At 5:50 a.m., Xu An just opened the shop door when Aunt Hong appeared at the door on her electric tricycle.
"Good morning, Aunt Hong."
"Good morning, Anzi." Aunt Hong got out of the car and quickly unloaded four baskets of vegetables from the back of the truck.
Xu An weighed all the vegetables to confirm their weight, and then began calculating the price according to the agreed price.
After Xu An finished calculating the accounts and settling the payment for today's goods, Aunt Hong did not leave. She smiled and said, "Anzi, there's something I want to discuss with you."
"What's wrong?" Xu An's first thought was, "Could it be that the greenhouse supply is running out?"
He had seen Aunt Hong's greenhouse and knew roughly how much it produced each day. Demand had been slightly higher these days, so it was normal for supply to be insufficient.
"Your business has been quite busy lately. I heard you even went to the Red Brick Creative Park to promote your business. Are you planning to expand your operations?" Aunt Hong asked.
"Yes, that's the plan." Xu An nodded: "Aunt Hong, take whatever you have, and I'll buy the rest from the wholesale market."
Aunt Hong waved her hand repeatedly, her face full of smiles.
"No, it's just that you buy vegetables from other greenhouses?"
Other companies?
Xu An recalled that when he visited Aunt Hong's greenhouse in the past, he saw that there were more than 20 greenhouses around it.
But wasn't it said that Victory Supermarket approached us for cooperation? Why is someone suddenly looking to cooperate with us?
"Didn't they say that Victory Supermarket was going to cooperate with them? Has something changed?" Xu An asked tentatively.
“Everyone’s still undecided. Now it’s an old friend of mine who isn’t too keen on cooperating with Shengli Supermarket. It just so happens that you have a large demand. I’ve estimated that once your order volume increases a bit more, it won’t be a problem for you to take over the output of both of us. So I came to ask you.”
As Aunt Hong spoke, she seemed to have thought of something and praised repeatedly, "She is also a top farmer, and the fruits and vegetables she tends are no worse than mine."
Xu An nodded upon hearing this. If the quality wasn't bad, then it wasn't something he couldn't consider.
"How about this, Aunt Hong, I'll come find you after I get back to the village this afternoon, and we can go to the greenhouse together to take a look before making a decision."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you at home this afternoon."
"Alright, Aunt Hong, please be careful on the road."
At this time, Xu Heping, Xu Lili, Liang Dani and Zhou Qi also came to work and helped move the fruits and vegetables at the door into the store.
Hmm, judging from Xu Heping's expression, today is another day he doesn't want to talk to me.
Xu An, being very perceptive, slipped aside to maintain a safe distance from him.
Xu Lili had already noticed the discord between the two, but after thinking about it, she didn't try to mediate. Instead, she watched the show from the sidelines.
These two have been inseparable since childhood, yet they still have their disagreements.
It's one thing to have a conflict, but to let it drag on for two days is truly bizarre.
She really wanted to know how long it would take for them to make up this time, so she bet on a week!
I got up early and started washing the clothes I wore on the day before. It took me two pounds of mud to get them clean.
In the corner of the yard, a large red basin covered with bamboo strips contained two pounds of mudskippers that I caught yesterday. I ran my finger over them, and only two of them were stiff; the rest were still jumping around.
This small quantity won't sell well. Let's wait until we get back from the voyage today and then take it all to the market to sell tomorrow.
I picked up a plastic bottle that was placed to the side. The bottle contained seawater that I had brought back yesterday. I poured some into the basin and then covered it with bamboo strips.
After working for a while, it was already ten o'clock. Before leaving, Li Xindong called out to the house.
"Mom, I'm saving this fish to sell tomorrow, don't cook it."
"Who cares about your few fish?" an impatient voice came from inside the bedroom.
Upon hearing his mother's reply, Li Xindong hopped on his bicycle and rode towards Xu's Fast Food Restaurant.
Upon arriving at the shop, Li Xindong saw two tricycles and more than ten bicycles parked outside. He parked his vehicle in the open space, locked it, and then went inside the shop.
As soon as I entered the store, I saw Grandma Xu sitting behind the cashier. I immediately greeted her politely: "Hello, Grandma, I am Xin Dong, Xu An's classmate."
"Hello, hello. Anzi told me yesterday that you were coming. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Let's go eat first." Grandma Xu greeted Liang Dani warmly and led Li Xindong to eat.
Li Xindong ate with the others in a daze and then set off on his bicycle.
Xu Heping led the main group to the Haishi Library, while Xu An led Lao Han, Lao Han's roommate, and Li Xindong to the Red Brick Creative Park.
Listening to Xu An and Lao Han's conversation along the way, Li Xindong gradually came to his senses.
Xu An appears to be one of the owners of the fast food restaurant; the staff all call him "boss."
However, as an old classmate, I knew a lot about Xu An's family situation. He had elderly parents to support and young children to raise, and his only income came from his small plot of land. Where would he get the money to open a restaurant?
Lost in thought, the group arrived at the main entrance of the Red Brick Creative Park. Xu An took out his notebook and began assigning orders to the three of them.
Old Han continues to serve as the NPC guiding newbies in the starting village, responsible for helping Li Xindong, a newbie, become familiar with the skills of a delivery rider.
The roads in the creative park are simple, and even though each company doesn't have many orders, delivery is still very fast.
In no time at all, Lao Han and Li Xindong had distributed more than sixty boxed meals, leaving only four boxed meals in their delivery boxes.
The last order was from Sunshine Photography Company.
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