After all, Li Qingling brought the village chief back home with food. She turned around and smiled at the children, comforting them, "Don't be afraid, my sister won't let you go hungry."
The children nodded one after another. In their minds, their elder sister has always been very powerful. They believed that her elder sister would never let them go hungry.
Seeing that the children trusted her so much, Li Qingling smiled.
She told the children a few words, and then she was going to go to the town to see if Fumanlou was open.
Liu Zhimo was worried that she would go alone, so he decided to go with him. Li Qingling knew that he couldn't hold him back, so she nodded.
The two told the children to stay at home well, lock the door, and don't open the door casually. After seeing the children's consent, they left on foot.
After going to the town for two years, they went straight to Fumanlou. When they saw the gate of Fumanlou was open, their eyes lit up.
They won't be hungry anymore...
They walked quickly into Fumanlou, and when they saw the shopkeeper, smiles appeared on their faces.
"Uncle shopkeeper, long time no see." Li Qingling greeted with a smile.
Hearing the familiar voice, the shopkeeper raised his head and looked at Li Qinglin standing in front of him, and he smiled, "Miss Xiaoling, long time no see." Originally, he planned to go to Niutou Village in two days to see Li Qingling Did they come back? Unexpectedly, he hadn't gone yet, but Li Qingling and the others came to him.
Judging by their appearance, their life is not bad, it doesn't look like they are living a difficult life.
Li Qingling saw that the shopkeeper was not thin at all, and the smile on her face deepened, "When did the shopkeeper come back? Last time I passed by here, the door of Fumanlou was still open!" What's more, God helped her, God didn't stop their way!
"I arrived last night. I planned to visit you two days later. Unexpectedly, you came here. This saves uncle's work."
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Li Qingling raised her eyebrows and thanked the shopkeeper with a smile.
The shopkeeper looked at her curiously, and asked her, where have you been fleeing for the past few months
He has seen people fleeing for refuge, all of them are yellow and thin, ragged, like beggars.
Compared with before, Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo basically didn't change much except for losing a little weight.
It really doesn't look like a fleeing person.
Regarding this matter, Li Qingling also felt that there was nothing to hide, so she roughly talked about what happened in the past few months.
Of course, the matter of saving the old man and Liu Zhihao was concealed.
After the shopkeeper heard it, he felt a little amazed, he could come up with such an idea, it was really clever, no wonder the master would tell him to come back and take care of their family.
"No wonder you don't look like those who fled. So you have eaten game for several months?" He joked with a smile, "I don't know why Miss Xiaoling came to see Uncle today?"
If he didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, if he couldn't even see Li Qingling's careful thinking, he would be the shopkeeper of Fumanlou in vain.
With a jump in her heart, Li Qingling knew that she couldn't hide it from the shopkeeper, so she said a little embarrassedly, "I came to see the shopkeeper's uncle today, and I really have something to ask." She took a breath quietly, and continued, "Don't hide it from the shopkeeper. Uncle said that the Niutou Mountain collapsed last night and buried my house, and all the food in the house was gone, so I wanted to borrow some food from my uncle."
"What?" Even the shopkeeper, who was as calm as the shopkeeper, was shocked when he heard Li Qingling's words, "Niutou Mountain collapsed? No one in the family was injured?"
"No, it's a good thing we ran fast, so nothing happened." Li Qingling thought of what happened last night, her heart was still pounding, if it wasn't for her nightmare, I'm afraid...
Hearing that he was fine, the shopkeeper was relieved, "It's good that people are fine, and those extraneous things can be earned back in the future." If there are no people, then everything will be gone.
Li Qingling laughed and said, "I think so too, but now I have some difficulties, so I can only ask the shopkeeper for help." If she had known that such a disaster would come, she would not have moved the grain from Songshan When they come back, if they don't bring the food back, they won't beg for help.
Thinking of the grain buried under the cellar, she felt a little distressed.
This is really a human being, it's better than God's fortune, who knew such a trick would come
"That's easy to say, I wonder how much food Miss Xiaoling wants?" The shopkeeper looked at Li Qingling and asked, the more he got in touch with this little girl, the more he felt that she was very smart, she directly said to borrow food, not money, you know The price of food is so high now, even if you borrow money, you can't buy much food.
Seeing that the shopkeeper was willing to lend them food, Li Qingling relaxed slightly.
She came to Fumanlou just to try her luck, to see if the shopkeeper of Fumanlou would lend them food? If the person refuses, then she has no way to force him to borrow it.
