Chapter 38 Plan
Pu Xiang took a deep breath and spoke, "So you are someone my mother knows. Are you here to buy clothes for my mother and daughter-in-law for the New Year? Wenya, please help entertain them... I'm sorry, I haven't been back to the village for a long time. I just got married and got the marriage certificate today, and I haven't had time to tell my mother and sister-in-law. It's a good thing that they are here, so I will discuss the wine ceremony with them."
She reached out and took out the marriage certificate she had just received and waved it towards the people.
It's not just lip service, it's a real certificate.
When Li Xiaocao heard her daughter say this and saw the red book, she was stunned and didn't know what to do for a moment.
"This, this, Xiao Cui, this..."
She didn't know how to explain it to others.
Pu Xiang touched her sister-in-law and pushed her out together: "The store needs to do business, let's talk about our own business outside."
He just pushed the person out to avoid exposing the matter of the matchmaking and embarrassing the other party.
Sure enough, after Pu Xiang and the others left, the man pretended to walk around the store twice, and then began to look at Shi Wenya.
Shi Wenya is smart now. Having stayed in the store for a long time and met all kinds of people, she has learned how to deal with them.
"Are you buying it for your mom? Take a look at this one. I also bought one for my mother-in-law and she likes it very much."
The man immediately withdrew his gaze and said, "My mother can't wear this color. Are there any other styles? Forget it, I'll look elsewhere."
After saying that, he just left, walked to the door, turned his head and spat.
Shi Wenya was almost disgusted by what she saw, so she quickly found a piece of unwanted cloth, went over and wiped it with her foot, and then mopped the floor.
After mopping, she still felt it was not enough, so she sprayed some alcohol on it. This was something Puxiang Ai Ganjing bought specially for use in the store.
…
Pu Xiang and her sister-in-law took her mother to a tree across the street. There was no shop and no one there.
"Do you think it's appropriate for you to call people to my store like this? Aren't you afraid that I'll ruin my job?"
Pu Xiang stared at her mother.
Li Xiaocao always looked like a young wife: "I, I didn't think too much, I just thought this person was good..."
This scoundrel look is not good at all!
Pu Xiang no longer wants to talk about this. She is just glad that she did not choose to move her household registration back home.
"Alright, alright, don't talk about this anymore. I've already found someone to get married and my household registration has been changed. You don't have to worry about what happens next."
Li Xiaocao's focus shifted now: "It's already married, girl, why didn't you discuss it with your family? You should at least bring your daughter to show her to your father. By the way, who is the other person? What's the situation at home? Do you want to have a wedding banquet? It will only cause chaos at home. I don't know if your father agrees..."
Hearing this, I started to worry again.
Pu Xiang suppressed her temper and said, "He's a man, he doesn't have a father or a mother, he's divorced and has only one daughter, there's no wine ceremony, you don't have to worry about it."
"Divorced."
Li Xiaocao continued, "Even if she's divorced, she's a good match for you. Don't dislike her. It's okay to have a daughter. When you get married, have another one. It'd be best if you have a son to carry on the family line. That way your marriage will be stable. It won't work without a child."
Yu Gaozhu couldn't help it anymore and reached out to pull her mother-in-law.
"Mom, Third Sister knows the truth about this matter, so don't get involved!"
Fortunately, she was not her biological mother, otherwise she would be very upset. But when she thought that her biological mother was not much better than her mother-in-law, she felt upset too.
Rural women are mostly the same.
Li Xiaocao habitually muttered, "We're married now, isn't it just to have a baby? I'm not wrong, so why do you think I'm involved?"
Pu Xiangchun pretended not to hear and said, "Mom, have you had lunch? Eat a bowl of noodles before going back."
She was speaking to her mother, but her eyes were looking at her sister-in-law.
Yu Gaozhu shook his head: "He only ate a few mouthfuls. He can definitely finish a bowl of noodles."
Pu Xiangguo pushed her mother to the noodle shop: "Boss, give me a bowl of pork chop noodles... Mom, you sit down and eat, I'll talk to my sister-in-law outside."
After saying that, he paid the money and turned to leave.
