Chapter 95 Chapter 95 At this point, mother and daughter...

With this, the mother and daughter reconciled as before. After that, Chen also began to change slowly. Specifically, as long as Su Tao's request was not excessive, Chen would agree. She also took the initiative to find someone to help with some work.

"Let's wait until after the New Year. After the New Year, we'll see if we can ask your aunt Mo or your aunt Lu to help." Chen thought about it and felt that it would be enough to ask two people to help with washing vegetables and cooking.

Su Li was a little surprised when she heard this for the first time. After all, her mother was a notorious stingy person who would never spend a penny. She would never let outsiders come if she could do it herself. She remembered that the last time Su Li asked for two people to help was because her mother Chen was sick from overwork. That time almost scared the whole family. That morning, the whole family had just gotten up to prepare for dinner, and Chen suddenly collapsed while feeding the pigs. It was Lian Gu who went out and saw her and called out.

Later, they asked Mrs. Liu to come to the house and found out that it was caused by overwork. At that time, Su Li said that she would ask two people to come back to help wash vegetables and do some odd jobs. These were previously done by her mother Chen and her nanny Wu. Although it seems like a small amount, it is actually very time-consuming and labor-intensive to do as the amount of food sold increases. Especially after standing or sitting for a long time, it is easy to feel dizzy as soon as you stand up.

Both of them are elderly and have suffered from long-term malnutrition. They might have problems such as hypoglycemia or anemia. Because medical care was not developed in that era, they were not diagnosed.

But when Grandma Wu and Mother Chen heard that they had to hire someone, they refused, saying that the two of them could do it. It was okay for a short time, but for a long time, Su Li found that everyone was a little overwhelmed, not only them, but herself as well. However, these problems had not been fully revealed before, and they could get through it by gritting their teeth. Besides, Su Li could not beat the two of them, so she gave up.

Unexpectedly, this time, my mother would actually take the initiative to bring it up. It was really unexpected.

Su Li naturally agreed with it a thousand times, but what Su Li didn't expect was that even though her mother finally relented, her grandmother Wu still disagreed. "How many hours does it take to wash vegetables? It doesn't make sense to hire someone when you only earn so little money."

"I'm not old enough for that yet. If you're tired, I'll get up early every morning and do it. You don't have to worry about it."

Grandma Wu is even more stubborn than my mother. Although she is quite reasonable most of the time, she is only like this when it comes to matters concerning other people in the family. She will endure it as much as she can and will never be nice to herself.

Just like the last time she broke her leg, she refused to go to the clinic because she was afraid of spending money. It was the same this time. She felt that she could work a little harder and was absolutely unwilling to agree to hire someone.

"Grandma, you wash the pig intestines for several hours every day. Aren't you tired?" Su Tao suddenly said. She felt tired just looking at it, and she didn't want to wash it anymore. After washing the pig intestines, her whole body was smelly, and she couldn't even wash it clean with a bath. For a girl of her age, it was simply a life-threatening thing, so she couldn't understand why her grandma liked to do this.

When Mrs. Wu heard this, she said without thinking:

"It's just that the intestines are washed more slowly..."

"Besides, growing crops is much more tiring than this. How can washing pig intestines be tiring?"

This was the true feeling deep in Mrs. Wu's heart. Farming was much more tiring than doing this. She had to go up the mountain with the sun on her back and go down the mountain with the sun on her back every day. She had to rely on God for food all year round. Sometimes, after working hard for a year, the harvest was not enough to pay the taxes. It was much harder than doing this.

This is just the beginning. Is there any need to hire anyone?

Su Tao couldn't convince her, so Chen said, "Mother, the main reason is that business has been good since then, and we can't handle it even if there are fewer people."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wu said directly, "Let's wait until business is good in the future."

The main thing is that he is stubborn and no one can change his mind no matter what others say.

In the end, Su Li thought about it and realized that the key to the problem was money. As long as she grasped the crux of the problem, the problem would naturally be solved. Then she just settled the bill with her grandmother and asked her grandmother, Mrs. Wu, to take the initiative to ask for help.

It's not a special account, I just analyzed it for my grandmother. If she can free up her hands from washing and scrubbing, she can go to the county with her mother Chen or grandfather to help sell food when Su Li is invited to a banquet or when Su Li needs to make snacks at home, and she can earn more money while cooking.

This statement was more effective than any other. After all, the food stalls in the county and at the dock could each earn nearly one or two taels of silver a day. It was obvious which one would be more cost-effective to use the money to treat two people.

"Can your grandfather and I, such old men and women, do it?" Mrs. Wu was afraid that she would not be able to do it well at her age, and she was also afraid that the customers would dislike them as they were so old.

"No problem, grandma!" There are many old men and women selling food in the county, especially those who sell food. Their business is pretty good. Being old also has its advantages. If they hang a Su Ji banner, others will think at first glance that the food is old, good, more authentic and delicious.

Mrs. Wu thought about it and finally agreed.

So the matter of hiring someone was put on the agenda.

Who to hire and how much money to pay per month were all problems. The Su family discussed it and finally decided to ask the Mo and Lu families. After all, the three families had the best relationship.

Chen first went to ask her good friend, Mo, who was cooking for the whole family at home. Upon hearing Chen's words, she stood up and asked, "Are you serious? Is there such a good thing?"

