Suffered a defeat
"Yuyu, put on your schoolbag and go!"
Qin Wenli raised his wrist to check the time. It was already half past nine. He lifted the curtain of the back door and shouted towards the yard.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Qin Yu agreed, but he held the mirror tightly in his hand and looked left and right. He felt that his hairstyle was perfect everywhere, so he ran towards the shop.
"This girl is too obsessed with beauty!" Qin Wenli couldn't help but want to reach out and touch the little figure when he saw her.
Qin Yu quickly stopped his father's hand: "Dad, don't touch my head, this is the hairstyle my mom just tied!"
Qin Wenli couldn't help but look his daughter up and down. Although she looked quite energetic after being dressed up, the way her eyes were tilted gave him a headache.
"Then let's go!"
Hearing this, Qin Yu smiled and waved to his mother and grandmother, then followed his father to school, skipping and jumping.
Yang Xiu leaned out his head and looked at his daughter's figure going away. He couldn't help but sigh, "This girl sometimes talks like an adult, and it sounds like she's serious. But now she's jumping around, she's just a child after all!"
"She is just a child. She is only eight years old! Don't treat her like a maid." Hu Yufeng laughed when she heard it.
"What can she do in the shop? She's so exhausted just by being asked to light the kang." Yang Xiu also laughed, and then became worried.
She has finally figured out that her daughter is smart but lazy. What should she do in the future?
"Burning the kang is not a skill. As long as you study hard and find an office job in the future, you won't have the chance to ask her to do it even if you want." Hu Yufeng said.
"Given her personality of fishing for three days and net racing for two days, I don't think she can succeed..." Yang Xiu said this, but a look of longing appeared on her face. Who doesn't want their children to have a bright future?
After a while, Qin Wenli came back.
"Has it been reported?"
"Well, you don't have a student record in the first grade yet, so you can just go straight into school..." Things went smoothly and Qin Wenli was very happy.
With his daughter accompanying him in the shop, Yang Xiu was no longer afraid.
Hu Yufeng and Qin Wenli waited until Qin Yu got out of school. When they saw her come in with a happy face, they felt relieved.
After listening to Qin Yu talk about the latest news at school for a while, and after settling the mother and daughter down, the two of them headed home.
…
After dinner the next day, Hu Yufeng and Qin Wenli set out on their expedition southwards.
About thirty minutes from Shangguan, you will reach Shengning Town, the largest township in Yang County. Shengning Town has the largest plain in Yang County and is located at the junction of Yang County and Qingyuan County. Qin Wenli has passed by here every time he went to the plain, but has never gotten off the car to stop.
This town is not only famous in Yang County, but also in the entire Qingyuan City. The reason is nothing but its wealth.
Just the name of "dry wharf" can give you a glimpse of the abundance of supplies here.
So Qin Wenli chose this place as the first stop. Hu Yufeng was somewhat surprised and impressed. According to her idea, she wanted to connect the surrounding areas and eventually have small villages surround the big town. After all, Sheng Ning’s people are famous for being rich. What haven’t rich people seen? Although she was confident in her own things, she was always a little timid in the face of absolute strength.
But I didn't expect Qin Wenli to take on such a tough task right away. After all, he is a young man who dares to think and act.
Now that they were already there, Hu Yufeng gathered her thoughts, cheered herself up, and went to visit each store with Qin Wenli. It's not possible without going through them one by one. A big town has only three or four streets, and there are so many large shops that you can't count them with both hands.
The first place we went to was a wholesale shop. It’s a small door, but it reveals a world of its own once you enter. The shop consists of five large rooms, three of which are counters, and the rest are filled with various supplies stacked up.
Hu Yufeng took a quick look and found that the shop had everything from needles and thread to pots, pans, and bowls.
Her expectant heart suddenly began to beat fast. With such a grand display, do you think they would really like our things?
The answer is no! The middle-aged boss declined tactfully and politely, saying that he already had a stable partner.
I went to several stores and got the same result. Some even refused without even trying the samples.
Qin Wenli's originally confident look was now waning, and seeing that it was getting late, Hu Yufeng decided to go back and discuss the matter.
The two of them returned home. The old lady looked at Qin Wenli's face and her heart skipped a beat. She hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Hu Yufeng shook her head: "Business is not going well. Is the meal ready? Let's eat first!"
…
After the meal, Qin Wenli's expression warmed up again. He is a person who is good at reflection. Putting aside today's objective problems, subjectively he was too impatient. A small part of this impatience came from the conversation with Yang Xiu, but more of it came from this business path that had been successful time and again.
To be honest, he was a little inflated.
It would be strange if you could sign the contract if you go straight in without any investigation or preparation.
He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of this. Since when did he put himself above everyone else? Even though he appeared humble on the outside, he actually didn't agree on the matter in his heart?
After the fear, I can only feel fortunate that this defeat came at the right time, allowing me to face the reality when I was not standing high enough.
Unlike Qin Wenli who looked for problems within himself, Hu Yufeng attributed all of today's misfortunes to Sheng Ning's lack of vision.
At the end of the day, she had successfully transformed her fear of Sheng Ning into resentment. Just wait, Han Dock. The more you think I am incompetent, the more I will stand firm and show you what I can do!
So without waiting for Qin Wenli to speak, she asked directly: "What do you think about us setting up a stall in Shengning?"
