Zou Family in Trouble

Well, now that she thinks about it calling herself 13 years old is not good either. Her body is smaller than normal 13 years old girls because she didn't have enough food during her childhood, but after ignoring this fact, Liu Xiaolan will be 14 years old in less than a month.

Although the original owner of this body didn't care much about her age, and she could understand why, Liu Xiaolan did manage to find the month of her birth in her memories. She didn't know which day exactly she was born, but even considering that she was born on the last day of the month, she will be 14 very soon.

That would still make Mu Yuchen a phedophile, but at least for her it sounds a little better? Ugh, Liu Xiaolan's face was a little hot and she muttered to herself, "Why am I even thinking about these things right now…"

Moving her thoughts aside, Liu Xiaolan walked quickly and soon could see Zou family's ox cart. Looking around, she noticed that Zou Xinghe was talking with another man not far away from his cart.

Zou Xinghe also noticed her. Her just looked at her and pointed towards his cart, telling her to go ahead.

Liu Xiaolan also didn't want to bother him too much since he's talking to someone else now, so she just nodded and walked towards the ox cart with her things.

Even through the things she bought today weren't super heavy, it still took a lot of movement to get from one side of the city to another. Once Liu Xiaolan finally loaded her sacks on the cart, she sighed and sat down, trying to regain some energy.

Good thing that Zou Xinghe didn't need to bring anything back to the village as well, otherwise they would need to walk next to the cart during their way back as well.

Just thinking of this, Liu Xiaolan shivered a little. If she had to walk back now, wouldn't she lose her legs?

Zou Xinghe continued to talk with the man for another few minutes before saying their goodbyes. Once they were separated, he walked towards Liu Xiaolan and said, "Little girl, seems like you've bought quite a lot of things again? Do you have enough money?"

Liu Xiaolan turned her attention towards him and noticed a little worry for herself in his eyes.

She smiled and said, "No worries, Uncle Zou. I might not be the richest person in the village, but most of the things I buy are just common items. They might cost a little more in the city, but I can still afford them."

"Uncle Zou, what about you? Is everything alright?" Liu Xiaolan was a little hesitant to ask, but still did it.

Although she couldn't hear what Zou XInghe was talking about with the man before, she could still see that his face didn't look good. It seems like something went wrong this time…

Zou Xinghe looked towards Liu Xiaolan and just sighed.

Just when she thought that he didn't want to talk about it, she heard him say, "No need to worry, girl Liu. Just a little trouble, the butcher that used to buy our pray usually is getting old and nobody in his family wants to take over the shop."

He looked at the sky and continued, "Although he originally planned to hire some people to take care of it, his son was widowed some time ago and needs to marry a new wife. The person he found wants a good amount of gifts, and even through he didn't want to agree his wife made a big scene. In the end it somehow turned out that he even needs to sell his shop to be able to marry a wife to his son…"

Liu Xiaolan patted Zou Xinghe on his arm and said, "It will be alright, Uncle Zou. Just give it some time and you'll find a new buyer. After all, meat is still something that people love to eat, don't they?"

Zou Xinghe saw that she was trying to console him and smiled a little. "You're right, we still have some time to find a new customer…"

Even if he said that, he was still a little uncertain of the future. After all, most butcher shops have their own channels to get more animals, and they wouldn't just accept any pray that comes to their store.

The only good part of this situation is that the old butcher will need at least a month to sell the shop, and will continue to open during that time.

At least they have now a buffer of one month to find a new place where they can sell their prey. If they're lucky, they should be able to find someone to be interested in what they can bring to sell…

Liu Xiaolan smilled and didn't talk anymore. Inside her mind, she was thinking about how soon she could earn more money.

Let's not say that uncle Zou helped her a lot, but even through right now her only plans are to sell chestnuts, in the future she still wants to open her own restaurant. Once that happens she will need a good source of products, and Uncle Zou was someone she could trust.

It would be bad if their family run out of time before she could open the restaurant, but it's not easy to earn enough money to buy a plot of land in the city, much less renovate and open up a shop…

The only way for now would be to find a new buyer for Zou Xinghe, but that's not as easily done as said. Well, she still has some time now.

Perhaps once she comes back to the city next time she would think of a way. Also, Zou Xinghe's family has been hunters for many years now, they should know better where to look for new buyers. It's possible that she worries too much and they will solve it by themselves.