Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 25 Making Money
Grandma Su paid a deposit of one hundred coins for Su Guilan, and the money would only be returned to her if Su Guilan filled up the cesspool in Su Yaoguang's house.

Su Guilan had been gone for a few days and had shown no intention of returning to fetch water. Grandma Su became increasingly worried and went to Su Guilan's in-laws' house to look for her, only to discover that she had gone out under the pretext of being sick and that she would not be back for the next few days.

Grandma Su had also been through it, so how could she not understand what Su Guilan meant? Since she couldn't find anyone, and she wanted to get the hundred coins back as soon as possible, she could only ask Grandpa Su and Second Uncle Su to fill Su Yaoguang's cesspool. Of course, she could also order Su Yaoguang to return the money. However, Su Yaoguang was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. As soon as she threatened her, she would start crying, making a scene, and even threatening to commit suicide, as if her grandmother was deliberately trying to bully her while her mother was away.

Su Yaoguang looked at the overflowing manure pit, smiled, and returned the hundred coins to Grandma Su, saying loudly, "Grandma, you're so kind to my aunt. Next time, if my cousin comes to my house to jump in the manure pit again, I won't charge him for you and Grandpa's sake."

Grandma Su glared at Su Yaoguang angrily. She wanted to say something, but when she saw Zhou Wangshu sharpening a knife in the yard, she suddenly felt a chill on her neck and could only walk away in disgrace.

Grandpa Su and Second Uncle Su each carried five loads of water. Not only were they tired, but they also smelled a lot of water. They were in no mood to bother with Su Yaoguang and just wanted to go back and rest early.

After this incident, Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu had a few days of peace and quiet. Taking advantage of these days of peace and quiet, the two of them made a batch of facial creams and other things.

It was market day again, and Su Yaoguang took Zhou Wangshu into the city.

Zhou Wangshu was carrying a backpack covered with wild mushrooms.

When the two of them were riding in the ox cart, there were many people from the same village on the cart. They were interested in what Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu were carrying, and wanted to lift the backpacks while they were talking, but Zhou Wangshu stopped them.

"Aunt, these are freshly picked mushrooms. We plan to send them to the city to sell. They cost one cent each. If you want to buy some, we can give you a discount, two for one cent." Zhou Wangshu said, spreading out his palms and looking expectantly at the aunt opposite him.

The aunt's expression turned awkward: "You're charging me for something like this that's everywhere in the mountains. You must be crazy for money!"

"You can't say that, Auntie. Mushrooms are delicious. We've been eating them for three or four days straight," Zhou Wangshu said. "We couldn't finish them all, so we took them to the city to sell. We're also out of cornmeal at home, so we can use the money from selling mushrooms to buy cornmeal. That'll keep us going until Mother comes back."

"Your family's conditions are so difficult?" Auntie said, "Yaoguang girl, mushrooms are worthless. You might as well learn the midwifery skills from your mother."

"Why would an unmarried girl learn the art of midwifery?" the woman next to her asked. "Does she still want to get married?"

"She has bought a young husband now, and is just waiting for him to grow up so they can get married. Yaoguang's young husband, do you think what I said makes sense? Although Yaoguang only spent ten cents to buy you, you are a grown man after all, and you need to eat! I'm afraid her family can't support you in its current situation?"

"I eat very little and am easy to feed." Zhou Wangshu said, looking at Su Yaoguang, "Yaoguang, you can't sell me out. I can help you with work."

Su Yaoguang touched his head and said to him, "Don't be afraid, I won't sell you out. As long as you don't want to leave, I won't drive you away."

Women of all ages on the oxcart: "..."

This young husband is really good-looking. Besides his good looks, he is also sweet-mouthed and good at coaxing people, but...

He is not as capable as Xiao Yanci!
After getting off the ox cart, Su Yaoguang got off first. When he turned around to move the backpack, Zhou Wangshu had already moved it down.

The two of them first went to the rouge shop, took out her newly made facial cream and showed it to the shopkeeper for trial, and also explained to her the benefits of these things.

The shopkeeper listened and asked nonchalantly, "How much do you plan to sell it for?"

"This small bottle costs five hundred coins, this medium bottle costs one tael of silver, and this largest bottle costs two taels of silver." Su Yaoguang introduced the prices.

The shopkeeper dabbed a little on the back of his hand, spread it open, and sniffed it. He curled his lips and said, "We have a special master who makes every box of rouge and powder of the highest quality. Judging from your appearance, I'm afraid you've never used rouge or powder before. Our store is the best and largest in the city. Our goods are not cheap, and only wealthy people come in and out. Look at the way you're dressed. You've never even seen anything in our store. You dare use something you made yourself, but I wouldn't dare give it to my customers. Take it away, and don't disturb our customers."

"Boss, are you really not going to try it?" Su Yaoguang asked.

"Take it away, don't block my customers' way." Su Yaoguang took the trial bottle of facial cream from the shopkeeper, packed up her backpack and left the rouge shop.

She stood under the eaves angrily and said to Zhou Wangshu beside her, "I don't believe there are no discerning rouge shop owners in this city."

In fact, there really isn't.

The two went to five or six rouge shops in a row, from big to small, but no shop was willing to accept her goods.

She was a little frustrated.

"Wangshu, do you think my price is too high?"

"No," Zhou Wangshu said, "they are blind."

"You're right," Su Yaoguang said. "Wangshu, since no one wants to buy our goods, we have two options. One is to return home in disgrace and find a job as a laundryman in the city someday, earning a penny for each piece of clothing we wash. The other is to sell the goods ourselves."

"Of course, choose two."

"Do you think we should choose the second option?" Su Yaoguang hesitated. "But I don't have the confidence."

"You glow when you're making those creams. As long as you believe in yourself, you can achieve anything."

"You support me?"

"Of course."

"Then I'd like to ask you for help later. Will you help me?"

Zhou Wangshu was silent.

For some reason, he always felt that there was a trap waiting for him ahead.

He looked at the girl in front of him.

The girl who was covered in dust and dirt a moment ago was now blinking her bright eyes at him, waiting for his nod.

He seemed to have no other choice but to nod, unable to refuse her request.

"meeting."

"Come with me." Su Yaoguang pulled Zhou Wangshu into the clothing store opposite.

Chun'e had fallen asleep on the counter when the sound of footsteps woke her. She stood up suddenly, instinctively smiled, and drowsily greeted, "Dear sir, what can I do for you? We have all kinds of clothes in our store. Do you want inner or outer clothes?"

Business at the clothing store wasn't good. A huge clothing store had recently opened in town, selling the latest styles and stealing business from other stores. Chun'e, one of the shop's owners, was also deeply affected.

(End of this chapter)