Chapter 56: New Partners

Many of these words were said by Chen Tao.

Since he started selling vegetables, he had become a complete fan of Sangluo, and he would talk endlessly about Xu Sangluo.

Under his son’s constant praise, Wang Jinju’s fondness for Xu Sangluo grew rapidly, and she also felt indebted to her.

As she had just said, Xu Sangluo’s workshop was making a fortune every day, so why would she need to work so hard to sell a few vegetables?

It was because she saw her son helping her and because of her relationship with Da Qin.

Chen’s father was completely convinced.

He knew that the Qin family’s business was making some money.

But he didn’t know how much they were making.

He didn’t know they were making this much.

“Young people are really quick-witted. I thought it was unreliable when Taozi said he wanted to do a vegetable business.” He sighed.

Wang Jinju remembered her son’s request. After thinking for a moment, she said, “The world is not the same as it was before, when we only had to worry about our own acre of land. Didn’t the second son say that the government is encouraging everyone to do business now? I think Taozi’s business is reliable. Why don’t we just go along with him? Young people should go out and experience the world. We’re both half in the grave. How long can we plan for him?”

Chen’s father frowned when he heard this, “What do you mean?”

“It’s about the vegetable business.”

Chen’s father immediately remembered his son’s previous request to use a few acres of land to grow vegetables. He subconsciously frowned.

“Didn’t you say that people in the city are willing to pay a high price because the vegetables are good? What’s the use of growing our own vegetables? It’s better to continue buying from them.”

Wang Jinju rolled her eyes.

“You know that the vegetables are from the research institute. How can you always get them from them? I heard that they are only doing special supplies now. This batch was only obtained because of Xiaosang’s favor. But Taozi said that Xiaosang has connections and can get seeds and planting techniques. We can also grow vegetables like this.”

Chen’s father frowned even tighter when he heard this.

“The research institute developed them. How can ordinary people easily grow them? And the research institute’s things are also the country’s things. Xiaosang is taking a risk by using her connections to get seeds. Is she really okay?”

Wang Jinju immediately said, “It’s not like she said she got the seeds and techniques from the research institute. You don’t know this, but Xiaosang has a grandfather abroad. He’s said to have opened a big company. It’s said that many seeds abroad have been improved. Xiaosang has connections and can secretly introduce technology. If she can really grow them, it’s also a contribution to our country.”

Chen’s father was even more surprised, “Then why doesn’t she go abroad?” She even married into the countryside.

Wang Jinju didn’t know much about this either. Most of what she said was what Chen Tao had told her based on what Xu Sangluo had said.

“Who knows? Maybe she’s patriotic. Of course, it could also be because of Da Qin. You don’t understand young people’s affairs.”

Chen’s father twitched his mouth and took two puffs of his dry pipe.

After a while, he said, “Ask that kid, and Xiaosang and Da Qin, to come over for dinner sometime. Let’s talk about this. We need to have a plan. We can’t just do things recklessly.”

Hearing this, Wang Jinju knew that the matter was almost settled. She smiled and said, “Okay. The remaining vegetables should be sold out in about a week. I’ll tell Taozi.”

Chen’s father nodded. He thought for a moment, turned his pipe, and walked out with his hands behind his back.

Wang Jinju quickly called out, “It’s almost dinner time. Where are you going?”

Chen’s father didn’t turn back, “I’m going to sit with the second son for a while.”

Wang Jinju immediately understood what he meant and a smile appeared on her face.

She suddenly thought of something and said, “Wait.”

She went into the house and took out two mesh bags. She went to the bicycle and took out some…

She picked out a few apples, oranges, tangerines, and pears from the basket.

She filled two large mesh bags, about ten pounds, and handed them to Chen’s father.

“These fruits are from the stall your son set up. They taste very good. Take some to the second son’s place.”

Chen’s father saw this and immediately frowned, “How can you take things from a business for free? That’s called enriching yourself at the public’s expense. It’s not right!”

Wang Jinju rolled her eyes, “These were bought by your son with his own money to show his filial piety. What enriching yourself at the public’s expense? Do you think your son is so unreliable in your eyes?”

Chen’s father twitched his mouth and held the mesh bags that were handed to him.

They were quite heavy.

The vegetable business was basically stable, and with Wang Jinju helping out, even Chen’s father couldn’t help but go over to help. So, for the next two days, Xu Sangluo stayed in town to do her own thing.

She was now focusing all her attention on clothes.

The sales conference was only nine days away, and she had absolute confidence in her clothes.

So, she had to ensure that there was enough stock.

The twelve sewing machines were all fully occupied. Except for the three people responsible for the hair accessories, the other nine people were responsible for sewing clothes every day.

Currently, she had decided on autumn and winter styles, about five sets in total, from innerwear to pants, and for now, she was only making women’s clothing.

The hair accessories side had more manpower, so they could now increase production to about 12,000 pieces a day.

Manager Fang’s side could now take up to 10,000 pieces a day, and the remaining 2,000 pieces were sent to the supply and marketing cooperative in town.

But the business at the supply and marketing cooperative in town wasn’t as good as in the county.

After all, the level of consumption was different.

Actually, the reason why Manager Fang could take so many goods was that the main market was in the city.

Sales in the county were limited. It was good if they could sell 2,000 pieces a day.

But there was no limit in the city for now. They often called to urge her to increase the quantity of goods.

At this time, in the Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the city, Manager Liu received a call and rushed over.

As soon as she entered the office, she heard the two people who had been waiting inside greet her cheerfully.

One of them was a familiar face.

“Lao Qian, what brings you here? I’ve been neglecting you.”

The middle-aged man called Lao Qian laughed heartily, “Lao Zhao and I came out to inspect the market. We passed by here and decided to come in and take a look. This is Manager Zhao from the Southern Building, Comrade Zhao Tongjun.”

Manager Liu was slightly surprised when she heard this. She quickly smiled and went over to shake hands, “Hello, Manager Zhao. I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“Hello, Comrade Liu. We came uninvited, and we apologize for making you run all the way here.”

“Haha, Manager Zhao, don’t be so polite with me. Your visit is an honor. Come, come, have a seat.”

Manager Liu led the two of them to their seats and quickly started boiling water to make tea, while asking about their situation.

Lao Qian didn’t beat around the bush and first stated his purpose and reason.

If they had just come to take a look, they wouldn’t have made someone specifically call Manager Liu over.

They had indeed just come to inspect the market on their way, and they happened to pass by here. Seeing that the Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was bustling with people, they went in to take a look.

Guangzhou’s economy was developing rapidly. Not to mention self-service malls, various department stores were opening up one after another.

Even old-brand department stores like the Southern Building were starting to feel the crisis of being overtaken by the younger generation, let alone the more restricted supply and marketing cooperatives.

Especially in the newly developed urban areas, the supply and marketing cooperatives had been reduced significantly in the past two years.

Because they simply couldn’t survive.