Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 272 This is a small episode in life
While Gu Xiaoxia was eating noodles, Li Long was sitting opposite her and listening to her talk.

"Li Long, do you think we can help them? Xiao Ni was so well behaved and sensible when she woke up. She has been asking to be discharged from the hospital and not stay there any longer. It makes me sad to hear that."

Gu Xiaoxia had never felt maternal love since she was a child. Although Gu Boyuan took good care of her, she knew that she was different from others. When she saw Xiao Ni'er at this time, she felt the same way.

"You want to help them?" Li Long handed the peeled garlic to Gu Xiaoxia, "Drink some tea and chew some peanuts later and the garlic taste will go away in your mouth."

Gu Xiaoxia took the garlic, took a bite and said:
"Well, I want to help them, at least give them a place to stay..."

"You can't live here." Li Long said directly, "I know you are kind, but when I'm not here, you'll often be alone here, and I'm worried."

Gu Xiaoxia actually had the same idea, but she didn't expect that Li Long would directly reject her.

At this time, she felt that Li Long was a little ruthless.

How can there be so many bad people?

Li Long could guess what she was thinking. He slowly said to Gu Xiaoxia:

"As the old saying goes, you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against them. We don't know their situation. If you rashly bring them back, can you prevent anything from happening? We have only seen one side of them. No one can say if there is another side to them."

There were too many messy things happening in later generations, which gave Li Long enough cases to guard against others.

Gu Xiaoxia nodded slowly, she was indeed overthinking the matter.

But she still felt a little uncomfortable.

"If you want to help them, it's easy." Li Long said, "Let me do it. I'll talk to her first. If they are worthy of our help, I'll rent a house for them and pay them the money first. As long as they work hard, they can pay us back when they make money.

There are many opportunities to make money now. It depends on whether they are willing to work. If they are not willing, there is nothing you can do... You can't just help a pile of mud, right?"

Hearing what Li Long said, Gu Xiaoxia smiled, and she said shyly:

"Well, I thought it was too simple. If they are working hard, then they are really worth helping. If they just want to find their families, then we don't have the ability to do that... I understand. Can I go with you?"

"Row."

Because the girl's condition has not yet stabilized, both mother and daughter stayed in the infusion room from yesterday to today. The nurse knew the two people's situation and did not come to drive them away. There were people who needed emergency infusion at night, so it was not a big problem.

When Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia arrived at the county hospital, the mother and daughter were already preparing to leave.

Seeing Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia, the woman pulled the little girl to her knees and said in a sobbing voice:
"Thank you so much this time. If it weren't for you, I would have been..."

"Hurry up, it's not that serious." Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly helped the man up. They walked to the shade of the trees beside the hospital. Li Long asked:

"Big sister, what are your plans for the future?"

"I...I plan to save some money, and then find out where my husband is, and then go to find him when the time comes." The woman said calmly.

"Then how do you save money? The wheat and other things you have won't make much money." Li Long was telling the truth. The truth hurts people the most at this time.

The woman lowered her head.

"I can work in the fields..." the little girl said, "I can help people pick corn and earn money."

The little girl had not fully recovered yet, and her crisp voice was a little hoarse. Li Long hadn't done anything yet, but Gu Xiaoxia couldn't stand it anymore.

No matter how hard his life was, my father never let him suffer like that.

"I have an idea," Li Long said. He knew that if he didn't say anything, Gu Xiaoxia might not be able to hold it back anymore, and the villain would have to take the lead himself. "See if you can do it."

The woman looked at Li Long, waiting for her next words, and did not agree to anything rashly.

Li Long thought that this woman was quite smart.

"I'll help you rent a house, and then you can start a small business. For example, sell some cooked rice or soup in the free market. I think you should be able to cook, right? The people who set up stalls there probably don't need a few cents a day for food, so you won't make a lot of money, but you can definitely make money every day."

"But I don't have any tools. All I use for cooking are old pots that I picked up..." The woman was still a little embarrassed.

"I'll prepare your rent, tools and other things for you. Of course, I'll lend them to you. The deadline is one month. You can pay me back when you make money. If you don't make money in one month, it means I made a mistake in choosing you. Then you can find a place to live by yourselves."

Li Long's words were a bit harsh, and Gu Xiaoxia couldn't help but secretly give him a blank look.

You are clearly doing good things, why do you have to act like a bad person?

Li Long now understands the people in the short videos in his previous life who pretended to be bad guys at first but helped others in the end. Their attitude at the beginning was a bit of a test. Of course, everyone feels differently about this, it depends on how you understand it.

"Then... I'll do it!" the woman said, "I'm good at cooking at home. I can't make sesame cakes, but I can steam steamed buns, make spicy soup, and make noodle soup..."

