Chapter 76: Other People’s Children Can’t Be Raised
By the time it was getting dark, we had sold three long items in total.
They were all bought by female students from the cadre training school across the street.
After some bargaining, they finally settled on 300 yuan each. Su Jiaojiao told them sincerely, "It's really not profitable. I've already given them a discount. No one would force others to sell at a higher price. Department stores and Hualian Mall all charge more than I do."
From their conversation, Su Jiaojiao learned that they were all leaders from various townships, and came to the city in batches for study and training. They had been here for a week and would go back in another week. Another group of students would come before the New Year, and they would not graduate until the end of the year.
So the question is, how to retain these high-quality customers and get them to buy down jackets?
Su Jiaojiao thought about it again and again and decided to make a batch of nice canvas handbags to pack her down jackets. Canvas looks solid and is very popular in the market. In addition to packing down jackets, handbags can also be used to pack other things. Which female cadre who goes to the city to study will return empty-handed? Don’t they all have to buy some things to take back with them?
Do it when you think of it.
Back at the snack street, Su Jiaojiao didn't bother to eat. She ran to the public phone booth and called Qin Shuang: "Aunt Qin, does our garment factory have any canvas fabric, the kind used to make handbags?"
In addition to processing supplied materials, Jiali Garment Factory also has its own brand and does all the packaging itself.
She remembered that Jiali Garment Factory had canvas fabric.
"Yes, I do. I have a few scraps of cloth left over, and they're all red. What do you want to make with them?" Qin Shuang asked her. Su Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief when she heard they were red. "Aunt Qin, I want to make a batch of canvas zippered handbags to sell my down jackets. Can you make me a hundred first? No need for hemming, just ordinary handbags. Then I'll also need some black printed words like 'Peace and Prosperity, Peace and Prosperity'. You can decide the size. Calculate the cost and I'll pay next time."
She just wanted red fabric.
It looks festive.
Qin Shuang said okay, and then asked, "When do you want it?"
"The faster the better. It would be best if you can produce ten or eight finished products tomorrow for me to use. The rest can be made within two days." Su Jiaojiao knew Qin Shuang's lightning efficiency. For one hundred zippered handbags, only the zipping would take some time, and the other processes were simple.
"No problem." Qin Shuang agreed readily. "You don't have to pay yet. Let's see how much you need first, and then I'll give you a price. You can just pay in full at that time. I'll have Ju Peijun deliver it to the snack street tomorrow after it's done, so you don't have to come over."
"Thank you, Aunt Qin." Su Jiaojiao liked interacting with people like Qin Shuang. When she got home, Chen Guilan had already prepared dinner. She looked a little unhappy. Su Jiaojiao thought she was still upset about what happened during the day, so she comforted her, "Mom, are you still unhappy about my dad?"
"No, your uncle came today. He knows about your father and I. He said I..." Chen Guilan paused, then continued, "He said I was asking for too much. I shouldn't ask for a house or land. If you want a divorce, do it quickly. If you don't want a divorce, you have to live a good life with your father."
"I don't remember that I have an uncle." Su Jiaojiao was speechless after hearing this. Chen Guilan has three siblings and two older brothers. However, her eldest brother has a different father from her and her second brother. He is several years older than them. He went to the city a few years ago and drove a truck, delivering goods everywhere. He lived a prosperous life, but he never returned to the village and never interacted with Chen Guilan and her siblings.
Su Jiaojiao is very disgusted with these relatives who are like zombies.
If you don’t want to interact, then don’t interact.
Why are you meddling in their affairs as soon as you show up?
"Recently, your eldest uncle has been delivering goods to your father's factory. He's had dinner with your father a few times and they've started interacting." Chen Guilan also found it incredible. "Before, your father never interacted with your eldest uncle or your second uncle. Now that I'm divorcing him, he's started hanging out with your eldest uncle instead. From the way he speaks, your eldest uncle seems to be on your father's side."
