ushernet Chapter 103: 103: Right of First Refusal
Chapter 103: 103: Right of First Refusal
Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Right of First Refusal
Xu Shengwu continued, “I’ve already negotiated with the restaurant, and they will prioritize purchasing products from our village.
Even if they don’t need much in the future, our village will definitely still be on their list. Even if it comes down to one village, it will be ours.”
In an instant, everyone’s complaints and dissatisfaction turned into pride.
Look, how formidable their village is; if Yushan Commune only buys from one, it has to be Xujia Village.
Xu Jiangmin, seeing the complaints in the crowd diminish, was growing irate as everyone praised Mr. Xu for having such a capable daughter.
Zhou Huiru was also discontent, “Why don’t they make more of a fuss? These people are just like that, Captain Xu acts so blatantly in his own interest, and they still don’t dare say anything—cowards.”
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Her voice was low, but someone keen picked it up.
Sun Dcao, though a sworn enemy of Mrs. Xu, still had some self-awareness, “Zhou Huiru, if you’re not satisfied, why don’t you also find a way to make a living for our village?
If you’re incapable, then you sit below slandering others, got any complaints, speak them directly. Talking behind people’s back, truly sinister.”
“Sun Dcao, don’t spout nonsense, what did I say?” Zhou Huiru cried out in panic.
Sun Dcao yelled, “You called Captain Xu biased for personal gain, how has he used his power for personal gain?”
Even if he had used his position for personal gain, that was his own skill.
“Sister Zhou, you’ve gone too far. The captain has secured us such a good deal, how is that personal gain? He’s working wholeheartedly for the good days of us common folk.”
He had done the math, cabbage two pounds for five cents, other greens one yuan per pound, and there were also mushrooms at home, mushrooms were not cheap, ten yuan per pound.
If they could sell a little every day, that would be one yuan a day.
And if they bought more mushrooms, it could be several yuan a day.
And if they could also hunt some wild game, that could be over ten yuan a day.
Everyone did the math in their heads, the more they calculated, the happier they became.
If it’s one yuan a day, that’s thirty yuan a month, catching up to a worker’s salary.
My goodness, they hardly dared to think of it.
Sun Dcao was delighted; she might not grow much vegetables, but she had plenty of mushrooms.
She first moved out a large bag of flour and half a bag of rice. She didn’t take out the vegetables, planning to keep them for herself to eat.
For meats, she took two chickens, both still live with feathers; she didn’t take the duck since it was skin-off and inconvenient to carry out.
After she organized the goods, Xu Ying grabbed herself two collarbones and a duck head to chew on in the space’s cooked food area.
The duck head was spicy, and the heat didn’t hit at first, but the more she ate, the spicier it got. Xu Ying panted continuously but couldn’t offset the spiciness in her mouth, not even with a bottle of mineral water.
But it was genuinely thrilling, even though the spice made her eyes tear up, Xu Ying couldn’t stop herself from grabbing another duck head, expecting no surprises the next day.
Xu Ying’s mouth was ringed with red.
Craving yet desiring to eat.
Worried that Xu Jing and Third Aunt Xu might mess up at work, she got up early on a morning already cold with winter.
Xu Ying wore gloves, put on a hat, wrapped herself in a scarf, and was thoroughly bundled up as she rode out on her bike.
In the cold wind, Xu Ying exposed only her eyes and nose, keeping her mouth tightly covered.
Hardly had she entered the village and gotten off the bike at home when she found her front door tightly surrounded by people.
Xu Jing stood among the crowd somewhat panicked.
Xu Ying parked her bike and shouted loudly, “Line up everyone, start measuring and buying vegetables one by one. If you keep this chaos up, it will delay the buying process and nobody will earn a single cent.”
Hearing they might not make money, everyone quickly began to line up of their own accord.
Seeing her cousin return, Xu Jing breathed a sigh of relief as though she had found her backbone and waved at Xu Ying, “Yingying, come here.”
Xu Ying walked over to her, “Jingjing sister, do you know what to do?”
Xu Jing anxiously shook her head, “Third Aunt Xu said to check first before starting to weigh.”
True to the elder Xu Jing’s nature, Third Aunt Xu meticulously checked everyone’s vegetables, assured of their quality before nodding to Xu Jing.
Xu Ying directed from the side while Xu Da began the weighing.
One family stayed behind to weigh and take money, while the rest went off to work.
With not much work left in the fields now, Mrs. Xu stayed at home and was thrilled to see her daughter return, “Why didn’t you go to work today?”
“I took the day off!” Xu Ying rubbed her hands, feeling a bit cold.