0p0 Chapter 228 Buyer
Chapter 228 Buyer
"I don't have any limit on the number of people who can come. As long as the village head thinks someone is efficient, reliable and has time, they can come. It would be best if all the saplings can be planted within three days."
"Did you bring back the saplings? Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away."
The head of the village was now filled with the good news that Lin Chuyi had brought back the fruit saplings. He didn't even have time to drink his tea. He leaned on the handrail to get up and go out to look for someone.
Seeing this, Lin Chuyi hurriedly stopped the man and said, "Hey, village head, don't be anxious. Drink some tea to wake yourself up. When you are refreshed, you can go find the villagers later. Besides, the sun is still very hot now. It is not a good time to go up the mountain to plant trees. Even if you call all the villagers here now, you can't do anything, right?"
"Yes, Dad, just listen to Chuyi. I have already boiled the water. It's already this late, so we don't need to waste time drinking tea."
When the headman's daughter-in-law, Sun, saw that her father-in-law had gotten up, she ran to the kitchen to boil water. She was just coming in with a kettle, intending to add hot water to her father-in-law's tea cup. As soon as she entered the door, she heard Lin Chuyi's words and echoed him.
Seeing everyone saying this, the village head gave up the idea of going out to look for someone and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Sun walked forward and added half a cup of hot water to the headman's teacup, then took an empty cup from the tea tray on the table. Just as she was about to pour a cup of hot water for Lin Chuyi, she heard her father-in-law's voice.
"Second brother's wife, add some tea leaves to Chuyi's cup and make her a cup of tea as well."
"Okay." Sun responded and prepared to turn around to get the can of tea.
Lin Chuyi quickly grabbed Sun's hand and rejected the headman's kindness.
"Don't bother. I'll just drink water."
The tea in the headman's house was bought by his daughter from the county as a gift to him. Although it was not the best tea, it was much better than the wild tea picked by other villagers. At least it was no problem to use it to entertain guests.
There is a tea garden in Lin Chuyi's game space, with many tea trees planted in it. Although there are not many varieties of tea trees at present, the quality of the tea is very good.
Of course, the reason she refused to drink tea was not because she looked down on the tea from the headman's house, but because she personally didn't like drinking tea.
The village head saw that Lin Chuyi's words were sincere and her expression was calm, and it was obvious that she really didn't want to drink tea, so he didn't insist on asking his daughter-in-law to make tea for her.
Sun was very considerate. She immediately poured Lin Chuyi a cup of hot water and then placed the cup in front of Lin Chuyi.
Lin Chuyi took the cup, put it on the table, looked up and smiled at Sun: "Thank you, auntie."
Seeing Lin Chuyi being so polite, Sun smiled even more. "Why are you being so polite to your aunt? Well, I won't delay you from continuing your conversation. I'll leave first."
"it is good."
After watching Sun leave, Lin Chuyi continued to answer the questions asked by the village head.
"Grandpa Lizheng, I haven't been back for so long. One reason I wanted to find enough fruit tree seedlings for the barren hills, and the other was to find a good buyer for the peppers that were about to grow. Fortunately, God helps those who work hard, and I have accomplished both of these things."
"Oh? Have you found a buyer for the peppers? I've been keeping an eye on the pepper fields in the village to see how the peppers are growing. This year's pepper harvest may be higher than originally expected. Which buyer can eat so many peppers at once?"
Although the head of the village was happy about the news that Lin Chuyi had found a buyer for the peppers, he was more worried that Lin Chuyi would be cheated. After all, no matter how smart Lin Chuyi was, she was just a little girl in her teens and lacked social experience.
It is inevitable that someone will seize this opportunity to deceive her. As an elder, he has the obligation to understand the situation clearly and give her appropriate reminders.
Lin Chuyi has been interacting with more people during this period and has gained some experience in understanding people's hearts. At this moment, she can guess about 80% of the village head's inner thoughts from the tone of his voice and his facial expressions without using mind reading.
Lin Chuyi was grateful that the head of the village was thinking of her, but she still had no intention of telling him the truth.
She continued calmly, "The buyer of this batch of peppers is a big boss. The reason why I got to know him has to start with my uncle-in-law."
"My uncle-in-law has a businessman friend who travels all over the country to do reselling business. When he learned that my uncle-in-law was assigned to work as an official nearby, he took the opportunity to come and meet my uncle-in-law when he went to the south to purchase goods. On the day he went to see my uncle-in-law, I happened to go to see my aunt."
"That night, my uncle-in-law hosted this friend for dinner at his home. I was there too. My uncle-in-law learned from my aunt that I came out to find a market for the chili peppers, so he introduced me to his businessman friend at the dinner."
"This man's name is An Shengdao. My uncle-in-law introduced me to him in the hope that he could buy my batch of peppers. But An Shengdao is a businessman after all and doesn't want to do business at a loss. After careful consideration, he told me all his thoughts and concerns."
"He told me that he was in the reselling business, which meant transporting special products from the south to the north and selling them at high prices, and then transporting special products from the north to the south and selling them at high prices. He made money from the difference in price."
"We are in Qingzhou, which is in the south-central region. Chili peppers have never appeared here, but they have appeared in the north for several years. If he buys chili peppers from me and then transports them thousands of miles back to the north, the cost of the peppers and the transportation cost will be about the same as purchasing them directly locally. He also has to bear the risks that may be encountered during transportation, so it is not cost-effective for him to ship them to the north."
"If it is shipped to the south, the cost will be even higher, because people in the south don't know anything about peppers. If he wants to sell them, he needs his people to promote them everywhere, and people may not accept them. The delay is enough for him to clear out the goods on hand and start a new round of purchasing plans."
"Although the man did not explicitly refuse, I already knew what he meant from his words, so I tactfully did not continue to ask him about the specific details of the cooperation."
"Perhaps because of my uncle-in-law, or perhaps for some other reason, after the dinner, An Shengdao wrote me an address and told me that if I still wanted to sell chili peppers, I could go to the address on the paper to find a man named Qian Laiye."