didn't say anything else. He and Xiaoyuan worked together to move the table onto the cart.
Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, Li Hehua breathed a sigh of relief and continued to clean up.
Unfortunately, their luck was not good today. Before they could pack up much, heavy rain started to fall. It really came suddenly, leaving them no time to prepare.
The big raindrops hit the ground with a crackling sound, and also hit people. In just a moment, the ground was wet.
Li Hehua was anxious and shouted, "Dahe Xiaoyuan, we have to hurry up and take back the things that can't get wet first. We can't care about the others."
After saying that, Li Hehua glanced at the paper with the shop rental information, and without caring about anything else, he ran over to get it. If it was wet, he would have to write it again.
But the paper was pasted a little high, and Li Hehua couldn't take it down immediately. When he tried to take it again, the paper was taken away by a big hand, folded quickly and handed to him.
Li Hehua looked up and saw Zhang Tieshan's sturdy figure.
Li Hehua opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Zhang Tieshan glanced at her and said nothing. He stuffed the papers into Li Hehua's arms, walked over quickly, put all the chairs that had not been put away on the table, then lifted them up, took two steps over and put them on the cart. In the blink of an eye, he had moved everything.
Seeing Da He and Xiao Yuan staring at him blankly, he frowned and said, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and pack your things!"
Dahe and Xiaoyuan were brought back to their senses by the yelling. They let out two "ohs" and quickly continued their previous actions.
When Li Hehua saw this, he pursed his lips and swallowed the words in his mouth. Now was not the time to talk, so he packed up his things first.
Thanks to Zhang Tieshan's help, the stall was quickly packed up. Zhang Tieshan pushed the cart by himself and quickly moved it into the alley, and soon transported all the things back to the house.
Xiaoyuan's home was nearby, so he ran back home first. Dahe's home was far away, so he waited at Li Hehua's place until the rain stopped before leaving.
Because Daha was present, Li Hehua didn't know what to say to Zhang Tieshan. He could only wipe them both with a dry towel, then went into the kitchen to make some ginger soup to keep everyone away from the cold.
The heavy rain came quickly and went away quickly. By the time I finished drinking the ginger soup, the rain had stopped and the sun came out again.
Seeing the sun rising, Dahe did not stay any longer. After saying goodbye to Li Hehua and Zhang Tieshan, he hurried home, leaving only Li Hehua and Zhang Tieshan.
Li Hehua looked at Zhang Tieshan and asked, "Why are you here today?" She wanted to ask him why he came again.
Zhang Tieshan stared at the table for a long while before he looked back at Li Hehua and said, "Not just today, but every day."
Li Hehua opened his mouth slightly and looked at Zhang Tieshan in surprise.
Zhang Tieshan smiled, with bitterness in his smile, and said: "I didn't mean to disturb you, I just came by every day to see if you had encountered any problems. Today I saw that you really couldn't make it, so I showed up."
Li Hehua couldn't stand the emotion in his eyes, so he lowered his head and stopped looking at him, not knowing what to say.
Seeing her like this, Zhang Tieshan suddenly raised his voice, "You said you like him, but what can he give you? Can he bend down to help you when you need help? Can he rush to help you when you are in trouble? Can he protect you when you are in danger? He can't do anything. Is it worth it? Why don't you find someone who can take care of you and help you?"
Zhang Tieshan had really thought about giving up. He tried not to see her anymore, but he found it too difficult and he couldn't do it. He always found reasons in his mind to convince himself to go to the town to see her. He told himself that he just needed to take a look.
Every day, he saw her busying herself desperately. He wanted so much to help, but he was not qualified. Today, he would have just taken a look and gone back like usual, but it suddenly started to rain heavily. He felt a little distressed when he saw her in a panic as she had no time to clean up, and then he appeared in front of her again uncontrollably.
He knew that she was thinking of Master Gu, but Master Gu could not take care of her, and she still needed someone to support everything. If it was him, he could help her, take care of her, and protect her, so that she wouldn't have to face everything alone.
He felt unwilling. He was indeed not as good as Master Gu, but he would treat her well. He could do what Master Gu could not do, so why should he give up? Even if she did not like him, he believed that one day her heart would be warmed.
At this moment, Zhang Tieshan gave himself another reason not to give up.
Facing Zhang Tieshan's question, Li Hehua felt a little bitter. She suddenly didn't want to say anything more to him. She lowered her head, pinched her palms with her fingernails, and said to see him off: "Don't worry about this. I like it this way. The weather is clear now. You can go back and don't come again."
Zhang Tieshan sat still, looking at Li Hehua's face, and said, "Since you and he are not married, I have a chance. Just because you like him now doesn't mean you will like him in the future. How do you know you won't like someone else? Can you give me a chance? Don't reject me, okay? I will take care of you and treat you well. If you still can't accept me in the end, I will really give up, okay?"