Li Xiaocao kept saying "I've eaten it" when she asked, "I can't eat anymore, don't waste the money." Seeing Pu Xiang gave the money and left, she wanted to chase after him, but she was afraid that if she left, the boss would turn around and deny the money, and the money would be wasted.
The pork chop noodles are really not cheap! If you buy meat, you can buy a pound of it!
No, she must have a good talk with her daughter later. She is so extravagant. She can't be like this after getting married. She has to manage the household! Otherwise, she will be rejected by the man. She can't get divorced again!
Outside the store.
Pu Xiang can now have a good talk with her sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, thank you for the household registration issue. Wen Ya talked to me yesterday, but I thought about it and moving back is not an option. You have seen my parents' attitude. Divorce is not an option, and divorce and not getting married again is not an option either. Instead of marrying the ones they like, I might as well find someone I can trust."
Yu Gaozhu was still a little worried: "Third sister, are you familiar with the man? What kind of person is he? It's not easy to be a stepmother, you..."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law."
Pu Xiang reached out and patted her shoulder. "It's Mo Yang, the former neighbor of Shi Dafu's family. He's divorced too. I've known him for six years, and I'm not that familiar with him, but I still know a little bit about his temper. Besides, the two of us are just partners, and he doesn't want to find another one. He just wants to shut up those matchmakers. He still takes care of the child himself. It has nothing to do with me, and we don't live together."
Yu Gaozhu's surprise showed on his face again.
However, after being shocked this time, she did not say anything bad about Pu Xiang. She just felt that as parents, one should not force their children like that. See, when there is no other way out, they will come up with some strange ways.
"Just don't suffer any loss."
Yu Gaozhu thought that he could neither contribute money nor effort, so he could only give this reminder.
Pu Xiang nodded: "I know what's going on. We also have a prenuptial agreement. I'm afraid of being cheated, and so is he."
Not wanting to talk about her own affairs anymore, Pu Xiang remembered what she wanted to say to her sister-in-law after sending her mother away.
"Sister-in-law, have you thought about setting up a stall last time?"
Yu Gaozhu was just about to talk to Pu Xiang about this matter. As a rural woman, she seldom had the opportunity to go to town. She was busy in the fields during farming season and idle in the village during farming season. She was afraid to go out and had never thought about setting up a stall to do business in her life.
But there was really no money at home. She was so poor that she was worried and couldn't sleep well at night.
I have two children at home, one in elementary school and the other in kindergarten. They want to eat as soon as they open their mouths, and they ask for money everywhere they open their eyes.
Whether Yu Gaozhu watched TV or heard people talking about it, they all said that they wanted to send their children to school. She also wanted to, but schooling costs money.
Where would the money come from? They were all very hardworking people, working very hard all year round. They cared deeply about their crops and even raised two pens of pigs, but they still had no money.
Agricultural tax, head tax, irrigation and drainage fees, various surcharges, most of the grain collected must be used to pay for public grain, pig feed, children's tuition, miscellaneous fees, food, clothing and other expenses... Yu Gaozhu felt like she couldn't even breathe.
She came to Pu Xiang's store the day before and felt that her understanding of the world had been shattered.
For a country person like her, the grandeur of the county town has always been a fixed concept.
There seems to be an invisible gap between country people and city people.
It is a fixed perception that people in the country live a hard life and people in the city live a good life.
But Pu Xiang was able to work in such a store, and Pu Xiang's younger sister was also from the country.
It turns out that the distance between the countryside and the city is not that far.
Look at Pu Xiang's clothes and appearance. How does he look like a country bumpkin?
Yu Gaozhu thought of what Pu Xiang said, to see the outside world and not to rot on the ground. She thought, maybe she could really set up a stall out there?
She is not suitable for this kind of salesperson's job, but as Pu Xiang said, maybe she could try setting up a food stall?
Yu Gaozhu mustered up his courage and said, "I've thought about it. I want to give it a try! But I don't know anything about it and I've never done this before..."
Pu Xiang immediately comforted her: "Don't be afraid. There is nothing a person has never done before. This is our first time as a human being. Don't be afraid."
Yu Gaozhu laughed out loud at what she said.
This is really funny to hear as a first-time human being.
