Chapter 14

Three days later, after Ning Guan recovered well, he told Xiao Chui to pack everything up. He also gave Ning Qing his savings to arrange for her to rent a house in another village. Xiao Chui suggested to her daughter to rent a house in her village, which was not far from the city. It would also be more convenient when she took Ning Guan to see a doctor. Ning Qing could only tell her younger siblings to take good care of their father. She and her mother would hurry back after they got the house. The small family could only stay in their father's room. Right now, no one was taking care of the herb garden. It wasn't that Ning Guan didn't care about the herbs, but her children were afraid that Lan Jiu would hurt him while he was still injured, so they refused to go out. Ning Qing also told him not to move around, because his bones had not fully healed. Ning Qing followed her mother to Kang Village, her mother's old home. In fact, she hadn't been home for a long time since she got married. It was because she had been pregnant one after another that she didn't visit her home. In addition, Lan Jiu, who came to stay, didn't let her go out. She had to support Lan Jiu's shoes all the time. Today, when she had the chance, she would visit her family.

The mother and daughter walked for almost two hours before they reached Kang Village. When they arrived, she immediately took her daughter to see the village head. Ning Qing knew that her mother was not good at negotiating these matters, so she took care of it herself.

"Grandpa Village Head, do you have a nice house for me to rent? We are moving out of town and want to move to the same village as Grandma."

"Oh, it's Xiao Shui. This girl must be your daughter. You are really capable of speaking and thinking so well. Don't worry. I have a vacant house for you to rent. It costs 500 yuan a month. What do you think, girl?"

"Grandpa Village Head, can I go and look at the house first?"

"Sure, follow me. Wait a moment, I'll go get the house key and then we'll go."

The village head went to find the key to his old house that he hadn't lived in for a long time. Then she took Xiao Shui and Ning Qing to see the house. Ning Qing inspected the house and saw that nothing was damaged and it was livable. After all, there were three rooms in the house. She and her younger sister could sleep together without any problems. As for her younger brother, she would let him sleep alone like before.

“Grandpa, can you give me a little discount? I don’t have much money because my father still has to take herbal medicine.”

“Haha, okay. Then I’ll charge you four hundred, E-pae.”

“Thank you, Grandpa. This four hundred is the advance rent. I’ll move in in a few days. Please don’t let anyone else move in yet.”

“Sure, little girl. Xiao Shui, would you like to visit your house? I heard that your mother isn’t feeling well right now.”

“Let’s go, uncle. The reason I want to stay here is to take care of your parents.”

“Alright, alright. You guys hurry up and go. It’ll be hard to go home later in the evening.”

“Thank you, village headman, Grandpa.” I forgot to ask, can I grow herbs on the land I rent?”

“Oh, sure. No one here can grow herbs. If you can grow them, it will be good for the village because you won’t have to go to the city to buy them.”

After talking about herbs for a bit, the three of them went their separate ways. Ning Qing and her mother followed her to a house near the end of the village. This house was Ning Qing’s mother’s old house. The house was in a dilapidated condition, no different from other families in the village. Ning Qing only knew that her uncle hunted animals to sell to help the family. Sometimes, he was attacked by wild animals. She really felt sorry for her mother’s family, so she thought of teaching them to grow herbs together so that they could save some money and not risk danger when going up the mountain to hunt.

“Mother, father, are you home?” Xiao Shui called her parents at the door.

“Xiao Shui is here all of a sudden? Come in first.”

Ning Qing also knew manners. She respectfully bowed to her grandparents. The old couple who had never had a granddaughter were very happy. Because her daughter-in-law only had three sons, they had no granddaughters. Ning Qing, who had nothing to give to her grandparents, felt embarrassed. She handed her mother a hundred yuan to give to her grandparents to buy food. They talked for almost an hour before asking permission to go home. Now that everyone knew that her family would be living nearby, they didn't hold her back anymore. In any case, they would see each other often soon. Xiao Shui's sister-in-law was also kind and friendly. She didn't envy her sister-in-law at all. She only felt sorry for Xiao Shui after listening to her story. Ning Qing's uncle went hunting again today, so they didn't meet. But if she moved in the future, they would definitely meet. Ning Qing saw that her uncle liked hunting, so she might as well make a trap for him to use. But these things were things for the future. The important thing now was that they had to separate their houses first. In any case, they didn't want to be a burden to the parasite family in the house right now. She also wanted to know what those lazy people would do if they didn't have money from her father to support their family. But she thought that her grandmother wouldn't dare to demand money from her family. Since her family had nothing else for them to extort. On the way back to Ningkai Village, Ning Qing also told her mother to keep a sad face and not to be so cheerful. Otherwise, it would make things even harder for them to separate. She knew how selfish her grandmother was. She herself wouldn't tell them where she was going to move to.