The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

"Miss Su is here."

Li's second aunt and eldest aunt warmly invited Su Qing to sit down.

"Mingxiu, you sit down too."

The two were not so enthusiastic about Li Mingxiu.

"I accompanied Mingxiu to visit grandma, and came to visit her at home."

Su Qing sat down and kept looking at the clothes on her second aunt.

Second Aunt felt uneasy being stared at, and couldn't bring herself to ask Su Qing what her purpose was in coming to their house.

At this moment, she was afraid that Tong Huaqiong was really angry with them, so she asked Su Qing to stand up for Li Mingxiu.

"Miss Su, is there something wrong with my clothes?" Second Aunt asked tremblingly.

Su Qing waved her hand and said with a smile, "No problem. The embroidery on your dress is amazing. I was fascinated by it. May I ask who embroidered your dress? I'm helping the weaving workshop recruit embroiderers these days, so I wanted to ask you."

After hearing what Su Qing said, Second Aunt Li was a little flattered.

She sewed the dress herself.

It actually caught Su Qing's eye.

Aunt Li said excitedly, "I sewed this dress myself."

Su Qing smiled and didn't say anything else.

In fact, the embroidery looked ordinary, and Su Qing said so deliberately to lure Second Aunt into the trap.

Second Aunt Li tried hard to steer the conversation towards her embroidery work, but Su Qing just drank her tea and stopped talking.

Second Aunt Li winked at Li Mingxiu.

Li Mingxiu understood her expression for once and said, "Su Qing, aren't we in need of embroiderers in our embroidery workshop? What do you think of my second aunt? Didn't you just say that my second aunt embroiders clothes well? Since we are in need of embroiderers, why not hire my second aunt?"

Second Aunt Li was very touched.

Damn girl, now I know how to speak for her.

She thought to herself that if she could get into the embroidery workshop, her son would probably have a girl willing to marry him without even paying fifty taels of silver.

Everyone knows that the monthly salary of a female worker in an embroidery workshop can support a family.

However, the embroidery workshop had strict entry and exit requirements, and she was rejected every time she applied three times.

That damn girl Mingxiu doesn't even know how to say a good word for her.

I didn't expect to run into Su Qing today.

Su Qing is a favorite of Tong Huaqiong, and all the female workers who enter the embroidery workshop must undergo Su Qing's inspection.

Su Qing smiled faintly and said, "I had nothing to do in the first month of the year, so I visited many villages to recruit embroidery workers for our embroidery workshop. But you also know that the number of places is limited. If I recruit Second Aunt, how will I place the family I promised before?"

Mingxiu pouted and said, "It doesn't count if there is no notice posted."

Su Qing sighed and hesitated to speak, and finally said, "Wait until next year when we recruit embroidery workers and come back to apply."

Second Aunt Li looked disappointed.

The eldest aunt of the Li family smiled. They were all sisters-in-law. She couldn't even hold a needle. She didn't want her sisters-in-law to work in the embroidery workshop to earn monthly wages.

When the second wife's family lives a good life, she will feel uncomfortable.

Li Mingxiu and Su Qing sat for a while, then they got up and left.

Before leaving, Su Qing went to the toilet because she had to go to the bathroom urgently.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Second Aunt Li quietly pulled Li Mingxiu to the kitchen on the pretext of cooking eggs for him, and asked Li Mingxiu to say a few good words for her in front of Su Qing.

Her son has now found a marriage partner, and the man wants fifty taels of silver.

She really didn't want to give it.

If I entered Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop, there would naturally be girls who would come to me and pay for me without asking for a dowry.

Li Mingxiu sighed and said, "Second Aunt, it's not that I don't speak well of you, but this is difficult to do. I also want you to work in the embroidery workshop to make money. You always wanted to control my marriage before, didn't you just want my gift? The ladies who work with you said it's not your fault, it's all because of poverty. If you were rich, you wouldn't care about my little things. So I think if you work in the embroidery workshop and make money, you won't always want to marry me to a rich old widower."

