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Wu Shi didn’t want to see Su Qingyu at home. As soon as she saw Su Qingyu, she would remember that there was Lu Bocheng in this family, which would remind her of the past that she deliberately forgot.
But she couldn’t see her, so she sulked again.
Seeing that Su Qingyu didn’t even come back for dinner, she became more and more dissatisfied with her. She couldn’t hold it in any longer and ran to Lu Shengcai to complain, but Lu Shengcai told her not to bother. This made Wu Shi very upset again.
She couldn’t hold it in any longer, so she went outside to find some friends I could talk to.
What young wife wouldn’t serve her mother-in-law after getting married? Shouldn’t she serve the whole family? How could she go out to be lazy! And she would open a shop? The daughter of a rural farmer not only became a young lady after getting married but also opened a shop?
She felt much better when her friends shared the same hatred with her.
Thinking back to the time when she had to endure so many years before she could follow Lu Shengcai, and she had to live a low-key life for several years before she could live the life she has now, what right does this country girl have?
Before Su Shi married into the family, she had prepared a lot of needlework for her to do, thinking that she could do needlework at home and not have to run around in town. A country girl wanted to enjoy a peaceful life? It depended on whether she agreed.
But before she could even start using her mother-in-law’s tricks, Su Shi was already unwilling to stay at home!
She saw that several friends had come up with many ideas, but none of them worked.
Wu Shi was so angry that she went to Su Qingyu’s shop. When she saw that her shop was quite large and well-maintained, she became even more angry.
She thought she was a country girl, she was all alone, she couldn’t find the God of Wealth, and she wanted to open a shop? She didn’t even know how to write the word shop, right? Just open a shop!
Did she know how to read account books? Did she know how to check accounts? Could she handle interpersonal relationships? And was it that easy to find people?
Just waiting to see the joke.
But when she came over, she saw that Su Shi had recruited all the staff and the shop was almost ready for opening. She again got angry.
At night, she would pinch Lu Shengcai and ask him if he had helped her, if he didn’t see her and her son, and if he was still thinking about the one before her and the son born to the one before her.
“What are you talking about!” Lu Shengcai looked confused.
“What else? How can a woman like her know how to rent a shop, find craftsmen for renovation, or calculate the cost?”
It must be that Lu Shengcai gave the capital to Su Shi’s business, rented a shop for her, and opened up the door for her. He was thinking about the one in front of her.
“What are you talking about? I didn’t do anything!”
“I don’t believe that you didn’t do anything. She is a country girl. How long has she been married here? How can she know how to run a shop?”
“Believe it or not, she runs it all by herself. I haven’t even been to her shop.”
“I don’t believe it.”
“Believe it or not. Whether you want to sleep or not, I will sleep if you don’t want to!” Seeing that she was standing motionless at the head of the bed, Lu Shengcai pushed her away and went straight to the bed.
Wu Shi stared at his back and almost stared a hole through it.
Su Qingyu had no idea of Wu Shi’s troubles. After a few days of hard work, her “Fengting Convenience Shop” was finally about to open.
On the opening day, Su Qingyu left Lu’s house at dawn and walked towards the shop.
Before reaching the shop, I saw from afar a grandfather and his grandson squatting at the door of the shop eating hard biscuits.
“Uncle Zhao.”
“Hey, boss.” When the old man Zhao saw Su Qing’an, he hurriedly pulled his two grandchildren to stand up, and the two children also called out “Boss”.
“Why didn’t you knock when you came? It’s so embarrassing for us if you stand at the door.”
“It’s okay, we country folk don’t care about that. It’s not raining, the weather is fine, and there’s an eave. What’s wrong with standing at the door?”
Su Qingyu smiled helplessly.
He looked at his two grandchildren standing on his left and right, smiled at them, and then looked at their burdens.
Three people came over carrying two full baskets with vegetables, fruits, chickens, ducks, eggs, small baskets, small straw bags… everything was neatly packed and clean.
Su Qingyu nodded to them with satisfaction, took them around to the backyard, and knocked on the door.
Soon Su Dahu came to open the door and helped put their items on the shelf.
Su Qingyu led the grandfather and grandson around the shop. Old Man Zhao was amazed: “I didn’t expect that vegetables, chickens, and ducks could be sold like this, so clean and neat. I would also like to buy from a shop like this.”
His two grandchildren also followed behind and nodded.
At this time, Su Qingliu and Zhou Dajiang also woke up and had breakfast, so Su Qingmei invited Old Man Zhao and his two grandchildren to eat together. The old man repeatedly declined…
Later, he couldn’t refuse Su Qingyu’s kindness, so took his two grandchildren to eat a bowl of noodles each with great trepidation, expressing his gratitude all the time.
“My granddaughter’s name was changed by her employer two days ago. These past two days, she has been introducing her new name to everyone she meets. She is so happy.”
When his granddaughter heard this, she lowered her head shyly, stood up quickly collected the dishes for the grandfather and grandson, and went to the kitchen to wash them.
Su Qingyu looked at her back and smiled.
This grandfather and grandson were the ones Su Qingyu saw when she first went to the market the day after her wedding, and Hua Bao and others took fifty coins for protection. She kept an eye on them afterward but never saw them in the market again.
Unexpectedly, when she went to the countryside two days ago, she actually met these three people.
Seeing that his family was in financial difficulty, as his son and daughter-in-law had passed away, the old couple had to raise a pair of grandchildren. They couldn’t do much work in the fields, so they grew vegetables and raised chickens and ducks to earn some copper coins.
Ever since he was charged protection money, he no longer dared to sell in the town.
Su Qingyu made a purchase agreement with him for fruits, vegetables, and poultry.
His two grandchildren, the elder one was called Zhao Mancang, 13 years old, and the younger one was called Zhao Xiliang, 11 years old, both are hardworking children. “Mancang” and “Xiliang” represent the villagers’ hopes, which were just to have a full granary and eat fine grains every day.
At that time, Su Qingyu felt quite emotional when she heard this. Seeing that the girl worked efficiently and was good-looking, she felt that calling a girl “Xiliang” was not nice and it would be better to call her “Xianniang”. [1]refined lady
It was just a joke at the time. Unexpectedly, his family took it seriously and actually changed their granddaughter’s name to Xi Niang.
When Xi Niang came back from washing the dishes, Su Qingliu pulled her in front of Su Qingyu and praised her: “This child is very skillful. She washed all our dishes and even helped me clean up the kitchen.”
Su Qingyu liked her very much and said to her, “I really like the straw baskets and bags your grandma made. Go back and ask your grandma to make more. I want all of them.”
Zhao Xiniang nodded happily and said she would tell her when she got home.
Old man Zhao never thought that the worthless straw and reeds in the countryside could be made into things and sold for money! His old woman could weave dozens or even hundreds of them a day! Thinking that these could also be sold for money, the old man was very happy.
With a smile on his face, he said, “Don’t worry, boss. We will definitely do the job carefully for you.”
Su Qingyu smiled and nodded, then pulled Xi Niang aside to tell her requirements: large, medium, and small sizes, what size they wanted, and what styles… She also said that no matter what style, it had to be sturdy and durable, otherwise, it would fall apart after the customer walked a few steps.
Xi Niang promised again and again that she would do a good job. Finally, the whole family left happily.
And the shop was ready to be opened.
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