I was thinking about whether I could sell these mountain products and turn the money back into the villagers' hands.

Zhao Cheng frowned, seemingly puzzled.

"Selling mountain produce? As far as I know, these things don't fetch a good price."

Zhu Qinghao smiled sweetly, with a hint of mystery in her expression.

"We can repackage them a little, and maybe we can increase the value of these mountain products that are not particularly valuable to begin with."

Moreover, we do have some valuable mountain products here, right, Uncle?

For example, there seem to be quite a lot of various fungi, black fungus, hazel mushrooms, pine nuts, hazelnuts, and schisandra berries in the mountains.

Zhao Cheng nodded thoughtfully, agreeing with Zhu Qinghao's statement, but also expressed his own doubts.

"There are quite a lot, but it's difficult to scale up these things. Even if we acquire them separately later, the quantity doesn't seem to be that large."

Since the question had been asked so far, Zhu Qinghao simply stated her thoughts.

"I have an idea: we can package these mountain products into gift boxes, put various items inside, and sell them as gift boxes. I wonder if that's feasible?"

Zhao Cheng was quick-witted, and he immediately understood most of what Zhu Qinghao had said.

"You mean, sell them to those big organizations so they can distribute them as New Year's gifts or give them away?"

Zhu Qinghao jumped for joy when she saw that he had grasped her point immediately.

"That's right! That's what I was thinking, but I don't know if it's feasible. However, if we can control the unit price of this gift box, it shouldn't be a big problem?"

Zhao Cheng nodded as he pondered.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. Besides, you're not selling here. You're going back to contact them. It seems you want to sell to Kyoto."

In this way, it becomes a gift box with a strong local flavor, which will likely be quite popular.

However, there are also issues to consider. If the goods are to be shipped that far away, transportation costs are a significant factor that cannot be ignored, and these costs will definitely have to be factored into the gift box price.

At that point, pricing might become less controllable.

Zhao Cheng was thinking a lot, but Zhu Qinghao was relieved to see him thinking so much.

"Yes, that's right. So this is the problem that you, Uncle, and the captain need to consider together. All I need to do is take the sample back to Uncle Xiang to show it to him, and that will complete my task."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Cheng was taken aback at first, then smiled helplessly.

"What a clever little devil, he'll assign himself tasks later."

"Okay, Uncle, I'll go talk to someone about it. But you should have extra samples, right? Aren't you going to give me one?"

Zhu Qinghao was naturally well-prepared.

However, her preparations were rather simple. The family that had previously exchanged baskets for her had woven a few small, round baskets with lids for her. Each one was not very big, but they looked exquisite.

After receiving the small basket, she wrapped various items in oil paper and put them inside. She didn't put too much of anything in it, but the variety made it look quite nice.

Zhao Cheng was quite pleasantly surprised when he received the small basket.

"You've gone this far, haven't you even estimated the approximate cost yet?"