Chapter 247 Mountain Goods
"What are you doing...?"
Xu An had just opened the car door and stood still when Zhang Hong and Li Liang rushed up and pulled him aside before he could even finish a sentence.
After the two explained the whole story in detail, Xu An looked at their worried faces and couldn't help but twitch his lips twice.
The two men originally just wanted to reassure their families, but they didn't expect that other villagers were also there. They even took their words to heart when the shop needed more people. That very night, they had their children pack their bags, buy tickets, and set off.
There aren't many young people in the village, only three or four. If it were just them coming, that would be fine.
However, some migrant workers also received calls from their families. Those who hadn't found work or were dissatisfied with their job treatment came over after hearing that they were still needed... In the end, it turned into the scene Xu An saw: more than ten people squatting at the door with large and small bags...
"Boss, do you have any suitable ones? Could you keep one or two?" the two men said, feeling a little embarrassed, but still trying to persuade their fellow villagers: "They all basically know how to make braised dishes. If all else fails, they're quite capable; they can handle things like packing and cutting..."
Xu An turned his head to look at the dozen or so people standing at the shop entrance. Most of them had a slightly timid expression on their faces, but their eyes were full of excitement. Especially when they met Xu An's gaze, they all grinned and showed a friendly and ingratiating smile.
Why----
Well, when Ding Ke first saw that group of people squatting in front of his shop, he was indeed frightened; before hearing Zhang Hong and the other seven people's account, his mood changed from shock to a mixture of laughter and tears; now, looking at us, with our skinny, wispy bodies, all his words turned into a sigh.
That cleaning was just like always: leaves that were yellowed, had no wormholes, or were perfectly shaped were all picked off, leaving only the fresh, green, and pleasing leaves; the tomatoes were the same—too big, too small, too red, too round were all removed, leaving only the small, round, and red ones...
My mother gave me that bag of dried goods after I left home, specifically instructing me that it was a gift for my boss...
Forget it, we really do need more manpower right now. Let's talk about what happened eight months ago! It's better than making us come all this way for nothing.
Before finishing processing them, Grandma Xu would put them in bright red plastic bags and hand them to Ding Ke.
"Oh no, what should we do?"
"Those are the cured pork and sausages we make here. If you add some scallions, ginger, and garlic and stir-fry them, they'll be very fragrant!"
Could it be!
"The wages for making braised food are several hundred yuan less. Should we still guess Xu An?"
Cough cough—cough cough cough—
"Who should stay and who should leave?"
The two looked at each other, staring at the bags in each other's hands. One of them gritted his teeth, suddenly turned around, ran to Ding Ke's side, put the bag down, and ran away in a flash.
Ding Ke bent down and picked up the paper package from the ground. He squeezed it listlessly, and the sound of something thoroughly dried in the sun crumbling came from the outside. At the same time, an unfamiliar smell wafted from the gaps in the package...
The opportunity has been given to us; whether we can seize it is up to us. If we fall out over it, then we only have ourselves to blame.
He brought the paper package to his nose and squeezed it with his fingers; the unfamiliar smell returned.
On the other hand, regarding increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, there are ways to increase revenue now, but what if we try reducing expenditure?
Huh? Where did that small group of people go?
Before he could finish speaking, Zeng Peng turned around and headed towards the shop entrance. But when he turned around, he saw that the small group of people who had been there earlier had now dwindled to just seven.
"Yes, yes." I shook my head, waving the small bag of dried goods behind my companion's back: "That's dried goods your mother asked you to give to the boss..."
Guess Xu An!
......
People, and also the local specialty, the oyster shells.
Why----
"...If we guess Xu An, the loser has to deliver...goods?"
"What's wrong?" My friend, who had left with me, noticed me suddenly standing still and came over to ask, "Have you changed your mind?"
That flavor, Ding Ke only experienced it when he first recklessly tried hot pot!
As agreed upon after the game started, the losers were about to leave with their bags and packages. But when one of them picked up the dried goods that were tied tightly together in eight red plastic bags at the bottom of his luggage, a look of determination appeared on his face.
Having worked with Zhang Dezhen for less than two months, Ding Ke had little to no knowledge of Zeng Pengji's hometown.
Um?
Grandma Xu has worked before and knows what "getting off work" means. You can only use your decades of experience to imagine that kind of thing, wanting Ding Ke to leave a bad impression on his colleagues and superiors...
"That's brown rice from our area. It's hard to cook properly and has very little nutritional value. It's the worst thing you could do to cook porridge for the elderly and children!"
The moment the smell entered my nostrils, it felt as if my internal organs were being touched by raging flames. I immediately felt a burning, cold, and stinging sensation, which quickly spread throughout my body, causing me to cough uncontrollably...
One reason is that I am genuinely interested in those mountain products. Another reason is that we brought them all out of our village. There are people there who buy even a small amount of these mountain products and bring them back to us. We can only eat them ourselves, or would they rather we exchange them for money?
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