Chapter 25: Expanding the Business
After stepping out, Bai Zhixi asked with concern, "Chuchu, who was the man talking to you just now? Is he from the hotel?"
Wan Chu’er replied vaguely, "Sort of, he asked about our pickled cucumbers, and I let him try some at the hotel."
"Oh, then I hope he likes them. We should hurry back home, we still have half left to deliver," Bai Zhixi said.
"Mhm."
The two of them then successfully delivered the rest of the pickled cucumbers, with only three houses not paying on the spot and the rest paying up.
Upon returning home, Bai Zhixi counted the money to find they had thirty-nine yuan in total.
Bai Zhixi said with a smile, "If we could earn this much every day, that would be wonderful. It’s so much more than what we make from shoe repair."
Wan Chu’er felt inspired and took the opportunity to say, "Mom, with your culinary skills, our pickled cucumber business can continue. In the future, we won’t just sell in Wutong County, we can sell to the other surrounding counties too. Once we open up the market, business will definitely be better than today, so why not stop the shoe repair stall and focus on making pickles in the days to come?"
Blinking, Bai Zhixi hesitated and said, "I don’t know how the pickled cucumber business will fare in the future. Setting up the shoe repair stall brings in at least ten yuan every day, and we don’t make pickles every day, so I still..."
The pickled cucumber business was uncertain for Bai Zhixi, and she worried it might not go well in the future. She didn’t want to give up the shoe repair, but seeing her daughter’s displeasure, she felt torn.