Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Mixed eggplant is refreshing and tasty, best eaten with rice...
The next day, Su Tianli took some time to visit the chemical plant guesthouse and asked Aunt Cao what Cao Jinfeng thought.
Aunt Cao asked Su Tianli hesitantly, "Lizhi, can my eldest son...work there and get paid by the day?"
"Calculated by day?" Su Tianli thought for a moment and asked, "So it's like one day you go and one day you don't go?"
Aunt Cao nodded embarrassedly.
Her eldest brother just needs a transition period recently, maybe two months, or maybe more than a month...
This is almost the same as doing odd jobs.
Su Tianli thought for a moment, "Sure! But you have to work eight hours a day to be considered a full day's salary. For the night market business we do, we basically have to arrive at work around 1pm and work until 9pm. The salary is one yuan a day, including one dinner."
"As for wages, they will be settled on the first day of every month based on last month's attendance."
"If you can't leave for something, you have to tell me one day in advance."
"If I have to leave for something on the same day, if I work for more than four hours but less than eight hours, it will be counted as half a day. If I work for less than four hours, only meals will be provided and attendance will not be counted..."
"Aunt Cao, what do you think?" Su Tianli asked.
Aunt Cao thought for a moment:
The wage is one yuan a day, and that means thirty yuan for thirty days - after all, this is the wage for temporary workers, and it is quite normal.
The key point is that the salary is not suppressed, and Lizhi sells snacks. Although it is only for one meal, you will definitely not go hungry...
Besides, the biggest advantage of letting the boss work for Lizhi is that he can leave at any time. In other words, he can work for 30 days a month, or 3, 5, 7 or 8 days...
Aunt Cao narrowed her eyes and smiled, "That's great! Thank you, Litchi!"
Su Tianli said politely: "We would love for Sister Feng to come and help us!"
Aunt Cao asked again, "What about my boss last night..."
Su Tianli said sympathetically, "Of course it's considered as salary! You can get your salary together on the first of next month."
Aunt Cao smiled like a flower, "Thank you, Litchi, my boss is going there tonight too!"
Su Tianli said, "Aunt Cao, it's not safe for Sister Feng to walk alone at night. We will take her to the bus, and then you and uncle can pick her up at the bus station platform."
Aunt Cao nodded repeatedly.
When Su Tianli finished her work and left the chemical plant's family compound, she suddenly saw her father Su Dejun? !
Su Dejun stood in front of the window of the message room with his hands behind his back, looking out the window with a frown.
Su Tianli thought: What is Dad looking at? Why is he so absorbed in it?
So she moved a few steps to the side and finally saw He Wanqian in the message room, who seemed to be doing needlework? She was holding a piece of cloth and a needle and thread in her hands, and from time to time she pretended to pierce the needle and draw the thread.
Then, Su Tianli heard her father speak quietly:
"The way you sew... is so ugly."
Su Tianli tried her best to hold back her laughter. Then, she saw He Wanqian, who was concentrating on sewing the cloth, and her movements froze instantly!
After a while, He Wanqian slowly raised her head and looked at Su Dejun in shock.
During this period of time, Su Dejun has been practicing acupuncture at home like a madman.
Pillow covers, bed sheets, quilt covers, curtains, etc. at home...
He embroidered them all!
Even Su Tiancai's sportswear and schoolbag are covered with flowers embroidered by Su Dejun!
So Su Dejun could tell at a glance that He Wanqian was just messing around!
Why does she take out the needle like that?
Wow, she didn't even align the fabric!
And one stitch is deep and one is shallow...how ugly.
He couldn't bear to see it anymore, so he spoke out to remind them.
Then--
Su Dejun looked at He Wanqian, who was stunned and a little bit broken...
In order to prove to He Wanqian that he was not lying,
So he pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket, unfolded it, and held it in front of He Wanqian, saying proudly, "I embroidered this."
And then——
After He Wanqian saw the beautiful flowers of different sizes on the handkerchief,
At this moment, He Wanqian's face was like a revolving lantern, quickly switching between expressions of confusion, shock, disbelief, and shame...
