He never for once thought that they were just being lazy.
For starters, he went and pleaded for more time with the creditors to pay for the business debt. But he explained to them that the business has to run before he can do that.
So in the beginning, a few agreed to supply him with just some small quantities of goods on credit. If he is able to be truthful with them, they too will increase the quantity as time goes on.
In those times Chen Yan became very stressed as he was only a young adult who was yet to turn twenty. His parents just watched him because they know that they're the cause of all that.
To make matters worse the farming activities has also ceased as there was nothing to farm with. Since he was only a human being and could not handle everything together, Yan decided to focus on the business first.
At first business was slow since they had lost most of their customers.