Back To The 80s-Chapter 442 - 452: Crisis_1

Gu Xiaobei glanced at Zhao Honghe, and then turned to watch Xiaopang and Jiajia playing with a ball.

When Zhao Hongmei saw Zhao Honghe return, she came over cuddling Erhu and smiled, "You came back early today. You’ve been so busy these days that you’ve lost weight. Your company is thriving, isn’t it?"

Zhao Honghe could not miss such a great opportunity to show off. He stopped not far from Gu Xiaobei and said loudly, "It’s going very well. Our boss is here, planning to build a factory here. I will be in charge of the vast expanses of the factory in the future."

Zhao Hongmei thought it was true and was delighted, "That’s great! Then won’t you be too busy to even eat properly? "

Zhao Honghe nodded smugly, "Yes, I might have to move to the factory, and I’ll be in charge of purchasing tea. I might have to take frequent business trips."

Zhao Hongmei was so happy that she couldn’t close her mouth. Her brother was really making their family proud.

Gu Xiaobei also caught what Zhao Honghe said. Buying tea? Were they also planning to do some business related to tea? Zhao Honghe’s boss seemed to be from Nanhai City, and people there know more about tea. If they came to Capital City and built a tea factory, it would definitely have a significant impact on their business.

After Zhao Hongmei finished chatting with Zhao Honghe, she hugged Erhu and approached Gu Xiaobei, smiling, "I never thought my brother would be so successful. We used to worry that he couldn’t find a wife, now we have to carefully choose one for him."

Gu Xiaobei faked a smile, "That’s indeed impressive."

Zhao Hongmei nodded and said, "Isn’t it? Working in a company seems more relaxed than running your own business. You don’t have to worry so much, you dress smart every day, go out to drink tea and chat. Once the deal is done, money goes straight into your pocket."

Gu Xiaobei knew this was Zhao Honghe’s idea, so she didn’t refute it and simply responded, "Indeed, it saves a lot of trouble."

Erhu in Zhao Hongmei’s arms saw Xiaopang and Jiajia having fun and insisted on joining them. He cried and made a fuss about getting down, slapping Zhao Hongmei’s face with both hands.

Zhao Hongmei wasn’t angry but laughed and said, "Be good, when you go down there, don’t snatch toys from other kids. Play nicely." After wiping the snot and tears off Erhu’s face, she put Erhu on the ground and went to a tree nearby to clean her hands on the tree trunk.

As soon as Erhu got on the ground, he rushed towards Jiajia to snatch the ball.

Jiajia saw Erhu coming and unexpectedly threw the ball way, standing there and crying.

Tian Yuanyuan sighed and went over to hold Jiajia.

Xiaopang stood there blinking, ran to Gu Xiaobei and tugged on her clothes saying, "Mommy, let’s go home."

Zhao Hongmei came over after cleaning her hands, and seeing Gu Xiaobei and Tian Yuanyuan leaving with their children, she grumbled dissatisfied, "Kids are going to fight, what’s wrong with playing together?"

Zhao Honghe snorted and whispered, "Sis, don’t worry. Your neighbors across the street won’t last much longer. Once our products come out, they’ll definitely crush their business."

Zhao Hongmei was a bit surprised and said, "We each have our own businesses, why do you have to squeeze people out? You better not do anything reckless. For the sake of your brother-in-law, we can’t go too far."

Zhao Honghe didn’t say anything, he whistled and went upstairs. The only thing that mattered to him was making money; the rest was not his concern.

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Although Ou Ruoshui agreed to cooperate with Yang Tianhua, it was merely a mutual exploitation deal. She also needed locals to help her to understand and familiarize herself with the local market.

In the following days, Yang Tianhua took Ou Ruoshui to the suburbs every day to look for land. He didn’t understand why his brother ducked into his bedroom to avoid Ou Ruoshui after seeing her in the upstairs window.

Later his brother repeatedly reminded him not to take Ou Ruoshui to the market, to stay away from Gu Xiaobei and Qin Li, and when showing her plots of land, to go north of the city as Gu Xiaobei lived in the southeastern part of the city.

Ou Ruoshui was not interested in visiting the cake sales market. Her idea was to find a bustling place and open a specialty tea store, rather than doing wholesale in a haphazard market.

This coincided with Yang Tianhua’s intention. He took her to the outskirts to look at plots of land.

Eventually, they bought a plot of land of over two acres in the north suburb.

As for building the factory, there were no formal construction teams at this time. It was composed of a few major and minor workers.

Ou Ruoshui directly found local villagers to seek stonemasons and laborers. She settled the wages based on their progress and went to the brick factory to negotiate the bricks and timber herself.

Yang Tianhua initially thought that a woman couldn’t handle this kind of work and that they would end up doing it, allowing them to earn a decent amount from it. But surprisingly, this woman was very shrewd.

Despite her seeming frail, she was very decisive and skilled in handling matters.

Even the blueprint for the factory was drawn by Ou Ruoshui. After taking care of these, she started to register the company and trademark.

Because Ou Ruoshui’s household registration was not in Capital City, there was a lot of trouble when registering the company.

After all the hiccups, time was already in late June.

Bai Xiaolan’s belly had grown significantly, and she had gained considerable weight.

Bai Mingzhu had stayed for more than a month. Seeing that her son hadn’t returned, she returned to Capital City.

Zhou Siping was reluctant to leave his daughter and insisted on staying to take care of her.

Zhou Siping thought that Wen Xiuqing and Lu Songyuan were already working hard looking after Xiaopang and Mo Wang. If they had to look after Bai Xiaolan’s confinement later, they would surely be too busy. His major concern was that his daughter would be wronged.

Recently, Gu Xiaobei’s Three Cannon Tea sales were going very well. She started thinking about taking the tea out of the wholesale market and setting up a separate boutique store like Wu Yutai and Tianfu Ming Tea in the future.

Whenever free, she would start scouting bustling streets to find a suitable place to open a boutique.

When she saw a new store next to the Red Flag Department Store Building that was being painted, she froze in surprise.

The inside of the store had been freshly painted, and on the door outside, four big, regular script font characters were painted with red paint: Fuqing Ming Tea.

Someone had beaten her to opening a store!

Gu Xiaobei was stunned for a while before she moved to the front of the shop. The store was still a mess inside, with bricks littered all over the floor.

Gu Xiaobei couldn’t help but ask the master who was painting the whitewash, "What is this store for?"

"I think it’s to sell tea."

"Who’s the boss, and where are they from?"

"I don’t know where they’re from. It’s a man, about thirty years old, his last name is Yang."

Gu Xiaobei thought for a while, but didn’t know anyone surnamed Yang. She knew that whoever got there first would have the upper hand in the business world. It seemed she needed to hurry up with the opening of her boutique.

After Gu Xiaobei had left, Yang Tianhua who had been painting the wall, sneered contemptuously, thinking how she still dared to compete with them!