After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 416 Catching the Thief
After observing for a while, Su Xiaoxiao found that Liu Qing was actually quite good, and Su Wangcai's recommendation this time was quite reliable.

Liu Qing was also highly valued by Su Xiaoxiao, so she naturally worked very hard.

Seeing that Su Xiaoxiao had given Liu Qing an important position, Madam Sun came over to Su Xiaoxiao and said, "Actually, Xiaoxiao, I also investigated this young man Liu Qing a while ago. I thought he was good-looking and had good character. I was thinking of observing him for a while longer, and if he didn't work out, I would introduce him to Su Xiuer and try to match them up."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao sighed softly and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, sister-in-law. Alas, I feel that Su Xiuer's temperament is something that can never be changed in this lifetime. I feel sorry for Liu Qing for introducing her to her."

Su Xiaoxiao wasn't lying; in fact, Madam Sun felt the same way. After what happened a few days ago, she was completely disappointed in Su Xiuer. This girl was the kind of person who never learned her lesson and was stubbornly incorrigible; someone like her would suffer sooner or later.

Liu Qing is an honest and kind man. If we try to bring them together, Liu Qing will probably suffer for the rest of his life.

Sun was also glad that she hadn't done something wrong with good intentions.

Su Xiaoxiao was very satisfied with Liu Qing, and when settling Liu Qing's wages, she told him that she would give him an extra fifty coins every month.

Because Liu Qing's home was in town, and commuting back and forth was quite inconvenient for him, Su Xiaoxiao arranged for Liu Qing to stay at their home as well. Since the yard was large and there were many rooms, they simply picked one for Liu Qing to live in, so he wouldn't have to commute so much.

Liu Qing was moved to tears. He said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Sister Xiaoxiao, I came here because I heard that you pay well. I didn't expect you to be such a kind person and considerate of your employees. I really don't know how to thank you!"

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "It's alright. This courtyard was empty anyway, so you don't have to commute back and forth so often, which is quite tiring. You can eat in the workshop or cook for yourself here, either way is fine. There's everything in the house, so please feel free to use it, don't be shy."

Overjoyed, Liu Qing bowed deeply to Su Xiaoxiao and loudly assured her, "Boss Su, please rest assured, I will do my job well and will definitely live up to your expectations!"

Su Xiaoxiao could tell that Liu Qing was indeed an educated person; he spoke with a certain level of sophistication.

Liu Qing was indeed diligent. He saw that Su Xiaoxiao often went to the few acres of land that he had contracted out to the Su family, so he followed her. He would do his best to help with any work in the fields.

Su Xiaoxiao hired people to farm the land, and of course, she had to go over and supervise when she wasn't busy, just in case something went wrong and she could call on them to make corrections in time. If she were planting other crops, Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't need to go to so much trouble, since these few acres were for experimentation, planting a new variety of chili peppers.

This was a unique occurrence in the village, and many people watched the spectacle from the sidelines, discussing in the fields what Su Xiaoxiao was planting with such a large-scale operation. They were all very curious.

However, some of the older villagers were not optimistic about the chili peppers that Su Xiaoxiao planted in the field. They felt that Su Xiaoxiao was wasting several acres of land and was just fooling around.

The reason is that they have never seen such a thing before, so naturally they feel it is bad, which is quite normal.

Indeed, back then, everyone still believed in their traditional experience, thinking that Su Xiaoxiao was taking a risk and that she had no chance of succeeding in becoming the first person in the village to do something like this. In short, everyone felt that it was all a joke. They didn't have much of an impression of chili peppers and found it quite funny. Why not grow grains but instead grow such strange things? Could they replace grains to fill their stomachs? Everyone really couldn't understand it.

But Su Xiaoxiao's family is rich and powerful, so even though the village elders wanted to gossip about it, they had nothing to say.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't care about all that. She felt that what others thought of her was not important for the time being. What mattered was the future results, and time would prove it.

However, some idle villagers thought that Su Xiaoxiao was trying to stand out from the crowd and act as if no one else was as good as her. Some of these annoying people came and damaged a lot of Su Xiaoxiao's chili plants.

Su Xiaoxiao was very angry this time, but she had no other choice. She could only ask Liu Qing to help take care of the fields. Liu Qing came back and said, "Those people come to sabotage us in the middle of the night. I think I'll just stay here and guard the fields for the next few days!"

Liu Qing was also very angry. The strong young man was furious at the mention of someone damaging Su Xiaoxiao's chili seedlings.

This time, he was determined to get justice for Su Xiaoxiao.

However, Su Xiaoxiao was also worried that Liu Qing was too tired. She was afraid that he was working in the workshop during the day and then coming over at night to watch over the land for her, which made it impossible for him to be in two places at once.

Liu Qing said, "No problem, Sister Xiaoxiao. I'm in good health and can handle it. Besides, all I need to do is catch those thieves who came to cause trouble and hand them over to the village head. That will be a good way to deter them."

Su Xiaoxiao was deeply moved by these words. Su Ping'an was the only man in the family, and he had to stay home to study, so it was impossible for him to help watch the house.

Although the Xiang sisters are quite robust, they are still women, so it wouldn't be appropriate to send them over.

In the end, the heavy responsibility had to be placed on Liu Qing. Su Xiaoxiao said to Liu Qing, "I'll have my brother do more of the deliveries for the workshop these next few days. You don't need to go. Just focus on catching the thieves for me here!"

Liu Qing agreed and settled down in a shack next to Su Xiaoxiao's family's land.

After this incident, Su Xiaoxiao returned home and was worried all day long. She was so distracted while drying the peppers in the yard that she didn't realize what was happening until Liu Qiaomei called her from behind for a long time.

"Huh? What's wrong, Qiaomei?"

Su Xiaoxiao saw that Liu Qiaomei was holding an embroidered pillowcase with a pair of cute chubby babies on it. They were so lifelike and adorable that they looked just like real babies.

She held it up to Su Xiaoxiao and said, "Sister Xiaoxiao, this is a chubby baby I embroidered these past few days. I'm giving it to you and Brother Su, wishing you both a healthy baby soon!"