Chapter 102 Vegetable Farmer Liu Family
Chapter 102 Vegetable Farmer Liu Family
After moving the last cabinet, Xiao Hu was already sweating profusely from exhaustion.
He ignored the contemptuous looks from his colleagues and happily went to find Qi Zhifang: "Fangzi, the dormitory is ready."
"Great!"
Qi Zhifang was very happy. She finally had a place to stay. She had slept on the street once and never wanted to experience that feeling again.
So, she excitedly carried her luggage and followed Xiao Hu to the dormitory.
She thought that with her charm, she would definitely be liked by Xiao Hu's comrades.
"Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Hu's lover. My last name is Qi. You're all young, so just call me Sister Qi."
However, the entire dormitory was silent and no one responded to Qi Zhifang.
Everyone looked at her as if she was stupid, then lowered their heads and went about their own business.
Qi Zhifang was suddenly embarrassed and felt extremely awkward.
Seeing this, Xiao Hu felt so distressed that he quickly stepped forward, took Qi Zhifang's hand, and led her into his carefully arranged love nest: "Come on, Fangzi, let's put our things away first, and then I'll take you to dinner."
"Okay." Qi Zhifang rolled her eyes at this group of ignorant and rough guys.
Wei Shuqing and her group soon arrived at Xiaoliu Village.
The whole family split into two groups, Wei Shuqing, Wei's father and Fang Jing went to the vegetable garden to buy cabbage.
Wei's mother took Wang Chenchen and her mother to a fellow villager's house to clean up the mess.
Wei Shuqing, along with Wei's father and Fang Jing, asked along the way and found the cabbage field directly.
The owner of the cabbage field is an old man named Liu.
When Uncle Liu saw that Wei's father came on a cart, he knew that he was a big customer and smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.
Frost is about to fall. Although people say that cabbage hit by frost is delicious, it is not very durable. If it goes bad, we will lose money.
"Buying cabbage, right?" Uncle Liu didn't wait for Wei Shuqing to speak. He picked a cabbage from the shelf, peeled off the old leaves, and handed the heavy cabbage to Wei's father.
Father Wei picked a piece of tender leaf and chewed it. "This vegetable is good. How much is it per pound?"
"One cent and eight cents, no ticket needed." Grandpa Liu waved his hand. "Now cabbage is sold outside for two cents and one cent, and you have to buy it in fixed quantities!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Shuqing and Wei's father looked at each other and both felt that the price of this dish was reasonable.
But Wei Shuqing opened a business to do business and pursue profits. She wanted to lower the price and achieve long-term cooperation.
So, she said with a smile, "Uncle, I want all the cabbage you have left. To be honest, I opened a small restaurant and I need a lot of vegetables. I want all the leftover vegetables from you. I don't just want cabbage, I also want other vegetables if you have any. Uncle, can you take a look at the price and see if it's lower?"
When Uncle Liu heard that this big client was not only bigger than he had imagined but also wanted to establish a long-term cooperation with him, he was ecstatic.
He nodded hurriedly. "Okay, okay, then, I'll give you one cent and six cents for this batch of cabbage. Oh, and I have some sweet potatoes at home, enough to fill half a cellar. Do you want some?"
"Yes!" Wei Shuqing nodded. The store could use some roasted sweet potatoes or something to improve people's taste. "How much is it per pound? If the price is right, I'll give you an address and you can send it to me, okay?"
"Okay, I'll give you 20 cents per pound, which is cheaper than the market price. Tomorrow I'll hire an ox cart to deliver the sweet potatoes and the remaining vegetables to you!"
Uncle Liu is a straightforward person.
At noon, Grandpa Liu was so enthusiastic that he insisted on inviting Wei Shuqing and the others to his house for lunch. "Don't be polite! You bought all my food and helped me so much. I don't know how to thank you enough!"
"My mom has already prepared the meal!" Uncle Liu's son, Xiao Liu, said enthusiastically, "You guys should just come over and have a bite. My dad said we'll be partners for a long time, and we're friends. It's not right to leave a friend's house on an empty stomach."
Having said this, Wei Shuqing and her group felt embarrassed to refuse other people's kindness, so they followed Uncle Liu back home.
In the Liu family's courtyard, Aunt Liu had already prepared a large table of dishes.
Homemade bacon and sausage, cabbage stewed with meat and vermicelli, scrambled eggs with green onions, spinach vermicelli, stir-fried beans, stir-fried shredded potatoes, and hot pancakes.
"I'm back, come and have a meal."
Aunt Liu had a kind look on her face and pulled Mother Wang and Mother Wei to sit at the table.
After working all morning, Wei Shuqing and the others were really hungry, so they sat down and started to eat voraciously.
"It smells so good!" Wei Shuqing exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.
Aunt Liu, who was cooking, smiled and said, "You guys who run a restaurant must have better cooking skills than me. I'll just do it casually."
Mother Wei said, "It smells really good, and has a unique flavor!"
"Yeah, it's not worse than the restaurant we ate at!"
The Queen Mother also echoed.
Seeing that everyone was praising Aunt Liu's cooking skills, Uncle Liu puffed out his chest with pride: "That's right, my wife's cooking skills are well-known throughout the area. For weddings and funerals, everyone always asks my wife to be the chef."
Hearing this, Wei Shuqing's eyes lit up. This is a great chef.
No wonder the meat is stewed fat but not greasy, no wonder the shredded potatoes are cooked even better, no wonder every dish is so delicious.
Thinking that her restaurant was short of staff, Wei Shuqing suggested, "Auntie, are you interested in working in our restaurant? I'll give you 20 yuan a month."
With such a chef, not only can we accommodate more guests, but my sister-in-law will also be less tired.
When they heard the price of twenty yuan, Aunt Liu and Uncle Liu opened their eyes wide in surprise.
"Of course I can, but I can't let go of my family..."
Thinking of her husband and son at home, Aunt Liu was reluctant to leave home, fearing that the father and son would suffer.
Hearing this, Xiao Liu smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry. I'll deliver food to Sister Wei's house every day, so I can pick you up there!"
Twenty dollars a month, that’s two hundred and forty dollars a year, almost as much as growing vegetables at home.
Only then did Aunt Liu nod and say, "Okay, I agree. Fine, Xiao Wei, I'll follow you from now on."
So Aunt Liu followed Wei Shuqing directly into the city.
After returning home, the two old ladies and Wang Chenchen happily opened their bags.
"Look, this is the honey I bought from my fellow villager's house!"
Wang Chenchen happily handed a large jar of honey to Wei Shuqing. It was a rare item.
Wei Shuqing quickly said, "Take this precious thing back and give it to your mother-in-law!"
"Let's split it up, half for each family!" Wang Chenchen said, having already found an empty can. "We have to respect our mother-in-law, and we have to respect our mother too!"
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