Chapter 2 Chapter 2
A week passed quickly. The courses in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry were not difficult, and could even be said to be simple. Reviewing did not take up too much of Ye Xun's time. During this week, Ye Xun spent more time on the transformation of the space.
In order to make better use of the storage function of the space, Ye Xun customized 100 express shelves online and had them all delivered to a warehouse that had been rented in advance in the name of college students preparing to start a business.
When signing for the goods, the delivery driver couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Little handsome boy, why did you buy so many shelves?"
Knowing that some people would be curious, Ye Xun had already prepared words to deal with it.
"I couldn't find a job in my senior year, and when my family found out, they decided to let me start my own business. So I plan to open a large supermarket."
After saying this, the driver looked at him as if he were a prodigal son.
The bankruptcy of a wealthy family begins when the family’s children plan to start their own business.
Ye Xun didn't care what others thought, and he didn't plan to explain, so as not to cause trouble later.
When paying the bill, I transferred a little extra money to the uncle as a reward for his hard work. It's not easy for everyone to make money.
The uncle was obviously satisfied after receiving the money, and told Ye Xun that he could come to him again next time when he needed to transport goods, and he could give him a friendly discount of 12%!
Ye Xun smiled without saying anything and waved goodbye to the driver.
Watching the truck go away until it was no longer visible, Ye Xun turned around and walked into the warehouse and closed the door. His next move must not be seen by others.
Only things touched by hands can be put into the space. It took several minutes to put away all 100 shelves. If he was not afraid that the sudden disappearance of a warehouse would arouse suspicion, he would have wanted to put the warehouse directly into the space.
But what is very convenient is that the things stored in the space can be organized and listed according to your own ideas.
In order to make it easier to find things, Ye Xun chose three different colors when he ordered the shelves, corresponding to food, supplies and medicines respectively. The same colors are placed together for easy identification.
The shelves are in place, now it's just a matter of filling them.
Although crops can be planted in the space, it takes time for them to mature. Moreover, since he has no experience in planting and is not sure whether they can bear fruit successfully, Ye Xun plans to stock up on some ready-made crops.
The warehouse is located in the suburbs. We rented it to avoid being seen by others, so the nearby rural areas are very close to here, and it takes less than half an hour to drive there.
Ye Xun told the person in charge of fruit and vegetable sales in the village about the purpose of today, and the other party was very happy.
With the rapid development of e-commerce nowadays, the elderly in the village have no way to connect to the Internet and cannot compete with those live streaming hosts. The vegetables and fruits grown at home cannot be sold and can only rot in the fields. No one can help but feel sad when seeing this.
Ye Xun's coming today really helped them a lot.
As soon as the news was broadcast on the village radio, the office was surrounded by a group of villagers.
The mud on some of them's hands and feet was still dark and obviously moist. It looked like they had just been working in the fields, but when they heard that someone was going to harvest a large amount of crops, they dropped their work and hurried over.
When they saw that the person coming was a young man, who looked about the same age as their grandson, they were a little suspicious.
As the person in charge of agricultural product sales in the entire Shijia Village, Pan Weimin meets many people and naturally understands what these people are worried about.
To be honest, when Ye Xun first came to him to explain his purpose, he also suspected that it was some kid playing a prank.
It was not until the other party took out the purchase contract prepared early in the morning and showed the bank card balance that I really believed it.
Direct sales of agricultural products in the village have always been a major concern for him. How can a few people whose bodies are almost half buried in the ground compete with the young people who are so smart on the Internet? Some old men don’t even know what express delivery is. Even if they sell the products, they can’t deliver them outside the village.
In other words, Ye Xun came to the door himself, and the amount he purchased was quite a lot, more than the total amount sold in the village in recent years.
Ye Xun pretended to take out a piece of paper from his coat pocket, but actually took it out from the space under the cover of his pocket. On it were listed the supplies that he had written down last week.
"Uncle Pan, these are the things I want. You can discuss with the other uncles and see how much you can get. I only want new rice. As you know, city folks are picky about old rice, and they won't look down on this kind."
Having a stutter is already good enough in the end times, but if conditions permit, he still wants to make life better for himself and his family, especially in terms of food and accommodation.
Pan Weimin took the paper and looked carefully at the names listed on it. Shijia Village was basically all there, but the quantity might not meet Ye Xun's requirements.
But giving up this deal was more painful than anything else, so after thinking about it, he decided to tell Ye Xun the truth.
"Xiao Ye, our village does have the things you want, but the quantity may have to be reduced. The village can't provide so much rice for the time being, but we still have 10 tons, and we have to save some for the villagers." Pan Weimin estimated the grain reserves of each household in his mind, and then told Ye Xun a number.
