At this moment, Li Qingshu’s mother had already looked at him with tears and snot. “Erfu, don’t blame me. I’m just anxious. What do you think we should do? Your oil has been sold, but our oil, as well as Jin Shan’s oil, were all sold in town in the morning. They were all brought back just now because none of the oil shops in town wanted them. I heard that the oil shops in town knew that Xua Yan could produce good oil, so they told the people in the town not to buy the oil from Xua Yan and only buy the oil from them. You sold it earlier. At that time, the oil mill didn’t even know that Xua Yan could really produce good oil, so your oil could be sold. But we couldn’t, we couldn’t, what should we do… You know our family’s situation, just like the other people, and we relied on this money to live… The crops at home were just planted not long ago, and there was no other harvest the last time… What should we do… What should we do…”
Li Qingshu’s father’s eyes turned red.
Life was hard. He had hoped to oil could be sold so that they could earn even just a little bit. Who knew that this would happen?
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan finally understood what was going on. It turned out to be the work of the town’s oil mill.
Xue Erfu and the others finally understood.
“Don’t worry. Let me think about it.” Xue Erfu’s brows were so tightly knitted that he could squeeze a fly to death, but he couldn’t think of any good ideas.
He wasn’t a capable person, so how could he control the town?
Yu Hongyan and Liu Guixia also kept consoling Li Qingshu’s mother, telling her not to be anxious. They were from the same village, and the two families often interacted with each other. They knew each other’s personalities. Li Qingshu’s mother didn’t blame Xue Erfu for the faults. She was simply too anxious and didn’t know what to do so she came here.
They could also understand Li Qingshu’s mother’s mood at the moment. If they were in this situation, they would also be anxious to death.
Xue Dafu, Xue Yifu, and Xue Wufu tried their best to comfort Li Qingshu and his father.
Li Qingshu’s father was also an honest man, and he was especially embarrassed. He said to Xue Dafu, “Dafu, don’t blame my wife. She was so anxious that she didn’t know where to go. We really didn’t know what to do. Somehow, her legs led her here. We couldn’t stop her in time. I hope you don’t mind our unwelcomed stay.”
Li Qingshu added, “Because Dagui’s family wasn’t in a hurry, so Xua Yan helped us to extract the oil first. Dagui’s family has just started to extract the oil. Now, Dagui is also at Darong’s house being very anxious.”
“This…” Xue Dafu really wanted to help, but what could he do? He racked his brains but still didn’t know what to do.
“W-well…” Xue Wufu was a little flustered. He scratched his head nervously, not knowing what to do.
Xue Yifu, Liu Guixia, and Yu Hongyan were even more clueless.
Jiang Yue looked at Xue Yan and whispered, “Do you want to do it, or should I?”
Xue Yan understood it immediately. After a moment of silence, he nudged Jiang Yue forward.
Jiang Yue then asked Li Qingshu, “Qingshu, if you couldn’t sell your oil to oil shops, what about restaurants, inns, and rich families… Have you asked them about the oil that they need every day?”
Li Qingshu answered subconsciously, “No. But we are not familiar with the big families of the restaurants and inns. Without connections, they would not want our oil.”
“Have you tried?” Jiang Yue said. “How can you be so sure that they won’t want it?”