Qin Wenli's eyes lit up. His mother's idea coincided with his. Of course that was a good idea.
Objectively speaking, aren't the reasons why these shops refuse to sign the contract because their fried dough twists are not well-known and are not produced by legitimate manufacturers?
Since this route won’t work for the manufacturer in the short term, the only option left is to increase the manufacturer’s visibility.
"But if this happens, we'll have to hire some people..." It would be enough to supply these four towns with only the goods at home, but if Sheng Ning was included, it wouldn't be enough.
"Then let's go directly to the shop. Shengning is on the 14th and 7th of the month, we can just get the goods from the shop and leave."
…
They did it as soon as they said it, and the next day they rushed to the town in a hurry. Wenli went to deliver the goods, and Hu Yufeng and Yang Xiu talked about recruiting workers.
Although their shop has been open for almost two months, they are still strangers in the town, so when the two of them discuss recruiting, they still have to look for Lao Fang.
Since they opened the shop, the demand for fried dough twists at Lao Fang's store has decreased, but the friendship between the two families remains. Hu Yufeng came with a bag of fried dough twists and said this. Lao Fang searched his mind and picked out a suitable candidate.
"The daughter-in-law of the Niu family is from Yangqiao. Her husband drank himself to death, and her in-laws couldn't tolerate her, so she rented a room in our house with her two children, and helped out in a restaurant on weekdays."
Lao Fang was also an impatient person, and as he spoke he led Hu Yufeng inside.
Hu Yufeng noticed a door here the previous few times she came here. Today, when she went out, she found that there was a large courtyard behind it, which was built tightly.
She couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Great, it turns out the landlord is by my side!"
"Old sister, please stop joking, you are just living off your past achievements!"
As they were talking, they came to a room on the east side with a rag curtain hanging on the door. Lao Fang knocked on the door and said loudly, "Niu's family, are you there?"
There was a rustling sound in the room, followed by footsteps, and the door was creaked open from the inside. An honest woman in her thirties saw a trace of doubt in Lao Fang's eyes, smiled and said, "Uncle Fang, please sit inside..."
As he said this, he moved aside and made a gesture to invite someone in.
Lao Fang waved his hand and said, "I won't go in. Come with us. I have something good to tell you..."
The woman hesitated for a moment, then stepped out and closed the door.
The three of them sat down at Lao Fang's house, and Lao Fang introduced: "This is Sister Hu, you can call her Aunt Hu, right? She's the owner of the 'Yufeng Mahua Shop' on our street." Hu Yufeng smiled at the woman.
"This is the Niu family, what do you call?"
"Niu Jianhua, you can just call me Huahua." Niu Huahua said quickly.
"Oh, that's right. Aunt Hu's store is short of someone, and I think you're a good fit, so I'd like to ask you what you think..."
Niu Jianhua thought that was indeed the case, so he calmed down and thanked Lao Fang first, then asked nervously: "Auntie, will I be a permanent or temporary worker?"
"Whether it's temporary or long-term is up to you. We definitely want long-term employees." Hu Yufeng said with a smile.
Niu Jianhua couldn't help but feel happy. It would be great to have stability. But she felt embarrassed to ask about the salary.
Seeing her tangled expression, Hu Yufeng couldn't help but smile and said, "Let me briefly explain to you first. The main job is to make fried dough twists. The hours are from 8 am to 4 pm. If you have finished your share for the day, you can leave work early."
The time of 8 o'clock in the morning was decided by Hu Yufeng after discussing with Qin Wenli last night. Firstly, they arrived at school at 7:40 in the morning, so Yang Xiu could start work at 8 o'clock. Secondly, they set out from Shangguan at 10 o'clock, and the fried dough twists were just enough for two hours to retain a relatively crispy texture.
"The compensation is 110 per month, you should consider it..."
What is there to consider? Niu Jianhua wanted to nod and agree immediately. She can earn 70 or 80 yuan a month working part-time in a restaurant, which is a good income. This is 110 yuan. Moreover, the two children leave home at 7:30 and finish school at 4:00, so there is no delay in cooking for the children.
Thinking of this, Niu Jianhua's honest face cracked into a simple smile: "Okay, auntie, don't worry about me working!"
Hu Yufeng also clapped her hands: "That's good. Let's go to the shop first to see if you can adapt. I'll be frank with you, if you can't keep up, I won't hire you!"
"I understand this, auntie!"
…
Niu Jianhua's two children had gone to school and there was nothing to take with him at home, so he followed Hu Yufeng to the shop immediately.
Yang Xiu couldn't help but admire her when she saw her mother-in-law came back with someone less than an hour after she went out.
Hu Yufeng introduced the two people first, and then asked Yang Xiu to take Niu Jianhua to familiarize themselves with the working environment.
This familiarity lasted until after two in the afternoon. During this period, Hu Yufeng went there many times and saw that Niu Jianhua's kneading technique was not very skilled, but she was extremely strong and the dough in her hands was like playing. Another thing is that this person is very accurate in judging the heat. The fried dough twists are shiny in color, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. If it is less, it will be raw, and if it is more, it will be burnt.
Hu Yufeng couldn't help but nodded secretly.
The two of them finished making today's fried dough twists in one breath. Then Niu Jianhua stood in front of Hu Yufeng with a nervous look on his face, waiting for her to pronounce the verdict!
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