Chapter 103 Lu Family Grocery Store
Yes, you read that right. Lu Xuan used the small cave to open a grocery store.
Before, the villagers had scattered supplies they wanted to exchange, and they would come to Lu Xuan at random times to exchange them. To be honest, it was really troublesome.
Lu Xuan had long planned to open a small shop for them to exchange the items together. This would not only be convenient for the villagers, but would also allow him to sell off the increasing number of ordinary blind boxes he had accumulated.
It's just that there hasn't been a suitable opportunity so it has been put on hold.
The harvest was good this time, and the villagers' pockets were fatter, which was just the right time to stimulate consumption.
Lu Xuan had decorated the small cave long before the harvest. When the second round of planting was over and the villagers could take a break, the grocery store filled with various goods was officially opened.
Lu Xuan specially hired three employees to help him open the store.
The three are Wei Xiang's lame father Wei Lao Di who is responsible for helping to carry the goods, Xu Wen Ze who is responsible for accounting and keeping records, and Grandma Lin's grandson Lin Man (10 years old) who is smart and can run errands back and forth.
On the day of the official opening, the small cave grocery store, which had received the news in advance, was immediately packed, and the inside and outside were crowded with villagers who came to exchange things.
Miao Jinfeng, Aunt Zhang and other women who were on good terms with each other came together, each carrying a bag of grain. They looked here and there, thinking that all the things were good. They were dazzled and wanted to exchange everything back home.
"Salt, sugar, alcohol, nutrient solution, ice packs, pine cone lamps, summer heat relief medicine, fever-reducing medicine. Oh, there's so much stuff here. I'll have to buy more today."
Aunt Chen said excitedly: "Before the earthquake, I was busy stockpiling food and forgot to buy more salt. My family is almost out of salt, so we need some more."
Aunt Sun also said, "There's still cloth! My family's clothes are all torn and I can't even mend them. It's just right to exchange some cloth to make new clothes. Oh, who would have thought that in this year of disaster, not only would we not starve, but we could also buy cloth to make new clothes. No one would believe it if I told them."
Miao Jinfeng said seriously, "It's all thanks to Lu Xuan. We must remember his kindness and not be like those ungrateful people who only take the benefits and don't know how to be grateful."
The others nodded repeatedly, "Of course not, we've all remembered that."
"A space ring is also on display? Brother Wei, I want a 10 cubic meter one. I don't have enough food with me. Leave it to me and I'll go get it right away."
"I want to change my space, too! I can enjoy the magic of putting things away at any time. From now on, my luggage won't have to be piled up in the cabin anymore, and I'll have a lot more space to live in."
Because every family had a good harvest, the guards also received their salaries, and none of the villagers, who had never felt so rich, left empty-handed.
The top priority item that must be replaced without exception is space.
The 100 cubic meters of public space that was exchanged before was still not banned. Li Tie took out the 50 cubic meters left over from last time and exchanged old for new to offset 600 kilograms of grain, and added 4,400 kilograms to exchange for 500 cubic meters of space, almost emptying all the public supplies distributed this harvest.
The Li family also upgraded their own space to a larger one, and several other families who had previously purchased space also upgraded their 10 cubic meters to 50 cubic meters.
The original 10 cubic meters were replaced with new ones, and some meat was added as a substitute.
Otherwise, it would be really painful to carry 600 kilograms of food at a time.
Others, even those from relatively poor families like Grandma Lin, who only had a grandmother and a grandson, gritted their teeth and exchanged for a 10 cubic meter space.
Lu Xuan drew dozens of spaces of different sizes from the blind box. Except for the large spaces of more than 100 cubic meters, all the others were replaced.
If 10 cubic meters is not enough, use two 5 cubic meter rings instead.
In just one day, Yunlu Village achieved the goal of every family owning a space ring.
The people who changed to the new space returned to the big cave and put away all the vacuum-packed supplies and other miscellaneous items piled up in their own cabins. The house suddenly became much more spacious and refreshing just by looking at it.
In addition to space, the materials mentioned above are also popular commodities.
There were also communicators, toilet paper, sunscreen spray, insect repellent, lip balm, household pills, swords, children's toys, dry ice, a starry sky cotton set, a thermos, a plastic bucket, an eco-friendly plastic box, plastic and alloy tableware, and a four-piece bedding set...
Many of the supplies needed by the villagers in ordinary blind boxes and a few silver blind boxes were exchanged out.
By the way, dozens of biological suits were also replaced.
A small number of them were families who had been rotating through the same clothes and finally decided to buy one for each person. Most of them bought an extra one for each person to wear for replacement.
Some people are even generous enough to change into better upgraded biological suits.
From the time it opened at eight in the morning until sunset, there were always people in the small cave of the grocery store. Half of the space beads that Lu Xuan used to store the remaining items in the blind box were directly emptied, and materials such as salt pond nutrients that were considered hard currency were almost sold out.
The total revenue for the day was also amazing.
The income from exchanging space alone was more than 8,000 kilograms of grain, more than 2,000 kilograms of radishes and cabbages, and several hundred kilograms of meat.
