Chapter 5757 Fever
As winter approaches, the weather in Yuncheng becomes colder.
At the same time, "orchid fever" has become more and more popular under the support of the masses.
The news that a big boss from Guangzhou was buying Lanhua for a whopping price spread further and further, and even ordinary people in the suburbs of Yuncheng couldn't help but get involved.
No wonder they were tempted.
One orchid costs one hundred yuan! That is the annual income of a two-working family!
If this hundred yuan is put into a farmer's family, it is hard to say how long it will take to save it!
Many families who used to grow orchids are still beating their chests and regretting why they didn't grow orchids before.
And more people have already taken action, begging everyone for help, just to find a channel to buy even a single orchid seedling.
As long as you have one plant, when you purchase it next year, it will be enough to cover your expenses for two to three years!
People are so crazy about orchids that orchid seedlings are hard to come by in the market.
In this irrational craze, Xia Lulu and the Xia family suddenly transformed themselves from being the lowest class family in the factory to becoming celebrities in the entire medicinal materials factory and even in the surrounding area!
Even the former workers of the herbal medicine factory, when they came to Xia Tang's snack bar to buy rice noodles, couldn't help but ask Xia Tang:
"Xia Tang, are you still in touch with the Xia family?"
Xia Tang shook his head and lowered his head to give him the change.
The man was a little regretful, and then his tone became harsh:
"That's a shame."
"If you had a good relationship with them now, you would have become as rich as them long ago."
"Is there still rice noodles for 40 cents a bowl here?"
Xia Tang pursed her lips and raised her almond-shaped eyes:
"Selling rice noodles, isn't that great?"
"Very good... small business... hum..."
The man walked away groaning.
Xia Tang frowned slightly, then shook his head, lifted the curtain and walked into the shop.
Some time ago, Sister Lan, who had worked in the store for a long time, left.
When she asked the reason, Sister Lan stammered and said that she had something going on at home and couldn't get away.
But after Ma Dafeng found out, he told her privately that it was actually Sister Lan's family who were busy running around the countryside to buy orchid seedlings, and she also got involved.
After hearing this, Xia Tang just shook his head helplessly.
Sister Lan has been working at the snack bar for quite some time and is a very reliable person.
When she was there before, she studied very hard and once told Xia Tang that she wanted to do more and be sent out to run a shop on her own like Zhu Cunhua.
She had originally thought of sending her to be Chen Minzhi's assistant after a branch store was opened, but now it seems that there is no need for that.
One has to walk his own path. Now that she has said all she can do, we can only let her go.
But I don’t know if she will regret it when the bubble of orchid fever bursts.
Now...it's not long.
Xia Tang raised her head and looked at the sky outside which was blue to a pale color. She then gently touched her bulging belly and sighed softly.
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In stark contrast to the leisurely life in the snack bar, Xia Lulu and the Xia family's life was bustling with activity.
When Boss Zheng was here some time ago, she was always out during the day and would not get home until eight or nine in the evening.
Recently, Boss Zheng returned to Guangzhou. When she had some free time during the day, she was visited by all kinds of people.
"Lulu, I'm your Aunt Chen! I was so nice to you when you were little, I even bought you candy!"
"Lulu, I'm your elementary school classmate! Do you still have those orchid seedlings? Can you give me a few?"
"Lulu, I've come to you two or three times. Is there anything wrong? Give me a definite answer..."
All kinds of people bowed and nodded to her, almost breaking the threshold.
Today, when it was time for dinner again, someone came to my door.
After finally tricking the man away, Xie Minghui closed the door in annoyance.
Xia Lulu took a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth, and said "tsk" in dissatisfaction:
"Ming Hui, why is the braised pork that Mom made salty again? It doesn't taste good when it's salty!"
Not long after Xia Lulu came back, Xie Minghui's mother and sister "automatically" moved out.
However, even though people moved away, the work at home was not delayed at all.
They stayed in the house that Xie Minghui rented for them at night, and came over to do cleaning and cook during the day, but they did not eat with Xie Minghui and Xia Lulu, and their treatment was worse than that of a nanny.
Xie Minghui and Su Ri'an couldn't stand it, but they just swallowed their anger and said nothing.
After all, Xia Lulu was the one who supported the family finances, so no matter what he wanted to say, he couldn't stand up straight.
For example, this time, when Xia Lulu mentioned that the cooking was salty, Xie Minghui probably uttered all the dirty words in his heart, but on the surface he had to swallow his anger and said:
"That's how my mom cooks. I'll talk to her later."
Only then did Xia Lulu feel satisfied.
But she still had to choose.
Sometimes the vegetables were overcooked, sometimes there was sand in the rice, and sometimes the dishes were stale and not as delicious as those at Mona Lisa Restaurant.
Xie Minghui was getting very annoyed listening to this, and finally couldn't help but change the subject:
"Didn't you say Xia Dong was getting married? When is the specific date?"
Xia Lulu then said:
"Oh, it's Friday. I've booked a state-owned hotel to hold our wedding banquet. You have to go there early, okay?"
State-owned Hotel...
Xie Minghui's face darkened, but he didn't dare to sound too serious:
"It's going to be expensive for a table."
"Twenty per table, it's OK, the dishes are just better presented, but the taste is just so-so."
