After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 74 Da Bao's First Settlement at a Street Vendor Ends in Failure

"I'm bullying you? I'm just following the rules, I didn't mean to bully you."

Su Xiaoxiao said to Granny Liu, "Don't try to cheat me here. Let me tell you, we have certain requirements for what kind of oranges we buy, and it's not targeting you personally."

Other villagers, who were also waiting to harvest oranges, shouted at Grandma Liu, "Stop making a scene here! Several of us are waiting to harvest oranges, don't delay us!"

Grandma Liu almost incited public outrage, and in the end, having no other choice, she had to slink away with her oranges.

As she left, she muttered, "These oranges were picked from the mountain, so why are they not up to standard?"

Grandma Liu was unwilling to accept this, so she went to the village head to reason with him. "Tell me, village head, I am still Su Xiaoxiao's mother-in-law. I went up the mountain to pick oranges. At my age, I still managed to pick a whole basket of oranges. I overcame so many difficulties to bring back all the oranges. Now that I finally have a chance to make money, why is the whole village turning me away?"

Grandma Liu squeezed out a few tears as she spoke.

Actually, she has always loved acting, but Li Zheng really doesn't buy into it.

“Sister-in-law, you’re not doing it right. This time, Su Xiaoxiao is leading all the villagers to get rich, and as the village head, I must fully support her.”

"What trouble are you trying to cause by showing up here all of a sudden? Anyone who doesn't know better would think you're planning to cause a scene."

Su Xiaoxiao heard everything from inside the house. In fact, she felt a great sense of relief when the village head spoke like that.

From the village head's perspective, this was quite a difficult situation, since Granny Liu was a member of the village and a senior figure.

However, given this situation, it would be quite difficult to voice the village head's words.

According to the laws of this dynasty, Granny Liu could actually be sent to prison.

If this had happened before, Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't have believed it either; she wondered if she had offended Granny Liu.

"Sister-in-law, stop making a scene here. If you keep this up, I'll have the village elder punish you, you hear me?"

The village head was just trying to scare Granny Liu. If Granny Liu still wouldn't listen to reason this time, even if the laws of this dynasty couldn't punish her, they would call the village elder to come and deal with her.

Grandma Liu's son, Liu Dazhuang, had just been arrested, and she was quite wary of him, and very afraid that she would be arrested as well.

Grandma Liu, who had initially been fiercely convinced that she was in the right, now dared not continue arguing with Su Xiaoxiao because of the orange-buying incident.

The villagers spread the word, saying that Su Xiaoxiao had upheld justice by driving away her mother-in-law without giving her any face at all.

Everyone dared not slack off, and the oranges were strictly processed according to the standards, with the number of oranges purchased daily increasing rapidly.

This time, Su Xiaoxiao had someone customize the bottles, which were the kind with the Baihuacun logo. Actually, seeing so many white bottles made Su Xiaoxiao feel better.

The jam production went very smoothly, and the goods were quickly delivered to Manager Wang's Baxianlou restaurant. A life-saving supply was also sent to Li's Grocery Store.

The owner of Li's Grocery Store was so grateful he almost cried.

Everything went very smoothly, and Su Xiaoxiao felt quite happy.

After finishing making all the jam, Su Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. She then realized she hadn't been paying attention to Da Bao and the others' studies. Thinking about it, she was shocked to discover that Da Bao hadn't been to school for several days.

Su Xiaoxiao then asked Da Bao sternly, "Why aren't you in school?"

Da Bao said, looking very aggrieved, "I want to stay here with my mother and make jam. What's the point of going to school? You won't earn any money."

Su Xiaoxiao was surprised that the child was so young and thought that going to school was useless.

This truly overturned Su Xiaoxiao's expectations.

Su Xiaoxiao decided to teach Dabao a lesson and show him the hardships of this world.

The consequence of not studying hard is suffering in society in the future. In fact, this tactic is still very effective for many parents in modern times when they use it to discipline their children.

For example, if a child doesn't want to study properly, you can set up a stall for him on the street so he can experience life and see if he can endure the wind and rain every day.

The children weren't actually very good at enduring hardship, and after being embarrassed in the street, they still decided to go back to school.

Su Xiaoxiao decided to take Dabao to experience life, so she went up the mountain to hunt some wild pheasants and rabbits, and then took Dabao to the town market to set up a stall.

While Su Xiaoxiao was hunting, Da Bao observed from the side. It wasn't as easy as hunting looked.

Su Xiaoxiao is quite skilled, but she still had to crouch in the grass for several hours to catch so little prey.

Su Xiaoxiao's legs went numb from squatting, and she didn't move for hours. Da Bao saw this and felt sorry for her.

Su Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to lecture him, saying, "You think that hunting is just about carrying a bow and arrow up the mountain and catching prey, and that you might even encounter a tiger or something similar every time? You're thinking too simply."

How often do you actually encounter a tiger in the mountains? Even hunting a wild pheasant or rabbit is not easy; it's really not as easy as you might imagine.

Da Bao nodded obediently, and then Su Xiaoxiao took Da Bao to the market to set up a stall.

Su Xiaoxiao very responsibly reminded Dabao, "Remember to be careful not to run into bad people when you come to town. Those human traffickers might kidnap you and sell you."

Da Bao nodded very cautiously and said, "Okay, Mother, I've remembered."

Su Xiaoxiao brought Dabao to the market and found a stall, but the people next to her didn't recognize her and seemed to want to drive her away.

Su Xiaoxiao had to use all her persuasive skills to get a stall to sell her game. When Da Bao saw his mother speaking to the man in a humble manner, he asked in confusion, "Mom, this place isn't his property, why do we need his permission?"

"Yes, this is indeed a public place, but some people are just so shameless. They think this is their home and they can come here and bully others at will."

Although Da Bao was also very angry, Su Xiaoxiao told him that he couldn't afford to offend someone like that.

“They may not have any power, but they are the local bullies. Think about it, if they don’t let you set up a stall here, are you going to fight them? There’s no need.”

(End of this chapter)