Chapter 132
132 We Want to Do Business
Liu Shi: “We have to go back and discuss this matter. Business is not so simple.”
“The fruits won’t last for more than a few days after being plucked. You can make some preserved fruits first and make the rest into candied haws,” Qin Huai said. “If you delay it too long, this business can’t continue because candied haws melt easily.”
Liu Shi: “I’ll give you an answer tomorrow.”
Liu Shi had never underestimated Qin Huai. Even if the other party was just a seven-year-old child and looked thin and small, he could bring such a powerful person over to live in the village and make decisions on his own. In this aspect, he had already surpassed all the children in the village.
They could not simply treat him as a child. She naturally had to be more careful when he spoke.
Qin Huai: “I’ll listen to Fourth Aunt.”
His humble attitude made Liu Shi a little happy.
Being respected as an elder was also an alternative form of recognition.
However, Liu Shi still had to wait and discuss it with the family.
If they really made this into business and went to sell it immediately and turn a profit. That would be too simple.
In reality, there would be all kinds of problems that needed to be solved.
Liu Shi’s knowledge was limited, and she did not know what problems there were that required her attention. Her first reaction was to go back and discuss it with her mother-in-law.
Then, she remembered that her mother-in-law was still in the county city and she did not know when she would return. She could only put this matter aside for now.
The children were very excited. They had yet to harvest all the fruits in the fields. From time to time, villagers would go to look at the fruit trees. Occasionally, everyone would pluck one or two to try.
The children were very generous. When they encountered people that they were too embarrassed to taste, they would take the initiative to pluck it for them.
Naturally, they received everyone’s praise. They all said that the Wang family’s children were very considerate.
After that, they heard that they wanted to make these things into preserved fruits. It seems that they were afraid that these fruits would not be able to be stored.
“Do you need our help? In any case, we’ve almost done everything at home in the past few days,” a warm-hearted villager asked.
Wang Sanpang’s friends had long arrived. They drooled at the wild fruits on the ground. In the end, they did not pluck them casually, but they discussed it with Wang Wulang and the others.
“Wulang, we’ll help you collect the fruits and make that preserved fruit for you. How about giving us some fruits to eat?”
Wang Wulang said, “Who are we to each other! If you want to eat, just take it. In any case, there’s so much. It’s great that you can help. We were about to take these things out to do business, but we didn’t want the adults to help. The adults have their own things to do. We should do this ourselves.”
That’s right. The children even thought that even if they were going to start a candied haws business, they could do it themselves. When the time came, they could just let Fourth Aunt teach them how to make it.
After all, when Liu Shi made the candied haws, they were all watching from the side. Even though they were watching, there were some techniques that they needed to consult.
If they could do everything themselves, they could also handle the sales in town.
This piece of land was theirs, and the output of the land was also up to them to deal with. It was something they had to consider. This was what Old Madam Wang had agreed with them from the beginning.
Wang Sanpang was very surprised. “What kind of business are you doing? Are you going to sell these wild fruits? Although they’re indeed quite delicious, will anyone buy them? Aren’t they everywhere on the mountain? It’s just that yours are sweeter and bigger.”
The other young men also felt that this thing probably could not be sold. Which family did not have these wild fruits?
It was early spring now, so wild fruits grew relatively slowly. After a while, these wild fruits would really grow everywhere. Would anyone really want something that could be plucked at will? They were not fools.
“I think someone must want it. Our fruits have been favored by the divine rain. At that time, as long as we say that, many people will definitely come to buy it!”
This method was suggested by Wang Erlang.
When Wang Erlang observed that after discovering that these fruits had grown so quickly, the villagers were all very shocked. Moreover, they felt that this was an auspicious thing. After eating it, one would be healthy.
Wang Erlang remembered these words and told his younger brothers.
Wang Liulang said, “That’s right, that’s right. At that time, we’ll say that this was watered with holy water from the fairies. After eating it, their luck will be even better. Do you think they’ll buy it?”
Little Ah Yu waved her hands like a rattle drum. “No, no!”
“Little Sister Ah Yu, why not?”
“Grandma said that we can’t tell anyone about the divine water. If other villages find out, they’ll come and snatch it away! So we can’t say.”
When the children in the village heard this, how could this be? Other people dared to snatch it?
They originally wanted to say that they would beat up whoever came to snatch it, but then they thought of Shanyang Village. If someone really came to snatch it, even if they won, the adults in the family would be injured.
The adults who had been injured in that battle still had some injuries that had not fully recovered. They had suffered a lot when they were farming.
Wang Wulang hurriedly said, “Then we won’t say anything. We can’t cause trouble for our village. Let’s just say that this is an exclusive secret formula.”
[This is indeed an exclusive secret recipe. After all, this fruit is unique in your world.]
[As long as you take good care of it, it won’t be a problem to grow this fruit for 10 or 8 years.]
There was more than one type of wild fruit that Little Ah Yu had planted in her spatial pocket. However, if she took them all out now, it would attract too much attention. She would have to think about it later.
Little Ah Yu asked Meatball in the spatial pocket, “What if no one buys our candied haws?”
[This is not impossible. At that time, you can eat them all. We’ll think of other ways.]
The children were always in a hurry. In addition, the children in the village also came to help enthusiastically, so half of the fruits were quickly collected and filled a large basket.
Other than the ten stalks that Old Madam Wang had planted, there were also some that had been drenched in Myriad Spirit Water. There were also many fruits hanging on them. The only thing was that these fruits looked slightly smaller and tasted a little sour.
At noon, Old Madam Wang returned and received a warm welcome from the entire family. Everyone, from the old to the young, was very excited.
Old Madam Wang looked at them suspiciously. “Did you do something bad while I was not at home?”
Otherwise, why were they so enthusiastic?
Little Ah Yu said, “No, Grandma, we didn’t do anything bad! We have something to ask of you!”
Hearing Little Ah Yu’s words, the smile on Old Madam Wang’s face rose. She hugged Little Ah Yu in her arms and asked softly, “Oh, what do you need Grandma’s help with?”
Old Madam Wang thought that these children probably couldn’t think of anything else. They still needed her help. Could it be that they wanted to do something again?
Everyone looked at Wang Dalang, who could only brace himself and say, “Grandma, we want to do business and sell the fruits in the fields.”
“You fur monkeys still want to do business? Won’t you lose the entire family’s assets? You still want to sell fruits? In this day and age, there is no way to do that. It’s not even easy to sell food. If you can sell those wild fruits, your grandfather’s name will be written upside down!”
The taciturn Old man Wang: “…” No, why is this about me again?