"Yes, cousin, what are you doing if you make pills and don't sell them?" Shen Zeqi also didn't understand what his cousin meant and asked confusedly.
"Second brother, cousin, don't worry! Of course the pills will be sold, but they can't be sold like the previous medicinal wine and medicinal oil. We have to find a match for it!"
Shen Luzhu said and pointed at the silver hairpin that Chu Yi specially wore on her head. This was a new hairpin that Chu Yi bought for her when she was cleaning up the shop when she went to town to buy paint a while ago. The owner of the jewelry shop said that it was recently A batch of new styles have arrived, with various materials, but without exception, they all have a pendant attached to a thin chain at one end of the hairpin, which will sway gently as you walk.
Shen Songjie squinted his eyes and stared at the hairpin on Shen Luzhu's head for a long time, and asked with some uncertainty: "Lu Zhu, when you talk about matching, do you mean the hairpin on your head?"
"Yes!" Shen Luzhu nodded, then took off the hairpin on his head and handed it to Shen Songjie's hand. When she was wearing this hairpin a few days ago, the pendant was dangling on her head. Suddenly she was inspired!
"Second brother, look, isn't there a pendant on this hairpin? We can cooperate with the tidying shop to make several new types of jewelry, and make one end of these pendants hollow, or directly make the fancy end of the hairpin. It can also be made into a hollow shape, like a bell. The key is to make it open with a hidden buckle, and then put our mosquito repellent pills inside. This way, it is both jewelry and can repel mosquitoes, and saves money. Instead of applying medicinal oil and wine, besides hairpins, you can also use bracelets, bangles, and waist pendants!"
Shen Songjie fiddled with the hairpin in his hand: "Sister, I don't know much about your dolls, but wouldn't the price if made like this be much higher than what we have now?"
Shen Zeqi also said: "I'm afraid ordinary people won't buy this thing!"
Shen Luzhu nodded and confirmed the thoughts of his brothers: "This is indeed true, so we have to cooperate with the jewelry store. The customers of the jewelry store are not everyone. In this way, we can cooperate with the drug stores and medical clinics in the town. The audience is different. Firstly, it can change the current situation of too fierce competition. Secondly, we can only focus on the pill making part without setting up a stall or sending people to the town to sell."
Chu Yi handed his wife a glass of warm water, watched her drink it, and then helped him add: "A Zhu and I did the math. Although the volume of goods sold will not be the same as before, after the price goes up, it will By saving our own manpower, we will definitely be a little bit better than now."
"Besides, this is just the profit from mosquito repellent pills!"
Shen Zeqi was staring at the hairpin in his cousin's hand, and suddenly heard what Shen Luzhu said. He quickly raised his head and asked, "It's just mosquito repellent pills. Is there anything else?"
"Of course, since we have come up with such a good idea, we can't just put some mosquito repellent pills. Otherwise, when summer is over, this jewelry will become useless. In addition to mosquito repellent pills, we can also put some spices or The fragrant pills made of flowers can be used all year round. You can also buy different fragrant pills and put them in it according to the customer’s preferences!”
"I, a grown man, feel strange after hearing this, let alone the ladies from the big families in the town. Lu Zhu, your idea is a success! It's great!" Shen Songjie became more and more excited as he listened, praising his own girl again and again. Intelligence.
"Then we will sell all the mosquito repellent directly to jewelry stores from now on?"
Shen Luzhu felt that it was more appropriate to call this win-win cooperation: "Cousin, it can't be said to be for sale. We have to make a contract with those jewelry shops. We provide a new recipe or new style. If they agree, Then the pills or fragrant pills in the jewelry can only be purchased from us, and we can also receive a certain commission for every piece of jewelry sold!"
Shen Zeqi couldn't believe it: "Can the jewelry shop agree to give us a share of the money for selling one?"
"As long as our new jewelry has prospects and can make them profitable, and the terms are well negotiated, some shops will naturally agree to it. However, we can only sign a contract with one company, and we cannot disclose our bottom line before signing the contract. Leave it all to others!"
Shen Song nodded: "I know that. Things are valuable when they are rare. If they are everywhere on the street, they are worthless!"
"Yes, that's the truth. It shouldn't be a problem for grandpa and elder brother to make fragrant pills and pills, but I'm afraid that over time, these things will also be made. After all, the second brother and cousin just said that this medicine It’s easy to make pills at pharmacies and medical clinics.”
The Shen brothers are very aware of this matter: "That means our business might end up like this again after only one or two years."
"So Chu Yi and I thought of another deal!"
"What else?"
Chu Yi said: "It was Ah Zhu who thought of it. All the medicinal materials in our medicine shops and medical clinics are collected by ourselves from the mountains or from farmers. I remember that the doctors in the village often lacked medicinal materials. I don't know. Are the pharmacies and medical clinics in town also like this?"
"It's true. Although we haven't visited the drug stores in the town every day, they are the same as our own drug stores, because we pick or collect the herbs ourselves. The herbs are not like the corn in the field. You can break it, and you have to look for it on the mountain, so it’s common to be short of medicinal materials!”
