Chapter 61 Don't we need the assembly line anymore?
The next morning, Ning Jia held the cloth bag embroidered with licorice and examined it for a long time, overjoyed.
It seems the method I taught him before was very effective.
She took a few photos of the upgraded version of the herbal sachet, a portable sachet, and posted them on her WeChat Moments as a simple preview:
[The new version of the mosquito-repellent sachet will be available soon and is available for pre-order.]
Within minutes, she received a message from someone wanting to order a sachet.
Ning Jia: ...
I know people are obsessed with looks these days, but does it have to be this extreme?
Although this cotton and linen bag is indeed beautiful, with a simple and elegant design, and the original color of the character "宁" gives it a natural herbal feel;
Although this sachet is small and portable, it also comes with an adjustable drawstring made of hemp rope, so it can be hung directly on the chest as an ornament or hung anywhere, which is indeed much more convenient.
Although the sachet has a very high-quality packaging, placed in an eco-friendly, natural wood-colored cardboard box, and even comes with a beautifully printed instruction card…
But this small box of sachets has a trial price of 78 yuan each, which is enough to buy two regular sachets.
Ning Jia originally thought that not many people would want to buy these sachets, so she planned to make a small batch to test the waters. Unexpectedly… there are still many wealthy people in the world.
Faced with the flood of orders, Ning Jia was both surprised and delighted, and had already begun thinking about the upgraded version of the sachet gift box...
...
Just as the little ones began making the sachets methodically, Ning Jia received another call from the pharmacy:
"Sister Sun, are you also looking for a batch of gift-boxed sachets? A hundred, please?"
"...Yes, we do have some, but the sachets are still new products, and we really can't produce any more."
"Okay, thanks sis! I'll deliver it as soon as it's ready!"
After hanging up the phone, Ning Jia excitedly walked to the coffee table and saw Gan Cao embroidering words. She gently patted his shoulder and smiled:
"Licorice, I have good news for you!"
After hearing the good news, Gan Cao fell silent, staring blankly at the large pile of cloth bags that Ning Jia had brought over: ?
"Didn't you say before... this job was easy?"
Ning Jia scratched his head. "Hehe, I didn't expect so many people to want to order sachets. We've already turned down quite a few orders."
She stretched out a finger and patted his little head:
"Keep it up, Gan Cao! Don't feel guilty, just do as much as you can."
"By the way, what do you want to eat today? I'll cook it for you for lunch!"
Gan Cao opened her mouth, but when she saw so many cloth bags waiting to be embroidered around her, she was too frightened to speak.
Seeing Gan Cao so frightened, Ning Jia couldn't help but chuckle:
"Haha, just kidding."
"I have already discussed it with the clan chief. For now, we will only embroider the character 'Ning'. As for the message to be left for the clan members, I will find time to take people out to find a tree and continue writing it."
"As for the embroidery, you won't have to do it all by yourself; we've found you a helper."
Ning Jia pointed to the two little figures walking towards them.
Inagi and Seki, who were originally eliminated, were also brought in to take up their posts.
"Licorice, you take your time embroidering with them, thank you for your hard work."
Daoya and Shiying, on the other hand, looked confident. "Don't worry, we can do it."
After all, they were both unwilling to accept defeat after losing the game yesterday and wanted to win it back.
And so, licorice, rice sprouts, and quartz formed a three-person embroidery team.
Ning Jia then went to check on the work situation in Canglan.
Everyone sat together, making sachets in a casual manner. Mistakes and confusion often occurred, but no one was in a hurry. They could just redo them.
"This is still too inefficient."
Ning Jia shared his suggestion with Cang Lan, whose eyes lit up, and she immediately asked her clansmen:
"Would you all like to reduce your daily working hours?"
The little people shouted in unison, "Of course we want to!"
Canglan: "Then let's listen to Ning Jia's command. She can make everyone work less!"
Ning Jia, standing to the side: ...
Thus, under Ning Jia's control, the little people were divided into different groups: one group processed herbs, one group made straw bags, one group embroidered words, and one group assembled herbs. Ning Jia was responsible for the final packaging, forming a complete assembly line.
"Let's work hard, everyone! I'm cooking a big meal for you all today!"
"Yay! Yay!"
Since the sachets weren't finished yet and Ning Jia had nothing to do, she put the dishes on the coffee table and started preparing them.
The little ones were sitting on the sofa watching "Tom and Jerry," and they were laughing so hard they were doubled over when Tom was being outsmarted by Jerry.
"Hahaha, that silly cat is just silly!"
"You big idiot cat! You big idiot cat!"
Ning Jia couldn't help but smile. The little people still really hate cats.
As she picked vegetables, she listened to the lively background noise of the television and began to think:
Qixi Festival is just around the corner, maybe I can try making some other styles of sachets, and people should be able to buy them then...
...
After dividing the work and cooperating, everyone's efficiency improved significantly. In addition, the work of each group would affect the work of the other group, and the little people would urge each other on. Before they knew it, the first batch of sachets was all made.