He Wanqian lowered her head again and looked at the garbage in her hands.
She closed her eyes.
Su Dejun has started on-site teaching with great enthusiasm.
Later on,
He still felt unsatisfied, so he simply snatched the work from He Wanqian's hands and started practical teaching.
Soon, Su Dejun embroidered a flower on He Wanqian's needlework and asked her proudly, "Look, am I right? This flower should be embroidered like this!"
Looking at Su Dejun's proud look,
He Wanqian's face was full of despair.
——Oh my God! Such a rough old man is actually good at embroidery?
Moreover, the embroidery skills are really exquisite and the color matching is also very good.
so? ? ?
Does she really want to make money by selling hair accessories with this ugly needlework?
He Wanqian was deeply shocked.
Even from five or six meters away, Su Tianli could see the despair, shock and frustration on He Wanqian's face.
Su Tianli held back her laughter.
She pretended to walk faster and walked forward without looking around.
She only slowed down after leaving the transporter room...
Soon, Su Dejun's voice came from behind as expected, "Sister! Sister!"
Su Tianli pretended not to have seen the previous scene, turned her head, and showed a look of sudden enlightenment, "Dad?"
Su Dejun was very happy when he saw his daughter, "Sister, are you coming home for dinner tonight?"
Su Tianli stopped.
After her father caught up with her, she walked even slower outside.
Su Dejun followed subconsciously.
Su Tianli took her father outside the gate, found a corner where no one was, and asked him, "What were you doing just now?"
After she finished speaking, she frowned and said, "You knew I hated He Wanqian, but you still approached her and said something to her?"
Su Dejun, "I just saw that she was a girl and her needlework was so ugly... I just gave her some advice out of kindness."
"What kind of needlework is she doing?"
Su Dejun thought for a moment, "A piece of ugly cloth, pinned to a hair band... She should be making a hair ornament, right?"
Su Tianli remembered the big bag that He Wanqian was carrying at the night market yesterday.
Could it be that He Wanqian also wants to do some small business at the night market?
Selling hair flowers?
Su Tianli pondered for a moment and whispered a few words to her father.
Su Dejun was shocked!
He originally said "I can't"...
But when he heard his daughter say, "If you want to make money, just listen to me"...
His heart was immediately filled with high fighting spirit.
No one can say that men are incompetent!
The next day, Su Dejun went to the message room for a stroll again.
Sure enough, He Wanqian was still secretly using work hours to work on her headdress.
There was no way, she had already spent more than ten dollars to buy a lot of fabric, buttons and elastic cords.
You can't just give up after being hit by Su Dejun.
After all, she is having a hard time now.
Ten yuan is equivalent to one-third of her current monthly salary!
Su Dejun pretended to say, "Ahem, little when are you embroidering here again?"
He Wanqian was so frightened that she shuddered. The tip of the needle pierced deep into her index finger, causing her to grit her teeth in pain.
Su Dejun gloated, "See! I told you that you can't do it——"
"If it were me...I wouldn't be like that anyway." Su Dejun said proudly.
Wan-qian Ho: …
She closed her eyes and pressed the wound with a handkerchief.
For a moment, she continued sewing.
Su Dejun said, "Xiao He, you can actually pay me to help you embroider. You don't know, right? Our Lizhi's grandmother is one of the four famous embroiderers, and the heir of Guangdong embroidery..."
In fact, Su Dejun had no idea what the four famous embroidery styles were.
It was Litchi who taught him to say that.
And the other three of the four famous embroidery styles, one seems to be Hunan embroidery, and he forgot what the other two are...
But none of that matters.
The important thing is that he can brag a lot.
really--
He Wanqian widened her eyes in surprise.
Su Dejun explained, "I'm not talking about Lizhi's current grandmother. Her grandmother came later when she married in. I'm talking about Lizhi's biological grandmother!"
Then he said, "Of course, my craftsmanship is far inferior to hers. But it's no problem for me to make a hair flower for you... and my fee is cheap!"
