Turn the cocoon into a butterfly

Chapter 15 Xijiao Soy Sauce Factory

There are still five days until New Year's Day.

This season, the Meilan River is the coldest moment. The howling north wind carries snow particles like millet flying all over the sky, and there are hard ice everywhere, so that pedestrians who cross the street dare not walk fast.

On the small street where Sang Xiaoyu is located, every house has hung up red lanterns, and some shops have even hung up Christmas cartoon characters, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere.

Sang Xiaoyu held a glass of warm water, stood at the door and looked at the opposite window.

The festive Santa Claus is standing at the door with magical gifts in his pockets.

After one o'clock, the store was almost empty.

The four of them ate simple, steamed stuffed buns every day.

The steamed stuffed buns in the store have a unique flavor and are very popular with the neighbors, but no matter how delicious they are, they can’t eat them every day. Now Sang Xiaoyu feels disgusted when she thinks of steamed stuffed buns, so she often eats some porridge and forgets about it.

The proprietress picked up a steamed stuffed bun, took a bite and said, "Let's have a three-day holiday on New Year's Day. Who will buy steamed stuffed buns during the holidays?"

Yanzi exclaimed, almost jumping up for joy.

Sang Xiaoyu was full of worries, of course she wanted to take a good rest for two days, but she didn't dare.

If the neighbors in the neighborhood knew that she had rested and something would happen again, she lowered her head and thought about what she would do these days.

The boss said to Sang Xiaoyu: "I find you are quite strange, don't you feel tired after working hard every day?"

The boss seldom chatted with them. After finishing eating, Sang Xiaoyu picked up the bowls together, brought them to the back kitchen and said, "I'm used to it."

The proprietress winked at her back and said, "Yanzi, you really have to learn from her, people who are not lazy are popular everywhere."

When Sang Xiaoyu came back, the proprietress hadn't finished eating, so Sang Xiaoyu sat down and chatted with them. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the door: "Sang Xiaoyu, Sang Xiaoyu, are you here?"

Sang Xiaoyu knew it was Fei Jiani as soon as she heard the voice.

She ran out quickly.

Fei Jiani was riding a bicycle with her buttocks still on the seat and one leg straddling the bike.

Seeing her running out, she said, "You're really good. You didn't even tell me. I thought you were missing. If I hadn't run to your house, I wouldn't know what you are doing now."

Sang Xiaoyu said: "I owe so much money, why not work? You won't let me go."

Fei Jiani looked at her and said, "You have changed so much. Why is your face so dark? Do you not even use makeup anymore? My God, do you not even take care of your hair?"

Sang Xiaoyu slapped her lightly with her hand and said, "Don't be surprised, what do you need from me? I don't have time to chat with you. There are many things in the store."

Fei Jiani ignored that and asked, "How much money do you make a month now?"

Sang Xiaoyu talked about her advertisement, saying it would be one thousand a month.

Fei Jiani said: "Then it will take years and months to pay back? Sang Xiaoyu, are you a person who can't settle accounts? You owe so much money, how can you do such a job?"

Sang Xiaoyu asked puzzledly: "Why don't you do this? Where can there be a high-paying job?"

Fei Jiani said: "You have to find a freelance job so that you have the opportunity to earn more."

Fei Jiani is in the procurement business, and goes out every day. Sang Xiaoyu doesn't know how much she earns. Anyway, her favorite saying is: A butcher can't do a procurement job.

Sang Xiaoyu said, "You want me to do shopping with you?"

Fei Jiani was stunned for a moment and said, "Even if I wanted to, you wouldn't be able to get in, I'm still an iron rice bowl."

"Then what do you want from me?"

"You quit this job quickly and go to my brother-in-law's place to do sales. The time is flexible. If you are willing to endure hardships, you will definitely earn more than you do now."

"Selling what? I've never done it."

"Try the head office? Anyway, you can't do this kind of work anymore, there is no prospect."

Sang Xiaoyu asked again: "You haven't said what it is."

Fei Jiani said: "It's a seasoning used in the kitchen. Didn't my brother-in-law contract a soy sauce factory?
The benefits have not been good. Someone gave him an idea. A person in the catering industry retired and returned home, saying that he could develop a universal seasoning. "

Sang Xiaoyu was confused.

Fei Jiani said: "Let's put it this way, don't you put chopped green onion, pepper noodles, soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar when you stir-fry? This seasoning has everything in it, and you only need one bottle to solve it all."

Sang Xiaoyu was also moved when he heard this, and asked, "Does your brother-in-law have a production license? Have they passed the sanitation standard?"

