Xu Lai was broadcasting on this side, while Xia Ning was showing her the data from the backend. Sometimes there were a lot of peaches, and a single tree could yield several hundred kilograms, so selling peaches this time was really difficult, and it was impossible to sell them all.
At 10:30, another car arrived and stopped at the orchard entrance, asking if we could pick peaches.
Xia Ning quickly greeted them, "We offer fruit picking here. How many kilograms do you want to buy? If you have a lot, our staff can help you pick them, and you can bring your children to play inside for a while."
The man asked, "Are the quality of the ones you picked good? I'll feel more at ease if I pick them myself."
"Haha, don't worry, everything can be checked. Of course, you'll feel more at ease if you pick them yourself. The admission fee is ten yuan per adult, but it's free for children." Xia Ning handed her a basket.
The woman saw Xu Lai's live stream and asked curiously, "Do you sell online too?"
Xia Ning introduced, "Yes, we have our own brand called Shangxi Fruit. We've already sold it several times. Before, it was nectarines and plums, and now it's yellow peaches. The response has been quite good. You can try it, and if you like it, you can recommend it to your friends."
The customer nodded in satisfaction, "I'll go in and take a look first. If it's good, I'll post it on my WeChat Moments to tell my girlfriends."
Xia Ning returned to her seat and winked at Xu Lai. She had just successfully promoted the fruit. She had just made up the brand name, but she really didn't lie about the quality of the fruit.
It was hot, so Xia Ning went to get the canned yellow peaches that Xu Lai had made and distributed them to the uncles and aunts who were working. One of the older women saw them and asked, "Did you make these canned peaches yourself?"
Xia Ning pointed at Xu Lai, "My friend made it herself, it's absolutely clean. She has her own short video account with hundreds of thousands of followers, she wouldn't lie."
Just then, the little girl started fussing and said she wanted to eat canned food. Xia Ning handed her a can and asked, "Sister, your daughter should be able to eat this, right?" She was afraid the customer might disagree, so she specifically asked.
Nie Yun thanked her, "It's edible, thank you. How much is it? I'll pay you back later."
Xia Ning refused, saying, "It's alright, just consider it a gift from us. We're guests, after all."
Nie Yun handed over a business card. "I am one of the partners in this law firm. My name is Nie Yun. Please order one hundred boxes of yellow peaches and send them to this place. I will pay you the price shown in the live stream."
Xia Ning confirmed, "One hundred boxes?"
Nie Yun nodded: "Yes, we'll give them to our colleagues at the law firm."
Finally, she picked a basket full of fruit. Xia Ning packed it for her and gave her two bottles of water, saying, "Welcome to come again next time."
Nie Yun asked, "Don't you have anything to eat here? It's midday, and my daughter is getting hungry."
Xia Ning said somewhat embarrassedly, "Our area hasn't been developed yet, so there are no restaurants, but you can drive to town to eat."
After serving her for half a day, Xu Lai finally saw the person off and ended her broadcast. Curious, she asked, "What did she say just now?"
Xia Ning sighed, "Oh, don't even mention it. She asked us if we had anywhere to eat."
Xu Lai put his hands on his hips, thinking it was time to make a trip to each household and give them a chance to make money, to see if the villagers could handle it.
In the afternoon, she asked her grandmother to help her sort out the families in the village who were good at cooking, and then she went to visit them one by one. To her surprise, Aunt Hongmei was a very good cook, and Xu Lai went to her first.
Xu Lai explained her purpose: "Auntie, I plan to set up a fruit picking garden, and at the same time, I can also develop projects such as fishing and picking vegetables, but now no one in the village runs a restaurant, so when customers come, they can only take the fruit home."
Aunt Hongmei wiped the table, listened to her finish speaking, and pondered for a moment, "You mean you want me to open a restaurant?"
Xu Lai nodded, and Aunt Hongmei went into the kitchen and said, "But I have no capital and no place to open a shop."
Seeing that her attitude had softened considerably, Xu Lai said, "Just open it at home, set up a few tables, and I can pay you for the food first, and you can pay me back when you make some money."
Aunt Hongmei wanted to say something but then gave up. Xu Lai continued, "Just give it a try. If you run the restaurant well, Yiyi's mother might come back to help. You won't need to go out to work; you can earn money at home."
Aunt Hongmei finally agreed, and Xu Lai said happily, "Okay, I'll take you to the market to buy meat and vegetables tomorrow morning. We grow our own vegetables, so we'll just buy a little."
Another family is the village chief's family, where Uncle Guiping's wife, Aunt Chunfang, is also an excellent cook.
After Xu Lai explained her purpose, Aunt Chunfang refused outright. She was somewhat surprised: "Auntie, why don't you even consider it?"
Aunt Chunfang poured her a cup of tea and said, "Yuan'er is due to give birth in a few months. If I were to run a restaurant, I wouldn't be able to take care of her then."
Xu Lai breathed a sigh of relief. "You don't need to worry about that. It'll only be open for a few months. By the time she's due to give birth, it will be after the New Year. Who would still want to come here to play then, right?"
Zheng Yuan also advised, "Yes, Mom, we have nothing to do anyway. You've seen how many people have come to the village recently. If we could open a restaurant, our family could increase our income."
Aunt Chunfang agreed, and Xu Lai's burden was finally lightened considerably.
The next morning at five o'clock, she drove the village chief's car and took the two aunts to the vegetable market. She paid for all the expenses first and promised to pay them back when she earned money. She also went to get a business license.
Several groups of guests have come today. As lunchtime approaches, Xu Lai said, "There are restaurants ahead, all run by villagers themselves. You can rest assured, their business licenses will be issued in a few days."
When those people saw the vegetables the villagers had grown, they asked, "Can we pick these vegetables ourselves and have them cook them for us?"
Xu Lai smiled and said, "Sure, but it'll be a little more expensive than the market price." Luckily, she had spent the whole day yesterday going door to door and telling everyone about it, and they readily agreed when they heard that they could make money.
Xu Lai watched them pick the vegetables, reminding them from time to time, "Be careful not to step on the vegetables."
The restaurant was doing quite well today, with people coming to eat after picking fruit. Zheng Yuan was helping to clear the tables when she saw that Xu Lai had brought another table of guests, so she quickly asked Liu Tao to greet them.
There wasn't enough room here, so she took a group to Aunt Hongmei's place. Luckily, Yiyi went to her mother's place, otherwise Aunt Hongmei would have been too busy.
By the afternoon, there were finally fewer people coming to pick peaches. Xu Lai had just returned home and hadn't even had a chance to sit down when Xu Shen came over and pulled her away.
She asked hurriedly, "Where are you going?"
Xu Shen led her to a vineyard, opened the door, and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
Xu Lai hesitated and asked, "Yours?"
Xu Shen scratched his head: "Well, it's just a partnership with a few friends."
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