169: Hot Sales

Ye Ruo was not stupid; of course, she knew what Ye Su meant by "helping her resolve her life crisis."

"Sister: Fine, I'll let it slide this time."

"Sister: Next time there's a good thing like this, remember to proactively transfer money to your Sister."

Ye Su simply replied with a "playing dumb" emoji.

Over on Su Wan's end, after a few polite refusals, she couldn't win against Ye Su and accepted the 50,000 yuan.

Watching the "Loving Family" group chat, where they were practically setting off firecrackers over his lottery win, the smile in Ye Su's eyes grew even deeper.

Everyone being well is what really matters—

After transferring the money to his family, Ye Su continued chatting with the two of them.

Seeing the color of the tea start to fade, the two of them tacitly understood, stood up, and bid farewell to Ye Kaijun:

"Uncle Jun, we're going to head back now. We'll come visit again next time."

"Leaving already? Won't you sit for a while longer?"

"No, we've been out all afternoon. After we get back and take a shower, it'll be about time for bed. You should get some rest early too."

"Alright then..."

It was rare for someone to come and keep him company, and seeing them leave, Ye Kaijun felt a bit reluctant, but he didn't force them to stay:

"Look at you bringing so many things over. I don't have much to give in return. Do you two usually drink baijiu? Let me get you two bottles of Moutai."

"No need, Uncle Jun. Neither of us can really hold our liquor. With high-proof spirits like that, we'd probably be out after one sip. You should keep them for yourself."

At the end, Chen Xinyi didn't forget to add: "But you should only have a taste occasionally; don't drink too much."

"It's fine. I can't finish them by myself anyway. You two take two bottles back. Try a few sips occasionally, and you'll slowly learn to drink it."

Seeing Ye Kaijun about to go inside to get the items, Chen Xinyi hurriedly put on her shoes and pulled Ye Su away:

"Uncle Jun, really, there's no need. We're heading out."

After leaving those words behind, Chen Xinyi didn't forget to close the door.

Ye Kaijun had just entered the storage room to look for things, and when he came out after hearing the door close, he saw that the two had already left, so he could only give up with a sigh of regret.

"What a pity. Uncle Jun has quite a lot of good stuff at home. Since he offered us two bottles of Moutai, they might have been the ten- or twenty-year-old kind."

Chen Xinyi looked speechless, staring at the regretful Ye Su: "Big brother, I beg you, act like a human being... don't even covet an old man's things."

"Hehe." Ye Su gave an awkward, sheepish laugh.

Naturally, he wasn't really coveting Ye Kaijun's things; he just thought of the 22-year-old aged tangerine peel Ye Kaijun had given him last time, which prompted his remark.

"Has Uncle Jun always lived alone? What about his family?"

Chen Xinyi was observant and could tell just now that Ye Kaijun's behavior—longing to chat with others—was a sign of someone who had lived alone for many years.

"I don't know what his family situation is either. But last time I took him to the hospital, the doctor said to contact his family to pick him up, and he was very resistant to it, so I didn't dare ask about his family affairs."

"So that's how it is..."

From the conversation just now, Chen Xinyi could tell that Ye Kaijun didn't seem like the type of person who had abandoned his family and ended up with a miserable old age.

"Maybe he lost his spouse in his later years, and his children have their own families and aren't around, which is why he's like this."

"Maybe."

Chen Xinyi's guess was actually quite similar to Ye Su's.

"Since he's letting us live in his house for free, when you have free time, just come by and check on him. At the very least, you can consider it 'sending warmth' to an old man."

"Got it."

Seeing that Ye Su had such good character, Chen Xinyi was very pleased: "In consideration of you being so kind-hearted, I'll let you off easy again tonight."

"Yeah!" Ye Su's eyes widened like copper bells, shooting out lightning-like light: "You offered this yourself! This can't count towards our bet from this afternoon!"

"I knew you'd be calculating about this. It's like all your bad intentions are directed at me alone!" Chen Xinyi glared at Ye Su indignantly: "Tonight counts as an extra gift from me, satisfied now?"

Chen Xinyi offering to reward Ye Su again tonight was actually to celebrate Ye Su winning the 200,000 yuan that afternoon, not because she was in a rush to wipe away their bet.

"Deal!"

Hearing this, Ye Su was eager to get home; he wished he had Doraemon's Anywhere Door to instantly return to their rental.

Seeing Ye Su's impatient look, Chen Xinyi immediately regretted telling him about this now: "What's the rush? Walk slowly. And don't drive too fast later!"

"Got it."

Looking at Ye Su, Chen Xinyi knew he hadn't listened at all, so she could only get in the car with trepidation and return to the rental with him.

...

While Ye Su was speeding all the way back to the rental, at the entrance of Guying's home, Ye Xin finally dragged his exhausted body back.

Seeing her son's exhausted appearance, Su Wan, who was eating fruit, asked with concern: "Back so late? Is the online shop very busy lately?"

"It's alright." Ye Xin replied casually, but inwardly he thought: Busy? It's more than busy—it's absolutely insane!

The 16,800 pieces of sunscreen clothing that Ye Su ordered had seen daily sales growth since being listed on the 13th.

Yesterday, the 16th, they sold 259 pieces in one go.

Although clearing out the stock was still a long way off, it was ultimately a good situation.

But today, for some unknown reason, that sunscreen clothing had an order explosion; across the three shops combined, they sold a whopping 1,759 pieces!

Plus, the sales of other items in the shops were also driven up. He and his two employees were so busy they couldn't catch their breath; even the shipping label printer was smoking from overuse, and there were still hundreds of orders left to pack.

Looking at this situation, it's estimated that the sales of the three shops won't be low tomorrow either.

So, Ye Xin had already asked a friend to help find two temporary workers to assist with packing shipments; otherwise, they probably wouldn't even have time to eat tomorrow.

However, busy as he was, Ye Xin was still very excited.

For those 1,759 pieces of sunscreen clothing, the profit per piece was 49 yuan, and he could take 30%, which was 14.7 yuan.

After deducting shipping costs, labor costs, and other miscellaneous expenses, even if he only made 10 yuan per piece, that was still over 17,000 yuan!

If you add in the sales driven by other items in the shop, today's profit was probably around 20,000 yuan!

20,000 yuan a day—in the past, Ye Xin wouldn't have dared to imagine it.

If every day could be this good, and he worked hard for another year, Ye Xin could even consider retiring.

"I used to think that 500,000 yuan worth of stock was too much, but now it seems I bought too little!"

Now that he could finally take a breather, Ye Xin realized what he needed to do and went to the doorway to call the sunscreen clothing manufacturer, wanting to order another batch.

But he was told that because the upstream foreign trade business had returned to normal, that sunscreen clothing was exploding in popularity overseas, and the factory's current stock had all been reserved.

In addition, foreign trade merchants and domestic e-commerce shops were all scrambling to place orders with their factory.

The production capacity for the next twenty days or so had already been fully booked.

If Ye Xin wanted to add an order, he would have to pay a deposit first and then wait in line.

"Twenty days..."

If orders kept exploding, in less than twenty days, the stocked sunscreen clothing would sell out, and it would be too late to restock by then.

If orders didn't explode, and there was still stock left after twenty days, then stocking up on more sunscreen clothing carried the risk of it being stuck in his hands.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ye Xin ultimately decided to give up. He didn't want to take that risk; he wouldn't try to squeeze out every last coin.