Chapter 120 Su Xinglai Gets to Work
Su Yindi leaned against her husband's chest and cried, feeling wronged. She had no say in either her parents' home or her husband's home, so what was the use of blaming her?
Su's mother, her face flushed and panting, said, "You were the ones who begged my Xing'er to come and do the work, but now that the work is almost finished, you haven't sent a single word. You're the ones who broke your promise."
Jiang Mi rolled her eyes disdainfully: "You want to make money? You should have said so earlier. We've almost finished harvesting our sweet potatoes, but we'll have to plant something else next. If your son wants to work here, it's the same as before."
Hearing Jiang Mi's words, Su's mother's expression softened slightly. She shamelessly said, "How do I know if you're lying to us? No, you have to pay a deposit first, consider it a good faith fee."
"What? How could you say that?" Jiang's mother was shocked by Su's mother's words. "If people didn't know better, they would think we had invited a god to worship us. If you want to work, then work; if you don't want to, then forget it. Who's begging you for anything!"
Seeing that she couldn't do anything to the Jiang family, Su's mother had no choice but to back down: "Alright, how about this, the work done each day will be settled on the same day, is that alright?"
That's fine, so Jiang's mother agreed: "Okay, as long as he works the same way as everyone else, I can settle the payment for him that very evening."
Mother Su's expression softened, and her eyes darted around: "Can you manage to raise all these chickens and ducks? Why don't we help you raise them? Oh my, there are so many vegetables and meat here too. We've come all this way, you should at least give us some of these things, instead of just treating us?"
Jiang Mi was so angry she almost laughed.
"Don't worry about that, we'll make sure we can finish it. Besides, you come to visit relatives without bringing anything. If we make you take things back with you, people will laugh at you for being stingy and a miser."
"You!" Su's mother said with a dark face, pulling Su Xing out. "Fine, if you don't want it, who cares?"
Jiang's mother spat towards the door: "I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless."
Su Yindi blushed. Her mother's actions had embarrassed her greatly, making her feel even more ashamed in her husband's family.
To prevent any further disputes, Jiang's mother said to Su Yindi, "Yindi, these are your family members. We're only doing this for your sake. If any problems arise later, you need to be mindful of that. From now on, your brother should give you his wages after he finishes his work each day. You can give them to him, and he'll remember your kindness. I don't expect him to be particularly capable, as long as he doesn't cause trouble."
"Yes!" Su Yindi responded. At least this matter was resolved; otherwise, she wouldn't even have food to eat when she went back to her parents' home.
The workers and guards arrived early the next day, but Su Xing was nowhere to be seen. Anyway, they had already agreed the day before that they wouldn't pay Su Xing if he didn't come, so they couldn't be blamed for it.
Huo Ran took five thousand taels of silver notes and handed them to Jiang Mi.
"This is the other half of the money we agreed on before. Now that all the sweet potatoes are ripe, our transaction is temporarily over."
Jiang Mi refused to accept it: "Cash on delivery. I haven't even fully handed over the sweet potatoes to you yet. Aren't you afraid of losing both money and goods?"
Huo Ran couldn't help but laugh. This little girl actually looked quite like a businesswoman; her serious demeanor was really cute.
"Okay, since I can't run away anyway, I'll give it to you tonight when I have someone take the sweet potatoes away. Is that alright?"
Jiang Mi nodded, teasing him deliberately, "You're a promising young man."
Seeing her adorable little expression, Huo Ran couldn't resist gently pinching her little nose.
This scene was witnessed by Jiang's mother. Her expression changed, and she was about to call Jiang Mi over when she remembered that Huo Ran had saved Jiang Mi. She felt extremely distressed. This man was good, but too good. He made her feel insecure. Jiang's mother was afraid that Jiang Mi would suffer.
When it was time for lunch, Su Xing finally arrived late. He seemed to have just woken up, and his face was full of energy. As soon as he arrived at the Jiang family's house, he sat down and started eating without greeting anyone. He also began to eat his food in large mouthfuls without any politeness.
Su Yindi brought out the dishes and saw him, so she quickly went over and asked, "Why are you so late? It's been a whole morning, and everyone else has been working for half a day."
Su Xing said dismissively, "So what? I'm not one of those ordinary workers. Besides, I can't get up too early in the morning, I'm so sleepy."
Su Yindi sighed. She couldn't control her younger brother either, so she could only let him be.
The workers and guards didn't recognize Su Xing, and when they heard him say these words, they disliked him even more. So, no one paid him any attention. After finishing their meal and resting for a while, they went back to work in the fields.
Su Xing slowly walked to the edge of the field, watching everyone working hard and sweating profusely. He first ate the apple that Jiang Mi had prepared, then sat there and dozed off for a while before slowly heading into the field.
It was his first time doing this kind of work, so he was slow and inefficient, and he even ruined several sweet potatoes. His mother felt sorry for him and quickly called him to stop.
"Look at how others do it. Don't ruin the sweet potatoes. How are you going to sell them if you ruin them?"
Su Xing clicked his tongue impatiently, sat down on the ground, and refused to continue.
Jiang's mother was too lazy to pay attention to him; it wouldn't matter if he was one less.
Jiang Mi didn't want someone like this to spoil her mood, so she said to him rudely, "We hired you here to work, not to eat, sleep, and get paid for nothing. There's no such thing as a free lunch. If you don't want to work, get out of here and don't waste other people's time."
Su Xing was immediately displeased and wanted to retort, but then he remembered the scene of being beaten by Jiang Mi last time, and he swallowed his anger. He should have let his mother come along; she would have helped him fight and scold people.
Su Xing could only stand up and continue working, but he was resentful and deliberately ruined a few more sweet potatoes, which distressed his mother.
"My goodness, how can you waste food like this? Your family has mountains of gold and silver, and you're squandering it like this? We don't need you to work fast, just dig out the sweet potatoes properly. How can we cook these rotten sweet potatoes? Are you going to buy them?"
Su Xing muttered, "It's just that I accidentally broke two, what's the big deal? You have so many sweet potatoes, what's the big deal if a few break? You're so stingy."
Jiang Mi pulled her mother back and said to Su Xing, "It's okay, let him do it. If it's more than ten, we won't pay him for today."
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