Chapter 254 Becoming a Personal shopper
After a detailed inquiry, Xu An and the others learned that Li Yanfu's mother was able to grow more than twenty hot pot plants purely by sheer quantity.
She had planted it in her yard before and knew that it had a low survival rate, so when she planted it again, she scattered a whole ounce of seeds on this small patch of wasteland...
After that, it was cared for like any other chili pepper. Watered and fertilized as needed, and how it grew depended entirely on luck. After all, only Li Yanfu in the family liked this kind of pepper, and if a few plants grew, it would be enough for Li Yanfu to consume.
Knowing the truth, Xu An was both amused and exasperated. So the secret to planting hot pot is to have lots of seeds. After planting them, do you think those few seeds will actually grow?
However, this is also good news. Just like a human wave tactic, with enough seeds, some plants will eventually grow.
While Xu An and his group were marveling at the primitiveness of the planting method, Li Sixin pulled Li Yanfu aside to ask about the specific details.
For example, a series of questions, such as the germination rate of the seeds, how many of them grew into seedlings, and how many grew into plants, left Li Yanfu dizzy and confused before he was finally let go.
Perhaps because of what Li Sixin had said in the afternoon about having Xu An buy the Sichuan peppercorns grown in the village, Xu An paid extra attention while eating, thinking about how popular these products were and how much they would sell.
Just like the rice in the bowl, Xu An had eaten it twice, once last night and once at noon. Before this, he just felt that the rice tasted pretty good.
But now, when we use a sales approach and think from the customer's perspective, we automatically start analyzing the aroma, appearance, and taste of the rice...
The atmosphere in the room instantly froze. Deng Xin and Li Yanfu looked at each other, their mouths opening and closing repeatedly, but ultimately they couldn't utter a single word.
In that climate, even special types of chili peppers are difficult to cultivate successfully, let alone the even more demanding hot pot chili...
Greenhouse cultivation has few advantages, but it also doesn't have any fatal drawbacks; it's not expensive.
"First, there must be no industry that can provide a stable income for outsiders; seventh, the villagers' per capita net income is expected to exceed the poverty line; eighth, as long as the road is built, the following two conditions can be met, which means it cannot be immediately included in the scope of the indicators. The government will give priority to it before it receives the road construction quota."
"Haha, yes, yes, there are only two mouthfuls of rice left in the bowl, it's time to go and join in the quiet." The mother from Hezibao showed the villagers the few remaining pieces of rice in the bowl as she ate.
"We did calculate that. We harvested a lot, but it was bad to sell. It's too far to go out there. We wanted all the ones that were bad-looking, a bit old, or injured. We could only bring them back, dry them, and eat them ourselves." The mother from Hezibao said with a sigh, "If the roads to the outskirts of the city were open, it would be bad. There's no slow delivery service outside the city, the kind that can get you across the country in a day or two. That's why we're afraid of it getting better!"
"Aunt Li, those two bosses from Shanghai don't have much contact with us. Do they know that besides this 'Ghost's Sorrow' village, our other goods, like the dried goods we make, such as millet and brown rice, are all pretty bad..."
It's not even mid-April yet, and the villagers in Li Sixin's area haven't even started wearing their inner coats yet. Daytime temperatures hover around 70 degrees Celsius. By early October, the temperature will drop to around 10 degrees Celsius, officially ushering in winter.
"Secretary Li, it's not even early April yet..."
Early April?
To successfully cultivate crops in winter, these small greenhouses are essential. Even the most specialized type costs ten to twenty thousand yuan per acre... After deducting living expenses, the average annual income for the villagers of Li Sixin is only around ten thousand yuan...
Specialized small sheds cost between 18,000 and 20,000 yuan per mu (approximately 0.16 acres), while the cost of greenhouse sheds is double that. Given the winter temperatures in Li Sixin's area, greenhouse sheds are definitely necessary, yet the villagers' annual income is only around 10,000 yuan...
Even if Deng Xin's purchase price for hot pot chili peppers is as low as 87 yuan per kilogram, it would still take producing 8,000 kilograms of hot pot chili peppers and drying 1,000 kilograms of them to break even...
“Road construction is indeed a tough business, but our village meets the mandatory requirements.” Deng Xinzhu said casually, “The requirements are quite reasonable. After all, road construction costs a lot of money. If our village weren’t in a worse condition, it would probably take several years to complete.”
Yes, it's not even early April yet!
Deng Xinzhu's model cannot be replicated from Xujia Village, but Xujia Village has a large population, which allows them to make decisions, raise funds, and lease this mudflat so readily. Deng Xinzhu's side has a total of 808 households; just convincing us would probably take several months, and winter hasn't even arrived yet, so construction would be difficult...
When a villager who had come home to get some food came out of his house, he saw the Li family mother and son eating at the door and immediately coldly invited them to come over and join him in the silence.
The answer is yes.
Early April!
Is it possible to reach a cooperation agreement with Li Sixin?
"Auntie, there's been plenty of rain this year. Has he counted how many mushrooms he picked?" Li Yanfu asked casually while eating.
Even at the very least, the survival rate isn't high to begin with; it might be a few points higher, but it's still worse than having no harvest until July or August of next year.
Seeing this, the villagers stopped trying to persuade them and turned to walk towards the ancestral hall. But as soon as they took a step, they seemed to remember something and turned to walk back in small steps, asking in a low voice as they went.
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