In the evening, when he returned home, Xu Nianhua discussed the idea of starting a factory.
"Can pepper sauce actually make money?"
Ji Ying looked as if she had heard something shocking, her eyes wide and round.
Every chili harvest season, every household would make a lot of pepper sauce, and sometimes when there were no other dishes to eat, they would eat pepper sauce.
But now Xu Nianhua was telling her that pepper sauce could make money!
This completely overturned Ji Ying’s understanding.
"Of course it can, mom. Your pepper sauce tastes good, so naturally it can make money," Xu Nianhua said earnestly.
"But, Pei Yicheng, is he really willing to invest? And invest five thousand yuan?"
Xu Nian’an focused on the key point and asked.
"Yes, that’s what he said," Xu Nianhua nodded.
Xu Nianji frowned and said, "Five thousand yuan, that’s a lot of money. What if nobody buys it?"
His concern was exactly what Ji Ying was worried about; she quickly said, "We shouldn’t agree to this. If we lose money, even if we sold our whole family, it wouldn’t cover the amount."
"Mom, I actually think it’s feasible. Just think, if the pepper sauce can be sold, it would make money for Pei Yicheng and of course, we could make some money too," Xu Nian’an had thought a lot about it before concluding that it should be feasible.
They had sold mung bean jelly and bean sprouts, and Xu Nian’an deeply felt the profitability of doing business!
If they had not sold these items, Xu Nian’an could hardly imagine making just a hundred or two hundred yuan a month.
Having tasted the sweetness of business, Xu Nian’an naturally supported the idea very much.
"Second brother is right, that’s what I think too. What we lack now is startup capital," Xu Nianhua knew clearly what the family lacked.
Unless they struck it rich overnight, gathering capital to make more money would take a year or two.
With Pei Yicheng’s collaboration, it would be much easier to realize this plan.
Xu Nianhua had read novels about time-traveling and rebirth before, admiring those who easily made a fortune in those stories.
So far, Xu Nianhua, having been reborn for quite some time, had not thought of any big money-making ideas.
Her main expertise was in foreign languages, and she had run a translation training company very successfully in the past, but now it was 1979, not the future, and even with all her skills, she was at a loss.
As for other areas, she was completely in the dark.
Fortunately, she had learned to grow bean sprouts from an old lady before; otherwise, she wouldn’t even know how to make them.
Ji Ying was dizzy from listening to Xu Nianhua and her siblings and turned to look at Xu Qinghe, who was silent beside her. She knew nothing about these matters, and in big decisions, she still needed Xu Qinghe to take charge.
"I don’t understand business either, but, Nianhua, why would Pei Yicheng help us?" Xu Qinghe always felt that pie wouldn’t just fall from the sky.
"Uh..." Xu Nianhua touched her nose, a bit surprised herself that Pei Yicheng had proposed this factory idea.
She had thought about it before, but without capital, nothing was feasible.
Xu Nian’an then spoke up, "Dad, Mom, although we haven’t known Dr. Du’s family for long, I always feel they are good people. Besides, in a partnership, Pei Yicheng can make money too."
"He’s investing five thousand yuan. It might seem like a lot, but we need to buy large amounts of chilies, buy bottles, and then sell them, all of which require money," Xu Nian’an analyzed. "As long as he has a market to sell the pepper sauce, he can make money."
"Everybody makes their own pepper sauce, so why choose us?" Xu Nianji asked.