“Yes, my daughter wants to open a hot pot business in Qingyuan County. Last time I went to the county, I saw that the mutton soup noodles in our Cangwu Town cost 10 coins a bowl, but in Qingyuan County they can sell for 15 coins, which is a full 30% more profit,” Su Hua said with a smile.
Since they are setting up stalls, the prices of raw materials are fixed, and they don't need to consider the rent of the shops, so they naturally go wherever the selling price is higher.
A 30% increase in profit per day is no small amount.
If you sell two taels of silver a day, the difference is six hundred copper coins a day.
However, Shanghe Village and Qingyuan County are too far apart. A round trip by oxcart would take at least an hour and a half, while a horse-drawn carriage would only take half an hour. Moreover, it is not feasible to rent the old village chief's oxcart every day, as there may be times when he urgently needs the carriage.
However, Qian's earlier statement about building a house was not without merit.
The little girl grows up quickly, and it will be very inconvenient for her to share a room with her parents. She needs her own room, otherwise it will be very troublesome to get in and out of the room.
Once the mala tang business picks up, we can start thinking about building a house.
"Hua'er, do whatever you want. I'll support you." Madam Su nodded with a smile. "However, you don't need to worry about your third brother's engagement. He's a grown man. If he uses his sister's money to get married, I'll laugh at him for the rest of my life!"
"What do you mean, 'the money my sister earned'? This is money we all made by swindling the Meng family in one night!" Su Hua blinked her almond-shaped eyes and said gently, "Besides, if my daughter hadn't fallen seriously ill and spent my third brother's wedding money, he might already be holding a baby by now."
The original owner fell seriously ill after being kicked into the river by Meng Fu, and the cost of medicine was two taels of silver, which delayed Su Sanhu's marriage.
Today's events all started because of the beating of Meng Fu this afternoon. He took out a portion of the twenty taels he had swindled to give to Su Sanhu and Liang Siyu for their engagement, which can be described as a reaping what one sows.
Moreover, given Meng Fu's persistent pursuit of Liang Siyu, if Su Sanhu doesn't act quickly, this future sister-in-law might be snatched away by someone else.
"What nonsense!" Madam Su laughed and scolded, taking the girl's hand with a serious expression. "Hua'er, your father has been gone since you were born. As the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father. As an older brother, he should take care of his younger sister. You don't need to feel indebted to him. Besides, Sanhu is not that old now. It's okay to wait a few more years."
Su Hua sighed heavily, "No, if this engagement of Third Brother isn't settled, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well at night."
There is never anything in this world that should be.
Even in modern times, her own parents could abandon her, disregarding her life and death, let alone her brothers and sisters. There is no such thing as "should" in this; it's just a matter of good or bad. Su Sanhu treats her, his sister, well, so she will naturally think of him in return.
Of course, none of this makes sense in the face of Su Baishi, who is an extremely doting father.
"Alright, then we'll do as Hua'er says! I'll go to Xiahe Village these next few days to arrange things." Madam Su gritted her teeth and could only nod in agreement. "I wonder what good fortune that Sanhu did in his past life to be Hua'er's older brother..."
The woman's eyes flickered slightly. Once Sanhu married a wife, it would be good to have another person to take care of Hua'er.
If I could have a few children as sensible as Dalang San, who know how to be filial to their aunt Hua'er, that would be even better.
Su Hua smiled and hugged the woman, inhaling the faint scent of soapberry at the tip of her nose, her dimples appearing shallow.
"In this life, having a mother and brothers is Hua'er's blessing."
The sudden hug caught Su Bai off guard.
She paused for a moment, then gently stroked the girl's hair, her upturned eyes filled with affection. "You silly child, what nonsense are you talking about again! What do you mean by this life or that life? No matter how many lives you have, you will always be my old woman's daughter, the most precious girl in my heart..."
Meanwhile, in the west room of the courtyard.
Qian pressed herself against the man's chest, her red lips slightly pouting. "Husband, is it because I've only given birth to Chunhua, a girl, all these years, and haven't had a son to carry on the Su family line that Mother has never treated me like family?"
At this point, Danfeng's eyes showed even more grievance.
"The young master of the Qin family sent over a set of jade ornaments, but Mother wouldn't even let me touch them. She even hid them in the Tiger-Taming Mountain. She's treating me like a thief! And those two big silver ingots, what are they saving them for? In the end, they were all used to save up for Hua'er's dowry. They don't care about us at all. We've really had enough of living in this dilapidated house all these years..."
"fed up?"
Just as Qian was about to wipe away her tears, she suddenly heard Su Erhu's extremely cold voice, "Have you had enough? Do you want me to let you go and let you live a life of luxury in a big house?"
"What do you mean?!" Qian Shi forgot to cry.
She pounced on Su Erhu's face and scratched him hard with her claws. "Do you have another woman outside? Why are you in such a hurry to get rid of me to make room for her? I knew it! All that talk about girls and boys being the same is a bunch of lies. You're just like your mother, both of you are disgusted that I can't give you a son, and you're always thinking about divorcing me and marrying someone else..."
"Have you made enough of a scene?!" Su Erhu's face was bleeding from being scratched, but he didn't care at all. He grabbed the woman's hand and said, "The jade ornaments that Young Master Qin gave to Hua'er, and the money that Hua'er earned from those wolves in the Meng family, are all her own. Whether she uses them as dowry or spends them is up to her."
Having a boy or a girl is the same to me, Su Erhu. The Su family has two sons, Dalang and Erlang, so there's no need for me to carry on the family line. No one in the family dislikes you for that.
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