Chapter 1671: Chapter 1528: Village eting
On the second day of the May Day holiday, the villagers of Yunqiao Village had another extrely satisfying day.
The only downside was that the tourists bought so many things again that the vegetables in everyone’s fields were almost running out, even Grandpa Qi Lin’s bok choy sold for two hundred yuan today.
The old man surveyed his small plot of land, having never realized that making money could be so easy!
Oh my, if every day could be like this, wouldn’t it take less than two years to find a bride for Linzi?
The old man was simply overjoyed!
Coincidentally, the wine his grandson had sent him last ti wasn’t finished yet, so he poured himself a small cup to savor alone at night, feeling full of hope.
The villagers were also visiting each other to discuss this matter, hoping that the Song Family could sell more seedlings to them—
"The ones before just weren’t enough to sell!"
"You can’t always have the Song Family sell for cheap; their crops look much better than ours. They earn more money, and selling to us is purely at a loss..."
Even the shrewdest would know such a relationship couldn’t last long.
"Didn’t Wu Lan say the experts and their students are staying here to research breeding? It’s already been a year; why haven’t they co up with anything yet?"
"Probably soon, right? Look at Tian Tian, who sells strawberries; I heard it’s their experintal field..."
"My family can grow strawberries too; why do they only favor those from other villages..."
"Forget it; their family of four tends to one plot. Isn’t it just you at ho? Can you handle it?"
Just then, Secretary Xiaozu broadcasted over the loudspeaker: "Hello, hello, everyone around? Regarding the village’s upcoming developnt, please spare so ti to co to the Village Departnt for a eting, to discuss specifics... It’s not about sending delegates; anyone available should co..."
In the countryside, there’s not much entertainnt once it gets dark, and since this concerns everyone’s wallets, as soon as the announcent went out, people imdiately headed to the Village Departnt.
In the empty room where the New Year’s eting was held, Qi Lin and two others were already waiting, with baskets of materials beside them—they were working overti for the village. Secretary Xiaozu never hesitated with overti pay, so the three were quite happy to do so.
Tai Xiaodong was staring at the form: "Are all the items checked? Is there much difference in yield?"
This is how arranging seedlings for the villagers goes. Because they ca from various places in the mountains for various reasons, the varieties and yields vary, and so do the resulting economic benefits.
So, they had to carefully calculate, from planting costs (including ti) to inco, to balance it as evenly as possible for every household.
To be honest, this hand-feeding approach—if Secretary Xiaozu hadn’t repeatedly emphasized that opportunities like this are rare, Song Tan wouldn’t have agreed to do it this way.
But there was so truth to her words—
"Many cities and towns might only have one chance for developnt in decades. If they miss it, they’ll always be behind."
"Feeding the villagers is not good, but as long as they hold on for two months, and return custors recognize their ordinary vegetables are tastier than market ones, they can carve their own path."
Yan Ran rembered Secretary Xiaozu’s earnestness and nodded at this mont: "Yeah, everything’s checked. Tonight we have to emphasize again, this is the last ti we’re providing seedlings."
The original plan wasn’t like this.
For example, last winter, when Song Tan started providing seedlings to the villagers, the plan was to supply them periodically and see over three to five years if Professor Song and his team could develop better varieties.
But as she enveloped the village with Spiritual Energy, in just over half a month, even the wild grass in the fields was more lush than elsewhere. For long-lived shrubs, the improvent in taste wasn’t significant. But for the fast-growing vegetables, the change was truly remarkable.
In other words, there was no need for Song Tan to continuously provide her ticulously grown seedlings. As long as the villagers could manage two crops with sufficient yield, their own agricultural economic ecosystem could sustain itself.
This change was most directly felt by the trio constantly monitoring the village’s soil, water, and air quality.
They were able to cooperate today for the sa reason.
And now, with the villagers arriving one after another, Secretary Xiaozu had already discussed roles of good cop and bad cop with the village officials, and they quickly started—
"Is everyone here? Those who aren’t, please pass this on to each other when you go back."
"You’ve all seen the tourists over the past few days; ti is tight, so I’ll skip the small talk—firstly, tonight is the last ti the Song Family will be providing seedlings to everyone, still at the old prices."
"Since there are many varieties and different quantities, we’ll try to distribute evenly. Those who want to buy, draw lots—whatever you draw, that’s what you get, no swapping."
As soon as she said this, soone imdiately asked: "Why is this the last ti? We’ll pay for it in the future too."
"Exactly! I’m not asking for credit; can’t we buy more?"
The villagers were reluctant—who wouldn’t shout for money flying away?
"What’s all the noise about!" The team leader frowned: "Isn’t there enough advantage? Why should they keep selling to you at low prices every day? Last winter, when you were encouraged to be bold, you hesitated."
"Now that money’s in sight, everyone wants to get involved. You’ve taken the benefits once; you can’t keep waiting for soone to spoon-feed you forever!"
The team leader was a familiar face in the village, one of their own, and though he spoke harshly, everyone had to listen.
Seeing this, Secretary Xiaozu quickly smiled again: "Relying on others isn’t stable when it cos to making money, always counting on others isn’t secure. In the future, you won’t even dare speak up if you’re in a dispute with the Song Family, so how can you be neighbors?"
The logic was sound, and deep down, everyone understood, though saying it out loud left a bittersweet taste.
"Well, they’re capable, and their vegetables sell for more, so quiet we’ll be..."
"That’s not the way to look at it." Secretary Xiaozu wasn’t in a hurry: "The Song Family’s initial intention wasn’t for you to bow down for seedlings, but to find us a stable way to make money."
"And now we have one, don’t we? Use the premium vegetables from their family to attract people, and at the sa ti, sell your own field’s produce—I ask everyone, in the past few days, has your own produce been sold?"
Of course it’s been sold and quite a lot too.
Because good vegetables are expensive! So families, with five or six mouths to feed, would need a potful of greens for a al. You can’t always splurge on the best, but since you’re here, why hold back on the cheaper field produce, even if you can’t afford the expensive stuff?
Take Grandpa Qi Lin, for example, bok choy is five yuan a pound in the market, but you have to set up a stall and clean it yourself. But in the village, people pick it themselves and pay six yuan...
Who wouldn’t be happy about that?
And the villagers haven’t cut corners—Secretary Xiaozu said if anyone undermines the reputation, their na would be crossed on the QR code map!
All in all, this year’s vegetables are fresh and sweet, selling for fifty cents to a yuan more than the market, which is entirely reasonable!
Reconsidering, everyone found they had nothing more to say.
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