At this time, Aunt Cao hurriedly walked past the door of the message room.
Su Dejun immediately fell silent.
I don't know what Aunt Cao said to Su Dejun.
Su Dejun immediately said: "No! No, no, no! I didn't talk to Xiao He, Sister Cao, you must have seen it wrong! Don't tell Lizhi, I'm leaving now..."
After saying that, Su Dejun ran away quickly without even saying hello to He Wanqian.
Wan-qian Ho: ???
She wondered what Su Dejun meant.
——From what he said, it seems that Su Tianli didn't allow Su Dejun to talk to her, He Wanqian?
He Wanqian fell into deep thought.
In the afternoon, after Su Dejun finished taking care of the vegetable garden, he carried a hoe and a bag of vegetables and deliberately took a detour to the door of the message room.
He Wanqian called out to him, "Uncle Jun!"
Su Dejun was overjoyed and thought that Litchi was really smart!
Did she figure this out?
He Wanqian called him because he said that ambiguous statement in the morning according to what Lizhi taught him, right?
Su Dejun did not enter the communication room either, and asked He Wanqian, "What are you doing?"
He Wanqian asked, "You told me this morning... you helped me embroider, but you still paid me low wages. How low is that?"
Su Dejun immediately followed Lizhi's instructions and quoted a price to He Wanqian, "You will pay for all the materials. The flowers are divided into three types: large, medium and small. A large five-petal flower costs one cent, three medium ones cost one cent, and five small ones cost one cent..."
He Wanqian couldn't help but ask, "Why are the prices of medium and small flowers similar?"
Su Dejun raised his nose to the sky, "When you put it that way, I know you know nothing! This little flower is so delicate, it takes a lot of attention and thought!"
Wan-qian Ho: …
"You continue." He Wanqian said.
Su Dejun continued to quote the prices of other flowers.
Finally, he said to He Wanqian, "You gave me the design just now, and I embroidered it according to your drawing. If you want my own design, it will cost ten cents per head."
He Wanqian's heart started beating fast.
A dime a head?
Su Dejun, this rough old man is really brave!!!
You have to know that the purchasing power of a monthly salary of 30 yuan seven or eight years ago is roughly equivalent to a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan in later generations.
A hair ornament that costs ten cents would be worth ten dollars if it were multiplied a hundred times!
Let me ask you, would a woman who earns three thousand dollars a month be willing to spend ten dollars to buy a hair flower?
Uh, wait.
He Wanqian thought to herself: If she earns 3,000 yuan a month, but a 10-yuan hair ornament is really good-looking and can improve her overall temperament, then she...
Still kind of want it.
At this time, Su Dejun said again: "But I have a condition——"
He Wanqian's anger had just subsided a little.
Now being hung up by Su Dejun,
She began to feel something was wrong again, "What are your conditions?"
Su Dejun lowered his voice and said, "In our transaction, we must pay first and then deliver the goods."
He Wanqian took a breath of cold air!
Su Dejun continued, "You can give me one or two first, and I'll make a version for you to see... If you think it's good, we can cooperate."
"For example, if you give me one dollar and the materials for ten head flowers today, I will give you the ten finished head flowers tomorrow..."
He Wanqian was just about to start scolding - you’re just wishful thinking!
Then Su Dejun said, "But you must promise me that you will never let Lizhi know—"
He Wanqian swallowed the curse that was about to come out of her mouth.
"Why?" He Wanqian asked pretending to be innocent.
Su Dejun didn't intend to hide it from her, "Lizhi doesn't allow me to help you. She said that you caused you and Su Youzi to harm her. If I help you, I'm helping you make money and letting you get benefits."
In fact, this was what Lizhi had told him, and he had to tell it to let He Wanqian know.
In fact, Lizhi also told Su Dejun: Just give her the price I told you. Think about it, Cao Jinfeng works for us for a day, has to go so far, and has to work so hard, but she only gets one dollar a day. And you, as long as you stay at home comfortably and make ten hair ornaments for He Wanqian, you can earn one dollar... Tell me, would you do such an easy job or not?
