Ning Yongda tail seven days.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and when the north wind howls outside the window, it is like a mournful whimper, and the howling cold freezes people so cold that they almost freeze people. Cao, whose hands were red from the cold, knelt in front of Ning Yongda Ling with his two daughters, and burned the paper money and ingots to Ning Yongda.

Zi'er asked puzzledly, "Why are we burning this?" ”

Ning Xia Qing replied softly: "These are all money, we will burn it for Dad, and Dad's money will be spent over there." ”

Zi'er was very curious: "As long as we burn it like this, can we send things to my father?" ”

Ning Xia Qing nodded: "Hmm." ”

Zi'er tilted her head: "That...... I want to burn two of my paintings for my father, but he hasn't seen my paintings yet. ”

Ning Xia Qingwei smiled, but there was no trace of warmth in her smile, only endless sorrow, and said to Zi'er gently: "If you want to burn it, burn it." ”

Cao Shi twisted his face and instructed Lan Ying: "Go and get two paintings of the second girl, and then bring the two clothes I prepared." ”

Lan Ying went to pick up the clothes in response, and Zi'er asked, "What clothes?" ”

Cao sobbed and said, "I made two winter coats for your father." If it's cold today, let's burn his winter coat so that he doesn't freeze. ”

Zi'er said softly: "Mother, in fact, I dreamed of my father last night." ”

Cao couldn't help but widen his eyes that were red from crying, and asked in surprise, "Your father fell into your dream?" ”

Zi'er replied milkily, "Yes." ”

Ning Xia Qing raised her eyebrows slightly: "What did you dream of your father?" ”

Zi'er recalled seriously: "I dreamed that my father took me to the market, and my sister was there. My sister said that she was going to buy a candy man, so my father took me to the side to wait, and then my father said to buy me a sugar gourd, so I waited for my father to come back, but my father never came back, so I cried, and later, my sister found me after buying a sugar man, and my sister took me home. ”

The sourness rushed to the tip of Ningxia Qing's nose, which made Ningxia Qing feel extremely distressed.

Why did Ning Yongda leave so early? Zi'er is only five years old, a five-year-old child has no father, and the memory of her father in this life is only a vague memory before the age of five, how sad it is.

What does Ning Yongda's departure mean for Zi'er's life?

After burning the paper, Cao's had to keep watch all night, and when he wanted to last send Ning Yongda a ride at the end of the seventh day, he was persuaded into the house by Ningxia Qinghao. Ningxia Qing sent back to the Cao family, and sent Zi'er back to the old lady, and Cuiyu immediately said: "Girl, let's go back to the house too, it's too cold this day." ”

"Wait, I have something else to do." Ning Xia Qing said as he walked towards the warehouse with Cuiyu. She is no longer a boudoir woman who only needs to be busy burning paper for her relatives, she still has a thousand pounds of burden on her.

Cuiyu hurriedly followed, and muttered: "The other people's families are all male and female protagonists, but the girl does all the work of men and women alone, I really feel sorry for the girl, I am afraid that the girl will light the lamp and boil the oil like this, in case she is tired again." ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled bitterly, she didn't know the hardships, but there were always burdens in life that she needed to bear. Grandma is old, her mother is not in good health, and Zi'er is so young, who will stand up if she doesn't stand up? Even if she is only a weak woman, she can only carry the burden of the family strongly.

If Ning Yongda was still there, she might still be able to be an ordinary woman, marry a suitable person, and teach her husband and children, but Ning Yongda's death has cut off this possibility for her.

What does Ning Yongda's departure mean for Ning Ningqing's life?

By the time she checked the materials and accounts, it was already late at night. The jade who was accompanying her had long since fallen asleep, and Ningxia Qing's skin looked a little pale under the candlelight at night, and the tips of her fingers even looked a little pale and transparent. She woke up Jade and took Jade back, where Jade was locking the back door of the shop while she watched.

This night, the bone-chilling north wind became more and more arrogant, hitting her face like a whip, her face was frozen a little tight, and even some itching, under the miserable white moonlight, the wind was pressing, and even her breath turned into a puff of white smoke.

Jade locked the door for a long time, but it couldn't be locked, because the lock was too cold, so cold that Jade's hand trembled for a while, and she couldn't use her strength for half a day.