"Let's do our own thing and don't worry about him." Su Jiaojiao didn't have much impression of this uncle in her previous life. When Chen Guilan was seriously ill and hospitalized, it was her second uncle's family who took care of her, and her eldest uncle's family never showed up. She even forgot that she had an uncle.
"Your uncle told me to go back to the village and farm peacefully, saying that he would persuade your father." Chen Guilan also had complaints about her eldest brother. Her eldest brother lost his mother when he was three years old, and it was Chen Guilan's mother who raised him with great difficulty. When her eldest brother was eight years old, her second brother was born, and she was born when he was ten years old.
But her eldest brother treated them like strangers and stopped having any contact with them after he got married.
After his parents passed away, he didn't even return to the village.
"When I saw your eldest uncle, I remembered a lot of things from the past." Chen Guilan said with red eyes, "Your grandfather was afraid that your eldest uncle would suffer at the hands of his stepmother, so when he bought delicious food, he always gave it to your eldest uncle first, and the rest went to your second uncle and me. He also bought clothes for New Year's Day first. If there was any extra money, he would buy it for your second uncle and me. If not, your second uncle and I wouldn't buy anything. Your grandmother would rather let your second uncle and me suffer than let your eldest uncle suffer, but in the end, he still felt that your second uncle and I were taking advantage. When your grandmother passed away, he didn't shed a single tear."
She knew from a young age that she couldn't raise other people's children.
But now Su Houli is eager to raise Gao Meifeng's child...
"If he comes again, tell him to come find me." Su Jiaojiao wasn't afraid of her uncle. "If my dad doesn't give me the house or the land, I'll drag him along. No one can stop me."
Her uncle is really meddling in other people's business.
Relatives like this just turn against each other, and come over to point fingers without asking any questions. What the hell!
Su Houli was also very annoyed.
He had just returned from the provincial capital and had finally persuaded Gao Meifeng and Xue Yuxin to go out for a meal to strengthen his relationship with Gao Meifeng. But who would have thought that he would run into Chen Guilan and her daughter? It was really strange. Weren't they selling goods in the snack street?
How come he suddenly appeared in Wujiaohua Restaurant?
"Su Houli, you've let me down time and time again. You don't stand a chance anymore." Gao Meifeng refused to listen to his explanation and simply locked him out. "From now on, we'll go our separate ways. If you come looking for me again, I'll report you to the leadership and accuse you of harassing me."
"Meifeng, I really didn't know they were there. If I had known, I would never have taken you there." Su Houli stood outside the door and tried to comfort her. "Listen to me, she agreed to a divorce, but she asked for the house and land, as well as child support. We haven't been able to reach an agreement on these things, so we've been dragging it out until now. You have to understand me. It's not that I don't want a divorce, but I just can't agree to her agreement."
"After all, you can't get divorced." Gao Meifeng looked at the figure outside the door that made her love and hate her at the same time, and said sarcastically, "That's your business with her. You don't need to tell me. Since you can't get divorced, just go back and live a good life with her. You are the original couple and have a smart daughter. What are we?"
The moonlight was cold and windy, and Su Houli shivered with cold, his voice trembling, but he had to continue to speak kindly: "Meifeng, I need you to give me a little more time. Of course, if you don't mind that I don't have a house or land at home, I'll give it to her. I don't want to leave the house empty-handed for the sake of our future."
He was actually very distressed.
Even his boss knew about his relationship with Gao Meifeng and subtly reminded him to pay attention to his image in the company.
"How much are your house and land worth?" Gao Meifeng felt that the reason he was holding off on getting a divorce was because he was weighing the pros and cons, not considering her. "If I marry you, are you going to let me go back to your hometown and not even mention child support? Your daughter is so capable, and she's still relying on your child support?"
"I know what you mean." Su Houli was calmed down by the cold wind. "I will go back and take care of this matter tomorrow. No matter whether we can be together or not, I will divorce her."
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