"Wife, what do you think?" Huo Beixiao didn't answer, but asked her instead.
Yang Qiaoqiao thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. Once people get used to making easy, quick money, it's very difficult for them to go back to earning that hard-earned money."
Moreover, I think even if he wanted to stop, he probably couldn't.
Given Wu Zhaodi and You Dongyun's current flamboyant attitude, they would probably be the first to object to going back to the hard times when their husbands only received a fixed salary.
Huo Beixiao held Yang Qiaoqiao's hand and said, "I think so too. But we still have to give him a chance. Whether he can seize it or not is up to him."
Following the procedure, Yang Qiaoqiao paid for the cement and then went to find Dai Hu, the foreman of the cement workshop, to load the cement.
As soon as Dai Hu saw Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao arrive together, he immediately greeted them warmly.
"Director Huo, young lady, are you here to inspect the work? Do you need me to report on the work here at the ** room?"
Huo Beixiao didn't speak, but Yang Qiaoqiao smiled and said, "Brother Dai, we're not here to inspect the work. I need fifty tons of cement, so I've come to ask you to load it onto my truck."
As she spoke, she handed the receipt to Dai Hu.
After checking the receipts, Dai Hu smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, please wait a moment. Once this truckload of goods is loaded, I'll have everyone else load it for you."
"No rush," Yang Qiaoqiao said with a smile. "Just line up there and pack them in the same order you lined up before."
As she spoke, she watched the workers busily loading cement onto trucks.
In those days, mechanization was not advanced enough, and working in a cement plant not only required inhaling cement dust but also exerting a lot of physical strength; it was definitely a tough job.
Therefore, it is only right that these workers receive high wages.
"Brother Dai, when we load cement onto trucks at our **house, it's all done according to the invoices, right? The amount on the invoice is what we load, right?"
Upon hearing Yang Qiaoqiao's words, Dai Hu's eyes darted around nervously before he calmed down and said, "Of course. When we fill cement bags, each bag weighs a standard 100 jin (50 kg). We count them when we load the bags onto the truck."
After everyone gets on the bus, they'll check again; the quantity will absolutely not be wrong.
Yang Qiaoqiao nodded and didn't say anything more.
"I'll go sit in the office for a while. Please let me know when it's my turn, Brother Dai," Yang Qiaoqiao said politely to Dai Hu before going to the office with Huo Beixiao.
Seeing that Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao had disappeared, Dai Hu instructed his men to get back to work, while he himself hurried to the mailroom.
Chen Liang was somewhat surprised to see Dai Hu. "Brother Hu, what brings you here at this hour?"
Although they are now in a close working relationship, in order not to arouse suspicion, the more they cooperate, the more they act as if they are not familiar with each other in front of outsiders.
In private, they would only secretly meet once a year when it was time to divide the money.
In terms of work, they would never see each other at all.
Dai Hu's arrival at this time made him extremely nervous.
After Dai Hu entered the mailroom and closed the door, he told Chen Liang about his conversation with Yang Qiaoqiao.
Chen Liang was taken aback for a moment, and then recounted how Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao had come to get the invoices. Finally, he asked somewhat flusteredly, "Brother Hu, do you think our secret might have been discovered?"
“We’ve been smuggling a lot of cement out to sell lately. If we get caught, we’ll go to jail! If I go to jail, my two sons will have to go to college…” Chen Liang was instantly at a loss.
Dai Hu was slightly calmer than him and shouted, "What are you panicking about? That couple is ruthless and can even harm their own parents. If they had really found out about us, they would have called the police long ago."
After hearing Dai Hu's words, Chen Liang calmed down a bit.
Dai Hu continued, "They may be suspicious of us now, but they don't have any evidence. We should behave ourselves during this time, and not do any business. We can't take any risks."
Chen Liang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's what I think too."
After discussing it with Chen Liang, Dai Hu quickly returned to his post.
That evening, when Yang Qiaoqiao returned to the compound, Yang Hongying mysteriously pulled her into the house and gossiped, "Qiaoqiao, let me tell you, as soon as Chen Liang and Dai Hu came back today, Wu Zhaodi and You Dongyun started arguing in their rooms."
"The two families started arguing together?"
Yang Qiaoqiao asked with great curiosity.
Yang Hongying looked excited, as if she were sharing gossip. "That's right. The two men came home one after the other, and then both families started arguing one after the other."
"Did you hear what they were arguing about?" Yang Qiaoqiao asked with great interest.
Yang Hongying said mysteriously, "I couldn't hear very clearly, but I heard You Dongyun and Wu Zhaodi crying about money and stuff. I guess it's mostly related to their recent sudden wealth."
Perhaps something went wrong with their money-making methods, which is why they started making trouble.
"It's quite strange, really. I've never seen Wu Zhaodi and You Dongyun get along that well before, and Dai Hu and Chen Liang don't see each other much either. How did these two families suddenly get together to make money?"
Yang Qiaoqiao echoed, "It is quite strange."
He changed the subject, "Auntie, I haven't had any free time lately and haven't been to the shop. How's business?"
Speaking of this, Yang Hongying slapped her forehead and said, "Oh dear, Qiaoqiao, I've been so busy watching the excitement since I got back that I've forgotten all about the important matter."
"You wouldn't believe it, the weather has been getting warmer these past few days, and we can't wear our winter coats anymore. Our spring clothes are selling really well."
They're out of stock.
Yang Hongying said with a regretful look, "We had about a hundred items left today, but they were all sold out at once. Yingzi asked Yangyang to get more stock."
Yangyang said that the factory is currently producing enough goods to supply Beicheng. They asked us to first inquire whether the factory should stock its own store first, or send goods directly to Beicheng.
These past few days, Zhou Yang has been busy recruiting workers and preparing to implement a three-shift work system.
But the new sewing machine hasn't arrived yet, and not all the new workers we've hired are experienced.
Yunxian County is only so big, and there aren't many people who know how to use a sewing machine.
If she really couldn't find any experienced workers, she told Zhou Yang that nimble and willing beginners could also be recruited and trained.
In the past few days, Zhou Yang has been training the newly recruited workers, but there is still a gap between these people and the experienced workers who can start working.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Qiaoqiao said, "I'll go and coordinate with Yangyang later. We'll deliver some goods to the store to sell tomorrow, and I'll also go and wholesale some spring clothes."
We'll try our best not to disrupt sales in the store, nor to delay deliveries to the northern part of the city.
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