noffsinger Chapter 164 Selling Vegetables
Chapter 164 Selling Vegetables
The villagers turned their eyes to the seasoning packet in Lan Xin's hand and were surprised. It was such a big bag.
Although 2 cents for a tea egg is quite expensive, they are not the ones who buy the tea eggs. Since they sell them at a higher price, they naturally make more money.
So when looking at Lan Xin's big bag of seasonings, the person who was originally mumbling gradually shut his mouth and started to think in his heart.
Someone else asked with a twinkling look in his eyes: "Lan Xin, what's in your seasoning packet?"
As soon as he asked this question, the others burst into laughter. They pushed him and said, "You shameless thing, how can I tell you the secret recipe?"
"That's right, what do you ask people for secret recipes for?"
Although they are all from the countryside, they are very knowledgeable about the ways of the world. How could they be so concerned about other people's recipes?
They had never heard of tea eggs. This must be a secret recipe that Lan Xin found in Shanghai. Who knows how much manpower and resources it cost. How dare he, an outsider, ask about it with such a shameless face?
Be careful that Brother Lan Qing standing by will give him a punch and teach him a lesson.
The man felt embarrassed after his little thoughts were exposed. Meeting Lan Qing's fierce gaze, he quickly avoided her and walked out of the yard.
The other villagers stopped talking. Baba watched Lan Qing and the others pack the tea eggs. He held his breath and counted them one by one. He couldn't help but gasp when he saw nearly a hundred tea eggs being packed into his aluminum pot.
Wow, can you really sell a hundred tea eggs in a day?
A tea egg costs 2.6 yuan, so 100 of them would cost 26 yuan.
When the villagers realized this, their eyes became red with envy.
When I saw Lan Qing and the others filling another empty basket with ice-cold soda, my envy increased to an even higher level.
They had only one question in their mind.
"Is there really anyone who would buy eggs and soda in this barren Sanqing Mountain?"
"Just watch." Lan Qing said mysteriously, his eyes full of pride and boastfulness.
He completely forgot that these tea eggs were sold by his wife and he was just an assistant.
After packing his things, Lan Qing stopped squatting here and chatting. He didn't even have time to look at the photos sent by the police station. He planned to look at them after he was done with his work.
It’s a waste of time. I could sell it for a few dollars in the mountains.
Lan Qing and his brothers carried their heavy loads and headed up the mountain. The villagers thought about it and decided to go with them to see what was going on.
Seeing that everyone had left in a flash, Lan Xin asked to keep two people. These people had helped her a lot with words and deeds just now, and Lan Xin was a person who knew how to repay kindness.
"Lan Xin, why did you stop us?" The two men were confused.
Lan Xin smiled and asked in a pretentious manner, "Aunt, uncle, do you want to make money?"
The two men looked at each other, their eyes filled with excitement and impulse, but when they thought about the rice harvest soon, they calmed down.
With some difficulty, he said, "Lan Xin, we may have to wait until we finish harvesting the rice before selling tea eggs."
Although he also envied Lan Xin's family for having a way to make money, the hard harvest from a season of farming was more important.
Lan Xin nodded, "I know, I'm not talking about tea eggs now. Uncle and aunt, how are the vegetables in your vegetable garden?"
The two nodded in confusion, "The weather has been good recently, and the vegetables in the fields are growing lushly."
"That's it. I have a friend who lives in the city and wants to have a banquet. He wants to buy some vegetables. I think the vegetables in your vegetable garden are suitable."
Previously, Xie Shaowu said that he needed to buy some vegetables for his son’s full-month banquet. Lan Xin strongly recommended the vegetables grown in her own village to him. Xie Shaowu looked at these juicy vegetables and was very satisfied. He agreed to buy them from Lan Xin.
According to the date, he should come to deliver the soda today and talk to Lan Xin about the types and quantities of vegetables needed for the banquet.
Xie Shaowu had said before that his son's full-moon banquet would be tomorrow, so he would probably be able to pick out the vegetables today and confirm them, and he would come to pick them up early tomorrow morning.
After hearing that Lan Xin was going to introduce business to them, they were so excited that they didn't know what to say and just kept expressing their gratitude.
"Lan Xin, you are so kind. You still think of me when you have such a good thing. My whole family thanks you."
"What kind of food does he need? My food is very delicious, he will definitely like it."
"I'm not sure about this. He will be here in a while. You can ask him. But let me make it clear that it's just an ordinary full moon banquet. I guess we won't need many dishes." Lan Xin said.
She was just helping the villagers, and she couldn't guarantee that everyone would have a big business and make a lot of money.
Even so, I am very grateful to Lan Xin for these two years.
"What are you talking about? Anyway, we are all very grateful to you."
"That's right. Who doesn't grow some vegetables in this village? Lan Xin, your family has quite a lot of vegetables, and you also helped us find the right match. We can't thank you enough."
Lan Xin smiled and said, "We are all from the same village, so it is only natural for us to help each other."
The truth is that Lan Qing and his companions are so obsessed with selling tea eggs that they only take time to tidy up the vegetable fields. They are very tired from working so hard, so it would be better to leave these complicated money-making businesses to other people.
The reason why Lan Xin gave the business to these two people was that she had observed the conditions of the villagers' vegetable fields in advance and found that they took good care of them and the vegetables grew well, so she called them over.
After a while, the sound of tractors was heard. The familiar tractor, loaded with boxes of soda, drove skillfully from the end of Lanjia Village to the door of Lan Xin's house.
Perhaps it was because people were in high spirits when something good happened, Xie Shaowu looked a lot more energetic. When he heard Lan Xin talking about vegetables, he nodded quickly.
"I wanted to say the same thing. After we move all the soda, I'll go to the fields with you guys."
As he said that, he started moving the soda.
Because the rice was about to be harvested, Lan Xin didn't order much soda this time, just about 20 boxes.
She planned to sell it in the next two days, sell as much as she could, and drink the rest herself.
Just imagine how nice it would be to come back from a busy day of farm work in the hot summer and take a sip of ice-cold soda, with the bubbles going from your stomach to your nose and causing you to burp.
After moving the soda, Xie Shaowu followed the two people to their vegetable garden to check the situation.
Lan Xin quickly gave Ma Cuihua a day off, "Sister Cuihua, you should go home quickly. Things have delayed you for so long. Just come back after lunch to cook the third pot of tea eggs."
"Okay, then I'll leave first." Cuihua cleaned up everything in Lanxin's kitchen yard first, then took the bowl of tea eggs back home.
Looking at the clean yard, Lan Xin stretched comfortably and sighed, "It's easier to hire someone to do the work."
Otherwise, if Lan Xin and Old Lady Lan were to cook these two batches of eggs, it would take at least a whole morning. They would have to cook another batch in the afternoon, and the whole day would be spent in this small courtyard.
And with Ma Cuihua around, there is someone to help her no matter what happens. For example, when she encountered the Li family today, Lan Xin was very grateful to Ma Cuihua for protecting her.