In the following days, Zhu Ling delivered a plate of tofu every morning, which meant that she had income every day, which made the military wives envious.
Liu Pei came to find Zhu Ling and wanted to learn how to make tofu from her.
Zhu Ling agreed to teach her.
Liu Pei learned from Zhu Ling for a few days, made a piece of tofu by herself, and went to Zheng's house with Zhu Ling.
Zheng Baozhu tasted a piece of tofu made by Liu Pei, shook her head, and suggested that she learn from Zhu Ling for a while longer.
A week later, the tofu made by Liu Pei was approved by Zheng Baozhu, and she followed Zhu Ling to deliver tofu to the Zheng family.
When the other military wives in the family compound saw this, they also wanted to learn how to make tofu from Zhu Ling.
Zhu Ling was a little embarrassed: "You can learn to make tofu from me, but Director Zheng said that they will no longer buy tofu. You have to find a market for it yourself after you learn it."
Yao Dongqin said, "You have already bought Liu Pei's tofu, why not ours? Don't you want us to make money?"
Liu Pei explained: "Zheng's shop has limited customer flow. There are so many military wives. How could she possibly sell so much tofu?"
After thinking about it, the military wives decided to learn first and then find a market for it.
Seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic about learning, Yao Dongqin came up with a plan in mind.
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Yao Dongqin felt that setting up a factory was not that difficult.
As long as there are workers, products can be made.
After reading about the seafood processing factory on Dongxian Island in the newspaper, Yao Dongqin had the idea of becoming the factory director herself.
In her opinion, being a factory manager is not difficult. All she has to do is assign tasks to her employees and have them do their jobs well.
Zheng Baozhu is no longer in Dongxian Island, but the factory is still operating as usual. If Zheng Baozhu can be the factory director, why can't she?
Learning to make tofu is not difficult. Once everyone has learned it, Yao Dongqin plans to gather everyone together and open a tofu factory.
When she told everyone about this idea, the military wives were very happy.
"You guys make tofu at home, and I'll sell it. Together we can make the tofu factory bigger and stronger."
Someone asked: "If you help us find a market, we will give you a reward for your hard work."
Yao Dongqin said: "You guys find a good sales channel, and then I will deliver the goods to you."
The military wives remained silent.
Yao Dongqin said, "It's settled then. I'll go find the army leader and ask them to find a bigger venue for us."
After Yao Dongqin left, the military wives started talking about it.
"If we can find sales channels ourselves, we can deliver the goods ourselves. Why do we need her to deliver the goods?"
"Yes, tofu can be made at home. There is no need to set up a factory."
"To work in a factory, you have to carry a lot of tools with you, which is too troublesome."
"I don't go to any factory anyway."
"I'm not going either."
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When Zhu Ling and Liu Pei went to deliver the tofu, they mentioned this matter to Zheng Baozhu.
Zheng Baozhu just smiled.
Zhu Ling asked: "Director Zheng, you also think this is outrageous, right? It's something you can do at home, why go to all the trouble of setting up a factory?"
Zheng Baozhu did not express her opinion.
Liu Pei said: "Anyway, we two won't get involved, she can't control us, and I think no one wants to follow her arrangements, so this factory will definitely not be able to open."
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Just as Liu Pei guessed, Yao Dongqin happily went to find the army leader, and the leader gave her a place, but no one came to sign up.
Yao Dongqin was so angry that she complained at the gate of the family compound: "I made you run around so hard, and finally I got the venue, but you backed out. Do you think you deserved me?"
No one came out to respond to her.
The tofu factory closed before it even started, and Yao Dongqin was so angry that she couldn't eat, so she went out to buy some hard dishes.
Thinking that Zheng’s shop had a lot of food, Yao Dongqin rode her bicycle a long way there.
Zheng Baozhu was not there, Chen Lifang was in the backyard, and the clerk came over to greet her.
Looking at the various kinds of food in the store, Yao Dongqin was dazzled and didn't know what to choose.
The clerk said, "You can buy one of each, try which one is better, and come back to buy more later."
Yao Dongqin looked at the seafood and chicken legs but was reluctant to buy them. Then she saw some dried tofu on the side and decided to buy some.
The clerk said they didn't sell it.
"You put things in the store to sell them. Don't tell me someone has already ordered them."
"Auntie, this is something our boss wants to give away, so he's temporarily putting it here."
The more it was not sold, the more Yao Dongqin wanted to buy it. She even took a bag and tore it open to taste it.
I took a bite and it tasted great.
"Weigh 2 jin for me."
Chen Lifang came out from the backyard, saw the clerk in trouble, and walked over.
When she heard that they wanted to buy dried tofu, Chen Lifang said, "This is a bit expensive. Why don't you try something else? The seafood and spicy noodles in our store are very delicious and cheap."
Yao Dongqin said: "I can afford it, weigh it for me quickly."
The customer insisted on buying it, so Chen Lifang took a bag for Yao Dongqin, put 2 kilograms of it in it, weighed it, and handed it to Yao Dongqin.
"That's four yuan in total."
Yao Dongqin, who was about to take the bag, instantly retracted her hand.
"Two pounds of dried tofu for 4 yuan, why don't you go grab it!"
Chen Lifang pointed to the shelf where dried tofu was placed and the price was marked: 2 yuan per pound.
"Tofu is only 0.35 yuan a pound, and your dried tofu is so much more expensive. Your store is too shady!"
Chen Lifang said: "Big sister, this dried tofu is for our own consumption. We didn't plan to buy it. It was fried and then stewed with precious Chinese herbs and seasonings. These are all costs."
“That can’t be so expensive!”
"I reminded you that you could choose something else, but you insisted on this one. Do you still want it now?"
Yao Dongqin walked away and said, "You are a scam store. I won't buy anything from you!"
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Yao Dongqin returned to the family compound and went straight to Zhu Ling's house, and also called Liu Pei.
"You two have been used by Zheng Baozhu!"
Zhu Ling was confused: "We are the ones who are using her, right?"
"You are so stupid. She is not helping you make money. She is using the tofu you make to make a lot of money!"
Liu Pei was also puzzled: "How can you make a lot of money from tofu?"
"Do you know how much she sold the tofu for?"
Zhu Ling said: "35 cents, the same price as in the vegetable market."
Yao Dongqin pointed at the two people and said, "If I hadn't gone shopping today, you would never have known that she had deceived you. She marked the tofu at 2 yuan per pound!"
Zhu Ling thought Yao Dongqin was talking nonsense and turned into the house to do her work.
Yao Dongqin held Liu Pei's hand and said, "What I said is true. If you don't believe me, go to her house and see the prices on the shelves."
Liu Pei said: "You are not talking about tofu, but dried tofu."
Yao Dongqin slapped her thigh and said excitedly: "Just tell me, is Zheng Baozhu's heart evil or not!"
Zhu Ling came out and said, "That's what Director Zheng made for her father. Since you saw the price on the shelf and think it's expensive, just don't buy it. Others may not be able to buy it even if they want to."
Yao Dongqin was furious: "Did they add ginseng? Dried tofu is more expensive than meat."
Zhu Ling nodded: "It seems that ginseng was really added."
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