Chapter 30

A month later, her uncle and cousin returned to the city. They were assigned to different cities. The closest to her was her brother Xiao Yuan, who was appointed deputy county magistrate in the neighboring county. The others were assigned to counties a little further away.

It was just as Ning Qing had thought, her grandparents did not want to move, so her uncle told her eldest son to come back home often to visit. He thought it was easier for his son to travel than for them to go to Yanghui City by themselves, and the other two sons did not have to go through the trouble of coming back so often. They said that they would wait until their younger brother Ningyang passed his exams before visiting them later. Ning Qing was also interested in Gang City where her older brother Xiao Jiang had moved to. She liked seafood, so she wanted to visit Gang City once.

After talking with longing, everyone went their separate ways to do their own jobs. Ning Qing and her family still had to prepare the goods to sell tomorrow. As for her aunt, she had to prepare rabbits for the boss because tomorrow would be three days before the boss would come to get the rabbits. The three new officials also came to help Ning Qing and the others prepare the goods to sell tomorrow like they always did before. Even though she told them to rest, none of them wanted to rest. Her uncle also told her to focus on helping Ning Qing. She could only laugh at the three new officials who had to help her make buns here.

Now that their family had someone to rely on, Ning Qing was not afraid that her original family would cause them trouble again, otherwise, they would definitely be punished by the authorities.

After a week, the three brothers went to their own posts in their own cities. The aunt-in-law cried happily that her children could now be their support and that they would no longer have to send them money. From now on, it would be them who would send money to support their parents. Even though the aunt-in-law did not ask them to send money, the children understood that they had a filial duty to their parents from the beginning. Without their father's money, they would not be able to take the exam no matter how capable they were. They also thanked Ning Qing for helping their family live more comfortably than before.

Ning Qing was also happy for her three brothers. She also sent them some dried food that she had made to eat during the journey. The three of them rented a carriage and transported the goods to their own city. They had to hold official positions without any shame. The teachers in the school also used them as examples in the exam, saying that if they worked hard, they could become officials like the three seniors. Ning Yang was even more proud that they were his brothers. Ning Yang was determined to pass the exam like his brothers, to be the pillar of the family as well. He might not be as good as his brothers, but his diligence was definitely more than 100%. Moreover, he had an older sister who was good at everything, who would ask him questions about things he didn't understand. He had told his father about this before, saying that his older sister was really good. Even though it was the same book, his older sister explained it to him without missing a single word. Even the teachers in the school praised him for understanding the sentences well.

Ning Guan himself did not expect his daughter's understanding to be this good. He thought that it was probably because she had experienced a lot of hardships in her old home, so she spent her free time studying the various books he had collected.

Two months later, Ning Guan finally removed the soft cast, but he still couldn't walk much for a month. In order to prevent the healed bones from becoming distorted, Ning Qing had also urged his father to use a cane if he wanted to walk. If he didn't get better, it would be even more difficult to manage. How could Ning Guan dare to disobey the doctor and his daughter? He was afraid that he would be a burden to everyone in the house, so he did as the doctor ordered. He continued to take the decoction to treat his ribs that were now reattached as usual until he was completely healed. Then he would stop taking the medicine.

A month later, the doctor allowed Ning Guan to stop taking the medication because his legs and ribs were completely healed. This made Ning Guan and the others very happy that their father had finally recovered after nearly a year of treatment. From now on, their father would no longer have to use a wheelchair or crutches. However, the doctor still told him to be careful when walking around, not to let the healed bones be too affected. He should wait another month before walking around more often so that he would have the strength to walk normally again.

Ning Guan followed everything the doctor told her to do. He was really afraid that he would become a burden to his children again. Ning Qing could only laugh when she saw her father being overly cautious. She told her father to act normal. The more he was cautious, the easier it would be to make mistakes than when her father acted normally. Ning Guan could only laugh along with his family, who were a bit overly cautious, which made the children laugh. Now that their family was stable, the profit from selling food was no less than one tael a day. This allowed Ning Qing to save more money. In just almost a year, she would have one thousand taels. From now on, if her younger brother wanted to take the exam, they would not have to worry about money anymore. She had asked her uncle if the expenses were expensive elsewhere, and the answer was quite high. In the capital, everything was expensive, even small meals were expensive. This made Ning Qing have to save up as much money as possible before her younger brother was old enough to take the exam. Even though he was ten years old now, she still thought he was too young. She wanted him to take the exam when he was the same age as her older brother Xiao Jiang, who was fifteen years old. This was the right age to travel and gain knowledge.