20 cents a day, just to wash the vegetables and intestines or help cut something, isn't this like picking up silver while lying down?

"How could I lie to you?" Chen said unhappily.

Mrs. Mo smiled and said, "Oh, isn't this just to confirm? I know you won't lie to me."

Chen also smiled and said, "Let me make it clear first, there's a lot of stuff. It will probably take a whole day to wash and cut it all."

The work is not complicated, it is mainly trivial, and it is a bit tiring to do it over and over again.

However, for those who make a living from the soil in the village, this is the easiest job. Only a fool would be unwilling to do it.

20 wen a day, wouldn't that be 600 wen a month? Just thinking about how many eggs I would have to sell to earn that much made Mrs. Mo happy.

"Okay, then you can come over tomorrow morning. I'll leave first." After Chen said this, she planned to go to the next house, Zeng's.

But Mrs. Mo stopped her and said, "My ducks have laid a lot of eggs again. You can take some home and make salted duck eggs."

After saying that, Mrs. Mo stood up, patted her apron with her hands, and was going to get the duck eggs. Mrs. Chen didn't want any, so she quickly refused and walked out.

"I don't want it. I haven't finished the one you gave me last time at home!"

However, Mrs. Mo was a very smart person. Even if Mrs. Chen ran far away, she would catch up with her and forcefully stuff half a basket of about 15 duck eggs into her hands.

Chen finally arrived at Zeng's house carrying a basket.

At the Zeng family, Zeng Laoer was out and not at home. Mrs. Lu was also cooking dinner, with smoke rising from the kitchen. Mrs. Chen called out several times before the other party heard her.

"You're here? Come in and sit down." Mrs. Lu leaned out of the kitchen with a pair of tongs and said to Mrs. Chen.

"I'm not going in. I'm here to tell you something." After saying that, Chen told the other party that she wanted to ask for help.

Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Mo had the same reaction and were extremely happy. After all, who would complain about having too much silver? What's more, they could earn 20 cents a day just by washing the intestines. What a great thing!

Mrs. Lu immediately agreed, "That's great, when does it start?"

Chen then told him the time and everything else.

"Okay, then I'll come early."

"No need to come so early, just come when the time comes." Chen was frightened and quickly stopped him, and then the two chatted about family matters for a while before leaving.

When she left, Chen had several more radishes in her hands.

Meanwhile, not long after Chen left, Lu's mother-in-law, Zhang, arrived to deliver food. She had stewed chicken tonight, and she'd thought of sending a bowl to each of her two sons' families. Unexpectedly, she'd heard about this. "That's great! Do you need anyone else?"

That’s right, this was Zhang’s first reaction. After all, it was only 20 cents.

"I guess she doesn't want it anymore." Mrs. Lu just chatted with Mrs. Chen for a while and called her and Mrs. Mo when she found out.

Zhang was a little disappointed when she heard this, but she was also happy for her second daughter-in-law.

"Okay, then you eat. I'll go to your sister-in-law first."

After Zhang finished speaking, she went to deliver chicken next door. While delivering the chicken, she inevitably mentioned this matter and said with emotion, "Your second brother's wife now has a stable income like you."

Upon hearing this, Lan immediately felt uncomfortable. In her opinion, washing vegetables at someone else's house was not a stable source of income, so how could it be compared with her own?

However, because her mother-in-law was there, she didn't say anything. She just couldn't help chirping for a long time after her husband came back.

Meanwhile, the Huang family was different. When Mrs. Yang heard that the Su family wanted their daughter-in-law to work as a laborer and would pay her 20 coins a day, she was overjoyed and said, "From now on, you can go to the Su family to work every day, and leave the housework to your eldest sister-in-law and your third brother's wife."

"Okay, mother." Mrs. Mo agreed without thinking. Indeed, if she went to the Su family, she would naturally not be able to do the housework.

Mrs. Yang continued, "This job is easy, you must do it well and diligently."

"I know, Mom." Not to mention that Chen was her good friend for many years, she would work hard just for the daily wages, not to mention that washing vegetables was not a difficult task.

"I'm glad you know." Mrs. Yang nodded.

At this time, Zhou, who was listening excitedly, suddenly said,

"Second sister-in-law, does the Su family need anyone else?" Zhou asked what everyone in the Huang family wanted to ask, including the men in the Huang family. You know, it only costs a few dozen cents to move goods at the dock, but now you can earn 20 cents by washing vegetables, and you don't have to work hard. How can it not make people tempted?

The same goes for Mrs. Yang and Liu, who always said she didn't care. They both want to know the answer to this question.

"No, just two people." Chen told Mo about this matter, and Mo naturally knew about it.

"Okay..." Zhou was visibly disappointed, but she quickly cheered up and said attentively, "By the way, sister-in-law, are you full? If not, have another bowl and I'll fill it up for you."

Zhou quickly returned to normal and was even more attentive to Mo than before. She was thinking that since there was no chance this time, there might be a chance next time.

As for Liu, when she heard this, her expression immediately fell, as if someone owed her money.

At this time, Su Hong from the Su family was also a little confused as to why she was not called Mrs. Yang.

After all, it would be fine to just invite the Huang family. Why do we have to invite two families separately? Wouldn’t that be very troublesome?

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