When Granny Zhou heard this, she slapped her thigh and said, “Don’t worry about such a good guy, there are many people who will fight for him.”

Granny Zhou remembered Su Qingyu’s words and started helping her find a suitable candidate in the town.

When she went home and told Aunt Zhou about it, Aunt Zhou thought carefully about Su Dahu’s character and his family background, then slapped her thigh and said, “Mom, what do you think of our Hongxiu?”

“Hongxiu?” Granny Zhou frowned and thought seriously.

Her granddaughter Hongxiu was fifteen years old, a little timid, and had reached the age of marriage. She and her mother have looked at many families but none of them are satisfactory. Her father and her brother were both gone. If this child married into a family with a large population, she would be a silent and tolerant person. She and her daughter-in-law really didn’t want her to suffer when she married into a family.

She wanted to marry her to a family with fewer people and a simpler and more harmonious family. She searched around but couldn’t find a suitable candidate.

Su Dahu?

Granny Zhou thought about Su Dayou’s character. He had a good appearance, was quick and efficient, was clear-headed, and had a kind heart. The best part was that his family was simple, and he was the only one left. Was there any fear that he would not be close to his wife’s family in the future? He was really good. Just the right person.

Grandma Zhou and her daughter-in-law slapped their thighs and immediately decided, and they felt that Su Dahu was most suitable. They couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to go to the store to tell him, for fear that if they went too late, the boss would tell him about other families.

After finally making it to dawn, Grandma Zhou got up early and went to the store.

The sound of the door opening startled Su Qingliu and the others. They didn’t expect Granny Zhou to come so early, and they thought it was a thief trying to pry open the door.

After Su Dahu got up, he went to the backyard to wash up. Granny Zhou stared at him while she was busy, which made his face turn red.

“Granny, why are you looking at me like that? Is there anything on your face that is not clean?” Su Dahu looked confused.

“No, no. I just didn’t look at you carefully before. Now that I see you, I find that you are quite handsome.”

“Ah?” Su Dahu felt even more uncomfortable after hearing what she said and quickly returned to his room after washing.

When he finished his work and was about to go out, Granny Zhou stopped him and asked him if he had someone in his heart.

Su Dahu paused, feeling a little pain in his heart, and said calmly: “Granny, is there something wrong?”

Granny Zhou didn’t notice his mood and said happily, “There is something. You are 18 years old, don’t you want to get married? You are the only one left in your family, and your deceased parents and relatives are also looking forward to you getting married, leaving a bloodline to accompany you, right?”

“I, I…”

Granny Zhou thought the young man was shy and decided not to beat around the bush.

She said bluntly, “I have a granddaughter who is fifteen years old. She is just the right age for you. My family is simple, and you know her mother. Both her mother and I are simple people, kind and easy to talk to. In the future, our two families will be merged into one, so that we can all take care of her together.”

Su Dahu didn’t expect that Grandma Zhou would talk to him about his marriage early in the morning.

He didn’t react for a moment and just stood there in a daze.

Granny Zhou thought he was shy, so she smiled and patted him on the shoulder, “I understand, I understand. You are young, and it is not right for you to discuss your own marriage. I will talk to Qingyu and her father.”

“Does Sister Qingyu know about this, too?”

“How could she not know? It was she who asked me to find a wife for you.”

Did Sister Qingyu say that? Why did she want to arrange a marriage for her? Did she not want to see him and wanted to push him away?

Su Dahu was in a daze, and he felt that Su Qingyu was getting farther and farther away from him. He was a little panicked.

Seeing that Grandma Zhou was about to go find Father Su, he hurriedly stopped her and said, “Grandma, I, I will talk to Qingyu myself, you don’t say anything yet.”

Granny Zhou was happy. In a marriage, the man should speak first. The more she looked at it, the more satisfied she was. She nodded, “Okay, then you go and speak first. Granny will pretend that she knows nothing.”

After saying that, she happily went back to plucking the chicken feathers. She felt that the chicken feathers she plucked today were particularly smooth. She looked at Su Dahu again, and he liked him more and more. Why didn’t she notice that there was such a person standing in front of her before? It was not too late now. Grandma Zhou’s hands became more and more energetic, and the work today was extremely smooth.

When Su Qingyu arrived at the store, she found Su Dahu waiting for her.

She was a little surprised. These days, Su Dahu always went out early. Maybe it was to avoid her because before she came to the store, he went to the countryside.

“Brother Dahu, are you waiting for me?”

“Well, Qingyu, I have something to tell you.”

“Ok.”

The two of them found a place to hide from people. Su Dahu looked at her steadily, and then with difficulty looked away: “Did you ask Granny Zhou to help me find a marriage?”

Su Qingyu nodded: “Well, you are already an adult, and there is no one at home. I see you are alone…”

“I don’t want to get married yet.” Su Dahu interrupted her.

“Ah? Why?”

Su Dahu looked at her steadily: “Qingyu, I don’t want to get married yet. Your store needs me right now, I can’t be distracted by doing other things…”

“When you get married, someone will take care of your life, and you will just focus more on the store.”

Su Dahu resisted: “No, it will distract me. And I want to save more money.”

“The money you have should be enough to marry a wife…”

“I don’t have anyone I like. I don’t want to get married now. If I find someone I like in the future, I’ll tell you.” After saying this, without waiting for Su Qingyu’s reaction or looking at her, he quickly harnessed the ox cart and went out.

Su Qingyu looked at his back and didn’t speak for a long time.

Finally, she went to the backyard to find Granny Zhou and told her what he had said. Then she knew that the Zhou family had taken a fancy to him and wanted to marry Hongxiu to her. She felt very guilty.

Grandma Zhou felt very sorry. She had finally realized that a good candidate for grandson-in-law was right in front of her, but the other party looked down on them.

“Granny, I’m sorry, I should have asked him first.”

“It’s okay. It’s not easy for us to be together, and we get along like a family, so what can we do? It’s okay. Even if you don’t tell me, I will still worry about his marriage. And Da Jiang is also a 15-year-old boy. Last time your aunt came to town, I said I would keep an eye on him.”

Su Qingyu was relieved to see that Granny Zhou had no grudges. She put Su Dahu’s matter aside and got busy with the store’s business.

As autumn arrived, many vegetables and fruits became available in large quantities, and Su Qingyu became busy all the time.

She tried many times and finally made the dehydrated vegetables and fruits that satisfied her.

She couldn’t make food preservatives, but she was confident that she could imitate the dried mushrooms, kelp, day lily, etc. processed by physical methods that she had seen before and transport them to more distant places to sell at a higher price.

In this era, there was no good way to preserve food, and most people dried and pickled food, which artificially removed most of the water in the food to achieve the purpose of long-term preservation.

Su Qingyu, along with Su Qingliu, Grandma Zhou and others, tried air-drying, sun-drying, baking, frying and dehydrating to try out long-term preservation methods for fruits and vegetables. After many attempts, the jars and cans in the cellar were proof of their successful experiments.

During this period, vegetables and fruits were on the market in large quantities. Su Dahu, his father, Zhou Dajiang and others were very busy, transporting large quantities of fruits and vegetables back to the store every day.

The backyard was busy every day, but looking at the flow of money in the account during this period and the rent she collected, which would soon run out, Su Qing’an felt a little panicked.

(End of this chapter)