Su Qingluan picked up the tea bowl and blew it carefully this time. After making sure it was no longer burning, she took a careful sip: "I don't want anything else, as long as our family can live a stable and peaceful life."
"I thought you were going to ask for a big house or a reward of ten thousand taels of gold or something like that." Mu Xingzhi looked at Su Qingluan with interest - after all, the woman opposite didn't look like she "treats money like dirt." A noble character.
It would be better to say that she even got into money at some point - even Su Qingluan herself admitted this very generously to Mu Xingzhi more than once, and she didn't take it seriously and was quite proud of it!
Su Qingluan asked back, "You should know about Hongfu Tower, right?" Then he said without waiting for the man opposite to answer, "Of course I know. After all, the first time I heard about you was when I heard about you and Master Zhou’s competition at Hongfu Tower.”
Thinking of the old anecdotes with his friends, Mu Xingzhi smiled slightly.
Su Qingluan said: "Even if I don't have any income, I only rely on the share I get from providing the menu for Hongfu Tower, at least I still have thirty or fifty taels of silver every month."
This number is almost equivalent to what an ordinary family would chew for ten or even fifteen years.
Speaking of food, Su Qingluan's eyes flashed with a different kind of confidence than ever before: "As the saying goes, 'Food is the most important thing for people. Three meals a day. As you can see, whether it’s the exquisite delicacies or the street snacks of the Lower Riba people, I can get them all at my fingertips.”
Mu Xingzhi was not suspicious at all. Whether it is the sesame soup that only ordinary people appreciate, or the jam that is sold to wealthy families for a "sky-high price" of ten taels of gold, Su Qingluan's hands seem to have been cast by a Bodhisattva. It seems to be able to turn any food into something magical.
Therefore, the man immediately understood what Su Qingluan meant - even if she did not ask for a large sum of money for a mansion, she would one day be able to earn back these extraneous things with her own ability.
"Compared with the small favors that are visible to the naked eye, the commitment of people like you is more precious in itself."
Mu Xingzhi raised his eyebrows: "Do you consider this flattery?"
Su Qingluan shook his head: "If you can only flatter people at this juncture, it's not worth it - don't you know that as the saying goes, the world is big and the earth is big, the debt of gratitude is the biggest?"
"Is there such a saying?" Mu Xingzhi was really stunned for a moment - although he had extensive knowledge of these market slangs, he was not very proficient in them.
Su Qingluan was amused by the other party's rare confusion and hesitation: "Yes, I just created it myself!"
Seeing the other party's stunned expression, Su Qingluan laughed so much that she shrank on the chair behind her. This stool was a very large armchair. Su Qingluan was so thin that she was not particularly cramped even if she curled up on it. However, she almost fell down when she leaned forward and backward.
Mu Xingzhi was now convinced that Su Qingluan really had no intention of flattering him - it would be better to say that he had noticed from the very beginning that although the girl in front of him was not a rude and disrespectful person, if he hadn't mentioned it specifically, she was I don’t deliberately take things like “status” to heart.
For example, right now, even if she knew that she might have an extraordinary background, or even become the world leader in the future, she didn't seem to take it to heart very much.
Mu Xingzhi is not the kind of person who needs everyone around him to be respectful, but he is someone like Su Qingluan who doesn't care about "status" at all, but is obsessed with money. Only seen in my life.
"Even if you can earn wealth and glory by yourself, wouldn't it be better to have more for nothing? What's more," Mu Xingzhi tapped his fingers on the armrest next to the wheelchair, "As far as I know, you have a younger brother and younger sister at home. Why don't you help them find a future?"
Su Qingluan shrugged: "Maybe I think closer to the present. For me, wealth, glory, and a bright future are too far away. Who can say for sure what the future is too far away?"
Just like in her previous life, she was originally ambitious and wanted to become a famous chef, but reality gave her a big blow. Let alone being a famous chef, even her qualifications as a human being were forcibly deprived in advance.
"Whether it's my sister's marriage or my brother's future, it will take more than ten years. Who can say for sure what will happen by then?" Su Qingluan sighed.
Mu Xingzhi looked at how young she looked, and her eyes looked very desolate, and he felt like teasing her, so he knew that Su Qingluan didn't mean that, but deliberately said: "You don't believe that I can achieve great things." ?”
Sure enough, Su Qingluan did not show any fear: "It has nothing to do with whether you can achieve great things - it's just that children look the same at how old they are, and they may look different when they grow up. I'm just their avatar. Sister, I am not qualified to choose their future, I can only ensure that they make more money so that they will not suffer hardship."
"But an elder sister is like a mother."
"Don't say she's like a mother. Even if she is a mother, she can't have the ability to control everything about her children, right? It's not like she's under the puppet Gu. She can just move her fingers and her children will obey her orders."
Amused by Su Qingluan's novel metaphors and sayings, Mu Xingzhi smiled: "Qingluan can always express refreshing views."
"Is it a view that makes people go to hell?" Su Qingluan curled her lips, "Elite people are polite when they speak."
After making a joke, Su Qingluan stopped joking and said seriously: "Actually, whether it's a younger brother or a younger sister, I still don't know what kind of life they want to live in the future, so I absolutely can't give it to them based on my own preferences and judgment. They decide their future lives arrogantly. What they really want can only be achieved by themselves."
"Seeing how you were so attached to your sister that day, I thought you would take care of me." Mu Xingzhi sighed.
Su Qingluan asked a question that seemed impossible to answer: "You know how to break out of a cocoon and become a butterfly, right? Have you tried it? If you help the butterfly when it breaks out of the cocoon, the cocoon will tear. how?"
Although Mu Xingzhi has not done this experiment, he is a smart man and immediately understood what Su Qingluan said: "You mean, pulling the seedlings to encourage growth?"
"That's it," Su Qingluan looked at the person opposite and smiled, "The butterfly that was helped to break out of its cocoon will never be able to fly again in this life, and can only freeze to death in the mud and starve to death."
"My brother wants a great future, or my sister wants a happy marriage. I can't just pave the way for them. Whether it's success or happiness, everyone's standards are different, so what do I have? Can qualifications be defined for them?”
"So you actually want nothing from me?" Mu Xingzhi smiled.
"How can I ask for nothing!" Su Qingluan sighed, "What I ask for, ordinary people cannot easily agree to!"
