Chapter 93: Wish
After returning home, Su Luo couldn't wait to ask Su about everything that happened after she met the princess. Su thought for a long time, but couldn't think of anything special. It was already afternoon when she came out that day, and it was time for dinner when she walked to the Guanyin Temple. For mortals, eating is undoubtedly more important than worshiping the Buddha, or you have to eat enough to have the strength to worship the Buddha. They are the same meaning. The former is said secretly in your heart, while the latter can be said loudly and dignifiedly.
Anyway, there was no one in the temple, even the temple keeper had gone to eat. Su saw that it was quite quiet, and she didn't have to worry about anyone listening, so she told the Bodhisattva all the words she had planned to persuade Su Luo. She said to the Bodhisattva, "Please bless my daughter to get married smoothly. I don't ask for wealth and honor, but only for a happy life." As she spoke, she thought of herself, and she was overwhelmed with emotions. She thought about the past and recalled the present, and her mood was up and down. Looking at the red clay texture of the Bodhisattva, Su made sure that she would not tell other gods about her private affairs. She told them all about her ups and downs over the years, and her clothes were stained with tears when she talked about the sad parts. When she finished speaking, wiped her tears and prepared to go on the road again, she found a person standing at the door with a look of emotion.
The person who was eavesdropping was naturally Princess Huairou. She probably felt unsatisfied after listening to other people's privacy, so she asked Su about some details that she didn't hear. If it is said that women are gossipy, Princess Huairou can prove it with her actions.
Su had no one to talk to for so many years. She always talked to the Buddha but got no response. She always felt a little frustrated. When she met Huairou, they hit it off immediately. It satisfied Huairou's curiosity and Su's desire to talk. The more they talked, the better they got. Huairou opened a meditation room and told Su about her sad story.
One was a woman whose husband had an affair and the wife could not tolerate it so she left the family and divorced him; the other was a woman whose husband was incompetent and was so henpecked that he even cruelly abandoned his own children; the two people's experiences were completely different on the surface, but in essence they were the same because they both made the same choice to leave that man.
When people hear about other people's misfortunes, they feel that they are trusted by the other party, and they will unconsciously compare themselves with the other party. After the comparison, they find that they are not as unfortunate as the other party, and they will feel close and sympathetic. After that, in order to comfort the other party, they will selectively bring out their own misfortunes to explain, so that she knows that there are people in the world who share her misfortune. But in the end, because they have told the other party their privacy, they will unconsciously make the other party a friend. This is a very complicated psychological issue.
Su Luo now understood Princess Huairou. It seemed that Princess Huairou's affection for the Su family came from the sharing of privacy rather than any conspiracy.
Only then did Su Shi know what Su Shi had been worried about, and couldn't help but laugh, "The princess is very kind, and from her words I can tell that she is really doing this for me, so how can there be any conspiracy?"
Su Luo smiled so much that her eyes curved into two crescent-shaped lines. She said that it was good that there was no conspiracy. Even if there was a conspiracy, she had to use her identity as a princess effectively. Her identity as Princess Huairou's godsister would make a large number of socialites in Nanjing City find her attention and stop rolling their eyes.
Su smiled and sighed, "At first I didn't know she was a princess. Now that I know she is of noble status, it's better not to get too close to her, lest people think we are trying to climb up the social ladder."
Su Luo immediately jumped up to object, saying that when she attended the charity sale last time, these people had such bad faces... and this time they had such bad faces... Su frowned when she heard this, and she slowly sat down and said with a flat mouth: "It's really unfair."
Su was very distressed and grabbed Su Luo's hand, "Luo'er, in my opinion, you should stop doing business. It is not appropriate for a woman to show her face in public. Now we have a small amount of assets, which is enough for us to live a stable life."
"There is still a long way to go." Su Luo muttered softly. Now they have at most escaped poverty and have just reached the edge of a well-off life. If they want to enter socialism, they must move forward at a rapid pace to realize their own life value in their lifetime .
Su knew that she couldn't persuade Su Luo, so she changed the subject, "Then you and Zhou..."
When talking about this, Su Luo immediately ran away, saying that he was still cooking soup on the fire and had to go and take a look. Su said that next time he should find a credible excuse and not fool people under the banner of the working people.
Su Luo agreed without thinking, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he clasped his hands together and chanted, "Buddha, Bodhisattva, what my mother said the other day about not seeking great wealth and honor was just a slip of the tongue, please don't take it to heart..."
