Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 320 - 319: Return (2 more)

Chapter 320: Chapter 319: Return (2 more)

Xu Niannian had just gotten off the car when Xu Erhong and Xu Zhiqiang immediately came over.

Xu Erhong asked her, "Niannian, what’s going on? Isn’t it not time yet?"

"Uncle Er, how many Liuyue Su have we made so far?"

"We haven’t counted them yet. You said we should finish within a week, and it’s only been three days. We haven’t even started counting the quantity. What’s wrong, do you need them now?"

Xu Niannian nodded, "No need to count, just weigh them by the jin. Whatever we have, we’ll send. Our business partner in Haishi is almost at their limit; we must send a batch of goods over immediately."

Hearing this, Xu Erhong and Xu Zhiqiang immediately understood the implication.

It seems the sales over there are very good.

Both of them immediately took Xu Niannian with them, with Hu Yue following behind her.

Zhao Pang and Zhang Laowu, who ran the transportation, also went over to help. The Liuyue Su that had been wrapped in oil paper weren’t even boxed yet.

Xu Zhiqiang went to tell all the busy workers to stop their work and come over to help with boxing and transporting.

After weighing, the total was over 12,000 jin, which is roughly 72,000 Liuyue Su.

Li Shan ordered a total of 100,000; Li Qingshui needed 60,000, making it 160,000 in total.

Li Qingshui’s place is closer, and it’s not even the agreed time for her yet, so we can prioritize Haishi for the time being.

The 70,000-plus Liuyue Su weighed just over 10,000 jin, which was more than manageable for a big truck to load.

With all the staff helping, the boxing and loading onto the vehicle took less than two hours.

After loading the truck, everyone was exhausted.

Because Xu Niannian arrived in such a hurry, the workers thought the situation was so urgent that every second counted.

Furthermore, with the boss Xu Niannian there, they were afraid of making a bad impression in front of her and possibly getting fired, so they worked furiously without rest.

Although they were from the same village as Niannian, because she had said that any employee breaking company rules would be fined.

So with her there, they were even more afraid to slack off.

Some people didn’t believe it at first, thinking that since they were from the same village, it couldn’t be that bad.

But the very next day, someone was late to work and a notice was posted immediately to fine him five yuan, displayed right at the entrance of the canteen.

Everyone saw it.

That was five or six days’ wages—who wouldn’t be upset?

So, that person went to Xu Erhong to argue.

Xu Erhong said to him, "If you don’t want your pay docked, fine, I’ll settle your wages and not dock the pay, but I can’t keep a worker like you."

And so, the person backed down.

This incident made all the workers in the factory realize that in Xu Niannian’s factory, even fellow villagers would not be shown any leniency.

Xu Niannian saw everyone scrambling and felt puzzled. Had she put some pressure on them? Although she was in a rush, she didn’t recall hurrying them.

She saw the eldest brother from the neighboring house nearly fall, then anxiously steady himself and keep running.

After loading this batch of goods, Zhao Pang and the transporter, Zhang Laowu, immediately set off.

Xu Niannian told Xu Erhong to add an order of another 100,000 Liuyue Su.

With the previous 160,000 orders still more than half unfinished, and now another 100,000 to add on.

Xu Erhong was shocked and overjoyed at the same time. It meant that business would keep coming in.

Due to the urgency of the situation, Xu Niannian told Xu Erhong to make extra after finishing all the current orders and to stockpile them for unforeseen needs.

After all, just keep stockpiling the goods.

Xu Erhong agreed without hesitation.

Xu Niannian found it inconvenient to always run down to notify them, and thought about installing a landline in the factory to facilitate contact with Xu Erhong and Xu Zhiqiang.

As soon as she settled on this idea, Xu Niannian immediately went to get it done.

The next day, she had a landline installed.

The landline was set up in the offices of Xu Erhong and Xu Zhiqiang.

And in her own office, which she seldom used.

Three landlines were installed in total.

This novel thing, a landline phone, puzzled Xu Erhong and Xu Zhiqiang for quite some time.

Having a landline was considered a luxury to most.

Qingshan Village had only this single one.

Of course, since Xu Niannian had managed to start up a factory, installing a few landlines wasn’t surprising to people anymore. Besides admiration, all that was left was looking up to her.

Who would think that Xu Niannian was almost like the provider of the village’s sustenance?

As for why ’almost’ and not ’entirely’, that was because Auntie Xu, who couldn’t get along with Yang Cuihua, resolutely refused to let her family work here.

