Chapter 246 Black Heart
"But...but isn't half the money too much?"
Cai Chunhua still said with some reluctance.
The women around her echoed her words.
This time, Cai Shuhua did not interrupt them, but waited until they had finished complaining.
He suddenly chuckled and said, "If you think you're losing out by buying at half price, there's actually a way. Your tiger-head hats can not only be sold for three yuan, but you can even sell them for five yuan, just like me."
Upon hearing this, Cai Chunhua cast a smug glance at the women beside her and whispered, "See? I knew it! Cai Shuhua is heartless. She wants to exploit us, thinking we're easy to fool since we've never been out before!"
"Chunhua, you're so smart! It's half the price! Something that costs two hundred yuan, we can only get one hundred. Do you think we're stupid?!"
"Exactly! Cai Shuhua is clearly planning to make us do hard labor for her! Isn't what she's doing just acting like a capitalist?"
The discussion grew louder and louder.
Cai Shuhua, who had initially managed to maintain a calm expression, completely lost her composure after hearing someone call her a capitalist.
He immediately raised his voice and said, "If you think that giving me the things you made is a loss, you can take them to the capital and sell them yourselves! Don't worry about selling them for three or five yuan, even if you sell them for three or five hundred, that's your skill, and you don't have to give us a single penny!"
When she said this, Cai Shuhua looked directly at Cai Chunhua and her group.
These women are usually the most difficult, domineering, and unreasonable shrews in the village, and many young women and wives in the village have suffered at their hands.
In other words, Cai Shuhua is the wife of Tong Liqun, the Party Secretary, so they dare not offend her.
But now, faced with enormous profits, these people can't care about anything else.
They immediately jumped out to stir up trouble.
Cai Chunhua originally thought that by winning over a few people, she could force Cai Shuhua to buy their goods at the full selling price.
Unexpectedly, Cai Shuhua directly told them to sell their own products.
Go sell it yourself?
How is that possible?
Putting aside those who have never left the capital, they don't even know where to go in the capital or how to take a car.
Even if they knew, they'd be crazy to spend so much on train tickets to go to the capital to sell a few tiger-head hats.
When they go to the capital, what will they eat, where will they stay, where will they go, and where will they sell their goods?
These questions flashed through their minds one by one, and Cai Chunhua and the others immediately shut their mouths obediently, not daring to say another word.
Otherwise, what if they really angered Cai Shuhua and she stopped accepting their creations?
After saying these words, Cai Shuhua showed several samples, explaining which were considered high-quality, which were mid-quality, and which were low-quality. Then she dismissed the meeting and left.
Tong Liqun held his precious old opium pipe in his hand, following closely behind his wife. Seeing his wife's furious expression, he sighed helplessly and didn't say anything more.
Only after he got home, cooked corn porridge and steamed buns, did he come over to call Cai Shuhua for dinner.
"Wife, before she came back, didn't Xiang Wan already tell you about the possible situations that might arise with the villagers? You also said at the time that you were mentally prepared, so why are you still angry now?"
Tong Liqun held Cai Shuhua's hand and spoke slowly.
Cai Shuhua took a deep breath and said, "I'm not angry, it's just that after so many years of being neighbors, we're just preparing to make money, and we haven't even seen any yet, and they're already showing this kind of attitude. It makes me feel a little upset."
“What’s there to be upset about! If you’re happy doing it, then do it. If you’re not happy, then we won’t do it! Our family has plenty to eat and wear, and our son is all grown up. You don’t need to work so hard,” Tong Liqun said, looking at Cai Shuhua with concern.
When Cai Shuhua heard Tong Liqun say that, her initial sadness immediately dissipated.
She looked at Tong Liqun and said, "What's so difficult about this for me? If Cai Chunhua and the others really try anything funny again, I'll just refuse their things. But you..."
"Me? What's wrong with me?" Tong Liqun was taken aback and looked at her with some confusion.
“You just said that if I’m not happy with my job, I can just quit. But you’ve been the village party secretary for so long, and you must have encountered even more troubles than I have. But when you come home, you’ve never told me about them. You’ve kept all these things to yourself. You must have been very tired all these years!”
As Cai Shuhua spoke, she broke off a piece of steamed bun and placed it in Tong Liqun's hand.
Hearing Cai Shuhua say this, a hint of emotion flashed in Tong Liqun's eyes. He took Cai Shuhua's hand in return and said, "I'm not tired. As the village party secretary, I can at least protect you and the children a little more. As long as I think about how you can live well, I'm not tired!"
Cai Shuhua was caught off guard when he grabbed her hand, and a rare hint of embarrassment flashed across her face.
She glared at him, annoyed, and said, "We're an old married couple, why are you still being so sarcastic!"
Despite saying that, she did not break free from Tong Liqun's hand.
This couple, who have been together for twenty years, are enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.
But this tranquility did not last long, as villagers soon knocked on Tong Liqun's courtyard gate.
Surprisingly, villagers came to Cai Shuhua with their handmade tiger-head hats, tiger-head shoes, cotton-padded jackets, and other items, some new and some old, asking her to assess their quality and price.
Cai Shuhua immediately got to work.
After setting the requirements and explaining the prices to everyone, several hours had already passed.
Finally having some free time, she couldn't wait to go to the village committee and dial Su Xiangwan's phone number.
Su Xiangwan took the phone from Liu Ma and had barely said hello when Cai Shuhua began to recount the events of the day in detail.
"Xiang Wan, thank goodness you anticipated this situation, otherwise I would have been furious with these people today. They actually thought they could just pay them whatever the selling price was, as if finished products could just magically appear in the buyer's hands! No need for shipping, labor, time, or any other costs!"
"Auntie, this was all expected. Don't get angry with them. At worst, just don't accept their things. It's not worth getting upset over something like this!" Su Xiangwan said with a smile, trying to comfort her.
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