Meanwhile, outside the fish farm on the mudflats.
Li Zhaodi was dipping a bucket into the water.
When Aunt Chen and Fatty walked over, they saw her trying to tear down the fish farm's net fence.
"Why aren't there any fish? Were they all washed away by the water?" Li Zhaodi murmured.
She scooped at the fishpond a few times, but only managed to grab mud and nothing else.
"Hey, what are you doing, Wei Er's wife?" Aunt Chen asked coldly, putting the bucket aside.
The shrimp paste factory takes two days off during the typhoon, otherwise she wouldn't have time to come here.
Upon hearing the sound, Li Zhaodi was so frightened that she plunged headfirst into the water.
"Smack!"
When she struggled to her feet, she turned around and saw Aunt Chen, and almost fell into the ditch again.
"What can I do? I'll catch some small fish and shrimp to take home for a meal." Li Zhaodi vigorously rubbed her face.
The chubby girl walked over and looked at her bucket; there were indeed quite a few small shrimps and shellfish.
The waves were quite big at that time, but she was smart enough not to go that way.
"I think you just want to go home and catch some yellow croaker here, don't you?" Aunt Chen said suspiciously.
Li Zhaodi spat, "Pah! Who cares about the Lin family's yellow croaker? I'm afraid I'll get poisoned if I eat it."
"It was widely known in the village that the Lin family fed their yellow croakers medicine, and even when they grew up, they were still diseased fish."
After she finished speaking, she hurriedly grabbed the bucket and ran away as if fleeing.
"What nonsense are you spouting? I'll tear your mouth apart!" Aunt Chen tried to grab her, but the chubby girl stopped her.
"Talking to her is a waste of your breath. It'll only make her envious. When she sells the yellow croaker and makes money, she'll feel worse than if you scolded her," the chubby girl said with a faint smile.
Aunt Chen's eyes showed worry and she felt uncertain.
Whether these yellow croakers can actually make money is hard to say.
It's been so long, all I've seen is money being thrown in, but no money being taken back.
The chubby girl took out her key from her pocket and opened the door to the fish farm.
She came over to drain the water from the fishpond, and soon Ah Jian and her father would bring over the yellow croaker.
When Aunt Chen came to her senses, her daughter had already started working.
She used to feel that her daughter had changed, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what had changed.
Now she understands, and she no longer talks nonsense with unreasonable people.
They also take the initiative to study, read books, and take notes.
"Before, getting you to study was like taking your life, so why are you so self-motivated now?"
"If you had studied as hard as you do now in junior high, your father and I would have sold everything we owned to send you to school," Aunt Chen couldn't help but mutter.
The chubby girl said casually, "I was so hungry during class that the words on the page were flying through my eyes. How could I possibly be self-disciplined?"
"Back then, my family was so poor that we were practically peeling tree bark to cook and eat; we didn't have the means."
Aunt Chen's lips twitched. "How did you end up peeling the bark off the trees? Back then, you could eat sweet potatoes twice a day, but your father and I only ate one meal a day..."
She continued muttering, but the chubby girl didn't listen to her. Instead, she went to the fishpond to observe the water quality.
To put it nicely, it's like eating two meals a day, but in reality, it's just one sweet potato per meal.
The chubby girl was able to grow up to be chubby entirely because she went to work in the factory early on and ate fatty meat and white rice in the factory canteen. Otherwise, she would never have been able to make up for the weight she lost during the famine years.
"Alright, stop reminiscing about the past. Go open the door and let Dad and the others in." The chubby girl stood up and saw the people at the door.
Aunt Chen quickly went to open the door and let them in.
Just as they put all the yellow croakers into the fishpond, Lin Ziyan arrived at the fish farm by bicycle.
She was carrying a black plastic bag, but it was impossible to tell what was inside.
Shen Hai followed behind her, also carrying a black plastic bag.
"What is this?" Aunt Chen's eyelids twitched as she looked at it, wondering if it was really fish food poisoning.
Uncle Chen pulled her aside and said, "You can just watch. Professor Shen is an expert in this field. They must have other ideas. Otherwise, even if these yellow croakers are put into the fish pond, they probably won't live long."
The chubby girl was helping Professor Shen and didn't notice what the two were whispering about.
"Why can't you live?" Aunt Chen asked, completely bewildered.
She just helped release the fish into the pond; they were very lively and showed no signs of illness.
"Read more books," Uncle Chen said, then went over to help.
Aunt Chen, "..."
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For the next few days, Lin Ziyan went to the fish farm every day and hardly inquired about the electronics store.
It wasn't until Sister Fang arrived at the Lin family's house with a thick stack of orders that she learned the first batch of goods at the electronics store was about to be sold out.
"What's going on? Didn't you expect to sell out before the second batch of goods arrived?" Lin Ziyan flipped through the order form, raising an eyebrow slightly.
Fang Jie drank a glass of water before she began to speak, "Didn't you ask me to send Wei Ting and the others out to run business last time?"
"So?" Lin Ziyan got up and took out tea leaves from the cabinet, preparing to brew tea.
Fangjie's eyes shone brightly as she slowly said, "Ayan, you have a really good eye for people!"
"These guys are born to be salespeople; they just didn't know how to do it before because no one was there to guide them."
I only took them on one trip. The second time, I let them find customers on their own. Unexpectedly, they actually landed a big order.
That customer was from Beijing. He wandered around the county town a few times, then was pulled into an electronics store by a few people. After browsing around, he placed an order.
Lin Ziyan said, "It's not that I have sharp eyes, it's just that they are naturally suited to go out and deal with people. When they were in the village, they even knew to steal my customers. They are born to be salespeople."
Fang blinked, surprised that there was such a thing as stealing customers. "You don't hold grudges?"
"Hold a grudge? I bought their shrimp paste factory," Lin Ziyan laughed.
She was naturally vengeful at the moment of losing a customer, but after thinking about it later, it didn't bother her anymore.
The electronics store needs staff right now, so training a sales team is essential.
Waiting for customers to come to us every day is too passive. With this small team, goods can be shipped directly from the warehouse, which is convenient and avoids risks.
During this typhoon, this small team secured quite a few orders while traveling to other areas.
Lin Ziyan looked through the orders and saw that several large orders were signed on the day the typhoon hit.
"Tsk, it seems you have a big heart," Fangjie joked.
"With this business team, I've saved myself a lot of trouble. I even have time to answer the phone and ship orders in the office."
"Song Yi said I look like a boss now."
Lin Ziyan: "Sister Fang, is Brother Song feeling threatened now?"
The salespeople in our electronics store are all quite good-looking, especially the young male salespeople; they're tall and handsome enough to be models.
Mu Fang raised her eyes and glared at her. They had spent twice the salary to find these people, and she said, feigning anger.
"How dare you say that? My back is about to break every morning when I wake up."
Lin Ziyan clicked her tongue a few times, caught off guard by this huge dose of PDA, she felt so full...
"As long as the result is good, that's fine. Seeing these handsome men and beautiful women every day makes me feel good, it's good for my skin, and customers will pay faster." After Lin Ziyan finished speaking, she was glared at by Sister Fang again.
Indeed, the aunties who came to buy appliances were grinning from ear to ear, and they were quick to hand over their money.
As they walked out of the electronics store, they made a promise that they would come back here to buy appliances next time.
"I really don't know where you learned this trick, it works on men, women, young and old."
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