Even before a natural disaster, rice from this region would be the first choice for people to buy, let alone during a time like this.
After putting down the rice, he picked up the flour and checked it; the flour was also within its expiration date.
Moreover, the rice and flour were clearly well preserved; just looking at the bags, they looked brand new.
"Hey girl, how much rice and flour do you have left? I'll take it all!"
"You want them all? There are still fifty bags of this kind of rice and sixty bags of flour left. What price are you going to offer?"
When Xu Lai heard the guy call her "little sister," she realized he was trying to build a relationship!
However, no matter how much effort is put into building connections, the acquisition price cannot be low.
"How about this, I'll give ten work points per pound of this rice and seven work points per pound of flour, how about that?"
"Rice costs ten work points per pound? How many work points are you planning to sell it for per pound? Ordinary people can't afford that price!"
Out of curiosity, Xu Lai voiced her question.
"Girl, you didn't know this!"
Seeing the girl's curious expression, Chen Cheng didn't hesitate to reveal some of his client information.
"Although the world is not good now, there are still many rich and powerful people. Even in this environment, they can still eat well, drink well, and use the best things..."
To put it bluntly, natural disasters do affect the lives of those in the upper class, but even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse.
No matter how harsh the external environment is, their lives will still be much better than those of ordinary people.
"I was narrow-minded!"
Xu Lai felt a little embarrassed after hearing the boss's explanation.
Thinking about it, it makes sense. Just from what I saw at the Samsung headquarters during the torrential rain disaster, the wealthy and powerful people were still living a life of extravagance and debauchery.
"This price is acceptable, but sir, what's your name? Could you perhaps exchange these work points for something else?"
Xu Lai thought of her second uncle and father, who were still cutting hay with sickles in the space, and she wanted to get a new lawnmower.
"What items would you like to exchange, girl?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Cheng became even more excited. Wasn't this another big business opportunity?
No wonder he's a middleman!
Seeing the man's reaction, Xu Lai naturally guessed what he was thinking and couldn't help but mutter a complaint in her mind.
"I want a lawnmower, and...and diesel fuel. I'm planning to stock up on diesel!"
The harvesters, tillers, and lawnmowers in the space all use diesel!
As for small rice milling machines and flour milling machines, they can still use the electricity from the space solar generator.
After listening to Xu Lai's request, Chen Cheng tilted his head, considered it in his mind for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.
"No problem, it just takes a little longer. How about this, girl, what's your phone number? Let's add each other first so we can keep in touch!"
After exchanging names and phone numbers, the two focused their attention on the business deal.
"Hey girl, I'll just ask directly: how much rice and flour do you have? And I also want some potatoes and sweet potatoes from over there!"
No wonder they're in big business; their output is truly exceptional.
Xu Lai did not want to sell the grain she had stored in her space to the government's general supermarket or the Qin Group's trading market.
The people on both sides were not ordinary people, especially those from the government's comprehensive market.
If Xu Lai brings out so many fresh sweet potatoes and potatoes, they, who are already eager to expand agricultural production, will definitely ask Xu Lai where all this fresh grain came from.
As for middlemen like Chen Cheng, he didn't have a fixed location for selling grain; he would go here today and there tomorrow.
Such people won't bother to investigate further as long as they can make money.
Sure enough, after talking for a while, Chen Cheng only asked the questions he should have asked, and didn't ask a single question he shouldn't have.
"Okay, girl, I've almost sold all the grain in my truck, and there's still room in the cargo bed, so I'll wait for you here!"
Chen Cheng, being quite perceptive, didn't mention following Xu Lai to her door to collect the grain.
With so many good things, even he wouldn't reveal the location of the grain storage to others.
After bidding farewell to Chencheng on his electric tricycle, Xu Lai rode it to a secluded spot not far away.
She carefully observed her surroundings and, finding no one around, brought the tricycle into the space as well.
Inside the space, Grandpa Xu and Xu Haiguo had just finished cutting the hay on two acres of land.
Once the hay is dried, it can be bundled up and stored in the warehouse for future use.
"Lai Lai, you're here too. Just in time, your second uncle is planning to use a tractor to plow the two acres of land that were planted with potatoes so he can replant pasture!"
Xu Lai knew about her second uncle's "rotation farming" plan.
The space is used to raise a lot of poultry and livestock, so pasture is essential.
“Alright, this space is now in your hands, Second Uncle!” Xu Lai said without hesitation, waving her hand.
This time, she encountered Chen Cheng, a middleman, and she planned to sell all the potatoes and sweet potatoes she harvested in her space to him, except for some seeds for the next round and enough for her family to eat.
As for the rice and flour that were a few months past their expiration date, she planned to keep ten bags of each and sell the rest.
After all, the more than 3,000 jin of rice and more than 1,200 jin of wheat harvested in the first round of space planting have not yet been touched.
"Second Uncle, Dad, you two take a break before you get busy. There's no rush!"
Xu Lai thought it was still early, so she took out a watermelon from her spatial storage, cut it into pieces with a fruit knife, handed one piece to each of them, and then took one for herself.
The three sat around the dining table in the space shed, eating thirst-quenching watermelon. Xu Lai then told them about selling the vacuum-packed rice, flour, potatoes, and sweet potatoes that she had stockpiled in the space.
"Anyway, we have land to cultivate in this space, so we won't go hungry. We'll leave the rest to you!"
Although Grandpa Xu and Xu Haiguo were the main labor force in this space, they insisted on handing over the right to manage the space's food to Xu Lai.
"Second Uncle, Dad, after we sell these things, I plan to buy a hay harvester and some diesel fuel. Do you think we need anything else?"
Xu Lai took a bite of the sweet, delicious, and juicy watermelon, then turned her head to ask Grandpa Xu and Xu Haiguo.
"The crops in this field have just been harvested, and I'd like to ferment the manure from the toilet to fertilize the land. Do I need to buy some of those bacteria you mentioned?"
Xu Jiangming swallowed the watermelon in his mouth and quickly said.
"Okay, Second Uncle, I'll go outside and look for it today!"
The organic fertilizer in this toilet is the best fertilizer for fertile land, but unfortunately the smell is too strong.
If this were poured directly onto the ground in the space, it would probably make the space unbearable to enter, so the family has never used it.
The septic tank in the toilet is almost full now, and it has to be dealt with.
A few days ago, Xu Lai took advantage of having internet access to specifically look up how to prevent farmyard manure from smelling bad.
Online sources say that using a fermenting agent such as EM bacteria will prevent the fermentation process from producing any unpleasant odor.
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