"What do you mean, young master?" Xu Feng stood up from the stool, and Shopkeeper Chen also stood up, but his face remained calm and there was no sign of urgency.

Xu Feng ran behind Xu Ning and poked his head out to confront Shopkeeper Chen: "You clearly don't want to do business with us. I've already given you over a thousand taels of silver, and you're only giving me a ten-tael discount. Humph! I think you're just taking advantage of my young age. Second sister, let's go. This shopkeeper is so mean."

Xu Ning was amused by Xu Feng's words. Seeing that there was nothing unusual on the face of the shopkeeper Chen opposite him, he laughed out loud.

"I'm sorry, Shopkeeper Chen. My younger brother is young and impatient. He doesn't know that business requires more negotiations. I hope you don't mind."

"You worry too much. I don't know..."

"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Chen. I'll talk next. Let me be frank. Our family plans to do this business for a long time. You may not know yet, but we have opened a security company in the north. As for the grain, I have made an agreement with the grain merchants in the north." Xu Ning stopped talking and asked the angry Xu Feng to find another seat to sit down. Then she sat in Xu Feng's original seat, picked up the teacup and blew on the already warm tea.

Shopkeeper Chen was surprised when Xu Ning opened his mouth. Now he wanted to observe again, but the steam rising from the teacup in Xu Ning's hand blurred his vision, making it difficult for him to tell whether Xu Ning was pretending to be mature or was really mature.

But Xu Ning extended such a big olive branch, and he couldn't refuse it.

For a moment, the initiative shifted back from the shopkeeper to the Xu family.

Xu Ning was also not in a hurry because there were plenty of grain merchants in the south.

Moreover, she didn't need them to deliver the food personally, as she had her own escort agency.

With such temptation, she didn't believe that Manager Chen would not take the initiative to make concessions.

Everyone knew how cheap grain was in the south, and Shopkeeper Chen didn't dare to name a price for a moment.

"How about this, Shopkeeper Chen? I think you might be undecided, so I'll leave you a promise. If this first cooperation goes well, I'll buy at least one or two batches of the same amount of grain from you every month."

Shopkeeper Chen's expression finally changed, and he immediately apologized to Xu Ning: "Miss, I really can't stick to this idea, but I can ask my boss to come over. But, could you please tell me your identity?"

"Xiaobao, give him two." Xu Ning knew what he was talking about. His identity was easy to check, but it was hard to say whether he had the ability.

"Yes." Xu Feng opened the treasure chest he had with him and took out two ten-liang gold ingots from it and placed them on the table.

"Shopkeeper Chen, is that enough?" Xu Ning asked with a smile, his eyes as if Shopkeeper Chen would throw gold at him if he said it was not enough.

Shopkeeper Chen was a seasoned veteran who had seen a lot of things. He had noticed a lot of gold in Xu Feng's box just now. He quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, miss, you misunderstood. We haven't even discussed the deal yet, so how can I ask for your money?"

"Miss, please wait for a quarter of an hour, our young master will be here soon!" Shopkeeper Chen went out and said a few words to a waiter, who ran away immediately. Xu Ning put down the teacup and asked Xu Feng to put the gold back into the box.

Xu Ning stood up, walked out of the reception room, and looked around in the hall where the grain was placed.

"Shopkeeper Chen, are you a local?" Xu Ning asked, pinching a corn kernel.

"Miss, yes, my family has been here since our ancestors." Shopkeeper Chen followed Xu Ning when he came out. As soon as Xu Ning spoke, he immediately answered.

"Have you ever grown corn?" Xu Ning asked again.

“I’ve planted it.”

"Should I leave one or two corn shoots?"

"Most people only leave one shoot. Although the soil here is fertile, two shoots will hardly produce many fruits." Shopkeeper Chen was telling the truth. Ever since corn was introduced, several generations of research have found that leaving one shoot is the best.

"No, you can keep two."