Pu Xiang said, "Sister-in-law, I have an idea for you. Go to the schools in the town, the schools in the county, and the factories in the next few days to see how people set up their stalls, what they sell, how much they sell for, and what tools they need. Then think about what you can sell and where you want to sell it. As for the capital, don't worry. I have some here. I'll lend it to you first. You can pay me back when you make money."
After listening to Pu Xiang's clear and logical explanation, Yu Gaozhu seemed to no longer feel so nervous.
Yes, she went to take a look first. Although she was not very smart, she was not stupid either. She first looked at how others did it.
"Okay! I'll go and see!"
Pu Xiang thought about it and felt uneasy, so he reminded her again: "Sister-in-law, if you have any problems, come to me for discussion, don't go to my brother and my parents. They are so scared when they talk to people in the county. If you discuss it with them, they will definitely not agree with you."
"I know."
Yu Gaozhu is not a strong-willed person and is used to listening to her parents at home and her husband and parents-in-law after marriage. But recently she really feels that she can't live her life listening to these people. How confused has she become?
She said: "I just want to make some money. Every year, I have to delay paying my child's tuition and borrow money. This is not a solution. I can't keep going like this."
都是被逼得沒辦法了。
蒲香心疼她嫂子，安慰說：“一切都會好起來，走，嫂子，也去吃碗面，你這兩天辛苦了。”
說着，拉着人就進了面店裏，又讓煮了碗大排面。
郁高珠這會兒也不和蒲香客氣了，心裏有了底，吃碗面也不覺得慌了。
李小草一看到女兒和兒媳婦也進來了，頓時偷偷松了一口氣：“你真是，給我點什麽大排面，浪費這錢，點個光面就行了，喏，這大排我都沒吃，留給你。”
蒲香淡淡瞥了一眼那碗裏，面吃光了，湯也喝完了，就剩下一塊大排在那裏。
“你不要吃是吧，那我拿去倒垃圾桶。”
說着就伸手端那碗，那樣子不像是來假的。
李小草一聽這好好的肉要去倒了，直接按住碗：“怎麽能倒了，不能倒！我吃我吃！”
蒲香這才收回了手。
李小草話說出口了，看着那大排，左看右看，總覺得不舍得吃。
“高珠，不然這大排給你吃……哎哎，我吃，我自己吃！”
話說一半，眼看着蒲香那手又伸了過來，李小草趕緊按住碗，夾了肉就往自己嘴裏塞。
這大排啊，是豬肉啊，可真香！
李小草這輩子都沒有這麽大口吃過肉，而且還是一次性吃那麽一大塊！
吃完一塊大排，李小草那臉上全是滿足。
蒲香和郁高珠對視一眼，都覺得好笑。
她們能懂家裏長輩節儉，因為他們那年頭是真經歷過餓死人的□□，連樹皮草根都吃不上，但現在日子相對好過了，這觀念總是要改過來一些，不能永遠停留在那年代。
陪着郁高珠也吃完了面，蒲香又陪着兩人去中心大廈逛了一圈，她掏錢買了點大白兔奶糖和麥乳精給侄子侄女，現在孩子就沒有不饞這個的。
郁高珠也大方受了，等到蒲香說給她們婆媳兩個拿兩件過年穿的衣服，她才開口拒絕。
“我以後要麻煩你的地方不少，這衣服我是真不能要，等我賺錢了，我自己來買！”
蒲香也高興自己嫂子有這心氣兒，也不堅持，在她看來一兩件衣服這種都是小事。
“那行，嫂子你說什麽就是什麽，我聽你的。”
李小草想要說什麽，但是有兒媳婦在面前，她就把那到嘴的話給縮了回去。
在女兒面前，她是當媽的，還能多說幾句“都是為了你好”，但是在兒媳婦面前，她可不敢。
兒媳婦要是不開心了回娘家怎麽辦？
