"What?"

"Didn't our neighboring village, Qijiang Village, dig up ebony? What happened to it later?"

"Don't say that." When Xiaohua's mother heard Shen Huanxi ask this, her face fell.

“When the production team was still there, our village’s production team and their village’s production team competed every year to be the first to enter the collective, and every year our village won, but they were still not convinced.

You say they are unreasonable. Our production team was able to become an advanced collective because the people in our village were hardworking and earned it through their own labor. The people in their production team are not hardworking and incompetent, yet they still have the nerve to complain.

Now that ebony has been dug up in their village, the whole village has become rich. All the resentment that had been accumulated when the production team was still there was suddenly vented out, and now they come here to laugh at our village being poor.

Don’t you think God is unfair? Those who work hard may not necessarily live a good life. People like them, who are lazier than each other, are lucky enough to dig up something so valuable. I get angry when I think of the faces of the villagers when they see us now.”

"Okay, Xiaohua Niang, let's not get angry anymore. Getting angry is harmful to your health." Shen Huanxi poured a glass of water for Xiaohua Niang and passed it to her. "But sister-in-law, their village is right next to ours. If they can find ebony in their village, is it possible that there are also some buried underground in our village? Has Director Li brought people from our village to look for it?"

"We did look for it. My father-in-law thought the same thing at the time, so he took the young men in the village to look for it overnight. They searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so it was confirmed that it was no longer in our village.

But because of this incident, every time the people from the neighboring village see our people, they can't help but make some ridicule. They say that our people want to learn from them and make money from ebony. It's simply wishful thinking. They also say that their village can make money because of the good deeds of their ancestors, and our village can't make money because we must have done something shameful. Don't you think it's infuriating when they say such things!"

"Then our village can do something else. Anyway, just ignore them. The more they say about us, the more it proves that they are useless and that we can only rely on the good luck given by God to make a living. Don't you agree?

As long as we can find something suitable to do, something that can last for a long time, work diligently, earn money steadily, and accumulate it slowly, one day our village will be able to surpass them again. Their village now makes money from ebony, but the ebony will eventually be dug up, right? "

"That being said, there are a lot of ebony found in their village. They don't sell them all at once. They only sell a little each time. The ebony they dig out is enough for them to eat for many years.

It's different here in our village. We used to grow sorghum, but now the price of sorghum is getting lower and lower, plus there are sandstorms, making it even more difficult to grow sorghum.

This part of Yunnan City is all sandy desert, and nothing else can be grown. Even if we work hard, we may not be able to grow much."

"That's why I just said that we have to find something suitable for what we do. Sorghum is difficult to grow, which means it is not suitable. I think growing sea buckthorn is quite suitable." Shen Huanxi said.

"Sea buckthorn fruit?" When Xiaohua's mother heard Shen Huanxi say this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Shen Huanxi nodded.

"Yes, we grow sea buckthorn. Sea buckthorn is found everywhere in the suburbs of Yunnan. To us, it is a wild fruit and not very tasty, so no one thought of growing it before. Now I buy sea buckthorn every year, and people in our village can grow it and sell it to me."

"Really? Will you really keep harvesting it? If you keep harvesting this fruit, it would be a good choice for us to go back and plant it. Sea buckthorn fruit can grow well on its own. There is no need to take care of the sandy land. It can be planted in the desert without worrying about sandstorms. It is easier than planting sorghum."

"Yes, you can go back and talk to Director Li, and then talk to the people in our village. I am a nobody, and my words may not be heard even if I go back to the village. But Director Li is the director of our village. If you let him talk, people in our village will definitely listen and plant the crops.

It takes three years for sea buckthorn fruit to bear fruit, and you can’t make any money in these three years. If you want to make money from growing sea buckthorn fruit, you have to wait three years. But you can have confidence in me, my factory will still be open after three years.”

"Okay, then I'll go back and tell my father-in-law to pass the news on. Huanxi, you don't have to tell me so much. How many years does it take for sea buckthorn fruit to bear fruit? Is there anyone in Yunnan who doesn't know this?

