Chapter 400: Selling like crazy

Seeing their surprised expressions, Shopkeeper Li shook his head and sighed.

"This isn't white salt, it's white sugar. It's sweeter than brown sugar and more convenient to eat. Whether you're making tea, cooking, or desserts, it doesn't affect the color or the appearance. This stuff is already selling like hotcakes in town, while brown sugar is completely unpopular now."

These words were like a thunderbolt, hitting Liang Fugui so hard that he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

"You mean to say that our money-making plan is over before it even begins?"

Shopkeeper Li nodded. "That's about what I mean. But don't worry, although this brown sugar is hard to sell, you can still sell some, and it's still possible to make some hard-earned money."

"How could this happen?"

Liang also woke up from her shock and stamped her feet anxiously.

"This is like trying to change a pair of pants into a hat. What a waste of time! If you know this is the case, you might as well stay at the Chen family and work there."

Liang Fugui also realized the seriousness of the matter. If brown sugar was not easy to sell, what would happen to the beets at home?

He and Zheng Xike, who delivered the beets, signed a contract to deliver 10,000 kilograms of beets every month.

If I can't sell these, how can I buy sugar beets? If I breach the contract without reason, I will go to jail...

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. The more scared he became, the more uncertain he became. He hurriedly looked at Shopkeeper Li.

"Brother, you have a quick mind. Quickly calculate how much brown sugar your store can sell in a month. How much can I earn after deducting the principal? Can I continue to work here?"

"It's difficult!" Shopkeeper Li closed his eyes, put his hand on his forehead, and sighed deeply.

"To be honest, ever since this white sugar appeared, my shop can't even sell half a pound of brown sugar a day. If you want to make a fortune, you still have to find a way to get the method of making white sugar."

"Where can I get it?"

"The sugar at Liuji Grocery Store is supplied by the Chen family. This sugar was invented by the Chen family. Don't you understand what this means?"

"You mean I should learn the craft secretly?" Liang Fugui understood and shook his head.

"No, no, we've already offended the Chen family. There's no way they're going to let us work again. This idea is simply not feasible."

Shopkeeper Li sat up straight, his expression suddenly cold, "Then I can't help you."

After saying that, he picked up the abacus and started clacking.

"I gave you forty taels of silver back then. Today you delivered five hundred jin of brown sugar. Based on eighty-five coins per jin, the total value is forty-two taels and five qian of silver. If you don't have white sugar anymore, don't send me any more. Even if you do, I won't be able to sell it."

When Liang Fugui heard this, he immediately became furious. "Brother, you can't do things like this. We agreed that we would be responsible for making the candy and you would be responsible for selling it. Now you say you don't want it, what should we do?"

"That's right. It was you who asked us to make candy. Now you say you don't want it. How can you sit back down after taking a shit like this?" Liang also made a sarcastic remark.

Shopkeeper Li glanced at the two of them and snorted coldly.

"Is it funny what you're saying? My shop is about to close down, who can I turn to for justice?

Don't waste your time arguing with me here. Go back and figure out how to learn how to make sugar. As long as you have sugar, everything will be easy to solve."

Seeing that he turned his face and didn't recognize him, Liang Fugui really wanted to beat him up, but he was afraid that he couldn't beat him, so he had to grit his teeth and said,

"After deducting the 40 taels of capital, there's still 2.5 taels of silver left. After deducting the labor costs, shouldn't this money be divided equally?"

Shopkeeper Li wanted to refuse, but after careful consideration, he felt that the couple would not give up easily. If they could really learn the method of boiling white sugar, they would be able to win-win and benefit each other.

Thinking of this, he quickly put on a smile and said, "It's yours, so I won't take it all for myself. Two taels and five qian of silver, calculate how much is left after deducting the labor cost, and I'll give it to you."

Liang Fugui had already calculated the bill without giving it a second thought. "I hired five people to work, and it took them twelve days to boil the sugar. The total wages were six hundred coins, and I still have one ounce and nine coins left. You should give me nine hundred and fifty coins, plus the six hundred coins for the wages."

"That's a very clear calculation. Wait, I'll give it to you right away."

Shopkeeper Li lowered his head and took out a string of copper coins from the counter, handed it to Liang Fugui, and reminded him again,

"Brother, I was planning on a long-term partnership, but I didn't expect Chen to have so many creative ideas, even coming up with something called white sugar. But I think you're no worse than her, and this white sugar thing won't be a problem for you. In order to make a fortune in the future, you two should think about it carefully when you go back."

"I understand what you said, but I'm afraid this won't be easy!" Liang Fugui didn't dare to make a guarantee. After all, his wife was not working for the Chen family now, so it was basically impossible for her to learn secretly.

After leaving Li’s grocery store, the couple sat on the ox cart with dejected looks and headed home.

They never dreamed that they would encounter such a misfortune.

I had thought that I could give the brown sugar to Manager Li, borrow some money from him to buy a donkey, and expand the scale of the sugar factory, but now it seems that everything is impossible.

Jishidiang.

Chen Qingqing is examining a child.

Seeing that the child was pale and thin, with white spots on his fingernails and face, he concluded that he had roundworms in his stomach and asked the child's mother,

"Auntie, does your son sleep restlessly at night and often grind his teeth?"

"Yes, that's right. He's been making noises all day and all night, but does that have anything to do with the stomachache?"

"Of course it is related, because your son has roundworms in his stomach, which affects his absorption of food. If the worms are not expelled from his body, these symptoms will not disappear, and over time it will affect the child's normal growth and development."

Chen Qingqing explained the harm of roundworms based on the child's condition.

When the boy heard there were worms in his stomach, he was horrified. "Mom, will the worms eat me? I'm so scared!"

The woman patted his back gently and said, "Don't be afraid, my son. I will definitely find a way to get rid of the worms in your stomach."

After saying this, he looked at Chen Qingqing eagerly.

"Miss Chen, what medicine can I take to get rid of the worms in my son's stomach?"

Chen Qingqing knew that there were several Chinese medicines that could expel parasites, but the effects were slower and not as convenient as the anthelmintic medicine in the space.

She took out two pills from her medicine bag and handed them to the woman. "Take them tomorrow morning on an empty stomach. Eat an hour later, and all the roundworms in your stomach will be eliminated immediately. From now on, wash your hands before and after meals to prevent worms from growing in your stomach."

The woman frowned and glanced at the pills in her hand, her face hesitant. "Miss Chen, if I don't prescribe the medicine, will this work?"

"It works. This is my own secret anti-parasitic medicine. It's much more effective than herbal medicine."

"Okay, thank you Miss Chen." The woman paid the money, thanked him repeatedly, and left with the child.

Every doctor has his own secret family recipe, which is basically never passed on to others, so Xiaowu and Li An are no longer surprised by Chen Qingqing's strange little pills...