Xie Sui had not yet acted on plum powder. Firstly, the machinery was difficult to handle. Secondly, it was produced by a state-run food factory, and snatching their business would cause trouble.
He needed to make money, but he was still weak at the moment. He would lie low and develop himself, waiting for an opportunity.
"Of course we'll buy them. For five cents, how much can we earn?"
Lin Wanwan couldn't help but eat a few more pieces. Her cheeks were sore from chewing, but she didn't want to stop. The charm of snacks lay in their ability to make you unable to resist.
"Let's do the math. One catty of peaches costs two mao. You can buy two or three peaches, which can be cut into at least twenty slices. That's one cent. Then, packaging is one cent, and expenses like labor and white sugar are one cent. We also have to leave a profit of one cent for the small grocery store. In fact, the profit is only one cent."
"Only one cent? That's too little!"
Lin Wanwan was a little dissatisfied. A can of preserves had a profit of seven or eight mao. Even with a price reduction, it could still earn five mao. How many dried fruits would she have to sell?
"Wife, the accounts aren't calculated like that. It's about small profits but quick turnover. Canned goods spoil easily. If they aren't sold, the profit will be lost."
"The reason we haven't lost money is all thanks to your husband's persuasive skills and his hard work in finding sales channels that allowed us to make money."
"But you can't treat your husband like a mule, can you? So we need to innovate and change, let others make money for us, and we should enjoy life!"
Lin Wanwan's eyes looked strange when she heard him mention a mule. "I rather wish you were a mule. Then you wouldn't have these two brats, nor would I have been harmed so badly by you!"
Xie Sui: "..."
"No, wife, don't curse. Haven't I treated you well enough? I've already tried my best to make up for my mistakes. I'm practically offering my heart for you to see, and you still say that. My heart, it's so cold!"
Lin Wanwan rolled her eyes at him. "Let it stay cold. Even if you dug it out, it would still be black."
Xie Sui felt like he had suffered ten thousand critical hits. He clutched his chest and struck a pose like Xi Shi holding her heart, "You've hurt my heart. You have to take responsibility for me..."
Lin Wanwan ignored him and started to pack up the dried peaches, putting them into a flour sack. There were no packaging materials yet, so she would keep them for herself.
"Brother Xie, we're not going to the town or the county today. What are we doing?"
Zhang Wenfeng couldn't sit still. He was used to following Xie Sui around, and his family's attitude had gradually changed. He came to Xie Sui to find work.
"We can't go to the county every day. Let your mule rest for a couple of days too. We need to be humane; mules deserve respect."
Xie Sui glanced at Lin Wanwan. What's wrong with a mule? A mule is also a large animal, a pillar of strength. One day, I will become a wild horse and have a herd of foals, and show you my abilities as a husband!
Zhang Wenfeng was used to his foul mouth and listlessly waited for him to continue.
"You've come at the right time. Build two large iron stoves in the yard and set up a shed to provide shade."
In the future, they would need a place to make dried fruits. For now, they had to do it at home to save rent. Sudangewen.com
The two of them found Wang Tie Zhu and started working with great enthusiasm. They also went to town to buy two large iron pots, one for boiling peaches and the other for drying them.
Well, Zhang Wenfeng's mule couldn't rest after all and had to work.
After finishing the day's work, Xie Sui took Lin Wanwan and the children to wander around the town. The children were very happy to go to town again. Dad was the best.
They had forgotten about Xie Sui's past misdeeds of snatching their New Year's money. Children have short memories. It was easy to appease them at this age. If it were two years later, when they were seven or eight, it would not have been so easy for Xie Sui to win back their hearts.
Lin Wanwan wore the georgette shirt and blue pants he had bought her, along with cloth shoes of the same color. Her hair was braided into two large pigtails. She was pure and beautiful, with a natural and unadorned beauty that was far more attractive than the surgically enhanced faces of her previous life.
When they reached the town, they went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative. To their surprise, they saw Zhao Xuefei selling canned goods, with mostly young men gathered around her.
"Brother, buy two cans. Take them home for your wife and children to eat. They're very sweet."
"Okay, I'll take two cans then."
Xie Sui sneered. Are you selling canned goods or selling your smiles?
As expected, she's a sea woman. What a shame that she's not following the right path. She'll suffer sooner or later.
Zhao Xuefei saw their family of four looking happy and harmonious and felt a pang of inexplicable sourness in her heart. Lin Wanwan had always maintained a high and mighty, ethereal demeanor that was untouched by worldly affairs. Zhao Xuefei had always been jealous and envious of this.
It was precisely because she couldn't be like Lin Wanwan that she wanted to ruin her perfection. Everyone was struggling to survive in the mud, so why should only you be unstained by the mire?
She had also tried to entice Xie Sui, hoping to make Lin Wanwan's marriage unhappy.
Now that they had reconciled, Zhao Xuefei felt that everything she had done before had become a joke.
Xie Sui ignored her, but she couldn't bear to be left out and eagerly approached him. "Xie Sui, you're quite idle, accompanying your wife and children shopping. Alas, unlike us, we still have to work hard selling canned goods."
"Sister Wanwan, here, take a can for the children to try. We're all from the same village, and we're about the same age. Let's communicate more in the future, and get rich together!"
Xie Sui wanted to curse. He considered himself no good person, even a scoundrel. Men, after all, are happier being a bit mischievous. But this woman was even more shameless!
He had finally met someone more shameless than himself and even wanted to shake her hand and have a convention of scoundrels.
However, he couldn't. He glanced at Lin Wanwan subconsciously, afraid she might misunderstand something.
"Don't call me sister. My mother only gave birth to me. She didn't give birth to a sister, so I dare not accept your call of sister."
"My children are tired of eating canned goods. You can keep them for your own family. A bottle of canned goods isn't cheap, and since we're from the same village, I can't take advantage of you."
"Getting rich is a matter of individual effort. There's no such thing as getting rich together. Competitors don't share profits. I wish you prosperity."
"Also, this canned goods business is something my family didn't want. If you like it, feel free to take it. It's yours!"
Lin Wanwan gave a proper smile, nodded at Zhao Xuefei, and pulled Xie Sui's arm. "Let's go. Don't block the entrance and hinder others. People should have basic moral cultivation."
Xie Sui's jaw nearly hit the floor. It was as if he was meeting Lin Wanwan for the first time. He could be sharp-tongued and curse people, but in front of Lin Wanwan, he was just a junior.
Listen to what she said. Not a single dirty word, yet she made Zhao Xuefei's eyes blaze with anger, and her face turned redder than the setting sun on the horizon.
"Wife, although I'm standing, my heart is already kneeling for you. You're amazing!"
"I've always been amazing. Are you only just discovering it?"
Lin Wanwan raised her head proudly, her steps graceful and elegant, once again reducing Zhao Xuefei to dust.
Xie Sui, like Li Lianying, quickly followed her, thinking what a treasure his wife was. His mouth stretched all the way to his ears!