On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Bosi Factory, Shirt Factory, Hongda, and Meihua Garment Factory all resumed work.

Peng Wei and his nephew Peng Liang will not start work until the tenth day of the lunar new year, so He Wenlin had to personally visit these four factories, find the team leaders of each factory, and tell them that the fast food restaurant is open for business today and that they can place an order if needed.

However, since everyone brought a lot of food from their hometowns right after the Lunar New Year, there's no need to place an order for the time being.

For now, the Caijiang Village fast food restaurant only needs to sell breakfast.

The second store had even less business because schools hadn't reopened yet, so the second brother, He's father, and Lin Fei basically took turns preparing breakfast at the Bacaijiang Village fast food restaurant.

He Wenlin also needs to visit the food factory.

On the morning of the eighth day, each production station cleaned up first, and production began in the afternoon.

He Wenlin and Li Shulin also divided the work.

He Wenlin was responsible for making follow-up phone calls to small business owners, while Li Shulin was responsible for visiting supermarkets and other retail channels.

As a small business owner, He Ling was out of stock. There was no need to ask; she had already told He Wenlin to send over 100 egg rolls and 50 peach shortbreads as soon as they became available.

There are also three business owners in the market: Zhang Hong, Luo Zhonghui, and Guo Dali. They still have a little bit of peach shortbread left, but the egg rolls were basically gone by the fifth or sixth day of the Lunar New Year. They are just waiting for He Wenlin's factory to start production and deliver the goods.

These three people ordered a total of 350 boxes of egg rolls, 1180 boxes of peach shortbread, and 10 boxes of fried dough twists.

In the supermarket sector, all supermarkets still have stock, especially the supply and marketing cooperative supermarkets, because they increased their stock before the Lunar New Year; otherwise, Mr. and Mrs. He wouldn't have returned home so late.

The period after the Lunar New Year is the off-season for sales.

He Wenlin had anticipated this result and was not surprised.

Yang Gangyong hadn't started work yet, and since the fast food restaurant was currently slow, He Wenlin asked her father to drive and deliver the goods.

Business has slowed down, which is good.

He Wenlin has time to study, and He's father can also keep an eye on the progress of the factory and the house in Caijiang Village.

The houses in Caijiang Village have already been built up to the third floor, but the roof is not yet finished. When it first started last year, He Wenlin said many times that they should build three floors first. Now, Xiao Zheng from the credit union and Wang Ming from the bank have both said that they can get loans, so He Wenlin told them to build six floors directly, all at once.

A two-story building has already been built on the factory site. The second floor serves as the office area. The first floor includes the production room, packaging room, raw material handling area, and restrooms. Each floor has an area of ​​over 400 square meters.

They're already building a finished goods warehouse.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, after the Lantern Festival, people went back to work or school.

He Wenlin's parents met Mr. Cao, Mr. He's junior high school homeroom teacher, through the introduction of Ruan Lingfeng, a top student.

Chengnan Middle School wasn't a very good school, but with an acquaintance's introduction and her father even giving her two packs of good cigarettes, He Wenlin easily got into the school without even taking an exam.

After many years, He Wenlin felt a little strange returning to campus and seeing these innocent and naive "kids".

On her first day of school, He Wenlin was still quite unaccustomed to it.

"I know you. You run a fast food restaurant in Caijiang Village. What are you doing here at school?" A girl with almond-shaped eyes and a high ponytail walked over and asked during break time.

"Because studying is useful," He Wenlin said with a smile. "Excuse me, what's your name?"

"My name is Gao Yuanyuan, what's yours?"

"My name is He Wenlin. Please take care of me in the future, Gao."

Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said, "No problem, no problem."

Buzz buzz buzz~

Just then, He Wenlin's mobile phone rang.

Because she went back to school, He Wenlin put her phone on vibrate.

She took it out and pressed the answer button: "Hello, this is He Wenlin."

"Mr. He, this is Zheng from the credit union. Didn't we talk about getting a loan last time? Are you free today?"

"Sorry, I don't have time today. Also, I haven't received payment from my supermarket channels yet; they're due on the 20th and 22nd. Will this affect my loan application?"

The payment times for Gongxiao Supermarket and Wankelai are different.

"Ring ring~" The school bell rang.

He Wenlin quickly said, "I have to go to class now, sorry, I have to hang up now, I'll call you back after class."

After saying that, He Wenlin hung up.

When the students in the class saw that the new student actually had a cell phone, their eyes widened in surprise!

What kind of family is this?

Residents in coastal areas are generally wealthier and have a higher standard of living than people in other places, but this was only in 2000. There were still many poor people in coastal cities. Not to mention students, even ordinary working people didn't have many cell phones.

But He Wenlin took out her phone!!!

Yu Xiaoqiao, the girl next to He Wenlin, couldn't concentrate on class anymore. She stared intently at He Wenlin and then whispered, "Why do you have a cell phone?"

He Wenlin glanced at her but didn't say anything.

Yu Xiaoqiao was annoyed. She pouted and said, "It's just a cell phone. You can't be so arrogant just because you have status. You don't even acknowledge people."

"Yu Xiaoqiao, stand up and tell me how to solve this problem." Well, she's finally been caught by math teacher Ms. Lin.

Yu Xiaoqiao glanced at He Wenlin and said, "The teacher asked me this question."

He Wenlin looked at her incredulously. "No way, you're playing palace intrigue with me?"

Before He Wenlin could speak, the sharp-eyed and insightful Teacher Lin on the podium angrily said, "I saw that you were the one who tried to talk to her, and she didn't even acknowledge you. And you still dare to talk! If you're so good at talking, come up here and talk to me!"

Yu Xiaoqiao lowered her head.

Teacher Lin continued, "You've been failing math all year and you're always daydreaming. There are only a few months left, and you're still not working hard. How are you going to get into high school? How are you going to get into university? If you don't want to study, don't affect the other students. Because of you, if you waste two minutes, that's a hundred minutes wasted for the fifty students in the class."

Yu Xiaoqiao stopped arguing and lowered her head without saying a word.

Seeing that she was silent, Teacher Lin resumed the lesson...

After class, He Wenlin picked up her mobile phone and dialed Xiao Zheng's number. She had no choice but to use this little bit of time to handle business now that she was in school.

"Brother Zheng, I'm sorry, I was in class and didn't have time."

"You're going back to class? You're already so amazing, why would you need to go to school?"

“I still need to go to school, while I’m still young,” He Wenlin said. “Brother Zheng, I wanted to ask, I have some money that hasn’t come back yet. Will it affect my loan application? It’s several hundred thousand yuan in total.”

"That will definitely have an impact. If you receive hundreds of thousands in repayments, it means you have high cash flow and can get more loans."

"I'll contact you again after I receive the payment."

"Okay, remember to contact me first. The interest rate definitely won't be higher than that of China Construction Bank. Be sure to contact me, okay?" Xiao Zheng reminded He Wenlin three times as he ran off.

Last time, He Wenlin went to Wang Ming first, which really angered Xiao Zheng.

If you lend less money to him, his performance will suffer.

After He Wenlin hung up the phone, she realized that all her classmates were staring at her.

Yu Xiaoqiao was even more indignant: "It's just a broken cell phone, what's there to show off? Are you afraid we won't know you have a PHS phone?"