Anyway, there are a lot of wastelands in our village. Some of the sandy land can’t even grow sorghum, let alone other things. It’s just sitting there empty anyway, so planting sea buckthorn won’t be a waste of land. It only takes three years, which is better than leaving the land empty.”

"That's right. You can also ask Director Li to tell everyone that sea buckthorn is not afraid of wind and sand. If you plant sorghum and the wind is strong, the seedlings will fall down and will not survive.

We have encountered this kind of thing many times in the past. A gust of sandstorm would kill a healthy sorghum plant. There will be no such trouble if you plant sea buckthorn. Sea buckthorn is not afraid of sandstorms and can survive even the strongest sandstorms.

Moreover, sea buckthorn can prevent sand from forming. Planting a few circles of sea buckthorn around your own farmland can also protect your own crops. You won’t lose too much. You can still sell the fruits and make money in three years, right?” Shen Huanxi said with a smile.

Xiaohua Niang nodded.

"Yes, I will go back and talk to my father-in-law about it. You are right, there are ebony trees in the neighboring village now, but how many years can they dig for the ebony trees? When they are all dug up, they will have nothing left. But if we grow sea buckthorn, we only need to wait for three years. After three years, we can make money year after year. By then, I will take the people from our village to the neighboring village to mock them!"

Shen Huanxi looked at Xiaohua's expectant expression and couldn't help but laugh.

"Yes, and even if they don't have confidence in my factory and are afraid that it will go bankrupt in three years, it doesn't matter. Now everyone knows that sea buckthorn fruit is edible. Even if my factory can't continue in three years, there will definitely be other bosses who will buy sea buckthorn and make sea buckthorn juice or canned sea buckthorn. No one will be afraid of not being able to sell it. You can just ask Director Li to go back and tell the people in our village."

"Pfft, pfft, what are you saying, Huanxi!" Xiaohua Niang pouted at the empty space next to her. "Anyway, we know that growing sea buckthorn will not make you lose money. Don't curse your own factory to go bankrupt. Your factory is just under construction. How can you say such an unlucky thing?"

"Yes, yes, bah, bah, bah!" Shen Huanxi also imitated Xiaohua's mother and spat a few times.

"By the way, Huanxi, since I've shamelessly come to your house for dinner today, I'll shamelessly ask you for a favor."

"Well, you say."

"I don't know if our little girl will have a future. If she really can't study well and is not cut out for it and doesn't have any skills, can you help her?

I don't need you to help her much, just let her work as a worker in your factory, so that she has food to eat and clothes to wear, and she won't starve or freeze to death." Xiaohua's mother looked at Shen Huanxi a little embarrassed.

She had said something similar in front of Chang'an Changning today. She had found it difficult to say it then. Now it was still a bit hard to say it for the second time, but she still said it anyway.

Shen Huanxi smiled.

"It's not a big deal. We are all friends. As long as Xiaohua needs it, we will help her without you telling her. Not only me, but Changan and Changning are her good friends and will help her too. You don't need to tell me this specifically.

And don't say your Xiaohua is useless. I think Xiaohua is a very smart child and must be very capable. Don't worry."

"Who knows what will happen in the future? She looks smart now, but it's hard to say what she will be like when she grows up. I feel relieved now that you said this. Thank you, Huanxi." Xiaohua's mother suddenly held Shen Huanxi's hand.

Shen Huanxi noticed that Xiaohua's expression was strange. He felt relieved when he saw her just now, but gradually he realized that she seemed a little sad.

But all these micro-expressions were fleeting, and Shen Huanxi just thought that she had seen it wrong, so she didn't think too much about it, to avoid the embarrassment of her guessing wrong.

Xiao Hua stayed for lunch and helped Shen Huanxi's colleagues squeeze sea buckthorn juice.