At this moment, she suddenly saw a faint light not far away, and the light was still moving. Soon, Ah Zheng, carrying a palace lantern carved with a rabbit pattern, appeared in front of her and Cuiyu.

Ah Zheng waved his hand and motioned for Cuiyu to get out of the way, and while locking the back door of the shop, he asked, "Why are you still here in the middle of the night?" ”

Ning Xia Qing replied: "Isn't it not far from the day when the shop will open, I want to check some things again." ”

Ah Zheng whispered: "You can come during the day, why do you have to come at night?" ”

Ningxia Qing lowered his head and said: "I haven't been free during the day. Then she asked Ah Zheng: "It's you, why did you come here in the middle of the night?" The one in your hand isn't the palace lantern I bought for Zi'er on the night of Qixi Festival, why is it in your hand? ”

"I heard movement here, so I came over to take a look. After I smelled that it was you, I wanted to give this palace lantern to you, and you can help me return it to the second girl. Ah Zheng finished locking the door, handed the key to Ning Xia Qing, raised the palace lamp in his hand to her, and said, "This palace lamp was broken before, and I helped the second girl repair it." ”

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but be surprised: "When did the palace lamp break?" I didn't know that the lamp was broken? Zi'er was already very dependent on her, not to mention that this was the lamp she bought for Zi'er, if Zi'er broke the lamp, she would definitely come to her for help, she couldn't have known about it.

"It was the day before yesterday, when I went to the warehouse, I bumped into the second girl and the little dot next to her standing behind the shadow wall and crying, as if the second girl accidentally broke the lamp. When I came out of the storeroom, the second girl and the little girl had already left, and the lamp was left in its place, and I picked it up and repaired it. ”

Ningxia Qing still couldn't believe it: "Zi'er broke the lamp?" Then why didn't she come and tell me? ”

Ah Zheng replied casually: "Maybe I'm afraid that you will blame, don't take it to heart." ”

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but feel sad, she couldn't hear that this was Ah Zheng's words of comfort.

Over the years, how has she ever blamed Zi'er, Zi'er is a quiet and introverted child, never mischievous, she doesn't need to restrain Zi'er at all, she just needs to protect and take care of Zi'er, so she has never had a word of reproach to Zi'er, in this case, how can Zi'er worry that she will blame?

Ning Xia Qing understood that although Zi'er was only five years old, she could also feel her sister's hard work, so she didn't dare to use such a trivial matter to make trouble for her sister, and she didn't even dare to tell her sister that her beloved palace lamp was broken, so she had to hide and cry with Shuangxi.

Ning Xia Qing frowned, thanked Ah Zheng sour and warmly, took the palace lamp from Ah Zheng's hand, and took the jade to his house.

On the way back, she couldn't help but sigh: "Zi'er is so sensible, but I feel even more distressed." In the final analysis, I didn't do well enough, so Zi'er didn't even dare to come to me when the palace light was broken. If I were a little more powerful and could take care of my family while taking care of business, I wouldn't let Zi'er suffer such grievances. ”

Cuiyu opened her mouth, with a look of wanting to speak and stopping, but unfortunately Cuiyu is not a well-spoken person, even if she wants to say a few words of comfort, but she can't say anything, so she has to turn to say: "Anyway...... Anyway, Ah Zheng has already repaired the lamp, let's return the lamp to the second girl tomorrow, and the second girl will definitely be happy. ”

Ning Xia Qing groaned and showed a faint smile: "That's right." Ming'er returned the lamp to Zi'er and looked at Zi'er's happy appearance. ”

Seeing that Ningxia Qing smiled, Cuiyu also smiled and said, "Actually, the girl doesn't have to worry too much about the second girl." The girl didn't know that since the girl bought the things for the second girl to paint, the second girl and Shuangxi had been in front of the case all day long, and there was no time in the whole day when there was no paint on their faces. It's just that Mrs. Chen suffered, chasing after the back of their butts every day to wipe their faces and change their clothes. ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled with relief, entered the house with Cuiyu, suddenly remembered something, changed his face, patted his head and said, "I forgot to tell Ah Zheng one thing just now." ”

