Chapter 143 - 138 Arrangement
"As soon as you finish the food here, let my sister know in time to get more from Xia Yuan. Xia Yuan is now in charge of the accounting, and your wages will also be collected from her, sixty yuan a month, including food and lodging with one day off each week. We’re all family here, so don’t be too polite or shy, or you’ll only end up shortchanging yourselves."
Lu Aiguo straightforwardly brought up the matter of wages to avoid any awkwardness about asking, and he even added the last sentence with a smile. Unexpectedly, no one responded, and when he looked around, everyone was staring at him, obviously stunned.
Lu Aiguo scratched his head and exchanged a puzzled look with Shitou.
"Aiguo, what exactly is the business you’re involved in?" Lu Aijiao appeared to be taken aback.
"Potato chips," he replied.
Lu Aiguo blinked, then suddenly realized. He felt a mix of amusement and bemusement. "Where did your thoughts run off to?"
When he had left the village, he told his second uncle and the rest that he had rescued someone, gained a source of goods, and was opening a shop in Haicheng. They weren’t planning to fully disclose everything yet and had to bring out the "person who was saved" as an excuse.
"We originally planned to open a shop, but that didn’t work out, so we switched to delivering goods. Those potato chips were obtained through connections, but we’re selling them under our own brand. Surprisingly, they’re selling extremely well, and Shitou and I can’t keep up."
Lu Aiguo spoke slowly so everyone could clearly understand. "Now, we’ve found a way to get machinery, and if we produce our own potato chips, the profits will be even greater. But currently, the national policy isn’t quite at the point where we could openly establish a factory, which is why we didn’t elaborate when we were outside."
"The reason I said not to call my sister and brother-in-law after the New Year is that I’m thinking of setting up the factory back home, and I want them to manage it eventually. The main reason my sister is here is to learn accounting from Xia Yuan. My brother-in-law’s part isn’t difficult; the machinery is fully automated, and we don’t need many people to operate it."