HCB Chapter 259: Be a Hands-Off Shopkeeper
Chapter 259: Be a Hands-Off Shopkeeper
Although Xia Anan had never met anyone who returned home to start a business in her previous life, she had heard a lot about it from friends or in the news.
Many people find it difficult to succeed in the first year because they have no experience or their expectations are too high but their skills are not good enough.
Therefore, after the first failure, many people will give up.
It is really rare for a girl like Li Xiyan to not only survive but also remain so optimistic now.
Xia Anan felt that she should learn more from her and think of her when the snack stand business was not good.
Soon, a large pot of chili sauce came out.
“Try it first.”
Xia Anan and her friends all held half a soft steamed bun in their hands and couldn't wait any longer.
After turning off the fire, everyone rushed over just to eat the hot chili sauce fresh from the pot.
"Hey, it's a little hot, brother, you spilled it on my hand!"
"It's delicious, doesn't seem to be very spicy...spicy, it's intoxicating."
"Should we add a little more salt? Do you think it's salty?"
Xia Baobao raised his head, holding half a steamed bun in his hand.
He doesn’t dare to eat chili peppers, but his mother and the others are eating them happily, so Bao Bao wants to try some too…
But at this moment, everyone was busy tasting the chili sauce, and no one noticed the poor little guy.
Li's mother held up a spatula and drove away the people who had gathered around her.
"Just try it, don't eat so much!"
As a result, when I lowered my head, I saw Xia Baobao with his face up.
"Oh my! Look at you guys! You all forgot about Bao Bao!" Mother Li was furious, "Bao Bao, come to grandma."
The little guy trotted over immediately.
In the end, Xia Baobao didn't get to eat the chili sauce and had to substitute it with sweet osmanthus honey.
While waiting for the peppers to cool, Lu Qingyuan took Xia Baobao for a stroll in the village, while Xia Anan discussed the issue of the peppers with them.
Xia Baobao had never seen so many plants in the city, and he wanted to touch this and that.
Lu Qingyuan followed him and the child to explore, following behind him and taking charge of the various things he picked up.
Estimating that the time was about right, Lu Qingyuan took Xia Baobao back slowly.
The chili sauce in the pot has been put into a glass jar, wrapped in bubble wrap, and neatly placed in a cardboard box.
Lu Qingyuan looked at Xia Anan and asked, "Have you packed up?"
"Well, just move these to your car."
Xia Anan is going to take these chili sauces back home, let others try them, and collect everyone's opinions.
Even though they had only been together for a few days, Li Xiyan was very reluctant to leave Xia Anan.
"An An, I'll call you after I pack up. It will be quick. You must stay here for a few more days."
"it is good."
After saying goodbye to Li Xiyan's family, Xia Anan and the other two took the chili sauce made by Li's mother and returned to Beijing first. When the factory was completed, Xia Anan would come back to inspect it.
Thinking about Lu Qingyuan and the others rushing over yesterday, Xia Anan asked: "Do you want to take a day off before going back? Is this considered fatigue driving?"
The other person rolled his eyes at her and said faintly, "You still know it's fatigue driving? We came all the way here, one big and one small, and ended up eating some chili sauce."
Xia An thought to herself, you ate a lot just now.
She opened her phone and checked the flight tickets. "How about I treat you guys to a big meal today and then go back tomorrow when we have flights?"
Lu Qingyuan snorted coldly, "Okay, I'll reluctantly agree to your proposal."
Xia Anan sent the chili sauce back to Beijing by express delivery. It was inconvenient for them to carry it on the plane, so they had to send it back by express delivery sooner or later.
The seat for dinner was chosen by Lu Qingyuan. Perhaps because he was feeling a little resentful, Xia Anan almost couldn't hold back the moment she saw the restaurant.
"Boss Xia, are you reluctant to let go?" Lu Qingyuan asked.
Xia Anan gritted her teeth and smiled: "How could that be? Isn't it just four figures per person? I said I would treat you, and I must treat you to your satisfaction."
Xia Baobao doesn’t understand the twists and turns between adults. He only knows that he wants to eat what his parents like and he is not stingy when ordering food.
When she saw the final price, Xia Anan almost fainted.
She believed that the money was saved.
After eating and drinking, Lu Qingyuan felt much better and reminded, "I have a VIP membership. You can get a discount if you tell me my phone number later."
"...Thank you, Mr. Lu."
Seeing such a large sum of money being deducted from the balance, Xia Anan's heart was bleeding.
It hurts, it really hurts.
The plane tickets were from Shancheng to Beijing, and the three of them also needed to drive to Shancheng.
The next morning, the three of them packed up and set off. The two places were not far apart and could be reached in two hours by car.
Xia Baobao is a bit attached to his bed. He didn’t sleep well at night and couldn’t open his eyes as soon as he got on the highway.
In order to prevent Lu Qingyuan from falling asleep, Xia Anan chatted with him idly.
"What was the final result of your discussion yesterday?"
Xia Anan was stunned and realized that he was asking about the chili sauce.
"Of course I'll be the boss."
She raised her eyebrows. "Before coming here, I went to Shancheng. There was a problem with the factory there. I reflected for a few seconds and wondered if I was too impatient."
It was only a few months between her opening a snack stand and setting up her own factory, and many employees were not carefully selected, which is why such things happened.
When considering whether to build a new factory, perhaps investment is a better option.
"The factory was handed over to Li Xiyang and his sister. I invested money and technology, and the products produced were mainly supplied to the snack street."
The sales of peppers for Li Xiyan's family were a problem, and they originally wanted to carry out preliminary processing of the peppers.
However, due to funding issues, it has never been realized.
Now that Xia Anan has invested money, she can even help them solve the chili sauce problem, which is a better answer for both parties.
Lu Qingyuan nodded: "That's good. You are not a sage. You can't handle all the things. Just hand it over to others."
Before meeting Xia Anan, if someone had told him that a person could set up his own one-stop production line in just a few months, Lu Qingyuan would not have believed it.
But Xia Anan did it.
Although I helped her do some things, there would be others even if I was not there.
To some extent, Lu Qingyuan also benefited from Xia Anan, otherwise the development of Xizhou Plaza would not have been so fast.
After arriving in the mountain city, Lu Qingyuan drove directly to the apartment where he had lived before.
The place is usually cleaned and you can move in directly.
"Do you want to take a rest or go to the factory?" Lu Qingyuan leaned on the sofa, his eyes full of fatigue.
"Take Xia Baobao for a walk, you take a rest."
Xia Anan knew that if she said she was going to the factory, this man would definitely drive her there.
After these few days of running around, Xia Anan has become more determined to take the driving test.