Jade asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"It's Zhao Xiang'e's business. She told Ah Zheng that she wanted to see me, but I was too busy to take care of her, and I want to see her now, and I want to tell her something. ”

Cuiyu hurriedly turned around and prepared to go out and said, "Don't worry, girl, I'll go and tell Ah Zheng now." ”

"Wait." Ning Xia Qing stopped Cuiyu, looked at the branches outside that were swaying wildly by the north wind, and said, "It's late at night today, you can go again tomorrow morning." ”

Cuiyu replied, "It's okay", and then began to help Ning Ningqing clean up, and asked hesitantly while moving: "Girl, after our shop opens, will business be good?" ”

Ning Ningqing took off the hairpin on his head and said lightly: "It's hard to say. Although it is in the sky, it is in the people who make the work. ”

Cuiyu sighed: "Alas, I'm worried about the 50,000 taels in three years, that's 50,000 taels!" When are we going to save those 50,000 taels? How much material do you have to sell? Girl, there is one thing I only dare to tell you in private, although I don't know the specific harvest in the shop, but I think, after all, it's 50,000 taels, and we won't be able to save so much money in ten years......"

Ning Xia Qing smiled: "I'm not worried about this. Doing business is different from what you think, doing business is not a dead account, doing business depends on opportunities. If you have a good opportunity and make a few big money, 50,000 taels will be available soon. What's more, even if we haven't encountered a good opportunity, we can still borrow money, and I can still borrow 50,000 taels. ”

Cuiyu tilted her head and asked, "The girl is going to borrow money from the Gu family?" ”

"It may be the Gu family, or it may be the ......" She took out the string of East China Sea pearls from the box and spread it on the palm of her hand, looked at it for a while, and sighed leisurely: "However, whether it is the best way to borrow money, we still have to figure out how to seize the opportunity." ”

After waking up in the morning, Zi'er happily ran out of the old lady's room with a few pieces of paper.

Since her father disappeared, her sister has also become early and late, and it is difficult for Zi'er to even want to see her sister now. Therefore, today Zi'er desperately restrained her desire to lie in bed, and got up early to find her sister, because she wanted to show her sister the pictures she had drawn.

This is the first painting she can draw!

However, when Zi'er ran to Ningxia Qing's house in a hurry, Ningxia Qing's house was already empty.

Shuangxi ran over from behind panting, and said, "Second girl, second girl, I just met Sister Ai Lu, Sister Ai Lu said that the eldest girl had gone out not long ago......"

Zi'er pursed her lips, her eyes were already rolling in her big eyes, and her little hand squeezed the drawing paper tightly, pinching the drawing paper into wrinkles.

Shuangxi looked at Zi'er who was about to cry out at a loss, and looked at the drawing paper in Zi'er's hand distressedly, when she didn't know what to do, she suddenly saw something, and excitedly pointed to Ning Ningqing's dressing table and shouted: "Second girl, look, rabbit womb lamp!" ”

The teary-eyed Zi'er looked at Shuangxi's fat fingers, and saw that there was really a rabbit womb lamp on her sister's dressing table! There were still a few pictures painted crookedly on the palace lamp, and others couldn't tell what Zi'er was drawing, but Zi'er understood that those pictures meant that the rabbit on this lamp was better than the rabbit given by Little Brother Gu!

That's her lamp! Definitely not the same lamp!

Shuangxi said happily: "This is the painting of the second girl, it is really the lamp before!" ”

Zi'er instantly burst into laughter, singing and dancing while holding the rabbit womb lamp, shouting: "My lamp is back!" My lights are back! While running happily into the old lady's house, he was full of thoughts about breakfast for a while, and forgot all about the sourness just now.

After a while, the Ning family's small broken carriage stopped in the depths of Dongchun Lane, and Zhao Xiang'e, who looked tired and obviously hadn't slept after a busy night, boarded the Ning family's carriage with some frivolous steps.