There was an unignorable pleading tone in Zhang Tieshan's words. Li Hehua could hardly believe that such a man of integrity as Zhang Tieshan could lower himself to such a low level as to beg.
Li Hehua felt as if his heart was being tightened and felt a little uncomfortable.
She really doesn't deserve him...
Li Hehua's heart was in turmoil, and she felt a sense of emotion spreading in her chest, but her mind told her that it was not okay! Her mind extinguished this feeling of emotion.
"Zhang Tieshan, you and I are really not suitable for each other. Please stop doing this. I am not worthy of you. Go back and find a good woman and live happily. You are really bothering me. If you continue like this, I will find you annoying." Li Hehua said such harsh words with a cruel heart. She felt bad, but if this could make him give up, she would rather be the bad guy.
Sure enough, Zhang Tieshan's face froze for a moment and he was speechless.
Neither of them spoke any more, they just sat there quietly, and the air was very quiet.
After a long time, Zhang Tieshan spoke again, his voice hoarse, "I want to be good to you. If this makes you hate me, then you can hate me."
Li Hehua looked up and was speechless again.
How could this man be so persistent, so persistent that it was helpless!
Although she has never been in a relationship, she has met many suitors in her life. She always rejected them by saying "I don't like you" or "I have someone I like". Most people would give up immediately, and a small number would also give up after she rejected them several times. Only Zhang Tieshan would not give up no matter how she rejected him or how she said harsh words to him.
She had never met anyone like Zhang Tieshan, and she didn't know how to refuse.
Seeing Li Hehua frowning and keeping silent, Zhang Tieshan said nothing more. He reached out from his chest and took out a palm-sized cloth bag, handed it to Li Hehua and said, "This is the money I earned from hunting. Here, you want to buy a shop, don't you? Take it. Although it's not enough, I will hunt more prey and it will be enough soon. Don't worry."
He knew that she wanted to rent a shop to open a business, but he also knew that she had not found a suitable shop. He felt bad seeing her disappointed look every day. He also asked people he knew about it, but there was still no news.
That day, he saw an old man talking to her. She was very happy, but then she was depressed. He couldn't help but guess that it was about the shop. Later, he went to inquire about it and found that it was indeed about the shop. The restaurant would cost 240 taels of silver to buy.
She must not have that much money. Although she made a lot of money from her business, she had only been in business for a short time.
He wanted to help her. He would come to the town every two days to sell his prey. Sometimes he could get a higher price for rare prey, so he had a lot of money. Although it was not enough for her to buy the restaurant, he believed that if he worked harder, he could do it.
He carried the money with him these days, hoping to find an opportunity to give it to her, but he knew she would never accept it. She didn't even want to see him, so he never gave it to her.
Today, he finally expressed his attitude and took the opportunity to take out the silver.
Of course Li Hehua would not accept his money and immediately refused: "Zhang Tieshan, this is your own money, I can't accept it, you take it back, I don't want to buy that restaurant."
Zhang Tieshan handed the cloth bag forward again and said, "I know you really want to buy that restaurant. If you miss this opportunity, it might be bought by someone else soon. You must seize it. At this time, you should not refuse anymore. It is important to take over the restaurant first."
Li Hehua shook his head firmly, "I don't want it, you take it back!"
Zhang Tieshan sighed helplessly, with a hint of coaxing in his tone, "How about this, I'm not giving it to you as a gift, I'm lending it to you, okay? You can use it for emergencies first, and when you buy the restaurant, you will definitely make money, then you can return it to me."
Li Hehua knew he was trying to coax her, but no matter how reasonable his words were, she couldn't agree. How could she reject someone and accept his money at the same time? What kind of person would she be? Even if she couldn't open the shop, she didn't want his money.
Li Hehua had no choice but to push the bag back and send the guest away: "Zhang Tieshan, I don't want your money. Go back. I have to go to work."
Zhang Tieshan pursed his lips, stood up silently, but did not pick up the cloth bag and just left.
Li Hehua became anxious and quickly grabbed the cloth bag and chased after him, but there was no sign of Zhang Tieshan.
Why is this person like this...
Li Hehua stomped her feet in anger, grabbing the cloth bag, not knowing what to do. In the end, she could only take it back and return it to him next time, since she didn't need it anyway.
After seeing Li Hehua go in, Zhang Tieshan walked out of a shop at the entrance of the alley and turned towards the village.
The money he gave was far from enough. If he wanted to get enough money as quickly as possible, he had to hunt something big. Even though that thing was dangerous, he had to give it a try. If he could hunt it, the money problem would be solved at once.
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