"Thank you all for your hard work. You don't need to make sachets for the next few days, so you can have a good rest."
The little ones, experiencing "assembly line work" for the first time, looked tired, but also a little excited.
Bai Su, still wanting more, asked:
"Aren't sachets more profitable than perfume pouches? Why aren't you taking any more orders?"
Ning Jia chuckled:
"We're not machines, can we work every day without rest?"
"Besides, scarcity increases value. This first batch of sachets is an early adopter, and enough have already been sold. Selling more would diminish the rarity of these sachets..."
"Once those who missed out are really eager to buy it, I'll release an even more expensive upgraded version, and it'll definitely sell very well too..."
Bai Su listened to Ning Jia's business acumen, nodding repeatedly, her face full of admiration.
"Okay, I'm going to deliver the goods now."
Ning Jia put the cardboard boxes into the large cardboard box, counted the quantity, and then took a taxi away.
The little ones, having rested, happily enjoyed afternoon tea. Some ate fruit, some ate sunflower seeds, and some drank yogurt.
Ning Jia had just made a large jar of caramel popcorn, which was a reward for a hard day's work and was welcomed by all the little people.
To prevent further disputes, at Canglan's suggestion, the popcorn was divided equally, with each adult minifigure receiving three kernels. The rest were given as snacks for the minifigures.
He Meng ate the fastest. She munched on her third popcorn, mumbling incoherently:
"Strange, the popcorn tastes especially sweet today..."
"I think so too!"
Quartz held the popcorn with a happy expression, smelled it again and again, and then took a small, precious bite.
Licorice licked the popcorn off his hand, the sweet taste making him squint his eyes in delight.
He said thoughtfully, "Is it because this is a reward for work?"
"Things given away for free may taste good, but things you earn through your own efforts taste even better."
The other children nodded in agreement.
Everyone was eating popcorn and chatting when Daoya suddenly ate her popcorn in a few bites and jumped up:
"I need to go check my things."
Xuecao asked curiously, "What's so interesting about this? Just leave it there."
Inagi shook her head in disapproval:
"You're so careless! You can't just leave things there. You have to take good care of them like you're growing seedlings. You have to check if they're damaged, and wipe off the dust."
Upon hearing this, everyone else was stunned.
What? You bought the stuff, and now you need to dust it? Is that so troublesome?
...
There are more than one petty person like Daoya who thinks like this.
Soon, Bai Su also quietly ran to the stroller, took a small piece of tissue paper, wiped her donut eraser, took out the peach hair clip, admired it for a while, and then put it on her head.
The others, watching this scene, seemed to suddenly remember something as well:
Yeah, I have lots of things to do too!
The quiet living room suddenly became lively—
He Meng placed the wobbly bear spring ornament on the floor, stretched out her little fist, and hit the bear on the head. The bear fell backward, swayed, and slowly stood up. He Meng punched it again, knocking the bear down.
"This is boring, why does it take so long to get up?"
He Meng murmured, her repeated punches startling the passing stars.
Xingxing jumped aside in fright, touched the star-shaped hair clip on her braid, and breathed a sigh of relief:
"Thank goodness, they didn't break my hair clip..."
Guoguo, wearing a bright red apple hair clip, wandered around, forcing every tribesman who passed by to stop and admire it, and listen to her ramble on about how beautiful her hair clip was.
Meanwhile, while Tuantuan and Mengmeng were playing around, they accidentally broke the ring toss machine they shared, and started crying sadly.
He Meng angrily dragged her teddy bear figurine to the trash can, then carried out the whack-a-mole machine, jumped on it, and stomped around... but soon got bored with it again.
"That's boring, I'd rather climb a tree!"
She puffed out her cheeks and threw the whack-a-mole machine next to the trash can.
She had just put down the whack-a-mole machine when Daoya suddenly ran out and asked, "Don't you want this anymore?" After receiving an affirmative answer, she immediately dragged the game machine away.
He Meng: ? ? ?
Was her teddy bear taken away in the same way?
Turning her head, she saw two spring ornaments in front of Shi Ying: one was a deer that was shaking its head, and the other was the teddy bear she had just thrown away.
Hey yo hey yo~
Quartz got into position and punched the deer, then the bear, then the bear, then the deer got up and punched the bear again, entering an endless cycle of boxing...
What? You can do that?
He Meng was extremely envious and regretted impulsively throwing away the teddy bear. She could only watch enviously as Shi Ying happily exercised.
...
The children played, made noise, cried, and shouted; everything was in chaos. Their little faces were tense as they circled around the items they had bought, and an atmosphere of anxiety permeated the air.
Only Canglan and Zelan sat peacefully on the sofa, engrossed in playing Gomoku.
But after a short while, Zelan squinted and said:
"Let's wait a bit before raining; the kids seem to be in a complete mess."
Canglan reluctantly put down the chess piece. "Did you have to say this when I was about to win?"
Zelan chuckled, "Alright, let's talk about it after this game."
Just then, Ning Jiaxing returned excitedly, bringing back a big, round thing.
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