Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 485 - Chapter 485 485.16 or 60_1

Chapter 485: 485.16 or 60_1 Chapter 485: 485.16 or 60_1 Outside the courtyard, Aunt Lianhua was carefully selecting the larger peaches with Secretary Xiaozu from the basket, wrapping each one in sponge before placing them in the fruit box in order.

Aunt Lianhua was still laughing merrily, “Director Zhu, look how great it is for you to live in our village! You can even pick out the peaches on the spot–oh, this one’s huge!”

Once the peach was nestled in the sponge, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “This packaging is so good, wrapped in so many layers of sponge, they couldn’t possibly get damaged no matter what.”

“That’s right!” Secretary Xiaozu was also extremely proud.

“Back then, I went through a lot of trouble to pass the civil service exams and after some consideration, I chose our village as this precious land of good feng shui!”

Actually, that’s not the case.

The main reason was that the batch of college graduate village officials were all assigned to these sparsely populated and poor areas, hoping the young people’s ideas would inject some new direction and vitality into the old land.

As for which area they were given to, it was purely a matter of fate.

Honestly speaking, she had been here for quite a while and hadn’t found a stable way to improve everyone’s standard of living.

Unexpectedly, after Song Tan had come back, after much commotion, she saw a glimmer of hope!

At this moment, while munching on a peach in hand, she was still picking out the big ones speckled with green and red to put in the box.

The sounds of laughter were especially prominent.

Meanwhile, in the living room, when Mr. Qian finally asked about the most crucial issue of price, Zhang Yanping’s dark complexion instantly froze.

He looked around hesitantly, eventually turning to Song Tan for guidance.

Song Tan then gave a sincere and simple smile:

“Mr. Qian, since you’ve come all the way here, and you were referred by Manager Wu, let’s not talk about anything else. We’ll give you a friendly price–”

She stretched out her right hand, curling the middle three fingers while pointing up her thumb and little finger.

Mr. Qian felt a drumming inside his heart!

He took a sip of the still scalding tea, disguising his action, and was instantly soothed by the extraordinarily unique taste, but the better the tea, the more his heart quivered.

Clutching at his last hope, he asked, “…6 yuan?”

Song Tan withdrew her hand, expressionless, “You might as well eat a couple more peaches… 6 yuan wouldn’t even cover my costs.”

Mr. Qian desperately wanted to leap up!

What’s wrong with 6 yuan? People selling peaches for the first time would have fully recovered their costs if they could sell them for 3 yuan a piece!

His voice trembled, “It can’t possibly be 16, right? I can’t afford that!”

Song Tan wasn’t remorseful, “It’s okay, there’s always next time if business doesn’t work out; let’s just become friends. Since you’ve come all this way, have a peach!”

Seeing her so certain, Mr. Qian felt almost tearful inside.

He could afford 16 yuan per peach, but firstly, it was a big risk investing all his money in this venture. Secondly, for 16 yuan worth of goods, how much would he have to sell them to the fruit merchants?

Once the fruit merchants distribute and resell them, the price would have to go up even more. By the time the peaches were actually sold, the price couldn’t be less than 50 yuan each. But that wasn’t the main point; the main point was that his stock of high-priced fruits was low!

With these thoughts, Mr. Qian could only caress a big green peach with a heavy heart and then crunch into it–

The next moment, his entire being was stunned, his mouth numbly chewing.

And Song Tan watched him with regret, “It’s not 16, it’s 60–do you think this peach isn’t worth it?”

Wow!

The two inspectors also jumped in surprise; the peaches they were holding now seemed too hot to handle.

At 60 yuan per jin, the peaches they held must have weighed at least half a jin, right? Casually eating one came to at least 30 yuan gone!

And this tea, at 10,000 yuan per jin, wouldn’t this single brewing cost twenty or thirty as well?

Good lord, they came to the countryside for inspection, and while this household didn’t offer cigarettes or excessive politeness, the cost of what went into their stomachs was not minor!

And… 60 yuan? How could you dare to ask for so much?

The two finally felt sympathy for Boss Qian and at that moment, they also crunched down on a peach.

Just as they took their first bite, Boss Qian, who had already finished his, suddenly began to sob:

“Why is it so delicious? Why is it so delicious? How come I’m just now encountering such peaches?”

“Two years! If only it were two years later, I’d have made more money; I’d take the whole orchard wuwuwu…”

He looked at the peach in his hand, his eyes truly brimming with tears, and then he nibbled it to the core with relish.

He didn’t have the heart to throw away the peach pit with its few remaining scraps of fruit, and he didn’t feel embarrassed at all as he carefully gnawed on them.

After finishing, he looked around for something like a brick or a hammer in an attempt to crack open the pit…

Song Tan: …

It didn’t have to come to that.

The next moment, Boss Qian, in a fit of resignation, tossed away the peach pit and then took a deep breath and wiped his face:

“Sis, wait for me for a moment!”

Then he gripped his phone tightly and strode out of the yard.

He had barely steadied himself when he had already dialed the number and burst into a stream of reproaches:

“Wu, you old rascal! So you developed a new variety of peach tree and didn’t breathe a word to me, huh?”

“If you knew the fruit was so good, why didn’t you say anything when I was buying peaches from other orchards this year? You didn’t even bother to recommend it, do you not consider me a brother?”

“Do you think I can’t afford these expensive peaches? You clearly had no intention of introducing them to me!”

“And about that tea, you’ve had that tea for months, all you do is boast, you never offered to send me some to try wuwuwu… If only you had let me know about such good stuff earlier, I wouldn’t be left with just over 700,000 in cash flow, you old Wu…”

In the scorching summer heat, Wu, who didn’t have much business with seedlings, was strolling in the garden with a teacup when he was struck dumb by Boss Qian’s barrage of accusations–

“What what what? What did you say?!”

Meanwhile, on this side, Song Tan was encouraging the two inspectors enthusiastically: “Don’t be shy, try some! If you like it, taking a couple of pounds home for your family would be nice when you leave.”

The expressions on the faces of the two inspectors who were eating were particularly rigid.

Because the peaches were truly delicious, their crisp sweetness seemed to shoot straight up to the crown of the head, wrapping the whole person in the fresh aroma of summer peaches.

The problem was, at 60 yuan a pound, would buying just two pounds when they leave be missing out on an opportunity?

But if they were to buy several more pounds, then the money…

They exchanged glances, each feeling the other’s pain.

Moreover–

The two of them couldn’t help but tenderly gaze at the tea leaves in their hands once more.

And Zhang Yanping took Song Tan outside and asked in a low voice, “You said 60 yuan per pound for the live stream, is it the same price for Boss Qian? He’s come to wholesale, it should be cheaper.”

How could that be possible?

Song Tan’s eyes widened: “It’s already very cheap!”

She had worked so hard to make the peaches so good!

“60 for the live stream because Qiaoqiao likes his little fans. The normal wholesale price is 60.”

As for how much he’d sell them for after taking them back, she didn’t care!

Zhang Yanping, whose family was in the fruit business: …

“Buying it for 60 and selling it for at least 120 a pound.”

“Isn’t that price a bit…”