"Just tell me your idea," Auntie Pang said readily.

Yuan Doudou knew that Aunt Pang was easy to talk to, but others might not be so. However, she wasn't in a hurry. No matter how big the problem was, everyone could come up with a good solution by discussing it together.

“Okay, Aunt Pang told me to be straightforward, so I will be straightforward. Our greenhouse is not very big, and we are currently growing two kinds of plants: oyster mushrooms and strawberries. At present, we can only grow a maximum of 20 kilograms of oyster mushrooms per day. It is advisable to harvest them every other day. Every three days, I need to supply 10 kilograms to the restaurants in town, and the rest can be wholesaled to you.”

"That's still not enough," someone couldn't help but shout.

"Let DouDou speak," Aunt Pang said reproachfully.

Yuan Doudou smiled slightly, "In this way, we will split into two groups. Each month, one group will purchase goods on odd-numbered days and the other group will purchase goods on even-numbered days. This will not only reduce the pressure of purchasing goods, but also alleviate the pressure of selling goods for you."

"Think about it, the more people sell oyster mushrooms, the harder they are to sell, and over time, fewer and fewer people will buy them."

Yuan Doudou was telling the truth. Aunt Pang was fat but had a clear mind. She had also tasted the oyster mushrooms and couldn't say they were particularly delicious.

"If you agree to this plan, we can discuss how to divide into groups." Today is an even-numbered day, so once we're divided into groups, we can go in and pick up the goods.

It's getting late. If we take them too late, they'll spoil if we can't sell them by tonight.

The group began to form cliques and factions in a great hurry.

“Auntie Pang, I’ll team up with you.” Aunt Li was a shrewd woman and took the initiative to stand next to Auntie Pang.

Aunt Liu and Aunt Li were good friends, and seeing Aunt Li pulling Aunt Pang along, they followed.

The remaining three looked at each other, forming their own group.

"Today is an auspicious day. You just picked up the goods yesterday, so why don't you let Aunt Zhao and the others pick them up today?"

Without hesitation, Aunt Pang agreed immediately and swaggered away with Aunt Li and the others.

Aunt Zhao and her little sisters happily followed behind Yuan Doudou, saying, "Doudou, you are such a good child."

They are all so sensible. They all have high hopes for Yuan Doudou and believe that she will be the most promising person in the village.

Yuan Doudou was speechless for a moment, then led Anji into the greenhouse.

"Brother Wang, these are the people who picked up the goods today. I'll take them to pick the fruit. You can go ahead and do your work." Yuan Doudou was afraid of delaying Wang Qiqiang from doing his own thing.

"I don't have anything else to do, so I'll help you pick them."

Aunt Zhao laughed when she heard this, "Yes, with Qiqiang here, we can pick them faster."

They are now extremely anxious and desperate to take the oyster mushrooms to sell as soon as possible.

"Aunties, let me make this clear first: oyster mushrooms are a special type of fungus. Once picked, they will become stale within a day, and within two days, their appearance will turn black and the leaf edges will be damaged, making them unsellable. At this point, they can only be sold cheaply. So I suggest you adjust the price according to the situation. As long as you can sell them, you will still make a profit."

The purchase price of thirty coins per kilogram is already the lowest it can go.

She still paid Haoqing 100 wen per kilogram.

She wouldn't have lowered the price so much if it weren't for the goal of helping everyone in the village get rich.

Aunt Zhao listened and kept it in mind, saying that she couldn't let these gold nuggets go to waste.

They couldn't bear to eat such expensive things themselves.

"DouDou, I heard that we can take the goods first and pay later." They didn't need to hear it; they had just seen it themselves. Aunt Pang only paid for the goods after she sold them.

Yuan Doudou paused for a moment, "Yes, mainly because you're short on cash, and also because of your concerns that you might not be able to sell the goods and therefore dare not take them on."

"Of course, we agreed that this opportunity is only available once. It won't be possible a second time. You need to pay first before you can take the goods."

Aunt Zhao nodded. That's true. DouDou also needs to make money. She can't take advantage of others for nothing.

"Alright, that's about it." Aunt Zhao's basket was full.

Yuan Doudou explained the process to her, saying it was a little over ten kilograms, "Even if it's ten kilograms, it's thirty coins per kilogram."

The other two aunts each picked five kilograms, and Yuan Doudou carefully recorded them in the ledger.

"A written agreement is good for everyone, as it provides a basis for our decisions."

Aunt Zhao and the others looked at Yuan Doudou with admiration. They had never heard that the An family's daughter-in-law could write. Upon closer inspection, they found that her handwriting was indeed not very good. They guessed that she was a self-taught writer, learning as she went.

Yuan Doudou found the tortoise-like calligraphy too offensive and decided to just go back and make a charcoal pencil instead.

After they left, Yuan Doudou continued working. She looked at the mushroom bags and saw that a whole row of them were empty. She was thinking about planting some other mushrooms.

The target audience for oyster mushrooms is too small. If we could grow mushrooms like king oyster mushrooms, the mushroom market would truly open up.

"what's on your mind?"

Yuan Doudou snapped out of her daze, smiled, and said, "How do you think about making money?"

Without her husband, she will find it difficult to establish herself in this society if she doesn't try to earn money.

"Have you thought of anything?" Wang Qiqiang's eyes lit up. Girls like Dou Dou are hard to find, both in and out of the village.

If I could marry her, my life would be complete.

"Brother Wang, do you want to start a business?" Yuan Doudou remembered Wang Qiling's words. She couldn't give Wang Qiqiang an emotional response, but she could do her best to help him make money.

Wang Qiqiang wanted to say that the imperial court valued agriculture over commerce, and that merchants had a very low social status.

He couldn't say it directly, as it might dampen DouDou's enthusiasm.

"I've thought about it, but my mother won't allow it."

Oh, I see. Haha.

The big, burly man was also a mama's boy.

"As the eldest son in the family, I must set a good example." My mother said that since no one in the family has been educated, we must farm diligently and fulfill our duties as farmers.

She was an only child and could hardly empathize with Wang Qiqiang. From childhood, her role model was to be the kind of child that other people should be.

She excels in everything from academics to sports, and participates in every competition the school holds, winning first prize each time.

I attended the university I wanted, which was the best university in the area.

It's a pity that after fifteen years of hard study, she ended up growing mushrooms in this poor, remote place.

Haha, that's something else.

"You've worked so hard, being the eldest brother is the hardest." This was all she could do.

"Oh right, here's your wages for yesterday." Yuan Doudou untied the string of coins and took out ten coins.

"No need, I have time, I'm just killing time anyway." Wang Qiqiang pushed the money away, determined not to take it.

Yuan Doudou deliberately put on a dark face, "Brother Wang, it's a deal. If you go back on your word, I'll find someone else. It just so happens that your brother also wants to make money."

"He contacted you?" Wang Qiqiang tensed up, afraid that Wang Qiling would talk nonsense in front of Dou Dou.

Yuan Doudou, picking strawberries with a basket in hand, said casually, "We bumped into each other by chance and talked about some things about you."

"What?" Wang Qiqiang froze. "Don't listen to his nonsense, he's just a kid."

I'm sixteen now, which is considered adulthood here.

“He’s actually quite mature, just a bit too talkative. He kept praising you to me, saying you’re the best man in the world,” Yuan Doudou said, not without exaggeration.