Six days later, Su Qingyue had gathered up all the ferns from many nearby villages, and even the rented house was piled full.
That evening, Su Qingyue was lining up to get water from the village well when Zhou Fuquan passed by. Seeing her, he greeted her, "Sister-in-law..."
"Older Brother Zhou just came back from the town?" Su Qingyue noticed that he was carrying a jin of pork and looked weary, suggesting he had traveled a long way.
"The employer from the town hadn't settled my wages from before," he said with a hearty laugh. "Today I went to settle my wages, so I bought a jin of pork on the way."
"It's good that you've got it settled."
In the past few days, Wang Cuihua was among the people Su Qingyue had hired to wash the ferns. Hearing this, Fuquan remarked, "Other employers aren't as good as you, sister-in-law. You settle our wages as soon as the job's done."
"That's only right." She smiled.
