After He Wenlin left the Bosi factory, Liang Xiaoying turned around and went to the office of the boss's wife, Wang Min.

"Boss lady."

"Xiao Ying, what's wrong?"

"Boss lady, would you like some late-night snacks tonight?"

"The midnight snack is ready."

"So fast!"

Liang Xiaoying was also thinking of promoting her family's glutinous rice balls.

Liang Xiaoying then asked, "What are we having for supper tonight?"

"Sticky rice balls".

Upon hearing that it was a glutinous rice ball, Liang Xiaoying immediately thought of He Wenlin. Apart from He Wenlin, no one around here sold this stuff.

"You bought it from Aizhen's shop, right?"

"Yes, it was bought from Aizhen's family. Her daughter is capable and efficient. She just came to see me."

Liang Xiaoying felt uneasy. She hadn't expected He Wenlin to act so quickly, and the boss's wife was also very accommodating.

Liang Xiaoying felt that if she had approached the shop owner earlier to discuss this matter, the shop owner would definitely have bought from her.

Thinking of this, Liang Xiaoying felt extremely regretful that she had arrived too late.

"Xiaoying, how's your husband's boxed lunch business?" Wang Min asked.

Wang Min actually knew that He Xing had quit his job at the factory and was now selling boxed lunches, and that he was making them in his dormitory using the dormitory's water and electricity.

He Wenlin cooked boxed lunches in the dormitory for several days, and she still knew to give herself a gift. He Xingliang and Xiaoying, the couple, are not as sensible as a child.

"Business is so-so. Madam, how much is each sticky rice ball from Aizhen?"

"One dollar and sixty cents."

Liang Xiaoying exclaimed, "This is even more expensive than what they sell in their store! It only costs one yuan and fifty cents there. Boss lady, I can give you one yuan and ten cents each, and I guarantee it's a great deal with lots of it!"

"I've already paid. Maybe next time, next time."

When Liang Xiaoying heard that the money had already been paid, she felt deflated. Since she had already paid, she was too embarrassed to ask for it back.

I regretted arriving late again and was also amazed by He Wenlin's heartlessness. She had sold the glutinous rice ball for 1.5 yuan to the shop owner at a higher price. How ruthless!

"Isn't your family planning to open a shop like Aizhen's daughter?" Wang Min asked.

Liang Xiaoying was taken aback for a moment, but immediately understood what the landlady meant. She smiled and said, "We're looking for a place. We'll move in as soon as we find one. If there's nothing else, landlady, I'll go out and do my work now."

"Okay, go ahead."

...

Liang Xiaoying left the boss's office and met He Xing at the factory gate.

"So? Did the landlady agree?" He Xing asked.

Liang Xiaoying shook her head: "Linlin met the boss's wife before us and has already secured the order, and it's at a price of one yuan and sixty cents per unit."

"One dollar and sixty cents?" He Xing exclaimed in surprise. "This shopkeeper agreed to it? We offer one dollar and one cent, and she disagrees, but Linlin offers one dollar and sixty cents, and she agrees. Is she a sucker?"

"She said she had already paid and would order from us again next time. I think she was just embarrassed to ask Linlin for her money back."

He Xing was speechless and could only sigh, "If only we had come sooner. Linlin is really amazing. Da Ming has given birth to a wonderful daughter."

Liang Xiaoying said, "The landlady asked us when we were going to open the shop. I felt that she was bothered by us using the dormitory's water and electricity. I told her that we were looking for a suitable place and would move in as soon as we found one."

In fact, Liang Xiaoying and her husband had no intention of moving. Because their business was so unstable, renting a place would incur huge utility bills, making it impossible to earn any money.

Moreover, He Qian and He Jian will be starting school soon. If they start school, we'll need to find two more people to help with washing vegetables and packing, which will increase our expenses.

So they never considered renting a place like He Wenlin did.

"Given our current business, renting a place isn't worthwhile. Let's postpone it for a while and save as much as we can."

"Sisi and Xiaojian will be starting school soon. If things don't work out, you should go back to work at the factory. You've been selling for days and haven't earned a single penny. You've just wasted your time."

At first, he could sell one or two hundred yuan a day and earn several dozen yuan. But after that heavy rain, his business declined significantly. The most obvious change was the decrease in orders from the Bosi factory. Every time he asked people if they wanted to order food, they would say that they had already made their orders.

He Xing himself knew that the few people who were still ordering food from him were doing so because they were too embarrassed to refuse.

He Xing knew even better that his skills were not as good as He Wenlin's.

"Do you think we should lower the price? How about 2.5 yuan for the boxed lunches?" He Xing was really envious of He Wenlin's earnings from selling boxed lunches in such a short time and didn't want to give it up.

“I don’t think it’s useful. Your fried noodles and boxed lunch combo is only four yuan now, which is equivalent to a discount of three mao (0.3 yuan) on the ticket. Even so, people are still willing to order meals from Linlin. I think you should stop bothering with this and just go back to work at the factory.”

Liang Xiaoying has already backed down.

Business is terrible. There's no unsold stock and it's going to waste. Based on the current sales and losses, they don't even earn as much as they would working a regular job.

...

“Aizhen”.

A fellow Ganzhou native who was on good terms with Aunt He quietly pulled her aside and whispered, "Did the proprietress buy tonight's late-night snack from your daughter?"

When this was mentioned, Aunt He smiled from ear to ear and nodded: "Yes, I bought glutinous rice and boiled eggs."

"When I passed by the boss's office, I heard Liang Xiaoying also promoting the product to the boss. She said she would only sell it to the boss for one yuan and one jiao."

Upon hearing this, Aunt He immediately became anxious: "Did the landlady agree?"

"It seems not."

"Xiuying, thank you for telling me this news."

"You're welcome. I'll go back to my workstation now." Lin Xiuying said, and returned to her workstation.

The more He's mother thought about it, the angrier she became, and she quickly ran back to inform He Wenlin.

He Wenlin was not surprised at all; they had been in competition ever since He Xing started selling boxed lunches.

"Mom, I know what I'm doing when you go back to work. I'll find a chance to explain to the boss's wife."

"How do you explain this? Even if you explain, will the shop owner believe you? He sells it for so much less than you. The shop owner probably already paid for it this time, which is why she didn't come to you. Next time, she'll definitely buy from He Xing."

Aunt He was extremely anxious, cursing He Xingliang and Xiaoying a hundred times in her heart. What kind of relatives are these? How can they steal business like this?

“Mom, there’s a way to do things that cost one dollar and one cent. If my uncle gives one dollar and one cent, we can give one dollar and one cent too, but the quality will definitely be different.”

He Wenlin was certain that the glutinous rice balls from He Xing's place weren't crispy, otherwise they wouldn't be so cheap.

"Mom, you go to work first, I'll handle these things." After saying that, He Wenlin wrote a receipt for her mother. "This receipt is for Aunt Xiuying, to thank her for reminding us. You can use this receipt to pick up a boxed lunch tomorrow at noon."

"Okay, I'll go back to work now."

Aunt He took the receipt back to the factory.

"Linlin, what should we do now?" Lin Fei was also very worried.

"Don't panic, this kind of thing will happen often in the future, this is just a small case."

Real business competition is far more brutal than this.