Fei Jiani said: "You are really good. You don't ask how much money you can earn from a bottle, but it's useless to ask these. Let me tell you, all the procedures are complete and the hygiene is also up to standard. You'll know when you go."

Sang Xiaoyu was tempted, and Fei Jiani continued, "You can go to the morning and evening markets, and you can also go to the store to sell during the daytime."

Sang Xiaoyu was moved by Fei Jiani's few words, because she really didn't want to work here, and she only had [-] yuan a month, and there was no possibility of salary increase.

Pointing to the couple inside, she said, "How can I tell them?"

Only then did Fei Jiani get off the bicycle, let Sang Xiaoyu support her and said, "I'll go and negotiate with them, you're not good at this."

It was too late for Sang Xiaoyu to stop her, so she had to support the car and watch her go in.

Sang Xiaoyu couldn't hear what they said outside, and was afraid that Fei Jiani's mouth would dare to say anything, so she put the car away, opened the door and went in.

Unexpectedly, Fei Jiani seems to be acting, and she has entered the best state at this time. She is talking about the part where Sang Xiaoyu's husband suddenly runs away.

Sang Xiaoyu came in, in a bad mood, what she disliked the most was to make people sympathize with her family history.

Sure enough, the boss and his wife looked straight at her together.

The proprietress said, "Are you the proprietress of the Xiaozhu Hotel in front?"

Sang Xiaoyu was noncommittal.

Fei Jiani said, "Is it her or who?"

The boss said: "Unexpectedly, we have heard about this matter a long time ago. Unexpectedly, you came to my shop to work. How much money do you owe? No wonder you live so frugally every day."

Before Sang Xiaoyu could speak, Fei Jiani answered, "Nearly 100 million, boss, you said she is working in your small shop, when can I pay back the 100 million?"

Sang Xiaoyu looked at the eloquent Fei Jiani as if she was on the podium, she was in nowhere, and she didn't want to interrupt her.

Both the boss and the proprietress were moved. Fei Jiani said that she found a more lucrative job for her, and hoped that the couple would give her a break.

The proprietress said: "Okay, for the sake of your difficulty, but you have to keep an eye on these two days, and you can do it for another two days."

Sang Xiaoyu didn't expect the proprietress to agree so readily. It turned out that she had to find another substitute before she could leave.

Fei Jiani pulled her and asked her to go and see the size of the soy sauce factory first, but the boss didn't object.

Fei Jiani was dumbfounded when Sang Xiaoyu put on the coat. It was a thick army green coat, and she also wore a military cap on her head that only a man could wear.

He was wearing thick felt-soled shoes, a scarf of invisible color was also wrapped around his neck, and he also wore long gloves of the same style as the military coat.

Fei Jiani looked Sang Xiaoyu up and down, and said, "This...is this still our school belle? Isn't this an aunt from the countryside?"

Sang Xiaoyu pushed the car and said, "I love you so much. It's not what it used to be. I've accepted my fate. What's wrong with you?"

On the other hand, Fei Jiani, in a fiery red down jacket, a red cap with fur, high-heeled leather shoes on her feet, and small leather gloves on her hands, they seem to come from two worlds.

The place where Sang Xiaoyu and Fei Jiani are going is Xishixiao in Mei Lanjiang.

The two talked and laughed along the way, Fei Jiani said:

"I really didn't expect you to be so optimistic. I thought you wouldn't cry when you saw me? Fortunately, I came to see you as soon as I came back from other places. Fortunately, you didn't even reply to a message."

Sang Xiaoyu said: "Didn't you see it? Am I busy or not?"

The two rode to a remote path, and there were not many pedestrians along the way. Fei Jiani said:

"You haven't told me how you got enough money? I heard someone said that it was Jiang Chunhui who extended a helping hand."

Sang Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Yes, if he didn't help me, I wouldn't have such a quiet life now."

Fei Jiani asked curiously: "How much did he take?"

Sang Xiaoyu said truthfully, "Thirty-five thousand."

"That's all?" Fei Jiani said dissatisfied.

Sang Xiaoyu interrupted her and said, "Just be content, [-] is too little? How many people have taken [-]?"

Fei Jiani didn't care about this, and said: "Don't say [-], even [-] is a lot, but he is different."

Sang Xiaoyu never thought of telling Fei Jiani that Jiang Chunhui wanted to use 34 yuan to turn himself into a lover, for fear that she would say it inadvertently and embarrass Jiang Chunhui.

Sang Xiaoyu never felt that she and Fei Jiani were best friends, even though almost everyone thought so, Sang Xiaoyu felt that the credit should go to Fei Jiani.

