Chapter 183: Shen Fenghe's Method]

After hearing this, the villagers couldn't help but say worriedly, "Village head, is this really okay? What the young lady said this day might not be true. What if some villagers disagree tomorrow? How are we going to get back all this silver?"

The head of the village said, "We can't worry about all that right now. If anyone disagrees, I'll make up the difference."

After hearing this, Chen Fenghe said calmly, "Village Head, if anyone in your village is unwilling, I do have a solution. These seafood are all good. You can sell the ones they don't want to the seafood store in Qingzhou City. I'm afraid you can make a lot of money. However, I'm just saying it. It's up to the Village Head whether you want to use this method or not."

After hearing this, the village head said, "That's indeed a solution. Thank you for your frank advice."

As he spoke, he took out some silver coins from his sleeve, weighed them on a small scale, and handed them to Chen Fenghe, saying, "Brother, this is two taels of silver. We'll buy all these seafood."

Chen Fenghe accepted the silver and took out the seafood from the basket, saying, "Thank you, Li Zheng. I won't bother you any more. I have to rush home tonight!"

Having said that, he left with his empty burden.

Early the next morning, Chen Fenghe took advantage of the fact that the exile team had not yet set off and planned to visit the family who had sent her eggs yesterday to deliver the seafood that had been left for them.

The village head just happened to gather the villagers to talk about what happened last night, and sure enough, several villagers disagreed with buying any seafood.

"Village head, why didn't you discuss this with us before making the decision? Yesterday, that young lady said seafood can cure diseases, but she also said that it won't be effective immediately. Who knows if she is lying to us?"

"That's right! She's not a doctor, she's just an exiled prisoner. What if she's just talking nonsense?"

"Look, she just said yesterday that seafood can cure diseases, and that very night a seafood merchant came to the village and knocked on the door, saying that he couldn't sell it in time? How could such a coincidence happen in the world?"

As soon as these companies said this, many other companies also started discussing it.

"That's true. This is quite a coincidence."

"That seafood merchant is also suspicious. Isn't it common for a man to be away from home after a baby is born? We're only a day's journey from Qingzhou City. If we delay for a day or two, we can earn two or three times more. Only a fool would sell it to our village at such a low price, right?"

"It's just... the tuition for my child's private school was saved by my family by living frugally for six months. We really can't afford it anymore..."

"My family is the same..."

After hearing this last night, the villager couldn't help but whisper to the headman: "Headman, what should we do? If no one is willing to buy, then..."

The village head waved his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down, and said, "Everyone, be quiet for a moment. I know you all think this is too coincidental! But the seafood we bought last night is all here, and they're all good! If there are any villagers who don't want to buy it, I'll take a trip to Qingzhou City in the next two days and sell their shares. I'll return the money to everyone later. But there's one thing. If the young lady yesterday didn't lie, and this seafood really can cure the goiter in our village, then those who didn't want it shouldn't regret it. If they want to go back to the seafood store in Qingzhou City to buy seafood, the prices won't be the same as they are now!"

After everyone heard this, some people began to hesitate again.

Although two taels of silver are expensive, I heard that in Qingzhou City, salt is hard to find because seafood is salty, so everyone is scrambling to buy seafood. The price is three to five times higher than in previous years. If you really go to buy it yourself, you may not be able to find it!

However, there are still a few companies that are very determined.

"Anyway, we don't need any seafood! My husband went to the mountains yesterday and found a salty stone. Didn't that young lady say salt can cure diseases? We already have salt at home, so why should we buy seafood?"