novelraw Chapter 152
Chapter 152
"Sell it to you?" The factory director was slightly taken aback.
"Yes, since my order volume has increased, it's really troublesome to transport goods here for bottling every day. I was thinking of buying this machine and taking it back to do the bottling directly in our village. Of course, I definitely won't shortchange you on the price," Song Nianchu explained.
"That's no problem at all. This machine is just gathering dust sitting here anyway, and we've already used it for so long. I'll just sell it to you at a fifty percent discount." The factory director waved his hand expansively, agreeing on the spot.
After all, they were a glass factory. Their main business was making glass. They had only taken on this sort of bottling work on the side because business had been poor previously.
Now that they had endless glass orders to fulfill, they really didn't care for the bottling business anymore.
Furthermore, since Song Nianchu had brought it up, he was more than happy to do her a favor. This way, he might even be able to secure a few more orders from her, which was the real key to the factory's long-term development.
"Really? That's wonderful." A joyful look appeared on Song Nianchu's face.
"No need to be so polite with me. If it weren't for you, my factory would have gone bankrupt. It's just an old, used machine, anyway. But it won't be easy for you to take it back by yourself. I'll arrange a truck to take you back," the factory director offered enthusiastically.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Director," Song Nianchu did not refuse.
"Don't mention it." The factory director smiled and went off to make the arrangements.
He directly found a driver from the factory and had him load up the machine and drive Song Nianchu back.
When Song Nianchu arrived back in the village sitting in the truck, it drew a large crowd of onlookers.
Even Wu Zhenggui came over.
"Chu, what in the world have you brought back this time?" Wu Zhenggui looked at Song Nianchu with curiosity.
"It's a bottling machine. Previously, we had to go to the glass factory for bottling. I felt it was a bit too troublesome, so I bought it from the glass factory director. From now on, we won't have to make a detour to their place," Song Nianchu explained.
"Really? That's fantastic." Upon hearing this, Wu Zhenggui was overjoyed.
He had previously thought they could only do the bottling at the glass factory. He never imagined she could actually buy the machine and bring it back.
"Uncle Zhenggui, please take this employee from the glass factory to Accountant Mu to settle the bill first. I'll have some people carry the machine over to the workshop," Song Nianchu said.
"Alright." Wu Zhenggui nodded repeatedly and led the glass factory employee away to find Mu Deyi.
Meanwhile, Song Nianchu found a few strong young men in the village to help her move the machine into the workshop.
Although she had great strength, she couldn't carry such a heavy machine all by herself.
There was an empty space at the very back of the workshop, so Song Nianchu had the bottling machine placed there. However, it was only at this moment that Song Nianchu remembered the most important thing: their village didn't have electricity yet.
This bottling machine required electricity to run.
Song Nianchu slapped her forehead. In the future, every household had electricity, so she had completely forgotten about this detail.
"What's wrong, Chu? Why are you hitting yourself out of nowhere?" Aunt Wu quickly reached out when she saw Song Nianchu doing this.
"I forgot that our village doesn't have electricity yet, and this bottling machine needs power." Song Nianchu looked at Aunt Wu with some dismay.
"Ah?" Aunt Wu hadn't thought of this either.
"Never mind, I'll go find the village chief and see if he can help apply to get electricity connected for our village." Song Nianchu reassured everyone before turning to go find Wu Zhenggui.
Wu Zhenggui had just settled the bill for the glass factory employee and was seeing him out of the village office when he saw Song Nianchu coming back to find him.
"Chu, the money has already been paid to the glass factory employee." Wu Zhenggui thought she had come over to ask about this matter.
"That's good. Thank you for taking the trouble to bring me back today." Song Nianchu nodded slightly to the employee.
"You're welcome, it was my job. I'll be heading back now." The employee carefully tucked the money into his pocket and waved goodbye to Song Nianchu and the others.
"Take care," Song Nianchu said softly.
Only after the glass factory employee left did Song Nianchu look at Wu Zhenggui.
"Uncle Zhenggui, I miscalculated something." Song Nianchu's tone was a bit embarrassed.
"What is it?" Hearing this, Wu Zhenggui became a little nervous.
"When I bought the bottling machine, I forgot that our village doesn't have electricity yet. That machine needs electricity to start." Song Nianchu lacked a bit of confidence as she said this.
Wu Zhenggui was also stunned.
"So I might have to trouble you to apply for getting our village connected to the power grid," Song Nianchu said.
"You scared me to death! I thought you had miscalculated something major. So it's just about the electricity." Wu Zhenggui breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huh? What did you think I miscalculated?" Song Nianchu was puzzled.
"I thought you miscalculated the money," Wu Zhenggui laughed.
"It wouldn't be that. I'm very sharp when it comes to money," Song Nianchu stated firmly.
"I can go apply for the electricity, but there are probably many villages applying for it. I don't know when it will be our turn." Wu Zhenggui frowned slightly.
"Then we can buy a diesel generator to make do for now, and we'll see once the application is approved," Song Nianchu suggested.
"That works. Even if we get electricity, there will be power outages sometimes anyway, so buying a generator is a good idea." Wu Zhenggui nodded.
After all, there was still money in the account, so buying a generator wouldn't hurt too much.
"Then you go ahead and apply, and I'll ask Brother Gangzi to go to the city and buy a generator," Song Nianchu said.
"Alright," Wu Zhenggui agreed readily.
Things like diesel generators required a certificate from the village, as they were in-demand equipment. Wu Gang took the certificate written by Wu Zhenggui and headed to the city.
By evening, he had already returned, hauling a diesel generator and a full container of diesel fuel.
Song Nianchu had never used this kind of old-fashioned diesel generator before. Fortunately, Wu Gang had learned how to use it before buying it. After tinkering with it for a bit, it actually started generating electricity.
Song Nianchu quickly plugged in the bottling machine, and it started up right away.
"It works, it works!" Aunt Wu and the others were absolutely thrilled to see this.
"Yes, it's just a bit too noisy," Song Nianchu shouted at the top of her lungs.
After confirming that the machine could start normally, she had Wu Gang turn off the diesel generator.
"It can't be helped. Generators are always this loud," Wu Gang chuckled.
"It's just that it'll be a bit noisy for you all here when the machine is running later," Song Nianchu said, looking at Aunt Wu and the others.
"That's nothing. We don't mind this little bit of noise at all," Aunt Wu smiled and waved her hand.
The others chimed in with their agreement.
But Song Nianchu remained silent, staring at the diesel generator in front of her.
"Chu, is there something else wrong?" Wu Gang asked, looking a bit confused at Song Nianchu's expression.