The four new vegetable varieties—cabbage, radish, lettuce, and scallions—dazzled Qin Huairu, leaving her unsure which one to choose to sell for the highest profit and earn the price difference.
The neighbors behind her started arguing and urging her to hurry up.
Unwittingly disturbing Zheng Ya and the others who were having breakfast on the third-floor balcony, Zheng Ya stood up and looked down at the people selling vegetables, saying, "Our planting base sells a batch of vegetables every three days."
You are all welcome to come and buy vegetables.
The premise is that there should be no trouble, and that neighbors can discuss things amicably. I don't want any serious incidents to happen because of my vegetables.
If discovered, you will be disqualified from buying vegetables from me.
I hope everyone will keep each other in check on this.
As for the vegetables you buy from me, whether you're buying them for your own consumption, as gifts, or to sell at the market and make a profit, it's all up to you.
The premise is that you divide the sales areas into responsible areas, do not cause trouble, damage the reputation of our planting base, and tarnish the name of Tongluo Lane.
This is my only request of you all. Thank you for coming.
"Haha, Brother Zheng Ya has a great vision. He always considers everyone's needs when he speaks and acts. Neighbors, I propose that we manage the vegetables produced at the planting base in a harmonious manner."
"Yes, yes, this is the honor of our team, and no one can tarnish it; violators will be prosecuted."
"Comrade Zheng Ya is right. We should all unite and help each other to jointly safeguard the reputation of our Tongluo Lane."
"Alright, everyone, let's discuss how to divide the responsibility areas for selling vegetables."
"Yes, yes, this is a big deal. Let's make it clear beforehand to avoid any disputes."
The neighbors began discussing the responsibility area for selling vegetables.
Someone suggested a first-come, first-served basis, with each vegetable market tentatively having fifteen selling points, and moving to the next market when the market was full.
This proposal was opposed by the majority of people.
The reason given is that the competition is fierce, but that would delay those who arrive late to the market, causing them to run around and making things difficult, affecting unity, and easily leading to disputes and hostility.
Everyone argued back and forth but couldn't come up with a good solution.
Ultimately, everyone shifted the blame to Zheng Ya, believing that he was fair in his words and deeds and that they could trust him.
Zheng Ya had just finished his breakfast and looked down at everyone, saying, "Since everyone trusts me, I'll give you some advice."
Whether you adopt this or not is entirely up to you to decide through discussion.
“Brother Zheng Ya, just say it, everyone trusts you,” Widow Liang said in a coquettish tone, which gave many people goosebumps.
Zheng Ya pretended not to see her flirting and held up an index finger, saying, "First, all the families who decide to buy vegetables should go to the supply and marketing cooperative to register, discuss paying taxes on time, and obtain a vegetable selling qualification certificate."
Secondly, the vegetable selling license means that one will not disrupt market order and prices; it is a binding force and a responsibility.
That would be equivalent to being a full-time employee, allowing you to fully dedicate yourself to your vegetable selling business.
When you run a business, you will give it your all and receive equivalent income.
Third, since you have a vegetable selling license, you don't need to go to the market to sell vegetables.
Those without the means to sell vegetables can pick them up and go door-to-door to sell them, bringing the service right to people's doorsteps, and they're guaranteed to sell a lot.
Those who have the means can push wheelbarrows or ride tricycles to sell vegetables from street to street.
Fourth, if you choose to sell vegetables door-to-door, then gather all those who have obtained vegetable selling certificates and divide the vegetable selling areas according to the order of women, the elderly, the weak, and the strong.
I think I don't need to elaborate on this point; you all know that it's important to take care of women, the elderly, and the infirm by providing them with shortcuts to sell vegetables.
Young and strong people going out of their way to sell vegetables is taking care of their neighbors and fostering unity among comrades.
Based on the above four points, let's discuss and decide what to do.
"Comrade Zheng Ya, your method of selling vegetables is indeed very good, but I don't know if the cooperative will allow us to sell vegetables door-to-door?" Widow Liang began to worry.
