Chapter 54
The next day, Su Yu came to help as usual. When Su Yuanzheng told him what happened, he waved his hands repeatedly: "It's my duty to help. How can I take money from my uncle?"
Su Miao said on the side: "Brother Yu, you came to help yesterday, and starting today we are going to hire you! My family has a lot of work, so we definitely need to hire someone. We think you are a good person, so we asked you first. If you are not willing, we will have to look for someone else."
After hearing her say that, Su Yu had no choice but to agree. After working at the stall for a whole day yesterday, he felt that he had broadened his horizons. Compared to working hard all day, he still liked this kind of work where he could communicate with others.
"Yes! Of course I wouldn't! But the salary is too high. Your job is several times easier than the seed company's. One dollar a day is enough, and you don't even need to provide food and accommodation."
Su Yuanzheng smiled. "I've only heard of people asking for a raise, but never of anyone bargaining for themselves. It's settled. It'll only take a few days. You can live with your coworkers and eat all three meals here. I usually go to buy supplies at 7 a.m., so you can just be home by 7:30."
With Su Yu joining, Su Miao hardly had to do any work and had more time for himself.
Li Yuanyuan was familiar with their stall hours and would only come to see Su Miao in the afternoon. In addition to reading together, they also sang together.
The theater director really did what he said and arranged for them to perform at the New Year's Eve party.
The Chinese New Year is just three days away, so they have to hurry up and prepare for the New Year. After closing their stall that day, they went straight to the department store.
During the Chinese New Year, candies, cakes, snacks and fruits are indispensable. Even if you don’t eat them yourself, you have to buy them and put them on the table.
The Su family made a lot of money this year and spent money lavishly.
When we came to the candy counter, we saw different kinds of bulk candies displayed in grids, including fruit candies, soft candies, White Rabbit milk candies, chocolates, etc.
Su Miao decided to buy more first and then pack them into New Year gifts for relatives, so he asked the salesperson to weigh 5 kilograms of each item.
Su Yu was shocked: "Miao Miao, this much candy, my teeth are going to break after eating it."
"Brother Yu, not only will I eat it, but I will also give New Year gifts to all the uncles. Your family will also have a share."
Su Yu grinned, "Then I'm in for a treat."
After being here for a few days and following his uncle and cousin, he really gained a lot of knowledge. It turns out that this is how people in the city live.
Next, I bought fried peanuts, fried melon seeds, egg cakes, peanut candies, small twisted dough sticks, oranges, etc., and filled the car.
The next day would be the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. After closing the stall, Su Yu was about to go back. Su Miao asked her father to load all the New Year gifts she had packed into the car and watched them leave.
The road was so bad that her butt would hurt for two days every time she went back. She decided not to go back because Yuanyuan would come to see her soon.
She packed the New Year gifts for her relatives, two heavy bags for each of seven families in total.
The red bags make it look like they are all the same, but the contents are actually slightly different.
Second uncle and third uncle have always been the ones who helped the most. When Su Miao came back just now, he asked his father to cut a large piece of pork belly for both families on the way.
Although I didn’t send meat to other families, the New Year gifts were all high-end candies and snacks from department stores, plus some oranges and apples, which was quite impressive.
Su Miao took out a small red envelope from her cotton-padded jacket pocket. This was the one Su Yu gave her before he left. He said that they might not meet during the New Year, so he gave her the New Year's money first.
When I opened it, there was actually five dollars inside. This cousin is really interesting. I just paid him 15 dollars as wages, and he gave me a red envelope of five dollars in return.
He has been working diligently and smart these days, and he didn't ask any questions that he shouldn't have asked. He was grateful to their family but didn't try to curry favor with them too much. Su Miao decided to ask him to help after the New Year.
Su Yuanzheng didn't return until almost six in the afternoon, and Su Miao had already prepared dinner for him.
His face was bright red with joy: "Your second uncle has bought a tricycle. He will deliver goods for us from now on. This year everyone's business is good. Compared with the past few years, at least we don't have to worry about food and clothing."
Su Miao took out the red envelope given by Su Yu and showed it to his father. Su Yuanzheng sighed: "Your cousins are all good, and A Yu is the smartest among them. If your second uncle hadn't suddenly fallen ill and needed money, he would have gone to high school."
"So Brother Yu dropped out of school because he wanted to make money?"
"Yes, I used to get 15 yuan a month in the brigade and 20 kilograms of food coupons, which was pretty good in the countryside. There was little work and it was close to home, so I could take care of my family and help with farm work. Now I've been replaced."
"As the saying goes, a blessing in disguise. Leaving the countryside and moving to the city will bring you more opportunities. You've just met us. After the New Year, let Brother Yu come and help. If our family business wants to develop, we can't just rely on the two of us. We need more people, and smart people at that."
"That's great! I think Yu is great too. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and we've already announced we'll have five days off for the holidays. Where do you want to go? Daddy'll take you!"
After being reborn, Su Miao has always had something to do and has no leisure time to play. In fact, he really wants to go somewhere else.
"Dad, how about we go to Nancheng for some fun? I'm going to start junior high school there in the second half of the year. I want to get familiar with it first and see if it's a good place for us to do business."
Su Yuanzheng was very interested in his daughter's suggestion: "Okay! Then let's go on the third or fourth day of the Lunar New Year? Stay overnight and see the night view. I heard they have lanterns and fountains at night, which is really beautiful."
In this way, the father and daughter decided on their New Year's itinerary, and both of them were looking forward to this trip to Nanning.
Su Yuan was happy to be able to visit a big city, while Su Miao wanted to see what the old Yongcheng in his memory looked like and do some market research at the same time.
Because the seats in the auditorium of the county's New Year's Eve party are limited, tickets are only issued to employees of various units.
The TV station staff came to record the entire process. The people of Ning County will watch CCTV's Spring Festival Gala tonight, and they can watch tonight's performance on the local TV station tomorrow night.
As the only children's program, Su Miao and Li Yuanyuan opened the show first. Their novel partnership and song won applause from the audience.
After the performance, Su Miao could watch the show with his father with peace of mind. As the performers' family members, Su Yuanzheng and Li Yuanyuan's parents got very front seats and sat in the same row.
Su Miao was watching the skit with great interest, when she suddenly noticed that the person in front of her who was adding water to the leader was no longer her mother, but a young girl.
It is not an easy position to be able to show up in front of the leaders. Liu Xu, as the most beautiful and elegant employee in the theater, has held this position for many years.
It seems that the loss of the accompaniment last time had a significant impact on her, and her position as the face of the group is in jeopardy.
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