Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 130: Secretly Supporting His Wife

"Great! Here are 100 bottles of the Whitening Lotion and 150 pounds of oil. Please double-check," Su Yijia said with satisfaction.

Qiu Yanqing, quickly responded, "The Whitening Lotion totals 800 yuan, and the oil is 540 yuan. You’d better produce more of these items. We can sell them all within a day."

Su Yijia nodded and reassured him, "Of course, I’ll make more for you when I have the time."

However, she could only produce a limited quantity each day due to the limited usages of the system A few men stood in the courtyard, watching her depart.

After leaving the black market, Su Yijia immediately headed to the traditional Chinese medicine store. The owner, Yu Qiancheng, greeted her with a look of apology.

"I’m sorry, I’ve inquired at many traditional medicine shops, but the 100-year-old ginseng root is considered their most valuable item. When I mentioned the price of 800 yuan per root, they all refused. So, I plan to visit them during the upcoming workweek when they’re less busy and negotiate in person. It might be easier to get them to agree."

Su Yijia felt bad that Yu Qiancheng had gone through so much trouble. She said, "I’m sorry to trouble you with this. I’ll cover all the expenses, especially because you’re going through all this trouble for my sake. It’s only fair that I cover the costs. You’re already doing so much for me."

Even though the gentleman in front of her would likely make a profit from the transaction, she understood that he was going out of his way to help her, and she appreciated his effort.

"Don’t worry; I just want to take this opportunity to visit those traditional medicine shops and see if I can obtain some good herbs or formulas," Yu Qiancheng quickly waved off her offer.

He then looked at her with a hint of seriousness, "But even though I’ll do my best to negotiate a price below 800 yuan, what would be the highest price you can accept if, unfortunately, I encounter a seller who refuses to budge?"

Su Yijia briefly considered if he had ulterior motives in trying to profit hugely from the transaction. However, his sincere demeanor dissuaded her from entertaining such thoughts. Besides, he was genuinely making an effort to help her, and she appreciated that.

She answered, "I could go up to 1000 yuan at most. I’m buying a large quantity, and a higher price would be too much for me to afford. By the way, since you’re going out to collect herbs, could you also get some polygonum multiflora that’s more than ten years old and three-hundred-year-old ginseng for me? I’ll take as much as you can find."

Su Yijia sounded quite confident, but inwardly, she felt anxious. She was worried about not finding the herbs she needed and not being able to do anything. On the other hand, she was concerned about obtaining too much and not having enough money in her pocket.

"Sure, I’ll be back on the next Saturday morning, so feel free to come by if you have the time," Yu Qian Cheng agreed, showing no sign of any suspicion. Instead, he appeared quite pleased about conducting a significant business transaction.

Su Yijia took out a piece of paper, made some modifications to the initial list, and handed it to Yu Qiancheng, saying, "Then I’ll purchase these herbs for now."

Originally, she had only planned to buy enough herbs to make 20 batches of skin-lightening lotion, but the sudden pressure had led her to increase that number by another 20 batches. This decision had reduced her funds from over 3,000 yuan to just over 1,000 yuan. Feeling a bit upset, she returned to the Qin’s family.

When she arrived, the three of the men were already inside, and when they saw her disheveled appearance, they were taken aback.

"Sister-in-law, what’s wrong with you?" As a good friend of Qin Kaize, Ke Zeming immediately voiced his concern about her emotional state.

"It’s nothing; it’s just too hot outside, and I got all sweaty," Su Yijia replied, not wanting to burden them with her troubles. She didn’t want them to think she was just after money. Despite the many experiences they had shared in the past couple of weeks, discussing financial issues could strain their relationship. She believed that she and Qin Kaize hadn’t built enough trust for her to admit her financial difficulties.

Seeing her response, Ke Zeming looked at Qin Kaize for confirmation. When he got a reassuring nod, Ke Zeming continued, "Well, sister-in-law, we have some good news. Would you like to hear it?"

"Sure!" Su Yijia’s spirits immediately lifted upon hearing the words "good news."

"Although the cases of Su’s and Lin’s families are still pending, it’s already decided that the eight jobs of the four children from the Su family and the four of the Lin family were all got with the money they stole from your mother twenty years ago. Lin Jiayao was once fired but later was given your job. Xin Meijia got her job from her own family before marrying to your uncle. The authorities decided that you could arrange for the twelve jobs and that you could also reconsider on Lin Jiayao’s." Ke Zeming informed her.

His words felt like music to Su Yijia’s ears, and she was overjoyed. "Sell them all, of course! Not only the twelve job placements, but also Lin Yao’s job at the cooperative—I want to sell them all."

She was thrilled by the decision but also slightly skeptical. "Is it common for the judgments to be this considerate nowadays?" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Of course!" Ke Zeming replied.

Of course not!

In fact, Qin Kaize sought help from his friend and used his connections to make this happen. Otherwise, the factory would have likely first fired those two families and then worked on compensating Su Yijia. However, it was better to keep Su Yijia from knowing about these connections to avoid burdening her psychologically.

To clarify the situation, Ke Zeming added, "The people who took your money should be held accountable and provide some compensation. Anything that’s still uncertain will be settled once it’s clarified. Moreover, you’re already at a disadvantage here; the amount you lost twenty years ago is not something you can compare with today."

Su Yijia immediately decided to handle the job placements to secure the money. She needed to sell all thirteen job placements in the next two days to avoid further complications with the two families.

"Sister-in-law, I know a lot of people, and I can help you sell these job placements," Zu Zirui suddenly suggested.

Su Yijia was curious and asked, "Do you have so many friends who need jobs?"

"There are quite a few people from the military unit who transitioned out and, for the most part, only received transition fees but haven’t been able to secure a job. Although the transition fees provided by the military were substantial, having money in hand is different from having a stable job. So some of them are looking for work," Zu Zirui explained.

Su Yijia felt relieved hearing Zu Zirui’s offer. If she sold these job placements directly to transitioning military personnel, it would be relatively straightforward to secure all thirteen placements just by making some phone calls.

Su Yijia turned to Ke Zeming and asked, "Except for the job placement at the supply and marketing cooperative, what are the grades of the other jobs?"

Ke Zeming pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Su Yijia to review. The different grades of the jobs would naturally have varying selling prices. He had already gathered this information earlier to be well-prepared for the task.