Chapter 92 Shocking News

Another month passed, and a vegetable shop closed down. There were two other shops that closed down on Wang Street and moved to the residential area where the town residents were concentrated. Only her second aunt's family was still holding on to the Wang shop.

Next to her second aunt's vegetable shop was her own oil shop, and customers who came to her house to buy oil would still go to her vegetable shop for a round.

As for the two shops that were opened in the residential area, Su Qingmei went to see them and they did have some business.

The vegetable shop business was originally a small-scale operation. It was not profitable to make big money, but there was still some small money. It was not profitable to sell vegetables alone, but meat, eggs and fruits were sold together. There was still a profit of one or two taels of silver a day.

The vegetables in Su Qingmei's shop barely broke even, and there was no loss or profit. The profit of eggs was also thin, and the main business was the meat stall, raw and cooked meat. There was also some business in pickles, pickles and salted vegetables, and the largest income was still fruit.

Of course, this was only on the surface. The goods she sold to Xu Shaoyan every month were her biggest source of income.

Su Dahu, Su's father and Zhou Dajiang went to distant places to collect a lot of wild delicacies. She took Zhou's mother-in-law and others to make dried vegetables, and the dried mushrooms sold at a very good price.

She kept these tightly, not selling them to the store, nor to Pingchuan County and Guangning Prefecture. Nowadays, people's ability to imitate is too strong, and she can't let others learn.

For some leafy vegetables that can't be made into dried vegetables, she sold them to the system in exchange for some medicine that helps the growth and development of the fetus. As for the vegetables and fruits that don't look good, they are all filled with their own mouths, or made into jam and preserved fruits. Qingyang Qingxing and Yaya like to eat them the most. They eat preserved fruits as snacks, drink jam with water, and like to dip them in food.

So the leftover fruits and vegetables in the store are not wasted at all.

As for the manor that Xu Shaoyan transferred to her, she was pregnant and couldn't go out. She asked Su's father to go and see it, and he just said that someone asked her to take care of it. Her honest father didn't ask at all. He lived alone in the farm for more than half a month, commanding the tenants and farm servants to turn the land, plant winter vegetables and winter wheat before returning.

Su Qing'an didn't have to worry about anything.

The days slipped into winter.

Su Qing'an had a big belly, wrapped up like a bear, and her movements were clumsy. She rarely went to the front shop, and made dried vegetables and fruits with Grandma Zhou in the backyard.

Everyone didn't let her go to the front shop, for fear that she would accidentally slip. In the backyard, Grandma Zhou and others didn't let her do anything. She mostly sat and watched, occasionally giving instructions.

On this day, Su Qing'an saw Xiao Qingxing holding Yaya in the backyard, in broad daylight, which was rare. Usually, the two little things went to Yangwei Wushu Hall early in the morning and returned at sunset. Didn't go out today?

The two little things sat on the bench leaning against each other, both of them looked a little depressed. Su Qing'an went over to talk to them, and then she knew that Ma's wife was sick.

"Ah? Why is she sick? When did it happen?"

"Since winter, Ma's wife has been in poor health and always coughs. Today, Xiaodouzi brother came over and told us not to go over, because Ma's wife was afraid that we would get sick."

Always coughing?

"Have you asked a doctor to see her?"

"Yes, Master Ma has asked doctors from the county and Guangning Prefecture to see her, but they didn't get better."

"Why didn't you tell your sister so that she could go see her."

"Ma's wife didn't let me tell her. She said that your sister is pregnant and she didn't want her to worry."

Su Qing'an felt a little sad after hearing this. She was a beautiful, kind and forbearing woman. Life had worn her out, and she should be happy and cheerful in the second half of her life.

Su Qing'an looked down and saw Yaya looking up at her. She smiled and stroked her head: "Yaya, do you miss Ma's wife too?"

The little thing nodded very seriously: "Yes. Go see." Pointing outside.

"Okay, I'll take you to see it in two days, okay?"

"Okay. Fruit, eat." After saying that, she struggled to get out of Xiao Qingxing's arms and ran to the front store.

Xiao Qingxing hurriedly got up and chased after her. Su Qing'an smiled, thinking that the little thing must have gone to the front store to get fruit, and she had to hide it and bring it to Master Ma.

Children know good and evil best, and they remember who treats them well.

Two days later, Su Qing'an took the boiled Qiuli paste and Su Qingliu, Qingxing and Yaya to Yangwei Martial Arts Hall.

When she went there, she found that after not seeing her for a short period of time, Master Ma's face was as dry as a draft, lying on the bed without makeup. When she saw them coming, she couldn't get up by herself and had to rely on Master Ma for support.

Master Ma stared at her without blinking, with deep sadness in his eyes.

Master Ma only glanced at Qingxing and Yaya from a distance, and let them go out. Master Ma nodded to Su Qing'an and went out too. Su Qingmei glanced at him and saw that he had lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets were sunken, and he looked more and more serious, which made people afraid.

"I still have to trouble you to come to see me..."

Listening to her slow words, and her spirit was obviously not good, Su Qingliu's eyes immediately reddened.

Su Qingmei felt bad, walked over, and sat down next to the bed. He took her hand and patted it caressingly. He didn't touch the flesh, but the joints were clear, pale and slender.

"I should have come earlier. You let the children hide it from me. Rural women are still working in the fields before giving birth. How big is the town? Why didn't you let me come?"

"I was afraid that you would be sick. The baby in your belly is the most delicate..."

Su Qingmei saw that she looked at her belly with envy, raised her hand to touch her belly, but she retracted it when she was in front of her belly, so she grabbed her hand and put it on her belly.

The baby in the belly may feel the gentle touch of a woman and move in cooperation.

"Yeah, he moved! He said hello to me."

"Yes, such a gentle and beautiful mistress, the child can't wait to come out to see you."

Madam Ma's face glowed with a trace of spirit. She touched the child a few more times. Seeing that the child was no longer moving, she reluctantly retracted her hand, still staring at him, which made Su Qingmei very sad.

"Madam, you must take good care of your illness. He will come out in spring. Let him accompany you at that time. If you like, I will give him to you."

Madam Ma laughed. Just after laughing twice, she started coughing violently again...

Su Qingliu hurriedly strode over and patted her back, and Su Qingmei also helped her chest. Cui Yuying, who was serving outside, immediately brought in a bowl of medicine juice and helped her drink it.

It was a strong smell of herbs. Su Qingmei felt a little uncomfortable and nauseous when she smelled it, but Madam Ma drank it all in one breath without blinking.

"It's so bitter. I told him I didn't need to drink it, but he made me drink it. It was so bitter that I almost vomited my bile. Everything I ate tasted like bitter medicine."

Su Qingmei took the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth. Seeing her sucking the candy beans that Cui Yuying fed her, she comforted her: "It will be bitter at first, but sweet later. Just take care of it. When the time comes, I will find whatever you want to eat and make it for you."

"That's great. I'm just afraid you won't be able to eat it." The light in her eyes slowly faded.