Chapter 120 Taking the opportunity to teach

If two kilograms is considered a benefit, then it is two kilograms, not even one or two more.

Firstly, this is a question of enforcing orders. The rules must be established clearly so that the villagers don't feel that they can discuss anything freely.

Secondly, people are always greedy. Even if we give in and let everyone buy four or five kilograms cheaper, there will still be people who think it's too little. Will we give in then? If we give in, how far do we have to go to satisfy everyone? If we don't give in, people will definitely resent us.

There is a bigger hidden danger here. Two kilograms is just right for a family. If it is four or five kilograms, or even more, they are very likely to buy it cheaply from their own home and then resell it.

Once they have tasted the sweetness of the trade, they will easily develop crooked minds. They will also become more greedy and would like to sell them hundreds of kilograms at a low price!

To do otherwise is to be unkind, dissatisfied, and resentful.

In this case, is this business still viable? How can we make money?

Never underestimate or overestimate human nature, and never give in to the bad side of human nature.

Of course, the vast majority of villagers in Zaihu Village are good people, and we cannot allow that small group to have the opportunity to influence them.

What Zhao Liya said was something Hu Ling and Qu Yutao had never thought of. The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became, almost breaking out in a cold sweat.

"This—I didn't expect there were so many complexities here. I've remembered everything my cousin said. From now on, whenever I make a decision, I must think more carefully and consult my cousin."

"Yeah, Aya is absolutely right about this. This kind of thing really shouldn't be allowed to happen."

That was a close call

Because the villagers of Zaihu Village were so kind and welcoming to them, often sending them local specialties and working diligently and responsibly, Hu Ling almost agreed when someone approached him, hoping to get a discount on two kilograms of sugar. But then he changed his mind and decided to discuss it with Zhao Liya first, so he didn't nod.

I didn't know that I almost messed things up.

If this is really done, it will be difficult to deal with it in the future.

When it comes to favors, once you start, you have to keep going. If you stop halfway, you will be blamed or even hated.

Zhao Liya smiled and said, "We should discuss this more often in the future. Don't forget that we are businessmen. The most important thing is to protect the healthy development of our own industry and make money. Everything else comes second. The villagers of Zaihu Village are all very kind, but human relationships are human relationships, and business is business. They can't be confused."

"Without their care and dedication, our work wouldn't be going so smoothly."

Hu Ling and Qu Yutao both nodded in agreement.

Zhao Liya continued, "The village head and his son, the clan leader, Ruan Guishu and his son, Guangwu and Guangxing brothers, and others have all made great contributions to us. Some are in charge of things, so they are naturally different from others. You should prepare a generous gift and give it to them before the New Year. Brother, you can ask around. We can buy two big fat pigs and send them to Zaihu Village after the Little New Year. They can kill them and share the meat, which will be a lively occasion."

After the two pigs were killed, each of the 310 households in Zaihu Village could only get about one kilogram of the pigs, but the excitement was unbearable!

This is much more effective than just giving a few more cents.

Hu Ling and Qu Yutao both quickly agreed.

Zhao Liya also gave the villagers in the village a discount of two kilograms of cheap sugar. Those who wanted to buy it could buy it, but those who didn’t want to buy it were not allowed to transfer the quota.

If you want to buy more, the wholesale price is 32 yuan per kilogram.

As a result, everyone in Yan Village was happy and smiled warmly when they saw the Zhao family.

People may not be willing to buy sugar at thirty or forty cents a pound, but at twenty cents a pound, they are still willing to buy it, after all, they need some for the New Year.

There were also some who complained bitterly, some saying that the village was being treated the same as other villages, and that they were jealous of the Zhao family's huge profits. They thought the Zhao family should give two kilograms of rice to every household in the village. After all, there were only a few dozen households in the village, so it was not impossible for them to send rice.

Some people complained that the Zhao family was being disloyal. Why did such a lucrative business go to Zaihu Village? Why didn't they bring in the villagers?

As long as no one asked her about these things, Zhao Liya didn't bother to pay attention.

Is it her turn to be taught by those sour people what to do?

She was developing her own career, not distributing it equally. Why did she have to care about what countless people thought? And satisfy them one by one?

Dream on!

She doesn't mind helping others while getting rich, but she will never allow others to point fingers at her or use her morality to blackmail her.

But Widow Qu refused to do so. She would stroll around the village and whenever she came across such people, she would confront them and leave them speechless.

I came back and told everyone about it, and they all laughed.

There were no respected figures in the village, such as the head of the village, clan leader, or elders. If there were, Zhao Liya would have given them a gift. If not, there was no need to consider it.

Eight pounds of yellow sugar were presented to Gongcao.

When Zhao Liya delivered it, she accidentally or intentionally revealed it to Yu Gongcao's wife that she bought these eight pounds at the price of twenty cents per pound, and gave it to them specially to let them taste it. The New Year was coming soon, and maybe they could use it.

Yu Gongcao's wife was both happy and touched, and kept praising Zhao Liya for her ability.

Zhao Liya was amused and puzzled when she heard this: Why was she being praised for her ability? Shouldn't she be praised for her generosity?

Yu Gongcao's wife was so moved that when Zhao Liya left, she actually grabbed two handfuls of dried tangerine peel peanuts for her to eat slowly on the way.

Zhao Liya was flattered and extremely grateful, and kept thanking him.

You know, this is the first time in all the times I've sent things to Yu Gongcao's family that I've eaten anything from their house except a cup of tea.

For the people in Yan Village, gifts only go to Gongcao and nothing else.

In the twelfth lunar month, it is time to make bacon and sausages. Families with some wealth in the village will make some.

When the Zhao family lived in the capital, they naturally didn't do these things, so this year they followed the local customs.

Deng was very curious about this matter and was very interested. Luo Shuyan showed off his skills, and the rest of the people were just helping out.

Zhao Liya ordered 200 kilograms of pork, four pig's trotters, two pig's heads, three large ribs, and four sets each of pig's stomach, pig's liver, and pig's large intestine, all of which will be made into cured meat.

She, Hu Ling and Qu Yutao drove into the city early in the morning and took all the things they had ordered home.

Sixty kilograms of pork are made into bacon, and the rest are all made into sausages.

During these two days, the whole family stayed at home and were busy making cured meat.

The pork, pork head, pig's trotters, ribs, and pig's stomach to be made into bacon are washed, rubbed with salt, smeared with cooking wine and soy sauce, and seasoned with pepper, star anise, five-spice powder, etc., neatly arranged in a large jar and marinated overnight. Take them out the next day, thread a hemp rope through the holes, tie a knot, and hang it above the kitchen stove.

(End of this chapter)