56: I’ll take all 56.
56: I’ll take all 56.
If it wasn’t for the injury he sustained, Su Guaizi also wanted to smoke a cigarette, “Uncle, why talk about him?
I am now Pengzi’s father, whether I want to marry a bride or build a new house, I can handle it.”
“As long as you have thought it through,” Third Great-Uncle didn’t know what else to say, “Where do you plan to build it?
Next to your old house is where your brother’s house is.”
Su Guaizi had a brother nad Su Guisheng, who was adopted by Su Guaizi’s second uncle as a son when he was young.
Xiaofeng’s grandfather had three brothers in total.
Xiaofeng’s grandfather was the eldest, followed by Second Great-Uncle Su Zongming and Third Great-Uncle Su Zongyou.
Second Great-Uncle had two daughters.
Back then, the family was poor, and one of the daughters got wind-chill and couldn’t afford to see a doctor, eventually passing away unexpectedly.
Xiaofeng’s great-grandfather, seeing that Xiaofeng’s grandfather had two sons, decided to have Xiaofeng’s grandfather adopt the younger son to Second Great-Uncle, making the intention clear to let Su Guisheng carry on the mantle of the second son’s family.
In other words, the current Su Guisheng, though he was Su Guaizi’s biological brother, stood at the helm of Second Great-Uncle’s family.
Since childhood, Su Guisheng never really got along with Su Guaizi, believing that their parents were biased, keeping the elder brother at ho and sending him off to soone else’s family.
Although over the years Su Guisheng’s life had been much better than Su Guaizi’s, Su Guisheng had never thought about helping his older brother.
After the death of Su Guaizi’s father, Su Guisheng even ca to make trouble, claiming that he was also a son of his parents and that he deserved a share of the family property.
Perhaps out of guilt towards his younger son, Xiaofeng’s grandfather actually divided a portion of the family’s land to the younger son before he died.
At that ti, Su Guaizi was still working in a state-owned enterprise, earning a stable salary, so Su Guisheng made a fuss, insisting on having the better portion and leaving the less desirable portion to Su Guaizi.
Before Xiaofeng’s grandfather died, Su Guaizi hadn’t yet married Luo Yuzhu.
After Luo Yuzhu entered the family and found out about this matter, she had a big fight with Su Guaizi.
At the ti, Su Guaizi was still working for the state, and Luo Yuzhu didn’t take it to heart after their argunt.
Later, when Su Guaizi was laid off, Luo Yuzhu used the excuse that the family didn’t have enough land to sustain everyone to go to the county to find work, and once she left, she never ca back.
Su Guisheng’s new house was built to the east of the village, and it was said that these days Su Guisheng’s wife’s family was celebrating a happy occasion, so the whole family went back to her parents’ house.
Speaking of this matter, Third Great-Uncle exhaled a ring of smoke lightly, “Your brother’s family is difficult to deal with.
If you use his land to build a house, I’m afraid it will be tough.”
“I plan to build at the entrance of the village.”
“The land at the village entrance?” Su Guaizi owned a plot of land at the village entrance, which was now about three fen and used as a vegetable garden by He Xii.
“Every family has their pigsties and cattle sheds at the village entrance.
If you build your house there, it won’t be a good place to live,” Third Great-Uncle extinguished the cigarette in his hand, “Or I can go ask Guisheng for you, worst case you’ll have to spend so money to buy it from him.”
Back in the day, his elder brother, which is Pengzi’s dad, left the old house to Guaizi, and gave the plot next to it to Guisheng.
“Alright, then I’ll have to trouble you, Uncle.” The reason why Su Guaizi had co to seek out Third Uncle was to have him check with Guisheng to see if Guisheng would agree to give him the vacant plot next to the old house to build a new one.
Guisheng had never gotten along well with him since they were children.
If he went to ask Guisheng, Guisheng would definitely not agree.
After returning ho, He Xii asked Su Guaizi, “How did it go, did Third Uncle agree?”
“He said he would try, but Guisheng isn’t at ho these days, we have to wait for him to return,” Su Guaizi didn’t hold out much hope in his heart.
