Chapter 2050: Chapter 1777: Birds of a Feather
What can the leaders do?
Sotis leaders really wish they could find soone to help them make decisions.
The township cadres, especially those allied with the village, every day their heads are full of headaches, with strange, endless issues to tackle.
The joy of selling those grapes hadn’t even resonated in their hearts for two days, and now it’s back to pain.
Oh, please, can’t he just report so good news to the leaders purely?
The leaders closed their eyes, truly hoping this was all just an illusion.
But the noisy quarrels between the buyers and villagers were undeniably right in front of them again.
This sudden chaos even left Gu Laosan, who was about to take action, standing there dumbfounded.
This...
This...
He wiped his tears again and looked helplessly at the leaders: his grapes...
Do the leaders have ti for this?
After dealing with this, dealing with that, and more of this, and then yours...
In short, everyone sighed:
"What is it this ti?"
Just that word "again" could be expanded into hundreds of words of bitterness and helplessness.
The others also sighed and continued to persuade gently:
"If there’s a problem, let’s address the problem. Let’s figure out how to handle it once we understand the situation. Getting into a fight, what does that solve?"
Lowering their voice again: "If soone accidentally strikes first, even if you’re in the right, you won’t be anymore. Wouldn’t that be unfair?"
Once those words were spoken, everyone let go of each other naturally.
The leader saw familiar faces among the seven or eight people who had stepped forward and asked:
"What’s going on, really? And you, Liu Xiaomin, your grapes are already ripe, and you’re not setting up a stand or trying to sell them... What, you really want them to rot in the field?"
"At the very least, you could pack them and earn so money! Isn’t that better than idling around the village every day, freeloading from one neighbor to another?"
The one nad Liu Xiaomin was initially angry, but hearing the leader speak, instead of feeling ashad, he chuckled:
"Oh, leader, you know I’ve had old health issues. In this hot weather, there’s not even a fan in the vineyard. Sitting there sorting grapes, I’m afraid I can’t endure it."
What old health issues?
He once broke his leg and was limping for a while. Now he walks with so difficulty... How does that stop him from packing or working?
Faced with such a person, there’s really nothing to be done.
The leader stared at him, thinking to himself that all he was saying was nonsense!
If it weren’t hard work, why would people be willing to pay 35 yuan an hour? You wouldn’t earn that in the factory!
This is work right at your doorstep; just sitting there could earn you two days’ worth of al expenses!
He had a thousand things to say but facing such a persistent person, what else could he do?
He could only painfully steer the topic back: "Tell
what’s going on, exactly?"
The buyers completely let go of each other, glaring angrily, ready to speak, but Liu Xiaomin was quicker to blurt out:
"These guys aren’t keeping their word!"
"We agreed on 3 yuan per pound for the whole orchard, taking everything large or small, ripe or not. Leader, I’m telling you, people on streams are selling for 30 to 50 yuan a pound, and I didn’t even complain their price was low!"
"So what happened?"
"They strolled through the orchard and decided not to take them! Leader, if you don’t stand up for , I’ve got nothing to say!"
Liu Xiaomin spoke with righteousness; in this scorching heat, speaking fervently and with no guilt.
"I tried to save myself the hassle by letting them buy the whole orchard, and even that big strear didn’t get involved!"
The leader remained expressionless, thinking you have so nerve!
Those buyers squatted at the edge of the village, whether you weren’t involved or simply couldn’t get involved, they would know!
As expected, the buyers felt very wronged too.
They admitted they tried to gain a small advantage—
In business, who doesn’t do that?
They knew these villagers’ grapes weren’t selected by that strear.
But everyone in the sa area, doesn’t it make it easier to follow trends?
If you manage yours this way, we’ll manage ours that way too; if your grapes grow big, ours aren’t bad either,
Most crops are like this.
Why is it we ended up with this orchard where nothing was said—
With no managent, the grapes grew every which way, large ones large, small ones small, sparse and dense.
This Liu Xiaomin understands nothing; he brings a cluster of perfectly deford grapes boasting how solid they are!
The buyers felt terribly wronged:
"Leader, with grapes like that, where is my profit at 3 yuan per pound for the whole orchard? I’m practically losing 2.5!"
"Take a few steps forward to the neighboring county; the street vendors sell better quality retail also at 3 yuan a pound. If I buy the whole orchard, at 1.5 each they’d be thrilled... I’d rather buy those!"
The buyers initially surrounded the village giving low prices, which was their fault.
But now what they say about the market is true and grounded.
No negotiation; there are grape farms everywhere, and truly, they aren’t worth much this year.
But just as they finished complaining, Liu Xiaomin furrowed his brow, and several villagers surrounded them:
"Then why didn’t you say so earlier? My vineyard’s right there. You agreed without even looking, how can you renegotiate after talking terms?"
"I tell you, trying to bully us in the village, no way!"
The buyers stood firm!
If the whole village ca together, they would have to spend money to avoid trouble.
But the issue is only these few people in front—the majority are busy working, packing grapes to earn money. Who has ti for this?
The leader’s still here; if they get bullied, it would be unreasonable!
So, they stiffened their necks and lifted their chins: "You want
to do business at a loss? No way!"
"I’m right here with the leader, and I see your village folks are all in cahoots!"
The leader remained expressionless, instinctively correcting: "...colluding, birds of a feather."
Wiping his sweaty face again, unable to fathom he fought through so much to land a position like this.
The buyers perked up: "Yes! Yes! That’s the word! Birds of a feather! Leader, you really are learned—look, if all our business were like this with you guys, it wouldn’t be this chaotic now!"
The leader glanced at him.
Thinking to himself, if you were surrounded offering prices like at the beginning, and encountered soone truly doing business, you’d lose everything.
Outside the crowd, Gu Laosan looked around, hesitating:
"My grapes..."
But the villagers started clamoring again, a noisy cluster forming, the leader sweating profusely, utterly exhausted.
While the buyers stood beside the leader, feeling secure.
After all, the money was in their hands; if they didn’t release it, nobody could take it away! If villagers dared to lay hands, they’d just call the police!
This emboldened their talk over the villagers.
Now even having leisure to glance at the bewildered Gu Laosan standing nearby—
Huh?
The buyers sensed a business opportunity again:
Weren’t this guy’s grapes sold via livestream? Why now with puffy eyes and a disheveled look, seems like he’s been crying?
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