"No need, I'll just take it and eat it!"

The child took out five yuan and put it in a cardboard box containing a lot of change. He picked up two bamboo skewers and eagerly picked up a piece of potato and put it in his mouth. Then he exaggeratedly performed the act of "It's so delicious" in front of his companions.

Although the stall owner operated with one hand, he was quite fast, quickly preparing the braised food for another child and preventing an impending 'fight'.

As soon as the two children left, someone immediately stepped forward to fill the empty seat. The man repeated the same action, his smile widening even further.

After returning from Haishi, Zhao Hai volunteered to join three people selected by the Dongqing City Disabled Persons' Federation to try selling Xu's braised food at a stall.

Except for seven jin of unsold braised food on the first day, the stall sold out every day for the next few days. Today, the stall has even gained loyal customers, and one hundred jin is no longer enough to meet their needs.

Ring ring—ring ring—

"Old Zhao, today is the fourth day. How is the situation on your end? Is it feasible?" The caller was Jiang Dashan, the head of the Jianghe City Disabled Persons' Federation.

"Pretty good." The gloom in Zhao Hai's voice was swept away, replaced by a more cheerful tone: "Except for the first day, we've basically sold out in four hours for the next few days. Today, depending on the situation, we might be able to close up shop half an hour or an hour earlier!"

"That's good. Old Ma's situation is similar to yours. I just asked him, and he's already preparing to report to his superiors and apply for a subsidy."

"Haha, he's a step behind me. I called a meeting with the members this morning and just submitted the report!" Zhao Hai said proudly. "I have a total of thirty-seven members who have signed up!"

"I'd also like to collaborate with Xu's Catering, but I'm a bit too far from Haishi."

“You live two hours from Haishi, so a round trip would take four hours. It’s hard to say!” Zhao Hai said, his eyes darting around as he offered Jiang Dashan a suggestion: “Your Disabled Persons’ Federation has quite a few members, right? You could apply for subsidies and mobilize some members. If you can get twenty or thirty people, that’s more than a ton of goods. It’s definitely worth Xu’s Braised Food making the trip, isn’t it?”

"Is it feasible? It takes four hours round trip. If the shop owners have to go themselves, it will take them a whole day." Jiang Dashan was still somewhat hesitant.

"Whether it works or not, we'll know once we try!" Zhao Hai said with a hint of exasperation, "What did you say when you persuaded me to go to Haishi? You were even willing to pay out of your own pocket to let me make the trip. Now that it's your turn, why are you acting like this!"

"Hey, I'm just worried that the braised food won't sell well here!" After being mocked by his friend, Jiang Dashan gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'll just drive around for three to five days myself. If I can really make a living here, then I'll talk to Boss Xu about cooperation!"

“Dashan, why don’t you contact Mr. Xu and ask him?” Zhao Hai suggested again. “Think about it yourself. Mr. Xu opened his fast food restaurant in July, launched his braised food business in September, and now in October, he’s even helping farmers in Qingyan Province with poverty alleviation. He doesn’t seem like someone who’s stuck in the old ways. You might just ask him and it will work, right?”

"Now you're able to turn around and lecture me?" Jiang Dashan mumbled a few words before saying, "Let me think about it some more, let me think about it some more."

After asking some more questions about the details of the Xu family's braised food being sold at a stall by the Disabled Persons' Federation of Dongqing City, and chatting for a while, we ended the conversation.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Dashan paced around the office with his hands behind his back, going around and around until he almost wore a path through the old carpet on the floor.

Grandpa Sun's summary report at the conference, the words of high praise from the head of the Jiangyuan City Disabled Persons' Federation for this cooperation, and the persuasion from his old friend Zhao Hai—all three kept echoing in Jiang Dashan's mind, gradually tilting the scales in his heart.

After pacing around the office countless times, when Jiang Dashan finally stopped, he was holding a cell phone in his hand, the screen showing a call in progress.

"Hello, Mr. Xu, this is Jiang Dashan, the head of the Disabled Persons' Federation in Heyang City. I've heard that the trial in Dongqing City has been quite successful, and I'd like to try it out in Heyang City as well. I can't say for sure, but if the trial is successful, getting a ton a day shouldn't be a problem. Okay, Mr. Xu, please consider it."

As he watched the phone hang up, Xu An's eyes gradually lit up. He suddenly pushed open the office door and strode out, walking briskly to Lu Shengnan's desk.

“Shengnan, the plan has changed. The analysis report for the 21 prefecture-level cities in Haiyang Province still needs to be done, but this time, we need to include the situation of the Disabled Persons' Federations in all 21 prefecture-level cities! They are the best forwards!”

2-in-1

(End of this chapter)