"Qiaowa, could you please talk to Mr. Cai and see if you can get a discount?"
Lu Mingzhi privately approached Lu Siqiao and pleaded, "I know your third aunt's actions have hurt you, but please, for the sake of our family ties, save her."
“Boss Xiao only gave a deposit of five hundred yuan,” he said regretfully. “Your third aunt spent more than four hundred yuan just on ingredients, not even counting labor costs. Who knows how much she’ll have to pay if she breaks the contract!”
Lu Siqiao calmly said, "Third Uncle, she has only herself to blame for all of this."
“Yes, she must know she was wrong. Can you give her a chance to start over? If she breaks the contract and can’t deliver the goods, your aunt will get into legal trouble—” Lu Mingzhi pleaded in a low voice. “I will remember this kindness.”
Lu Siqiao glanced at him, a look of surprise flashing across her mind.
It has to be said that although this third uncle is usually carefree, calculating, and loves to be fooled by Shao Lihua, his attitude towards his wife is much better than Lu Mingyuan's.
At least after the incident, he didn't abandon Shao Lihua, but instead took on the responsibility of a man for her.
"Ten yuan a bottle, that's the lowest I can go," Lu Siqiao said calmly. "I'll make up the rest for my third aunt."
Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future.
Lu Mingzhi nodded: "Okay, I'll go back and get the money now. You wait here."
Lu Mingzhi ran back into the house to get the money, handed it to Lu Siqiao, and instructed her, "Time is of the essence, Qiaowa, you have to hurry."
"Third Uncle, you need to keep a close eye on Third Aunt. I think she needs to rest well in the near future," Lu Siqiao said with a hidden meaning.
Lu Mingzhi watched her small figure disappear before his eyes, wiped his eyes, and thought to himself that this child was talking like an adult, which was really strange.
However, even if she didn't say anything, Lu Mingzhi wouldn't let Shao Lihua go out to work.
It harms both others and oneself.
When Lu Siqiao returned home, she learned that she had received 500 yuan from the third wife. Luo Xiaoxue sighed and said, "Your third uncle is reasonable, but I'm afraid your third aunt will come back to haunt you and cause trouble."
"Once the money's in my pocket, I'm not going to give it back." Lu Siqiao acted like a little miser.
Luo Xiaoxue scolded, "You're busy with your studies right now, you should focus more on them. I heard from Teacher Liu that the school has decided to let you represent the school in the town's essay competition?"
"Besides the essay competition, I also plan to sign up for the math Olympiad," Lu Siqiao said with a smile.
For children in rural areas, the Mathematical Olympiad is a distant dream.
No one from Shitou Elementary School has ever participated, not even students from Shanshui Town. They have all been eliminated in the regional competitions. This year, after hearing Teacher Liu mention this, Lu Siqiao became eager to participate.
“Okay, I’ll go help out at the factory later. I’ll deliver your aunt’s goods first.” Luo Xiaoxue said without hesitation.
On Saturday, Luo Xiaoxue and her two daughters arrived at the sauce factory early. Lu Siqiao took out the dried fish from her space first, and the two of them were busy making sauce, frying fish, and making spicy fish sauce. They were busy until evening before they stopped.
Last time, in order to set a trap for Shao Lihua, she deliberately took out a batch of dried fish from her space and gave all the spicy fish sauce she made to He Zhangzhi and his grandson. Cai Ming only got two bottles, and seeing that they were almost empty, he urged her to make some more for him.
Lu Siqiao also bought a batch of fresh mud carp from the market and had Wang Qiuhuo gut and salt them for half a day. Before leaving, she hung the cleaned mud carp in the greenhouse to air dry naturally.
The next day, Lu Siqiao filled eighty bottles of spicy fish sauce. After deducting the fifty bottles for Boss Xiao, she also sent twenty bottles to Cai Ming.
“Little girl, the fish sauce you make tastes even more authentic than Shao Lihua’s.”
After receiving the spicy fish sauce, Boss Xiao praised it repeatedly and generously ordered another hundred bottles.
Lu Siqiao bowed to him apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, my third aunt has been unwell recently and can no longer make fish sauce. I came here today to tell you this. Please, in view of our sincere apology, do not pursue the matter of her breach of contract."
Boss Xiao said coldly, "That's not what we agreed on back then."
“Boss Xiao, who can say for sure about her health?” Lu Mingfeng stepped forward to explain, “We can’t let her make chili sauce while she’s sick, can we? If the health department finds out, it won’t pass inspection.”
Mr. Xiao exclaimed in shock, "She has an infectious disease?"
"No, no, she's just not feeling well, so her family has decided to let her rest at home for a while." Lu Siqiao quickly took out another package of dace sauce, beef chili sauce, and so on, and asked Boss Xiao to try them one by one.
Lu Siqiao wasn't in a hurry and smiled, "The taste is worse, but the price is much more affordable. A bottle of this dace chili sauce only costs 7 yuan, which is 3 yuan cheaper than before. Boss Xiao is a businessman, so the profit margin is much lower."
Boss Xiao's expression softened slightly.
Lu Siqiao continued, "Of course, if Mr. Xiao can order in bulk each time, our Siming Sauce Factory will offer an extra discount. How about this amount?" She held up one hand.
Mr. Xiao tasted the chili sauce again and nodded: "Okay, deal. Bring some of the other chili sauces too. I have dumpling branches all over the country, so I use a lot."
Lu Siqiao hurriedly handed Lu Mingfeng his business card and discussed the cooperation method, etc.
When she got home, Shao Lihua was already waiting at the door.
"Qiaowa, Mr. Xiao didn't ask me to compensate for the losses, did he?" she asked anxiously.
Lu Siqiao pretended to be serious and said, "At first, he insisted that we compensate him and that Third Aunt should fulfill the terms of the contract. My dad and I went to great lengths to persuade him. Now that everything has been settled, he won't ask you to make chili sauce anymore."
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