Seeing that she was panting, Yu Yao pulled her to sit down. "Sister Dan, don't worry, sit down and catch your breath. It's a good result."
Upon hearing the good news, Zhu Xiudan felt a huge weight lifted from her heart. She then felt a wave of dizziness, but luckily Yu Yao was right beside her and caught her in time, preventing her from falling.
Yu Yao's face was full of worry. "Sister Dan, are you alright? I'll have Lu Ze take you to the hospital."
"It's nothing," Zhu Xiudan pressed her down and smiled weakly. "I'm getting old, and my body isn't what it used to be. I'm fine. I guess I just ran too fast and had a temporary lack of blood supply. I'll just sit down and rest for a bit."
Seeing that she was indeed alright, Yu Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Lu Ze, go to the kitchen and pour Dan Jie a glass of honey water."
Judging from how anxious Sister Dan looks, she probably has low blood sugar. Drinking some honey water is better than tea.
Lu Ze nodded, turned and went to the kitchen. He came out of the kitchen a short while later and handed over a glass of honey water.
"Thank you, Xiao Lu." Zhu Xiudan took the enamel cup, drank several mouthfuls of water while panting, and felt much better. She couldn't wait to ask about Yu Yao's specific situation.
Lu Ze knew the two had a lot to talk about, so he took his aluminum lunchbox to the cafeteria to get dinner, leaving the time for the two of them.
Before leaving, fearing that Yu Yao might be hungry, he went to the bedroom and grabbed some dried fruits like red dates and walnuts, put them in a fruit plate, and brought it between the two of them.
"Sister Dan, this trip to sell local specialties went very smoothly. Comrade Zhang in the temporary office thinks our dried mangoes are of very good quality and is willing to buy them."
Zhu Xiudan was overjoyed, but when she thought about the hundreds of thousands of mangoes they still had to dry, her smile faded, and she hurriedly asked, "Yu Yao, did the comrade from the local specialty company say how many dried mangoes they could buy?"
Yu Yao nodded, first holding up two, then eight.
Zhu Xiudan couldn't help but rub her hands together excitedly, "Two thousand eight hundred catties, that's just enough to solve our inventory problem, great, this is a very good start."
Yu Yao smiled and shook her head, "It's not two thousand eight, it's twenty-eight thousand catties."
Zhu Xiudan couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly: "I'm only in my fifties, and I'm already getting hard of hearing. I actually heard 2,800 jin as 28,000 jin just now. You can't deny getting old, can you?"
Yu Yao repeated herself, "Sister Dan, you heard me right, it's not two thousand eight, it's twenty-eight thousand jin."
Zhu Xiudan's usually serious eyes and face showed an expression of disbelief.
"Did I hear that right? Not two thousand eight hundred jin, but twenty-eight thousand jin?" Zhu Xiudan looked at Yu Yao with disbelief in her eyes.
Yu Yao looked into her eyes and nodded, "Yes, Sister Dan, it's 28,000 jin."
Zhu Xiudan suddenly asked a silly question, "Is it 28,000 catties of fresh mangoes, or dried mangoes?"
As soon as she asked the question, Zhu Xiudan realized her mistake, "I was so confused. If the local specialty company wants to buy fresh fruit, they can just contact the commune directly. Why would they contact us?"
So, these 28,000 jin are dried mangoes.
Zhu Xiudan gasped. Twenty-eight thousand catties of dried mangoes! This not only solved the problem of more than two thousand catties of inventory in the warehouse, but also solved the problem of where to go for at least eighty or ninety thousand catties of fresh mangoes.
Zhu Xiudan's breathing suddenly became rapid. She took out the medicine that the military doctor had prescribed for her from her bosom, and tried to open the medicine bottle with trembling hands, but she was too nervous and her hands kept shaking.
Seeing this, Yu Yao reached out and helped her unscrew the cap.
Zhu Xiudan poured out two small pills and swallowed them. She then took a few sips of the honey water that Yu Yao handed her, and her breathing finally calmed down.
Yu Yao knew that Zhu Xiudan had an old ailment, a chronic condition left over from climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands in the past. It was incurable and could only be controlled with medication.
Like those old revolutionary comrades, who went through gunfire and bullets, they all suffered some aftereffects. Grandpa Lu was like that, and so was Sister Dan.
Zhu Xiudan calmed down and, with tears welling in her eyes, took Yu Yao's hand. "Yu Yao, you're amazing. I knew it was the right decision to have you as the consultant for the side hustle group. Only you can truly revitalize the side hustle group."
Yu Yao squeezed Zhu Xiudan's hand back, "Sister Dan, the side business will only get better and better in the future. We've already made a very good start, haven't we?"
Zhu Xiudan wiped away her tears. "You're right, we should be happy. Yu'er, what should we do next? Should we just have the production team pick the mangoes and make dried mangoes?"
"Don't rush to pick the mangoes. We have one more day to give you an answer. Let's recruit people first. There are only two of us in the side business team right now, and we need manpower for many things. Also, we haven't signed the purchase contract with the local specialty company yet. Let's sign the contract first."
As Zhu Xiudan listened to Yu Yao's detailed explanation of her future plans, her gaze towards Yu Yao grew increasingly appreciative.
She had previously sought Yu Yao's advice, but deep down she wasn't really sure what to expect.
Although Yu Yao is smart and capable, she is still too young and has no experience in running a side business. No one knows what will happen if the side business is handed over to her.
Fortunately, her judgment was correct; Yu Yao is truly trustworthy.
Yu Yao and Zhu Xiudan talked for more than an hour, finalizing the division of labor for tomorrow and the plans for the future.
Tomorrow, Yu Yao will go to Zhang He to sign the acquisition contract, and Zhu Xiudan will be in charge of recruiting people.
Zhu Xiudan wanted to say something more, but Lu Ze came out of the kitchen, coughed twice, and suggested, "Sister Dan, Ayao, the food is ready. Let's eat first and talk more while we eat."
Zhu Xiudan then realized how late it was. Seeing the weariness on Yu Yao's face, she quickly said, "That's enough for today. I know what to do next. Yu Yao, you've been busy all day. You and the baby need to rest. I won't eat. While we still have time, I'll post the job posting."
After saying that, Zhu Xiudan hurriedly said goodbye and turned to leave Yu Yao's house.
Yu Yao glared at Lu Ze, annoyed. "We were almost done talking, why did you suddenly bring up dinner? What if Sister Dan misunderstands that she's not popular?"
"Don't worry, Sister Dan won't. She's been through this before." When Sister Dan was pregnant, Commander Zheng did this kind of thing quite often.
Yu Yao asked in confusion, "What do you mean by 'experienced person'?"
"It's nothing, let's eat first." Lu Ze said calmly, helping her sit down at the octagonal table. "We need to do our work, but we also need to eat. Dr. Cai said that you're not in good health, so you must eat on time."
As she spoke, she sat down opposite Yu Yao and placed a shrimp on his plate. "Dr. Cai said you should eat more shrimp to supplement your nutrition. Today, the quartermaster made braised shrimp in oil. Try it and see if you like it. If you don't, I'll talk to him about it tomorrow."
Yu Yao was immediately attracted by the glistening, red prawns in front of her. She picked one up, took a bite, and nodded in satisfaction. "Delicious! The quartermaster's cooking skills have improved again."
Lu Ze smiled slightly, pleased that his efforts to urge Old Chen to practice his skills had not been in vain.
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