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

Chapter 30 The First Pot of Gold
Just as it was afternoon, there were fewer and fewer customers at the market, until they saw off the last person putting on makeup and started to pack up their stalls.

Chun'e came over with a smile to help clean up.

"You two are really capable," Chun'e praised. "I saw it all just now. You haven't stopped to rest since you started setting up the stall. And I sold all the dresses you matched for me. I sold 35 sets in total. If they weren't out of stock, I'm afraid I could have bought a dozen more. Sister, I mean what I say. This is your dividend, keep it."

Su Yaoguang took it generously and said with a smile: "Then I'm welcome. Thank you, Sister Chun'e."

"I should be the one thanking you. Are you free now? If you can help me build a few more sets, I'll still give you 10% of the profits."

"Okay." Su Yaoguang picked up the backpack.

Just as he was putting it on his back, Zhou Wangshu took it over.

The more Chun'e looked at Zhou Wangshu, the more she liked him. She said to Su Yaoguang, "Your sister is pretty and hardworking. How about letting her stay and work for me?"

"No, I only have one helper like him, and you're trying to rob him." Su Yaoguang said with a smile, "But if you give me ten taels of silver every month, I'll consider it for him."

"I can't afford that."

Su Yaoguang walked around the clothing store and said to Chun'e, "Take out all the stock you have in the bottom of your box."

Chun'e said, "These are the new goods I just bought. I can't even sell these, let alone the inventory."

"Just move out, sister. If I can't help you sell it, I won't lie to you anymore."

Chun'e agreed and took Su Yaoguang to the warehouse in the backyard.

"All my stock is in the warehouse, and my sister goes there to pick out whatever she likes."

"Today's time is limited, so I'll build three sets for you first."

Su Yaoguang dug out Chun'e's oldest ready-to-wear piece. It had been popular five years ago, then become a hidden gem. It was well-preserved, but so old-fashioned that even a grandmother wouldn't have appreciated it.

"You need to change this lining to silver, and make the outer tulle into an irregular shape. I'll draw it for you, and you can trim it when the time comes."

Zhou Wangshu followed Su Yaoguang like a little tail. Chun'e liked him more and more because of his well-behaved appearance.

"This suit needs some alterations, too. Make the collar rounder and the sleeves shorter and narrower, so it's more convenient for work."

Su Yaoguang built three sets and drew their modified diagrams. After handing them to Chun'e, he explained his thoughts: "Sister Chun'e, we only go to the city during market hours. We don't go to the city on other days because we have to stay home to prepare new products. I still have more than 40 bottles that I haven't sold yet. I'd like to leave them with you for consignment. It won't be a waste of your space, and I'll give you a share of the profits. How about it?"

"Sure, why not? Put these precious things of yours on my counter first. Give me a sample of each and I'll put the rest away. If a customer wants to buy something, I'll take it out and give it to them. But you have to mark the prices clearly. I have a bad memory and I'm afraid you'll get them mixed up."

"That's easy. I put the price tag on the bottle caps."

Su Yaoguang helped Chun'e put on her clothes and settled her own affairs. She left the clothing store with Zhou Wangshu and went to the pork stall to buy meat. After buying the meat, she went to buy some rice, flour, various seasonings, and bottles for the next step.

By this time, the village's oxcarts had already returned, so they rented a new one. However, since they had just started their business, they didn't want to be too ostentatious. The oxcart didn't even enter the village entrance, but left after reaching the next village. Su Yaoguang carried a backpack filled with rice and flour, while Zhou Wangshu carried the rest in a new backpack.

"Yaoguang is back. What are you carrying? It looks heavy."

The aunt who was washing clothes by the river poked her head out curiously, as if she wanted to see what was in the basket.

Zhou Wangshu has changed back into his own clothes.

Su Yaoguang had Zhou Wangshu change back into his clothes in Chun'e's dressing room. Chun'e wasn't surprised to see Zhou Wangshu back in men's clothing, and even praised Su Yaoguang for her thoughtfulness. She believed Zhou Wangshu was too good-looking to be safe in women's clothing, so she always dressed as a man. Even though Zhou Wangshu was wearing men's clothes when Chun'e first saw him, she mistook him for her "sister" after seeing him dressed as a woman.

Su Yaoguang did not explain, and Zhou Wangshu did not need to explain to strangers.

Su Yaoguang also gave Zhou Wangshu two sets of ready-made clothes. Those two sets of men's ready-made clothes were already hanging on the hangers of Chun'e's clothing store, becoming samples of men's clothing.

"When we came back, we passed by the meat stall and saw that big bone was good, so we bought it for five cents." Su Yaoguang said as he took out a huge bone from Zhou Wangshu's backpack. However, there was not even a bit of meat residue on the bone, it was cleaned very cleanly.

Usually people lack oil and water, and like fatty meat. They don’t even like lean meat, let alone this kind of big bones without any meat.

"You are really... thrifty, girl." The aunt immediately lost interest in chatting.

Their family is so poor, what on earth is she expecting?
When I returned to the city today, I didn't see her and her husband. I thought she was enjoying the good life in the city, but it turned out that she was just waiting there for bones that others didn't want.

"I have no choice. My mother is the only one who earns money at home. She earns money to support the three of us. How can we live if we don't save money?"

"If you had Miss Huan's embroidery skills, you wouldn't have to be so tight on money."

"Everyone has their own destiny. She has her way of living, and I have mine." Su Yaoguang said, "Auntie, take your time washing the clothes. I'm going back to make bone soup."

The aunt sighed while washing clothes, "They are both girls, but Huan is pretty and has a skill that can make money. And look at this Yaoguang, she has dark skin and thin yellow hair, like a little bean sprout. There is really no comparison."

Su Yaoguang played with her hair, thinking about how she had transformed her appearance in her previous life. Back then, she was already a government official's wife, and she had only started skincare in her twenties, with modest results within a year. However, no matter how hard she tried, if she met someone she didn't care about, it would be like looking at a blind man.

She is only fifteen years old now and can still develop. As long as she takes care of her skin every day during this period, one day she will no longer look so young and old.

"Ignore her," Zhou Wangshu said. "You're ten times, a hundred times, prettier than that Jiang Yihuan."

"You don't need to comfort me, Wangshu." Su Yaoguang smiled, "I know my appearance is not as good as Jiang Yihuan's, but these can be changed. Appearance can be changed, but once the heart is rotten, it can never be healed."

(End of this chapter)