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Chapter 426: The Method Was Good, Don’t Kick Next Time

Chapter 426: Chapter 426: The Method Was Good, Don’t Kick Next Time

Under Suizi’s encouragement, Yu Jingting began to experiment with carbonated drinks, and the result was better than anyone could imagine.

Before this, most beverages in the North were mainly orange-flavored, and the type you’d dilute with water from a glass bottle. Sales were just so-so.

Carbonated drinks were a completely new concept. Under Suizi’s direction and Su Zhe’s research and development, they managed to come up with a variety of carbonated beverages.

They were affordable and within reach of every household, suitable for all ages. Upon hitting the market, the demand was overwhelming.

It was an overnight success.

Even though pears aren’t grown in the northern regions, the White Pear flavor was the best selling.

Suizi thought that the carbonated pear drink’s light and refreshing flavor complemented the rich dishes of Northern cuisine well.

This kind of soda didn’t overpower the taste of food, and to those who were used to drinking orange juice, this new type of beverage was like opening a new door to the world.

Yu Jingting started the production line, two of them, with a daily production of 500 cases, but still couldn’t meet the demand.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. The workers worked in three shifts with a daily output of 1,000 cases, which still fell short of market demand. They were already considering adding more production lines.

With the New Year approaching, every family was getting ready to stock up on goods. The large, green bottled drinks that were priced less than two taels quickly became a hot commodity.

If a family didn’t stock up on a case or two, they’d be embarrassed to say they had finished preparing for the New Year holiday.

In addition to the drinks, the brewery also rolled out creamy ice cream.

The reason for going into the ice cream business was because one of the debts Yu Jingting had recovered was from a Milk Powder Factory.

The Milk Powder Factory wasn’t doing well and couldn’t repay its debt, so they used milk powder as a substitute — a product that had been slow-moving for a while and not considered a valuable commodity.

Yu Jingting asked Suizi what could be done with the milk powder, and Suizi thought about it. In the Northern winters, families with children liked to stock up on ice cream.

So they decided to make ice cream.

The ingredients for the ice cream bars on the market weren’t that complicated, and Yu Jingting found a worker from his factory who used to work in an Ice Cream Factory. With just a few casual questions, he got the recipe.

The profit margin for ice cream was even higher than the beverages, and Suizi thought they could make a killing.

But they miscalculated.

While their drink production couldn’t keep up with demand, the ice cream sales were just so-so.

Even though they didn’t invest a lot in the raw materials, to Suizi, the low sales equated to a loss.

One night, the entire Yu family was gathered around a copper hot pot.

Jiaojiao looked upset.

"Why do I have to drink milk? The drinks my brother makes are so delicious..."

"Because you already drank some this morning. You’re growing right now, and you should drink less of that sort of thing."

Suizi calmly put some meat into Jiaojiao’s bowl.

"All of our classmates are drinking it. What’s wrong with the White Pear? It’s really delicious!"

"Hmm, very thoughtful. I’ll visit Su’s family with your brother later. You can ask your Su brother to explain to you from a scientific perspective, maybe you can persuade him to do an experiment for you, demonstrating how carbonated drinks interfere with calcium absorption."

Jiaojiao had been to Su’s family with Suizi, and she was particularly interested in Su Zhe’s experimental tools. However, Su Zhe was temperamental and wasn’t very good at communicating.

"I’m a little scared... He always looks at me with that kind of eyes."

Jiaojiao imitated Su Zhe’s sharp gaze, which was filled with the demeanor of superiority.

"Typically, people with talent have their little quirks, like your brother..." As Suizi was educating the child, Wang Cuihua butted in.

"Tiegen is just a damned fool."

"Hey! Gentleman, aren’t you going to restrain your wife? Is she addicted to scolding me?" Yu Jingting protested, "I think she just has too much time on her hands, she’s not tired enough."

Suizi gave him a hard kick under the table - Don’t be inappropriate in front of the child!

Yu Shuisheng frowned but didn’t say anything.

Suizi continued to direct the conversation to Jiaojiao.

"To get along with intellectuals, there’s an easy trick. It’s just like interacting with your brother. If you follow one principle, you can be friends with them."

"What?"

"Sincerity. When dealing with him, don’t think about his aloofness and arrogance, respect and identify with his accomplishments. Carefully observe what he needs, find a point and you can become friends."

Jiaojiao was unclear, she bowed her head in thought.

After a while, Jiaojiao raised her head and said regretfully:

"Why did Lun Lamei return to the village? If she hadn’t left, I could have learned from my brother’s way and gotten her all yellow and dirty..."

Yu Shuisheng, who was dipping meat in the sesame paste, suddenly lost his appetite.

"Don’t use other people’s tricks. You should dare to innovate, the rest is up to you. If today you can persuade Su brother to explain the harm of carbonated drinks, I can reward you with a drink when you come back."

"Tch, tricking children again!" Yu Jingting saw through Suizi’s little strategem, he watched gleefully as Jiaojiao looked happy.

This silly girl, got hoodwinked by Suizi again.

Let Su Zhe explain to Jiaojiao, that kid would have preferred to magnify the harm a hundredfold, turning this stuff into a poison.

Don’t think that just because Su Zhe helped Yu Jingting come up with these formulas that he approves of this kind of thing. He has said more than once that it’s not a good thing.

Can Jiaojiao still drink it after listening to Su Zhe?

Suizi was killing two birds with one stone.

"You, you’re just such a sneaky one."

Suizi smiled and kicked fiercely under the table.

Yu Shuisheng put down his bowl and slowly said,

"Twice."

"Dad, what are you talking about?" Suizi asked.

"Your two kicks, they both hit me. The way you’re educating the child is good, but your aim isn’t very precise."

Suizi was stunned, her face turned beet red.

"Hahaha." Yu Jingting burst into laughter.

Suizi glared at him with a deadly look.

"Suizi, are you going to Su’s house with Tiegen later?" Wang Cuihua asked.

"Yes, we want to ask Su Zhe for some advice on improving the ice cream formula."

The ice cream wasn’t selling well, and Suizi and her husband decided that instead of trying to compete by lowering the price, they should improve the flavor.

The brewery didn’t have a food technician, so they called on Su Zhe to take care of developing new flavors.

This couple was running to Su’s house every other day, and Wang Cuihua felt a bit embarrassed.

"You can’t work the team’s mules too hard, poor little Su is already pitiful enough. Having you two run into him is really unfortunate..."

In Wang Cuihua’s opinion, Su Zhe’s marriage to Lun Lamei was already unfortunate enough.

Add to that the unfortunate friendship with Tiegen, and he was as stuck as if he’d been ensnared by toffee.

Once, it was almost midnight, but Suizi suddenly realized something was missing from the formula. So Yu Jingting took her straight to Su’s house.

According to what Yu Jingting said when he came back, at that time, Su Zhe was pulling an all-nighter trying to figure out what was wrong. He welcomed Suizi and Yu Jingting with open arms, but Su’s parents’ faces were as sour as if they’d eaten shit.

"Mother, the friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, those are gentlemen, we are ordinary people. The friendship of ordinary people tends to grow deeper the more it’s used. Su Zhe has become really fond of Jingting recently, hasn’t he?" Suizi asked Yu Jingting.

Yu Jingting nodded.

"Yes, he’s really grown to like me. He was so close to throwing sulfuric acid at me, such a good fellow."

This relationship, it can be said, is very sincere.

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