My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty
Chapter 172: Turning the Tides

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Turning the Tides

The little boy whispered into Tang Chuxia’s ear, "We have a store in our area owned by the factory manager’s brother-in-law who doesn’t allow us to buy things anywhere else, we can only go to his store!"

Tang Chuxia frowned.

This was not only forced buying and selling but also malicious competition.

After the boy finished speaking, he reluctantly glanced at the melon seeds but still prepared to leave.

Tang Chuxia gave him a paper packet of melon seeds, and the little boy was hesitant to accept it.

"Consider it payment for the information you gave me!"

This time, the little boy took it.

Watching the little boy hop and skip away, Tang Chuxia, her cousin, and Dangdang were ready to leave for real.

They couldn’t make sales here.

Luckily, they learned the news in time and didn’t keep coming to the machinery factory to face setbacks. This time they simply went to the alley behind the supply and marketing cooperative, where many people would pass by.

Tang Chuxia and Dangdang filled their pockets with lots of melon seeds, handing out a handful to any children or young wives they met, inviting them to have a taste.

It’s commonly said money from kids and women is the easiest to earn, especially with sweet-flavored melon seeds.

This time they finally chose the right place.

Indeed, the saying proved true: the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

In less than an hour, they sold all one hundred pounds of melon seeds they brought along.

It might seem like they only earned fifty yuan, but considering the low cost of the melon seeds, their pure profit was actually thirty.

They were ecstatic.

"Thirty yuan earned in an hour; that’s ten yuan per person!"

Dangdang calculated with fingers, yelling excitedly.

Zheng Duoqing knocked on her head, "What are you thinking? It’s just a little bit of money, merely hard-earned cash. But before New Year, we don’t have to worry too much, we can increase production, and then expand our sales!"

Tang Chuxia listened to Zheng Duoqing’s plan and couldn’t help but admire him.

Sure enough, those with a sharp mind are impressive. They only sold for an hour, but Zheng Duoqing had already figured out who the main customers might be, and he was ready to hand over the sales to the kids.

Question: Where would the kids come from?

Naturally, from their own families.

Who wouldn’t want to earn some extra money for the New Year, at least to buy meat and new clothes?

Dangdang was amazed by Zheng Duoqing’s talent, looking at him with stars in her eyes.

"Don’t look at me like that; I’m a man out of your league!" Zheng Duoqing promptly knocked Dangdang on the head.

Although there were no reservations between the two families, Zheng Duoqing understood a principle well: a rabbit doesn’t eat the grass by its burrow; he and Dangdang couldn’t develop a relationship.

Dangdang covered her head, "Psh, I have a man I like, you big flirt!"

Zheng Duoqing disagreed, how had he become a flirt?

The two of them began to retort back and forth.

Tang Chuxia shook her head with a wry smile, feeling it was very childish, yet very happy.

When they returned, they shared the news of their profitable business with Madam Tang, who was tempted.

The profit margin was indeed enviable.

"I can help sell too!" Madam Tang thought of her colleagues at work, who were a powerful buying force.

Zheng Duoqing’s smile was radiant: "Little aunt, rest assured, however much you sell, you’ll get a twenty percent profit share!"

Madam Tang smiled, "Then I’ll need a large quantity!"

Zheng Duoqing looked at Tang Chuxia, who gave a ’no problem’ hand gesture, and his confidence soared.

Before they could even mobilize the kids, Madam Tang was drawn in first; then, Young Aunt who came for a visit, got wind of it and, after tasting a sample, she joined in too.

Tang Chuxia watched as ten pounds of samples disappeared, hearing Dangdang groan about the loss, "That’s five yuan for ten pounds!"

Tang Chuxia burst out laughing.

If you can’t even spare samples, how can you expect Young Aunt and Madam Tang to attract more customers?

"Cousin, go contact the seller; we’re going to need more than a thousand pounds!"

Zheng Duoqing indicated that he would arrange it immediately.

Dangdang immediately went from wincing at the cost to excitement, "A thousand pounds, wouldn’t that be 500 taels? And the net profit would be 300?"

Her excitement was intense.

Tang Chuxia couldn’t understand why Dangdang was so excited.

After all, the melon seed business was just like that.

And because she used high-quality ingredients, the cost had increased significantly. If she didn’t worry about those, the profit could be even more.

"Alright, you’ll be in charge of the accounting, but your share of the profit won’t be that much."

Tang Chuxia reminded Dangdang, who shook her head, "I’m already very content!"

No matter what, the earnings were substantial.

Dangdang could also earn a portion of the cost of raw materials since her family also sold sunflower seeds. If Zheng Duoqing’s supply wasn’t enough, her family would buy them, and the profit was sure to be significant.

For the roasted goods, relying solely on an iron pot was somewhat strenuous, so Tang Chuxia thought of an automatic stir-frying pot, which had a simple design, and she sketched it out easily.

When Tang Jianbing came back from work, he was handed a piece of paper, after which he looked at Tang Chuxia in shock.

"You made this just for roasting melon seeds?"

Tang Chuxia nodded.

Then she thought that it could also be used for roasting chestnuts and peanuts, it was just a matter of controlling the temperature.

"Such a great device, and you’re using it just for melon seeds? Do you realize how much raw material we lose each year due to uneven heating? This device could be slightly modified and put into production!"

Tang Jianbing became more and more excited as he spoke.

Tang Chuxia kept cutting him off.

"I’ll give you the blueprint, you can use it at your factory. Just remember to pay for it. It’s a pity that we can’t register it and earn a usage fee!"

She hadn’t finished speaking when Tang Jianbing ran off.

"I’ll make one for you overnight!"

Another one ran off.

Madam Tang entered the door just in time to see her son clutching the blueprint and acting manically. She couldn’t help but chuckle.

"You’re really driving your two brothers crazy!"

Tang Chuxia shrugged, "This is just the beginning. But why have you come back?"

Madam Tang mysteriously pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket.

"A thousand pounds?"

Tang Chuxia almost choked, that was a rather large amount, wasn’t it?

Was this the company suggesting an order of ten pounds per person?

Madam Tang laughed.

"That scared you? This is just the beginning. The procurement department’s senior lady talked to me today, and I gave her a handful of melon seeds. She immediately said to help her contact us and asked whether we could supply a batch for the company’s New Year’s welfare."

So it was corporate purchasing.

Tang Chuxia said there would be absolutely no problem, as long as her brother’s machine was ready, she could produce 300 pounds per day without any issues.

While Tang Chuxia was bustlingly busy, others were not having such a good time.

Such as Gu Beihuai.

After returning from Tang Chuxia’s house that day, and after enduring a series of awkward incidents, the following morning, he was picked up by people sent by his elder cousin’s father.

And he was dragged to a morgue.

Inside were three bodies.

"What does this mean?"

Gu Beihuai looked at the three bodies and asked his elder cousin’s father who brought him there.

The elder cousin’s father handed Gu Beihuai a mask.

Even though it was cold, the bodies had started to decay, and the smell was undoubtedly unpleasant.

The elder cousin’s father signaled an old man who looked somewhat aged to speak.

If Tang Chuxia were here, she would recognize him. Wasn’t this the Third Grandpa who had stopped them from digging the grave?

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