In fact, Zhaodi is one year younger than Su Qingluan. According to Su Qingluan's point of view, Zhaodi has not reached the age of marriage this year and is just a child.
But in Huaxi Village, many people get married at the age of twelve or thirteen, not to mention the child brides who have been sent to their "husband's home" since childhood.
So in the eyes of Zhaodi's parents, the fourteen-year-old Zhaodi is already a "big girl".
In fact, as early as last year, Su Qingluan discovered that Zhaodi's parents wanted to sell her to an old man who was almost 40 years old. This reminded Su Qingluan of the scene when Sister Que'er was preparing her dowry while crying and embroidering her wedding dress.
Zhaodi must have been unhappy too, because Su Qingluan saw her secretly crying with red eyes, and after asking her in detail, she found out that she had encountered such a bad thing.
For those parents who only care about money and sell their daughter, as long as you prescribe the right medicine and use the "dowry money" itself as an excuse, they can give up the idea.
So at that time, Su Qingluan privately contacted Zhaodi's parents, and roughly meant that Zhaodi was very useful to her, and she planned to employ Zhaodi for a while longer, and planned to promote her to a manager or something in a year or two. In this way, her value would be incomparable, and she could then negotiate a good price for the marriage.
If "Su Ji" had not gained a reputation, Su Qingluan might not have found it so easy to convince Zhaodi's parents, who were patriarchal and wanted to sell their daughter in exchange for a dowry to save money for their beloved son to marry.
But now "Su Ji" is run by Su Qingluan. Although no one has ever tasted the delicious fruit jam, the famous rich men in the town want to order a set of "Su Ji". It is said that they have to beg everyone for help and go through a lot of twists and turns.
Su Qingluan was also troubled for a while by this person who wanted to "jump the queue", and finally she could only hide away to find some peace and quiet - after all, the other person was just playing the sympathy card and didn't use any force.
But Su Qingluan couldn't make this exception. All sales had to be shipped according to the pre-orders.
Otherwise, one person cuts in line today, and another cuts in tomorrow. Everyone is the financial sponsor, so who is superior? She preemptively allocates a set of goods that should have been shipped to those who cut in line and want to "jump the queue." Who can the last person in line complain to if they can't buy the goods?
However, considering the other party's hard work in running back and forth, Su Qingluan later made a snack and sent it to him as a "consolation prize".
As for if the other party uses violence, she would not be afraid at all - after all, she has Mu Xingzhi backing her up.
As the cooperation with Mu Xingzhi in all aspects became more in-depth, Su Qingluan also realized that this person might have more secrets than she had expected.
However, she still adhered to that principle - don't ask too many questions, don't say too much, and do her part well.
Frankly speaking, whether as a partner or simply a boss, as long as Mu Xingzhi abides by his duties and does not take the initiative to cause trouble, he is a good boss and object of loyalty.
Because she was confident, when she rejected the rich man, even though he had a reputation as a local tyrant, she refused very decisively.
Of course, people who don’t know the inside story naturally don’t know the twists and turns, but they simply have a relatively clear understanding of how popular “Su Ji” fruit jam is and how outrageous the price is.
So Zhaodi's parents believed it almost as soon as Su Qingluan said that, and even started discussing in front of Su Qingluan how to "increase Zhaodi's value" so that they could "get a better price."
Their attitude was very natural and they did not avoid Su Qingluan. This attitude made Su Qingluan, who already felt that such parents were shameless, feel even more disgusted.
However, Su Qingluan did not show any disgust in front of Zhaodi's parents. She even "enthusiastically" told them to "play the long game" to catch the big fish, so that Zhaodi would not be betrothed to a man old enough to be her grandfather at the age of thirteen and become another "sparrow".
It is precisely because of the current reputation of "Su Ji" that Su Qingluan, as the owner of "Su Ji", has the confidence to help others to this extent.
Que'er was forced to marry even though she clearly didn't want to. Su Qingluan had no ability to take her away and could only give her some silver and money.
Although that amount of money was a considerable sum for an ordinary family, it was just a drop in the bucket for Su Qingluan.
But she had no choice. Although she was unwilling, she could only watch Que'er jump into the fire pit. If she wanted to help the other party, she had to do it secretly like a thief.
But now, although she was still relying on this "roundabout" method to adopt a delaying tactic, Su Qingluan felt that the power she possessed was getting stronger, and she had more power to help others.
At this time, Su Qingluan had a stronger motivation to move forward - because this way she could better protect the people she wanted to protect.
However, Su Qingluan's words were not completely deceiving Zhaodi's parents. Zhaodi was cautious and careful by nature, and was very sensitive to numbers. Su Qingluan consciously asked her to learn abacus and accounting with the old man in the accountant's office.
Zhaodi was worried at first that she wouldn't be able to learn well, but recently, the old accountant has started stroking his beard and sighing, "If the students are taught well, they will starve themselves to death."
This is of course just a joke, but it also indirectly reflects that Zhaodi is becoming more and more capable of handling accounts independently.
Su Qingluan collected her chaotic thoughts and looked at Zhaodi and Chen Zhi in the corner under the eaves: Tsk tsk tsk, 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 fill you up.
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