Chapter 169: Changes lead to success

Lu Xiang had originally saved up some money.

But he supported them in opening a food factory, and gave the bulk of the 3,000 yuan to Liu Pang and his team to start the factory! Plus, Lu Xiang was a big spender and never skimped on food, so now he only had a little over 200 yuan left.

Having tasted what it’s like to be rich, I am now thinking about doing something to make some more money.

While Lu Xiang was thinking about it, she heard a knock on the door outside.

Lu Xiang hurried over to open the door.

The person who came in was the director of the women's department. When she saw Lu Xiang, she said, "I'm so angry, I'm so angry!" She came back from buying groceries and looked very unhappy.

Lu Xiang was confused and asked, "What's wrong?"

The women's director's face was a little serious today. She said, "There's one more vegetable seller in the market!"

Lu Xiang's heart skipped a beat: "Ah?" These fresh out-of-season vegetables have never been available.

As soon as they made a little money, they were noticed by someone with ulterior motives and were also arranged. The director of the women's department was very anxious and said, "When I went there today, I found a new vegetable seller!" Not far from them.

With the competition, the vegetables that used to sell very quickly suddenly became very bad.

Fortunately, they had accumulated some repeat customers, some of whom came specifically to buy their dishes, so they were able to sell out the dishes.

The director of the women's department also went to inquire and was told that the batch of vegetables was shipped back from the provincial capital.

Lu Xiang said "Oh". If they said there were fresh off-season vegetables in the provincial capital, that was possible.

The village has just started to grow off-season vegetables, but for the provincial capital, off-season vegetables are no longer a new thing.

I just didn't expect them to sell to the county too. I guess they were the ones who took the trouble and made others jealous.

There are many talented people in the county, and there are plenty of them!

The women's director said, "Their price is five cents cheaper than ours." Don't underestimate these five cents. We eat vegetables every day, and ordinary people will buy them wherever it is cheaper.

Even though their food is indeed fresh and juicy, it doesn’t make much difference to ordinary people. They will eat it anyway.

Lu Xiang also frowned: "I knew this dish wouldn't last long, but I didn't expect it to be so short."

Selling vegetables is nothing new. They are not the only ones in the county, and their sales are booming, which inevitably arouses envy over time.

But now they are targeting them, which has greatly affected their village.

The women's director was so anxious that her mouth was foaming: "The village chief just bought the shop over there, and this year he bought another shop and built two greenhouses. It cost a lot of money."

The investment is not small. If I end up losing money, how will I explain it to everyone?

Lu Xiang said: "They sell theirs, and we sell ours."

The women's director sighed and said, "How can such a good thing happen? We've already been affected. If this continues for a long time, I'm afraid we won't be able to sell much."

The women's director also said, "I just talked to the village chief, and he was also confused." Her enthusiasm was dampened by someone.

She was extremely anxious and didn't know who to talk to, so she went to Lu Xiang, hoping that Lu Xiang could help her relieve her anxiety.

Lu Xiang said: "Then let's lower the price as well, by five cents. We can't just resist the price increase and drive people away." The profit of five cents can still be suppressed.

First, we need to retain these repeat customers.

Their dishes are the best at the same price, and people know it.

As for the people in the provincial capital, they can't compete with them on price because the transportation cost of vegetables from the provincial capital to here is also very high. They own the vegetable fields and can keep costs down.

Lu Xiang said: "This is inevitable." How can there be no competition in the market?

When the director of women's affairs saw that Lu Xiang was calm, she felt a little relieved and was no longer as anxious as before.

The director of women's affairs felt a little ashamed. She was obviously much older than Lu Xiang, but in this situation she was not as calm as the young Lu Xiang.

The director of women's affairs said, "Now that you say that, I feel relieved."

She can't control things and sometimes likes to get stuck in a rut! She's not as steady as Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang said, "I'll have to deliver some more food to the leader later." It always takes too long to deliver food at a time.

The director of women's affairs quickly agreed and said, "Okay, what else do you need to do? I'll arrange it right away!"

Lu Xiang said, "I can't think of it all at once. I'll think about it later."

Lu Xiang has lost some weight these past few days, and the director of the Women's Department felt a little embarrassed for worrying about her: "Your priority now is to take care of your baby."

Lu Xiang suddenly thought of something else: "There's another thing we can consider, which is wholesale! Like selling vegetables to a spring factory!"

Small profits but quick turnover, paying money at one time and receiving goods at the other, is much less stressful than this.

And once the situation becomes serious, it is the other party that will get angry.

When the director of women's affairs heard this, her eyes lit up and she said, "What a good trick to cut off the source of the problem." She had never thought of this before.

The women's director suddenly became excited: "I'll go talk to the village chief."

Now that the village’s output has greatly increased, we were worried that such a large quantity would not be sold. However, the mention of wholesale actually made us pleasantly surprised.

After all, the women's director has been working for so many years, so she has some ideas in mind. For example, Village Chief Bai had been trying hard to cooperate with them before, so she could wholesale the goods to him and how much he could sell for would depend on his ability.

There are also various factories. As long as these large factories are done well, the other small items can be sold by others.

The director of women's affairs looked at Lu Xiang with admiration. She also had a smart mind, but she didn't know why hers was so flexible.

Fortunately, they have Lu Xiang to help them in the village, otherwise they really wouldn’t know what to do if they encountered any problems.

After the women's director solved the problem, she was anxious to go back and discuss it with the village chief, so she didn't stay here for too long.

As soon as she left, Lu Xiang took out the small clothes that her sisters-in-law had brought over.

Then he found a piece of cloth. Fu Qinhui used to work in a supply and marketing cooperative and had bought some cloth without a ticket.

She wanted to try making a small piece of clothing for her child herself. No matter whether it looked good or not, it was a piece of clothing made with her heart.

The thought of this made me excited, so I drew a shape on the material with plaster lines. It would require two pieces of cloth, and then I would sew it together.

It didn't seem difficult to think about. I felt happy when I thought about sewing clothes for my child with my own hands, so I started to do it right away.

Lu Xiang used scissors to cut two pieces of cloth, but she had trouble sewing them. Her stitches were a bit rough and the cloth looked ugly.

Fortunately, it was the baby's outer clothes.

Lu Xiang felt a little embarrassed after she finished. As expected, without any systematic training, the things she made were just mediocre.

Hearing some noise outside, he secretly hid the little clothes he had made under his pillow.

Soon a voice came, and it was Fu Qinhui who came back.

There was a hint of joy on Fu Qinhui's face, and Lu Xiang knew at a glance that something good was going to happen.