Chapter 1548

Doctor Xiao Guo finally found Song Tan.

"I'll take all of your family's Cherokee roses this year."

She gritted her teeth: "I'll also raise the price."

Song Tan was puzzled: "Weren't you already taking them all?"

That was different. Last year, Song Tan only had Cherokee roses around the tea garden and the chestnut orchard on the mountain, but now, the edges of the newly leased rocky slopes were all covered in them, and the yield had become exceptionally large.

But now...

It just so happened that Zhang Yanping was about to follow her to the homestay to replace Xin Jun, so he said to her: "Are you planning to use a machine to roll the pills?"

"No." Doctor Xiao Guo shook her head: "There are a few medicinal ingredients in my pills that have high moisture content, and they would only stick to the machine. And once they stick, the dosage won't be accurate."

The implication was that they still had to be rolled by hand.

Zhang Yanping said speechlessly: "Then you're rolling pills 24 hours a day, how many can you roll?"

"And you want to take them all? If you take the whole year's supply, you'll be working for three or five years! Are you trying to kill yourself!"

"Isn't the original amount quite good? At most, add ten percent this year."

Doctor Xiao Guo was on the verge of tears: "I don't want to either! I already earned a lot with last year's amount. But I have a customer who had a child at an old age and publicized it in the customer group."

What makes the most money these days?

Virility and offspring! The timeless secret to making money! As long as it involves this, there's no way sales won't be good.

And her medicinal pills have visible effects; now that they have this added halo...

Cherokee roses usually ripen in September or October; if they aren't picked, they can stay on the branches until November or December. Some of the flowers in Song Tan's family bloom early, and some bloom late; the earliest batch can produce a small amount in June or July.

And now, over 1,000 pre-orders were placed in just one night yesterday.

Zhang Yanping didn't go to the homestay either; he pulled up a stool and sat down: "I'm asking you, do you have enough money to open a processing factory?"

Guo Dong shook her head: "Not enough."

She earned quite a bit of money last year, but when it came to building a factory, it was truly a drop in the bucket.

For making medicine, small workshops simply won't work. For example, with medicinal adhesion, large factories have freeze-drying equipment, and many medicinal materials can be directly refined. For her to do it personally, firstly, she has no money, and secondly, it's hard to find reliable medicinal materials with sufficient potency.

If she ruins her reputation, that would be contrary to her original intention.

Zhang Yanping asked again: "Are you satisfied with earning so much money every year now?"

Guo Dong didn't hesitate: "Satisfied."

"Then that's it!" Zhang Yanping spread his hands: "Your medicine needs honey to be mixed; there are so many Cherokee roses, but the demand for the medicinal materials isn't that high."

"But you can't have all of Tan Tan's honey. If you use inferior stuff, can you be content with that?"

He offered an idea: "If you ask me, just take ten percent more than last year, and hire more people to do the basic work during processing so it's not so tiring—you were still anemic last year! Do you want health or money?"

"As for the money, if you still want to earn more, why not sell the medicinal jam recipe to Tan Tan—but let's be clear first! This thing isn't that rare, so don't open your mouth like a lion, and don't think about using the recipe to become a partner..."

Before he could finish, his foot was stomped on hard by Guo Dong!

She gritted her teeth, her face ferocious: "Am I that kind of person?"

Zhang Yanping's gangster face grimaced, as if he hadn't just been stepped on, but stabbed three times!

But facing his girlfriend's anger, he was just as brazen:

"Tan Tan doesn't care about small things, and you're her future sister-in-law, so of course I have to be the one to say the ugly things!"

"Only by hearing the ugly things can things be done in a way that makes everyone happy—just tell me if what I said makes sense."

That did indeed make sense.

Zhang Yanping is still lazy to this day, but his business sense has always been long-term. For example, the medicinal jam recipe he mentioned is really not irreplaceable in today's era of big data.

All Guo Dong can do is ask the teachers to determine it more accurately.

Wanting to use this to become a partner is like a partner holding a hundred dollars and wanting to do a million-dollar business!

Guo Dong hummed: "You already said I'm the future sister-in-law; if I still want money for such a common recipe, do I want my face or not? She didn't even raise the price on me, and she sold me the honey..."

Cherokee roses aside, honey is something hard to come by even with money!

So she also said: "Fertilizer water doesn't flow to outsiders' fields; we're family. I'll take ten percent more Cherokee roses and honey than last year, and I'll go ask the teacher about that recipe and give it directly to you later."

That way, when winter comes, the Song family won't have nothing to sell.

Song Tan:... She hadn't even said a word yet!

This is flirting, right? Her Cherokee roses are actually just one part of it, right?

So she also hummed: "Brother Yanping, don't worry about your girlfriend first; she has already maxed out her reputation in our village after cleaning up the mugwort."

"You should also worry about Xin Jun. He said he would go back on May Day, but because you are too fierce and there are many tourists on the weekend, he hasn't left yet—if he doesn't leave now, is he going to wait until next May Day?"

Zhang Yanping said "Oh my": "This can't be blamed on me. His luggage was all packed, but his mother said she saw a very steady and diligent girl, so he took his luggage out again that night."

However, his mother just said that. Once the weather gets really hot, he really needs to hurry.

Although Xin Jun is no longer Qiao Qiao's teacher, in reality, he just doesn't take a salary, but he is still teaching.

Now the Song family treats him as one of their own, so as soon as he said he was leaving, Wu Lan immediately arranged it: "Pack two jin of tea for him..."

Song Tan shook her head: "He's family, so let's do this: pack one jin of good Maojian tea, and two jin of the bud-leaf tea that just started being picked recently."

Actually, the price difference for selling these isn't big, but because the bud-leaf tea is one leaf and one bud tip, it's more resistant to brewing and therefore more suitable for family members to drink.

Wu Lan also nodded: "Xin Jun, if you go back and find a girl you like, and you don't want to stay at home, just bring her over; we have positions here too."

Even if there aren't any, they have to create one. In short, it's Qiao Qiao's good fortune to meet such a good teacher as him, and their family must cherish this blessing.

Xin Jun had just returned and heard the Song family making such arrangements; he was moved and couldn't help but laugh and cry: "No need, I'm just going back for half a month..."

"How can half a month be enough!"

Wu Lan disagreed: "You only go home three or five times a year; how can it be okay if you don't stay longer each time?"

But Xin Jun insists on not taking a salary now, so they feel embarrassed to talk about holidays or not, so they urged Zhang Yanping: "Show some effort, arrange a night shift, and you hold down the fort during the day!"

"If it really doesn't work, borrow a security guard to help you."

"Anyway, Xin Jun must be given a month's vacation."

Zhang Yanping:... Me?

He couldn't believe it: "Auntie! Last time I said I wanted to take a vacation to see my mom and let Xin Jun cover for three days, you said he was working too hard!"

What's wrong? Does he look like a gangster boss, so he can be oppressed?