Chapter 52 He wants to make sure that woman doesn’t receive a single red slip!
In the afternoon, Chen Jie did not go to pick peppers, but found Xiao Ying.
"Madam Xiao, are you just going to let them take it like this?"
Chen Jie sighed and felt sorry for her.
Xiao Ying smiled and said, "Isn't this good? The villagers can all make more money. As for me, I don't have much money left. I've collected so many red strips, and it's almost enough. I have to sell a batch first to make back my investment."
"That's what you said."
Chen Jie's expression improved a little. It would indeed cost a lot of money to buy so many red strips and make them.
"But there's something I'd like to trouble the village head with."
There was a smile on Xiao Ying's lips, but the smile was a little cold.
"Just tell me what you want to say."
Chen Jie's opinion of her has completely changed. His family has also made a lot of money from Xiao Ying in the past few days.
He had heard the rumors a few days ago about Xiao Ying being a spirit, but he thought it was nonsense. Besides, even if he really was a spirit, helping the villagers make money like this would make him a good spirit.
"I want to ask the village head to go to the next village to help me collect the red slips."
"Ah? Didn't you just say you wouldn't accept it?"
Chen Jie was stunned. Why did he have to explain it in different sentences?
Xiao Ying said meaningfully, "I'm not really going to collect it, I'm just letting the people behind the scenes know."
"Do you want the person behind the scenes to go to the next village to collect?" Chen Jie reacted immediately, but there were still some things he didn't understand.
"Yes, and at a high price." Xiao Ying nodded.
Chen Jie thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to spend more of their money?"
"That's just one aspect." Xiao Ying's smile was shrewd and calculating. "I just want him to have a large backlog of red slips."
"This..." Chen Jie couldn't understand.
But it's already pretty good to let the other party waste more money.
"Okay, then I'll go to the next village and let that man know about it."
"Thank you, Lizheng. Here's the wages..."
"It's just this, why do you want to pay me? I can't stand those who make trouble behind the scenes."
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Xiao Ying looked at his back as he left, and nodded after a long time.
At 3 p.m., the man who collected red slips came again as expected, and happened to bump into Chen Jie who was leaving at the village entrance. Chen Jie was obviously waiting for him here on purpose.
"Humph, you collect it here, I'll go to the next village to collect it for Madam Xiao, and see what you can do!"
Chen Jie sneered and sneered, then quickly drove away in the ox cart.
The man's face suddenly changed. Damn it! That woman was really pretending this morning. She didn't collect enough red slips at all.
If she received it from the next village, the young master's plan would be ruined.
No, he has to go back and tell the young master immediately!
But he stopped after walking a distance and his mind calmed down a lot.
If he went back like this, what would happen to the red stripe in Chenjia Village this afternoon? He couldn't leave.
Even if the man just now went to the next village to buy, he would not be able to collect much this afternoon. It is getting late now. If he notifies those villagers to go into the mountains to pick, how many kilograms can they pick?
As long as the young master sends someone to the next village to buy it at a high price tomorrow, that person will never be able to get it again.
After collecting the red slip that night, the man reported the matter to Zhou Tianci.
Zhou Tianci cursed her for being insidious and cunning, and he almost fell for that woman's trick.
He then asked Yu Qian to find a few more people to go to several nearby villages to purchase the goods, and he must not let a single red strip fall into the hands of that woman.
So, the next day, people appeared in several nearby villages to buy red strips.
In fact, except for Taohua Village, which Chen Jie had visited yesterday, the villagers in the other villages had no idea about this matter. Upon hearing the news, they immediately went back, carried their backpacks and went into the mountains, thinking that he was a sucker.
Not to mention how many red slips Zhou Tianci received that day, just Xiao Ying has already started making the first batch of spicy sesame oil and spicy sauce.
Chen Xinghai pulled back an ox cart full of stuff, followed by several ox carts. One cart carried 500 kilograms of oil, and the others carried 100 jars.
Seeing such a large scale, the man who received the red slip was a little frightened. With so many ingredients, how much spicy sesame oil could be made? Could the young master's plan really work?
"Mom, I've found out that there's indeed something wrong with Manxiangyuan. I heard they recently launched something called Manyuan Fragrance Oil."
Chen Xinghai told Xiao Ying the news he had found out today, his tone was quite angry. It was obvious that the other party was behind the scenes.
"Their sesame oil is not selling well, right?" Xiao Ying asked.
Chen Xinghai laughed. "The customers all say it's far inferior to Weixianju's. But they haven't raised the price of dishes with chili oil, so there are still some customers."
"That means you're losing money and not even making any profit." Xiao Ying smiled faintly, not surprised by this.
“That’s true.”
Chen Xinghai felt very happy. As long as Manxiangyuan couldn't make real spicy sesame oil, they didn't have to worry about anything.
That night, people from several villages who bought red strips went to report the news to Zhou Tianci, confirming that not a single red strip was bought by Xiao Ying.
Zhou Tianci just felt very happy. A mere village woman wanted to fight with him?
"However, Young Master, you spent quite a bit of money today, purchasing a total of 2,600 kilograms of red strips."
These red strips were purchased at a price of twenty-five cents per catty, which is more than sixty taels of silver.
Including yesterday's, it has exceeded eighty taels.
"It's just a few dozen taels of silver. This young master doesn't even care about it."
Zhou Tianci waved his hand indifferently. He should be happy that a few dozen taels of silver could make that woman unable to fight back.
Besides, these red strips can be turned into chili oil and sold, and he can make a profit.
Several people secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since the young master didn't care, they naturally didn't care either.
No one thought about what to do with these red strips in the future, or even whether they would go bad if they were piled together like this?
So, the next day, everyone continued to buy red strips, and the villagers in several villages were very happy.
After two more days of harvesting, Zhou Tianci had accumulated more than 7,000 kilograms of red strips, and the warehouse of Manxiangyuan could no longer hold them.
"Young Master, we've received so many red slips, what should we do with them?"
Yu Qian asked with some embarrassment.
They also make their own Manyuan sesame oil for sale, but the maximum they consume is two or three kilograms a day.
If we continue to consume at this rate, it will take forever!
"It's time to process that batch first." Zhou Tianci waved his fan and ordered, "Make more Manyuan sesame oil. I'll have it delivered to the main store in the county town and the branches in other towns. Without spicy sesame oil to compete for business in those places, our Manyuan sesame oil will definitely attract a lot of customers."
"Young Master, this is a great idea. I'll have someone make some more Manyuan fragrant oil."
Yu Qian was delighted. He actually thought so in his heart, but he didn't expect that the young master would react so quickly this time.
So several chefs worked hard to make nearly 100 kilograms of Manyuan sesame oil when they were not busy in the afternoon, and planned to make some more tomorrow so that they could send it to other stores.
Unexpectedly, when the warehouse was opened the next afternoon, a foul stench hit them in the face, and the person who took the red strip was almost suffocated to death.
There was a warehouse full of red strips, and I didn’t know how many of them had rotted. The red juice was flowing out along the floor, which was extremely disgusting.
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