When Xu Erhong tried to test if the phone worked and picked up the handset, he deliberately wiped his hands on his pants two times, even though his hands were already quite clean.

Hu Yue followed Xu Niannian every day, and the villagers thought she was just one of Niannian’s good friends.

Xu Niannian didn’t explain.

Some young men in the village wanted to strike up a conversation with Hu Yue, but before they could approach, they were scared off by Hu Yue’s icy stare.

After finishing up these matters, Xu Niannian and Hu Yue returned to the county town.

Before Xu Niannian’s seat even had a chance to warm up, Yang Cuihua came looking for her.

Telling Xu Niannian that Li Qingshui was looking for her for something.

Xu Niannian then hurried off to Li Qingshui’s store without a moment’s delay.

It turned out that the stock Li Qingshui had left was almost sold out, and now several shops in the town were also out of stock.

Moreover, in some of the busier towns, Li Qingshui had added a few more distributors.

Li Qingshui said, "Niannian, didn’t I tell you a few days ago to add 60,000 pieces? How many do you have now? Bring me a batch first, and we’ll pick up the rest later."

Upon hearing this, Xu Niannian instantly felt overwhelmed.

"Sister Qingshui, honestly, I just sent off more than 70,000 pieces yesterday. Since it wasn’t the agreed time for delivery to you, I didn’t keep any. Now, there’s probably only a few thousand left in the factory, but Zhao Pang isn’t here, so I can’t deliver."

Hearing this, Li Qingshui thought a few thousand would be enough.

She said, "Then bring those few thousand first, I need to supply the stores that are out of stock."

Her eagerness was almost crazed.

Xu Niannian couldn’t help but smile wryly. Wasn’t this depriving the factory workers of a chance to catch their breath?

Upon learning Zhao Pang was absent, the understanding Li Qingshui said, "Then that’s fine, I’ll have Fourth Brother go get them, it’s just a few thousand pieces after all."

So, Xu Niannian took Li Qingshui to pick up the goods.

Because Li Qingshui had never been to the factory Xu Niannian had built.

Li Qingshui was shocked when she saw Xu Niannian’s factory, she opened her mouth wide in surprise and said, "Niannian, your factory is built so big?"

Obviously, it couldn’t compare to large factories.

Li Qingshui knew Xu Niannian had built a factory, but she thought Xu Niannian would at most build a small factory of a few hundred square meters and operate on a small scale.

She didn’t expect it to be so large.

It seemed that her ambition to expand across the country wasn’t just talk.

This reminded Li Qingshui of the mung bean cake that Xu Niannian had offered once.

She brought up the matter, but Xu Niannian still refused.

She didn’t plan to develop the mung bean cake for the long term.

Aside from Liuyue Su, she wanted to develop foods that didn’t rely on the stream in the future.

Unless she opened her own small store, she definitely wouldn’t use the stream again.

It’s easy to adapt from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury back to frugality.

In space, there were two recipes, Liuyue Su and Butter Sauce.

Actually if she hadn’t used the stream from the beginning, with a few more experiments, the taste wouldn’t have been much different.

With such recipes available, plus her excellent cooking skills, the products would still make a big impact on the market.

Now, with the aid of the stream, she had inadvertently raised the customers’ expectations too high.

After this busy period, she wanted to revisit the recipes for Butter Sauce and Liuyue Su.

To see if she could, through mixing other ingredients, achieve a taste even better than before without using the stream.

Moreover, many novel things from the future hadn’t yet appeared.

She could start from there, those easy-to-learn foods didn’t require training too many chefs.

Rejected by Xu Niannian once again, Li Qingshui was somewhat disappointed, but she didn’t say much; after all, it was Xu Niannian’s decision.

The products were hers, and she had no right to say anything.

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Elsewhere, having returned to the country, Zuo Qing took a trip to the seaside city on the same day.

That was her hometown, and she wanted to see her old home.

She didn’t expect to find something good in the seaside city.

The product was called Liuyue Su, and after tasting one, Zuo Qing found it delicious and decided to bring some back for Xu Wentian.

They had already run out the day she went, and she was the last one to buy Liuyue Su.

Zuo Qing had wanted to bring back more of the delicious pastries to Kyoto for her friends and relatives to try.

But in the end, there were only two pounds left.

That’s just 12 pieces, packaged in a very pretty gift box.

Sitting on the train back to Kyoto, Zuo Qing gently smiled with her lips pursed, hoping her godfather would like them.