When Yueyue caught a cold, everyone would coax her to drink her herbal medicine, saying things like this.

What did Yueyue say at the time? Song Yan just wanted to tease his daughter. "I won't drink!" That's what Yueyue said.

"Mom, if you drink the soup, I'll buy you a flowery handkerchief tomorrow," Yueyue said, tugging at her mother's hand affectionately.

"That's not what I said back then. I promised to buy you a dress!" Song Yan said, looking at his sly daughter.

"Isn't I saving money to support my younger brother?" Yueyue said seriously.

Song Yan: Hmph! Know when to quit while you're ahead! At least someone's coaxing me into having some soup!

Song Yan drank the soup in one gulp. Yueyue stuffed a piece of candy into her mouth.

There was a knock on the door, and Yueyue dashed out.

Song Yan was envious of the child; how could he have such boundless energy? She had been a little tired these past two days.

The person who came introduced himself, and Song Yan then realized who it was.

The young man in front of me had a square face and big eyes. He smiled before even speaking, and seemed like a friendly person. He was Du Hai, Du Yu's younger brother.

He delivered a letter. The address on the letter went to their district, but it couldn't be sent any further down because there was no such street.

This was asked of him by Wei Aiguo. If there is mail at this address, send it here.

Song Yan saw that the mailing address was Guangcheng. Only then did she remember the matter that Wei Aiguo had done by carrying rats.

If Lao Lei from Guangcheng had any in-demand goods that Wei Aiguo wanted, he would contact Haozi. Haozi would then mail the goods to this address.

After seeing Du Hai off, Song Yan opened the letter. There weren't actually many words on the page; the writing was too large and crooked, making it a truly terrible mess. Fortunately, it was still legible.

The message reads: Old Lei has an imported biscuit production line. It's a very sought-after product.

Old Lei wants ginseng. If he has ginseng, he'll keep the equipment.

I'm anxious, waiting for a reply!

Signed: Mouse

I'd definitely like imported biscuit production equipment, as long as the machine is working properly.

How much does that cost?

Are we able to come up with this money?

Song Yan carefully considered his reply.

The main point is that there is a ginseng plant that is 50 years old.

I haven't seen the machine, so I don't know its quality or price. I can't decide whether to buy it or not at the moment.

A 50-year-old ginseng is definitely a rare find. With this ginseng as bait, Lao Lei is unlikely to sell the production line to anyone else.

Because 50-year-old ginseng is not something you can easily find.

Whether I buy this machine myself or not, I should at least take a look at it if I have the chance.

However, this production line isn't easy to buy; the price and the quality of the machines need to be verified. There are also many scammers around at this time.

Another point is that Song Yan had heard before that during this period, the machines purchased from abroad were all obsolete. Secondly, the obsolete machines were often better than the machines currently used domestically.

Because our country is poor and backward now.

So it's possible the machine is usable, but it's someone else's obsolete equipment. It's really frustrating to pay money to buy someone else's junk.

I'll talk to Xiaohu about this today. The partners need to get together and discuss whether they're interested in buying this machine. Because buying the machine requires everyone's agreement.

If we want to buy the machine, we need to discuss the specific purchase plan and the issue of funding.

Thinking about it, there are so many things going on. Oh no, I can't go to Lao Han's place tomorrow either.

After breakfast, Xiao Hu called the university where Pan Lanlan worked. Pan Lanlan had relatively flexible hours; she could leave the university almost anytime.

Du Yu's time was tight.

Du Yu is the homeroom teacher and has a lot of classes.

Xiao Hu found her and told her about it.

This isn't something that can be decided immediately; let everyone consider it carefully.

After the four met as agreed, Song Yan explained the matter in detail.

Pan Lanlan's motto is simply "buy".

Du Yu hesitated for only a moment before nodding and buying.

To be honest, these two people are really bold.

Pan Lanlan: "I think it's definitely not feasible to develop something by relying entirely on manual labor. If there's an opportunity, we should definitely buy machines."

I've heard that there's a lot of shady stuff involved in buying these machines. You might not even get a good product even if you pay for it.

We need to have a technician examine it before we buy it.

Xiao Hu: "Sister Pan is right. We must bring our own technicians to see it. There is such equipment, and it's not cheap."

The money we've earned so far probably isn't enough.

Money is indeed a problem.