Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 102 - 101 You’re Here

Chapter 102: Chapter 101 You’re Here

Lin Xia explained the purpose of her visit, "Uncle! Do you still want hazelnuts?"

The man frowned, "I haven’t really sold those from before yet! Why are you here again?"

Lin Xia was struck by an idea, and she smiled generously and naturally without changing her expression, "I just happened to be passing by for something else and brought the rest of the hazelnuts from home;

I figured since we have a good relationship with you and your wife, I’d come by your place first to ask. If you want them, I’ll find a vehicle to deliver them to you!"

The melon seed seller heard the implied meaning in her words, "Roughly how many do you have?"

"About four or five hundred jin," Lin Xia estimated, though she wasn’t exactly sure of the amount.

The man thought for a moment before saying, "Alright then! I’ll take them all! Find a vehicle to deliver them to me!"

Lin Xia suppressed her joy and crisply responded, "Okay! Uncle! Then you wait at home, alright?"

Only after leaving the melon seed seller’s door did Lin Xia finally breathe a sigh of relief. She was actually quite afraid that he would say no; if he didn’t want them, she couldn’t sell that much through individual sales, and she didn’t have that much time to wait around here either.

But, in the end, it was a close call without any danger.

After she said that, the melon seed seller probably thought she was going to sell to others too, so he decided to take them all.

Lin Xia hurried to the market, and as luck would have it, she saw the old man with the mule cart again.

Last time, this old man had helped her with the delivery and loading, really a good person.

After mentioning her intention to the old man, Lin Xia said she would like him to help deliver another batch of hazelnuts, which made the old man very happy.

Last time, he didn’t find the delivery tiring at all, and at the end, he not only received two yuan but also quite a lot of hazelnuts from her, which were delicious when fried at home.

Lin Xia asked him to find her at the same place where he picked up the hazelnuts last time after he finished selling his goods. This time she didn’t bother setting up a stall to sell them in small quantities.

Lin Xia went to the same secret location, and repeated her previous trick of taking out all of the hazelnuts she had hidden in Jade’s room.

Afterwards, she sat on the half sack waiting for the old man.

Not until then did Lin Xia really have the time to catch her breath, take a rest, and think about going to the hospital to find Shao Meifang after selling all the hazelnuts.

She couldn’t help but recall the man she met on the train and wondered what relationship he had with Shao Meifang. It was likely that he was a relative or something, given their ages.

Lin Xia also remembered how she was rudely awakened by him on the train, feeling embarrassed about it now. She thought her behavior back then was really shameful!

Fortunately, he was kind and magnanimous and didn’t get angry, even with her poor attitude.

Sitting on the burlap sack, Lin Xia couldn’t resist smiling to herself, thinking that if she ever ran into that man again, she would have to be proper and respectful, showing a decent attitude even if not too enthusiastic.

The old man didn’t make Lin Xia wait too long, arriving with his mule cart to help load the sacks onto the vehicle.

The two chatted on the way to the melon seed seller’s place.

Lin Xia’s few sacks of hazelnuts totalled a little over 572 jin, for which she received 154 yuan.

After leaving the melon seed seller’s house, Lin Xia found a quiet corner to change out of her dusty clothes and fix her braided hair. She carefully placed Lingzhi in her crossbody bag and headed straight for the hospital she had visited initially.

Upon reaching the hospital, Lin Xia directly asked the nurses for Shao Meifang.

The nurse looked her up and down, assessing her attire, and informed her that Director Shao was in a meeting.

Lin Xia guessed her way to the same office she had visited before, and when she pushed the door, it was locked. She looked down the hallway and saw a place to sit, so she walked over and sat down to wait for someone.

While waiting, Lin Xia was calculating in her heart how much she should sell the biggest Lingzhi for it to be appropriate.

The previous four Lingzhi she sold, big and small, fetched a total of one hundred and twenty yuan.

But the one she had now was the biggest; she would be truly pained to sell it for too little, it was even larger than the Lingzhi she had cut in half for her elder brother last time.

As Lin Xia was musing, she sensed someone approaching and lifted her head to see it was actually Shao Meifang.

At first, Shao Meifang didn’t pay much attention to the person sitting on a chair in the hallway as she was preoccupied with the meeting she had just left. But as soon as the young girl looked up, she immediately recognized her as the one who had sold her the Lingzhi!

"Young girl, you’re here?"

Shao Meifang was delighted inside. She had run into her by chance last time and had told her to come find her at the hospital if she gathered more Lingzhi. Did this look like she had gathered some?

Lin Xia pondered what was the proper way to address her, "Director Shao! I need to see you!"

She naturally couldn’t blatantly express that she was there to sell Lingzhi, for even speaking in this hallway carried an echo. She didn’t want to get into trouble, nor did she want to cause any for the other party.

"Let’s go! Let’s talk inside!" Meifang’s face broke into a light smile as she quickly walked a few steps to open the door.

After letting Lin Xia into the office and closing the door, she asked quietly, "How many do you have?"

Having encountered this young girl before, Meifang hadn’t really held out much hope, but she hadn’t expected the girl to come find her so quickly.

Lin Xia held up a finger to gesture, "One!"

Meifang couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed; she had expected several.

Lin Xia immediately added, "But it’s especially big! It was not easy to come across it, and considering I met you last time and you said to come find you at the hospital if I had any, so here I am!"

Having dealt with her twice, Lin Xia could tell that Meifang wasn’t a bad person. Maybe it was her position that made her seem more prideful; therefore, she kept a gentle tone, unlike last time when she was stubborn.

Meifang’s interest was piqued again, "Alright then! Take it out and let me have a look!" No matter the size, she wanted to keep it. Last time, because she was unaware, she had stooped to argue with a young girl.

Lin Xia carefully took the Lingzhi out of the crossbody bag she was carrying. Meifang’s eyes shone; the young girl hadn’t lied, the Lingzhi was indeed huge!

And when she picked it up and brought it close to her nose for a sniff, even if old Liao wasn’t there, she could be certain that its medicinal value was definitely higher.

"Young girl, how much do you want to sell it for?"

Lin Xia showed a troubled expression, "Auntie! To tell you the truth, it wasn’t easy to find this Lingzhi! And as you can see, it’s bigger and better than the last one, so you tell me how much you think it’s worth!"

She wanted to hear Meifang’s offer because she had mentioned last time that price was negotiable, and now she was a bit slicker in doing business, having learned a bit of cunning.

Meifang inwardly admitted the girl was right, but she was also unsure what an appropriate price would be.

She had seen the stubbornness of the girl before her last time. What if she stubbornly decided not to sell again?

She thought the girl was like a mule; you had to stroke its fur in the right direction to get along.

She was determined to acquire this Lingzhi and decided it was better to be generous.

"How about this! We’ve dealt with each other before. You wanted forty for the big one last time, right? This one is quite a bit bigger than that, how about I give you eighty?"

Fearing that the other party might ask for an excessive amount, she quickly added a condition, "This really is because we’re fated to do business! Otherwise, I could only offer you sixty to seventy."