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

Chapter 85 The Rich Old Man

The elderly man with white hair asked, "How much do you sell this gift box for?"

Su Xiaoxiao quickly came over to explain, and took this opportunity to explain to everyone why the gift box was so expensive.

The old man's clothes and manner of speaking clearly indicated that he was a wealthy person, and of extraordinary status.

"Hello, sir/madam, this is our newly launched jam gift set. Would you like to take a look?"

As she spoke, Su Xiaoxiao opened the gift box directly.

When they opened it, everyone was surprised to find that it contained not only orange jam, but also two other colors of jam, which looked very fresh and appealing.

The old man was also stunned. "As far as I know, your family only makes one flavor of jam, right? Why are there other colors of jam here?"

“Yes, this is our new jam flavor. The gift box is very beautiful, which is negligible, but the porcelain jar doesn't contain orange jam. The first jar is purplish-red,” Su Xiaoxiao explained to the old woman. “This jar is grape jam.”

Then she opened the jar of strawberry jam and handed it to the old man, saying, "This is strawberry jam. These are two new flavors of jam that we've launched, and they're only available in gift boxes."

Su Xiaoxiao was quite serious when introducing the jam to the old man in front of her. The people around also saw it and thought that the jam looked very nice, not only in color but also in appearance.

Su Xiaoxiao let the old man taste samples of her various flavors of jam, and then asked him, "Sir, what do you think of the grape jam and strawberry jam?"

The old man unconsciously gave a thumbs up and praised, "Delicious, truly exceptional."

He thought for a moment and then said directly to those who came to question him, "Actually, have you all thought of this? This jam is made with fruits brought from our foreign lands, which are very expensive. So it's only right that they set such a high price for it."

The old man spoke with great authority. Although no one knew who he was, they felt that what he said made sense and were willing to listen to him.

It was quite amazing. As soon as the old man spoke, all the other customers who had wanted to question the price of her jam shut up.

The old man turned to the owner of Li's Grocery Store and asked, "How many gift boxes do you have here? I'll take them all."

The old man immediately offered to buy everything, which was truly unexpected.

"Eighty boxes."

"I want them all."

The owner of Li's Grocery Store was astonished. He had been worried that with such a high price, he wouldn't be able to sell the gift boxes, but they were sold out as soon as they hit the shelves.

Those who had been questioning the price of the jam gift box earlier all shut up now. They had originally intended to buy a few boxes, but now they had no chance at all.

This is truly speechless. The old man, who clearly possessed extraordinary bearing, simply tossed a gold ingot onto the counter and said, "Here's your money."

The owner of Li's shop quickly said, "Old man, here's your change."

"Keep the change."

After speaking, the old man called over the servants who were waiting outside, and they quickly carried all the jam away. Su Xiaoxiao hadn't even realized that this was the first batch of jam gift boxes she had made; she hadn't expected them to sell out so quickly.

The other customers were a bit skeptical. "Brother, do you think this old man might be a shill hired by these jam vendors?"

"Forget it, this old man looks quite distinguished. These people probably can't invite such an important person, right? Besides, if he were really going to do this, would he have bought up all the jam and left none for us? Haven't you heard? Even the jam makers themselves don't have any of these New Year's gift boxes left." After respectfully seeing the old man off, the owner of Li's Grocery Store turned back to Su Xiaoxiao and said, "Give me some more jam gift boxes. I want to order another hundred."

Su Xiaoxiao felt a headache coming on when she heard this.

"You'll have to wait a while; these gift boxes are quite difficult to make."

The owner of Li's shop immediately settled the accounts with Su Xiaoxiao, who happily deposited all the money into the bank in town.

Su Xiaoxiao returned home in a very good mood, but unexpectedly, she ran into Granny Wang from next door as soon as she opened the door.

Grandma Wang was quite polite this time, with a smile on her face.

"Well, I need to ask you for a favor, Su Xiaoxiao."

"Okay, go ahead and ask. What do you need from me?"

Although Su Xiaoxiao was too lazy to pay attention to her, since the person had just entered the door, she was a guest and should still observe proper etiquette.

So Su Xiaoxiao got up and went to the kitchen to make a cup of orange jam water for Grandma Wang. "Have some water and talk slowly."

In any case, this time Granny Wang didn't scold him right away, and her attitude was very humble.

"What kind of water is this?"

Grandma Wang asked Su Xiaoxiao with a blank expression.

"This is homemade jam diluted with water. It's very sweet. You should try it; it's delicious."

Grandma Wang took a very cautious sip, barely managing to suppress her urge to taste it.

What should she do? It's mainly because Granny Wang and Su Xiaoxiao don't get along, and she's a little afraid that Su Xiaoxiao is petty and might harm her again.

Seeing that Granny Wang didn't dare to drink, Da Bao came over, snatched the cup, and took a small sip.

"Mm, it's delicious."

It seemed that she actually quite liked the jam, so Grandma Wang lowered her guard and took a sip of the jam water before explaining her purpose.

"Actually, I came here this time because I wanted you to find a job for my eldest daughter-in-law, Zhao. I saw that your jam-making business has people coming and working every day, so I wanted to ask if my eldest daughter-in-law could come and help out. It's a little embarrassing to say this..."

At this moment, Granny Wang was fidgeting with her fingers, indicating that she was indeed too embarrassed to ask, but what could she do? Although Su Xiaoxiao's jam workshop hadn't officially opened yet, it was certainly becoming very popular.

Her eldest daughter-in-law was a lazy bum who did nothing at home. Not only was she tactless, but she was also quite annoying. So, Grandma Wang wanted to push this woman in front of Su Xiaoxiao and get Su Xiaoxiao to give her a job.

Grandma Wang thought that since they were neighbors and their houses were next to each other, Su Xiaoxiao shouldn't refuse such a request, right?

Su Xiaoxiao knew that her eldest daughter-in-law was actually quite shrewish and unreasonable. Why? Mainly because her husband's family had strong connections, so Grandma Wang didn't dare to offend her.

(End of this chapter)