Ning Ningqing couldn't help but care: "Why don't you sleep for a while first?" You didn't have to rush to see me in such a hurry, and it didn't matter if we met again in the afternoon. ”

Zhao Xiang'e replied: "I'm very anxious, and I can't wait any longer." So after Ah Zheng came to me, I asked him to bring you over immediately. ”

Ning Xia Qing frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Zhao Xiang'e's eyes darkened, and she said worriedly: "I just learned one thing recently, it turns out that Xue Shaoqing, like Deputy Lieutenant Xue, likes to raise boys for fun, I must not use Xue Shaoqing to rescue Xiaobao, this will only let Xiaobao fall into Xue Shaoqing's hands." ”

"What?" Ningxia Qing was incredulous: "Xue Shaoqing is also ......" She really didn't know about this before, she only knew that Deputy Lieutenant Xue liked to play with boys, but she didn't know that Xue Shaoqing had also learned this atmosphere. Although Tan Wenshi and Xue Shaoqing are familiar with each other, Deputy Lieutenant Xue will later be cut off, and since then, Tan Wenshi has no longer associated with the Xue family, so her understanding of Xue Shaoqing is very limited.

Zhao Xiang'e's eyes were a little unhappy, and she complained: "Moreover, the method you told me is not a perfect solution, and Xiaobao and I don't get red and swollen every time we come into contact with that kind of pollen." Even if Xue Shaoqing doesn't covet Xiaobao, your method is not foolproof. ”

Ning Xia Qing frowned and asked in a low voice, "So what are you going to do?" Give me a little time, let me think of another way, what do you think? ”

"It's good that you're willing to bother." Zhao Xiang'e continued: "I hope you can come up with a faster way to save Xiaobao." Deputy Lieutenant Xue and Xue Shaoqing are not good people, Xiaobao has been in Xue Mansion for a day, and my heart is like a knife. ”

"I understand your feelings. It's just ......" Ning Xia Qing said with some embarrassment: "I can only set it for one year in the past, because if I give me a year, I will have more bottom." But now that you are so anxious to get him out, it makes it a little difficult for me......"

Zhao Xiang'e was a little anxious: "So can you do it?" ”

Ning Xia Qing groaned and said, "It's not that it can't, it's just that it's not as sure as before." And I need your good offices in it. ”

Zhao Xiang'e's eyes lit up: "What do you need me to do?" ”

Ning Xia Qing said a few words, Zhao Xiang'e frowned slightly when she heard this, and said with some hesitation: "This ...... I'm not completely sure, you'll have to make me think about it. ”

Ning Ningqing nodded in understanding and said, "Okay, anyway, it's not in a hurry in the next two days, you weigh it slowly first." If you can agree, within a few months, I will be able to rescue your brother from Xue Mansion. ”

Zhao Xiang'e nodded, then helped her forehead, obviously extremely sleepy, and said, "Let me think about this matter slowly, now let me go back and rest for a while." ”

Ningxia Qing stopped Zhao Xiang'e: "Wait, I still have one more thing." ”

Zhao Xiang'e smiled knowingly: "I knew that when you came out to see me, you definitely didn't just want to hear what I said." Say, what do you want me to do this time? ”

Ning Xia Qing said with a smile: "Don't be so vigilant first, I don't want to arrange difficult tasks for you, I just hope you can help me win over the guests." My shop is about to reopen, renamed Huacai Yuan, you help me pull a few more people over, I am very grateful. ”

Zhao Xiang'e couldn't help but smile: "That's it? ”

Ning Xia Qing nodded: "Yes." ”

Zhao Xiang'e sighed, and said tiredly and sleepily: "How dare I not listen to the orders of the shopkeeper Ning?" It's just a small matter. ”

Ningxia Qingwen said: "You don't need to call me a shopkeeper, I'm not a shopkeeper." It would be nice if you were willing to help. ”

Zhao Xiang'e left the Ning family's small broken carriage, and the carriage immediately drove away. Ning Xia Qing has been planning for the reopening of the shop recently, so he went to Gu Mansion and Gu Xuesong back and forth, and asked Cuiyu and Ah Zheng to hand over the invitation, asking all the nobles to condescend on the day of the opening and support the façade of the Ning family.

Cuiyu also smiled and said that Gu Fu agreed very happily, and asked a lot of things in detail, not only asked about the opening of the shop, but also cared about the current life of the Ning family, and promised to send congratulatory gifts on the opening day, Cuiyu also smiled incredibly and sighed with emotion, I didn't expect to be able to climb such a friendship with such a noble family one day, it seems that Huacaiyuan must be very lively when it opens.