Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 191 Big Order

Just as Su Yaoguang was about to close the door, she saw the arrogant young master Cui standing at the door.

"What a rare guest!" she said with a smile as she opened the door.

Cui Rong awkwardly walked in, looked around, and saw that their shelves were filled with a dazzling array of goods.

"Business hasn't been very good at your store lately!"

Su Yaoguang raised an eyebrow: "I thought that after saving you, you would at least remember some of the good I did for you and wouldn't come looking for trouble again. Haven't we reached a truce yet?"

"Who fought with you?" Cui Rong said calmly. "I've never taken you seriously."

"Alright, alright. Young master, what brings you here today?"

"I'm here to discuss cooperation with you," Cui Rong said. "Why don't you call your family out to discuss it?"

"No need, you talk to me first, I want to see what kind of cooperation we can have," Su Yaoguang said, personally bringing out tea. "You came alone?"

"The manager is waiting outside. Just tell him I need to talk to you." After all, he is the future head of the Cui family and needs to learn to be independent.

"What kind of cooperation does Young Master Cui want to discuss?"

“Our Jinlefang’s rouge and face powder are indeed not as good as yours, and there’s no point in continuing to sell them. I plan to stop this business.”

"Then what are you going to cooperate with me on?"

“Our Cui family has shops all over the world, more than a hundred in total, big and small. You sell Taoyaofang’s goods to me, and I’ll sell them to you elsewhere. Of course, I’ll take 30% of the profits.”

"Taking 30% of the profits so easily, young master has quite the appetite!"

“I will provide the manpower to deliver your goods to other places and I will also be responsible for selling them. You just need to provide them to me and you can make money.”

Su Yaoguang tapped the table lightly, her mind racing.

30% profit.

The Cui family has a large business; if the cooperation is truly achieved, they will have to significantly expand production, which will bring in substantial profits.

“I have a suggestion. Don’t just focus on our goods. Look at other things too.” Su Yaoguang leaned closer to him. “Our door-to-door service makes a lot of money.”

"That's your own craft, why would you sell it to me?"

"Why not? As long as it's signed in the contract and we've reached a cooperation agreement, you just need to arrange for people to learn the craft, and I just need to get my share of the money."

"You have a big appetite."

“If we’re going to cooperate, it should be a big one. What’s the point of cooperating over a little money?” Su Yaoguang said. “Think about it first!”

"Why should I hesitate? If you're willing to share your skills, I'm willing to take the order."

"Okay, let's write a contract then."

When Zhou Wangshu returned, Su Yaoguang and Cui Rong had already written the contract and each pressed their fingerprints on it.

The contract is made in triplicate, with each party keeping one copy. The last copy is to be submitted to the government for record-keeping, so that any disputes over interests can be adjudicated by the government.

Upon seeing Zhou Wangshu, Cui Rong reverted to her usual arrogant demeanor, straightened her clothes, and left.

Zhou Wangshu looked at the contract and said, "It seems he's not a complete fool after all."

"The fact that the Cui family has built such a large business shows that their ancestors were all intelligent. This young master Cui is spoiled, but he is not stupid."

Su Yaoguang blew on the ink on the contract and added, "You have excellent taste, knowing to cooperate with me."

Even if Taoyaofang's business is booming, it's only one of the top businesses in this county. The county only has a small population, it's already saturated, and it can't make much money. Now, cooperating with the Cui family, she can expand her business without any effort, and she can also enhance her brand, gaining both profit and prestige—it's practically a godsend. Of course, the Cui family doesn't lose out either; they don't need to worry about product formula research, they just need to sell the goods and they'll get 30% of the profits.

Even including labor costs, they could still get 20% of the profit. Su Yaoguang, on the other hand, had to hire workers to rush the delivery and was responsible for the loss of raw materials, so after deducting these costs, she only got 50% of the profit.

Everyone benefits, and everyone is happy.

"Something good has come our way today, shall we go and celebrate?"

"How will we celebrate?"

"Let's make a fire in the yard later and roast a whole lamb."

Before Zhou Wangshu could speak, Su Yaoguang ran to the backyard to find others to share this good thing that had come to her door.

When the rest of the Su family heard that they had secured such a large order at the last minute before closing time, they were all overjoyed.

Before long, a bonfire was lit in the backyard of Taoyaofang.

"The sheep are here." Zhang Zhaodi called to the two workers behind her and carried the freshly slaughtered sheep up. "I ordered three sheep from Old Man Yang who sells sheep. The other two are still being slaughtered and will be delivered once they're ready. Today is a great day, let's all eat and drink well and celebrate properly."

"Enjoy the food and wine today, because we'll be busy tomorrow," Zhang Yingdi said. "Don't complain when we're rushing to finish the work!"

Su Yaoguang said with a smile, "We don't have enough people. We need to start recruiting tomorrow. The backyard of Taoyaofang is too small. We need to rent a larger courtyard separately."

Zhou Wangshu sat in front of the campfire, watching Su Yaoguang and the others discuss the upcoming work arrangements for Taoyaofang.

The years are quiet.

There was fine wine, delicious food, bright smiles, and hearty laughter...

very nice.

Across the street, Feng Hua Pavilion.

Zhong Lanhua looked at the empty box and questioned the shop assistant, "Wasn't business good today? Why is there no money?"

The waiter said, "The young master took it."

“Hui’er?” Zhong Lanhua frowned. “How much did he take?”

"Fifty taels," the shopkeeper said. "Not just today's, but yesterday's and the day before's too. As long as we make money, the young master takes it all."

Has Hui'er returned?

"not yet."

Zhong Lanhua waved her hand.

The workers didn't rush to leave, but said, "Boss lady, our wages haven't been settled yet."

"What's the rush? Do you think we'll skimp on your share?" Zhong Lanhua said impatiently. "We'll talk about it after we sell the goods tomorrow."

The men shrugged and left, clearly unhappy.

Zhong Lanhua was extremely troubled: "What's wrong with Hui'er? Why did he take so much money out? Business is not good now. If he keeps spending money like this without any regard for the consequences, when will he ever save enough money to get a wife for his son?"

Zhong Lanhua thought of Jiang Yihuan. If she were still here, she would have someone to talk to when something happened. Now that she was gone, she felt like a headless fly.

Or should she go and find Huan'er?
However, recently, for some reason, Hui'er has been making a fuss, insisting that she choose between her son and daughter.

He used to be very sensible, but he's become like this now, probably because those people outside always use Xiao Yanci to mock him.

It's all that useless thing, Xiao Yanci's, fault.

Let's wait until Hui'er calms down a bit before bringing up the matter of bringing Huan'er back. I'll go see how Huan'er is doing tomorrow and secretly give her some money.