Simply, the shopkeeper of Fumanlou still gave her face.
"I want a hundred catties of grain, can I borrow it?" Li Qingling said this sentence very calmly. She planned this way. After Fumanlou opened, she would be able to get a dividend. At that time, if she If there is no food to pay back, you can also pay with silver. "I can make a written statement with the shopkeeper, and I won't cheat and refuse to return the food."
She still has this credit.
Hearing this, the shopkeeper thought about it before nodding, "I can lend you a hundred catties of grain, but there is not much grain here, so I can only give you twenty catties first, and the remaining eighty catties will be given to you in a few days." Can you wait?" The food from their side had been shipped out long ago, but now that the door is reopened, the food has to be shipped back.
Besides, he had to report this matter to his master.
After hearing this, Li Qingling nodded without any opinion on the matter.
As long as the food can be borrowed, it's okay to be a few days late.
The shopkeeper saw that Li Qingling nodded, so he went to order Xiao Er to pack up twenty catties of grain and give it to Li Qingling.
At the same time, he also handed over twenty taels of silver to Li Qingling.
"this…"
"I lent you a pot to buy, don't have food without a pot to cook, that would be bad."
Feeling moved, Li Qingling took it unceremoniously, bowed directly to the shopkeeper, and said thank you.
All those who helped them, she will never forget their kindness in this life.
The shopkeeper waved his hand and said with a smile that you are welcome.
It was just a matter of little effort for him to do so, presumably the master would do the same when he was here.
After chatting with the shopkeeper a few more words, Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo politely declined the shopkeeper's meal and strode out of Fumanlou.
"If only I hadn't used all the silver to sell grain, I wouldn't have to fall into this situation now." Li Qingling really became more and more annoyed the more she thought about it, it was all their belongings, and it was gone just like that. They have to start all over again.
Liu Zhimo changed his hand to hold the food, stretched out his other hand to hold Li Qingling's hand, and comforted her with a smile, "If you didn't use the money to buy food, we would have starved to death in Songshan long ago. Is there still a chance to say this here?" He was reluctant to look at her, and took all the responsibility on himself. If it weren't for her, their family would have been gone long ago, "You, you just think too much, as long as we The family is safe and sound together, and the money will be earned back sooner or later."
At the beginning, their family had nothing, but now they are just starting from scratch, so what are they afraid of
Li Qingling tilted his head and glanced at Liu Zhimo, squinted his eyes and laughed, "That's what you said, just start from the beginning, there's nothing to be afraid of."
She could earn that much money before, and she can earn that much money, or even more, in the future.
She secretly made up her mind that she must earn the money back quickly, otherwise, the children in the family would not be able to go to school.
She didn't want to delay them.
Seeing that she had figured it out, a smile appeared on Liu Zhimo's face, as long as she didn't try to make a fuss.
"Let's go, go shopping and go home. It's late, and the children should worry."
"Hmm..." Li Qingling nodded.
The two bought all the things that were missing at home, and then went back.
As soon as they got home, the children saw that they really came back with food, and they all had excited smiles on their faces.
"Brother, where did you get the food?" Liu Zhiyan looked at the food and pots and pans on the ground, and asked with a frown.
After so many things, this child seems to have grown up overnight, and he will think about many things with his heart.
Liu Zhimo didn't intend to hide it from the children, so he told them directly.
The children in their family can't make them look like children who don't know the world. They must let them know that this family is not easy, so that they can grow up and become tough.
"Brother will tell you these things, just to let you know that this family is not easy, I hope everyone can unite and support this family." Although he intends to train these children, he does not want them to shrink too much , I had to explain again, "Do you understand what the big brother means?"
"Understood..." The three boys nodded seriously.
The two little ones looked at this and then at that, and said they understood in a childish voice.
Looking at these younger brothers and sisters, Liu Zhimo smiled gently, and encouraged them a few more words, letting them do what they should do.
When Liu Zhimo was teaching the children, Li Qingling usually didn't interrupt.
After he finished speaking and the children dispersed, he said, "Why tell them this? Don't make them worry." In her heart, the children were really young, and she didn't want them to bear such burdens. many.
Liu Zhimo saw through what she was thinking at a glance, "They are not young anymore, they should know these things." This girl didn't think about it, she was still very young, "Don't worry, the children are not They are as fragile as you imagined, so don't worry too much about them."
Li Qingling thought about it, and then sighed, but from this day on, she tried her best to make money and restore the living conditions at home.