Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 751: No. in Domestic Sales
We welcome the new year with the sound of firecrackers at midnight.

"Thirty-two years old."

Gu Jia felt sad that she was one year older.

"Looks like twenty-two."

There were continuous sounds of firecrackers outside, and Zhou Jing gently hugged the sleeping child.

"Twenty-two is too much. Go to sleep."

Gu Jia knew that she didn’t look old, but she didn’t look delicate either. She looked about 27 or 28 years old.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people visit neighbors. On the second and third days, people perform operas in the village. On the fourth day, people do not go out because of the homophony of the Chinese syllable. On the fifth day, people start visiting relatives.
The Spring Festival holiday ended quickly, and Zhou Jing's family of three returned to Tangdu on the eighth day of the first lunar month. They set out from their home in the countryside at around eight in the morning. There were many cars returning on the road, so they arrived in Tangdu at around two in the afternoon, got off the highway and went to his parents-in-law's house.

"Mom, do you miss me more or Zhou Zhou more during the New Year?"

Downstairs in the community, after getting off the car, Gu Jia said to her mother who came downstairs to pick her up.

"I want more porridge. Did the baby eat well during the New Year?"

Mother Gu picked up the child and said happily.

"Qi is good, Qi has a lot of good things!"

The little girl kissed Gu's mother and said.

"Then I'll leave the porridge to you guys during the New Year." Gu Jia looked at the child and said, "Can you spend the New Year with your grandparents?"

"it is good!"

"Xiao Zhou always brings so many things during the Chinese New Year. We have quite a bit of meat here now, so we'll bring it to your place."

Mother Gu said as she looked at the things in the trunk of the car.

The car carried a whole lamb, more than ten or twenty kilograms of pork, and slaughtered and trimmed chickens.

"If you can't finish it, come and help us eat."

Gu Jia said with a smile.

“It looks like a lot, but it’s actually not much.”

Zhou Jing brought a whole lamb, half of which he gave to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, two chickens from his grandfather's house, one of which he gave to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, three boxes of eggs, and more than ten pounds of pure potato flour, filling the trunk of the car to the brim.

"Is the company open for work today?"

Gu's mother did not refuse anymore. If she couldn't finish it, she would cook it and give it to her daughter and son-in-law.

"I'll just report today and clean up."

Zhou Jing walked in front carrying mutton and pork.

"My grandmother lives on the third floor. Which number should I press?"

When they got to the elevator, Gu Jia taught the child to press the floor buttons.

"this!"

The child pointed to button 3 and said.

"This is three, the three of one, two, three. If you want to go to grandma's house, press three. If you want to go out to play from grandma's house, press one. Do you remember?"

"remember!"

When they reached the third floor, the elevator door opened and Gu Jia took the child out of the elevator first.

"Happy New Year little one, come and give grandpa a hug."

Dad Gu picked up the child with a smile on his face. He seldom smiled normally, and the time he smiled the most and brightest was when he saw his granddaughter.

"Happy New Year, Grandpa!"

The little girl said in a baby voice.

"Take the red envelope and don't let your mother take it away."

Father Gu picked up two big red envelopes specially prepared for his granddaughter on the TV cabinet and gave them to the child.

"When I was a kid, my mom confiscated the red envelopes I received, but my dad never said that." Gu Jia stretched out her hand to the child and said, "Give it to mom, and let mom hide it for you. I'll give it to you when you grow up, okay?"

The little girl had no idea about money now, so she generously gave it to Gu Jia. "Take it first and give it to mom in the evening."

Gu Jia took the red envelope and put it into the child's small shoulder bag. The child's shoulder bag was now filled with quite a few red envelopes, some from old men and women, grandparents, neighbors, and Zhou Jing's uncle's family. There were probably several thousand yuan in total, and it was very heavy.

"Grandpa, look at how many red envelopes you received during the Chinese New Year. This much is enough for your snack money for a year."

Father Gu said as he rummaged through the child's bag.

“I want to buy lots and lots of candy!”

The little girl was at the age when she loved eating sweets and she was always thinking about them.

"I also need to buy you milk powder. This money is only enough for one month's milk powder."