“Other than the land at the entrance of the village, the only place suitable for building a new house is the plot next to us.
The village entrance land is next to the pigsties and cattle pens—it’s not a place for people to live.
We could spend so money to ask Guisheng to sell it if need be.
Besides, you’ve been injured so severely this ti.
Although he was adopted by Second Uncle, you’re still his elder brother, aren’t you?
He ought to have so sympathy for you.” After all, they are brothers; even when bones are broken, tendons are still connected.
“Let’s wait for him to co back,” Su Guai laid back down in bed.
“Okay, the chili peppers in the field need to be picked.
I’ll take Pengzi to pick them.
Xiaofeng is at ho, you can call her if you need anything.” He Xii made sure Su Guai was comfortably lying down, picked up her straw hat, and called for Su Peng to go to the fields.
Since Su Guai wasn’t fully recovered yet and soone had to be at ho, Su Xiaofeng could not go anywhere these days but to stay ho and cook.
On hearing that He Xii was going to pick chili peppers, Xiaofeng’s eyelids twitched, “Auntie, are you picking them to sell?”
“Exactly, even though they’re not worth much, getting so money for them is better than letting them rot in the field.” She certainly couldn’t eat that many herself; it didn’t matter how much money they brought in, as long as they were sold.
Su Xiaofeng had gone to check the vegetable patch at noon; it was vibrant and red, very pretty to look at.
An idea struck her; why not start by making chili sauce?
In her past life, she had learned a lot about producing agricultural goods.
Starting over, she felt that following the sa path would be much easier.
“Auntie, whatever price you sell them for per pound to others, you can sell them to .
I’ll take them all.” She was on the verge of going moldy from staying at ho and needed to find a way to make money.
He Xii jumped in surprise, “Xiaofeng, you don’t an to start trading chili peppers, do you?
I’m telling you, every household grows them, so you can’t sell them at the town market at all.
There are traders who buy them, but the price isn’t good.
If we sell in the city ourselves, the money earned might not even cover the round trip travel expenses.”
This was also why country folks were reluctant to sell their produce in the city, because of the expensive travel costs.
“You didn’t make any money selling peaches last ti, did you?
You might have even had to pay the travel costs yourself.” He Xii had intentionally not asked whether Su Xiaofeng had made or lost money, thinking she certainly hadn’t earned anything.
If she had made money, Xiaofeng would have spoken up without needing to be asked.
“It just so happened that Dr.
Zheng’s car was heading to the city, so I made a bit, not much, just shy of two hundred.” Su Xiaofeng spoke lightly, as if discussing a trivial matter.
Upon hearing Xiaofeng’s words, He Xii laughed, “Just shy of two hundred?
Earning twenty would have been sky-high.
Luckily, you hitched a ride with Dr.
Zheng.
If you subtract the travel costs for you and Pengzi, you wouldn’t have earned a di.”
Xiaofeng was really amusing, earning twenty and adding an extra zero to it.
Whether she earned more or less, He Xii would not ridicule her.
What a child.
Su Xiaofeng couldn’t be bothered to argue, let it be twenty then, “Auntie, I’m serious.
I need the chili peppers.”
“However much you need, I’d just be selling them for a few bucks anyway.” Ever since last night, when Su Xiaofeng took out all of Su Guai’s compensation money, He Xii’s view of Su Xiaofeng had risen a notch, so now she didn’t mind at all that Xiaofeng wanted the peppers.
With that, she headed out with Pengzi.
Su Xiaofeng started to think about the process of making chili sauce.
The first problem was finding the right bottles for packaging.
She found a glass jar in her room, not too big, capable of holding about a pound of sugar.
She took it to show Su Guai, “Dad, I want to buy so glass jars like this one, where can I find them?”
Su Guai was thinking about the land issue and glanced at the jar in Su Xiaofeng’s hand, casually saying, “What do you need this for?”
He had a forr co-worker who now worked at a factory that produced such jars, and they could provide as many as she wanted.
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