At this point, many people who had mocked Dong Qing were dumbfounded. What does 1,500 mu of land mean? In just a few months, he could make a net profit of 3 million yuan from the land. Anyone can do the math, but not everyone can do it. Dong Qing did it.
Time is like sand that cannot be grasped; it slips away quietly through our fingers in the blink of an eye. Summer departs silently, like the fading of summer's splendor, leaving only golden fallen leaves, poetic and picturesque, making us intoxicated by the embrace of autumn.
However, autumn passed by in the blink of an eye, as if winter couldn't wait to send it off.
The cold and quiet winter strips the trees of their green coats, leaving only bare branches swaying in the cold wind. Nature interprets the rhythm of the 24 solar terms in silence.
Li Yuzhu recently gave birth. She wore thick clothes in winter, which would have made it impossible to hide in summer. Even so, it was still noticeable upon close inspection. She didn't dare to go out during the day when she returned to her hometown.
With her due date around February of next year in the lunar calendar, Li Yuzhu finally managed to get a room arranged for her by the wholesale manager in the county town closest to her hometown, where she can stay for the time being.
Dongqing wanted her third sister to take a long leave to go and take care of her wife, but she insisted on not letting her go. Besides, it wasn't easy for her third sister to take a long leave from work. In the end, Dongqing left her wife alone in another city.
This county town was a necessary route for deliveries. Dongqing helped with loading goods in her hometown. Every time Li Yuqiu and Su Wei brought the goods there, she would get on the truck to unload elsewhere. On the way back, she would ask her sister to give the money to Dongqing to take back. At this time, she truly understood the hardship of having a second child.
Pregnant women can run around the streets of other places without anyone bothering them, so it's very safe for them to stay away from home.
Just as January began, Dong Qing's four villas were completed, and Li Yuzhu's family villa was also completed at the same time.
Li Yuzhu wasn't home, so Dongqing bought a full set of furniture and appliances for her family and delivered them to the villa. The next morning, he personally drove to his mother-in-law's house to pick her up.
At noon, I drove to my mother-in-law's house. Li Yuqiu was out driving and not home. Only Li Yuzhu's parents and sixteen-year-old brother were there.
My father-in-law asked, "Is there something you need at this time?"
It's normal for my father-in-law to ask that. Dong Qing had just come to our house the day before yesterday when we were loading the goods. He wouldn't come if there wasn't a reason. He said, "The house in the city is finished, and I bought all the furniture yesterday. Shall I come back to pick you up and help you move to the city?"
Li Yuzhu had never mentioned building a villa in the city to her parents. Her mother-in-law said, "I don't understand what you're saying. When did we build a house in the city?"
Dong Qing then realized that his wife hadn't told her parents about building the villa. He told his mother-in-law about it, and she said, "What a waste of money! How are we going to farm our land now that we've moved to the city?"
The elderly tend to protect their own few acres of land, a situation Dongqing understands. He says, "Let others farm our land. If they want to farm, there's plenty of land in the city. We currently have 1,500 acres of land, most of which are idle. They can farm it however they want."
Of the 1,500 mu of land, only 360 mu have been developed so far. The rest of the land is still fenced off. Dong Qing has nothing else but land. If this had happened before liberation, he would have been a big landlord.
Dongqing had to use a lot of persuasion to convince the elderly couple to let his younger brother transfer to a school in the city.
The villa had all the bedding and other necessities they had bought. The elderly couple packed some clothes, locked the door, and the three of them got into their son-in-law's car.
Back in the city, Dongqing parked the car in front of the villa gate, got out, opened the gate, and walked into the yard with his father-in-law and his family.
The yard wasn't large, and the entire yard was paved with cement, which made it look very clean.
Dong Qing pushed open the villa door and led his family inside.
The elderly people of this era had never seen such a luxurious villa before; they were all stunned. The mother-in-law asked, "How much did this house cost?"
Dong Qing said, "Money is meant to be spent, so you can settle down here and live comfortably from now on."
From that day on, Li Yuzhu's family completely left the countryside, but she dared not return to avoid the one-child policy.
The mother-in-law asked, "When is my daughter coming back? I miss her."
Dong Qing said, "Let's wait a while, I'll bring her back before the Spring Festival."
The mother-in-law didn't say anything after hearing this. Nowadays, this is how it is when people want to have a second child. Nobody dares to stay at home and have a baby peacefully. This kind of thing is common in this day and age.
Dongqing's three older sisters all have places to live, and since the villa was just built, none of them want to move in. They've decided to let the villa walls air dry for a while before moving in next spring.
Li Yuzhu is hiding outside and can't come back, and Dong Qing isn't in a hurry to move. There are more than enough rooms in the family quarters for them to live in.
The porcelain trade continued until the end of the year. Not to mention suppliers from other places, local porcelain traders had added more than sixty large tractors. Under the influence of the general climate, wholesalers in that area were lowering prices.
Dong Qing's prediction this summer was spot on. By the end of the year, Li Yuzhu couldn't give any more gifts, and the wholesaler manager didn't dare to accept them at all.
Recently, Li Yuzhu has stopped giving gifts, so the prices have to keep decreasing.
I went on this trip to Dongqing, and the price has dropped by two-fifths compared to before. But this is not the lowest point yet, and it will probably continue to drop.
Furthermore, the price of goods purchased from my hometown has also increased. This is a contrasting phenomenon in business: the price of goods from my hometown will rise as soon as they are available, but the price will drop as goods are not sold when they are transported to other places.
Unlike in the past when Dong Qing was the only one transporting goods, the porcelain factory didn't dare to raise prices no matter how fast the goods were transported, because back then he was the only one transporting goods, so how could they dare to raise prices?
Now it's different. Now there are dozens of companies hauling goods, it's not a monolithic entity. If you think it's too expensive and don't buy, someone else will, and they've emptied all the porcelain factory warehouses.
No businessperson is a fool. If you rush to produce radishes without washing them clean, it's no wonder the supply can't keep up with demand and prices will rise.
Of course, Dong Qing has no worries about sales. No one can take away his original customers. It's all because his competitors can't sell their goods and have driven down the prices.
Dong Qing was not surprised by this situation. He had predicted it the day he started delivering goods, but it had come a little earlier than he had expected.
The main reason is that he flaunted his wealth. He has developed so quickly in just over a year that even a fool could see where he started his fortune. It would be strange if others didn't follow suit.
He managed to sustain it for a few more months using unethical methods; otherwise, it wouldn't have lasted until this summer.
On the way back, Dongqing said, "Yuzhu, I'll go talk to the manager and ask him to cancel the house booking. When we get back, we'll give the car and the client to my sister. We'll never do this business again."
Li Yuzhu said, "Do I dare to go home now that I'm so pregnant?"
Dongqing said, "The villa in the city is finished. I've brought our parents and younger brother to live in the city. As long as you don't go out every day, it's safe for you to go back to your parents' house. No one will look for you there because nobody knows where your parents' house is."
Li Yuzhu said, "Really? Thank you for taking such good care of my family!"
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