In order to show off more, Jiang Sui took the initiative to take on the task of writing the notice, and ten minutes later he posted it at the door of the workshop.
The nearby villagers had been keeping an eye on the workshop, and when the notice was posted, the curious villagers all gathered around. After understanding what was written on the notice, the villagers with many children at home immediately took their tools and went up the mountain to pick fruit.
There is a fruit forest on the mountain behind, as well as wild fruit trees. There are so many different kinds of fruits, and every year a lot of them rot on the branches because the villagers can't eat them all.
As for Xiang Baiwei, she only arranged for two widowed sisters-in-law with rather aggressive personalities to stay with her. One was Sister Agui who lived at the southernmost end of Xiangjiazhuang, and the other was Sister Meihua who lived in the middle of the village.
These two people are both rather aggressive. Xiang Baiwei specifically asked them to screen the fruits brought by the villagers because she was afraid that some villagers would pass off inferior fruits as good ones and use personal connections as an excuse to make trouble.
In fact, Xiang Baiwei's worries were not without reason. On that day, there were indeed several people who, relying on their close relationship with Xiang Baiwei's father and being relatives within the fifth degree of mourning, acted like elders and wanted the two sisters-in-law to accept all the fruits they brought, most of which were not very good, and also wanted to exchange them for more jam.
But these two sisters-in-law were notoriously hot-tempered, and they immediately fought back.
In addition, the other villagers who also came to exchange would definitely not be happy about others taking advantage of their connections, so they all spoke up for the two sisters-in-law.
Xiang Baiwei in the workshop was listening to the noise outside with her hands folded, while Jiang Sui next to her was chewing a big, crispy peach in her hand.
In the evening, Xiang Baiwei sat at the table to sort out the accounts. After finishing, she looked at Jiang Sui who was writing something next to her.
Jiang Sui noticed her gaze and put down the pen in his hand: "What's wrong? What do you want to tell me?"
"After half a month of investigation and summary, I think these things I made will definitely sell well in the future," Xiang Baiwei held her chin with one hand and looked at him with a smile, "So do you still remember what you promised me before?"
"I remember it," Jiang Sui said, pushing the paper in his hand to her, "Am I not carrying it out now?"
Xiang Baiwei looked down and found that it was a letter that was almost finished. At the beginning of the letter was a very unfamiliar name.
Seeing his confusion, Jiang Sui explained, "This is the classmate I told you about before. He is in the provincial capital and has a wide network of contacts. I wrote to him to test his brain."
"Then you write first, and we'll talk after you finish." Xiang Baiwei pushed the letter back to him. After a while, when she saw Jiang Sui finish writing the letter and start putting it into the envelope, she asked again curiously, "Do you have a good relationship with him?"
"So far, I unilaterally feel that my relationship with him is pretty good, but the truth of it all still depends on his reply. I have to see if he is willing to continue interacting with an old classmate like me who is now working in the fields in the countryside." Jiang Sui sealed the envelope with glue and put it aside, preparing to go to the town to deliver it early tomorrow morning.
After putting it away, he felt that Xiang Baiwei was still looking at him, so he turned around and looked back: "Anything else to say? Say it all at once. It's getting late now, and it's time to go to bed."
"What you just said seemed a bit unwilling to me. Your classmate is so capable, you can ask him to help you find a job so that you can go back to the city and show your talents. You are so outstanding and capable, you will shine wherever you go." Xiang Baiwei's words were not only a compliment, but also full of doubts.
"Don't you know why I am willing to stay here?" Jiang Sui looked straight at Xiang Baiwei, "Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?"
Inexplicably, she felt that this was a trap, and stepped back cautiously towards Bai Wei: "How can I know what you are thinking? Well, it's getting late, let's get ready for bed."
After saying that, she stood up, put on her slippers, went to the kang, made the bed, and pulled the curtains. She performed the series of movements smoothly.
Jiang Sui, who was sitting at the table, reached out and patted the letter, sighing silently.
It seemed that Xiang Baiwei was avoiding her own problems.
But he was not discouraged at all. Being able to see a living person standing in front of him again was already a gift from God to him.
As for the rest, he would naturally have to rely on his own abilities.
A week later, Jiang Sui received a reply, but the result was not very good.
Xiang Baiwei, who was feeding the dog in the yard, looked at the expression on Jiang Sui's face and vaguely guessed something in her heart, "Is your classmate busy? Is there something he can't tell? It doesn't matter. It's okay if we can't help. We can do it ourselves. You don't have to think too much. You have helped me a lot all along. From now on, we will rely on ourselves."
"No, my classmate saw the letter, but he had to take a train to the south on a business trip that day. It seemed that he would be gone for about a month. He hurriedly wrote me a letter and said that he would help me when he came back. In the letter, he promised that he would definitely help me."
Having said that, Jiang Sui still had a somewhat gloomy expression on his face: "I wanted to help you, but my classmate won't be back for at least a month, and it will take several days to travel around after he comes back. I think it will affect your plan. I'm sorry that I can't help you."
"Plans cannot keep up with changes," Xiang Baiwei continued to smile, "This is nothing, just a small matter, you really don't have to take it to heart. We can sell the things made in the workshop in the town. It's a pity that the weather is not cool enough now, and there are no decent temple fairs. If we catch up with the temple fair, there will be a huge crowd of people, and we will definitely make a lot of money selling these."
Jiang Sui thought of something and lowered his voice to remind Xiang Baiwei: "You can't sell this thing on the free market. It's too big a target and the thing is too special. What if you get targeted..."
"Don't worry, I won't take these things to the free market again," Xiang Baiwei nodded perfunctorily, "so don't repeat my orders over and over again. My ears are almost callused from hearing them."
"It would be great if you can promise me that you won't go, then I'll be relieved." As he spoke, Jiang Sui remembered something else, "This thing is so special, you have sold it before, will someone report you?"
"No," Xiang Baiwei smiled and shook her head, "I was especially careful. The ones sold in the free market before and this one now have different tastes. They're not as delicious as this one. That's what I was trying to prevent."
(End of this chapter)