"Little Sweetheart, do you think your third brother and Xiaocao are a good match?" Su Laoda asked from a different angle.
Setting aside the fact that the two were cousins, were these two children compatible to be together?
From a personality perspective, were they a bit mismatched?
Su Xiaocao was naturally a good girl, a child he had watched grow up.
But compared to his own children, that child seemed to lack presence.
In that case, would one spouse be strong and the other weak?
Having lived for most of his life, he understood that it was best for a couple to be evenly matched. A strong-weak dynamic would inevitably lead to imbalance.
"Big Dad, I think they are actually quite suitable. As long as third brother and Sister Xiaocao like each other, they can tolerate each other. If both are willing to consider the other, all problems will cease to be problems!"
"Besides, third brother's personality isn't really overbearing. He puts 120% of his passion into his work. Even after marriage, he might not be very attentive to home matters. Sister Xiaocao has a gentle personality, and it would be best if she can tolerate third brother."
Otherwise, the couple would likely just argue.
After hearing Su Xiaotian's words, Su Laoda felt that there was indeed some truth to it.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, Su Changjiu and his wife, after finishing the summer harvest and just waiting for the grain to be stored, had rushed to the capital.
If it weren't for the matter of Su Xiaocao and Su Sangong, the couple would not have wanted to make another trip to the capital.
After all, time and money were both precious.
However, with the two children taking a liking to each other, there was a problem.
If they didn't come over, some issues definitely couldn't be resolved.
When Su Laoda and his wife arrived in the city to discuss the matter with Su Sangong, they happened to see Su Changjiu and his wife at their own doorstep.
"Village Chief, why are you here? Is it about that rascal Sangong? I am a negligent parent, I have failed you!"
Su Laoda first expressed his apologies. After all, theirs was the male child, and in such matters, the male child was generally considered to have the bigger issue.
"Brother, there's no need to say such things. The two children grew up together, who knows when these feelings developed."
Su Changjiu looked at Su Laoda, who was very guilty, and felt a bit embarrassed himself.
"It's that rascal Sangong who is not behaving properly!"
Hearing that Su Changjiu wasn't blaming them, Su Laoda felt a bit better and breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Xianghua took the Village Chief's wife's arm and said affectionately, "Let's go inside first. We can discuss the children's matters slowly. My rascal son is truly becoming more and more unruly."
"It's not a big deal. Sangong is a good child, we know that. If it works out, Sangong definitely won't mistreat Xiaocao."
Wang Xianghua clearly hadn't expected the Village Chief and his wife to say such a thing.
Why did it feel like the Village Chief and his wife were even more accepting?
"Sister-in-law, aren't you worried about what others will say?" Wang Xianghua, with her straightforward personality, asked directly what she was thinking.
The Village Chief's wife gave a wry smile.
Worried?
How could they not be worried?
They would continue to live in the village in the future.
Who knew what the villagers would gossip about, but what could they do?
The children liked each other, so should they prevent the two children from being together just because they were afraid of gossip?
They couldn't bear to break up a loving couple like that.
After all, she was their cherished daughter. No matter what, they couldn't ruin her entire life for their own reputation, could they?
As the four of them entered the house together, Grandpa Su and Grandma Su were shocked.
How did these four people end up together?
"Why did you all come back together?"
"We met at the door, Father!" Su Laoda replied.
Su Changjiu and his wife also hurried to greet the elders.
After exchanging a few polite words, the group finally got to the main topic.
The main topic was naturally the matter of Su Sangong and Su Xiaocao.
"We came this time because we wanted to finalize the matter of the two children. After all, they are not young anymore," Su Changjiu said directly.
Su Laoda was startled.
How did it get to the point of finalizing things?
When did Changjiu become so open-minded?
"Brother Changjiu, have you really thought it through?"
As Su Laoda spoke anxiously, he even stopped calling him Village Chief and, using their childhood address, directly called him Brother Changjiu.
"I've thought it through. We are old now, and it's all for the next generation, isn't it? Besides, Xiaocao is not my biological daughter."
This statement was like a thunderclap, leaving Su Laoda and Wang Xianghua stunned for a long time.
How could Xiaocao not be their biological daughter?
Wang Xianghua looked at Su Changjiu and his wife in disbelief.
Back then, when Xiaocao had a difficult birth, they had specifically gone to the city for her delivery. When they returned, she was a beautiful little baby, like a kitten, and she had even nursed from her...
Wait, Xiaocao wasn't born in the village, but in a city hospital. Could she have been swapped at birth?
"What's going on?" Su Laoda asked.
As he asked this, he saw his own parents looking very calm, as steady as Mount Tai.
Could it be that the elders had known about this for a long time?
Su Laoda recalled Su Xiaocao recognizing a godmother some time ago and suddenly felt that he understood something, yet it also seemed unlikely.
"Xiaocao is Teacher Xie Nan's biological daughter. This is a long story, so we won't go into it. In short, there are no problems with the two children getting married," Su Changjiu concluded concisely.
Meanwhile, Su Xiaotian, who was far away at the factory, racking her brains, was unaware that her family had already begun preparing for Su Sangong and Su Xiaocao's wedding.
She was still diligently spending her days in the office and workshop.
Zhao Hongmei was a very capable person. In just over ten days, she had secured a large order.
Her achievements were remarkable, even slightly better than Sun Xiaoyu's.
Her idea of expanding into new markets had been very successful.
Stimulated by this, Zhao Hongmei had an unstoppable drive.
She decided to strike while the iron was hot and continue to expand into new markets in the next city.
Upon receiving the news, Su Xiaotian immediately organized a meeting with Lei Gaocao and others.
Expanding the market meant increasing production volume, otherwise, there would be a situation where supply couldn't keep up.
This would not do.
When Lei Gaocao heard that Zhao Hongmei, a young girl, had actually secured a large order, he was instantly unsettled.
"Factory Director, with this order, our current production capacity is a bit insufficient!"
Then, he heard Su Xiaotian's earth-shattering words.
"Hongmei has already set off to continue expanding the market. Factory Director Lei, the follow-up will depend on you."
What was going on?
Lei Gaocao felt that he must have misheard. With the orders they had already secured, he doubted they could meet the demand, and now she was going to another city?
If she brought back even more large orders, the factory's production capacity would be severely insufficient!