The next day, Xu Jing and his three companions went to the local flower and tree wholesale market and spent 500 yuan to bring back 250 orange trees.
The shop owner was very happy because he had made a big order early in the morning. He drove a tractor to escort the few people and the orange tree back.
Xu Jing asked Hou Liang and Wu Yu to wait in the store while he took Qin Chuan to the nearby market to buy vegetable and melon seeds. He also bought nylon cloth, fertilizer, and other planting aids.
It was not until Hou Liang saw Li Heng carrying large and small bags of farming tools that he realized that he was serious.
Before, it was just talk, and he could ignore it. Even with so many orange trees, he could still comfort himself that the farming was done by Qin Chuan and had nothing to do with Li Heng. Now, he felt that he didn't need to deceive himself anymore.
On the way back, Hou Liang couldn't help but ask: "How are you going to explain this to your sister? You are the hope of your whole family."
"It's okay. I'll take a year off and join your class as a transfer student. I can still get into university."
"Do you think college is easy to get into?" They go to a regular high school, and the college admission rate is less than 20%.
The 20% is an exaggeration. In order to improve the school's admission rate, we will contact parents in the second half of the second year of high school and persuade them to go to junior college with all our heart.
Small-town test-takers are completely in the dark, having no idea of the twists and turns involved. The school collaborates with universities and colleges, sending countless students and reaping countless benefits each year. If it were a reliable major, it would be fine, but if they were shady and sent to a nonsensical major, their life would be doomed.
Hou Liang and Wu Yu were, after all, serious children, still unaware of the complexities of society. Their youthful faces revealed a thirst for new things and a longing for the future.
Xu Jing sighed. He couldn't forcibly interfere with someone else's path for his own selfish reasons. "Don't worry about anything else. Study hard first. We can talk about the rest in a year."
"Li Heng." Hou Liang suddenly felt uncomfortable. He had finally recognized a brother, but he just left without saying anything. He really had no conscience at all. "How about I follow you?"
"Stop messing around, you don't know how to do anything." Qin Chuan just didn't like the thin Hou Liang. "Look at what you're wearing compared to what I'm wearing. You and I are not the same kind of people."
"So Li Heng and you are the same kind of people?" Hou Liang retorted, "Don't be silly, you fool. Your two families are very different. Li Heng's family won't let him go farming with you."
Qin Chuan didn't trust anyone else but Li Heng. He usually ignored what others said and just ignored it. What he cared about was Li Heng's attitude.
Xu Jing patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will convince my family. Monkey, how about this, Qin Chuan and I go to farm first, and then you can invest in it?"
"Tell me more about it. What does it mean to invest?"
Xu Jing said, "You provide the money, and I provide the technology. Then, after the oranges are sold, I'll give you a share of the profits according to a certain ratio. For example, if I give you 20% of the shares, then if I make 100, you'll get 20."
Hou Liang's eyes lit up when he heard he could make money. "Okay, then how much should I contribute?"
"Wait, you haven't told me the prerequisites. What if you lose?" Wu Yu is much smarter than Hou Liang. He doesn't believe that pie will fall from the sky.
"If you lose money, the monkey will naturally have nothing. Investing is risky, so you need to be cautious when entering the industry."
Hou Liang hesitated for a moment and took out five hundred. "This is what you earned. I'll give it to you. If you make a profit, it's not much. You can give me 10% of it. If you lose money, it's a loss. I won't lose anything either."
"Are you stupid?" Wu Yu slapped him on the back of the head, feeling rather disappointed. "With five hundred, you could start a business in the county, and if you worked hard, you could even get married. If you give it to Li Heng now, what if it all goes to waste?"
"Then let's just throw it away." Hou Liang had a hunch that following Li Heng would make him money. No matter what, he had to give it a try.
Xu Jing took the money and said cheerfully, "It will take three years for Orange to make money. I'll share the profits with you then."
"It's okay." Three years is just three years. He believed that Li Heng's character would not let him down.
Xu Jing laughed and said, "Oranges take three years, but melons may not."
"How do you say that?"
Xu Jing pointed at the nylon cloth and other items he had bought and said, "As long as you have these, I can let you eat melons in winter. Scarcity makes things valuable. If a melon sells for ten yuan, how much can you make from three hundred melons?"
Wu Yu rolled his eyes. "Just bragging, but how can you eat melon in winter?"
As long as the five elements of plant growth are met, it is completely achievable. Xu Jing patted him and said, "You are sleeping while studying biology? Don't you know the laws of plant growth?"
"Theory is theory, practice is practice." Wu Yu grimaced in pain, his mouth naturally stiff. "Have you ever seen a farmer grow watermelons in winter? I don't think so."
That's because most farmers today haven't been to school and are generally semi-illiterate. However, precisely because they haven't been to school, Xu Jing faces less competitive pressure.
If everyone grows greenhouse melons, he will earn much less.
Hou Liang felt a mysterious confidence in Li Heng's proposal. He had just felt like the sky was falling, but now his life was saved. If he weren't still on the tractor, he would have wanted to follow Li Heng to pick up money in the fields.
"Just keep planting, and I'll expand your network for you." He also has shares and can be considered an original shareholder. As long as Li Heng earns more, he will earn a lot.
Besides, talking is much better than farming. At least he doesn't have to work.
"Okay. Just don't promise anything big at this stage. Just keep it between us and the others."
"Okay, heaven and earth know, you know, and I know. Let's high-five as an oath." With a snap, Xu Jing and Hou Liang looked at each other and smiled.
Wu Yu scoffed at them, treating them as fools. As long as Li Heng didn't come to calculate his money, he could do nothing about it.
Qin Chuan didn't understand a thing. He only knew that the monkey had set his sights on Li Heng. He was so anxious that his face flushed, and he couldn't think of any way to make the annoying guy leave quickly.
Qin Chuan didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he arrived at the county town and saw Hou Liang and others leave.
"Hey bro, where should I put the orange tree?"
The question was where to put it. Xu Jing thought about it and realized there was an abandoned warehouse not far away that was perfect for storing things. "Uncle, come with me."
"OK."
The three of them worked for a while before they completely removed the orange trees. After finishing the job, Xu Jing was almost knocked unconscious by a slap in the face as he was about to leave. After seeing who was coming, Xu Jing breathed a sigh of relief. "Second sister, you scared me to death."
"What are you doing here, you good-for-nothing?"
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