Xia Lulu said slowly.
Xie Minghui finally couldn't help himself:
"Lulu, even if you can make money, there's no need to spend it on your brother like this!"
Twenty per table! That's half a month's salary for him!
This is eating dragon meat!
Xia Lulu then raised her eyes and glanced at him:
"What do you know? I did it for Xia Dong, but the people who actually came here didn't do it for Xia Dong at all. Don't you understand who they are doing it for?"
"I did a good job for him, and it actually showed others that I was strong. This person had to put on a good front outside. Otherwise, we wouldn't have such a good life, right?"
She took two more bites and pushed the bowl and chopsticks aside:
"I have no appetite. I won't eat anymore."
After saying that, he stood up, put on his ochre-red woolen coat, and prepared to go out again.
Xie Minghui quickly chased after him:
"What are you doing?"
Xia Lulu turned around and smiled:
"I'm going to buy a necklace! How can I look good if my neck is bald when I get married in summer and winter?"
After saying that, he walked out of the door without caring what Xie Minghui said next.
Xie Minghui watched her walk out silently, and finally couldn't help but punch the wall.
Xia Lulu knew that Xie Minghui didn't want her to spend money on her family, but she just liked spending it.
All the money in his left and right hands was earned by her.
If you don't give the money to her family, are you going to give it to Xie Minghui's damn mother and sister?
To fulfill his Qingqiu dream!
Anyway, she is spending money on the Xia family and they will get some help!
What could she get by giving flowers to those two people?
Is she a bitch?
Xia Lulu thought so in her heart and walked towards the department store.
At the first glance, he bought a silver bracelet for Liu Mei, two packs of adult diapers for Xia Dashan, and a thick shirt for Xia Dong's new wife.
Finally, I bought a gold necklace and walked out happily.
Although this trip only cost her a few hundred yuan, Xia Tang could afford it and didn't feel bad about it!
After spending the money, Xia Lulu was very happy. She hummed a song all the way home.
When she arrived at the door, Liu Mei was talking to an older woman. When the older woman saw her, she hurried over.
"Lulu, do you still remember me?"
Xia Lulu really couldn't remember these people.
The mother smiled humbly:
"I'm from our herbal medicine factory, Lao Guo's wife."
"Oh, Aunt Guo, if you're all right, I'll go in."
Xia Lulu randomly gave the person a name and was about to walk inside.
"Hey, wait, wait!"
The mother seemed to have something to hide. She grabbed Xia Lulu and after a long moment of hesitation, she finally opened her mouth:
"Lulu, can you take back our orchid seedlings in advance?"
This was the first time Xia Lulu had heard of this request.
After all, orchid seedlings were hard to come by before, and this was the first time she heard that someone didn't want the opportunity to make a fortune and wanted to take back the orchid seedlings.
Xia Lulu looked at her mother, and her expression became a little unhappy:
"Mom, didn't we agree when we sold it that we would harvest it in a year? Why don't you want to keep it now?"
The mother said with some reluctance:
"It's because... our old man... has lung cancer. The doctor said he needs treatment and may even need surgery. All the money we had before was used to buy vaccines. We are really broke, so we came up with this idea."
Xia Lulu raised her eyelids:
"Then why don't you just sell it to someone else?"
The mother was depressed for a long time before she said:
"We bought our seedlings for 80 yuan. Now no one is willing to pay 80 yuan to buy them again!"
When Mr. Zheng was selling seedlings originally, he did sell them for five or ten yuan a plant, but few people could buy the original seedlings, and most people bought the seedlings from others.
And with each move, the seller must add a little money.
For people like Aunt Guo who bought late, naturally the only ones they could buy were the high-priced seedlings.
Under normal circumstances, if she bought the item for 80 and sold it for 100, Aunt Guo would definitely make some profit.
But it is not the same if you want to harvest 80 seedlings now.
After all, it would take more than half a year before Mr. Zheng came back to harvest orchids, and anything could happen to the seedlings in the meantime.
Who is willing to risk eighty dollars for twenty dollars?
Aunt Guo was really at a loss because of this, so she thought of finding Xia Lulu and asking her to buy the seedlings back in advance.
But when she said that, Xia Lulu became unhappy.
She raised her eyelids and looked at the mother in front of her. Her voice suddenly became sharp and harsh:
"Auntie Guo, do you think this is possible?"
The mother rubbed her hands helplessly, not knowing what to say.
Xia Lulu added:
"I followed Mr. Zheng to sell seedlings, which was a chance for everyone to make a fortune. But you treated me as a sucker, didn't you?"
“No…No…”
The eldest mother waved her hands and said.
Xia Lulu sneered:
"I tell you, you have to collect it when you have to collect it. There is no point in collecting it a day earlier."
"Besides, you didn't buy the seedlings directly from Boss Zheng. Go find whoever you bought it from! Don't find me!"
After saying that, he slammed the door shut without caring what the aunt said.
The mother's nose was nearly hit by the door, and she stepped back hastily, but she almost missed a step and fell downstairs.
She looked at the Xia family's door and wanted to go up and knock, but she didn't have the courage to do so.
In the end, I could only sigh, rub my hands, and slowly walk down the stairs.
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