"Bring him along? Sure!"
Chen Jing felt a little strange, looked Feng Ziyu over suspiciously, and nodded in agreement.
Actually, at this time, he didn't need to put much effort into running the business.
After retiring from the military, Ji Xiangjun transported various materials along a fixed route, which is equivalent to the operation of a logistics company in later times.
Those he dealt with were all heads of purchasing departments in local department stores or supply and marketing cooperatives.
At that time, there was still a large gap in the demand for clothing. As soon as Ji Xiangjun and Chen Jing contacted them, they placed orders one after another. In just a few days, orders of more than 10,000 yuan were placed in four or five places.
Actually, this volume is not much at all. Each person receives a few thousand orders, and the goods are distributed to several supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores. Each store only receives three to five hundred items.
During the process of fulfilling orders, Feng Ziyu remained silent, simply following behind them to help carry bags, pour tea, and serve water, hardly uttering a word.
Chen Jing asked Ji Xiangjun privately, "Second Brother, what's the background of this Feng Xiaoyu? Does he look like someone suitable for sales?"
Ji Xiangjun smiled faintly: "No matter what he's suited for, just give him a job. It'll only be about thirty yuan a month anyway."
He paused for a moment, then added, "Anyway, he's familiar with those people now, so we can just have him deliver goods from now on."
Chen Jing was suspicious and asked Feng about his background again, but Ji Xiangjun refused to say anything, so he had no choice but to leave it at that.
After handing over the orders and having Sun Xiuyu arrange the production plan, it was time for her to take her annual leave.
Most of the employees had worked for a week, and Ji Xiangjun and Chen Jing received the deposit for the order. They then gave each employee a pound of pork, two pounds of flour, and ten yuan each, making the group of employees extremely happy.
They were already very happy that the boss agreed to pay them a week's wages after only a few days of work.
The salary has doubled, and they even got extra New Year's gifts. Everyone is excitedly cheering and promising to report for work on time next year and work hard.
In fact, it was not easy to arrange a job in those days. The brigade set a quota of forty people, and almost every household was assigned a position. The remaining households that were not assigned a position were also guaranteed to be assigned one within six months.
This job was so hard to come by, which family would be willing to give it up?
In addition to arranging for the production workers, dozens of construction team members were also paid their wages and given New Year's gifts. An old comrade-in-arms of Ji Xiangjun was assigned as the security captain, and Feng Ziyu was assigned to stay in the factory to prevent anyone from taking things from the factory.
Besides the two factory workers, Zhang Lan also didn't want to go home, fearing that she would never be able to come out again once she returned.
Zhang Lan is good at handicrafts and is meticulous and responsible. Sun Xiuyu assigned her to be the group leader in charge of quality inspection and hand embroidery. She also became good friends with several local girls.
Hearing that Sun Xiuyu and the others planned to go home, she declined the invitation to return and instead stayed at the home of a female colleague in the brigade, spending the New Year with the three siblings.
After arranging everything, Ji Xiangjun, Chen Jing, and Sun Xiuyu drove their truck home.
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In Nanshan Brigade, Chen Zhang helped his wife quickly finish roasting the chestnuts for the day, filled a basket to the brim, and saw her off on the oxcart heading to town.
After seeing his wife off, he received a secret signal from Liu Pianran at the brigade headquarters. He then went home, found the best-selling styles, and picked out thirty pieces to take out.
As expected, Liu Pianran was waiting in a secluded grove of trees behind the brigade. When she saw the large cloth bag that Chen Zhang had brought, her eyes lit up.
With seductive eyes, she smiled sweetly at Chen Zhang and said, "Brother Chen, I am so grateful to you. If it weren't for you, I don't know how I would survive."
Her sweet voice and smile made Chen Zhang's heart skip a beat, and he subconsciously lowered his head.
He initially helped Liu Pianran out of kindness and never intended to do anything to her.
But with each encounter, seeing Liu Pianran's charming smile and hearing her flattering him with her sweet voice, he couldn't help but feel elated, and a desire to meet her began to stir within him.
However, he only dared to think about it and didn't have any deeper ideas yet.
Chen Zhang put down the dark blue cloth bag on his back: "I've prepared four new styles for you, thirty sets in total. Check them out. Here's the wholesale price."
Liu Pianran thanked her excitedly and opened the bag to check each item: "These are all very beautiful. Did Ji Xia design all of these styles?"
"Yes, I heard that several clothing factories are very satisfied with her drawings. She can earn ten yuan for each drawing, and she can easily earn one or two hundred yuan a month."
"Ji Xia has been living a wonderful life since marrying into your Chen family. I envy the family atmosphere of your Chen family. Everyone works hard to earn money, and you are united and harmonious. I like your family the most."
Liu Pianran praised the Chen family extensively, then whispered, "Brother Chen, I only have about three hundred yuan on hand. Can I pay you three hundred first, and pay you back the rest after I sell the goods?"
Chen Zhang was flattered by the praise and waved his hand readily, saying, "It's okay, no rush, give it to me when your hand is free!"
"Brother Chen, you're so kind, thank you so much!"
Liu Piaoran handed three hundred yuan to Chen Zhang, then grabbed Chen Zhang's hand and thanked him repeatedly.
His rough, large hand was grasped by a pair of soft, boneless small hands. Chen Zhang's mind was spinning. He just nodded mechanically, staring longingly at her back as she left.
This woman is truly intoxicating; no wonder Lin Haodong was willing to break off his engagement with the Ji family to marry her.
How many men can resist the seduction of this kind of woman?
He was staring blankly at Liu Pianran's departing figure when someone suddenly patted him hard on the shoulder, startling him.
Chen Zhang suddenly turned around and met Ji Zhijun's serious gaze, which made him feel flustered.
"Zhijun, what are you doing here? What are you busy with?"
He subconsciously glanced at Ji Zhijun's shoulder, where two bundles of firewood were being carried: "Still gathering firewood? Not enough firewood at home?"
"Hmm, we don't have much firewood at home, let's chop some and take it back."
Ji Zhijun stared at him sternly: "You've been having an affair with Lin Haodong's wife? Aren't you afraid that people will find out? Then your entire Chen family will lose face."
"Nonsense, of course not."
Chen Zhang instinctively retorted, then explained in a low voice, "Zhijun, I absolutely did nothing to wrong my Yufen. I just felt sorry for her, so I gave her some goods so she could earn some money to buy rice."
He quickly explained the deal between the two of them, assuring them that he had no ulterior motives and simply wanted to help her because he saw that she was having a hard time.
Ji Zhijun scoffed, "If she wants to buy goods, why doesn't she go to Monkey Wholesale? The factory has plenty of stock right now, why would she need to ask you for help? Chen Zhang, you're Chen Jing's older brother, be careful not to let anyone try to corrupt you with their beauty."
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