Chapter 183 Her surname is now Su, the Su of Su Laosan!
Old Su was completely baffled; what had he said wrong?
"Erniu, I'll come see you again the day after tomorrow."
Fang Erniu, who had run to the edge of the village, twisted her ankle and almost fell on the muddy road. When she turned to look at Su Laosan, he was still grinning and waving at her.
Fang Erniu, "..."
She finally understood that there was no way to beat around the bush when talking to Su Laosan!
She stomped her foot and raised her voice, "Su Laosan, I'm angry with you, did you hear me? I'm angry with you for praising me in front of me for not being as pretty or capable as other women. I'm angry."
Su Laosan was a little confused; he knew she was angry.
She doesn't want him to see her, doesn't she? He wants to see her every day, but if she doesn't want to, he'll come another day. Anyway, Erniu won't run away.
"...Whether I see you or not is my business, whether you come or not is your business. If you want me to come, I will, do you hear me?" Fang Erniu walked back and poked Su Laosan's chest hard.
Su Laosan felt a little ticklish from being poked, and wanted to laugh but dared not, only nodding repeatedly.
Fang Erniu was finally satisfied. She turned and left, but when she looked back from a distance, Su Laosan was still waving at her. She smiled, raised her arm and waved back at him before going home.
Some of the young wives in the village saw this and smirked.
The next day, Su Laosan came running over excitedly. When Fang Erniu saw him, she instinctively wanted to laugh, her eyes crinkling with laughter. But then she remembered she was still angry with him, so she forced a straight face and snorted at him.
"What are you doing here? I'm still angry, you can leave."
Su Laosan's spirits immediately collapsed. He let out a soft "Ah," and said listlessly, "Alright then, I'll come find you again tomorrow."
After saying that, he nodded to everyone as a greeting, then turned and left.
The Fang family members were speechless.
Fang Xiaodi looked at Fang Dage, the two brothers were frowning and smiling respectively.
Fang Xiaodi's face was practically beaming with joy. He had heard it all: Su Laosan had praised another woman in front of his second sister, saying she was prettier and more capable than her. Wasn't he just asking for a beating?!
Thinking he was going to see Su Laosan make a fool of himself, he turned his head and got an elbow from his second sister, almost falling to the ground.
"Second Sister!"
Fang Erniu glared at him, "What are you calling me? Don't make fun of your brother-in-law."
Brother Fang, "..."
He was just watching a joke, and that's not allowed?
He only saw this joke for a day. When Su Laosan came to find Fang Erniu again, she was about to run off with someone with a smile. Fang Xiaodi was so angry that his fists clenched. He asked Fang Erniu, "Second Sister, didn't you not want to see him?"
Are you stupid?
Fang Erniu frowned and looked at him with disdain. "We just had a little tiff. My anger doesn't mean I don't like him anymore."
Brother Fang, "..."
"Second sister, you'll get what's coming to you from him sooner or later!"
Fang Erniu lightly spat at him, "I'd rather suffer a loss at your hands than he'd let me suffer a loss at his hands, wouldn't he?"
Su Laosan nodded, his back straight as he stood up, his chin slightly raised in a provocative gesture towards Fang Xiaodi, with his girlfriend protecting him.
Fang Xiaodi was so angry that his nose was crooked.
"Second sister, he glared at me."
Fang Erniu glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
Fang Xiaodi was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged. He stormed off.
No wonder his mother and grandmother both said that daughters should not be kept at home once they grow up; keeping them would only lead to enmity.
His second sister no longer has the surname Fang; she changed her surname to Su, the Su of Su Laosan!
With Brother Fang taking the lead and Fang Erniu acting as the middleman, Su Laosan started arranging for the village to sell its chickens. Surprisingly, after a week of hard work, he actually found a buyer.
A restaurant that was privatized from a state-owned enterprise. The head chef was a retired state-owned enterprise employee. This year, his health deteriorated, so he handed over the kitchen keys and went home to retire.
The young apprentice took over and introduced his new dishes, one of which was chicken stew with mushrooms.
Su Laosan and Fang Erniu ran up to him and pushed the village's chickens around. They even brought one for him to try half of for free. If he liked it, he could keep it; if not, they could take it with them.
The young apprentice tried the dish, asked the price, and immediately decided to order their chicken.
Firstly, the chickens that Su Laosan brought were similar in price to those in the market, but the meat was of good quality, they were free-range, and could be stir-fried or stewed. They were also delivered directly to his door, saving him the trouble of running to the market every day and haggling for ages before bringing them back.
Secondly, Su Laosan promised him a few cents' commission for each chicken. Although their shop was small, they had many repeat customers. His chicken stew with mushrooms received a lot of praise, and people ordered it every day. They didn't have many chickens, but they could still use two or three. Each chicken cost 50 cents, so three chickens would cost 1.5 yuan. In a month, that would be more than half of his salary.
With such a great opportunity presented to him, any hesitation he might have for even a few seconds would be disrespectful to the few dozen yuan he could earn each month.
"Alright, it's settled then. You'll start delivering chickens tomorrow. Your surname is Su, right? As long as your chickens are fine, we can definitely do this business for a long time."
Su Laosan laughed, "That's great! Oh, right, there's something else I'd like to trouble Brother Liu with."
The man frowned, seemingly reluctant to respond.
Su Laosan wasn't in a hurry. He chuckled and said, "Brother Liu, being a head chef, you must have many people around you who are chefs or kitchen helpers in other places. If you help me spread the word, I'll give you an extra ten yuan for every customer you introduce. And if the customer you introduce buys a chicken from me, I'll give you another ten cents per chicken..."
"No, wait a minute."
The man was taken aback and looked at Su Laosan. "You mean if I introduce someone to buy your chickens, you give me ten yuan as a referral fee, and for each chicken he buys, you give me a ten-cent commission?"
"Yes, that's why I say Brother Liu should earn this money. When I tell this to other people, they don't understand. And the few who do understand are still talking about it..."
Su Laosan smiled and lifted the person up, which in turn created a sense of crisis in the person.
It gives him the illusion that 'I'm giving you money, will you accept it or not? If you don't, I can immediately find someone else to take it.'
The man quickly raised his hand to press down Su Laosan, "No, no, Brother Su, I'll take it. If I don't take this good thing that's offered to me, wouldn't that be going against your good intentions? I've decided to be your friend. You wait, I'll arrange a dinner party later and get everyone together for you. You can talk to them."
Su Laosan responded with a sigh.
He said, "Alright then, Brother Liu, you organize the gathering, you guys choose the place, and I'll treat you and pay the bill."
By the end, the man was already holding Su Laosan's hand, calling him "brother" repeatedly, and he couldn't have been more enthusiastic.
While Su Laosan was working enthusiastically, Li Banxia returned to the medicinal herb warehouse and began tidying it up, organizing it, and cramming his students with information.
Seeing that she was so busy that she couldn't stop running, as if she wanted to teach all the knowledge to her students all at once, Liu Mingcui felt that something was wrong. During the lunch break, she pulled her into the small office and asked her, "Are you crazy? You want to teach everything all at once? Aren't you afraid that you'll starve your apprentices?"
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