The next day, Bao Zixing returned from Jiangning County.
He was sent by Su Luo to contact the previously recruited employees, because the last time Zhou Chongwen and BMW were taken away as human traffickers, it left a very bad impression on the people of Jiangning County. In order to avoid attracting rotten eggs and rotten stones, he went to the county government office to greet them first. The county magistrate of course recognized him as a friend of the princess's friend, and specially sent the Jiangning Model Constable, who had the best credit and was most loved by the people, to visit the employees' homes with Bao Zixing. In this way, all problems were solved, and Bao Zixing was able to bring the employees back smoothly. There were more than 20 young girls, all serving him. Su Luo felt happy just thinking about it.
Su Luo planned to give a motivational speech first to make these ancient working women fully aware of the value of their existence. Being a woman is not born to bear children.
Entering the reception hall, Su Luo saw a bunch of uncles, aunts, old men and old ladies. After searching around, he couldn't find a woman under 30 years old. He secretly pulled Bao Zixing over and said, "Is this our employee? Not to mention whether it's a man or a woman, but those old ones have lost all their teeth. Why are you hiring them to take care of their elderly?"
Bao Zixing said that they were family members of employees, and they heard that the treatment here was good, so they wanted to see if they could come together and find some work to do.
Su Luo thought so too. Nowadays, anyone who lets his daughter work must have a poor family background. Hearing that the treatment here is good, of course he would come and take a look.
Su Luo nodded as she walked out. She had already solved some of the employment issues. She would not receive the family members of the employees. She asked Bao Zixing to hire a car to take them back. After their daughters and granddaughters have completed the training period and officially started work, their monthly salary should be able to supplement some of the family expenses. Bao Zixing agreed and was about to go, but Su Luo called him back, "How about keeping two women as cooks? Anyway, someone has to cook in the employee cafeteria."
In this way, Su Luo solved the problem of two laid-off workers and arranged the twenty girls to live in the newly renovated staff dormitory. There were ten staff dormitories, each with two bunk beds, four lockers, a long table and four stools, which were renovated according to the standard dormitory for college students.
Two days later, the public finally arrived safely with a complete set of "Compendium of Materia Medica". Su Luo's neck was stretched with anticipation. Seeing those boxes of books, she opened a box solemnly and picked up a book, with the same level of attention as Tang Monk who saw the true scriptures. After reading a few pages, she put it down. Professional books should be left to professionals. As a non-professional who can only read illustrations, she would not pretend to be an expert.
There were several people who came back with the public this time. They were all doctors that Old Li helped to find. They were proficient in acupuncture and massage. One of them, Li Jianyuan, was actually Old Li's son. Old Li was sick before leaving and needed to recuperate before coming back, so he sent his son to follow up on the publishing matter.
Su Luo hurriedly inquired about Old Li's condition, and was relieved when he learned that he was not seriously ill. After all, Old Li still had a few years to go before he passed away, so he should have enough time to see his hard work published.
After settling everyone, Su Luo asked everyone to send the Compendium of Materia Medica to the bookstore that he had contacted in advance. The owner of this bookstore was surnamed Jin, and it was a medium-sized bookstore. When Su Luo went to find him with Qin Huai's letter of introduction, Boss Jin thought for a long time with a bitter face before nodding his head and agreeing. Su Luo saw that he was in such a dilemma and asked around, and only then did he know that he owed Qin Huai a big favor earlier, and he took this opportunity to repay it. Su Luo said that you don't know the value of this book, it will be remembered forever after it is published, and your bookstore will also benefit from it.
Boss Jin said that nowadays everyone prints old books and no one dares to publish new books. Fortunately, yours is a medical book. If it was a novel satirizing the authorities, you might not be remembered for generations, but you would definitely be put in jail.
Su Luo then learned that in the early years, because Emperor Wanli did not want Confucian scholars to participate in politics, he ordered the closure of all academies, which hit these Confucian scholars. The publishing industry, which mainly relied on Confucian scholars as its customer base, was also affected. No one dared to publish books, and the cultural situation experienced a brief setback. So at that time, Old Li was blocked everywhere when looking for publishers, and he did not have the money to fully cover the printing costs. Finally, he thought of sending the book to the official seal, not only to maximize the impact, but also because once it was officially recognized, it would be relatively easy to reprint it in the future.
