Lin Yuan was involved in the construction of the earthen kiln throughout the entire process, so he was also very concerned about the progress of the scallion-making.
He rubbed his hands together and asked, "Sis, when can you take it out?"
Lin Yu looked at the small mound of earth and said, "It won't be that fast. Let's go do something else."
So they went and made seasoning packets with other people.
The scallions dried slower than Lin Yu had imagined. It wasn't until the afternoon, after everyone else had used up all the ingredients in the seasoning packet, that the scallions were finally dried.
Lin Yuan frowned. "We need to improve this earthen kiln. This is too slow and a waste of time."
Lin Yu nodded. "Indeed."
After finishing her work, Ma Lianhua took off her sleeves. "I'm always so busy. I hope nobody wants all this stuff I've made?"
"Let me tell you, if we can't sell them, all my hard work during this time will be for nothing."
Lin Aiguo's face darkened. He was also worried about the sales channels, but he was also afraid of putting too much pressure on Lin Yu.
“This is a collective matter. You’re not the only one working on it. Xiaoyu has also gone out to find sales channels. These are risks we all have to take.”
Ma Lianhua muttered, "I told you we shouldn't have listened to a little girl. What could she possibly know? Setting up a workshop? I think we're just playing house with her."
Li Dahui pursed his lips and looked at the group of people with furrowed brows, saying, "Xiaoyu did all this so that our brigade could live a better life. If you don't thank her, fine, but are you going to blame her?"
Sister-in-law Wang pushed Ma Lianhua aside and stood up, saying, "That's right, we should all thank Xiaoyu. Regardless of whether this matter succeeds or not, at least she tried her best."
Aunt Ma, if you don't think it's going to work, then you can quit the workshop.
Grandma Lin also said, "Our Xiaoyu has no selfish motives at all. It was her uncle who saw that she had become a fan and wanted to set up this workshop so that our brigade could have a side business."
Others echoed this sentiment, feeling that Ma Lianhua was being too harsh on Lin Yu.
But everyone was actually quite uneasy, fearing that the fans would really have no sales channels and all their hopes would be dashed.
Lin Yu sighed inwardly, thinking that perhaps she should take Li Dahui and go somewhere further away to find other sales channels.
"Excuse me, is this the Lotus Brigade's fan workshop?"
A group of people looked outside and saw a man in a suit being brought over by Qiao Feng.
"Manager Wu!" Lin Yu greeted him with delight.
Manager Wu hurriedly said, "Comrade Lin Yu, hurry up, how much of that hot and sour noodles do you have left? We're running out."
"I came here, and luckily I met a People's Liberation Army comrade who brought me to the vermicelli workshop."
Lin Yu asked him, "Did you call me because the hot and sour noodles are sold out?"
Manager Wu nodded: "Sold out, sold out, even the few kilograms without the seasoning packets were sold out."
“There are still people asking about it, so I came to you right away to get my goods.”
Fireworks exploded in Lin Yu's heart; finally, the fans could be sold!
She introduced Lin Aiguo to Manager Wu: "This is our team leader. You can sign the contract with him, and then you can take the goods away."
Lin Aiguo stepped forward and shook hands with Manager Wu, then took out the contract drafted by Lin Yu and discussed it with him.
The final decision was to supply 100 jin (50 kg) of vermicelli, plus hot and sour vermicelli seasoning, for a total of 15 yuan.
Manager Wu settled the bill on the spot and took all the items with him.
After everyone left, the workshop erupted in cheers.
"It's a success! It's a success!"
"Very good!"
Sister-in-law Wang, hands on her hips, said, "Ma Lianhua, look, Xiaoyu succeeded! Doesn't your face hurt? Didn't you think the workshop was no good? Why aren't you leaving yet?"
Ma Lianhua felt relieved; she had almost left the workshop just now.
That would be a huge loss.
This first batch of goods sold for fifteen yuan!
Fifteen yuan. After a year of work, a large family would only have a few dozen yuan left.
And this is only the first batch of goods; the twenty pounds we had yesterday weren't even enough to sell in just one morning.
These sweet potato noodles are really popular.
This means that her job can indeed earn money.
Ma Lianhua, ever the tactful one, said with a forced smile, "Xiaoyu, you're so magnanimous. I was just in a hurry, I wasn't really blaming you."
Lin Yu was unhappy with what she had just said about her and didn't want to make up with her.
He just nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Everyone, get back to work."
Feeling rebuffed and unwilling to leave the workshop, Ma Lianhua slunk back to work.
Lin Yu then pulled Li Dahui aside to discuss: "Relying solely on the county supply and marketing cooperative as a sales channel won't be enough; we need to find a larger organization."
This is, after all, a small county town, and the supply and marketing cooperative's demand is limited.
Lin Yu was a little disappointed to see that so many goods only cost fifteen yuan to settle the bill.
Fifteen yuan seems like a lot, but with so many workers in the workshop, each person only gets a few cents.
They've been busy for so long.
To make more money, we need to continue to find other sales channels.
Li Dahui agreed with her opinion; he had already had this idea yesterday.
He said, "I'm planning to go to the provincial capital to ask around, what do you think?"
Lin Yu was surprised that they had the same idea.
Then Li Dahui told him that he had an aunt who was married in the provincial capital, and that he could go there to meet her.
Previously, Li Dahui had been ashamed of his stutter and had always disliked interacting with relatives.
Now that the workshop needs him, he feels he can go and reconnect with his relatives.
Lin Yu felt that Li Dahui already had a businessman's mindset, so she supported him in doing it.
Of course, the provincial capital was so far away, and in those days, the social atmosphere wasn't very good.
There was no way Lin Aiguo would agree to let Lin Yu go.
So, Li Dahui and Lin Yuan were the last two to set off.
Lin Yu wanted Lin Yuan to go along so that he could broaden his horizons.
Staying in this small place all the time will limit your understanding.
When society opens up in the future, Lin Yuan will be too old to go out and make his way in the world.
Lin Yuan was also very happy to be able to travel far away. Unlike his older brother, who was content with his lot, he liked to go out and explore.
But in this era, you need a letter of introduction and a legitimate reason to go anywhere.
As he got older, he felt he needed to do something productive so he could get married and have children in the future, so he settled down and did farm work in the production brigade.
Lin Yuan was really looking forward to the opportunity to go out with Li Dahui.
He always knew that Li Dahui would secretly go to the county town to do some business, but he didn't have the skill to hunt and didn't dare to take the risk, so he never went with him.
Sometimes he felt that Lin Yu's life was much more exciting than his. She had only been here for a short time, but she had already gone to the county town with Li Dahui so many times.
"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Uncle Dahui," Lin Yuan and Li Dahui reassured their families before they set off.
Ding Dahua patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just don't hold us back. Dahui, I'll have to trouble you to take care of him."
Li Dahui shook his head, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, we'll be back safely."
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