It's hard to be a stepmother, my disabled husband takes care of my child

There is also a scale on the table, the kind with a weight.

Su Man bought this when she was shopping at a wholesale market, and it comes in handy now.

She also put a notebook and a pen, intending to use them for accounting later.

The book has a black cover and looks rather ordinary.

Su Man fooled the children and Old Man Fan about their curiosity and doubts.

Just say you bought it somewhere else.

The few people came back quickly without letting Su Man wait for long. Their backpacks were full and they were each carrying a small sack.

But the small sack couldn't hold much.

Although picking peppers is not a difficult task, after all, they are not grown in patches, so it still takes some time to pick them.

As soon as they came in, they put down their backpacks, especially Wang Nier, who was bumped into by someone as soon as she put down the backpack.

At first she didn't realize who it was until the person in her arms called her and she reacted.

"elder sister!"

Wang Nier looked down at Gousheng, who was wearing new clothes, her face full of shock.

"Gousheng? Why are you here? What happened to your clothes and shoes?"

She didn't care about the chili pepper and kept pulling her brother to watch.

"Sister, it was Auntie who brought Xiao Xia and Xiao Qiu to give it to me, saying that it was given to me as a gift from a good friend. I listened to you and refused, but they said that if I didn't accept it, I wouldn't consider them good friends. I like them both, so I want to be good friends with them, so I... accepted it.

And sister! These new clothes smell so good and are so warm! The shoes and socks are also comfortable! They won’t be uncomfortable to wear! "

After he said that, he couldn't help but turn around on the spot to let his sister see how handsome he was now.

Wang Nier couldn't help but tear up when she looked at her brother who had never worn clothes that fit him since his father passed away and his mother left home.

She looked at Su Man and knelt down immediately.

"Thank you, Sister Su! Thank you, Sister Su!"

Because Su Man was only a few years older than her, she called her Sister Su.

Su Man saw her actions without any extra expression, just sighed softly, which scared Aunt Mei and the others next to her.

"Stop kneeling. A man's knees are as precious as a woman's knees. Besides, you've worked all day. Isn't it uncomfortable to kneel down like this? Get up quickly. You scared your brother."

She held Wang Nier's arm and used some strength to help her stand up.

Tears welled up in Wang Nier's eyes.

"Sister Su, thank you for giving Gousheng such nice clothes and shoes, but they are too expensive for us to take. Please leave them for your two younger brothers at home."

As she spoke, she was about to take off the remaining clothes of the dog.

Gousheng was already confused, but he still listened to his sister and cooperated with her in taking off his clothes.

If Su Man hadn't stopped him quickly, all his clothes would have been stripped off.

"No, it's so cold. If you take off Gousheng's clothes, won't it be easy for him to catch a cold? It will be even more uncomfortable if he gets sick. Since I gave him the clothes, they are his. Don't be so polite.

What’s more, my Dabao and Xiaobao gave them to Gousheng. They are good friends. You can’t stop them from making friends, right?”

Wang Nier didn't know what to say for a moment, her eyes were red.

Su Man had no choice but to look at Aunt Mei and Aunt Cui, asking them to help talk.

The two understood and immediately began to persuade Wang Nier.

Aunt Mei: "Nier, just accept it. Your sister Su is a good person and loves you and your sister. Just remember her kindness in the future."

Aunt Cui: "Yes, look at Gousheng, he is so old now, he needs to have his own clothes to wear. It's okay in summer, he can go out with just a pair of pants, but it's winter now, do you plan to let Gousheng stay at home for the whole winter? When you have money in the future, you can slowly pay it back to your sister Su."

Wang Nier couldn't help shedding tears and could only keep saying thank you to Su Man.

Su Man smiled at her and said, "You're welcome, I told you to stop crying. It's not good for a girl to cry too much."

Wang Nier nodded heavily at her, "I understand, thank you Sister Su, thank you, we will remember your kindness forever."