Shen Huanxi was still worried that she would waste his time, but she said she had nothing to do and insisted on staying to help. Shen Huanxi didn't know what to say.

…

The next day, Shen Huanxi went to the factory site to take a look. The foundation had been laid, and the contractor was leading the workers to speed up the construction. Shen Huanxi reminded them that quality was important and time was not a rush. He also brought some sea buckthorn juice for them to taste and bought them some meat buns.

Being nicer to the workers would also make them pay more attention to her factory.

After returning home, I saw that there was an endless stream of bosses coming to order sea buckthorn juice. Zhang Guifen and Shen Huanxi's colleagues were busy together.

Shen Huanxi and Xiao Shanhe went to the study together to settle the accounts.

She buys sea buckthorn juice at eight cents a pound. Each pound of sea buckthorn fruit can make eight bottles of sea buckthorn juice, which is also added with rock sugar, honey, and spice water cooked by Shen Huanxi. In this way, the cost of raw materials is about five cents.

This does not include labor costs, machinery wear and tear, and future depreciation of the factory building.

If she does more in the future, the costs of these three aspects can be diluted. All in all, the cost is less than a dime. She can earn at least five cents for wholesale of a bottle of sea buckthorn juice, which is a very high profit margin.

Shen Huanxi calculated the money he had earned from wholesale and pre-wholesale of sea buckthorn juice in the past few days. After the calculation, even Xiao Shanhe, who usually did not show his emotions, widened his eyes slightly.

Shen Huanxi made a gesture to him to keep quiet.

There are so many people outside, there is no need for them to act so happy and let others know. She is still clear about the matter of not showing money.

Shen Huanxi suddenly thought of something and called all the children in the house.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Xiao Yutang asked.

"Mom, what's wrong?" the other three children asked in unison.

"When I took you shopping on Nanjing Road yesterday, did you tell Xiaohua on the street that I would give each of you 50 yuan in pocket money?"

"Yes!" The three little ones nodded.

The only ones who chatted with Xiaohua and her mother yesterday were the three little ones: Chang'an, Changning and Xiao Yuzheng. Xiao Yutang did not chat and did not mention this matter, so he did not nod.

"Mom, we don't want to show off that we are rich. We just want to show off that you are good to us and that you are very capable." Changan explained.

"Yes, mom, we are not showing off how much pocket money we have. No matter how much pocket money we have, it is not as good as mom's." Changning went on to say, the little girl was quite sweet.

Xiao Yuzheng didn't say anything, but nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"You must not do this again in the future. There are a lot of traffickers and kidnappers out there. They are all bad people.

You tell Xiaohua and her mother these things and they won't do anything. But what if bad people hear them and they know that our family is rich and that you are rich, they may come and rob you of your money or kidnap you. What will you do then?

"From now on, no matter what, you must not show your wealth to others. You must not let others know how much money you have. You must not let others know that you are rich. Do you understand?" Shen Huanxi said earnestly.

Xiao Yutang looked at his three younger brothers and sisters.

"I told you yesterday that if those vendors knew you were so rich, they would probably rip you off. That's what mom said, don't show off your wealth. If others know you're rich, you'll be the one who suffers in the future."

"Got it. From now on we will never let anyone know how much money we have!" Chang'an was the first to nod.

The other two little ones also nodded.

"I understand, Mom. What we did yesterday was wrong. I will never do that again."

"I won't do this again in the future. I have to hide the money my mother gave me and not let anyone else know about it." Xiao Yuzheng also said obediently.

"That's right. Okay, you guys should go take a nap quickly because you still have to go to school in the afternoon."

"Okay!" The children all listened to Shen Huanxi's words. After answering, they went out together.

Only Shen Huanxi and Xiao Shanhe were left in the study.

"Shanhe, I have something else I want to discuss with you."

"You say, and I'll remember." Xiao Shanhe looked at Shen Huanxi's serious expression, and while speaking, he took out a blank notebook and picked up a pen with his left hand.

He is left-handed.

