Chapter 188 Capital

"Sure, why not?" Tian Xin said with a smile, "You don't have to travel far to do this, you can do it at home. It might be a bit hard, though. In addition to the daily maintenance of the online store, packaging and shipping, you also have to pay attention to after-sales service. It's very tiring to do it alone."

"Why should I be afraid of being tired? We farmers have plenty of strength. I am not afraid of being tired, but I am afraid of being poor! As long as I can take off this hat of poverty, I am not afraid of being tired anymore!" said the middle-aged woman.

Tian Xin couldn't help but look at her a few more times after hearing her heartfelt words, and said with a smile: "Sister, what's your name? I don't think I've seen you much."

"My name is Li Li, and I live next door." Li Li said, "You haven't seen me, but I know you. When I first got married, you took us to plant persimmon trees and even visited our fields!"

"Oh, really?" Tian Xin smiled embarrassedly: "I think I have seen it before, but I have too many things to do today and I can't remember it!"

"Can't remember what?"

As they chatted, Li Xiaoyan emerged from the house, carrying a packed bag. She placed the bags on a small square table beneath the gatehouse, then walked over to the group, teapot in hand.

"I was busy all morning and didn't have time to pour water for you guys!" Li Xiaoyan smiled and poured tea for them and handed it to them: "Next time you come, just pour it for yourselves, don't be polite!"

"It's okay, just go ahead and do your thing!" Tian Xin said politely.

Li Xiaoyan pulled a small stool and sat across from them, smiling and saying, "Okay, today's work is done. I'll wait for Wanshun to come back and then go to the county to ship the goods. I'll also pick out some new styles. Skirts are selling well in the hot weather!"

"Is that so?" Li Li asked Li Xiaoyan in a tentative tone with a smile: "Sister Xiaoyan, I see that you have been making a lot of money this month, I'm afraid you have made a lot of money?"

"Oh, no way! You see how busy we are today, but we haven't actually made much!" Li Xiaoyan said with a smile: "There was no profit in the past few months, and it's only this month that things are starting to pick up a bit!"

"That's better than doing nothing. If you do nothing, you won't get a penny!" Li Li joked with a smile.

"Yeah!" Tian Lei took over: "We were just talking to Xinxin about this! There's not much work to do in the fields right now, so we're just sitting around doing nothing! Doing this will also allow us to take care of the family, so I think it's a good idea!"

"Yeah!" Several middle-aged women who had been silent at the back chimed in, "If Xinxin has time, she can teach us too!"

Tian Xin came to see Li Xiaoyan today with exactly the same intention. But before she could reply, Li Xiaoyan replied for her: "You really want to do it!"

"How could it be false?" Li Li said, "Who wouldn't want to make money?"

"Then you better think about it!" Li Xiaoyan said: "Making money comes later. You have to invest the money first. You won't make much money in the first few months!"

"You're still doing this even though it's not profitable! We're not stupid." A shrewd look flashed across Li Li's face as she smiled and tested Li Xiaoyan: "Sister Xiaoyan, how much money did you invest in this?"

Li Xiaoyan herself hasn't calculated how much money she invested.

She had previously saved over a thousand yuan, and to buy a computer, she also put in over two thousand yuan in bonus money from Wanshunfa. Later, all the purchases and other things were paid out of her previous profits, but she didn't even know the exact amount.

"It's about 4,000 yuan in total!" Li Xiaoyan said, "I haven't calculated the exact amount!"

"4,000?" Li Li was a little surprised: "You want that much?"

"That doesn't even include the cost of buying clothes. A computer alone costs over 3,000, plus there's the network cable, printer, packaging, and shipping. Which of these things doesn't cost money?"

Li Xiaoyan laughed and teased a few people: "You only see that I make money, why don't you see how much I put in?"

"Then where did you get the money for this big iron gate and the wall?" Li Li seemed unconvinced and asked her, "I haven't seen you building the wall in recent years, and you're doing it right after the Chinese New Year. Aren't you rich?"

Li Xiaoyan felt a little embarrassed when she heard her say this: "Of course I made some money, but it's not that much. But if I don't build the wall, I'm afraid someone will steal my computer!" She laughed.

"Four thousand yuan isn't a lot, but I have to invest it all at once, and I don't know what will happen later!" Li Li frowned, and a look of disappointment instantly covered her rough face. "I don't know anything about computers either. I'm afraid if I buy it and it doesn't work, all the money will be wasted!"

"Lili, you're wrong to think that way," Li Xiaoyan said, "If you want to make money, just learn. I didn't know anything before. Besides, running a business requires some investment. I think 4,000 is too little!"

"I know that. It's not that I don't want to invest," Li Li glanced at the sleeping child in her arms, thought for a moment, and said, "It's mainly because I still have to make a living. If I can't make a profit right away, the rest of my life will be difficult!"

"Yeah!" Tian Lei agreed, "It costs more than 3,000 yuan to buy a computer, plus all the other stuff, it's not a small amount!"

She pondered for a few seconds, then turned to Tian Xin and asked, "Xinxin, you told everyone about this in the wheat field. I wonder what the village's attitude is? Are there any poverty alleviation policies? Aren't farmers encouraged to start their own businesses now?"

"Yes! Xinxin!" Someone behind her asked, "If we all work together, can the village pay for it? That's what I think. I won't talk about other things. The computer is the biggest expense. If the village can lend us a computer, then we can do the rest ourselves!"

Li Xiaoyan laughed when she heard this: "Are you trying to get something for nothing?"

"How can you say that!" The man was a little unhappy and said with a sullen face: "I said I wanted to borrow it, not to ask the village to buy it for us. Besides, what Lei Lei said is right. The village has support policies for us farmers to start our own businesses! If we can solve the computer problem, then what else can we say!"

After hearing this, Tian Xin finally understood something. No wonder no one came to her to find out what was going on for so long. So this was the crux of the problem?

She thought for a moment and said to everyone, "Murakami does support this! I've said before that in order to develop our dried persimmons, an online store is imperative! Since everyone wants to start a business, why not start sooner rather than later?"

As for the investment issue, it's just like Aunt Li said, it takes some time to settle down in the early stages. The computer issue is easy to deal with. I've also been trying to contact a logistics company recently. Once the village has a logistics point, everyone won't have to run back and forth to the county!"

"That's great!" Li Li said, "If Murakami can solve these two problems for us, I'll definitely do it! But Xinxin, you can lead us all in this, right? We don't understand these things! If you can lead us, we'll definitely get started quickly!"

"In the early stages, that's for sure. Once everyone is ready, I plan to integrate resources. We need to focus on specific areas and standardize all procedures so there won't be too many problems later on!"