Dafu nodded, "Brother Zong contacted farms in surrounding cities and counties yesterday, so the supply of raw materials can keep up."

Jiang Xiaoli repeatedly emphasized, "Although we are rushing to meet the deadline, we must ensure product quality. This is the first step our food factory takes, and we absolutely cannot allow any food safety issues to occur."

Zong Jiayu continued, "And then there's the transportation aspect..."

It was 9 p.m. when the three of them finished discussing all the issues.

Jiang Xiaoli urged, "Zong Jiayu, you should go and rest. I'll finish up here with Brother Dafu."

Zong Jia was sent back to the dormitory to sleep. Da Fu gave her a big thumbs up, "Little Pear, your words still carry weight. No matter how I try to persuade you these past two days, Brother Zong will at most take a nap in the office. As soon as there's something to do, he gets up and gets to work."

Jiang Xiaoli asked with concern, "Brother Dafu, you must be exhausted these past two days. You should go home and rest early. We've almost finished dealing with everything today, and we can arrange the rest tomorrow."

After seeing Dafu off, she checked the time and then, with Han Xue by her side, finished up the remaining chores.

Before returning to her dormitory, she checked the time and called Li Guizhi, "Mom, I'm going back to my dormitory to sleep now. I'll go home tomorrow afternoon. You should get some rest."

She doesn't come here often, but she's sharing a dorm room with Han Xue tonight.

Han Xue looked at her and couldn't help but admire her, "President Jiang, I really admire you so much. It feels like you can find a perfect solution for anything."

She leaned against the headboard and said, "Actually, there is no perfect solution. It's just about taking a holistic approach and quickly choosing the most suitable method to make the work run more smoothly."

"This is really difficult. I feel like I still have a lot to learn," Han Xue said while wiping her face.

Jiang Xiaoli encouraged her, "You can do it, keep going! Our factory needs people like you who are willing to learn and take a step forward."

The next day, Jiang Xiaoli saw Zong Jia, whose mental state had recovered to about 70-80%, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Now it seems you've finally come back to life."

Zong Jia chuckled, "It's not that exaggerated. Let's go to the workshop and take a look."

The workshop manager at the branch factory is named Wang Duo, and he is extremely busy.

Upon seeing the two, he was about to push aside the workers next to him to come over and say hello when Zong Jiayu gave him a gesture, indicating that the two of them should go around by themselves.

Jiang Xiaoli highly praised the hygiene standards of the branch factory workshop, saying, "Wang Duo has done a good job in this regard."

Zong Jiayu nodded, "This is a brand new factory with brand new equipment. Let's see how things go in a few months."

The two inspected various departments and found that the branch factory was operating well.

Back in her office, Jiang Xiaoli went straight to the point, "The administration team should find an opportunity to replace Xiao Zhang."

Zong Jia understood what she meant, "Should I talk to Uncle Wei on your behalf?"

Jiang Xiaoli shook her head, "No need, Uncle Wei is Uncle Wei, and Xiao Zhang is Xiao Zhang."

Zong Jiayu was still worried and wanted to persuade her further, but Jiang Xiaoli smiled and said, "Uncle Wei isn't that stupid. Besides, do you think the people at 'Jiang Li Ji' want to make money with me, or follow Uncle Wei out of sentimentality?"

"Hehe." Zong Jiayu laughed, "Little Pear, you see things very clearly."

She shrugged indifferently, "I'm willing to believe that everyone is of one mind and wants to do a good job, but we also have to be prepared to deal with crises, right?"

"Yes, you're right." He paused. "I know how to handle Xiao Zhang's matter, don't worry."

In the afternoon, before leaving the branch factory, Jiang Xiaoli managed to get a few boxes of goods to take with her.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Oh my goodness, is it this hard to even get goods for my own factory?"

Zong Jia pushed the cart for her, saying, "You have no idea how many people are trying to cut in line to get their goods. Our factory's sales staff are worried sick. All the customers are pulling strings to get their goods as soon as possible."

Jiang Xiaoli touched her nose, "Alright, alright, I'll take it this time."

Back home, she thought about it again and again, then sent four boxes to her neighbor across the street. "Uncle Xiao, please eat at home. We really don't have that many supplies these days!"

She packed up the rest and went to the post office to send them to Teacher Shang Run in Kyoto. She had wanted to send Teacher Shang some gifts during the Lunar New Year, but many foods had a short shelf life. This time she finally had the chance.

On Monday, she counted the quantities and prepared a box of pork jerky and a box of boneless chicken feet for each substitute teacher in her class.

She played the victim in her office, saying, "Teacher Chen, it's really not because I'm stingy, there really wasn't any stock. I had to snatch these from the warehouse."

Chen nodded with a smile, "I knew your business was big, Mr. Jiang, but I didn't expect you to be advertising on TV. I wish you great success in your business!"

Zhao Jiawei, who was standing to the side, immediately opened a plate of boneless chicken feet and started eating. "Oh my, I wanted to buy them as soon as I saw the advertisement. I went to the supermarket for two days in a row over the weekend and they said they were out of stock. I'm so glad I finally got to eat them!"

Just as Jiang Xiaoli was about to say goodbye and leave, Chen opened the drawer and took out two admission tickets.

"These are your and Xu Xing's admission tickets for the preliminary round of the math competition. The exam is on May 7th. Are you confident?"

She carefully put away her exam admission ticket. "Teacher Chen, just wait for the principal to give you a bonus!"

"Hahaha!" Chen laughed, his eyes narrowing into slits. "Then I'll be waiting!"

Back in the classroom, Jiang Xiaoli placed Xu Xing's admission ticket on the table and asked, "Xu Xing, what's the preliminary round like?"

Recently, their competition has become very close, and as the difficulty of the questions increased, they both made mistakes.

Overall, however, Jiang Xiaoli won a little more often.

Xu Xing picked up the admission ticket and glanced at it. "The loser will take on the remaining duty hours this semester."

Jiang Xiaoli snapped her fingers happily, "It's settled, it's decided!"

With only 12 days left until the preliminary round of the math competition, she didn't frantically cram anymore. Instead, she took out her notebook of incorrect answers and carefully reviewed it twice from beginning to end.

Her requirement for herself is that she absolutely cannot make mistakes in the knowledge she has mastered or the types of questions she has solved!

For two consecutive weeks, she only went to the food factory once on the weekend, spending the rest of her time working tirelessly.

Given her current memory and comprehension, she can achieve remarkable results when she dedicates herself fully to something.

The preliminary round of the math competition began on the morning of May 7th.

On Monday, Jiang Xiaoli arrived at school looking dejected, which surprised her classmates, who speculated that she might have done poorly on her exam.

When Xu Xing arrived at the classroom, he was in a similar state to Jiang Xiaoli.

The students were a little confused.

After the flag-raising ceremony ended, Chen and Teacher Liu dragged the two to the edge of the playground.

"What's wrong with you two? Were the math preliminary exam questions too difficult? That shouldn't be the case!" Teacher Liu couldn't help but wonder.