The two best friends went to the greenhouse to pick a basket of cucumbers and set off. Ning Jia sat on the back seat and An Ye rode in the front.
Along the way, we talked and laughed, feeling relaxed and comfortable.
When they arrived in the town, the weather was still gloomy, but it hadn't rained yet. The two of them first went to a state-owned hotel to discuss business with the hotel manager.
It was morning and there were no customers in the restaurant before lunch time. Only waiters were sitting in groups of three or four chatting.
"Excuse me, is Manager Nie here?"
When the waiters heard Ning Jia talking, they all turned their eyes to her.
"Hey, you're really here?" The woman who spoke was the elder sister who ordered food for Ning Jia that day. She understood the whole story and immediately stood up and said, "I'll go and call you."
When he heard that Ning Jia really came with a basket, he was a little bit skeptical.
When he came out of the kitchen and saw Ning Jia's basket full of juicy and crisp cucumbers, he was stunned: "You really grew cucumbers?"
It's been cold for a long time today.
It was not easy to make it to April, when a sudden cold snap came and a light snow fell. Many vegetables froze to death in the ground just as they were starting to sprout.
The vegetables that should be in season in early summer are not yet available.
So, he concluded at that time that Ning Jia was talking nonsense.
Unexpectedly, she brought cucumbers, each with thorns and flowers, which were very pleasing to the eye: "Can I try some?"
"Try whatever you want."
When they heard that they could taste cucumbers, the waiters came over and said, "Give us a taste, too."
An Ye picked up a cucumber and broke it into three pieces, then handed one piece to each person: "Come, try it. I guarantee that only our family has it now, and no one else has it."
Manager Nie ate the cucumber and nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, really good."
"How about it? Do you want it?" Ning Jia asked.
"Yes!" Manager Nie said immediately, "We'll go with the price we negotiated before, 20 cents per pound. Deliver the vegetables to me in three days, 30 pounds first. We'll contact you when the next delivery time is. I'll pay you when the goods arrive!"
"That's settled."
The two sides reached an agreement.
The two men left the basket of cucumbers in the restaurant. Manager Nie bought them at 0.20 per pound, and the two men made two dollars.
"These vegetables are selling really fast!" An Ye sighed, "If they continue to sell at this rate, the vegetables in our greenhouse won't be able to keep up."
“So we have to quickly build a new greenhouse and put it into use! We will have enough channels for this field, and the next step is to see the productivity of the fields.” Ning Jia is full of confidence.
If this project goes smoothly, she is confident that she will make a fortune in the end, and becoming a millionaire is just around the corner.
"Hello, what are we waiting for? Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some plastic sheeting! If the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have enough, we can go to the city to buy some! We have to do this kind of business no matter what!" An Ye was eager to give it a try.
The two men rode their bicycles to the supply and marketing cooperative. On the way, they were just talking and laughing loudly. They passed Qin Ming and didn't notice the incident at all.
Qin Ming had to go to the hospital to get stitches. The wound on his palm was too big and it would be difficult to heal without stitches.
He was riding his bicycle slowly on the road with one hand, but he never expected to run into a car head-on that was riding as fast as the wind. He wondered in his heart whether he would meet Ning Jia.
As soon as this thought came to my mind, I saw Ning Jia behind the car seat.
He had never seen her so happy. She sat in the back seat of the car, swinging her legs, with an unconcealable smile in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
Qin Ming wanted to say hello, but just as he raised his injured hand, the person flew away like a gust of wind.
He had no choice but to give up and continue on to the town health center.
In the supply and marketing cooperative, the shelves were filled with all kinds of goods. As soon as Ning Jia and An Ye entered, they went straight to the side selling plastic sheets.
There were four large rolls of plastic sheets on the counter, one of which had been opened and was being sold, and the rest were waiting to be sold.
"How much do we need? Have you calculated it?"
Ning Jia said: "I'm afraid that buying all four volumes won't be enough! I guess I'll have to come back again."
An Ye immediately discovered the problem: "Then we came to the wrong place. We shouldn't have come here first. We should have gone to the bicycle shop to buy bicycles first. In this case, we can buy two rolls of plastic sheeting and tie them to the back seats of the two bicycles."
"Yeah, let's go buy a bicycle. Let's see how lucky we are today!"
After going from the supply and marketing cooperative to the bicycle shop, it was almost noon. The two of them tried their luck at the door to see if they could find anyone transferring bicycle tickets.
After waiting for more than two hours, lunch time had already passed, and still no one was selling bicycle tickets.
"No, I really can't wait any longer." Ning Jia was so hungry, "How about we go eat first? Come over after dinner?"
An Ye wanted to wait and see: "Otherwise, wait another ten minutes! If someone comes, I'll buy it. If no one comes, forget it."
"Yes!" Ning Jia agreed.
The two were very lucky. Ten minutes later someone came over and asked if they needed bicycle tickets. The tickets were ten yuan each.
"Yes! We want it!" An Ye agreed without hesitation, and took money out of his pocket to buy a bicycle ticket. "Now we can buy a bicycle."
The two of them still picked a Phoenix 28-bar bicycle. By the time they paid the money, adjusted the bicycles and rode away, the sky had become very gloomy.
"It looks like it's going to rain. Why don't we find a place to take shelter from the rain?"
As soon as An Ye finished speaking, there was a loud bang and raindrops as big as beans fell down. The two of them had no time to find a place to hide and were instantly soaked.
It seemed as if there was a huge black pot between heaven and earth. It was usually daytime, but now it felt like night.
The wind was blowing hard and the rain was beating down like crazy.
"Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative!" Ning Jia suggested, "Let's go there first to take shelter from the rain and talk about it after it stops!"
"Yes." An Ye agreed.
The two men braved the rain and came to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative to take shelter for a while, but the rain did not stop, but got heavier.
It seemed as if a rain curtain was hanging between the sky and the earth, with mist rising everywhere and the surrounding scenery could not be seen clearly.
I thought the rain would stop after a while, but it turned out that the sky seemed to have been pierced by someone and the rain kept falling endlessly.
It was already dusk and the sky was growing darker.
"We can't wait any longer." An Ye looked up at the endless wind and rain, "Jia Jia, it looks like we have to go back in the rain, otherwise it will be completely dark and we will have to travel at night."
"Okay then." Ning Jia agreed. As the supply and marketing cooperative was closing for the day, the salesperson was preparing to close the store and go about his business.
When they came, both of them brought one raincoat, so now they had to buy another one.
Ning Jia took some money and bought a raincoat to wear, then followed An Ye into the endless wind and rain, walking forward on the bumpy mud road.
As he walked, Ning Jia's eyelids twitched.
For some reason, she felt extremely nervous at the moment, as if someone was following her.
She was about to turn around when the bicycle under her crotch seemed to be kicked hard by someone. The bike instantly lost control. She twisted the handlebars and swayed a few times, and both she and the bike fell into the ditch.
Ning Jia's kneecap was hit and it hurt terribly. She was about to get up, but unexpectedly, her eyes went dark and a large sack fell from the sky and tightly wrapped around her.
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