10 tons? Ye Xun roughly calculated that with his parents, his cousin and other food, 10 tons would be enough for them to eat for a lifetime, or even more than enough. And he would not empty their foundation. If the end of the world really came, wouldn't this village be out of food?
"Sure, Uncle Pan, let's start with 10 tons. What about the other things? Do the village have them?" Ye Xun asked.
"Yes, yes." Pan Weimin said quickly, "Every household grows potatoes and sweet potatoes. Although not much, we must have 3,000 kilograms. Chicken and duck eggs may take a few days to arrive. A batch was just shipped away last week, and the village doesn't have much in stock. There is a family at the entrance of the village that sells chicks and ducklings. They are all improved varieties. They are not prone to disease, have good physical fitness, and lay bigger eggs than other breeds. There are also farmers who come from other provinces to buy breeding eggs. You can go ask them."
"Okay, Uncle Pan, please help me contact a few drivers to deliver the other eggs to the warehouse except for the chicken and duck eggs. I'll also need your help to lead the way to the family you mentioned just now." Ye Xun said, handing Pan Weimin a box of cigarettes.
Pan Weimin took the cigarette and his eyes lit up. "Hey, it's imported. This is my first time smoking foreign cigarettes!"
As an old smoker, the first time he got cigarettes of this grade, he quickly hid them in his pocket, and then happily took Ye Xun to the village entrance.
Along the road were stretches of farmland planted with all kinds of crops, and the branches were laden with plump fruits. Ye Xun looked at the beauty before him and couldn't help thinking that he would never see it again.
Pan Weimin, who was leading the way, saw him staring at the farmland and thought he was just curious. After all, kids in the city had never seen these things before.
"The villagers have been farmers for generations, relying on the land for food, growing up in the land, and being buried in the land. Everyone is relatively isolated from the news. After much effort, they have trained a few college students, but none of them are willing to come back. Aunt Li, who was harvesting corn just now, and her husband worked hard to support their son's schooling. After he was admitted to university, he was unwilling to come back once a year after graduation. Alas..."
Pan Weimin said this and sighed heavily.
Ye Xun knew how popular rural household registration would be in a few months. When natural disasters come, most crops cannot grow in harsh environments. This is the case in the countryside, and the city will be in chaos. There are too many people and too little land, and it is difficult to get enough food. In the countryside, at least you can grow food on the land to solve the problem of food and clothing for the family.
He wanted to comfort the other person, but Ye Xun was not a fool. He would not just say that the end of the world was coming soon and that this was a treasure land and that people should not be unhappy. Otherwise, people would just think he was sick.
The simplest compliments are the most popular. Ye Xun said, "I think the countryside is better. The air quality is good and the food is organic. When I get old, I will buy a piece of land here and build my own house."
These words touched Pan Weimin's heart, and he smiled with narrowed eyes and grinned.
The village was not big, and the two of them walked and talked, and in less than ten minutes they reached the entrance of the village. They happened to run into the hostess who came out to feed the chickens, holding a full basin of feed in her hands, and her feet were surrounded by chickens and ducks that came for the smell.
For a while, the two men couldn't even enter the yard.
The hostess's surname was Zhang, and the villagers generally called her Aunt Zhang. She looked to be about fifty years old, with tanned cheeks and deep wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, which were unique marks of a woman who worked in the fields.
Having never left the village in his life and unable to speak Mandarin, Ye Xun could not communicate with her. He had to speak and then ask Pan Weimin to convey his words.
Pan Weimin explained Ye Xun's purpose in a simple way in dialect to Aunt Zhang, "Aunt Zhang, this is Ye Xun. He wants to buy some chicks and ducklings, so I brought him here to have a look. He's a generous man, so you can take him to see some of the better quality ones."
When she heard that they were here to buy a cub, Aunt Zhang's mouth immediately cracked into a happy smile.
She looked at Ye Xun, who was so fair-skinned, wearing a clean white down jacket and shoes. She had heard her son, who was studying away from home, mention this brand, and they were not cheap. She suddenly felt embarrassed, and quickly put down the iron basin in her hand, and rubbed the hem of his clothes with her rough and cracked hands.
"You are such a handsome boy. Come here, come here. All the kids I have are strong and healthy and have never been sick. Come in and pick any one you want." Aunt Zhang spoke in dialect, opened the fence of the yard, and waved for them to come in and take a look.
Although Ye Xun didn't understand, he understood from the body movements and followed Aunt Zhang in.
He wore his expensive shoes in a yard full of poultry droppings, but he didn't care at all, which made Aunt Zhang and Pan Weimin admire him even more.
Because the two people could not communicate, Pan Weimin followed them and acted as an interpreter.
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