Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 527: Five hundred and twenty-five, planning

Chapter 527: Five hundred and twenty-five, planning

"Xiao Ling, leave this kind of work to us in the future; we have nothing much to do at home anyway," Sister-in-law Li said with a smile. Her movements were nimble, and in less than half a minute, she had completed the packaging of a bag of cakes.

"Yeah! From now on, we’re counting on you," Sister-in-law Wang placed a bag of packaged cakes into the basket and picked up another packaging bag to start filling.

"Xiao Ling, how did you come up with the idea to start this business?" Sister-in-law Li asked curiously. If it wasn’t for Xiao Ling offering her these cakes, she wouldn’t have even known such a thing existed.

"It was Luo Shu who taught me how to make them," Zhang Xiaoling said with a laugh. She felt extremely grateful to Luo Shu in her heart.

"Is it that Sister-in-law Lu? She knows how to make these too?" Sister-in-law Wang asked, somewhat surprised.

"She looks so delicate, not like someone who’d do household chores," Sister-in-law Li said as she finished packaging the last bag and took off her mask. It was her first time wearing such a thing, and it felt quite uncomfortable.

"Luo Shu is amazing! Not only can she make pastries, but she’s also a doctor with excellent medical skills," Zhang Xiaoling said with admiration.

"What? She’s a doctor?!" Sister-in-law Li and Sister-in-law Wang looked at Zhang Xiaoling with disbelief. Luo Shu was so young; how could she possibly be a doctor?

"Yeah, I met her on the train when I was coming here. That day, a pregnant woman on the train was about to give birth. Luo Shu stepped in to help the woman deliver the baby. The pregnant woman was bleeding a lot and in great danger. In the end, Luo Shu ensured the safety of both mother and child," recalling the scene from that day, Zhang Xiaoling still felt somewhat shaken. That had been her first time witnessing a woman giving birth.

"That’s hard to believe," Sister-in-law Wang and Sister-in-law Li shook their heads in disbelief.

When Lu Hanmo came home, Luo Shu had finished making the cakes, and they were all packaged.

"Why do you have to work so hard? It breaks my heart just to see it!" Lu Hanmo reached out to help Luo Shu move a lock of hair away from her forehead and kissed her brow.

"I’m just idle!" Luo Shu said with a smile. She couldn’t just hide at home and cultivate all the time. Besides, she was now trying to break through to the Mahayana Realm, and relying solely on cultivation wasn’t going to have much effect anymore. She needed a breakthrough opportunity.

"Don’t push yourself too hard," Lu Hanmo said, pulling Luo Shu by the hand to sit down on the sofa. "Didn’t I mention the other day that Squadron Leader Xu wanted to host a dinner for us? But then Zhao Dahai’s matter came up and we didn’t bring it up again. Today he told me he wanted to invite us to his house for dinner tomorrow night."

Luo Shu nodded with a smile, "What time tomorrow?" She needed to go into the city with Zhang Xiaoling tomorrow and wouldn’t be back until at least five or six o’clock. The bus round trips were only once in the morning and once in the afternoon every day.

"You go ahead and attend to your matters, and if we can’t make it in time, we’ll just go later," Lu Hanmo said with a smile. In his heart, she was always the one who came first.

After leaving the sales point, Luo Shu and Zhang Xiaoling went back to the restaurant they visited the day before.

"You’re here!" Seeing Luo Shu and Zhang Xiaoling, Sun Xiaolan greeted them with joy.

"Xiao Lan, we’ll have the same dishes as yesterday. The food here is really good!" Zhang Xiaoling said, laughing. She wasn’t sure if it was because of the meal she had here, but after going to bed late last night, she didn’t feel tired at all when she woke up this morning.

"Alright, I’ll tell the chef right away. You guys just wait a moment," Sun Xiaolan said before heading to the kitchen.

Zhang Xiaoling picked up the teapot from the table, poured a cup for herself and one for Luo Shu, and handed it to Luo Shu saying, "Just now, Director Shen said that our cakes are selling really well, and we might need to increase production. But if that’s the case, the two of us definitely won’t be able to keep up."

Luo Shu took a sip of the tea from the table—each table in the restaurant had a pot of tea that contained bits of Spiritual Herb Scraps—and said, "If we’re going to increase production, we’ll definitely need to hire more people."

"But I’m worried, what if they learn and then secretly start selling it themselves?" Zhang Xiaoling asked. That was her greatest concern at the moment. Making cakes wasn’t particularly difficult; with enough practice and mastering the ratio of ingredients, anyone could learn how to do it.

"Then we have no choice but to buy machines," Luo Shu said. Whether other people would learn to do it or not didn’t really bother her.

"Do you know where we can buy machines? How much will they cost?" Zhang Xiaoling asked. For these professional matters, she needed to consult with Luo Shu.

"Machines need to be custom-made, but if we’re going to sell machines, in addition to the sales point, we need to expand our cake business further," Luo Shu said.

"How should we expand?" Zhang Xiaoling asked. This was her first time doing business, and there was still a lot she didn’t understand.

"First of all, we need to apply for a brand, have our own packaging, so that more people know about it. Besides sales points, we can also pitch our cakes to small stores in the surrounding towns to sell our cakes. Of course, with an operation like that, just having machines won’t be enough—we will also need to hire workers," Luo Shu outlined a rough plan.

"You mean we should start our own factory?" Zhang Xiaoling asked in astonishment. Her ambitions weren’t as grand as Luo Shu’s; she was already content with being able to make money as they were now.

"That’s something for the late stage of our plan. We don’t have the capacity for that yet, but we can start with a small workshop," Luo Shu said with a smile. Meals must be eaten one bite at a time—although she had the ability to immediately turn this step into reality, things too easily achieved wouldn’t be appreciated.

"So for now, should we first apply for our own brand?" Zhang Xiaoling asked. She had roughly understood Luo Shu’s point.

Luo Shu nodded with a smile, "Xiao Ling, for now, I’ll help you, but once you’ve stabilized, you’ll have to rely on yourself."

"Does that mean we won’t always work together?" Zhang Xiaoling asked, surprised as she looked at Luo Shu.

Luo Shu nodded with a smile, "So you need to learn to make your own decisions."

"But we have already taken the first successful step, and it’s not impossible to achieve what you just mentioned in the future. This is the result of our joint effort; how could I enjoy it all by myself?" Zhang Xiaoling said. She would feel uneasy if she did so.

"Let’s talk about this later; for now, let’s resolve what’s in front of us," Luo Shu said with a smile. Money was just a number for her at present; having more or less didn’t make much difference. She was involved in this matter merely to help Zhang Xiaoling.

"Luo Shu, whether or not we achieve the final goal you just described, I will keep your share for you," Zhang Xiaoling resolved. She was not ungrateful; she would remember for life those who treated her well.