In the county town, Xuemei was reading a letter in bed. It was already July, and in a little over a month, university would start, and there would definitely be many new students registering. It would be a good time to sell her goods, but she only had about two hundred yuan. How could she possibly get the goods?
I went through a lot of trouble to find the wholesale market in the county town, but the prices weren't cheap. They were only slightly cheaper than the general stores. The people there said that if I wanted a cheaper price, I could go to Huacheng Wholesale Market myself.
Two hundred yuan could buy some things wholesale, but Dongnan was writing a thesis and Fubao was still young. How could she walk alone? After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't come up with a solution, so she asked Dongnan to write a letter to Nannan. That girl was clever and resourceful and would definitely come up with a good idea.
Upon receiving the reply, Xuemei couldn't wait to read it. Now that she knew many characters, reading the letter wasn't a big problem, but writing it was a bit difficult.
As he read it, the heavy pressure vanished without a trace, and he kissed the letter: "Nan Nan, I love you."
"Nan Nan, I love you," Fu Bao said in a childish voice.
Xuemei picked up Fubao and said, "Fubao, do you still remember Aunt Nannan?"
Fu Bao blinked her dark eyes and said, "Nan Nan Gu Gu, so pretty."
"Yes, Fu Bao is so smart. Aunt Nan Nan is the prettiest. Fu Bao answered so well today. How about Mom makes you rice cakes?"
Fu Bao smiled sweetly, "Rice cake, delicious."
Yan Xiaonan suggested that Xuemei change her mindset. Since they didn't have enough money to buy goods, why not make food? Rice cakes, mung bean cakes, eight-treasure porridge, vegetable porridge, and egg drop porridge. She told Xuemei to calculate the costs, multiply the cost price by three, and see how the market reacted. If it didn't work, she could lower the price; if it did, she could raise it.
Your words were a wake-up call! The food is wonderful! If you don't have enough white rice and mung beans, you can get them in the capital. You can ship them out. As for the price, just pay whatever the grain store offers.
So Xuemei started experimenting at home, asking Dongnan to help calculate the costs. Dongnan quickly started calculating with a pen, and within a few days, the price was set:
Vegetable porridge for 50 cents a small bowl, egg drop porridge for 70 cents a small bowl, minced meat porridge for 80 cents a small bowl, rice cake for 5 yuan a piece, mung bean cake for 6 yuan a piece, and Xue Mei, following Nan Nan's instructions, sells a limited quantity each day. Once it's sold out, that's it. If you want some, come back early tomorrow.
Yan Xiaonan also arranged to send Xuemei 100 jin of white rice every month. It wasn't that he didn't want to give more, but giving too much would be troublesome, so it was better to keep a low profile. As for mung beans, vegetables, eggs, and the like, Xuemei could buy them from various villages, and the prices certainly wouldn't be too high.
Southeast read Yan Xiaonan's letter over and over again. The little girl is getting more and more amazing. Not only have her grandma, dad, and mom moved into a courtyard house with her, but they also have no worries about food and clothing. They're even planning to open a clothing store.
Despite his busy schedule, he still had to help Xuemei think creatively, teaching her not only how to change her mindset but also how to do business step by step, so that she could avoid detours as much as possible.
What's even more impressive is that, upon learning that people in Southwest China had low incomes and faced unemployment, he contracted a furniture factory in Beijing, giving them a bright future.
Yan Ge also got a taste of success with Nan Nan, making so much money on his first business venture – congratulations!
It was thanks to Nan Nan's discovery and help that Liu Jin was able to successfully become an apprentice of the old master and become a city dweller. For the Yan family, Nan Nan was not only a lucky charm, but also a guiding light.
"Xuemei, we must never forget how good Nannan has been to us. We can't be ungrateful," Dongnan said earnestly.
Xuemei rolled her eyes at Dongnan: "I grew up in the Yan family. It was Grandma who gave me a new life, it was you who gave me a good life, and it was Nannan who gave us so many opportunities. How could I be an ingrate?"
The two smiled at each other, while Fu Bao, standing to the side, muttered to himself, "White Wolf."
Xuemei took Fubao out. She wanted to give Dongnan some quiet space. Dongnan had been having a hard time lately. His ten years of research results had been beaten to the punch by someone else, and the major newspapers were all talking about it.
Southeast was angry, but not panicked. Fortunately, he had listened to Nan Nan's advice and was already prepared. He was organizing research data and writing papers, ready to deliver a heavy blow when the time was right.
These next two days are the final sprint for the harvest from the opponent's experimental field. If the yield and quality do not meet the data he published, then we'll be proven wrong. When he proves us wrong, our own hard-earned secret experimental field will be put to use.
Just in case, Southeast wrote a report detailing the events and sent it to Yan Daqiang in Beijing. Yan Daqiang hated nothing more than parasites who didn't work hard themselves and stole other people's work. After going through layers of reports, finally, people from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences came down to investigate.
Upon hearing the news, Yan Dongnan let out a sigh of relief, resolutely picked up his pen, and continued working on his thesis; only the ending remained to complete it.
While things were calm in the southeast, his opponents were in a panic. The crops in the experimental field were ripe, and the joy of harvest was just around the corner, but the plump ears of wheat had turned into shriveled husks. The ears of wheat, which should have been golden, were now a mixture of green and yellow. Anyone with eyes could see that this experimental field had failed. Unfortunately, the experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences from Beijing were right there, so they couldn't fool them.
The expert snorted, took a picture, plucked a few ears of wheat from the field, and ran away. He was going to the agricultural university to see who dared to falsify information. With food so scarce, how could they dare to deceive people on such a big issue? He wouldn't rest until they paid the price for their deception.
Southeast stood with his mentor, next to the president of the agricultural university, who was glaring at the vice president opposite him: "Your student plagiarized Professor Yan's research results, and not only did you not report it, but you also kept covering it up. Don't you know that there are no small matters in agriculture? You, you, you are suspended from your duties for investigation."
The vice principal lowered his head. He had originally thought that the data was out in the open, and even if it was Yan Dongnan's research result, his own student had taken the credit first. So what if Yan Dongnan found out? Who could testify for him?
Unexpectedly, Yan Dongnan altered two of the most important data points, directly leading to the failure of this experiment. However, the report has already been submitted, and the newspaper has already published interviews and articles. He has already become famous, and there is no way to take it back. Now, even experts from the Agricultural Bureau have come. What should we do?
"Yan Dongnan, you say this is the result of your ten years of research, how can you prove it?" The vice principal was still making a last-ditch effort.
Yan Dongnan smiled: "Leaders, if you are willing, you can come to my experimental field for inspection. However, my experimental field is a bit far away. It is in my hometown, Mushroom Village. If you can borrow the school's car, it will only take two hours to get there."
Without saying a word, the principal made a phone call to the drivers' team, ordering them to bring out the truck immediately and head to Mushroom Village together. He also wanted to see whether Yan Dongnan, whom he had taken a liking to, was a dragon or a worm.
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