"We’ll go tomorrow." Xu Nianhua’s eyes brightened. She was very much looking forward to the new home. While in Ningbei, she had spoken to Ji Ying over the phone. Although she had not participated in the construction of the house, she often discussed with Ji Ying how the house was being built and how her room was arranged, and she had visualized it countless times in her mind.
"Alright, we’ll return home tomorrow." Ji Ying also intended to make up for two, no, three children.
The next day, Xu Nianhua woke up early. She had deliberately gotten up early to cook lean pork porridge, lightly salted and nutritious while being light to eat.
The richly flavored lean pork porridge was particularly aromatic.
Xu Qinghe went back to the village to prepare to kill two chickens and make soup.
Zhou He took the initiative to take on the task of making the soup. Living in the county was inconvenient, so Zhou He took her children back to the village. Xu Nianji hadn’t returned last night, he must have been busy with work in the city and couldn’t make it back.
Ji Ying, on the other hand, went back to the factory. Early in the morning, many people had already gathered at the factory’s gate, all wearing smiles on their faces. As long as the Chili Sauce Factory was fine, they had a place to earn money. Otherwise, losing thirty yuan a month would be a huge loss for their families. With this salary, their household lives gradually prospered.
Besides, working at the Chili Sauce Factory felt like being part of a big family. Apart from the matter of wages, nobody wanted anything to happen to the Chili Sauce Factory.
As for Ji Ying suddenly becoming one of the bosses, Xiong Xihua and others were not very surprised. From the very beginning when she joined the factory, Ji Ying had been managing the Chili Sauce Factory. It seemed only natural that she was one of the bosses.
Ji Ying explained the truth of the situation again and encouraged everyone to work hard, adding half a month’s salary for this month.
The Chili Sauce Factory cheered.
Meanwhile, in South City, all the distributors of the chili sauce were crowded with queues of people.
The latest newspaper came out today. It featured a large article with photos of the inside of the Chili Sauce Factory, Li Jianbin being arrested, and Xu Yong clarifying the facts. Moreover, he praised the Chili Sauce Factory and mentioned at the end that the factory would be giving away ten bottles of chili sauce each day for ten days. This news spread quickly as if it had wings in South City.
Xu Nianji worked overnight to stock up a lot of chili sauce at the largest distribution point in South City and specially asked Ji Shuyuan to help. Even so, the queue was still very long.
The giveaway was not for the first ten in line, but rather it was based on the queue order starting from the eighth customer to the ninety-eighth customer.
Many people saw others getting free chili sauce and those who got it took a photo that Xu Yong specially came to take, providing a follow up to his previous reports. Those who didn’t get the free sauce came to buy it.
After seeing the environment of the Chili Sauce Factory, the crowd believed in the cleanliness of the chili sauce. Additionally, the previous practice of Xu Nianji’s team accepting returns was also recognized and appreciated by them.
From morning to evening, the truckload of goods brought by Xu Nianji was already sold by more than half. One should know that the amount he brought today usually lasted for half a month!
And this was only one location!
"Thanks, everyone," Xu Nianji said as he sent off the last customer. His voice had gone hoarse to the point of being unable to speak. He took a big gulp of water which couldn’t soothe the burning in his throat. He happily said, "Tonight, I’ll treat everyone to dinner, braised pork."
"Thank you, Boss Xu."
The staff at this sales point were exhausted today. Hearing there would be braised pork for dinner, they let out cheers.
Ji Shuyuan slumped in his chair, devoid of image and looked at Xu Nianji, saying, "Shouldn’t we start thinking about what to do tomorrow?"