After Su Qingyu’s explanation, the last doubts in Father Su’s heart were cleared up. He happily followed Su Qingyu to the next village.

As soon as they entered the village, they saw a peddler being chased by someone.

“Take away his burden and don’t let him run away! Now that he’s here, don’t even think about leaving!” Several villagers with bad tempers shouted as they chased after him.

Father Su shook his head: “Alas, these days, if you encounter a tyrannical village, not only will you not make any money as a peddler, but your load will also be robbed. You may even lose money and get injured.”

Su Qingyu frowned. It was really annoying to meet unruly people.

Just as she was about to ask the coachman to get out of the way, she felt that the peddler looked familiar. She took a closer look and realized that he looked familiar.

“Dad, it’s Su Dahu!”

“Ah? Da Hu?”

The father and daughter clung to the car frame and looked towards the place where the trouble was happening.

Su Dahu didn’t recognize them, but when he saw someone coming, he ran towards them to ask for help. He ran so fast that a lot of things in his load spilled out.

Some people behind saw it and squatted down to pick it up, some people stopped when they saw someone coming, but two or three people were still chasing.

Seeing that he was being chased closely, Su Qingyu grabbed the car door and shouted, “Brother Dahu, this way!”

Su Dahu looked up and recognized them. He rushed over in two or three steps, threw the load on the carriage, and climbed up.

Father Su and Su Qingyu hurriedly helped him take the burden and pulled him into the car.

As soon as the people got on, the carriage sped away.

Su Qingyu looked outside and saw that the people outside had chased for a few steps but failed to catch up, so they stopped, cursed a few words angrily, turned around and squatted to pick up the items that had fallen on the ground, and then gathered together to divide the spoils.

Breathe a sigh of relief.

Su Dahu looked outside with some fear, then lay down on the carriage and gasped.

After his breathing slowed down, he looked up at Father Su with gratitude, then looked at Su Qingyu, with surprise and something else in his eyes.

Father Su helped him up and asked, “Da Hu, how come you are a peddler now?”

Seeing that he was looking at her intently, Su Qingyu avoided his gaze and looked at his burden.

Many things in the shoulder pole were scattered, and the remaining things were also in a mess. Most of them were needles and thread, handkerchiefs, hair ties, flowers, sugar, salt, snacks, etc.

Su Dahu saw that Su Qingyu didn’t look at him, and his eyes dimmed. He looked at his burden and felt pain in his heart. Not only did he not earn any money today, but he also lost a lot.

Seeing Father Su asking, he said sadly: “I heard that Qingyu’s father-in-law started out as a peddler…”

Father Su was stunned.

Su Qingyu looked at him and remembered that the day before her wedding, Su Dahu asked her if she could wait for him, saying that he could also earn fifty taels… and sighed.

“I was wondering why I haven’t seen you for these days. It turns out you’ve become a peddler. How long have you been doing it? Have you made any money?” Father Su came to his senses and asked.

Su Dahu glanced at Su Qingyu and said, “I’ve been doing this for a while. I made some money before. On a normal day, I could make a few dozen coins, and on a good day, I could make a hundred coins. There are villages like today, but they just don’t pay. No one comes up and grabs the burden like this.”

Su Qingyu was silent. He must have become a peddler since she got married.

The money he earned these days may not be enough to cover the loss of goods today. Poor mountains and bad waters produced unruly people. It seemed that she should avoid coming to this village to collect goods in the future.

Father Su looked regretful and said, “You didn’t make any money, and you almost lost your pole. Fortunately, you are fine. It’s a good thing you ran into us, otherwise not only would your pole be stolen, but those people would also try to steal your money, and maybe even beat you up.”

A beating was considered a light punishment. She was afraid that if they caught someone, they would ask the family to pay money to redeem him. Su Qingyu complained in her heart.

Father Su was a little scared and warned Su Qingyu: “This village is too overbearing. You must avoid these villages when you receive goods in the future.”

Su Qingyu nodded.

She saw Su Dahu packing up the things in his burden with a sad face and a lost expression, which made her feel a little sorry.

After thinking for a while, she said, “Brother Dahu, why don’t you come and help me.”

“Okay.” Su Dahu agreed without thinking.

Hmm? She hadn’t said what she wanted him to do yet.

Father Su was stunned and looked at the two of them. He was still thinking about the possibility of this matter when Su Qingyu had already told Su Dahu what she was going to do.

“You, are you going to open a shop?”

Su Dahu was a little bit unbelievable. He had no other ability, but he heard that Su Qingyu’s father-in-law started out as a peddler, so he wanted to follow suit and make more money. He didn’t want people to look down on him.

But now he never expected that before he could earn any money, Qingyu, a woman, was going to open a shop.

He was almost unable to catch up with her. Su Dahu was a little dazed.

But thinking about the opportunity to get close to her and see her up close, he was willing to do so.

“Okay, I’ll help you. What do you want me to do?”

Su Qingyu didn’t expect him to respond so quickly: “In the future, you can go down to the village to help me collect some vegetables, fruits, eggs, poultry, etc. I will pay you according to the different categories. As for the price you get in the village, I don’t care. You take the price difference, and I will just settle the bill with you.”

Father Su was stunned. Did they divide the purchasing business out?

But after looking at Su Dahu, this kid was honest and they knew everything about him, so he and his wife could feel relieved to hand this over to him.

He said, “If this is done well, it’s no worse than going from street to street and village to be a peddler. And with Sister Qingyu backing you up, you don’t have to worry about or take risks in selling the goods. Why don’t you give it a try and help your sister, she needs help right now.”

Su Dahu agreed to help Su Qingyu without Father Su’s explanation. Now, after listening to what the father and daughter said, he actually felt that this business was better than his job as a peddler.

After working as a peddler for more than ten days, he felt that he could not do business alone. He did not make any money and his goods were almost gone. From now on, with Qingyu behind him, he would just help her.

“Okay, I’ll go help you.”

Su Qingyu smiled at him and told him what she needed, how he would purchase it, how he would negotiate with the farmers, how to make the contract, and how to balance the daily vegetable intake.

“After we have negotiated an agreement with the farmers, we will set a daily weight for vegetables, and they must be freshly picked on the same day. As for poultry, to avoid being constrained by farmers raising prices in the future, we can stock up some to avoid shortages.”

Father Su nodded after listening: “That’s fine, but can you raise so many in the backyard of your shop?”

“I will get the help of my family. My house is big and I will be the one to feed them.” Su Dahu said.

Father Su felt relieved when he heard this and patted him on the shoulder.

Su Qingyu also nodded to him gratefully, planning to give him the price of the grain in the future so that he wouldn’t lose money.

(End of this chapter)