Chapter 369
"Okay, let's try selling these two first." Ye Fuyue said.
The new business plan was thus decided.
Today, Zhong Lan and Cui Li simply decided not to sell mung bean cakes and mung bean paste. Instead, they helped Ye Fuyue prepare to sell buns early tomorrow morning.
She first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy flour, pork, carrots, and tofu, and then went to some vendors to buy more flour, pork, carrots, tofu and other ingredients.
After returning to the small western-style building, Zhong Lan and Cui Li went to make the dough, and the rest of the work was left to them, while Ye Fuyue planned their route for selling buns tomorrow.
"The two largest factories in the city now are Factory No. 1 and the Third Textile Factory. If we want to sell buns at the factory gates, we definitely can't avoid these two factories." Ye Fuyue said.
Zhong Lan and Cui Li both understood what Ye Fuyue meant by this.
Zhong Lan said, "I'm going to sell buns at the gate of the First Factory, and Cui Li is going to the Third Textile Factory. Lai Bao is still at Liang's house. I'm afraid Liang's father and the others will see Cui Li selling buns at the gate of the First Factory and take it out on Lai Bao when they get home."
Cui Li thought about this and agreed with Zhong Lan's suggestion: "Okay, then I'll go to the gate of the Third Textile Factory to sell it."
Seeing that the two of them had reached an agreement so easily, Ye Fuyue continued, "If you haven't sold all the buns at the factory gate, you can go to the nearby staff housing estates and hawk them along the streets and alleys."
"Okay." Zhong Lan and Cui Li both nodded.
The next morning, Zhong Lan and Cui Li left a few buns and eggs in the pot for the two children, and then set out to sell buns in front of the First Factory and the Third Textile Factory.
Cui Li didn't need to worry. After more than two months of selling mung bean paste from door to door, she had already developed both courage and nerve. Even if someone carrying a basket of steamed buns stood in front of the Third Textile Factory and shouted to sell them, she wouldn't be afraid at all.
However, Ye Fuyue was a little worried about Zhong Lan.
After all, there are too many people they are familiar with in Factory 1, and Ye Fuyue is afraid that Zhong Lan will suffer alone.
So, thinking that it was about time, she also arrived at the gate of a factory.
Zhong Lan put the backpack on the ground and started shouting at the top of her voice: "Selling buns - hot buns - vegetarian buns, meat buns -"
It was rush hour, and the factory gate was full of workers preparing to enter. Many of them recognized Zhong Lan and looked surprised.
"Isn't this Yao Hong's wife? Why is she selling buns at our factory gate?"
"Isn't this speculation? Isn't she afraid that it will affect Yao Hong and cause him to lose his job?"
Someone living in the factory's residential compound told everyone, "Yao Hong divorced her because of her business dealings."
"When did it happen?" someone asked curiously.
"It happened just over the past two days. It was a huge fight. She and Yao Hong were verbally abusing each other, and the next day they both got a divorce certificate."
"She looks so quiet and gentle, but I didn't expect her to be so fierce!"
"Yao Hong makes a lot of money, so why would she go into business? No wonder Yao Hong wants to divorce her. If my wife went into business, I would definitely divorce her too!"
"Look, she is divorced from Yao Hong now. What good has she got? She even comes to sell buns in front of our factory. It would be better for her to follow Yao Hong honestly before. She wouldn't have to show up in public. She just needs to take care of the house and won't have to worry about anything. Life would be so comfortable." A male comrade said.
The others nodded in agreement.
When Yao Hong and his father saw Zhong Lan actually coming to the gate of their factory to sell buns, they were so angry that their faces turned blue.
They really wanted to chase Zhong Lan away, but then they realized that since she and Yao Hong were divorced, she had no connection to the Yao family anymore. If they chased her away, it would only lead to people mistaking her for a member of the Yao family, who might think she was also involved in profiteering, which would be a serious problem.
Therefore, Yao Hong and his father could only glare at Zhong Lan sinisterly and pretend not to know her as they entered the factory.
Zhong Lan pretended not to know them, not even giving them a glance, and continued shouting her own words.
Ye Fuyue rode her bicycle to Zhong Lan and smiled at her, "How's business?"
Zhong Lan smiled bitterly and said, "It's not very good. People don't dare to come and buy it, so they buy very little."
Ye Fuyue said, "I was negligent. I only considered that there are a lot of people in Factory 1, but I didn't consider that many people in Factory 1 know you and Yao Hong. Because of this relationship, everyone is afraid of being implicated and being labeled as speculators, so they dare not come to buy."
"But," Ye Fuyue continued, "the factory is so big, with thousands of people, and not everyone knows you and Yao Hong. I don't believe these buns really can't be sold. I'll sell them together with you!"
"Okay!" Zhong Lan nodded with a gentle smile.
Ye Fuyue stood beside Zhong Lan and started to sell with her: "Selling buns - hot buns - vegetarian buns, meat buns, etc. -"
Ye Fuyue's hawking voice surprised more people.
"Isn't this Section Chief Shen's wife? Is she selling buns too?"
"What's Section Chief Shen's wife doing? Why is she involved in machine trading? Didn't she get the provincial top scorer in the exam and go to college?"
"Could it be that Section Chief Shen and his wife are also divorced?"
"I haven't heard they're divorced. Maybe Section Chief Shen went to college and his salary isn't as high as before, so his wife is selling buns to supplement the family income?"
"That's possible. It's so pitiful! Section Chief Shen might as well not have gone to college. Although being a college student sounds quite glorious, Section Chief Shen's salary is not low. He might as well have stayed in the factory. Look at what his family is living like now. Even his wife has to come out and show her face in public."
Everyone who passed by looked at Ye Fuyue with pity or contempt, but no one was willing to come over to buy buns.
Xiang Jialiang came over in astonishment: "Sister-in-law, why are you selling buns here?"
After saying that, Xiang Jialiang looked around and whispered to Ye Fuyue, "Aren't you selling mung bean cakes and mung bean paste? Why are you selling buns here?"
Ye Fuyue had mentioned to Wu Qiaoer that she was taking Zhong Lan and Cui Li to do a small business, so she was not surprised that Xiang Jialiang knew about it.
Ye Fuyue explained with a smile, "The weather's getting cold, so mung bean cakes and mung bean paste aren't selling well, so we've switched to selling buns. Since your factory is busy, I came here to try my luck."
"Does Section Chief Shen know?" Xiang Jialiang asked.
"He knows." Ye Fuyue said.
Xiang Jialiang nodded and looked into the basket: "What kind of fillings are there in the buns?"
"Meat buns, carrot buns, and tofu buns. Vegetarian buns are six cents each, and meat buns are ten cents each." Ye Fuyue said.
"Give me one with tofu filling and one with meat filling," said Xiang Jialiang.
"Okay." When Ye Fuyue responded, Zhong Lan had already gone to pack the buns.
She and Cui Li made small marks on the buns with different fillings so they wouldn't make mistakes.
Xiang Jialiang gave him the money, and Zhong Lan handed him the oil-paper bag containing the buns.
Xiang Jialiang opened the oil-paper package and took a bite: "Hmm? This tofu-filled bun is really delicious!"
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