Chapter 183 Planting Lotus Flowers!

Lin Yuebin needs 30,000 branches at a time, and the harvesting alone requires a lot of manpower and time.

It's not that we can't supply it, but we certainly can't deliver it within a day.

Lin Yuebin sensed her concerns and gave her three days.

"We will take care of the preservation of fresh-cut flowers. Ms. Yan, you just need to deliver the flowers."

Yan Sui nodded, and after discussing the details, she signed the contract.

The wholesale price can reach 30 yuan per branch, which is already considered an exorbitant price.

After signing the contract, she called Song Yuxia over and handed the order over to her.

"For the next three days, put aside all orders from other flower shops and focus all our efforts on supplying Xifan."

Song Yuxia was taken aback, "Xi Fan?"

Didn't they break up?

Yan Sui patted her on the shoulder, "Take a close look at the contract. We can't afford to lose money."

When Song Yuxia took a closer look, her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

She had previously thought that a wholesale price of 15 yuan was already high, but she never expected there to be such an exorbitant price.

"What kind of sucker would buy something this expensive?"

Yan Sui smiled and said, "What do you mean by 'suckers'? They're our gods! Let's all work harder, and after these two months of flowering season, we'll give everyone a bonus!"

Song Yuxia perked up at the mention of the prize money.

"Mission accomplished!"

She had handled all the orders for cut flowers, and no one knew better than her how much money Hetang had made; the cut flower business alone had exceeded one million.

Not to mention the income from lotus pods and lotus leaf tea.

Song Yuxia was filled with excitement, her blood seemed to be boiling.

When Granny Zhang saw her, she couldn't help but stop her and ask, "Why are you so happy? Did you find some money?"

Ever since Zhao Chunrong took it upon herself to expose the Feng family's scandals, she has refused to leave the city.

Without her, Granny Zhang was very lonely, having lost her chatterbox.

Song Yuxia didn't like to talk to her, but Granny Zhang had often badmouthed Yan Sui behind her back. Since she had finally landed a big order, she naturally had to show it off.

“We got a big order. A customer bought 30,000 lotus flowers at once. Can you imagine how happy I am?”

Granny Zhang was indeed greatly surprised, "How much?"

Song Yuxia chuckled and held up three fingers.

"Thirty thousand branches, guess how much one lotus flower costs?"

Granny Zhang opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

"One lotus flower costs 30 yuan, so 30,000 lotus flowers would be..."

"Nine hundred thousand!" Granny Zhang's mind cleared up at this moment.

"My goodness, you're not kidding, are you? This lousy lotus pond can make so much money?"

Song Yuxia was very proud, "If others can't do it, Yan Sui definitely can!"

Granny Zhang felt incredibly jealous; how come all the money seemed to have legs and kept going into Yan Sui's pocket?

She glared at Song Yuxia angrily, lost all desire to chat, and turned to leave.

She bumped into Yan Liang on the street and casually asked, "When is your grandma coming back?"

Yan Liang waved his hand, not caring about Zhao Chunrong's matter.

"have no idea."

He was hoping Zhao Chunrong wouldn't come back, otherwise she would cause him trouble all the time.

Granny Zhang glanced at him, then leaned closer and asked, "Didn't you and Gao Wen contract this land together, saying you wanted to grow peaches?"

Speaking of this, Yan Liang felt somewhat guilty.

After all, everyone knows that the place was originally Yan Sui's choice.

Many people are now cursing him behind his back, calling him shameless.

"If you ask me, you might as well not plant peaches at all. If you plant them this year, they won't bear fruit next year."

Yan Liang frowned. "If I don't grow peaches, what else can I grow?"

"Growing lotus flowers! Do you know how valuable Yan Sui's lotus flowers are? 30 yuan per stem. Someone bought 30,000 stems from her, and she made a lot of money!"

Yan Liang was shocked, "30 yuan?"

How did it double?!

Granny Zhang was very satisfied with his reaction. "That's right, I wonder which sucker he was!"

Yan Liang unconsciously rubbed his fingertips, lost in thought.

He had no idea that growing lotus flowers could earn so much money.

Moreover, lotus flowers can be sold quickly, from cut flowers to lotus leaves and seed pods.

He doesn't even need to find other customers; he can sell directly to the village's processing plant.

Given Changqing Village's current reputation, he doesn't need to do much advertising; plenty of people will come to him to buy lotus flowers.

Yan Liang subtly inquired, "Since Yan Sui's lotus flowers are selling so well, has she considered leasing more land to grow lotus flowers?"

Granny Zhang shook her head; she really didn't know.

But what she didn't know was that Yan Sui had actually thought about this.

Changqing Village has a lot of wasteland; instead of leaving it idle, we should make use of it.

Even Lin Ying thought her business was too small.

“Our company previously planned to build an organic farm, starting with a thousand acres. What’s the point of doing something small? If you don’t have enough funds, why don’t you cooperate with us? Mr. Zhong said he will provide the majority of the investment and take a small share.”

Zhong Jingming probably also understood that Yan Sui's willingness to cooperate with him on the Changqing Village farm was all because he benefited from it.

But as he expected, Yan Sui refused.

"I only want to do small-scale operations for now, but if I need to invest in the future, I will consider cooperating with Mr. Zhong."

Lin Ying smiled, picked up her wine glass, and gently clinked it against hers.

"It's a deal, okay?"

Yan Sui raised her glass in a gesture of respect, "It's a deal."

During their casual conversation, Yan Sui inquired about Liang Tao.

Lin Yingmo didn't care. "He hasn't been here for a while. Let him be."

However, her mother-in-law called and berated her, telling her to take the child home.

Lin Ying scoffed, "If I had known it would be so convenient to go back to Changqing Village, I should have asked my parents to help take care of the child from the very beginning."

It wouldn't have caused her to develop postpartum depression.

She shook her head. "Getting back to business, which areas do you plan to include for planting lotus flowers? I'll go and collect soil samples for testing first, and then have someone develop an improvement plan."

Yan Sui was also considering this issue, and since Lin Ying brought it up, she thought she would discuss it together.

Once the location was settled, Yan Shunzhong could then approach the villagers to discuss the contracting arrangements.

The conversation went on until evening.

By the time Lin Ying got home, it was already dark.

While chatting with her parents, she mentioned that Yan Sui wanted to contract farmland.

Guo Dazui and his wife exchanged a glance, their faces filled with surprise.

"She must own at least 300 acres of land now, right?"

Lin Ying did the math, and including the orchard, it really did cover 300 acres.

"This isn't much. Which big company's farm doesn't start at a thousand acres?"

Guo Dazui clicked his tongue and shook his head, "This is incredible. I'll help put in a good word for her if she wants to contract someone's land."

Lin Ying gave her a rough estimate, which, including the existing lotus pond area, would be about 100 acres.

“Some places seem to belong to your uncle’s family. I’ll go over and talk to him about it tomorrow.”

Guo Dazui walked out and was about to close the courtyard gate when she suddenly saw someone standing at the door, which startled her.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Zhuang Biling.

She rolled her eyes. "What are you doing standing at my door? You scared me half to death."

Zhuang Biling gave an awkward laugh, "I was just so surprised to hear you guys say that Yan Sui is going to contract out some land!"

Guo Dazui glared at her, "You're even proud of eavesdropping on people's conversations."

"Auntie Big Mouth, don't say such unpleasant things. Who eavesdropped? It's not like it's a secret." Zhuang Biling pouted and turned to leave.

It's a good thing she went out to play cards and came back late today, otherwise she wouldn't have heard such important news.