Chapter 35 Buying vegetables requires courage
"Mom, Chef Tian from the cafeteria said that we will settle all the bills at the end of the month, so we haven't settled the bills yet." Jiang Daguo said calmly.

This sentence acted like a fuse, igniting the anger in Aunt Jiang's heart.

"Didn't you pay? You idiot! Aren't you afraid that they will cheat and not pay? There's such a big bag of food. If we can't get paid, won't we lose a lot?"

She stamped her feet in anger, her face full of anxiety and anger.

Seeing his mother so excited, Jiang Daguo couldn't help but frown, "Mom, don't worry. That's the company, how could they default on the debt?"

Aunt Jiang was not comforted by her son's words. Instead, she became more agitated: "The company is even more terrible! When you go to collect the debt, they will definitely pass the buck to each other. One says that person should pay, and the other says that another person should be responsible. Who should you ask for the money then?"

As she spoke, she slapped her thigh in annoyance.

Liu Xihua hurriedly comforted her, "Mom, don't worry. Deputy Director Hu is here, he won't let the canteen default on its debt."

Hearing this, Aunt Jiang rolled her eyes and retorted unhappily: "You don't even bother to look for Meizhi's friends. Can you be considered a good person?"

Jiang Daguo frowned and said firmly, "I believe in Deputy Director Hu. Mom doesn't believe him, but I trust him anyway."

Aunt Jiang looked at her honest and dull son and rolled her eyes in frustration, "Don't come crying in front of me when the time comes!" She patted her legs, stood up, and waved to Liu Xihua, "It's time to cook lunch!"
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After lunch, the Jiang family members went back to their rooms to rest.

After Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua returned to their room, as soon as they sat down, Jiang Daguo immediately told Liu Xihua about his visit to Wu Deyuan today.

Hearing the truth, Liu Xihua was shocked, "There is no such person as Wu Deyuan?"

Jiang Daguo frowned and nodded solemnly: "Yes, Hu Qingsong checked all the people in the Civil Affairs Bureau, even the branches below, but he couldn't find this person. Moreover, there was no one with a similar pronunciation and name."

After saying these words, Jiang Daguo shook his head helplessly, "But Meizhi that damn girl believed it, and even said that the man might be working somewhere else."

At this moment, Liu Xihua suddenly remembered her daughter's previous voice and became worried, "Oh, what if Meizhi really gave the money to that man?"

On the other side, Jiang Xiaoxiao, who was drinking milk, listened silently to her parents' conversation and sighed in her heart.

If Jiang Meizhi still doesn't believe it, she would be extremely stupid.

[Mom, if my aunt goes to see that person again and returns the money, we can catch the liar and report him to the police to have him arrested]

Liu Xihua glanced at her daughter in her arms and her eyes lit up. Yes, it was a good opportunity to catch the liar.

If the swindler was caught, Jiang Meizhi's dream of becoming a city dweller would be shattered, and she would not always run home to ask for money.

The family is not well off now, and Liu Xihua really can't stand her sister-in-law coming to ask for money all year round.

"Daguo, it doesn't matter if we can't find that person. Let him run away since he has run away. It's better not to have such bad guys appear. If he doesn't run away and finds Meizhi again, we can take the opportunity to call the police and put the liar in jail." Liu Xihua said.

Jiang Daguo came to his senses, "This is a great idea! That's right, catch him and see if he dares to deceive Meizhi again in the future."

After solving this problem, a new problem emerged before the couple.

"Daguo, Deputy Director Hu asked you to send some more vegetables over tomorrow, but we don't have enough vegetables in our fields. What should we do?" Liu Xihua felt very embarrassed.

The vegetables themselves are not worth much, and each farmer’s fields grow relatively more grain crops.

Because the price of grain crops is higher than that of vegetables, we can still eat our fill.

The vegetables grown in the Jiang family's fields are barely enough for their own family to eat, and are definitely not enough to sell.

"Then just give as many as you can." Faced with this situation, Jiang Daguo could not think of any good solution.

Seeing the couple looking troubled and worried, Jiang Xiaoxiao was delighted. What's so difficult about this?

You can buy it from other places! Or just become a distributor!
[Mom, we can buy vegetables from other places and send them to the canteen of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and then say that they are grown in our own fields]

Liu Xihua blinked and thought to herself, this method seems feasible, but it is too risky.

"Daguo, I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work."

After saying this, she bit her lips tightly, looking a little hesitant.

"What method?"

"We can buy some vegetables from other people's homes and then deliver them to the canteen of the Civil Affairs Bureau."

Jiang Daguo was shocked and waved his hands quickly, "Ah? How can this be possible? Wouldn't this be considered speculation? If someone finds out, it will be a disaster."

Liu Xihua frowned, "Then what should we do? Deputy Director Hu has always been very good to us, we can't let him down."

[Dad, buying low and selling high is speculation. We can make a little less money, just enough for the trip. Besides, if you don't tell anyone, who would know that you bought and then sold? ]

[Mom, these days, the timid will die of starvation, and the bold will die of gluttony. Other places have been doing business like this for a long time, and their businesses are hundreds of times bigger. Dad only sells a few kilograms of vegetables.]

After listening to their daughter's complaints, the couple's hesitant hearts became firm.

In fact, some people in the village have been doing business secretly for a long time.

But it's the brave ones who do it.

Some people who sold at high prices were indeed punished.

They don’t sell at high prices, so it should be okay, right?
Besides, don’t I still have to earn back the travel expenses?
The price of the dishes is based on the retail price in the city.

The radishes sold in the village brigade for one cent per pound can be sold for three cents per pound in City A.

Pods are more expensive.

By delivering dozens of kilograms of vegetables, I not only earned the round-trip fare, but also made a small profit.

Liu Xihua and Jiang Daguo did some calculations and felt that the business could be done.

The two discussed it again and decided to do it.
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In the afternoon, Jiang Daguo carried a basket and went to the brigade in another village to sell vegetables.

He didn't dare buy it in his village brigade, for fear that his acquaintances would ask him questions and reveal clues, which would get him into trouble.

The people from other villages didn't know him, so he pretended that his family was going to have a banquet and the vegetables from his own fields were not enough.

He didn't buy much, just a few pounds, and it didn't arouse anyone's suspicion.

In this way, Jiang Daguo bought vegetables easily.

He soaked in the well water as he did last time.

Because the vegetables weighed about 70 or 80 kilograms, it was too heavy to carry them to City A, so Jiang Daguo picked up the shoulder pole and loaded the vegetables into it.

(End of this chapter)