Su Man just nodded, as if to agree with what was said.

Otherwise, if she continued to say no, who knows what the child would say next, and she didn't want to waste time on this matter.

Gou Sheng scratched his head and asked in confusion,

"Sister, why do you call Auntie Su Sister? And I call her Auntie, isn't it weird?"

Wang Nier was stunned. She hadn’t thought of this.

"No." Su Man interrupted Wang Nier's contemplation directly, "You can call me whatever you want, you can call me your own name, it's all the same anyway, it doesn't matter."

The name and clothes were finalized, and finally it was time for Chili to settle the bill.

Wang Nier doesn't want money.

"Sister Su, I won't wait to collect your money today. I can't even pay you back for the set of clothes you left for the dog, so how can I collect your money now?"

"Chili money is chili money, and clothes are clothes. How can they be confused? The clothes were originally given to Gousheng by his two younger brothers. If they ask you to pay them back, how can it be considered a gift? Wouldn't their relationship become a business transaction?"

Su Man had already weighed the peppers, weighing five pounds and eight ounces, so she simply calculated it as six pounds.

"Thirty cents. Here, keep the money. Be nice to yourself in the future. Girls can't let themselves be wronged, okay? The New Year is coming soon. We must have a good New Year this year."

Wang Nier tried to refuse, but in the end she couldn't win over Su Man, so she accepted it with tears in her eyes.

She secretly swore in her heart that she would definitely remember Su Man well in the future, remember everything that happened today, and repay Su Man well.

What surprised Su Man was that the weights of these five people were almost the same, with a difference of only two or three taels.

Su Man understood after a little thought. It was probably divided equally among several people.

Su Man thought this was pretty good.

Because she was actually thinking about her future development with these people. If they were all good people, she planned to look for them when she had any problems in the future.

It seemed a little unreal to Hua Niang and Lian Di when they received the thirty cents. Could they... actually make money?

Aunt Cui and Aunt Mei said they didn't want Su Man's money at all.

Aunt Mei: "It's fine if you count the money for them, but why do you count it for me? I just want to help you, I don't want this money."

Aunt Cui also said with a straight face, pretending to be angry.

"That's right. We just want to help you. How can we take money? Besides, the steamed buns and eggs you gave us at noon are enough to satisfy us. Why did you give us eggs? Eggs are so precious. You should leave them to the two children."

When Hua Niang and Lian Di heard this, they immediately returned the twenty cents to Su Man.

"Xiao Su, we...we shouldn't have asked you for money, but our mother-in-law already knows what we are doing here. If we don't take some money back, she will definitely beat us to death, so...so we shamelessly took the twenty cents." Lian Di also said.

Hua Niang nodded repeatedly, and both of them looked very embarrassed.

"No need." Su Man stuffed the money directly into Aunt Mei and Aunt Cui's hands, "You all accept it. I am doing business with Youranju now, and this money is actually their money. How can I feel at ease if you don't accept it?

What's more, I will have other things for you to do in the future. If you don't accept the money, I will ask someone else to do it, and they will still need to pay me. Or do you want to let others make money?"

When they heard this, they immediately didn't know what to do. Finally, Aunt Mei, who was more familiar with Su Man, asked a question.

"Xiao Su, what did you mean by what you just said? Do you have anything else for us to do?"

"Yes, there are other things to do, because the business between You Ran Ju and I is long-term, and there will definitely be other things to do in the future, and there will definitely be wages, so if you don't make money, I will let others make money."

Aunt May really laughed, a happy laugh.

"Girl, since you said so, we will accept it. If there is anything in the future, you can let us do it. Just don't pay us so much in the future. We will be happy enough if we can earn a little more or less."

"Yes." Aunt Cui also said, "It's true, this is the first time for us to get the money we earned. It feels really good."

Hua Niang and Lian Di also nodded vigorously, and even had an urge to cry.

This was the first time they had earned money, and so much money at that. Thirty cents was enough for a man to work a day at the town's dock.

