Ye Ming moved tables and chairs from the house, Zhao Suozhu moved the scales out, and Ye Jinxian sat down with an abacus in his left hand and a ledger in his right hand.
"Suozhu, let the folks carry the peaches in. Remember to line up and don't mess up!"
Zhao Suozhu agreed and came to the door to ask the villagers to line up and come in.
The villagers immediately crowded to the door, scrambling to move the peaches inside. If you don't let me, I won't let you. The old door frame creaks from the squeeze, dust falls from the top of the head, and it is about to collapse.
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"Don't crowd, line up, or no one will be allowed in!"
Zhao Suozhu's loud voice instantly shocked the villagers present.
"Everyone line up!"
Zhao Suozhu was holding the doorframe, as if no one would be able to come in unless he obeyed his instructions.
"Ye Ming didn't say anything, how awesome are you?"
The villagers murmured, but still lined up to go in.
Baskets of peaches were placed on the scale. Zhao Suozhu pulled the weight and reported the quantity to Ye Jinxian after it stabilized.
Ye Jinxian opened the account book and wrote on it the name of the person who weighed the peach and the weight of the peach.
Under Ye Ming's command, the weighed peaches were neatly stacked in the yard. Baskets of peaches were kept coming in, and they soon piled up into a hill.
When buying peaches, some villagers were indeed dishonest. The peaches looked good on the surface, but were rotten underneath.
Zhao Suozhu singled him out without mercy, and the villager's face suddenly turned ugly.
Seeing that Ye Ming was not paying attention, the villagers lowered their voices and said flatteringly: "Zhuzhu, it's almost enough. It's not too bad anyway. I'll treat you to dinner later!"
Zhao Suozhu glared and said loudly: "You must not have rotten peaches. Move them away quickly, or I will throw them out for you!"
In public, Zhao Suozhu showed no mercy, which made the villager very embarrassed, but he had no choice but to glare at Zhao Suozhu fiercely and move the basket of rotten peaches away.
Having learned from the past, some lucky villagers later also quietly put aside the baskets of rotten peaches they had brought, so as not to embarrass themselves later when the stubborn Zhao Suozhu saw them.
There are fifty or sixty households growing peaches in Xiahewan, with an average of more than 3,000 jins per household. However, everyone sold some before and still had more than 100,000 jins left.
One hundred thousand kilograms of peaches is not a small amount, and they look spectacular when stacked together. Fortunately, Ye Ming’s yard is big enough, otherwise they would not be able to fit them in.
From dawn to scorching sun, more than 100,000 kilograms of peaches were finally purchased. Ye Jinxian started to pay everyone with his abacus, while Ye Ming held his mobile phone to transfer money to their bank.
Good-quality peaches on the market have already cost as little as one yuan a pound, while inferior ones cost seven or eight cents, which is almost cheaper than cabbage.
Ye Ming didn't pick and choose. Regardless of whether the quality was good or bad, the price was calculated at one yuan. In addition to the 30% increase mentioned before, one pound of peaches was one dollar and three, and one hundred thousand pounds of peaches was worth one hundred and thirty thousand yuan.
This price still made the villagers very satisfied. After all, they bought several thousand yuan more. After receiving the remittance information, everyone left happily.
"Wow! Why so many peaches?"
The disheveled Shen Miaoyin came out of the house and opened her mouth in surprise when she saw the piles of peaches in the yard.
She stayed up all night last night and had no idea what happened in the yard after she fell asleep.
Ye Ming smiled and said: "Didn't you say you like to eat peaches? I will buy all the peaches in the village for you to eat. Are you moved?"
Shen Miaoyin snorted, she didn't believe Ye Ming's lies.
Walking to the peach mountain, Shen Miaoyin took out a big peach from the basket, wiped off the hair on it and took a bite, and immediately frowned.
"Why do they taste so bad? They are far worse than the peaches you grew. It's really hard to buy so many of them because you have so much money!"
Shen Miaoyin threw away the peach she took a bite of and took Ha Qie back to the house to wash up.
The accounts were quickly settled and all the villagers were sent away. Ye Ming took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhao Suozhu's pocket.
"Ye Ming, what are you doing? I said there is no charge for helping, just a meal! You can take the money back, I don't want it!"
