Chapter 169 Strawberry Business Opportunities
Shang Ruoting was in the vegetable garden and liked everything she saw. After all, she had been here for so long and had hardly eaten any fresh vegetables.
In the end, because of my greed, I picked too many strawberries and vegetables.
Seeing that they could not finish eating all the fresh fruits and vegetables they picked, and the quantity was not enough to sell, Shang Ruoting simply pushed a cart to deliver some to Yangmei's family.
Since the Yang family received help from Shang Ruoting, their lives have been much better. Although they have to borrow food from her, at least the siblings in the family no longer have to go hungry.
Many leafy vegetables in their vegetable garden have matured. Yang Liu and Yang Xu had just started their summer vacation, so they each carried a small backpack to the town to sell some extra vegetables.
When Shang Ruoting pushed the cart to the door of the Yang family, Yang Liu and Yang Xu had just returned from the town. They were sweating profusely from the sun, but they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.
Yang Liu was now familiar with Shang Ruoting. She took two quick steps and greeted her warmly, "Sister Ruoting."
Shang Ruoting really loves the children of the Yang family. They have been so sensible and capable since childhood.
"Did you go to the city to sell vegetables?"
In front of Shang Ruoting, Yang Liu took out a handful of change from his pocket, and a coin accidentally fell to the ground.
"Sister Ruoting, these are all the money Yang Xu and I made from selling vegetables. It's more than 80 cents!"
Shang Ruoting touched her somewhat dry and yellow hair: "Yang Liu and Yang Xu are really amazing."
Yang Xu, who was standing there, was praised by Shang Ruoting and walked over with a smile.
As they talked, they entered the Yang family's yard together.
Yangmei and Yangtao were not idle at this time. They were picking vegetables in the backyard under the scorching sun. When they heard Shang Ruoting's voice, they ran back.
Shang Ruoting didn't want to delay their work, so she placed a large watermelon and strawberries, as well as some cucumbers, eggplants, etc. in a cool place.
"Yangmei, these are grown in my vegetable garden. I brought them here for you to try."
Yang Mei now discovered Shang Ruoting's temper. It was useless to refuse the things she wanted to give her, so she didn't say anything polite.
She looked at the pile of things on the ground. Several vegetables were of the best quality, and there was also a big watermelon, which was the largest watermelon she had ever seen since she was a child.
Finally, Yangmei's eyes fell on the huge strawberry.
"Ruoting, is this a strawberry?"
Shang Ruoting had already expected that taking out these strawberries would be quite surprising.
"Hehe... When I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy seeds, the salesperson told me it was called milk strawberry, and the fruit was large and fleshy. He was curious why only a small amount of these seeds were sold."
"I didn't take it seriously at the time and just wanted to buy some to try. Unexpectedly, the fruit was just as the salesperson said, big and delicious."
As Shang Ruoting spoke, she had already picked up a few strawberries, walked into Yangmei's kitchen with ease, and washed the strawberries in a basin.
Maybe it was because the noise outside was too loud that woke up Yang Xiu who was sleeping soundly. She rubbed her eyes and walked out of the house.
When Shang Ruoting came out with the strawberries, she happened to see Yang Xiu. She picked out the biggest and reddest one and gave it to Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu took the strawberry and took a bite. Her cute little voice echoed throughout the yard: "It's delicious, really delicious..."
Yang Liu and Yang Xu looked at Yang Xiu and licked their dry lips.
At this time, Shang Ruoting also distributed the big strawberries to everyone.
No matter who you are, you will praise strawberries after eating them.
Yang Tao's mind was even more active: "Sister Ruoting, let's not eat these strawberries. Take them to the city to sell. I'm sure we can get a good price for them."
In fact, Shang Ruoting built a greenhouse in the backyard of her new house because she wanted to grow strawberries in the winter. After selling peaches in the city that day, she became more determined to do so.
Although people in this era were not well off, some city dwellers could still spend a few dollars to buy fruit. The peaches were sold at the county market that day. If they were in the provincial capital, there would probably be more people who could afford the fruit.
Now that Yang Tao thought of this, she didn't plan to
hide.
"I do plan to take some strawberries to the city to sell, but there are still plenty left, more than enough for us to eat."
Seeing that Shang Ruoting also had this plan, Yang Tao's eyes suddenly lit up: "Sister Ruoting, I wonder if it's still possible to grow strawberries in this season. I want to plant some too."
Shang Ruoting thought for a moment before answering this question. After all, strawberry seeds were the inventory of her space, which were not available in this era. If she didn't spread it out, she would be the exclusive seller.
Yang Tao has been helping their family with a lot of work recently. Taking her to grow strawberries is a disguised form of compensation. It is more practical than giving her money or things directly, and it is easier to accept.
Although Shang Ruoting had the idea of growing strawberries with Yang Tao, it was better to say some things in advance.
"When I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy seeds, the salesperson said there were only so many, so I bought them all."
"So, I'm the only one who can get strawberry seeds right now."
After hearing her words, Yang Tao was obviously a little discouraged. After all, she was young and inexperienced, so she didn't understand the hidden meaning in Shang Ruoting's words.
Just because she didn't understand didn't mean Yang Mei, the elder sister, didn't understand either. She quickly apologized to Shang Ruoting, "I'm sorry, Ruoting. Taozi is young and naive. As long as you don't spread the seeds, you can sell unique strawberries in the future."
Now, Yang Tao also understood.
"Sister Ruoting, I just thought the strawberries were delicious and I could make more money selling them. I didn't mean anything else."
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