Qiao Xuejun understood that it was because of the recent surge in prices that the two elders of the Qiao family felt they had suffered a loss and came to cause trouble for her.
The two old men searched up and down the stairs, but found nothing and came down from the second floor again and sat on the sofa in the living room.
"Where did this money-losing item go?" The old man held a pipe in his hand with a ferocious look on his face.
Old Mrs. Qiao took out her phone. On the screen was a farm produce store. She clicked on the potato one and said, "These potatoes are sold for 5 yuan a pound! They're not as good as the ones sold by Yaozu!"
She felt heartbroken just thinking about it. If she had known earlier, she would not have sold the potatoes to Qiao Xuejun, that money-losing commodity! Thinking about how she had tried every possible way to sell the potatoes to Qiao Xuejun, Mrs. Qiao felt so regretful.
The old man next to him stretched his neck to look, his face turned green: "This money-losing freight is really good!"
She just bought their potatoes at a low price, and now she can resell them at a high price. She must be making a lot of money!
Old man Qiao recalled his previous prediction that Qiao Xuejun would not be able to sell potatoes, and that they would eventually rot in the yard and be disposed of. He felt a little embarrassed, but soon he adjusted his mindset.
This money-losing freight was just lucky. In just a few days, he could make several times the money by reselling potatoes, but this money should have belonged to Yaozu! Not hers!
Old Mrs. Qiao beat her chest and stamped her feet: "There is a full 130,000 yuan short! With this 130,000 yuan, I can buy the live broadcast machine that Yaozu mentioned last time. But now it's all been cheated away by that little bastard."
The old man said viciously: "We must make her vomit it out. 30,000 jin, not a jin less."
Qiao Xuejun couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Only now did she realize that all the potatoes had been fed to the system, and she had hidden the remaining 10,000 kilograms well in the shelter. These two old men wouldn't even be able to see a potato peel.
Qiao Xuejun stretched and lazily thought it was time to get up and work. She had to process the potatoes and plant them quickly.
"Xiaotong, they can't come in, right?" Qiao Xuejun confirmed.
System: "Host, please rest assured! Although the shelter has not yet activated its defense function, it is no problem to stop people like them who don't have professional equipment!"
Qiao Xuejun paused: "You mean, if there are professional detection equipment, it will be difficult for us to hide?"
The system hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, if you find that the floor of the entrance is abnormal, you will find us hiding here when you push the floor open. Unless you upgrade the defense function."
"Don't worry now, but you will have to worry after the high temperature lasts for two months. By then, most people's stored resources will be used up, and outdoor plants will be almost killed by the sun. If there is nothing to eat, some people will start to break into houses and rob. Some of them have detection equipment."
Qiao Xuejun: "So the defense function will be upgraded in two months?"
System: "It would be best. However... Upgrading the defense function requires 100,000 kilograms of food. There is not enough time. So the host should be careful. If you are careful at ordinary times, you only need to upgrade the defense function in one year."
Qiao Xuejun: "One year later, the mutant creatures came ashore?"
System: "Yes. If the defense function is not upgraded, mutant creatures can easily enter the shelter."
In front of Qiao Xuejun, the surveillance footage of the old house projected by the system continued.
Suddenly, Old Man Qiao's cell phone rang: "It's Yaozu."
He turned on the speakerphone.
"Yaozu, we are here with your sister." Grandpa Qiao's tone was no longer as if he was robbing her and wanted to eat her alive. Instead, he looked like a kind old man doting on his grandson.
Qiao Yaozu's voice rang out: "Grandpa, has Qiao Xuejun agreed? Are you willing to return the potatoes to me?"
Old Master Qiao said loudly, "How could she not be willing? Just go find a buyer for the potatoes. We will take care of your sister. You just need to wait to sell the potatoes."
Qiao Yaozu said, "Okay, someone has already come to me to buy it, offering 5 yuan. If we wait a little longer, I think we can sell it for 6 yuan. Grandpa, you must get the potatoes back from Qiao Xuejun! Tell her that I am willing to return all her 20,000 yuan, and give her an extra 10,000 yuan!"
Old Master Qiao smiled and said, "Don't worry. She's your sister, how could she ask you to pay more? I'll ask her to return the potatoes to you right away!"
Qiao Yaozu felt a little guilty: "If she doesn't want to, forget it. But don't say that I asked you to ask for it!"
After all, he was still counting on Qiao Xuejun to cooperate with him in clarifying the matter online. If he angered Qiao Xuejun, he was afraid that the loss would outweigh the gain. He also relied on the live broadcast business to buy a car, a house, and marry a wife.
Just after hanging up the phone, Old Lady Qiao praised: "Look, our Yaozu is such a good kid. He even said that if his sister doesn't want to, he won't return it. If that girl is so obedient and sensible, would we have to go through all this trouble?"
Mrs. Qiao continued, "Do you think the money-losing goods were transported by truck and sold? I saw the truck going back and forth several times in the past few days."
As soon as this guess came out, Mr. Qiao's face turned bad: "That money-losing commodity can't keep the wealth. It's a fool. If you sell it now, you will lose money. You have to wait until the price rises to the highest before selling it. This money is Yaozu's money! Don't let her waste it!"
"What if she really sells it..."
"Sold it? Even if you sold it, you have to pay back the money, not a penny less!"
Qiao Xuejun ignored the two elders. She was busy today preparing an acre of land for potato planting.
She went to the utility room and picked potatoes with a box, especially those that had sprouted. She also took a bottle of disinfectant alcohol and a bottle of carbendazim culture medium from the cabinet.
After picking out the sprouted potatoes, Qiao Xuejun took out a knife, disinfected the blade with alcohol first, and then cut the potatoes into pieces of about 50g in size, retaining one or two buds on each piece. These were the basic potato seeds. After that, they were thrown into the carbendazim culture solution, soaked for 10 minutes, then taken out and dried for a day, and officially planted tomorrow.
The two old men who went crazy in the old house were obviously unwilling to leave without anything. In the surveillance footage, they were walking around the house.
"Where did this girl hide the potatoes?" They searched everywhere.
But 30,000 kilograms of potatoes are very conspicuous, and this old house is empty, so there is no way to hide those potatoes.
It's not just the potatoes. The house is extremely empty. Ever since Qiao Xuejun's parents died, all the things in the house have been moved out by the Qiao family's elders. There is nothing else that can be used to pay off debts.
While working efficiently, Qiao Xuejun looked at the surveillance screen.
"Maybe she just sold them. I saw the truck making several trips. It was covered tightly and I couldn't see what was in it. I guess it was the potatoes!"
The old lady of the Qiao family couldn't sit still at all. She held up her phone and said, "The price has gone up again. In just one morning, it has gone up by another RMB 1! 30,000 catties means an increase of RMB 30,000!"
"Wouldn't it be a huge loss if we really sold it now? The price will definitely go up!"
Old Master Qiao said, "She has been working away from home for so many years. She is unfamiliar with the place here. How can it be so easy to sell it? Do you think she is Yaozu and is so capable that she can sell things just by talking on the Internet? She doesn't have that ability! The potatoes must still be there!"
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