蒲香送婆媳兩個出門，開門就遇着趙晴騎着自行車在她店門口停下。
看到蒲香在忙，她就扶着車站在那裏沒動。
蒲香和嫂子說了一聲“那我就不送你了，有事來找我”，朝着人揮揮手，然後轉頭走向趙晴。
“來找我，是考慮好要來上班的事情了嗎？”
趙晴問：“能提供住宿對嗎？一個月80塊，再加提成？”
蒲香點頭：“對。”
趙晴舔了一下嘴唇，顯得有些緊張，她深吸了一口氣，鼓起勇氣：“那你能不能和我簽個合同，至少讓我在你的店裏幹兩年，不是把我騙出來，然後再不用我。”
蒲香微微挑了眉，有點驚訝，不過很快就明白了對方的擔憂。
她是石大富的前妻，* 趙晴這是擔心自己會招她，只是為了攪黃石大富的婚事，報複前夫，然後把她當成棋子，利用完後直接扔掉。
想得是挺好的，但還是想得太簡單了。
蒲香看着她，說：“簽合同不是什麽大問題，但是你有沒有想過，如果我想要對你幹點壞事，完全可以不辭退你，然後每天折磨你，你還得給我幹活，老板，有時候可比婆婆還難伺候。”
想過無數個答案的趙晴，是真沒想到還能有這種可能，她整個人呆在當場。
蒲香又笑了：“好了，不吓你了，簽兩年合同的條件我也能答應你，不過我對你也有要求，你要是在工作的時候偷奸耍滑，或者幹上三個月都沒辦法适應這個工作，我也會辭退你。”
這下趙晴反而沒有直接答應下來，大概是真被蒲香先前說的可能吓到了。
也就是個二十來歲的小姑娘，自己這個年紀的時候，也是什麽也不懂，至少對方比她勇敢。
于是，她便多了一些耐心：“出來上班是你唯一的出路，不然你只能選擇嫁人，至少我給了你三個月的時間，如果你實在幹不了女裝售貨員這一行，還有機會找別的工作，你一個高中生，比普通人有更多的機會，有更多的可能……你要怕我這個當老板的折磨你，你就跑去報警啊，攪黃我的生意，你看我還敢不敢折磨你。”
趙晴張大了嘴：“……”
不過這一次，她很快就恢複了正常，而且眼神也變堅定了。
“我要來你這裏上班，你是個好人，香，香香姐！”
還被發了張好人卡。
蒲香朝着她揮揮手，說：“行，我知道了，回去收拾東西過來吧，哪天來都行，還有這婚事，先別急着去退，婚期還沒定下吧？先拖兩天看看，石大富說不定能搞出點事情來，到時候退婚的名聲也不用你擔着。”
趙晴眨巴着眼睛，然後點了頭。
蒲香朝她揮揮手：“回去吧，記得少提我，對你沒好處。”
趙晴懂她的意思：“我沒提，我就說在縣城看到有招人上班的工作，沒提你。”
她要提了，她爸媽肯定不會同意，只會讓她好好嫁人，別上別人的當。
但她真的不想當後媽，不喜歡那個石大富，那天他約她出來，竟然還讓他那個姘頭一起，還給人買衣服，就當着她的面！
真以為她是傻的，不說就是什麽也看不出來嗎？
那個女人瞪了她多少眼，都快要把她瞪出個窟窿來了。
蒲香看着趙晴離開的背影，突然有點觸動，本來她就是想招個人，為以後擴店做準備，看趙晴也是覺得她可憐，不想她步自己的後塵。
可現在她突然覺得，如果她能把事業再做大點，就可以招更多的員工，可以給更多需要工作和經濟來源的女人提供一份工作。
她在後世曾經看過一句話，關于如何讓女性擺脫家暴困境，不只是意識的覺醒，非常重要的一點就是經濟獨立，有經濟來源，可以養活自己，獨立生活，不用在經濟上依賴婚姻與丈夫，才有掙脫不好生活的可能。
同樣這一點，也适用于子女與父母。
如果成年後還沒有辦法養活自己，靠着父母吃飯和生活，那麽，也就只能走父母給安排好的路，不管你是喜歡或者不喜歡。
甚至，它适用于所有的人際關系。
想要活得自在随心，就得要有經濟做底氣支撐。
蒲香一瞬間想了很多，也有了與重生回來時不一樣的念頭。
小富即安很不錯，但她要做點力所能及的事，也不沖突。
心裏想着事，一回頭就差點撞上她媽李小草，把蒲香吓得差點跳起來。
“媽，你幹什麽！吓死人啊！”
李小草的關注點卻在別的事上：“三妹，剛才那個小姑娘是誰啊，她是不是找你說工作的事？你們店招人也歸你管？那你怎麽招外人，把你嫂子招進店裏啊！”
她可聽着了，一個月80塊的工資呢！
郁高珠伸手就拉她：“媽，這活我幹不了，你別給三妹搗亂，我們回去了！”
她剛都推着自行車走出一段路了，一回頭這老大娘人不見了，把她吓了個夠嗆，以為出來一趟把婆婆給弄丢了。
趕緊回頭找，就見她站在路邊支着耳朵偷聽蒲香和人說話。
她跑過去拉人，人倒跑得比她還快，嗖一下就跑到蒲香身後去了。
蒲香讓她嫂子先別說話，對着她媽說：“讓嫂子來，也行，這活一周幹六天，早八晚八，夏天早九晚九，除了周末，可以選一天休息，一年到頭沒有別的休息日，行嗎？”
李小草眨巴着眼睛盤算這事：“家裏還有兩個孩子呢，她這麽早出晚歸怎麽行？縣城到家裏騎自行車要一個多小時呢，晚上也太晚了，三妹這店是你管嗎？讓你嫂子早點下班不行嗎？”
蒲香：“你女兒我可能耐了，我做主，把這店給我嫂子，讓她來當老板，或者你要不要，給你當老板也行。”
李小草：“……”她這閨女現在說話怎麽越來越難聽了。
郁高珠懂蒲香越來越不給她媽好臉色的做法，她也虎着臉：“媽，你也不看看這活我能幹嗎，你看我站那裏給城裏人介紹這衣服，會有人買嗎？我懂衣服是什麽款式，什麽材質嗎？”
李小草看看兒媳婦，她這兒媳婦是好的，但是吧，再看那店裏的衣服，讓她兒媳婦去當售貨員，好像确實也是不太行。
終于，李小草熄了火，又拿出那小媳婦的膽小模樣。
蒲香也沒管，不過她嫂子這裏，她還是要說上兩句，免得人誤會。