"That's all." Li Long said, "I'll take you to rent a house now. You can take Ni'er to rest first. I'll prepare the tools for you in the next two days. You can do what you want first. When you have time, go to the market and listen to what the locals like to eat and what flavors they like. I still say that it's only one month, mainly because my partner feels sorry for little Ni'er..."

Gu Xiaoxia's working time was almost up, so she rushed to work first. Li Long stayed behind to take the mother and daughter to get familiar with the way to the market, and then took them to the newly purchased yard.

Li Long originally didn't even plan to let them live in this yard. He thought about just renting a house, but he couldn't find a suitable house in a short time, so let them live here first. After all, there are some leftover bedding and vegetables here, so at least the mother and daughter won't go hungry if they live here.

"You can live in this yard first, and help clean it up. You can eat the vegetables in the vegetable garden. You can use the small bedroom over here, and don't move over there." Li Long said, "I'll leave you a key. Take a rest first. I'll get you some rice and flour. The rest is here. You can live there first."

After saying that, Li Long left.

This mother and daughter are like a dream.

"Mom, is this... true?" Xiao Ni was in much better spirits now, and she couldn't quite believe it.

This yard is much better than her home. Even though Li Long said it is a bit messy, it is actually very good.

"It's true. But we have to work hard in the next month." The woman actually understood Li Long's good intentions, although she didn't understand why he had a stern face, as if he was threatening people. But he was able to save her and her daughter and give them a place to stay, so he was not just an ordinary good man.

Now I’m just planning what kind of food to cook and sell.

"Mom, I want to eat tomatoes..." Little Girl couldn't help but say when she saw the vegetables in the vegetable garden.

"Well... take one, just one. You haven't recovered completely yet."

"Okay!" Little girl went to the vegetable garden and picked a tomato. After bringing it up, she broke it into two halves, ate half herself, and forced the other half into her mother's mouth.

Li Long went to a blacksmith shop, first built a furnace, then bought a pot. He was originally planning to buy a cart, but he found that the blacksmith shop already sold that kind of cart.

He thought that even if the mother and daughter behind him failed to make business, the cart could still be used, so he bought one.

By the evening, all the equipment was ready.

Li Long delivered the things to the yard. The mother and daughter were holding the door, but they opened it only after hearing Li Long's voice.

"We have everything. You can take a rest for two days and decide what to cook." Li Long pushed the food in and said, "I will come to check it out from time to time. The market doesn't allow people to sell anything. As long as the food you make is hygienic, it's fine. Also, I'll tell you, I saw food being sold somewhere else today..."

Li Long then told Shicheng about the situation of the sesame cake stall, then pointed to the kitchen and said, "You can use the bowls in there, just be careful with them. After I leave, lock the door."

After leaving the yard, Li Long went to the courtyard and talked about the matter with Gu Xiaoxia, then rode back before it got dark.

I still have to sell fish tomorrow morning.

The next morning, when Li Long came back from Shicheng after selling fish to the free market, he saw the woman standing in front of the cart, selling soup noodles. Xiao Nier was helping her.

Li Long pushed his bicycle over and asked:

"Sister Xiulan, how is business?"

The woman's name is Yang Xiulan and the girl's name is Han Fang.

"It's okay. I've sold seven or eight bowls this morning. I make ten cents for each bowl..." The woman was very excited.

Li Long looked at the bowl and thought that ten cents was quite cheap. The noodles in the pot were quite thick.

In fact, Li Long thinks that the local sour soup noodles must be more popular, but he can't arrange everything, so the current situation is already pretty good.

"Okay, you guys continue, I'm leaving." Li Long just came over to take a look, then rode back to the yard.

That's basically it.

"Mom, why do I feel like Uncle Li isn't very happy?" Xiao Ni whispered to her mother after Li Long left.

"Maybe... maybe they think the noodles we made aren't selling well." In fact, Yang Xiulan also knew that noodles weren't particularly popular, but she was quite content with the fact that she had made nearly a dollar in the morning. She planned to use the unsold noodles as lunch and dinner for her and her mother, so they definitely couldn't be wasted.

Li Long was in the yard talking to Gu Xiaoxia about what he had seen.

"Noodles will become mushy after a while, that's definitely not okay. But we have to take it slow and let them figure it out. After all, they probably don't know how to make noodle soup," Li Long said. "If they can take this first step, the rest is up to them to figure out. We good people have done our best by doing this."

Gu Xiaoxia nodded. She understood what Li Long meant. People must help themselves, then others will help them, and then God will help them.

If you don't want to stand up yourself, no amount of help from others will help you.

Fortunately, the mother and daughter are strong-willed and willing to stand up.

(End of this chapter)