Zhao Suozhu quickly took out the money from his pocket and gave it back to Ye Ming, but Ye Ming would definitely not accept it.
"I told you before that I'll give you two hundred yuan in labor fees for asking you to come over and help me. If you don't accept it, wouldn't you be slapping me in the face? Besides, I delayed you from going up the mountain to dig for mushrooms. This is compensation!"
Zhao Suozhu pursed his lips and said: "It doesn't need so much, it's just half a day's work. How about I take a hundred and you take back the hundred."
Ye Ming smiled bitterly. He and Zhao Suozhu were childhood friends and knew that he was honest, but this was too honest.
Ye Jinxian on the side said: "Zhuzi, just listen to my uncle and take it for you. How can anyone in the world work for nothing?"
Zhao Suozhu respected Ye Jinxian very much. Since he had spoken, he had to accept the money even if he didn't accept it.
"Xiao Ming, are you done? The food is ready!"
Liu Qing came to the door with a spoon and asked.
"It's done, Sister Qing! Be there right away!"
Ye Ming responded, then he and Zhao Suozhu put away the tables, chairs and scales, and went back to wash their hands and eat.
Because Zhao Suozhu came to help, today's lunch meal was particularly rich. Zhao Suozhu, who came from a poor family, had never seen so much delicious food before, and his mouth almost watered.
Liu Qing smiled and handed over a pair of chopsticks: "Are you hungry? Eat quickly!"
"Hey! Thank you, Sister Qing!"
Zhao Suozhu took the chopsticks and stopped just as he picked up his rice bowl.
"What's wrong with the pillar?"
Ye Ming asked strangely.
"Um...I have to go back and cook for my mother!"
Zhao Suozhu's mother was in poor health, so Zhao Suozhu usually cooked. If he went into the mountains and couldn't come back at noon, he had to prepare the food in advance and heat it in a pot.
Liu Qing pushed Zhao Suozhu down on the chair as he stood up: "Don't worry, I just delivered Auntie's food!"
Zhao Suozhu was instantly moved. For a moment, he felt like home.
Ye Ming gave him a piece of meat and put it in a bowl: "Okay, eat it quickly!"
Zhao Suozhu nodded with a silly smile, took the rice bowl and started to eat it in his mouth.
There was a large table of food, but the two women didn't eat much. Ye Ming and Ye Jinxian only ate one bowl of rice, and Zhao Suozhu ate the rest of the half bucket of rice and a table of vegetables for Fengjuan Canyun.
Seeing his astonishing appetite, Shen Miaoyin was so surprised that her mouth opened so big that she could even put down a fist.
"There are still people in the world who are so good at eating. If I were to become a mukbang, small gifts would fly into the air!"
Zhao Suozhu didn't know what mukbang was. He scratched his head with a smile and said, "My family is poor and I can't afford to eat like this. I saw so many delicious things today that I couldn't hold back for a while."
Everyone laughed after hearing this. Of course they were not laughing at him, they just thought Zhao Suozhu was cute and honest.
Liu Qing asked with concern: "Zhuzi, are you full? If not, I will make some for you."
Zhao Suozhu patted his belly and said shyly: "It's half full, but it's enough. If I eat more, I'm afraid I will starve Ye Ming!"
His words caused everyone to laugh again.
Ye Ming poured a cup of tea for Zhao Suozhu and pushed it over: "Zhuzi, let me discuss something with you!"
Zhao Suozhu asked: "What's the matter? As long as I can do it, I will never be careless!"
Ye Ming waved his hand and said: "It's not a difficult task. I have recently contracted several greenhouses and there is no one to take care of them. I want you to help me. The salary is three hundred a day. Do you think you can do it?"
"What? Three...three hundred?"
Zhao Suozhu couldn't believe his ears.
Ye Ming smiled and said: "Three hundred is the basic salary, and there will be dividends at the end of the year. If you work hard, I guarantee you will earn at least two hundred thousand a year."
Zhao Suozhu's head was a little dizzy, two hundred thousand! He didn't even have this number in his mind. How many mushrooms did he have to dig to make so much money? Isn't he dreaming? This chapter has been completed!