外边雪越下越大，大棚里买菜的人越来越多。

买一斤送一斤，一斤韭菜就省一块钱，今天上午批发五毛钱一斤，况且还要雇人把韭菜给人家割下来，这样卖菜赚大了。

芹菜大棚也非常热闹，本地芹菜都是带根卖，陈宏看着菜地不让他们乱拔，苏薇站在大棚门口称重，冬庆站在一边收费。

This makes things much easier. Whoever cuts the chives can keep them, and the same goes for the celery. Whoever wants it can pick it, take the good ones, and put the bad ones together. This saves a lot of manpower.

The vegetables were cheap, so people wanted a lot of them. The vegetables from two greenhouses were sold out in one afternoon.

There are still three greenhouses left, two for chives and one for celery. If the heavy snow continues like this, there will be no problem selling all the vegetables from the three greenhouses by tomorrow. It's like the heavens are helping him.

After selling all the vegetables from the two sheds after dark, Chen Hong and his wife went directly into the restaurant with Dong Qing's family.

The fire under the two large pots didn't go out; it was just sealed off. Li Yuzhu turned on both fires and then turned on the electric blower, and the fire was blowing up again in no time.

The restaurant's braised mutton had all sorts of ingredients. After the water boiled, the vegetables were blanched in the pot until just cooked, and then eight dishes—four meat and four vegetable—were served cold.

There was mutton soup in the pot. After the soup boiled, Li Yuzhu made a bowl of mutton soup for everyone.

The couple brought the food to the table, and Li Yuzhu said, "We don't have a low flame here to stir-fry, so we can only eat cold dishes and drink mutton soup."

Su Wei said with a smile, "Don't treat us like outsiders. We wouldn't have been able to get this kind of food for Chinese New Year three years ago."

Su Wei's words are true. Three years ago, eight cold dishes plus a bowl of mutton soup were unthinkable; no one had that kind of means.

“We can’t compare it to the past; our lives have changed dramatically.” After saying this, Dong Qing walked to the liquor cabinet, took out a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor), poured a glass for everyone, and said, “It’s too cold; a little drink will warm you up.”

They all raised their glasses and drank some wine, then picked up their chopsticks to eat.

Although they're called cold dishes, they're not particularly cold. The vegetables were blanched in boiling water and then rinsed in cold water, and the meat dishes were all heated in the soup pot, so they didn't taste cold.

Dong Qing suddenly asked, "Su Wei, how much savings do you have right now?"

Su Wei joked, "Brother, you're not thinking of borrowing money from your wife, are you?"

His words amused everyone. Chen Hong laughed and said, "My silly wife, stop teasing me, okay? Even if I urgently need money, I probably wouldn't be able to borrow from you. The little you earn isn't even enough to fill his teeth."

“Your wife isn’t that stupid.” Su Wei finished speaking, her smile fading. She said, “I’ve saved over 100,000 yuan in the past few months. I won’t pay back the land loan from the village yet; I trust my second uncle won’t pressure me for the money. I plan to pay back the 100,000 yuan bank loan after the New Year.”

Dong Qing said, "Don't rush to repay the loan as soon as it's been taken out of the bank. This year's price increase is just the beginning. In my opinion, prices will continue to rise in the future. You should hurry up and build the hotel."

For Su Wei, saving up that little money to build a hotel was a pipe dream; she hadn't even dared to consider it. She said, "Brother, don't be ridiculous. With the little money I've saved, I can't even lay the foundation. How am I supposed to build a hotel?"

What Su Wei said is also true. No matter what era, you can't do anything without money. Building a big hotel is no small amount of money.

After a moment of contemplation, Dong Qing said, "How about this, I'll lend you three million from the company account after the New Year. Now that prices have just risen, let's combine it with your savings of over ten thousand to get the construction started."

Your restaurant is profitable. If you run into financial difficulties later, you can use the half-finished hotel as collateral for a loan to complete the project.

If you save up to build a hotel yourself, it will probably be fifteen years from now. But even if you save several million in fifteen years, it won't be enough. Let me give you an example: if you build a large hotel for five million now, fifteen years later in the 21st century, even fifty million won't be enough.

Having lived a full life, Dong Qing could see the future very clearly, and he knew better than anyone how expensive building materials and labor would be in the 21st century.

Su Wei was so shocked she couldn't close her mouth. She asked, "According to you, if I don't build a hotel now, I won't have the chance to build one in fifteen years. Let alone fifteen years, I won't be able to raise fifty million even in twenty years."

Dong Qing said, "If you limit yourself to just one hotel and have no other businesses, that's the principle. If you don't build now, I'm afraid you'll never be able to build your hotel in your lifetime."

Please believe me, I'll lend you three million next year to start construction. The hotel project will take at least two years to complete. By the time your hotel is finished, it will be the 1990s, and you'll have a large customer base. The changes in two years are beyond your prediction.

Su Wei completely agreed with Dong Qing's last sentence. Two years is neither a long nor a short time. Two years ago, she never imagined that Su Village would change so much. She never imagined that she, a country girl, would become a formal employee and work in a government office a year ago, and then become a restaurant owner a year later. Who could understand or see through the road ahead!

She couldn't understand Dong Qing at all. How could he see through everything so clearly? Everything he did seemed risky, but in the end, it was all right.

Su Wei had no reason not to trust Dong Qing now. She said, "Fine, I've used your money, but I know it's all being used to pay interest on other people's money. I can't expect you to pay back the interest for me. I'll just take out the three million in interest, okay?"

Dong Qing said, "I can promise you that. I'll talk to my second sister later. After the New Year, just contact her and ask her to help you. She can help you contact the construction company that my company uses and contract your hotel project to them."

It's no exaggeration to say that Dong Qing is Su Wei's lucky star in life. If she hadn't met Dong Qing three years ago, no matter how capable she was, she would probably only be working in a factory for others now. There are too many talented people in the world who are not worth mentioning. One more or one less of her won't make a difference.

A person's life depends 30% on talent and 70% on opportunity. Talent creates wealth, and opportunity shapes life. Often, an unexpected opportunity can change a person's life. Isn't Su Wei such a woman? Dong Qing was the opportunity of her life.

The group ate and drank for a long time while chatting, and drank more than half a kilogram of liquor.

Li Yuzhu went to the door, opened it, and looked outside. The snow was falling even heavier. She returned to the table, sat down, and said, "The snow is falling harder and harder; it looks like we can sell all the vegetables from the three greenhouses tomorrow."

Su Wei said, "This is God helping you. My husband and I won't go back to the city today; we'll stay at my parents' house and come back tomorrow to help you."

Dong Qing said, "Thank you so much!"