In fact, Zhaodi is one year younger than Su Qingluan. From Su Qingluan's point of view, Zhaodi has not yet reached the age of hair this year and is just a child.
But here in Huaxi Village, many people officially get married at the age of twelve or thirteen, not to mention the child brides who have gone to their "husband's family" since they were young.
Therefore, from the perspective of Zhaodi's parents, the fourteen-year-old Zhaodi is already considered a "big girl".
In fact, as early as last year, Su Qingluan discovered that the parents who were recruiting her younger brother were going to sell her to an old man who was already in his fourth year. This made Su Qingluan suddenly think of the sister Queer who was preparing the dowry. Sometimes I cry while embroidering wedding clothes.
The recruiter must not be happy either, because Su Qingluan's eyes turned red when he saw her secretly crying. After careful questioning, he found out that she had encountered such a bad thing.
For parents who only care about money when selling their daughters, as long as they take the right medicine and talk about the "dowry money" itself, they can give up this idea.
So at that time, Su Qingluan privately approached Zhaodi's parents. It probably meant that Zhaodi was very useful to her, and she planned to hire Zhaodi for a while longer, and planned to be promoted to a manager or something in a year or two. Yes, this way her worth will be different, and we can negotiate a good price if we get married.
If "Su Ji" hadn't gained a reputation, Su Qingluan might not have been able to easily convince Zhaodi's father and mother, who favored sons over daughters and wanted to sell their daughter in exchange for a dowry to save his wife's money for his precious son.
But now "Su Ji" is run under the name of Su Qingluan. Although no one has tasted the delicious fruit jam, the famous rich man in the town wants to order a set of "Su Ji". It is said that they are all asking for it. It took a lot of twists and turns for grandpa to sue grandma.
Su Qingluan also worried about this person who wanted to "jump in line" for a while, and finally had no choice but to hide out for a clean slate - after all, they were just playing the pity card, and they were not trying to force him.
But Su Qingluan couldn't make this excuse. All sales must be shipped according to the predetermined orders.
Otherwise, one person jumps in line today, and another jumps in line tomorrow. Everyone is the father of the benefactor who paid the money. Who is nobler than others? She divided the goods that were supposed to be sent out in advance and gave them to people who jumped in line and wanted to "get stuffed nearby". Who could explain to the remaining people who were at the end of the queue and couldn't buy the goods?
However, because of the hard work of the other party, Su Qingluan later made a snack and sent it to him as a "consolation prize".
As for if the other party uses violence, she won't be afraid - after all, she has Mu Xingzhi backing her up.
As the cooperation with Mu Xingzhi deepened, Su Qingluan also realized that there were more secrets in this person than he expected.
However, she still adheres to that principle - don't ask too much, don't tell too much, and do her job well.
Frankly speaking, whether as a partner or a simple boss, as long as he abides by his duties and does not take the initiative to cause death, Mu Xingzhi is a good boss and loyal person.
Because she was confident, when she rejected the rich man, even if he had a reputation as a local snake, she refused very simply.
Of course, people who don’t know the inside story will not know the twists and turns. They just have a relatively accurate understanding of how popular Su Ji’s jam is and how outrageous the price is.
So almost as soon as Su Qingluan said it, Zhaodi's parents believed it, and even started to discuss how to "increase Zhaodi's worth" in front of Su Qingluan so as to "get a better price." ".
Their attitude was very natural and they did not shy away from Su Qingluan. This attitude made Su Qingluan, who originally felt that such parents were very shameless, feel even more nauseated.
However, Su Qingluan did not show any disgust in front of Zhaodi's parents, and even told them very "enthusiastically" to "take a long-term approach to catch big fish", so that Zhaodi would not be dismissed at the age of thirteen. She was betrothed to another family, spoiled by a man old enough to be her grandfather, and became another "queer".
It is precisely because of the current reputation of "Su Ji" that Su Qingluan, as the shopkeeper of "Su Ji", has the "confidence" to help others to this extent.
Que'er was forced to get married even though she didn't want to. Su Qingluan had no ability to take her away, so he could only give her some money.
Although the money was considered a large sum by ordinary people, from Su Qingluan's point of view, it was just a drop in the bucket.
But she had no choice. Although she was unwilling to do so, she could only watch Que'er jump into the fire pit, and if she wanted to help him, she had to be as sneaky as a thief.
But now, although she is still relying on this "roundabout" approach to delay the attack, Su Qingluan feels that the power she has is getting stronger, and she has more power to help others.
At this time, Su Qingluan had stronger motivation to move forward - because in this way she could better protect the people she wanted to protect.
However, Su Qingluan's words were not completely false to Zhaodi's parents. Zhaodi was cautious and careful, and was very sensitive to numbers, so Su Qingluan consciously asked her and the old gentleman in the accounting room to learn abacus accounting.
At first, the recruiter was worried that he would not be able to learn well, but recently, the old accountant has started stroking his beard and lamenting, "I want to teach the students to starve the master to death."
Of course this is just a joke, but it also reflects that Zhaodi is increasingly able to take charge of accounting.
Su Qingluan put back her messy thoughts and looked at Zhaodi and Chen Zhi in the corner under the eaves: tut tut tut, the man wiped the woman's sweat, and the woman handed the man a bamboo tube filled with well water...
This dog food is enough to keep you full.
Su Qingluan carefully calculated that Chen Zhi was planning to transfer directly to the Liangzhou branch to be a steward under the store manager - the steward of the Liangzhou store had just written a letter a few days ago, asking if there was a steward who would quit this year. If Su Qingluan had a suitable candidate, Su Qingluan thought of Chen Zhi.
If Chen Zhi is transferred from a distant place, according to the custom of "marrying a chicken, following a chicken, marrying a dog, following a dog" in this era, if the younger brother really gets married to him, he will naturally follow Chen Zhi to Liangzhou.
Compared to the weird pair of parents who trade their daughters as goods, Chen Zhi's parents died early and he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law. When recruiting a younger brother, he doesn't have to worry about being chastised by his mother-in-law.
But the biggest question now is, should she bring this couple together? Chen Zhi has such a temperament and a strong physique. If he hits someone... wouldn't Zhaodi have stepped out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den?
To be honest, Zhaodi has been with Su Qingluan for more than a year, and he has always been very well-behaved. Su Qingluan took care of her like a younger sister or someone he liked, not wanting her to be wronged because of the marriage.
Of course, this matter ultimately depends on Zhaodi's attitude. Even if Su Qingluan is not optimistic about the marriage in the end, if Zhaodi is very willing to do so, she also wants to help her because of the fate of getting along with her for more than a year. One handful, to marry her own rightful man.
Su Qingluan was interested in observing the time for a while, but she knew that this "time" was very limited - after all, the manager in Liangzhou was leaving at the end of the year, and it was early winter there, so at the latest before the beginning of autumn, this matter would be done anyway. There must be a conclusion.
She originally thought that it would take a lot of time to "observe" how one person treats another person, but she never thought that an opportunity would appear soon.
