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Chapter 219 The Prerequisite for Respect is One's Strength

In the workshop, Old Mrs. Chen and the villagers were still working hard.

They came back yesterday and took away another batch. Everyone knew that their business must be very hot, so they worked very hard today.

Usually, everyone would gather in groups of three or five, working and chatting about family matters. But today, there was no sound of talking in the yard, only the sound of tools colliding with each other.

"You're back so early, have you sold out again?" Old Mrs. Chen followed the two men into the kitchen.

"Yes, mother, we didn't expect this business to be so popular. We just went there today and it was almost sold out in less than an hour. I think the business elsewhere won't be too bad, so we hurried back to prepare the next batch of goods."

"That's great, that's great..." Old Mrs. Chen's face was filled with joy, and she was happier than when she made money herself.

"Then I'll go and ask Chang'an to call your father and eldest brother, as well as the children at home. We have to hurry, as the managers from other places may come to transport goods again in the next two days." After saying this, Old Mrs. Chen turned around and ran out.

Although Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin felt embarrassed to always trouble the Chen family, there was nothing they could do at the moment. They could only keep this favor firmly in their hearts and ensure that they would not be left out when the accounts were settled at the end of the month.

Old Chen's family and children arrived soon. Duan Minmin quickly prepared a pot and asked them to fill the cans first.

Zheng Yuan soaked a pot of pig hair to degrease it, and then took Mr. Chen home to ask him to help burn a kiln of chalk. In addition, the glycerin was almost used up, and it had to be extracted quickly.

A whole morning passed in a busy manner, and it was not until the children came back from the market that the two realized it was already noon.

After quickly preparing lunch, the family got busy again.

At about the time of Shen, the manager of Yong'an County, which was closest to Yongding County, hurried over in a horse-drawn carriage.

"Mrs. Zheng! Mrs. Duan! Are you here? It's urgent!" Before the carriage stopped, the steward jumped off the carriage and rushed in.

The family who were packing jars were startled and when they came out they saw that it was the manager from Yongan.

He was quick and had already arrived the next day.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin welcomed him in and poured him a bowl of water. The steward lifted it up and drank it all in one gulp. He asked for another bowl and then felt much better.

"Oh, ladies, you don't know that although the business was good yesterday, it was not very popular. I thought that the goods would last for two or three days, so there was no need to rush to buy more. But I never thought that a large number of people would come in after noon."

"I didn't even have a break. I worked with my colleagues for two hours before I could take a break. We only stopped because we ran out of stuff in the store."

"Even so, there are still a steady stream of customers coming. I thought it was because people who bought it before thought it was good and that's why it has such a good effect."

"I later found out that it was all thanks to the two ladies. I heard that in Yongding County, all the stocks were sold out in less than two hours."

"It's raining and the ground is slippery. The elderly and children need to brush their teeth... Where can I find toothbrushes and toothpaste? Look for Jiang's and don't look back. It's wonderful~ It's really wonderful!"

"Look, when I left yesterday afternoon, quite a few people came to the shop to ask if there was any stock left. I really admire you, Mr. Yang. Fortunately, our county town is close to us, otherwise I don't know what to do."

The manager, whose surname was Yang, patted his chest, looking very relieved, and looked at the two of them with a little more respect in his eyes.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin remembered that his attitude was not like this when he came to pick up the goods for the first time a few days ago. He was somewhat impatient. But in just a few days, his attitude has changed 180 degrees.

As expected, the prerequisite for others to respect you is that you have enough strength yourself.

"Mrs. Duan, Mrs. Zheng, do you have any stock now? I need two thousand toothbrushes and five hundred cans of toothpaste, just like before." Manager Yang looked at the two of them sincerely.

"Yes, we anticipated this situation, so we rushed back today to finish the work. We should be able to gather the quantities you want now."

"That's good, that's good. Let's start loading the goods now. I have to hurry back. Yang Wu! Yang Liu! Come in and load the goods!" Manager Yang shouted outside.

"Hey! The shopkeeper. Here he comes!"

Two tall and strong men ran in carrying baskets and stood beside Manager Yang, waiting for his instructions.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin took the two of them directly into the kitchen. The toothpaste made today had not yet been moved into the warehouse, so they were asked to pack it here.

The two men counted together with Manager Yang, and Chen Changan registered on the side. After the registration, the two men moved out quickly.

The division of labor and cooperation was quick and everything was moved in a short while. Manager Yang signed his name in the registration book and the goods were shipped out of the warehouse.

Originally, the two men wanted to keep the three men for dinner before leaving the next day, but Manager Yang couldn't wait any longer. He just said that there were still many people waiting to buy things, and rode away with the two men without looking back.

As soon as Manager Yang and his party left, the family returned to their busy work and did not finish until dark. Because the family was very busy today, they did not have time to take care of the villagers who were making toothbrushes, and the villagers were happy to work for a while longer.

Zheng Yuan took Tao'er back to cook, and the others helped Chang'an register the goods into the warehouse.

By the time all the registrations were completed and the goods were stored, it was already dark. Today's efficiency was very high. Excluding the batch that Manager Yang took away, there were now nearly 2,000 toothbrushes and more than 1,000 cans of toothpaste in the warehouse.

But this is far from enough. After all, apart from Kunzhou Prefecture, the managers of seven other places have not arrived yet. We can only speed up the production.

It was around 11:00 p.m. when we finished dinner. It had never been so late before.

Seeing how popular their business was, before going home, Mrs. Chen asked the two if they wanted to find some more people to help make toothbrushes. The main reason was that toothpaste was not that troublesome, and it only needed to be canned after it was made, but toothbrushes were much more delicate, and the old lady was afraid that they would delay things.

After thinking about it, the two decided to refuse, not because they were reluctant to part with the money.

The main thing is that this toothbrush will not break after being used once. Once potential customers have almost all purchased it, the sales speed of this toothbrush will definitely slow down, and by then the sales volume will even not catch up with the toothpaste.

If we blindly expand the number of people in order to catch up with this wave of work, what will we do when the enthusiasm drops and we don't need so many people?

No matter who you quit, there will be opinions, and it will be difficult to do your job then.

Secondly, although this thing is simple, it still takes some time to get used to it and make qualified products. When we recruited this group of people, not all of them could produce qualified products right away. By then, in order to train new people, it would slow down the speed of these experienced people, which would not be worth it.

So after comprehensive consideration, the two decided not to expand the scale of the factory regardless of whether they could produce enough or not.

Old Mrs. Chen was just asking casually. Since they decided not to confess, she didn't say anything else. She told them to go to bed early and went back.

After a busy day, everyone was really tired, especially the little ones who couldn't even open their eyes.

After washing up, the family fell into a deep sleep.