Other commodities were also exchanged for several thousand kilograms of grain and several hundred kilograms of vegetables and meat.
The audience in the livestream sighed: "The villagers finally had a good harvest, but most of it went to the streamer. He's such a capitalist."
Lu Xuan disagreed.
"Free trade, buying and selling are voluntary. I'm not cheating them out of nothing. I'm giving them food, nutrients, medicine, biological clothing, space. Which one of them can't improve their survival index and happiness index?"
People outside have no chance to buy it.
The villagers may feel bad when they spend money on food, but what if they are asked to return the goods?
I'm afraid no one is willing.
They only regret that the harvest is not enough food to allow them to shop more happily.
However, such a grand occasion only happened on the first day.
The villagers have already spent most of the supplies they can, and the rest is kept for their own food, so they cannot touch it.
After that, only a few people would come every day to consume small amounts. What they brought was not necessarily food, but meat hunted by the hunting team or the very few vegetarian foods that could be collected.
Lu Xuan had expected this and was not disappointed.
We need to accumulate some more blind box shipments, and when the second wave of crops is harvested, it will definitely be a hit again.
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When the grocery store's business was declining, the fruit forest behind the Lu family villa also entered the ripening period after the good harvest in the fields.
There are fifty fruit trees in the entire orchard, and these trees produce a total of 1,500 kilograms of fruit.
These fruits are all privately owned by Lu Xuan, and he does not need to share the profits with the villagers after ripening them.
However, after a little thought, Lu Xuan found Li Tie and said that he would give some of the fruit to the elderly and children in the village as welfare.
"Every elderly person over 60 and every child 10 years and under can get 10 kilograms of fruit, of random variety. From now on, my orchard will follow this ratio every time I harvest, as a token of my appreciation."
Li Tie's eyes lit up. "Great, great, you're so thoughtful! The elderly and children in the village will have a treat."
Although fruits cannot be eaten as meals, the fruits ripened by Lu Xuan are much more delicious than any wild fruits and the fruits sold in the city. For example, the apples, pears, and peaches are all very large. People with small appetites can feel half full after eating one. Ten kilograms is a lot of food.
Some families have many elderly people and children, and each family can get 30 to 40 kilograms, which is also a considerable income.
Lu Xuan's idea also provided inspiration to Li Tie.
Lu Xuan was indeed the richest man in the village and had the most supplies, but the village had also accumulated a lot of public supplies.
On weekdays, apart from villagers coming to exchange some supplies that they don’t have on hand, the main expenditure is to pay the guards’ salaries.
Public supplies are originally saved for the villagers. It doesn't make sense to save them without spending them.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Tie simply invited several elders in the village to discuss it and decided to allocate a sum of money from public supplies every month as a subsidy to the elderly, children, widows, orphans, pregnant women and other villagers in special circumstances in the village.
The subsidized materials include 30 kilograms of random coarse grains, 5 kilograms of random meat, 5 kilograms of fish, three radishes and three cabbages, and two bamboo shoots.
The things are not much, but they meet the basic survival needs of these vulnerable groups, ensuring that they will not starve to death even without any extra income, and can even live a good life.
It just so happened that they had been in the mountains for more than a month, so Li Tie simply distributed the first subsidy together with Lu Xuan's fruit.
As a result, almost every household received a large amount of supplies.
The villagers were surprised: Supplies fell from the sky! ?
Admittedly, this income was less than what they spent on food when the grocery store opened.
But this is free, does not require them to expend any physical energy, and it is a fixed subsidy paid every month!
Lu Xuan's fruit forest ripens once every two weeks, just like crops. He can get two batches every month, which is very surprising.
What’s even more surprising is that the grocery store also has a new batch of fruits, and they are not ordinary fruits, but mutant fruits that are larger in size and taste better.
Lu Xuan told everyone: "These mutant fruits are not only bigger and taste better, but also have special effects. I suggest everyone buy some to take home and eat."
Zhang Chengming asked expectantly, "What special effects does it have? Could it make me immortal?"
Lu Xuan: “…”
The audience booed. "Even people with superpowers can't achieve immortality, and you think you can live forever just by eating fruit? How many dishes did you eat to get you this drunk?"
Lu Xuan said: "There is no way to achieve immortality, but we can strengthen our body, enhance our immunity and reduce the chances of getting sick."
Moreover, this effect is not like ordinary fruits and vegetables that must be eaten for a long time to see any results. Instead, eating three or five of them will be reflected in the physical data. In a short period of time, the villagers' physical fitness can reach the level of low-level physical enhancement ability users, greatly improving their self-protection ability.
Of the first batch of 300 kilograms of mutant fruits, 50 kilograms were reserved for making fruit wine to see if the effect would change. The remaining 250 kilograms were taken to the grocery store.
Low-level body-enhancing abilities and "magic arts" are far inferior to what people see.
Despite this, when Lu Xuan said that eating more mutant fruits could increase strength, more than 200 kilograms of fruit were sold out in an instant, with each family buying four or five kilograms.
Because the fruits are large, four or five pounds together are not actually that much, and if the whole family shares them, each person can only eat a few bites.
But the effect is really amazing.
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