Gu Jia took off the child's cotton jacket and took him to wash his hands. After washing his hands, he ate.

"Xiao Zhou, eat first. You must be starving because you didn't eat lunch!"

Mother Gu said as she set the table.

"We brought dumplings and meatballs in the insulated lunch box. We ate some on the way."

Zhou Jing sat down and waited for Gu Jia and the child to wash their hands before eating together.

"I'm sitting with Dad!"

The little girl climbed onto the chair next to Zhou Jing by herself.

Gu Jia sat down and said, "Mom, what are you going to eat tonight?"

"Look at you guys, eat and do whatever you want."

Mother Gu moved a stool and sat at the dining table to take care of the child while he ate.

"Then let's have mutton noodles. The mutton noodles made from the mutton from Zhou Jing's hometown are so authentic."

Gu Jia said with a smile.

"Goat meat raised in the countryside is only over 30 yuan a pound in Tangdu. How much is it in the countryside?"

Mother Gu wiped the child's chin and said.

Gu Jia said, "It's 25 yuan per pound without bones, so it's still cheaper for Zhou Jing. I bought one yesterday for more than 900 yuan."

Mother Gu said, "It's not expensive. You can't buy such authentic mutton in the city."

"A live rooster that weighs about 10 jin can be sold for 140-150 yuan. The chicken is really delicious. The two we brought were raised by Zhou Jing's grandmother."

Ever since she tasted the country chicken, Gu Jia never bought chicken from the supermarket again.

"It just grows too slowly. It takes one or two years for one to grow up. It's very expensive to feed it corn and millet every day."

When Gu's mother was young, she often went to the countryside and knew how chickens and pigs were raised in the countryside. If the cost was calculated based on large-scale farming, selling a free-range chicken in the countryside for 200 yuan would not make any money.

"Many people in the countryside are reluctant to eat the chickens and sheep they raise themselves."

Gu Jia sighed and said.

"The money from selling a chicken can buy more than 10 to 20 kilograms of pork, which is enough for a family to celebrate the New Year."

Zhou Jing has lived in the countryside for a long time. There are many poor people in the countryside and great changes have taken place. When Zhou Jing was a child, many people in his hometown could not even guarantee basic food and clothing and could not eat white flour every meal. Since 2000, especially after the abolition of agricultural taxes, great changes have taken place.

It was still early after lunch, so Zhou Jing went to the bedroom and turned on the computer to learn about the company's situation after the holidays. Everyone in Zhou Jing's company received a New Year's red envelope, and the amount was determined by luck, with a minimum of two hundred and a maximum of one thousand. The employees actively shared the red envelopes they had drawn. The employees were very excited to receive the big red envelopes from the company on the first day after the holidays, and there was no dullness at all as after the holidays. This was the effect Zhou Jing wanted. If the employees were dull, the company could not be said to be dynamic and innovative.

[The Ideal Technology and Taiwei Semiconductor workshops have completed debugging today, and will start the early shift tomorrow. Orders have already been shipped today]

Bai Xiyao reported to Zhou Jing on the company's preparations for the holiday, and sent Zhou Jing the orders received by Ideal Technology during the Spring Festival holiday, as well as the sales data table for January.

[Okay, I'll go to the company tomorrow morning]

After Zhou Jing replied to Bai's girlfriend, she opened the data sheet. Ideal Technology had a great harvest during this Spring Festival holiday. Stimulated by the Spring Festival activities, the sales of all product series soared, especially the low-end Bluetooth headsets that were launched before the New Year. From the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 71st day of the first lunar month, more than 2 million pairs of orders were received. It can be said that the sales volume exploded. The orders for mid-range and high-end Bluetooth headsets also exploded, and were not affected by the battery explosion rumors at all.

Of course, the core of Ideal Technology is still mobile phones. The decline in sales of traditional mobile phones was expected, but the growth rate of sales of smartphones exceeded expectations.

During the Spring Festival holiday, Ideal Smartphone received a total of more than 1.6 million orders. Because offline stores were closed during the holiday, all orders came from online.

Since 2014, Ideal smartphone sales have officially surpassed Huawei, becoming the top domestic brand.

(End of this chapter)