Zheng Ya smiled and said, "You should first go to the subdistrict office to get a certificate to confirm your eligibility to sell vegetables, and then go through the subdistrict office to negotiate with the supply and marketing cooperative to obtain a license to sell vegetables."
Obtaining a certificate means paying taxes.
Paying taxes is protected by law, so there are naturally no problems.
Selling vegetables door-to-door is serving the people, and the supply and marketing cooperative has no reason to stop it.
"Yes, I'll go to the neighborhood office and ask Director Wang later. If this is done, I'll be a full-time vegetable vendor, haha!" an old man exclaimed excitedly.
The neighbors all thought Zheng Ya's way of selling vegetables was very good.
As a result, the vegetable sales supported by Yan Fugui were in full swing, and more than 40,000 jin of vegetables were sold in less than half an hour.
Ouyang Wenqian and five others came to offer their congratulations: "Director, congratulations on the great sales of your new vegetables. We've come to ask for a little something extra, is that alright?"
“You are also part of the planting base. Although you receive a government salary, you are still working for our planting base.”
"If you apply for welfare, as long as it's reasonable, I will grant your request." Zheng Ya had no idea what they were up to.
Ouyang Wenli jumped up and said, "Haha, I knew the principal would agree."
Director, we, a group of six, request to stay in a room on the first floor of your house. It's inconvenient for us to stay in a tent, fetch water, and use the toilet!
You wouldn't disagree, would you?
"Well, that's not a bad idea either." Zheng Ya thought they were right; they couldn't always make them live in tents like the guards.
The guards living in tents was at the suggestion of the brigade headquarters, to help them train a group of special forces soldiers, and then replace them with another group of soldiers for training.
Qualified special forces soldiers are sent to major military regions across the country to lead and train special forces squads, and then gradually develop into battalions.
It's like a secret organization, where training is done in secret.
Naturally, the higher authorities granted Zheng Ya the authority to serve as an instructor with the rank of Major General. He received no salary and was also required to dedicate a century-old elixir to help special forces lay a solid foundation and cultivate batch after batch of elite combat teams.
Fu Qingyao was appointed as the deputy instructor, and Wu Wei was the instructor.
Secretly train special forces while protecting the core secrets of the planting base, cultivating high-quality elixirs and technologies.
This is something that is kept secret.
This makes it somewhat inappropriate for Ouyang Wenqian and her six companions to live in tents with the special forces, as it would also expose the existence of the special forces team.
Ouyang Wenli was displeased by his hesitant tone: "Principal, you can make your request, right?"
"You said it yourself, you're responsible for all the public hygiene in my house, and you're not allowed to enter the rooms."
"Also, you'll take care of the screening on the first floor, and all the other tasks." Seeing that she was losing her composure and falling into his trap, Zheng Ya decided to be blunt.
Ouyang Wenqian laughed in exasperation: "Director, how can you have the nerve to make our technicians work as waiters?"
"Comrade Ouyang Wenqian, your ideological awareness has regressed."
"Our roles in this revolution are different. Your words are discriminatory against the nature of service workers' jobs. I've decided that the first week's cleaning duties are yours." Zheng Ya seized the opportunity to vent his anger, thinking, "I can't handle you now."
Seeing that the six of them were getting a little upset, Fu Qingyao took the initiative to stand up and say, "You are still interns at school."
However, he was also a full-time employee who had signed a confidentiality agreement.
Doing your job well is your duty; there's nothing to be proud of.
Unless you achieve something in your respective positions and receive awards and honors, that's not something you can be proud of.
Besides that, the first thing you need to learn is to integrate into life and learn how to navigate social interactions.
Don't let someone trick us into revealing our core secrets as soon as we go there.
Comrades, our career and life journey have just begun. We must always be vigilant, learn to restrain ourselves, and accept any test in order to do our job well and solidly, and make contributions to the country and the people.
Are you confident?
"Yes!" Fu Qingyao ignited the passion in the six young men and women...
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