This feeling of satisfaction is something they have never experienced before.

"Is this the feeling of making money by yourself? It really makes people happy." Hua Niang murmured to herself.

Su Man looked at the two of them and spoke a few more words out of softness.

"If you still want to have a good life in the future, then you should become stronger and make yourself stronger. When you have the confidence to not rely on others, you won't be afraid of being bullied.

Just like I said this morning, I will give you five cents a pound of chili peppers, and you can say it's three cents a pound, and then there are only four pounds, which is twelve cents, and you can keep eighteen cents for yourself, so a little bit adds up to a lot.

As long as you have money, if you feel uncomfortable at home in the future, you will naturally have the confidence to separate and live on your own. And you are also worried about your daughter, you don't want your daughter to live the same life as you do, right? Before your daughter grows up, you are her biggest and only support. "

The two women who had never been to school and only regarded men as their gods, at this moment their thoughts were shaken and they slowly changed.

Lian Di: "It's just... if my mother-in-law sees me coming back, she will definitely search me, and then the remaining silver and money we have will still be discovered."

Hua Niang had the same idea.

Su Man smiled slightly and said,

"If you believe me, you can leave the rest of the money with me. Because I will ask you to work tonight and tomorrow night, and because time is tight, I will give you a total of 50 coins, but you can say that you only give 15 coins to your mother-in-law. When your mother-in-law is not paying attention, you can come to me and take it back."

When Hua Niang and Lian Di heard this, they counted out eighteen cents and gave them to Su Man without any hesitation.

"Sister Su, we absolutely believe in you."

"it is good."

Aunt Mei and Aunt Cui don't have this worry.

"By the way, Xiao Su, what do you want us to do next?" Aunt Mei asked.

"It's to deal with these peppers. You will understand when the time comes. Go home and have dinner first, then take a rest. Come back in an hour."

After hearing Su Man's words, the others nodded repeatedly and planned to say goodbye and go back.

However, Su Man did give Wang Nier a warning out of concern.

"Nier, the same goes for you. Although you don't have the troubles that Hua Niang and her sister-in-law have, you are still a girl. I'm afraid that someone will forget their principles and do something bad to you, so you'd better not tell others how much money you have. Before you have enough ability, you should hide your shortcomings appropriately, understand?"

Wang Nier nodded solemnly.

"I understand, Sister Su. I understand."

"Okay, then you all have to remember that the unified price is three cents per pound, understand? Otherwise, Hua Niang and Lian Di will be in trouble. We are all women, so we should help if we can."

Everyone had no objection and understood Su Man's good intentions.

From the moment they left Su Man's house, they vowed to remember Su Man's kindness.

Wang Nier took Gousheng and said goodbye to Dabao and Xiaobao.

Su Man put the account book and Hua Niang and Lian Di's money into the room.

The two children kept following Su Man, with admiration in their eyes.

Their mother is awesome! So awesome!!

Old Man Fan didn't interrupt from beginning to end, but in his heart he admired Su Man very much.

So when Su Man came out of the room, he directly praised Su Man.

"Girl, you are such a good person. Those people are lucky to have met a noble person."

"I can't say I'm a noble person, I just help out. And there is a lot of prejudice against women in this world, and their mothers-in-law are those evil mothers-in-law. I just help out. I also want to let people in the world know that women also hold up half the sky! They can also hold up a piece of the sky for themselves.

Of course, that also requires them to strive for success. If they don't strive for success, even if I help them, it will be useless, right?"

"Good, good, good! A good woman can hold up the sky! You girl! I really like you very much!" Old man Fan laughed.

"Girl, I wish you were my daughter. If I had a good daughter like you, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

Su Man rolled her eyes at him, "Am I not your niece now, uncle?"

She deliberately emphasized the word "uncle", which made old man Fan very happy again.

Good, good, good! It seems that this girl really treats him as her own, otherwise she wouldn't call him uncle.