"Sister-in-law, I didn't ask you to be the clerk. It's not that I think you can't do the job. If my mother is capable, she can do it. Aren't people learning to play musical instruments at the age of 60 still learning? It's just that I think that no matter how hard you work in this store, you can only earn 80 yuan a month and get a commission. The upper limit is there, unless you can open a store and be your own boss in the future. But as I said before, you can start by setting up a small stall. Once you have some experience, can't you open a store? Being your own boss is better than being a salesperson here, isn't it?"
Starting from setting up a stall, she had walked that path herself. She asked her sister-in-law to do it because she had some experience and could give her some advice, but she had to figure out the women's clothing business on her own, as it was not as stable as the food business.
She wanted to help her sister-in-law, to make her stand up, instead of carrying her burden on herself. If she let her sister-in-law come to work in the store, she would have to rely on her for her whole life, plus she had her confused parents and elder brother, and then it would be a mess... and then there was her second sister. Who would just watch her brother and sister-in-law take advantage of her younger sister?
Yu Gaozhu waved her hands repeatedly: "Third sister, don't listen to what mom said. I really can't do this job of selling clothes as a salesperson. I have no education and can't read many words. I feel guilty when talking to people in the city. I'd better do what I said before and work at a food stall. I have some ideas and confidence in this."
Li Xiaocao: "Gao Zhu, what stall?"
Pu Xiang and Yu Gaozhu had a tacit understanding: "There is no stall. You heard it wrong."
Yu Gaozhu dragged the old lady back to the village and this time did not let her run back.
That night, Pu Xiang took Shi Wenya out for a good meal to celebrate the successful completion of the household registration transfer.
A few days later, Shi Wenya went back to the village to rest, and Pu Xiang was left alone to look after the store. As a result, he came back in the afternoon as if he was exhausted after lunch.
"Third sister, third sister! Big news, Lin Meihua is getting married to Shi Dafu, and Lin Meihua is pregnant. This is so exciting!"
It’s so explosive!
Their entire production team was enjoying the show!