Li Boqing packed five boxes of chili sauce in her workshop, took two young men of his own age from the alley, and rode a three-wheeler to who knows where.
Li Boqing took two people to the Financial Street, which is currently the busiest in the capital. On the way, they received a lot of white cakes with a card written in black on a red background.
‘Secret hot sauce steamed bun/50 cents each’
Li Boqing's calligraphy was so good that people passing by couldn't help but want to take a second look. When it was time to eat, his little three-wheeler was actually surrounded.
"Your hot sauce is really a secret recipe. If you can add some vegetables and an egg, the taste will be amazing."
"It's my first day out of the stall today. I didn't think much about it. I just wanted to try if this hot sauce satisfies everyone's taste."
Li Boqing smiled with crooked eyebrows, coupled with his handsome appearance and fair skin, many little girls couldn't help but look at him more.
"I'm from the south. I've never tasted such smooth chili sauce since I came to the capital. Can you sell me a bottle?"
"Yes, one dollar and five bottles."
"So expensive?!"
"It's not expensive. These peppers are all the best southern peppers. The ingredients are 100% good. You can eat this bottle for a week. Save a little and eat it for ten and a half days."
Is it okay for a month?”
"Isn't it too expensive for such a good thing to cost only RMB 50?"
"Yes, once you taste it, you will know that the peppers used are from our south, and the cost is definitely not cheap. Okay, put a bottle for me."
"Then I want a bottle too. Although it's a bit spicy, it's really fragrant. I'll add some to the noodles when I go home tonight. It'll be delicious."
"Hey, hey... we can't sell so much, I still have to point to it to sell my cake!"
Li Boqing watched the two friends standing in the circle collecting money and loading things, and he secretly laughed while standing in the flower bed.
"Young man, does this sauce belong to your family?"
Li Boqing looked him up and down. He was in his forties or fifties, his hair was shiny with hair wax, he was wearing a shirt and suit, and he was carrying a genuine leather bag. The shoes on his feet were also valuable.
Li Boqing paused, turned his eyes and said, "Well, what's wrong with my family?"
"Hey, young man, when you go out to do business, you can't lie to others. This sauce is not your own, right?"
The man smiled brightly, took out a box of cigarettes from his bag, popped one out and gave it to Li Boqing.
Li Boqing waved his hand to signal that he would not smoke, "I'm not lying, just say what you want to do."
Without letting the cigarette go out, the man put it into his bag again, laughed twice, and took out a business card from his bag.
"I, Zhao Guanghua, run three department stores in the capital, and are now preparing for a fourth one. I want to see if your products can be sold in our department stores. But the premise is that you must have production capacity."
"That won't work. I'm pointing out that this sauce can make me money. What should I sell if I give it to you?" Li Boqing took the business card and muttered in a low voice.
"Ah! You think I didn't say anything. I can't give you this sauce anymore. Goodbye, goodbye!"
"Let's go, let's close the stall." Seeing that they had sold out, Li Boqing pushed the tricycle and left.
Zhao Guanghua smiled even brighter, got into the car and followed the three of them slowly until they entered an alley, where the car could not enter.
"Guanyu, ride slower so he can't keep up."
"Ah? Weren't you afraid that someone would follow you just now?"
"Oh, I was just afraid that he would think we were deliberately letting things slip, so I asked you to speed up. When we get to the alley, we have three wheels and he only has two legs. How can we keep up?"
"What, what do you mean? Do you want him to keep up, or do you want him to keep up?"
"Stupid! Bo Qing wants him to keep up, but he doesn't want him to know. Bo Qing wants him to keep up."
"What, what the hell, this, this is all."
"Stop yelling, just go ahead and ride a little slower."
"Oh." The two of them shut their mouths obediently and rode to the door of Feng Yanhong's workshop.
"Sister Yanhong, I've sold out all the sauce today, so I'm here to pay you."
Zhao Guanghua, who was hiding behind the wall, poked his head out to look at the unmarked yard and sniffed the air. There must be freshly cooked sauce nearby.
"Good boy, you're hiding something!" But he found it anyway, Zhao Guanghua silently noted the location and turned around and walked out of the alley.
Feng Yanhong was frightened by Li Boqing's words "Sister Yanhong". She hadn't heard him call her that for a long time.
Li Boqing glanced outside the door to make sure Zhao Guanghua was gone, then smiled mysteriously at Feng Yanhong.
"We sold out all five boxes today. The two of them will continue to sell tomorrow. My sister-in-law remembers to give them the ex-factory price. This is the money I sold today. I will give these to you, and these will be divided among them."
"Thank you, Brother Boqing! Hehe~"
This is the first time that the two of them have seen so much money, almost thirty yuan per person. They will have capital to do business tomorrow, and they can brag to their friends for a while.
After the two of them left, Li Boqing pulled her to a corner and whispered:
"Sister-in-law, remember that only the two of them are allowed to sell. If people in the alley ask, just say you promised it in advance."
"You have to start work tomorrow. It's best to find a few people to help. Even if you pretend, you have to pretend to be busy."
Feng Yanhong didn't really understand why, but she instinctively agreed. Thinking about it later, was this asking her to show off?
"Anyway, you will do whatever I say, and there will never be anything wrong."
Feng Yanhong didn't know why she had an inexplicable trust in Li Boqing and decided to do as he said.
Early the next morning, two young men, one riding a big bar and the other riding a tricycle, hauled five more boxes of goods away.
Not long after the two left, Zhao Guanghua happened to catch up with a tricycle delivering chili peppers. The two vehicles blocked most of the alley, and people who wanted to pass had to turn sideways to move slowly.
Zhao Guanghua led two people into the courtyard. The courtyard was so busy that no one noticed that they had entered the courtyard.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Excuse me, is the boss here?"
"Our boss is inside, please wait here for a moment. It's so noisy inside that there's no place to step down."
"Okay, trouble." Seeing this scene, Zhao Guanghua had already made up his mind.
"Hello, are you looking for me?" Feng Yanhong looked a little disgraced, wiped it with a towel and ran out.
The moment she saw Zhao Guanghua, she knew that business was coming to her door.
"Hello, hello, I'm Zhao Guanghua, the boss of Xinyi Trading Company."
"Hello, Feng Yanhong, nice to meet you."
"I didn't expect that the boss is actually a heroic woman. Is he so busy every day? This workshop doesn't look big."
"It's usually fine. A batch of raw materials just arrived. I'm kidding you. I just opened the business not long ago. I just use the vacant yard at home for whatever I want."
"Your accent doesn't sound like someone from Beijing, you..."
"My husband's family is from here."
Zhao Guanghua chatted with Feng Yanhong for a few words and then explained his purpose to her.
"I want to order 50 pieces of goods, but I don't know if it's convenient to take them away today."