1994: Starting with unpaid leave

At 7 p.m., Dong Jianguo and Erzhuzi finally rode their tricycle home.

When Xiuyun knocked on the door, she was somewhat surprised:

"Why are you back so early?"

"What else can you do if you don't rush home after you're done?"

Dong Jianguo chuckled.

Xiuyun didn't investigate further, assuming he didn't have much money with him and had gone home after losing it all, as usual.

My husband knows that although he's a gambler, he'll just let it go once he's lost all his money and never borrows any more, which makes him a worry-free person...

"You haven't eaten yet? Let me heat up your food..."

"Alright, bring another bowl and chopsticks. Erzhuzi hasn't eaten yet either."

As Dong Jianguo spoke, he carried the braised pig's head and peanuts into the house.

Following behind him was Wu Qianzhu, who was carrying a bag of beer. He greeted Xiuyun and came in as well.

"Qianzhu's here. We're out of food, just some steamed rice cakes. Wait a minute, I'll go out and buy some. Do you prefer sesame seed cakes or steamed buns?"

"Sister-in-law, don't bother. My brother and I will just have a drink!"

Seeing the two of them in high spirits, Xiuyun couldn't guess whether the man had won or lost today.

Sitting down on the kang (a heated brick bed), Dong Jianguo realized he was indeed quite hungry.

After untying the plastic bag containing the braised pork, the two of them each took a piece of pork head meat dipped in chili oil.

He then opened a beer, first clinking bottles with Erzhuzi, then tilting his head back and chugging it down.

"Wow, chilled liquor is really refreshing!"

Erzhuzi put down the bottle and took a deep breath.

Iced beer costs two cents more than room temperature beer, so he usually can't bear to buy it.

Dong Jianguo treated us to dinner today, so we had a good time.

"Brother Jianguo, we sold three boxes of fresh eggs this time. We sold the first two boxes for 2 yuan each, and the last box was priced at 5 yuan per jin!"

"There are 320 in total, please count them!"

"Have your sister-in-law count them later; she loves doing that."

"become!"

Erzhuzi chuckled and put the money aside.

"Brother, I really don't know what you're thinking. What 'first-laid egg' thing, what 'American experts' research'... have you really read any of that?"

"Of course, would I lie to anyone?!"

"I told you so! Watch more TV and read more newspapers; even small businesses can make big money!"

For Dong Jianguo, who has experience in rebirth and has also run a supermarket, this is just a very common marketing tactic.

Eggs, a seemingly ordinary ingredient, can be packaged and marketed in a variety of creative ways:

Selenium-enriched eggs, sterile eggs, multigrain eggs...

If they are packaged attractively, a dozen or so eggs can sell for a high price of ten or twenty yuan in the supermarket.

In short, the stranger the name and the better the packaging, the higher the price!

Of course, there are reasons such as currency devaluation and rising prices, but ultimately it is thanks to gimmicks and packaging.

If they are packaged attractively, a dozen or so eggs can sell for a high price of ten or twenty yuan in the supermarket.

In short, the stranger the name and the better the packaging, the higher the price!

Of course, there are reasons such as currency devaluation and rising prices, but ultimately it is thanks to gimmicks and packaging.

Products like the 8848 titanium alloy phone and Xiaoguan Tea are all examples of effective marketing.

Moreover, the place they went to this time is also quite significant.

As the earliest residential community in Hecheng, the residents must have been either rich or powerful.

The mindset of the wealthy is also the easiest to grasp; their main selling point is being different from others.

As for the price, that's secondary.

Therefore, Dong Jianguo was not surprised that all three boxes of first-laid eggs were sold out.

Although he appeared calm and collected, in the eyes of Erzhuzi, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, he exuded the demeanor of a master, and it would not be an exaggeration to call him a grandmaster!

"Brother, if you keep selling like this, you'll probably be able to move to the West Bureau residence in a few months."

"Hmm, that's a good suggestion, we can consider it."

Dong Jianguo tilted his head back and took another gulp of beer, then made a mental note of the incident.

Everyone says a wife, children, and a warm bed.

But we can't really let my wife and kids stay cooped up in this bungalow in the courtyard forever.

In my past life, after taking a leave of absence without pay, I still drifted aimlessly and never stayed home.

After paying her fine, Xiuyun didn't have much money left.

Before giving birth to Xiaojuzi, the food she ate most often was tomato and egg drop soup.

She drinks a soup made from one tomato and one egg three times a day.

It was precisely because of the poor diet that Xiao Ju Zi weighed only four pounds at birth. And Xiu Yun also suffered from malnutrition, so she had very little breast milk during the breastfeeding period.

In the end, it was thanks to the milk powder sent by her parents and Xiuyun's family that Xiaojuzi was able to grow up safely.

Now that he has the ability to change his fate, it would be wrong for him to stay in a bungalow and let his wife suffer along with him.

Although the houses in Xijuzhai were just average from the perspective of someone who had lived there, they were still much better than my current small bungalow.

Save up your money and move as soon as possible!

Xiuyun, who came in to deliver the vegetables, couldn't help but ask curiously after hearing Erzhuzi's words:

"You guys play mahjong for such high stakes now?"

"Sister-in-law, what are you saying? You have no idea how important my brother is right now! How could you bring up playing mahjong?!"

"If you didn't play mahjong, what were you two doing so late at night?"

Xiuyun blinked, looking completely puzzled.

"Selling eggs! My brother came up with a plan and sold all the small eggs delivered today at a high price! You didn't see it, at first those people thought it was too expensive and didn't want to buy them."

"After Brother Jianguo finished speaking in just a few words, all the elderly folks rushed to buy it!"

As he spoke, Erzhu grabbed the three hundred-odd yuan he had just placed aside and waved it at Xiuyun, saying:

"Look at that! We've only been out for less than two hours, and we've already made over 300 yuan! Who can make that much money?!"

Dong Jianguo coughed, almost choking on his beer.

He couldn't agree with Erzhuzi's theory of time as money.

As times have changed, he heard that some young women who can fly across the country can earn several thousand yuan per minute.

In comparison, my own abilities are really not impressive.

"Wow... how many kilograms is a carton of eggs? How can it sell for so much money!"

"Sister-in-law, you don't know, do you? This box of eggs weighs 40 jin (20 catties). Normally, a box of eggs would only sell for around 80 yuan. But today, with Brother Jianguo involved, he managed to sell a box of eggs for 100 yuan!"

"Later on, they even managed to sell a box of eggs for 120 yuan!"

"So, in just this afternoon, I've handled over a thousand dollars! This is the first time I've ever experienced the feeling of my hands cramping from counting money!"

Erzhuzi beamed as he boasted to Xiuyun about his achievements.

But Xiuyun suspected there was something wrong with her ears, and her hands trembled slightly.

"You...you just said you made a lot of money today?!"