The next day, Su Yaoguang and Chunni went to see the broker about store locations.
After comparing several places, they finally chose a shop with a good location, large storefront, and a backyard where people could live.
Of course, a shop with such good conditions was not cheap. To lease this shop, she had invested heavily.
Su Yaoguang selected the store in the morning and signed the contract in the afternoon, paying a whole year’s rent.
Seeing her take out so much money, Chunni voiced her concerns: "Cousin, the rent for a whole year is seventy taels. We still have to spend money on renovations, even if it’s simple, it will cost at least ten taels. You’re putting in so much silver at the start; if we don’t make money, how much will we lose?"
"Chunni, if you give up before even trying, how do you think you can succeed in anything? I can afford this silver, and I have no debts. The worst-case scenario is losing this money. If I fall, I will just get back up myself. Besides, we added a few more orders yesterday, and that’s all money. I have no time for such worries."
After speaking, Su Yaoguang handed the blueprints to Chunni and asked her: "This room is for you and your mother. How does it look?"
Chunni’s eyes widened with surprise as she looked at Su Yaoguang: "Cousin, are you really going to let us stay?"
"Do you want to go back to the Jia family?" Su Yaoguang frowned, "In that situation at the Jia family, if you go back, you’ll just return to the same old life."
"Of course, we don’t want to go back. It’s just that last time you said the contract was only for twenty days. I thought after those twenty days we’d have nothing else and was prepared to suffer at the Jia family again."
"Chunni, your family... I may be blunt, so ignore me if you don’t want to hear it. Your family doesn’t care about you and your mother, using you as free labor. If you and your mother want to continue with us, you need to handle the troublesome things at home. I suggest your mother and father separate. But, I don’t know how your mother feels. If she still has feelings for your father, it’s not appropriate for me to encourage their separation."
"My mother wants to break free from them. She was afraid before because my father would beat her, and she didn’t dare fight back. Plus, it’s always been the man divorcing the woman, never the other way around. My father looks down on my mother for not bearing a son. She’s had several miscarriages and is now unlikely to conceive again. But even so, my father won’t let her go. All the work at home is done by me and my mother, how could he willingly let go of someone who works tirelessly?"
"As long as you are willing to leave that family, we will discuss the rest later. In short, if you want to keep what you earn for yourselves, you have to escape that abyss."
As Su Yaoguang and Chunni were talking, Chun E came in with Jiang Jing.
"This girl came with an ox cart to pick you up but didn’t know where you were, so I brought her here. Just as well, she can see this shop you rented, where you will be doing business in the future."
Jiang Jing surveyed the shop, then led Su Yaoguang to the backyard. Seeing the spacious yard and the well inside, she was delighted.
"This place is nice."
"There are five rooms in total. My mother gets one, my sisters and I get one, second aunt and cousin get one, little aunt and uncle get one, and the last one is for Wang Shu."
"With so many rooms, we can all fit. It’s great. But the house in the village, we worked hard to set it up and built a wall; it’s a bit hard to let go."
"We won’t be staying in the village for the long term, so there’s no need to be sentimental. Let’s leave it for today and go buy some ingredients, then head back to the village to celebrate with the family."
Just as they got back to the village, they heard a commotion. Turning to look, they saw Zhong Lanhua in a verbal duel with a sharp-tongued woman.
"I told you before, your son’s injury has nothing to do with me. If Zhang Zhaodi’s family hadn’t blocked the road, our horse wouldn’t have been startled. Now our carriage is broken, and the horse has run away, the real loss is mine. If anyone should be blamed or punished, it should be them. If you want to settle this, go to Zhang Zhaodi."
Su Yaoguang told Jiang Jing to take the ox cart home, while she got off on the country road.
Jiang Jing was worried, and asked, "Shall I go with you?"
"No need, you’d just hold me back. You go with Chunni. She frightens easily, don’t scare her."
Su Yaoguang headed confidently in Zhong Lanhua’s direction.
Zhong Lanhua sensed danger and looked up, seeing Su Yaoguang approaching with a stern look.
Recalling Su Yaoguang’s formidable strength, Zhong Lanhua watched her cautiously, clenching her fingers, and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"I’m a reasonable person, unlike some who speak nonsense without evidence. Auntie, I saw this lady push your son from the carriage with my own eyes. His injury is her doing. Now she’s trying to shift the blame and get you to offend others." Su Yaoguang picked up a stone, crushed it into dust in her hand. "Think about it, if you believe her lies and cause trouble for my family, can you withstand even one punch from me? She’s extremely deceitful, so you should hold her accountable."
The woman, seeing Su Yaoguang crush the stone, dared not provoke such a formidable presence. Her goal was the silver. Since someone ’proved’ that Zhong Lanhua was responsible for her son’s injury, she would latch onto her until she got the silver. After all, her son was called away by that flirty sister-in-law.
"Zhong Lanhua, your family has only this one son, and you’ve done this to him. Your parents fell ill, your brother sought several doctors, and all the family’s silver was spent. You must take responsibility. This won’t end until you do."
Zhong Lanhua pointed at Su Yaoguang and cursed, "You stinky girl, when did I push him? You’re just spreading lies here. Sister-in-law, you’ve fallen for this stinky girl’s trick."
"Enough!" Jiang Yihuan came out from inside. "Cousin’s injury hurts us too. Aunt, my mother is a widow who raised my brother and me with difficulty. We don’t have much silver left. We used to send some silver to the family so that you could live better. This is the last bit of silver we have. Use it to treat cousin’s injury. Once he’s healed, I’ll find him a job so he can support himself and his family."
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