Shen Songjie confirmed Chu Yi's statement. He owns a medicine shop. Although he doesn't usually help in the shop to collect medicines, he has been going to the mountains to collect medicines since he was a child. He understands this situation very well!
"So A-Zhu and I were discussing whether we could rent a piece of land in the mountains, grow our own herbs, and then sell them to the pharmacies in town!"
Shen Zeqi's eyes widened. This was the first time he heard about Baoshan growing herbal medicine: "Grow it yourself!"
Chu Yi's reaction to the cousin of the Shen family was not surprising. He had almost the same reaction when he heard his wife say it for the first time. After all, farmers naturally grow grain in their fields for tax purposes, so how could they grow those things? Something that can’t fill your stomach!
Shen Luzhu explained patiently: "Yes, the cultivated land at home cannot be used to grow medicinal herbs. I am also afraid that the environment will be different from that in the mountains, which will affect the efficacy of the medicine. But it is different in the mountains. The environment is the same. , it doesn’t take up farmland, and medicinal materials can be supplied in large quantities!”
Shen Songjie looked at his sister with disbelief on his face: "I have heard that Baoshan grows wood and sells it for money. This is the first time I have heard of Baoshan growing herbs. I'm afraid no one has ever done it before. It's all dad and dad. Mother, why do I feel that Lu Zhu, your brain is much brighter than your second brother and me!"
"Second brother, it's just out of habit, I didn't think of it at the moment!"
Shen Songjie shook his head, obviously not agreeing with Shen Luzhu's remarks: "Then we all have the same habits, why did you think of Lu Zhu?"
How could she explain this? Shen Luzhu could not say that he knew this in his previous life. Shen Luzhu could only smile and shake his head, and no longer argued with his second brother about why he was born from the same mother, but he always felt that he seemed to be particularly smart.
Chu Yi reminded him at the right time: "But Ah Zhu and I just have a good idea about this matter. We still have to ask Grandpa if it will work."
"That's right, and the initial investment time may be longer. After all, you have to wait until the herbs are grown before they can be sold. Besides, some herbs seem to take several years to grow. If the second brother and cousin want to do this, they can You have to have a plan in mind!"
Shen Songjie didn't think this was a big deal: "Don't worry, Lu Zhu, our family doesn't rely on our brother's small business to make ends meet. Even if we have more time, it doesn't matter. As long as grandpa and the family feel that we can Okay, that’s no problem!”
"Then we'll just wait for the good news about our second brother and cousin!"
The Shen brothers stayed at the Chu family's old house for nearly an hour. They didn't even accept the young couple's kindness to let them have a meal, so they hurried back to the Shen family full of fighting spirit and longing. What a fierce scene the Shen family had. Putting aside the discussion for the moment, let’s just talk about the Chu family’s old house. The young couple sent away the Shen brothers. Chu Yigang had just locked the shop, and before he could take Shen Luzhu back to his room to rest, the front door of the front yard opened. It was struck again.
Chu Yi originally wanted to put his wife to bed before opening the door, but the person who came didn't know whether he was in a hurry or was too impatient, so he kept banging on the door. Shen Luzhu had to signal Chu Yi to open the door first.
Chu Xiuxiu, who was reading in her room, also heard this at this time.
There was an urgent knock on the door, so he thought there was no one in the courtyard, so he hurriedly ran out. Seeing that his cousin had already opened the door, he half-supported Shen Luzhu's arm and stood there watching.
As soon as Chu Yi opened the latch of the front yard door, the yard door was pushed open forcefully from the outside. The impatience behind the door, before anyone could come in, started shouting: "The shops are not open in broad daylight. If you call the door, the door will be opened." No one responded, what are you doing? You are all deaf!"
Hearing this voice, Shen Luzhu caught a glimpse of the figure coming in from the courtyard door. He couldn't help but be startled, why is Chu Fang here?
Chu Yi did not expect that Chu Fang, who had not been seen for a long time, would come to visit, but he just asked lightly: "Cousin, is there anything wrong?"
Chu Fang glanced at all the unfamiliar things in the yard of the old house, feeling extremely jealous, and her tone was even more unkind: "Of course something happened, otherwise there would be no reason why a cousin like me would come to see you!"
In the past, Shen Luzhu might have given Chu Fang some face when he was in a good mood, for the sake of both Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu being there, but now she doesn't even care about her eldest uncle Wang, she Chu Fang Another old man!
"When grandpa and grandma were still living in this old house, I didn't see my cousin come back to see the elders. Now it's okay if I don't see the elders. She actually gave herself a seniority without authorization. You turned yourself into a person like me. Do my uncle and aunt know about the things that have happened to me and my grandma for a lifetime?"
Chu Fang frowned tightly and looked at Shen Luzhu who was standing in the distance with resentment: "What nonsense are you talking about again? When did I say that I am the same generation as my grandpa and grandma! Besides, don't I look at my elders?" , what does it have to do with you!"
"You haven't been promoted in seniority, why did you come to your third uncle's house? You even said that there is no reason for you to come here to see people. I wonder if the genealogy has been changed? In the future, should uncle and aunt call you aunt or aunt?"
