Chapter 58 I'll Help You

After Su Qing's explanation, the last doubts in Su's father's heart were also eliminated. Reading happily followed Su Qing's father to the next village.

As soon as he entered the village, he saw a peddler being chased by someone.

"Take his load, don't let him run away! Don't think about leaving once you come!" Several villagers shouted in a bad voice while chasing him.

Su's father shook his head: "Alas, these days, if you encounter a domineering village, not only will the peddler not make money, but his load will be robbed by others, and he may lose money and get injured."

Su Qing's father frowned, it was really annoying to meet unruly people.

Just when he was about to ask the old man driving the carriage to get out of the way, he felt that the peddler looked a little familiar. He looked closely, oh, doesn't he look familiar!

"Dad, it's Su Dahu!"

"Ah? Dahu?"

The father and daughter clung to the frame of the carriage and looked towards the trouble.

Su Dahu didn't recognize them. When he saw someone coming, he hurriedly ran towards them for help. He ran so fast that a lot of things in his load swayed and spilled out.

Some people behind him squatted down to pick up things when they saw him, and some stopped when they saw someone coming, but there were still two or three people chasing.

Su Qing'an saw that he was being chased closely, so he grabbed the door and shouted, "Brother Dahu, this way, this way!"

Su Dahu looked up and recognized them. He rushed over in three or two steps, threw the load on the carriage, and climbed up.

Su's father and Su Qing'an hurriedly helped him take the load and pulled him on the carriage.

As soon as he got on, the carriage immediately drove away.

Su Qing'an looked out and saw that the people outside couldn't catch up after a few steps, so he stopped, angrily cursed a few words on the spot, turned around and squatted to pick up the items that fell on the ground, and then gathered together to divide the spoils.

He heaved a sigh of relief.

Su Dahu looked outside with some fear, and then lay on the carriage and gasped.

When he calmed down, he looked up at Su's father with gratitude, and then looked at Su Qing'an, with surprise and something else in his eyes.

Su's father helped him up and asked, "Dahu, why are you a peddler?"

Su Qing'an saw that he was looking at her steadily, avoided his gaze, and looked at his burden.

Many things in the burden were scattered, and the remaining things were also in a mess, mostly needles and thread, handkerchiefs, hairbands, flowers, sugar and salt snacks, etc.

Su Dahu saw that Su Qing'an didn't look at him, and his eyes dimmed. He looked at his burden and felt pain in his heart. Not only did he not make any money today, but he also lost a lot.

Seeing Su's father asking, he said with a sad expression: "I heard that Qing'an's father-in-law started out as a peddler..."

Su's father was stunned.

Su Qing'an looked at him, remembering that the day before her wedding, Su Dahu asked her if she could wait for him, saying that he could also earn fifty taels... and sighed.

"I haven't seen you these days, so you've been a peddler. How long have you been doing it? Have you made any money?" Father Su came back to his senses and asked.

Su Dahu glanced at Su Qing'an and said, "I've been doing it for a while, and I made some money before. On a good day, I can make dozens of coins, and on a good day, I can make a hundred coins. There are villages like today, but they just don't pay, and there's no one like this who comes up to grab the load."

Su Qing'an was silent. He should have been a peddler since she got married.

What he earned in these days may not be enough to pay for the goods lost today. Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. It seems that I should avoid coming to this village to collect goods in the future.

Father Su looked regretful: "You didn't make any money, and you almost lost your load, but you're fine. It's a good thing you ran into us, otherwise your load would be robbed, and those people would rob you of your money, and maybe even beat you up."

Being beaten is considered light, I'm afraid of the kind of people who would ask the family to pay money to redeem you if they catch you. Su Qing'an complained in her heart.

Father Su was a little scared, and told Su Qing'an: "This village is too overbearing, you have to avoid these villages when you collect goods in the future."

Su Qing'an nodded.

Seeing Su Dahu packing the things in his load with a sad face, he looked lost, and felt a little bit reluctant.

Thinking for a while, he said: "Brother Dahu, why don't you come and help me."

"Okay." Su Dahu agreed without thinking.

Hmm? She hasn't said what she wants him to do yet.

Father Su was stunned, looked at the two of them, and was still thinking about the possibility of this matter. Su Qing'an had already told Su Dahu what she was going to do.

"You, are you going to open a shop?"

Su Dahu was a little bit unbelievable. He had no other ability. He heard that Su Qing'an's father-in-law started out as a peddler, and he wanted to follow suit, thinking that he could make more money and not let people look down on him.

But now he never thought that Qing'an, a woman, was going to open a shop before he made any money.

He was almost unable to catch up with him. Su Dahu was a little stunned.

But thinking about the opportunity to get close to her and look at her up close, he was willing in his heart.

"Okay, I'll help you. What do you want me to do?"

Su Qing'an didn't expect him to respond so quickly: "In the future, you can go down to the village to help me collect some vegetables, fruits, eggs, poultry, etc. I will pay you according to different categories. As for the price you get in the village, I don't care. You take the difference in the middle, and I just settle with you."

Su's father was stunned. Is this to divide this purchasing business?

But looking at Su Dahu, this child is honest and dutiful, and knows everything about him. He and his mother are relieved to hand this business over to him.

Then he said: "If this is done well, it's no worse than you going around the streets and alleys and going to the countryside to be a peddler. And with your sister Qing'an as your backup, you don't have to worry about or take risks in selling goods. Why don't you give it a try and help your sister, who is in need of manpower right now."

Su Dahu agreed to help Su Qing'an without his father's explanation. Now, after listening to what his father and daughter said, he actually felt that this business was better than being a peddler.

After being a peddler for more than ten days, he felt that he couldn't do the business alone. He didn't make any money and the goods were almost gone. In the future, with Qing'an behind him, he just had to help her.

"Okay, I'll go and help you."

Su Qing'an smiled at him. She told him what she needed, how he would purchase it, how to negotiate with farmers, how to make contracts, and how to balance the daily vegetable intake.

"After we have negotiated with the farmers, we will set a daily quota of vegetables, which must be freshly picked on the same day. In order to avoid being constrained by farmers raising prices in the future, we can stock up some chickens to avoid shortages."

Su's father nodded after listening: "That's possible, but can you raise so many in the backyard of your shop?"

"Feed my family. My house is big, and I will feed them." Su Dahu said.

Su's father was relieved when he heard this and patted his shoulder.

Su Qingmei also nodded to him gratefully, planning to give him the price of grain in the future so that he would not lose money.