"That’s right, I want to buy some too."
The agreement came from many; those who hadn’t seen the factory might have thought it was decent, a bit pricey, but after seeing the factory buildings, they felt it was a great value!
"Thank you for your support," Xu Nian’an said with a happy smile, ready to lead everyone outside to the vehicles.
Xu Nianji caught up and said, "Nian’an, I’ll take them to the city."
"Sure, drive them safely back to South City. By the way, take some goods to the city," Xu Nian’an whispered to Xu Nianji, "After they get to South City, give each person a box of chili sauce. They’ve come all the way from South City, so as hosts, we should treat them well."
"Okay," Xu Nianji didn’t hesitate. If Nian’an said so, it must be fine. He knew very well that when it came to smarts, he wasn’t as clever as his younger brother. He asked, "Then, how are you going to give away the hundred bottles you mentioned for free?"
"Give away ten bottles for free each day, for ten days. That makes a hundred bottles," Xu Nian’an said, surprising Xu Nianji. A hundred bottles in three days was three hundred bottles, and at four yuan a bottle, ten bottles would be forty yuan, so a hundred bottles would be four thousand yuan.
Xu Nian’an added, "Not just in South City, but also in Gaoliang County and eight other counties."
That would mean losing how much money.
Seeing his big brother’s utterly shocked expression, Xu Nian’an couldn’t help but laugh. He had had the same expression, too. He said with a smile, "Big brother, don’t worry about losing money. Do you think Yicheng and our little sister are the type to make a loss-making deal?"
Xu Nianji’s lips moved, and he said, "Just like that, nearly a thousand bottles will be given away. How can that not be a loss?"
"But they both said that although it looks like a loss now with those thousand bottles, it will make more money in return." Xu Nian’an patted his shoulder, "Big brother, you should take an apprentice. I am afraid you won’t be able to make the deliveries yourself in the future."
"How could that be!" exclaimed Xu Nianji, not believing it. His current truck could deliver to several places in one trip!
Xu Nian’an just smiled without saying anything.
"Mingzhu, why are you drinking that dark, bitter stuff again?" Fang Yue stepped into the house and immediately smelled the coffee from Gu Mingzhu’s cup.
The bitter coffee looked as dark as medicine, and Fang Yue really didn’t understand why Mingzhu liked it.
"Mom, it’s coffee; people from other countries like to drink this," Gu Mingzhu explained as she stirred sugar into her cup. She loved coffee; every time she drank it, she felt particularly spirited and her mind especially clear.
"You’re with child; you should drink more nourishing things like chicken soup to boost your health, not just this, which has no nutritional value," Fang Yue nagged, but her daughter was very opinionated, having developed a taste for coffee since last year and not going a day without a cup.
Unable to persuade her, Fang Yue simply changed the subject, "Mingzhu, I just heard that the Xu Family’s Chili Sauce Factory might have caused a death."
Fang Yue and several other ladies had been playing mahjong every day recently, not bothering to step outside.
Once she did go out, Fang Yue heard this sensational news and immediately came back to tell it.
"Really? Then we must go have a look; after all, it’s the family of your sister’s foster parents," Gu Mingzhu said sensibly, which touched Fang Yue, "I’ll talk to your dad and we’ll go have a look tomorrow morning."