At two o'clock in the afternoon, Su Keke and Chen Da drove eight baskets of corn to the warehouse of the official exchange point.
It is called a warehouse, but it is actually just a relatively large stone house. Su Keke's red off-road vehicle attracted a lot of envious eyes along the way.
Sister Ling looked to be in her forties, not very tall, and had two deep dimples when she smiled. Su Keke had heard Grandma Qiao joke that people with deep dimples must be good at drinking. I wonder if Sister Ling can drink?
She asked two warehouse workers to come and help Su Keke and Chen Da unload the bamboo baskets filled with corn from the truck.
Soon, Su Keke's eight baskets of corn were neatly placed in front of Sister Ling.
When Sister Ling saw the corns in the bamboo basket, each of which was not only big in size but also had very plump grains, a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
This was the first time she had seen corn that looked so good in this new base.
The corn grown by the government itself is not only small in size, but after the leaves are peeled off, the grains inside are as small as unsoaked mung beans, and it looks malnourished.
But there is nothing we can do about it!
After the natural disaster, there was a shortage of pesticides everywhere, and how many vegetables would grow after being planted depended entirely on luck.
The best crops grown by their official Ministry of Agriculture and Industry are potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the rest are just barely edible.
Corn, which even the government cannot grow well, can be grown so well on a private farm led by Su Keke. This impressed Sister Ling very much.
Su Keke stood aside and observed Sister Ling quietly.
After seeing the corns, the corners of this man's mouth began to smile. Su Keke knew that the price of corn today could be raised a little.
"Sister Ling! Our corn is big, the grains are full without worm holes, and it tastes a little sweet. What do you think about the pricing?"
Chen Da took out two big corns from the bamboo basket and put them in Sister Ling's hand so that she could have a look and make an offer.
"That's great! How about this! I'll give you 4 points per pound for these corns? This is the highest price I can give you."
Sister Ling carefully examined the corn that Chen Da handed over and said with apparent sincerity.
Chen Da thought that the purchase price was acceptable, but the final decision still had to be made by Su Keke, so he looked at Su Keke beside him inquiringly.
Su Keke understood Chen Da's intention. She gestured to Chen Da to calm down, walked to Sister Ling and said, "Sister Ling! I think you can improve your ability. Our corn is really delicious. If you don't believe me, you can try it first."
As he said that, Su Keke walked to the cab of the off-road vehicle and took out a thermal bag from it.
There were four or five steamed corns in the thermos bag. Su Keke first gave one to Sister Ling, and then gave one to each of the warehouse workers who were helping to unload the goods.
"Everyone try it! Our corn is really delicious! I eat this for breakfast."
Before Su Keke went out, she asked Grandma Qiao to cook some corns for her. She put them in an insulated bag and brought them all the way here. They are still warm when she took them out.
"Wow! This corn is so delicious!"
A warehouse clerk said after taking two full mouthfuls.
In such a cold day, eating such a warm and fragrant big corn can really warm your stomach.
"Sister Ling! This corn tastes much better than the ones grown in our official farmland. Not only is it delicious, but the key is that it has lots of big grains!"
Another warehouse clerk also praised the corn given by Su Keke and gave her a thumbs up while eating.
Seeing the two warehouse workers eating with such relish, Sister Ling quickly stuffed the corn given by Su Keke into her mouth.
"Hmm... this corn is really good!"
After saying this, Sister Ling started to crunch the corn again.
Su Keke and Chen Da watched the three of them busy eating corn, so they had to stand aside and not say anything.
After Sister Ling finished eating the corn Su Keke gave her, Su Keke asked, "How is it? Is it worth raising the price of my corn?"
Sister Ling was not hesitant when she ate such delicious corn and directly extended five fingers to Su Keke.
"5 points per pound?" Su Keke asked tentatively.
"Yes! I'll give you 5 points per kilogram, but it can't be any higher. If it's any higher, I'll have to consult our Minister Fang. He's not as easy to talk to as I am."
After eating the corn, Sister Ling still stared at the thermos bag in Su Keke's hand. She just saw that there were still two corns in it.
"Okay! Sister Ling is a straightforward person, I'll just treat it as making friends, 5 points per pound is 5 points per pound."
Su Keke reached out and shook hands with Sister Ling, and gave her the two corns in the thermos bag.
"Okay! Su Keke, I'm determined to make you my friend. Xiao Wang and Xiao Du, you two carry all these corns over and weigh them first."
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After more than ten minutes of weighing, Su Keke's eight baskets of corn weighed a total of 264 kilograms. Based on 5 points per kilogram, Sister Ling gave them a total of 1,320 points.
Su Keke and Chen Da were both very happy, and they couldn't wait to go back and share the good news with everyone.
Just as the two were about to get in the car to go back to the farm, they saw Xiao Wang and Xiao Du carrying their corn and walking towards the big stone house in front.
"Where are they going to carry the corn? Isn't this a warehouse?" Su Keke asked puzzledly.
Chen Da followed the two warehouse clerks and walked for a distance. Then he came back and said to Su Keke with a smile that their corn would probably be on the official sales counter now.
After hearing this, Su Keke was not in a hurry to go back. They both wanted to visit the official exchange point to see the official selling prices of other agricultural products, so that they could make an offer next time they sent vegetables over.
The official exchange point is located in the center of the entire base, in a large stone room.
Su Keke has returned to Lingcheng for several months, and today is her first time visiting this exchange point.
The main reason was that she and Grandma Qiao couldn't finish eating all the vegetables and fruits in their own space, so there was no need to go to the exchange point.
This place looks like a vegetable market in a remote rural area. There are not many kinds of vegetables, just the more common ones such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, white radishes, cabbage, rapeseed, tomatoes and eggplants.
The most commonly supplied products are sweet potatoes and potatoes. Su Keke took a quick look and saw that several counters were selling sweet potatoes and potatoes.
It is now around three o'clock in the afternoon. Apart from a dozen young female salespeople at the official exchange point, there are only a few middle-aged women picking and choosing among a pile of potatoes.
"A lot of people are working now, so the place is usually busiest after 5 o'clock. We used to come here to buy groceries after work."
Chen Da said softly after taking Su Keke around several counters.
"Uncle Chen! Our corn is there. Let's go and take a look!"
From afar, Su Keke saw the corn from her farm being placed on a large shelf by two warehouse workers.
Just as the two of them walked towards the shelf, Su Keke felt a cold pair of eyes staring at her from behind.
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