Li Mingxiu spoke out the plan of Second Aunt Li, who looked very unhappy.

Li Mingxiu was totally unaware, and lowered her voice to whisper into the ear of the second aunt of the Li family: "Second aunt, do you know why Su Qing thinks your embroidery is good but doesn't want you? I'll tell you the truth, now Su Qing is the second most important person in the weaving workshop after Taohua, she is in charge of the recruitment, who can enter and who can't enter is up to her. I saw someone giving her silver, and I heard that anyone who wants to come in has to pay Su Qing, and one vacancy costs at least twenty taels of silver. There are many applicants for the embroidery job you want to do, and the competition is fierce. It is said that it costs eighty taels of silver to come in."

Second Aunt Li took a breath.

"This Su Qingxin is really dark enough."

Eighty taels of silver is not enough to compensate even if we use up all our family assets.

She now only had fifty taels in her hand, which was the cost of marrying her son.

Li Mingxiu continued, "Think about it, Second Aunt, if you were in Su Qing's position, would you do this?"

Second Aunt Li wanted to say, of course, I’m afraid the one who made the most profit was even more ruthless than Su Qing.

Li Mingxiu said, "Even if it's to make Second Uncle and Second Aunt not think about my money, I want Second Aunt to work with me in the embroidery workshop. I want to help Second Aunt, but you just saw that she didn't respond to my words. Su Qing and I have a friendship, but how can friendship be as good as money? Second Aunt, do you think this is the truth?"

"Even if Su Qing gives me face, it will cost fifty taels of silver. Last time, a female worker in our embroidery workshop asked her aunt to come in as a cotton-spinning worker and gave her thirty taels. Moreover, it is such a popular job as an embroidery lady that so many people are scrambling to get in. Why would she spend money to get in? She is not stupid. The money spent when she comes in can be earned back in the future. As long as you are willing to work hard in the embroidery workshop, you can earn at least fifteen taels a year, and this does not include the gifts and clothes for the four festivals a year. Everyone knows that our boss is generous.

"But no matter how good the weaving workshop is, you should forget about it, Second Aunt. You don't have that much money anyway."

The second aunt of the Li family pulled Li Mingxiu and said, "Do you think fifty taels can really buy a job as an embroiderer?"

Li Mingxiu said, "That's not necessarily true. Some people have offered 80. Anyway, the amount has nothing to do with Second Aunt. By the way, Second Aunt, I heard from Grandma that Second Brother is getting engaged. Which family is he talking about?"

When Second Aunt Li mentioned this, she wanted to curse. She asked her family for fifty taels of betrothal gift, so why didn't they just rob them.

"She's my aunt's daughter from Pingyang County." The second aunt of the Li family said dissatisfiedly, "Girls all look at faces. Your second brother suffers because of his face. If his face looked like your young master Gu Dashu's, he wouldn't have to pay a penny and the girl would pay for him."

A girl from Pingyang County?

The boss mentioned that Manager He’s hometown was also Pingyang County. Could it be that Manager He’s family was in collusion with the second aunt?

Otherwise, why would he think of giving her to Manager He as a concubine?

Li Mingxiu wanted to spit, but he suppressed his disgust and said, "To be honest, saying that you like appearance is just an excuse, it's just because you're poor. Look at those rich young men, even if they look like old monsters in the mountains and have missing legs and feet, they are still married. If Second Aunt worked in our weaving workshop and got a fixed salary every month, the threshold for Second Brother to get married would be broken."

Second Aunt Li couldn't help but nodded.

That's indeed the case. Apart from anything else, it just shows that people used to say that Xiu was unlucky and had no one to propose to her. But since she started working as a cotton fluffer in a weaving workshop and could earn money, people have come to propose to her from time to time.

It’s just that this girl is too arrogant and looks down on anyone.