Shen Huanxi felt warm in her heart when she saw his serious look.

"I haven't even told you what I want to discuss with you. What if it's just something as trivial as what to eat tonight? Would you still take out your notebook and write it down?" Shen Huanxi couldn't help laughing.

"Hmm?" Xiao Shanhe raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Huanxi seriously, "When it comes to the food you like to eat, it's no small matter."

Xiao Shanhe paused for a moment, and spoke again after a while:

"I can't guarantee that I won't have Alzheimer's when I'm old. If I really get confused and forget a lot of things when I'm old, and can't remember what you want to eat, then this notebook will come in handy. Tell me, what do you want to eat tonight?"

"Puchi..." Shen Huanxi really laughed out loud this time, "You really think I want to discuss dinner with you tonight."

"You can discuss anything with me." Xiao Shanhe just looked at him, not letting go of the pen in his left hand for a moment, "I will remember everything carefully. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen."

"Okay, I want to tell you about the factory. Our factory building has not been built yet. Squeezing sea buckthorn juice and bottling are all done manually, so our production speed cannot keep up with the speed of wholesale bosses. Many bosses can only make reservations with us.

When our factory is built in the future and we can produce sea buckthorn juice on an automatic assembly line, we will definitely be able to catch up with the speed of wholesale sales by the bosses. Not only that, there will definitely be a lot of surplus that cannot be produced and sold out immediately.

I am still purchasing sea buckthorn berries constantly, and I even asked Xiaohua's mother to go back and ask the people in our village to plant sea buckthorn berries. By then, I will have more and more sea buckthorn berries on hand, and I will be able to produce more and more sea buckthorn juice.

But our Yunnan city is so small, and the market demand for sea buckthorn juice is so huge, so we will definitely have more stock in our warehouse by then.”

"You mean you want to reduce the production of sea buckthorn juice? You are afraid that the sea buckthorn juice will expire if there is too much stock, so you want to control the amount of sea buckthorn juice produced within a certain range to ensure that the sea buckthorn juice produced can be wholesaled, right?" Xiao Shanhe put down the pen in his hand when he said this.

"Huanxi, I don't recommend this. Because at the beginning you told me that you wanted to make sea buckthorn juice, you said that you wanted your sea buckthorn juice brand to become the largest sea buckthorn juice brand, to occupy the market, and not to allow other competitors to survive.

If you want to do this, you have to purchase all the fresh sea buckthorn fruit resources from the source and have complete control over them. You have to ensure that you have the largest supply so that others cannot compete with you for the market.

I know it will be tiring to do this, but don't forget that you still have me. No matter what difficulties you encounter, no matter how heavy the workload becomes, I will help you, and I can do my best. "Xiao Shanhe is very serious.

Shen Huanxi smiled and nodded.

“I understand what you said, but you misunderstood me. I have never thought about reducing production. Not only will I not reduce it, I will increase it significantly. The more the better.

The more supplies I have on hand, the less likely it is that someone will want to wholesale sea buckthorn juice but cannot get it, thus forming a situation of saturated wholesale supply.

I know that if I have just one factory, I can satisfy the wholesale supply. It will be difficult for others to enter this market, and I will be able to dominate the market forever.

I am telling you all this today not because I want to reduce production, but because I want to sell sea buckthorn juice to other places as soon as possible, and not just limit it to the market in Yunnan City.

It’s just that freight transportation in our country is too underdeveloped. In Yunnan, there aren’t many places that trains can reach. It takes more than ten hours just to get to the provincial capital.”

"I have never given up my profession. I have been working hard to design train power and have never stopped contacting my former colleagues. I now know that the country will build another railway from Yunnan City to the provincial capital at the beginning of next year. If I find an opportunity, I will return to the unit and design better train power." Xiao Shanhe deliberately slowed down his tone and spoke gently.

In the past, he worked on train power design for his own dream and for the development of the country's railway industry. Now that she is here, he is also doing it for her.

