Seeing their surprised expressions, Manager Li shook his head and sighed.
"This isn't white salt, it's white sugar. It's sweeter than brown sugar and much more convenient to use. Whether you're making tea, cooking, or desserts, it doesn't affect the color or appearance. This stuff is selling like hotcakes in town, and brown sugar is completely ignored right now."
These words struck Liang Fugui like a thunderbolt, almost causing him to stumble and collapse to the ground.
"You mean our grand money-making plan ended before it even began?"
Manager Li nodded, "That's about right. But don't worry, although brown sugar isn't easy to sell, we can still sell a little and make some hard-earned money."
How could this happen?
Liang also snapped out of her shock and stamped her feet in frustration.
"Isn't this just turning underwear into a hat? What a mess! If you'd known it would be like this, you would have been better off staying at the Chen family's place and working there."
Liang Fugui also realized the seriousness of the matter. If the brown sugar was not selling well, what would happen to the beetroot at home?
He signed a contract with Zheng Xike, who delivers beets, to deliver 10,000 catties of beets every month thereafter.
If these can't be sold, how will we buy more beets? Breaching a contract without cause can land you in jail...
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more uncertain he felt. He quickly looked at Manager Li.
"Brother, you're quick-witted. Quickly calculate how much brown sugar your shop can sell in a month, how much I can earn after deducting the principal, and whether it's possible to continue this business?"
"It's tough!" Manager Li closed his eyes, put his hand to his forehead, and let out a long sigh.
"To tell you the truth, ever since this white sugar appeared, my shop can't even sell half a pound of brown sugar a day. If you want to get rich, you still have to find a way to get your hands on the method of making white sugar."
Where am I supposed to get it?
"The white sugar at Liu's Grocery Store is supplied by the Chen family. This white sugar was invented by the Chen family. Don't you understand what that means?"
"You mean you want me to secretly learn the trade?" Liang Fugui realized what he meant and shook his head vigorously.
"No, no, we've offended the Chen family so badly, they'll never let us work again. This idea is simply not going to work."
Manager Li sat up straight, his face immediately turning cold. "Then I can't help you anymore."
After saying that, he picked up the abacus and started typing away rapidly.
“I gave you forty taels of silver back then. Today you brought five hundred catties of brown sugar. At eighty-five copper coins per catty, it is worth forty-two taels and five mace of silver. If you don’t have white sugar in the future, don’t send any more. Even if you do, I can’t sell it.”
Upon hearing this, Liang Fugui immediately became agitated. "Brother, you can't do things like this! We agreed that we would be responsible for making the sugar and you would be responsible for selling it. Now you're saying you don't want it anymore? What are we supposed to do?"
"Exactly, you were the one who told us to make the sugar. Now you're saying you don't want it anymore? How can you do this, taking a dump and then coming back to sit down?" Madam Liang added sarcastically.
Manager Li glanced at the two of them indifferently and snorted coldly.
"Is it interesting for you to say all this? My shop is about to close down. Who can I complain to?"
Stop wasting your time arguing with me. Instead, go back and learn how to make sugar. Once you have sugar, everything will be solved.
Seeing that he had turned his back on him, Liang Fugui really wanted to beat him up, but he was afraid he couldn't win, so he could only grit his teeth and say...
"After deducting the forty taels of capital, there are two taels and five mace of silver left. After deducting the labor costs, shouldn't this money be split equally?"
Manager Li initially wanted to refuse, but after careful consideration, he realized that the couple wouldn't give up so easily. If they could truly learn how to make white sugar, it would be a win-win situation for both of them.
Thinking of this, he quickly put on a smiling face, "What is rightfully yours, I will naturally not keep for myself. Two taels and five mace of silver, you calculate how much is left after deducting labor costs, and I will give it to you."
Liang Fugui had already calculated the accounts. Without thinking, he said, "I hired five people to work. It took twelve days to boil the sugar. The total wages were six hundred coins. There are still one tael and nine qian left. You should give me nine hundred and fifty coins, plus the wages of six hundred coins."
"You've calculated it very clearly. Wait here, I'll get it for you right away."
Manager Li bent down, took out a string of copper coins from the counter, handed it to Liang Fugui, and reminded him again,
"Brother, I was planning for us to cooperate long-term, but I didn't expect that Chen would have so many tricks up her sleeve, even coming up with this sugar. But I think you're no less capable than her, and this sugar shouldn't be too difficult for you either. In order to make a fortune in the future, you two should go back and think about it carefully."
"I understand what you're saying, but I'm afraid this won't work out!" Liang Fugui didn't dare to make a guarantee, after all, his wife wasn't working for the Chen family anymore, so it was basically impossible for her to learn the skills secretly.
After leaving Li's Grocery Store, the couple dejectedly boarded the oxcart and headed home.
They never dreamed they would encounter such a misfortune.
I thought that by handing over the brown sugar to Manager Li and borrowing some money from him to buy a donkey, I could expand the sugar mill. But now it seems that all of that is impossible.
Jishengtang.
Chen Qingqing is examining a child.
Seeing that the child was pale and thin, with white spots on his fingernails and face, the mother determined that the child had roundworms and asked the child's mother about it.
"Auntie, does your son sleep poorly at night and often grind his teeth?"
"Yes, that's right. It's been making a ruckus all night, but is that related to the stomachache?"
"Of course it's related, because your son has roundworms in his stomach, which affects his food absorption. If the worms aren't expelled, these symptoms won't disappear, and over time it will affect the child's normal growth and development."
Chen Qingqing explained the dangers of roundworms in relation to the child's condition.
The boy looked terrified when he heard that he had worms in his stomach. "Mom, will the worms eat me? I'm so scared!"
The woman patted his back gently, "Son, don't be afraid, this sister will definitely have a way to get rid of the worms in your stomach."
After speaking, he looked urgently at Chen Qingqing.
"Miss Chen, what medicine can I take to get rid of the worms in my son's stomach?"
Chen Qingqing knew that some Chinese herbs could also expel worms, but the effect was slow and not as convenient as the worm-repelling medicine in her space.
She took two pills directly from her medicine bag and handed them to the woman. "Take them on an empty stomach tomorrow morning, and eat an hour later. The roundworms in your stomach will be completely eliminated immediately. You must wash your hands before meals and after using the toilet to prevent worms from getting into your stomach."
The woman frowned as she looked at the pills in her hand, her face showing hesitation. "Miss Chen, this isn't a decoction; will it even work?"
"It works. This is my own secret deworming medicine, much more effective than decoction."
"Okay, thank you, Miss Chen." The woman paid the money, thanked her repeatedly, and left with her child.
Every traditional Chinese medicine doctor has their own family-inherited secret recipes, which are generally not passed on to outsiders. Therefore, Xiao Wu and Li An were already used to Chen Qingqing's strange little pills...
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