Qiao Mei looked at Zhao Fei appreciatively. She did not expect Zhao Fei to have an even bigger appet.i.te than her! However, this was a good thing. Having no ambitions was scarier than having grand ambitions. If he was not ambitious, he would not even have any desire to do better.
Ding Xiang seemed like a capable woman. Qiao Mei believed that the couple would definitely be able to take care of the business well in the future. Then, she could focus on other things.
Yao Nian was very efficient and it did not take long for him to send the luminous pearl over quietly. Qiao Mei held out a long shovel and asked Yao Nian to put the pearl on it.
"Sister-in-law, do we have to be so wary? I'm currently holding it in my hand. It's not poisonous. If it is, I would have died already," Yao Nian said as he looked at Qiao Mei in confusion.
"But… but I'm pregnant! I have to be more wary about everything! Just put it there!" Qiao Mei explained.
Yao Nian did not understand what Qiao Mei was thinking and could only do as he was told. He took the reward Qiao Mei offered him and left. He wanted to rush back to train the carrier pigeons.
Qiao Mei had already built a container for the luminous pearl so that she could observe the changes in it carefully. She realized that the foul air around the luminous pearl seemed to have become more dense. Could it be that the problem was not with the luminous pearl itself, but with the mountain?
She did not have any evidence to prove anything yet. Fortunately, she had already prepared a big jar of 10,000-year-old ginseng juice. She soaked the luminous pearl in the liquid and sealed the jar. The next time she returned from the military compound, she was sure that she would see obvious changes in this luminous pearl!
When she had time later, she would slowly look into the secrets of this pearl.
The next morning, Qian'e rushed over Qiao Mei's house early in the morning. She had discovered something big!
After interacting with Han Chen often, Qian'e learned a lot from him. She began to understand that being a factory owner, she should do more market research so that she would know which locations were more suitable for selling their products and also be able to find out if there was anything to learn from other factories producing similar items as them.
Qian'e always had full confidence in their products. She had never eaten anything else that tasted so good in her life. If Qiao Mei said that her products were in second place, no one could say that they were in first place!
"Qiao Mei! Bad news, bad news! Don't sleep anymore! Get up now!" Qian'e shouted towards Qiao Mei's bedroom window.
Qiao Mei covered her ears with her hands and burrowed into Xia Zhe's arms. It was always a very difficult task for her to get out of bed every day and yet someone had come to wake her up so early in the morning. She was so angry that she wanted to scream.
No wonder those roosters at home would crow so early in the morning. If she had to wake up so early, she would crow too!
"So annoying…" Qiao Mei said impatiently.
Xia Zhe covered Qiao Mei with the blanket, then he got changed and went to the courtyard. He looked at Qian'e calmly and said, "Come in first. Qiao Mei is still sleeping. Sister Xu has already made breakfast. Let's go and have breakfast first. Qiao Mei will be up by the time we're done."
"That's too late! Something major has happened! Go and wake Qiao Mei up! I can't wait that long!" Qian'e said anxiously.
Xia Zhe could see how fl.u.s.tered Qian'e was. After some hesitation, he decided to go back to the bedroom and wake Qiao Mei up.
"Mei Mei… Mei Mei… Get up. If you don't get up soon, Qian'e will die of anxiety in the courtyard," Xia Zhe said as he gently patted Qiao Mei's shoulder.
Qiao Mei looked at Xia Zhe with a lot of resentment in her eyes and said, "She'd better have something very important to tell me or I'll beat her to death!"
"Fine, fine, fine. Change your clothes. I'll bring the food here for you. You can eat in the room." After Xia Zhe helped Qiao Mei change her clothes, he went to the backyard to bring out the food.
"Oh, my ancestor! You're finally up. Do you know that something has happened at the factory? This matter concerns our livelihood!" Qian'e said.
"I'd advise you to think carefully before you speak. If what you say is worthless, I'll beat you up immediately!" Qiao Mei said impatiently.
After Qian'e went around to do market research, she realized that there was also a small shop selling braised meat on the market. The taste of the braised meat was very similar to their product, although there were still some subtle differences.
This was not important. The main thing was that its price was two-thirds of Qiao Mei's product. The consumers just wanted to eat meat. The taste did not matter much. As long as it was palatable, they would not be too picky.