Su Dejun nodded frantically.
So, he communicated with He Wanqian according to the words taught by Lizhi.
really--
After Su Dejun said this, He Wanqian became somewhat interested.
She no longer hesitated, took out the materials and handed them to Su Dejun, and took out fifty cents, "Give it to me tomorrow?"
Su Dejun was ecstatic!
My god, lychees are so amazing!
Su Dejun tried his best to control the corners of his mouth that wanted to curl up, and took the money and materials very proudly, "I'll take it back and take a look first!"
Then Su Dejun took his things and left.
And then——
Su Dejun immediately got on his bicycle. On one side of the front of the bicycle were hung a few tender purple eggplants he had just harvested from the vegetable garden, and on the other side was the package of ingredients given by He Wanqian.
He wants to go to the health center to find Su Tianli!
However, Su Tianli and Yao Meiyu had already finished work and returned to Shaou Street together.
So Su Dejun chased him to Shaou Street again.
He was very strong and his 28-inch bicycle had big wheels too, so he caught up with Su Tianli and Yao Meiyu halfway.
Su Dejun told the whole story of how he accomplished the task with such high degree of success...
Su Tianli was very satisfied.
Yao Meiyu was surprised!
"Wow, ten cents for a hairpin?" Yao Meiyu exclaimed, "Uncle Jun, you must show it to me when you're done, so I can learn more!"
Regarding this point, although Su Dejun has a kind of fearless aura,
But he was still a little uneasy, "I'll follow Lizhi's instructions."
Su Tianli just smiled and said nothing.
To be honest——
On aesthetics,
Su Tianli felt that it would be difficult for anyone to break with the aesthetic standards of her former leader, Wang Xuezhao, the director of the 109 Youth Farm.
In addition, Wang Xuezhao's mother, Ms. Tan Lu, was a real noble lady before liberation, and then went to Europe to study and then returned to China...
Su Tianli and the men and women on the farm have had their vision and taste nurtured by the daily dressing of goddess Wang Xuezhao.
It’s just designing a few hair flowers!
Su Tianli is still quite confident.
In her opinion, the most important thing is to change her father's aesthetic sense.
The three of them returned home chatting and laughing.
Su Dejun awkwardly called out "Mom" to Old Lady Su, and then handed over the net bag of fresh eggplants.
Old Mrs. Su also felt a little uncomfortable. She took the eggplant and hid in the kitchen, refusing to come out again.
Su Tianli sat down, took the materials handed to her by her father, and started to put them together.
I don't know, I won't tell you.
Basically, the colors of the fabric, buttons, and small accessories are matched.
Su Tianli had a rough idea in her mind.
She took the notebook and wrote and drew on it while discussing with Su Dejun what style of head flower to make, how to embroider it, how to match it with decorative buttons, etc.
It took me about an hour to finally explain it clearly.
Su Dejun had an idea in mind.
So he stood up and was about to leave...
Old Lady Su called him, "Ajun, please stay and have dinner."
Su Dejun said awkwardly: "I won't eat. Ah Cai will wait for me to go back and cook."
Just like that, Su Dejun left in a hurry.
Su Tianli comforted Grandma Su, "Grandma, don't worry about him. If he eats here, Ah Cai will have nothing to eat."
Old Mrs. Su nodded with red eyes.
For today's dinner, because the eggplant that Su Dejun brought was so fresh, Grandma Su used it to make a dish of mixed eggplant.
The method is very simple - cut the eggplant into pieces and steam it in a pot. During this process, just add chopped ginger and scallion, light soy sauce, vinegar and salt to adjust the taste, and then pour hot oil on it.
After the eggplant is steamed, let it cool a little, then tear it into shreds and pour the sauce on it and mix it!
The eggplant is slightly sweet, and when it is ripe, it is very soft and mushy, mixed with the salty and sour sauce...
It’s simply delicious!
Excellent with rice!
After dinner, Su Tianli and Ajuan stayed at home.
