The two woke up hungry at 2 a.m., and Xu Lin took out steamed buns and spicy soup to share with Zhou Pin. Only after they were full did they have time to review the situation.
"Let's start with the good news: all the seafood was sold out, and we didn't lose money."
Xu Lin calculated that she had collected about 280 jin of seafood, and the grain she used was converted into 560 points, earning her 2900 points. After deducting the cost of transporting the goods by car and the cost of the grain, she could still earn more than 1000 points and some supplies. Overall, she didn't lose money on this trip, just a bit tired.
"What are the drawbacks?" Zhou Pin asked, holding up his notebook.
"First, we were rushed. Luckily, Uncle Zheng had already tidied up when we got back, otherwise the shop would have been a mess when our goods arrived. Second, we were short-handed. If I hadn't contacted Wang Jing and Li Jingjing to come and pick out the seafood, we wouldn't have had any help. Third, we weren't well-prepared. For example, the points card machine—if you hadn't prepared it in advance and put it in the shop, we would have been helpless today. Also, some people were trying to exchange food or other things, and we hadn't set prices in advance..."
Xu Lin listed them one by one, and Zhou Pin carefully wrote them down.
Actually, with their resources, there was no need for them to work so hard, but Xu Lin wanted to open her own shop, so Zhou Pin cooperated with her.
"Another point is that we didn't go out to sea to fish this time. We bought shallow-water fish from locals. If we had caught them ourselves, most of them would have been deep-water fish, and there would have been a wider variety, so we might have made more money," Zhou Pin said.
“I think we can do group buying in the future. We can post the fish we can catch online, and people can form a group. Once the group is formed, we can go to Jinshi. We can buy seafood from the shallow waters locally, and catch seafood from the deep waters ourselves,” Xu Lin said, sharing her idea.
"That's good, it avoids the problem of goods being shipped back but not being sold," Zhou Pin affirmed.
"That depends on when your team launches the group-buying feature," Xu Lin said, looking at Zhou Pin.
“You can do group buying in your store before we go online; there’s no need to do it online,” Zhou Pin suggested.
"Okay, I'll go to the store this morning to organize the event. I'll strike while the iron is hot after yesterday's success."
After reviewing the situation, Zhou Pin went to work on his group-buying business plan and Xu Lin's proposal. It seemed they still needed to hire people; relying solely on her and Zhou Pin wouldn't be enough. The candidates at hand were Wang Jing and Li Jingjing—reliable and familiar to them. They would discuss it with Wang Jing and Li Jingjing in the morning.
After revising and editing, it was already five o'clock. Xu Lin went to Sun Wei's house to discuss with Li Jingjing about letting her go to the store to help out.
“Sure, I was just thinking of going out to look for a job,” Li Jingjing said happily.
"Can you manage keeping bees?" Xu Lin was afraid that Aunt Wu would be unhappy, after all, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is difficult to manage, but Li Jingjing didn't seem worried at all.
“I can manage on my own. Jingjing is still young, it’s good for her to go out and see the world, she can’t stay cooped up at home with me,” Grandma Wu said immediately.
"Okay, I'll ask Wang Jing again. If there are no problems, I'll start work tomorrow."
“I’ll go with you, I’ll go clean the shop.” Li Jingjing couldn’t wait.
The two left Sun Wei's house together. Xu Lin went to Wang Jing's house and gave the key to Li Jingjing. She opened the door and found that the shop still had honey, royal jelly, and dried seafood for sale. She already knew the prices from yesterday.
When they arrived at Zheng Ming's house, Wang Jing happened to be there.
"Lin, you're here. Come in and sit down." Wang Jing saw that Xu Lin's previously unhappy face was now full of smiles.
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