Sang Xiaoyu doesn't like to make friends very much, Fei Jiani is the only one who is close to her high school classmates and keeps in touch with them all the time.

Fei Jiani likes to socialize, knows everyone she meets, and has a unique appreciation for Sang Xiaoyu.

She likes to inquire about other people's privacy, and also likes to spread the privacy, but no matter what she says, it ends here when she comes to Sang Xiaoyu.

Fei Jiani likes to tell Sang Xiaoyu what's in her heart, but Sang Xiaoyu doesn't.

She seldom talked about her distress. For this, Fei Jiani said more than once that she was not enough friends, and she was honest with each other, but she never confessed.

Sang Xiaoyu couldn't trust her.

There were many versions of her and Jiang Chunhui's high school events under her interpretation. Even Sang Xiaoyu's parents knew about it at the time, which made Sang Xiaoyu very dissatisfied with her.

Fei Jiani asked her if she knew that Jiang Chunhui had gone abroad?
Sang Xiaoyu shook her head, saying that she was not interested in his affairs.

Fei Jiani lost the desire to speak, and the things she was excited about became dull with Sang Xiaoyu in all likelihood.

The two rode for more than 40 minutes before reaching the western suburbs.

Sang Xiaoyu said that she was so tired that she was almost out of breath, and Fei Jiani also said that it would not be good to open this shabby shop, but she just found such a place. Is it exhausting?
Xishijiao Soy Sauce Factory is one of the few state-owned enterprises in Meilanjiang.

Xijiao soy sauce still had a place in the hearts of the general public in Meilanjiang. Later, the distribution of various brands of soy sauce across the country became more convenient, and this brand of soy sauce went into decline.

Today, this factory has long been taken over by individuals and has become a veritable private enterprise. When it was transferred to Fei Jiani's brother-in-law, I don't know how many times it changed hands.

In the suburbs of Xishi, you can smell an indescribable smell with your nose without looking for it with your eyes. Anyway, the air here is filled with an unpleasant smell unique to soy sauce factories.

The two walked towards the source of the taste, and a striking sign appeared prominently at the place they turned the corner: Daqing Soy Sauce Factory.

Sang Xiaoyu subconsciously asked: "Changed your name again?"

Fei Jiani said disapprovingly: "One courtier is a gentleman, but there is a chance next time, can you not change it?"

"This is Mei Lanjiang, those who don't know think it's Daqing."

"Why do you care about this, he is an uneducated person."

The factory buildings of the soy sauce factory are connected together, which is quite large. As soon as they entered the factory, someone told Director Huang.

Director Huang is Fei Jiani's brother-in-law Huang Daqing.

Huang Daqing is in his 40s this year, with a square face and big eyes, and his middle-aged wealth is due to his figure.

With a big smile on his face, he came up and held Sang Xiaoyu's hand, looked him up and down and said, "My sister talks about you every day, saying that you are a great talent, you are a designer, and it is a shame to come here."

Sang Xiaoyu glared at Fei Jiani, blaming her for promoting herself everywhere, so she withdrew her hand and said, "Where is it, I am now looking for a way for myself, and you are helping me."

Huang Daqing saw Sang Xiaoyu looking around, and immediately said to Fei Jiani understandingly: "Sister, you take my sister Xiaoyu to visit, so that she can have a clear idea."

Sang Xiaoyu didn't have a good impression of this Huang Daqing. He nodded and bowed his head, and when he saw a woman's eyes glowing with evil intentions, it made people feel uncomfortable no matter what.

Fei Jiani took her around each house, and Sang Xiaoyu finally felt relieved after seeing that the business license, sanitation permit, etc. were all available.

In the production workshop, you have to go through layers of barriers to get in. The flies outside are out of season, but there are still some leftovers. The inside is much better. Lying on the glass window, Sang Xiaoyu sees that the workers in the production are all clean and tidy. in their own jobs.

Fei Jiani said that there are only thirteen people in this factory now, and there are too many sales. Anyway, they are all making their own money.

Sang Xiaoyu finally saw the introduction of this product named "Lazy Sister-in-law" on the advertising bulletin board of the workshop.

It is composed of soy sauce and various seasonings, and several eight-flavored Chinese herbal medicines that are beneficial to the human body have been added. It has already started trial operation, and it is said that the sales are very optimistic.

There are categories here, there are cold dishes, stuffed dishes and stir-fried dishes. The salesman said that the main ingredients are the same, but there are still differences in the details.

Facing the two major markets of New Year's Day and Spring Festival, this product is released at this time.

(End of this chapter)