"But Huanxi, your factory can't wait for the railway. You also know that Su Liming's factory and Luo Bo's factory are also facing the problem of difficulty in transporting goods. It will take many years to wait for the railway to develop. We can't wait. We have to find a way to start with road transportation."

"Yeah!" Shen Huanxi nodded heavily. "This is what I want to tell you today. I want to build my own truck fleet. I don't want to rent other people's trucks. I want my own fleet. What do you think?"

"Huh? Why? There are many trucks in Yunnan City now, and many truck owners accept freight orders. Why do you have to have your own fleet?" Xiao Shanhe asked.

It’s not that he didn’t believe Shen Huanxi, he just wanted to hear what she had to say and see if she had considered it carefully enough.

“I know that many manufacturing state-owned enterprises have their own transport teams. Why do they have to have their own transport teams instead of renting trucks from others?

Because it can be called upon at any time, and because there is no need to wait for others to be free to deliver the goods, it can also reduce a lot of disputes. You can deliver it wherever you want, without having to calculate the price one by one according to the quantity and distance of the goods to be transported.

In general, it can be summed up in two words: convenience. I want to run my factory for a long time. The more convenient it is, the easier it will be to find a job when the factory's production and sales lines are established. What do you think?"

"Yes." Xiao Shanhe nodded, "Okay, I know the prices of some trucks, I'll list them for you."

After Xiao Shanhe finished speaking, he lowered his head and began to write on the paper.

This was one of the biggest reasons why Shen Huanxi told him about this matter today.

She didn't know the price of the truck. She had bought a truck at this time in her previous life, but that was decades ago when her father passed away. How could she remember it clearly?

Not long after, Xiao Shanhe helped her list the prices.

"I only know the general range. The price of trucks fluctuates. Most of the trucks used for transporting goods are agricultural vehicles and trucks. I recommend buying trucks.

Farm vehicles have low power, can carry little cargo, and are not suitable for long-distance travel. Trucks can carry more cargo, are faster than farm vehicles, have more power, and are more suitable for long-distance travel. What do you think? "

"Let me see." Shen Huanxi took out Xiao Shan and Lie's price list and looked at it.

She only took one look and her brows furrowed.

She simply skipped over the farm vehicles, as they were more suitable for short-distance transport between the countryside and cities like Uncle Huang did. If she was going to look, she would only look at trucks.

However, in the price list listed by Xiao Shanhe, the cheapest truck costs 20,000 yuan, and the most expensive ones cost 40,000 or 50,000 yuan.

I remember that her first wholesale order was made with Sister Li. At that time, Sister Li and she wholesaled 100 bottles of sea buckthorn juice. Based on the net profit of 0.5 cents per bottle, she made a net profit of 5 yuan for that order. There were many other people who came to wholesale that day, but in the end, she only made a net profit of more than 400 yuan.

The next day the news spread and she earned more, but in the end it was no more than a thousand dollars.

Moreover, it is only because she has just started wholesale sales that the business owners who want to sell sea buckthorn juice wholesale do not have much stock on hand, so there are so many business owners coming to her every day to buy wholesale products.

Once they have the goods in hand, they will have to wait until they are sold out or almost sold out before they can purchase more. By then, she has no idea how much money she can make in a day just relying on the market in Yunnan City.

At this rate of earning, it would take who knows how long to buy a truck, not to mention that she needs more than one truck.

This is just a small problem. The bigger problem is that in this day and age, you can’t just buy a truck whenever you want. The place that sells trucks may not have them in stock. You have to make a reservation and apply for one.

In this day and age, even buying larger furniture, such as a color TV, requires a commercial invoice. It is even more difficult to obtain the purchase qualification for a large item like a truck. It is not something that can be done just by having money. By the time she bought the truck, the day lilies had gone cold, and she didn't know whether the sea buckthorn juice in her warehouse had gone bad.

"I won't buy a truck anymore," Shen said. "I've thought of another way to get a truck at a lower cost."

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