Lin Chuxia’s eyes lit up. The original city was a big province-level city, and it was rich in minerals and had many wealthy people. Even if it hadn’t developed yet, the market was considerable.
“Then I really have to thank Brother Xu for this. Whether this matter succeeds or not, I will remember Brother Xu’s kindness.”
Xu Changping laughed at how quickly she switched to calling him Brother Xu, “Just remember to discuss any design ideas with your Brother Xu first in the future. Don’t worry, as long as the mechanical factory can use them, we will definitely not mistreat you.”
“With Brother Xu in the mechanical factory, I trust you.”
Her words made Xu Changping very satisfied. Whether Lin Chuxia could create value for the mechanical factory all depended on whether Xu Changping was there.
Both were smart people; they didn’t speak everything outright, yet each sentence hit the mark.
After a while, the tricycle that pulled the machines came back, loading the second machine onto the vehicle. Lin Chuxia followed the tricycle back to the small courtyard.
Jia Liang and Pang Yongli were studying the machine. Lin Chuxia called Su Wensong into the office to arrange the work that followed.
As Xu Changping said, they needed to find another way. They could hold off on the An City market for now. With the food packaging machine, they needed to process their cooked food into small packaged goods to expand their sales channels.
The most important thing next was to open up the market. What they could think of, the food factories would surely also consider, especially with the advent of food packaging machines.
She had already asked Xu Changping earlier; the two food packaging machines were her compensation and also the experimental products of the mechanical factory.
It would take time for a product to be mass-produced, and the earliest it would go to market would be after the New Year.
Lin Chuxia and her team needed to seize this time to capture the market first.
“This afternoon, let’s produce a batch of samples first. You see who among Jia Liang and Houzi is willing to run the market with you. They can take the samples out. Anyone who brings in business will get a commission. Oh, and notify Qin Wu and Sun Bingnan as well.”
With the impact from the food factory, sales of their cooked food had decreased, and people had more time, which was a good opportunity to get out and run the market.
“Alright, Mr. Lin,” Su Wensong nodded and responded, “Under what name should we go out to drum up business? Qin’s Cooked Food?”
They needed to have a reason for their approach.
“No, you all use the name Xiyang Food Factory at that time.”
Su Wensong’s eyes heated up when he heard this, nodding vigorously, “Okay!”
After Su Wensong left the office, Lin Chuxia teased Little Yuanbao, “Xiyang Food, does that sound good?”
Little Yuanbao circled around her arm with his tiny tail wagging ecstatically.
He responded to her with a couple of hums.
Lin Chuxia felt very satisfied and rubbed his head, “I also think it sounds good.”
On the other side, after Qin Yang finished his acupuncture treatment, he went to the Bun Shop. He didn’t expect Lin Chuxia not to be at the train station.
After asking Sun Lanlan, he learned that in addition to the bun shop in the city, there was also a yard for cooking food. Worried about the two getting separated, he simply decided to wait at the bun shop.
It was dinner time, and the bun shop had quite a few customers. The servers were busy serving buns and collecting money, and Qin Yang wanted to help but didn’t know where to start.
Sun Lanlan saw Qin Yang’s intent, “You better just honestly wait on the side. If Chuxia comes back and sees me mistreating a patient, she will definitely get angry at me.”
Despite saying that, when she got busy, nobody paid him any more attention.
Qin Yang watched for a while and started to get the hang of things, helping out when the shop was busy.
Suddenly there was a new and handsome server in the shop, and people quietly asked Sun Lanlan and Granny Sun about him.
Neither of them hid the truth, “That’s Mr. Lin’s husband. He’s off for the holidays and came to have a look at the bun shop.”
“Ah, no wonder they say that birds of a feather flock together. Mr. Lin is so capable, and just one look at Mr. Lin’s husband shows he’s outstanding too.”
From childhood, Qin Yang had never lacked compliments, but he had never found them so pleasant to the ear.
Suddenly, he felt it was quite nice to be busy in the bun shop.
Of course, there are also those who babble without asking and even think they’re clever.
Qin Yang looked at the elderly man before him and said lightly, “Granny Sun, you’ve mistaken me for someone else. I’m not Xiao Su.”
If this elderly man had poor eyesight, he didn’t even bother to get glasses and mistook him for Xiao Su as soon as he entered.
Smelling the scent of alcohol on him, Qin Yang couldn’t tell how much he had drunk.
Grandpa Shi sized up Qin Yang from head to toe again as if he didn’t believe him, “If you’re not Xiao Su, then who are you? Xiao Cai isn’t as tall as you.”
Qin Yang was exasperated, Su Wensong wasn’t as tall as him either.
Hearing this, Qin Yang knew that the elderly man must be a regular customer of the Bun Shop, and probably a neighbor nearby.
“I’m not Xiao Cai either, I’m Lin’s husband.”
Grandpa Shi huffed, “You’re Lin’s husband, doesn’t that make you Xiao Su? Trying to fool an old man like me, do you think I’m that gullible?”
Qin Yang widened his eyes in disbelief and argued, “Lin’s husband isn’t a Su, his surname is Qin. I am Lin’s husband, Qin Yang.”
“Oh, when did Lin remarry?”
Qin Yang felt a vein on his forehead throb. If it weren’t for the fact that the man was elderly and a regular customer of Chuxia’s Bun Shop, he would have wanted to kick him out.
“Granny Sun, she didn’t remarry. She’s always been my wife.”
“How did she become your wife? Where’s Xiao Su?”
Qin Yang: “…”
Sun Lanlan saw that Qin Yang had a dark face and was about to jump with frustration, she quickly ran over.
“Grandpa Shi, did you come here by yourself again today? Would you like 3 buns as usual?”
Grandpa Shi shifted his attention and nodded with a smile, “Yes, I want 3 buns, and another bowl of porridge.”
“Sure, please wait. I’ll go get them for you.”
Sun Lanlan turned to get the buns and also pulled Qin Yang aside.
Qin Yang was still visibly displeased, pointing at the old man, “Why did he say Chuxia and Su are a couple?”
Sun Lanlan guessed it was about this issue. Seeing Qin Yang nearly explode with anger, she couldn’t help but laugh inside.
On the surface, she casually said, “The old man is confused, just babbling on.”
“Just babbling on? Is this something you can just babble on about?”
Sun Lanlan innocently spread her hands, “Well, I can’t just go and stop his mouth.”
After saying that, she went to serve Grandpa Shi with the buns and porridge. The moment she turned around, she couldn’t contain her smile.
When Lin Chuxia returned to the Bun Shop, she saw Qin Yang sitting at a corner table looking unhappy, it was clearly visible.
He didn’t greet her like he usually did when she came back.
She pulled Sun Lanlan aside, “What’s wrong with him?”
The shop wasn’t busy at the moment, and Sun Lanlan had seen Qin Yang’s demeanor long ago. Covering her stomach laughing, “Chuxia, your man is really something…” She didn’t even know how to describe it and said in a low voice trying to suppress her laughter, “Just now, Grandpa Shi came over, and your husband happened to be helping out. Grandpa Shi mistook him for someone else.”
Lin Chuxia instantly understood.
Grandpa Shi was Su Wensong’s neighbor and had some senile dementia. Because the Bun Shop rented a room from the Su Family, he had always thought she and Su Wensong were a married couple, and no matter how anyone explained it to him, he wouldn’t understand.
Besides, it was pointless to argue with a sick person.
She asked Sun Lanlan to get her something to eat and sat down opposite Qin Yang.