At half past five in the afternoon, the bustling exhibition fair was drawing to a close after a full day's work.
"Esteemed fellow villagers, today's event has come to an end!"
Qin Chuan raised the loudspeaker and announced the end of the day's work. A few lingering customers left contentedly, leaving behind an empty venue.
The mountains of grain, oil, detergent, and salt that had been piled high that morning were once again completely sold out, not a single item left.
This was a fantastic sign for everyone, as it represented a very profitable day.
After all, at noon, Li Ya had ordered a replenishment of grain and oil, and two large trucks' worth had been dispatched throughout the day.
This showed just how well the clothes had sold!
Everyone busied themselves cleaning up. Although they were all exhausted from the day, their faces were alight with excitement.
"Boss, the sales figures are in!"
Xiao Li from accounting, along with a subordinate, excitedly ran up to Li Ya.
The workers who had been busy packing up immediately stopped and pricked up their ears.
Li Ya was generous and asked the crowd with a smile, "How much?"
"One hundred and twenty-seven thousand, six hundred and fifty yuan!"
Xiao Li read out the figure in a trembling voice. As soon as the words fell, there was a collective gasp.
Even though everyone had known that the day's sales were good, they had never expected it to be this much – a single day's sales reaching one hundred and twenty-seven thousand, six hundred and fifty yuan!
Such a figure was beyond anything any of them had dared to imagine.
"Oh my goodness!"
Qin Gang exclaimed from the crowd, feeling as if a new world had opened up to him.
He had truly opened his eyes today. He had never imagined that business could be done like this, and money could be made so quickly!
Compared to their rate of earning, the two to three hundred yuan they could earn in a month back in the countryside, toiling away in the fields from dawn till dusk, was like comparing the heavens to the earth.
"Xiao Li, count the number of people present. Everyone here today will receive a bonus of one hundred yuan!"
Li Ya was also very happy and announced loudly.
"Yay! Long live the boss!"
"The boss is the most beautiful!"
"May the boss's business prosper!"
Cheers erupted, and everyone was overjoyed to their very core.
Xiao Li was even happier when she personally handed each person one hundred yuan!
"I don't want it! I'm not one of your staff..."
However, a voice of dispute arose at this moment, and everyone turned to look.
It turned out there was a situation with Qin Gang; he adamantly refused to accept the hundred yuan, making Xiao Li look to Li Ya and Qin Chuan.
"Boss, my brother is just here to learn. He really can't accept this hundred yuan!"
Qin Chuan said to Li Ya.
"How can that be? I said, everyone present today gets a bonus!"
Li Ya was firm. "Although your brother isn't my employee, he's been helping out everywhere today. He hasn't had a moment's rest, and I've seen it all.
"Therefore, this hundred yuan must be given!"
Seeing Li Ya's resolute expression, Qin Chuan was also troubled, unsure of what to do.
"I said I don't want it, and I don't want it! If you force me any further, I'll just leave!"
To their surprise, Qin Gang was even more stubborn, his attitude even more resolute than Li Ya's, as if he would turn and leave if they pressed him further.
"Boss, let's just forget about this hundred yuan!"
"My brother is truly just here to learn, and his help today was purely to assist me."
Qin Chuan was giving Li Ya an out.
"Very well!"
Li Ya, true to her nature as a successful businesswoman, did not quibble over such a small matter.
"However, if your brother won't accept the money, you can't refuse your own payment, can you!"
As she spoke, Li Ya called Xiao Li over, personally counted out fifteen hundred yuan from her wallet, and handed it to Qin Chuan.
"Fifteen hundred, this is your payment for today!"
"Boss, this is too much!"
Qin Chuan shook his head.
"Take it if I tell you to. Don't be like your brother, or I might really get angry!"
Li Ya insisted, pressing the fifteen hundred yuan into Qin Chuan's hand, her attitude even firmer than before.
Qi Fei felt that if he didn't accept it, he would truly displease Li Ya.
He wasn't one to dither. It was only five hundred yuan more. Since Li Ya was so generous and righteous, he would definitely repay her in the future.
This beautiful boss, beneath her seemingly delicate exterior, possessed a strong and resilient heart. She was quite interesting and worth befriending!
"Then thank you, boss!"
"I will still come on time tomorrow!"
Qin Chuan pocketed the fifteen hundred yuan and left the exhibition fair with his second brother, Qin Gang.
Back at the hospital, Qin Shuren and Jiang Cuihua, the couple, were so delighted that they were dropping grains of rice while eating upon hearing that their third son had earned a full fifteen hundred yuan that day.
They were even more excited and thrilled when they heard Qin Gang's exaggerated account.
"Dad, Mom! You have no idea! Those bags of flour, those buckets of sunflower oil, and the detergent and salt, they were all disappearing at an incredible speed!"
"And the Butterfly Clothing Factory's wallets kept getting fatter. In just one day, they sold a total of one hundred and twenty-seven thousand, six hundred and fifty yuan!"
"This figure, I'm afraid, is more than the combined annual income of our entire village!"
Qin Chuan, who had been quietly eating his meal, couldn't help but interject, "Business isn't calculated like that!"
"Although the Butterfly Clothing Factory made a lot of money today, their expenses were also very high!"
"For example, the cost of the clothes, the cost of the grain and oil, as well as wages for various workers, venue maintenance fees, electricity bills, and so on, all the miscellaneous expenses!"
"Only after all these are deducted is the truly received net profit!"
Qin Gang argued, "Of course I know that. But even after all that is accounted for, the Butterfly Clothing Factory still made a huge profit today!"
Qin Chuan had nothing to say to this and lazily stopped bothering with the rascal Qin Gang. He finished his meal in a few mouthfuls and went to rest.
The night passed uneventfully. The next morning, the brothers, urged by their parents, headed to the exhibition fair again.
However, this time, an unexpected event occurred!
As they just walked through the entrance, they heard a heated argument. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be coming from the Butterfly Clothing Factory's stall.
"Something's happened!"
Qin Chuan felt a bad premonition and hurried over, with Qin Gang closely following behind.
"Mr. Zhang, I trusted you to handle the large business of supplying grain and oil!
"And now you're telling me you can no longer supply me with grain and oil!!"
"Is this how you do business?"
As he approached the stall, Qin Chuan saw Li Ya, who had always been well-mannered and polite, fly into a rage, shouting furiously into the phone.
"What happened?"
Qin Chuan quickly asked the other staff members around him and finally learned the whole story.
It turned out that not long ago, as agreed, the trucks from Zhang Long and Wu Erma, who were supposed to deliver the grain and oil, should have arrived. However, the people here had been waiting and waiting, but the trucks were nowhere to be seen.
Li Ya couldn't help but call Zhang Long and Wu Erma. Wu Erma's phone was directly unreachable. Zhang Long's phone was connected, but it delivered a devastating piece of news!
They could no longer supply grain and oil to the Butterfly Clothing Factory!
This news was like a bolt from the blue for the entire Butterfly Clothing Factory, leaving everyone bewildered.
Without the supply of grain and oil, how could they sell clothes in the future?
There were still quite a few items in stock lying in the warehouse. If they couldn't be sold, they would be nothing but scrap.