——Now that we have Cao Jinfeng’s helper, everyone can take turns to rest.
So Yao Meiyu and Cheng Yu went to the night market to help.
Su Tianli is at home, tutoring Ajuan with her homework.
When the friends came back at night, Mao Li and Yao Meiyu told Su Tianli: He Wanqian went to the night market again, secretly observing the business of the "Shiqing Shiguang" food stall. It seemed that she wanted to investigate how much money the "Shiqing Shiguang" food stall could make.
Su Tianli sneered and told her friends not to pay attention to He Wanqian.
The next morning, Su Dejun hurried to the health center and showed Su Tianli the five hair flowers he had made overnight.
Before Su Tianli could see clearly——
Yao Meiyu was already screaming, "Ahh! This is so beautiful! Give me one, give me one!"
It turns out that Su Tianli designed the five head flowers as follows:
Two more stable colors, one is a pure brown cloth with small white flower beads, and the other is a pure black cloth with orange-pink flowers embroidered on it;
There are three youthful and beautiful color combinations. One is to embroider dark blue flowers on pure white cloth, one is to embroider a few pink flowers on sky blue cloth with a plastic button of the same color, and one is to embroider a few pink flowers on gray plaid cloth...
Yao Meiyu couldn't let it go, "It looks great! It looks so great!!!"
"I'll take care of them all, even if they're only a dime each!"
"These two are for my mom, and the remaining three will be given to me, my sister-in-law, and Lizhi one each!"
Su Tianli was both amused and confused. "What are you thinking! The ten cents is what He Wanqian paid my dad for! She should at least ask for thirty cents to make sure she doesn't lose money... Otherwise, won't her raw materials cost money? She won't have to make some money herself?"
Yao Meiyu's face wrinkled into a bitter melon instantly, "Ah? Thirty cents each?"
She hesitated and finally chose the sky blue one. "Then I'll take this one..."
"Lychee, I will earn more money in the future and buy you another one when I have money!" Yao Meiyu explained again.
Su Tianli was almost laughed to death by her silly best friend.
Su Dejun received positive affirmation and was very happy.
However, Su Tianli still pointed out some faults for him, and then explained the basic principles of color matching...
Su Dejun nodded seriously.
Finally, he took the five hair flowers from Yao Meiyu, and then took out a beautiful sky blue hairband embroidered with small flowers but without buttons from his pocket and handed it to Yao Meiyu, "Ah Yu, if you like it, take it. When uncle makes a better one in the future, I will give it to you."
Yao Meiyu screamed and jumped, "Ahhhhh this one looks good too! Thank you, Uncle Jun!"
Su Dejun originally intended to give this hair band to his daughter.
Just seeing that Yao Meiyu liked it so much, he gave it to Yao Meiyu first, and then apologized to Su Tianli, "Sister, Dad will make another one for you tomorrow."
Su Tianli nodded with a smile.
So, Su Dejun took the five hair flowers and went to find He Wanqian.
When He Wanqian saw it, she was so amazed that her pupils dilated!
You know, what she gave Su Dejun were just elastic bands, pieces of cloth, needles and thread, and some buttons.
But Su Dejun not only made it into a hair band, but also...
Oh my god, is it so beautiful?
I really didn't expect that Su Dejun is a rough guy.
Is it so that his aesthetic taste is so good?
Su Dejun was very proud, "I told you long ago, I won't let you down!"
He Wanqian nodded repeatedly.
She felt around her body and found all the money...
There are only two more left.
She counted out two dollars and handed them to Su Dejun, and took out some materials and handed them over, "Twenty, give them to me tomorrow, okay?"
Su Dejun suppressed his excitement and said, "Yes! Absolutely!"
Then he did not forget to "remind" He Wanqian, "Don't tell Lizhi... Otherwise, if she finds out, she will quarrel with me again."
He Wanqian smiled and said nothing.
Of course I won’t tell you now, she thought.
Once she has earned enough money, it won’t be too late to find a way to make Su Tianli break up with her father.
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