Qi Ning dreamed at night, and dreamed that the eldest girl was just like the first time she saw her, standing there holding on to the door frame and not speaking, only looking at her sadly.

"Big girl! The big girl ......" Qi Ning woke up from her dream.

Qi Ning was afraid that Han Dong would be scared at night, so she let her sleep in the study, Han Dong heard the voice, pushed open the door and ran in with a candle: "Girl, what's wrong with you?" ”

Han Dong put the lamp on the table in front of the bed, walked over and whispered, "The girl called a few times, and I hurried over." She heard Qi Ning's scream, so she got up and came over to check.

Qi Ning was cared for by the little girl and said movingly: "I'm fine." I had a dream. ”

Han Dong hurriedly asked: "Did the girl dream of a ghost?" ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "No, it's a big girl, I dreamed of seeing her for the first time." ”

Han Dong looked at her, his eyes full of anxiety.

Seeing her like this, Qi Ning would definitely not feel at ease if she asked her to go back to sleep, maybe she would have to listen to her movements with her ears up, and Han Dong was also frightened today, so he said to her: "You come up, sleep on that end." "Let her sleep together and be with each other, and she will feel more at ease.

Sure enough, Han Dong was overjoyed, turned around and blew the lamp, then staggered onto the bed and lay down at the other end.

Qi Ning also lay down, and fell asleep only when it was almost dawn.

Three days later, a notice was posted at the city gate that Wang Gouzi was wanted.

At night, Qi Ning didn't sleep well for days and had a headache, Han Dong got a cloth towel to put her head on, Qi Ning was lying on the couch and closed her eyes to recuperate, Han Dong came in and said, "Girl, Master Zhou is here." ”

"Please go to the private room, and I'll go over." Qi Ning took off the cloth towel on his head and threw it on the table, and climbed down the kang neatly. She has been tormented by guilt and the tragic death of the eldest girl recently, and today Master Zhou must have come to an end.

Qi Ning arrived in the hall, and Han Dong was going downstairs: "Girl, it's up there." ”

Qi Ning hurriedly carried her skirt upstairs, and followed Han Dong into the innermost private room: "Uncle is here, Han Dong is going to serve food." ”

"Don't be busy, I'll leave after I'll finish telling you, there are still some official documents in the yamen that haven't been finished."

"Then Handong went to pack some meals for the uncle, and by the way, he took a jar of the uncle's favorite wine." After Qi Ning finished speaking, he sat down opposite Master Zhou.

"Qi girl, I guess you've also heard that you've posted a sea fishing document to arrest Wang Gouzi for a few days."

"Yes, is the big girl really the king dog's fault?"

"My eldest brother took Zhong Dashan to Qi's aunt's house, first the mother-in-law got the benefits of Wang Gouzi and refused to say it, and then she wanted to lock her up, so she confided the truth. At the beginning, Wang Gouzi took four or five people to take away Qi's mother and daughter and a little girl, who was said to be your sister. Later, he caught an accomplice who went with Wang Gouzi, and that person also confessed that it was Wang Gouzi who promised each of them a tael of silver, so they helped to arrest people, but then Wang Gouzi himself took people away, saying that he wanted to sell them to the south, and never came back. I must have known that I absconded from the crime. ”

"My sister? Is it called Qi Shu? ”

"It's called Qi Shu."

"Hehe, it's really a mountain that doesn't turn around, I can't hide from the Qi family and the Zhong family who are going around!"

Qi Ning took a breath and told Master Zhou about being disliked by her parents, and later her mother threw her down and eloped with Qi Shu, and later Qi Ning and the Zhong family, and later inadvertently saved Qi Shu.

Master Zhou sighed after hearing this: "You girl is also a miserable person, you don't have to worry about these people." ”

"Saying that, I also rejected the Qi family with all my heart at the beginning, but since I heard the tragic death of the eldest girl, I have always felt very guilty in my heart, if I hadn't been so decisive at the beginning and helped them, maybe the eldest girl would not have died, and Qi Shu and the Qi family would not have been missing."

"Good boy, don't be uncomfortable. It's not your fault, they hurt you so much, insulted you, and you can still beat the drum for Zhong Daya to voice your grievances, you have done your best. You might as well go to Zhujia Village to live and relax. ”

"Uncle Xie, I also want to go out for a walk, if there is news from the Qi family and Qi Shu, please ask Uncle to bring me a letter."

"Well, you go back and rest, see your face is ugly, I'll go first."

"I'll send my uncle." Qi Ning stood up and opened the door and asked Master Zhou to go out first. Sent downstairs, Han Dong had already prepared things and put them on Qi Fugui's carriage.

"Uncle, it's hard to walk when it's dark, let Uncle Qi send you."

"Well, I'll let you know something. Let's go back. Master Zhou got in the car and left.

When the night was closed, Qi Ning summoned everyone to tell them again and again, pay attention to Wang Gouzi's people, if they see them, they should hurry up and report to the official, if the Zhong family comes to call out, if they are entangled, they will also report to the official.

Early the next morning, Qi Ning took Han Dong back to Zhujia Village to live on Zhushan for more than ten days, Zhong Dashan was still detained in prison, and Zhong Laoshi had been put back.

Zhong Su and Zhong Erniang brought people to make trouble, and let Tie Niu beat them out. I was afraid that Qi Ning would be upset, so I didn't tell her. Qi Ning's mood improved and he didn't know until he returned to the city.

Qi Ning praised everyone and rewarded each of them with five taels of silver.

On the fifth day of November, the house and shed were completed, and a few anxious tenants had already started to renovate the shop.

Qi Ning took Han Dong and Tie Niu to mobilize the small vendors in the market early in the morning to go to the market outside the city to have a look, and told everyone that in the future, regardless of the fifteenth day of the new year, they can rush to the market to buy and sell things every day.

One after another, some people went to see everything after they sold it, some of them decided to come over the next day on the spot, and some of them didn't speak.

Qi Ning knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, after all, everyone was used to going into the city to catch the market, one was that many people were afraid of buying things and were reluctant to walk more out of the city, and some were distressed and had to pay rent after a year.

This bazaar in the city is spontaneous, if the stall is under the eaves of other people's shops, it will give the shop a few pennies each time, and the yamen also collects taxes ranging from a few cents to dozens of cents according to the size of the stall every market day. Almost half of the stalls are local products from the sellers, and they are sold several times a year, so there is no need to rent a stall.

Early the next morning, the city gate opened, Qi Ning took Han Dong along the road to see, the shops were basically being renovated, only Xiao Wu's stinky tofu shop was already preparing to sell things. There were only a dozen people in the bazaar.

"I'm the owner of these sheds, everyone come here and listen to me." Qi Ning stood on the stone and shouted around.

Buyers and sellers alike gathered curiously.

"From today until the tenth day of the first lunar month, as long as you come to set up a stall to sell things, go to me to register, no rent will be charged for one year, and the rent of 500 wen a month after one year will not increase for three years. The big guys all went back to tell their relatives and friends. Those who come back after the tenth day of the first month will be charged 20 wen a day. Also, if you rent a stall, you can rent it out by the day when you don't use it, which is also an income. ”