Chapter 25 The money is gone

Zhao Anning's home is under the big banyan tree at the north end of Zhaojiazhuang.

An Ning was silent, piled up the flatbed cart, bypassed the big willow tree, and walked into the villager Wang Xiangqian's house to sell farm tools.

"My hoe is broken, can I replace it with early rice produced this year?" Wang Xiangqian smiled at his wife, very friendly.

An Ning couldn't bear to refuse, and said with a smile, "Auntie, the price of this kind of hoe is not cheap, and you can get a lot of good rice!"

"Can I exchange two hoes?"

Aunt Wang's family took out a cloth bag, which weighed 25 to [-] catties, "This is made from new rice this year, and it's delicious!"

"Yes!" An Ning's eyes lit up.

She hasn't eaten the early rice this season yet.

"Then, it's done!"

The aunt put the cloth pocket on the flatbed cart, picked up two hoes and shook them, and immediately smiled, "Peasants cannot live without these things."

"Hey... Auntie, is there only rice in your house?"

Ding Fang was a little anxious.A hoe costs a few yuan, and the price of more than [-] catties of rice is far lower than that of two hoe.

"Take it back and sell it to the mine in the town to taste something new!" Aunt Wang's family scolded, "I don't know what to do, why don't you dislike it?"

The aunt's face became anxious, and there were more wrinkles on her wrinkled face.

"Aunt Wang is right!"

An Ning took the conversation with a smile, "This is the new rice of this year. Where can I find such a good thing? People in the city can buy such good new rice, and they don't seem to be overjoyed."

"Yeah, it's pretty much the same... An Ning still can talk." The aunt carried two hoes into the house with a smile.She has a good eye, and the hoe she took away is of high quality and better price.

"An'an, what are you going to do with so much rice?"

Ding Fang was anxious, one was worried that she would suffer a loss, and the other was that An Ning would suffer even more if she had to sell the rice herself.

"Where's the new rice...let's keep it for ourselves!" An Ning smiled, tied the bag tightly with a rope, and placed it at the bottom of the flatbed.

"Ah! Isn't this too extravagant?" Ding Fang couldn't help being stunned.

New rice is much more expensive than old rice, and Tan Shufen is not willing to buy it and eat it carefully.

"I eat and drink a lot for free at your house, so I should behave appropriately," An Ning smiled nonchalantly, "When I go back, take this bag of rice back, so I can take the opportunity to go to your house for a tooth-fighting festival!"

"It's just a meal, so don't waste it!" Ding Fang gave her a blank look, thinking it might be a joke to save it. "You have earned a little money, don't imitate others! If you don't buy anything, my family will send you some rice?"

"It's not bad, it's your family's business! It's my wish to get something."

An Ning smiled and pushed the cart forward. The price of this kind of rice is high and there is no market. Unless the price is lowered to sell, I really don't know who will buy it.

An Ning ignored Ding Fang.

She didn't plan to sell it at all, she planned to go back and give it to Ding's family, it was her own wish.

They went to a few more farmers and exchanged enough mountain goods. The mountain goods on the flatbed truck were piled up to the top, and the two girls felt that the quantity was enough.

"An'an, you haven't been home for a long time," Ding Fang looked at her and urged, "There is still time, go home and have a look!"

An Ning glanced in the direction of the big banyan tree, and said hesitantly, "It's getting late,...how about I go home another day?"

An Ning instinctively resisted Zhao Xiu'e, and now she will go back, she is conflicted in her heart, and she is inexplicably a little uneasy.

"It's all at the door of the house, there is no reason not to go home," Ding Fang encouraged her, "If you don't go home and watch, don't you worry about it?"

"Okay, you wait here for me," An Ning fixed the flatbed cart, and told Ding Fang, "The cart is full of goods, so don't go too far! I'll come back after a quick look at it!"

"Row!"

Ding Fang nodded seriously.If she didn't return, Ding Fang would not be able to pull this cart back by herself.

"Go and come back quickly!"

"Okay, I'll just take a look," An Ning sprinted towards the big willow tree.

In a few minutes, An Ning arrived near the big banyan tree.

From a distance, she heard noises coming from Zhao's courtyard, accompanied by all kinds of sharp shouts and a woman's faint weeping.

The dilapidated and extremely narrow courtyard of the Zhao family appeared in front of her eyes.

Different from the tranquility of other houses, the courtyard of her house was surrounded by people on the inner three floors and the outer three floors.

An Ning didn't feel good, and felt anxious, so she couldn't help but quicken her pace.

"An Ning, are you back?"

As soon as An Ning walked to the dilapidated chaimen of the Zhao family, the aunt next door came out of the courtyard of the Zhao family. She was taken aback when she saw An Ning, and hurriedly said, "Go in and have a look, something happened at home!"

An Ning had a bad feeling and quickly asked, "Auntie, what happened to my house?"

"I... don't know very well... your mother... she's looking for death and life... no one can persuade her!"

Zhao Xiu'e is well-known in Zhaozhuang for her pungentness, and it is not a trivial matter that can make Zhao Xiu'e seek death or life.

An Ning was startled, and became inexplicably irritable, and passed the neighbor's aunt to enter the chaimen.

"Oh, I can't live anymore..." Zhao Xiu'e sat on the ground with tears all over her face, snot and tears, and howled dryly, "My money...is gone! I can't live anymore , I'm dead!"

money? ... What money is gone?

An Ning's heart froze.

not……?
"6000 yuan wow! God damn it!"

An Ning's heart skipped a beat, and she rushed over and asked, "Mom, you didn't deposit the money in the bank? Or, the rural cooperative?"

"Why should I hand over so much money to others?"

Zhao Xiu'e rolled up her sleeves and wiped her snot, "If people get greedy and run away...I...whom should I go to?"

"With legal constraints, who would covet your little money! Go in once, it's not worth it!" An Ning answered angrily, and asked patiently, "You put it well yourself, how could you lose it?"

"I put it in the piggy bank in the back room... and then, I couldn't find it!"

"Big strong lady, do you really have so much money?"

Rural people have 6000 yuan, which can be regarded as a small ten thousand yuan household. The village head was skeptical, "A total of 6000 yuan! Where did you get so much money?"

"Big Zhuang Niang really wants 6000 yuan, and you're so excited to take it out, how can you not let others know?"

Everyone talked about it in a hurry.

A tall man Xia Hu said, "You tricked the cadres of our village committee here, don't you want to take special care of them? But, you can't distort and fabricate the facts and hinder the work of the village committee! To be honest, what do you want? what?"

"Village chief, I didn't lie, I really lost 6000 yuan!" Zhao Xiu'e burst into tears, sobbing, "This money is the compensation money of the Gaocho Mine, and my bloody man paid for it with his life! Oh, oh,... I won't live anymore, don't live anymore!"

The people in the yard fell silent for a moment.

"Big strong lady is talking nonsense again! Zhao Liang is a temporary worker, how can he get so much money?" someone whispered.

 The Zhao family's compensation money is gone, which is undoubtedly worse for An Ning!

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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