If he were to look for a private seal at this time, even if the boss agreed to it for Qin Huai's sake, he would still have to worry about government issues, sales issues, and return on investment. When Su Luo faced these issues, it was nothing more than a matter of money.
Su Luo took out one thousand and two taels of silver as the cost of printing "Compendium of Materia Medica". She didn't feel sorry for spending the money. It was worth it no matter how she thought about it to be able to change Hu Chenglong's name to hers!
The work of engraving supervision was handed over to Li Jianyuan. He was grateful to Su Luo, and if he was not too old, he might consider marrying her. Su Luo said, "Don't be grateful to me. I will also share the profits if the book sells well in the future. If you want to thank me, please help me find two female doctors who can stay here permanently. When you finish the training and go back, women's affairs should be left to women."
Li Jianyuan immediately sent a letter home, assigning the task of finding someone to Old Li, saying that he was good at that. Was he good at finding a doctor? Or was he good at finding a female doctor? Su Luo didn't dare to ask.
After arranging the publishing matters, Su Luo immediately asked the training doctors to set up a training department. After a short break of two days, they immediately began systematic training for the employees, making sure that these twenty-plus girls learned the most basic techniques in a short period of time.
Su Luo compiled a one-month course, with eight classes a day, each lasting half an hour. In addition to acupuncture and massage, Wu Yong explained the application methods of various Shiseido products. Su Luo conveyed some simple knowledge about essential oils to them, Bao Zixing trained them in hospitality, and Zhou Chongwen taught them some simple common characters.
These girls all came from poor families, and they really valued such good job treatment and worked very hard, but they still lacked a bit of ruthlessness. The massage was fine, they were divided into two groups and massaged each other, while practicing and experiencing the God-like feeling, but the acupuncture experiment class was terrible, firstly, it was inconvenient to take off clothes and identify acupuncture points with the male teacher present, and secondly, the female students didn't have the ruthlessness to insert the needle.
Su Luo said that women should be cruel to other women. After repeated encouragement, the monitor and deputy monitor finally gritted their teeth and gave the injection, causing the BMW and Volkswagen, which were used as experimental subjects, to have cramps in one hand and one foot, and they had to dance abstract street dance for several days.
Li Jianyuan said that acupuncture is an experiential discipline and it is impossible to learn its essence in a short period of time. Now let them identify the acupoints and memorize the theoretical knowledge first. In the future, they will become more skilled after practicing more.
Another half a month passed like this, and everything went on in an orderly manner. Apart from attending classes every day, Su Luo would go with Su to accompany Princess Huairou.
As the former capital of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing had all the departments that Beijing had, including the imperial palace, except for the emperor. More departments meant more officials, and more officials meant more wives. Whenever Su Luo had time, she would accompany the princess to receive the wives of officials in the palace. Some business celebrities who wanted to attend their gatherings would post messages asking Su Luo to meet them, which made Su Luo very proud.
In the princess's palace, Su Luo saw the Eighteen Iron Cavalrymen of Liaodong, but did not see Li Rusong. He thought he lived somewhere else, but he had not come to greet the princess for more than ten days. He pretended to ask casually, but Princess Huairou said he had left Nanjing. He wanted to take revenge but could not even see the shadow of the person. It was really a mistake. Su Luo asked anxiously: "Didn't he have orders to protect you?"
Huairou smiled and said, "He will be back in a few days, but I have to leave and cannot attend your opening ceremony."
Shiseido was originally scheduled to open in a month. Princess Huairou has been traveling all over the country, so there was no point for her to stay in Nanjing for another month. But yesterday she received news from Jianchang that her brother, the current Prince Yi, was seriously ill. The princess was anxious to go back and would set off soon.
Su Luo was greatly disappointed. Without Princess Huairou's presence, the opening ceremony would certainly be much less impressive.
Huairou thought for a moment and said, "Well, if you have any wish, tell me and I will definitely do it for you before I leave."
Su on the side hurriedly declined, Huairou smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I didn't do what I promised, I should make some compensation."
If Princess Huairou transformed into the Huairou Magic Lamp, Su Luo might make a wish. Unfortunately, Huairou would not turn into smoke and shrink into the lamp. In other words, the difficulty of the request must be well grasped so that she can do it and ensure that it is put to the best use.
Su Luo thought about it, and suddenly knelt down in front of the princess and Su, "My Lady Princess, please let my mother divorce my father."
