Before anyone could react, Li Sixin continued.
"Since no one wants to be the last to draw lots, let's draw lots again and use that to determine the order of the next draws!"
After saying that, Li Sixin took out a stack of blank papers from his pocket, wrote '1, 3, 4' on them, then crumpled them into a ball, spun them around a few times to shuffle the order, and asked softly, "One by one or all at once?"
The group exchanged glances, hesitated for half a second, and then stretched out their right hands in unison. The dozen or so crumpled pieces of paper on the table vanished without a trace.
"Aha, I'm the first one!"
The person who drew the Arabic numeral '1' eagerly approached Li Sixin, smugly tossed the paper onto the table, took a crumpled piece of paper from the lottery box, quickly unfolded it, and a deep look of disappointment crept onto his face.
Seeing this, everyone understood the outcome. The person who drew the second number reached out and pushed the person blocking their way aside, then took out a crumpled piece of paper.
"Damn it, this won't work!"
Seeing that the second person also failed, the third person quickly squeezed in, followed by the fourth and fifth.
Village Chief Liao, who was last in line, finally breathed a sigh of relief as he heard the repeated "no."
When the second-to-last person also drew the "no" slip, all eyes fell on Village Chief Liao. He calmly put his hands behind his back and said smugly, "I was the last one, the result is obvious, no need to draw."
"No, we have to draw, we absolutely have to! Who knows if the last slip of paper says 'win' or 'fail'!"
"Exactly, we have to smoke it!"
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Hearing these voices, a hint of panic flashed in Village Chief Liao's eyes, and a trace of hesitation appeared on his face. Just as he was about to speak in rebuttal, Li Sixin called out to him.
"Village Chief Liao, to be fair, you should unfold the last crumpled piece of paper and let everyone see it, so they won't think we're cheating!"
As he spoke, Li Sixin shoved the transparent plastic box into Village Chief Liao's arms and urged everyone else, "Hurry up, everyone's waiting."
Village Chief Liao glanced at the last crumpled piece of paper remaining in the box, then at Li Sixin, and finally gritted his teeth, reached out and picked up the paper, quickly unfolding it.
【middle】
"See that? It's a winner! It's a winner! I won!"
As Village Chief Liao breathed a sigh of relief, he proudly held up the slip of paper with the character "中" (zhong, meaning "middle" or "good") above his head, letting everyone in the room see clearly that it really did have the character "中" written on it.
The method of drawing lots was accepted by everyone. Now that the results were in, it would be too shameless to go back on one's word. Despite their dissatisfaction, everyone dispersed, and even the staff who were there as witnesses left, leaving Li Sixin alone in the room.
call----
After everyone's figures disappeared on the horizon, Li Sixin let out a long breath, turned around and went back into the room, locking the door behind him.
That was close!
Luckily, the staff member brought a pen, otherwise it would have been really difficult to fool them!
I never expected that Village Chief Liao would be so lucky. He didn't cheat at all, yet he still managed to win the mushroom soup seasoning packet collaboration.
This whole thing was orchestrated by Li Sixin after he received news that Xu An had oversold his mushroom soup mix. He specifically contacted Liao Family Village, the largest village in the vicinity, to stage a performance. He used a purchase quota of 300 jin of mushrooms to get Liao Family Village's help in exchange for their assistance.
The goal is to ensure that the mushroom soup seasoning packets from Xu's Braised Food Taobao store can be successfully transported out of Hongshan Town and to Honghe City after the pre-sale ends tonight.
Although Village Chief Liao ultimately won the draw, it's no longer necessary.
Eight o'clock in the evening.
The pre-sale of the mushroom soup mix packets has ended and the product has been removed from the shelves. A total of 9,670 orders were sold, totaling 20,054 packets, weighing a total of 2,406.48 jin (approximately 1,264.48 catties).
Subtracting the 1,693 jin from Hezibao, the over-sold portion is 713.48 jin!
This number traveled from Xu An's phone to Li Sixin's, and then from Li Sixin to Village Chief Liao. Village Chief Liao informed the villagers of Liao Family Village and began purchasing the produce overnight. The news then spread from the villagers of Liao Family Village to people in other villages.
"It wasn't 300 jin, but over 700 jin! If I had known it was over 700 jin, I would never have agreed to draw lots this afternoon!"
"Now, what about us?"
"Proceed according to the original plan! Yokoki, are you all ready?"
"Ready!"
Several figures scattered and ran towards their own villages. As they led the villagers out carrying several crossbeams, they saw five law enforcement vehicles with flashing red and blue lights speeding past. Occasionally, one of them would stop on the road, and several people would get out of the vehicle.
One of the cars pulled up in front of them, and three heavily armed men got out. One of them noticed their presence, strode up to them, stopped, and asked directly, "What are you doing?"
"We...we went up the mountain to get some firewood, and it got too late, so we're only just getting back to the village now."
"Then hurry back," the law enforcement officer urged.
"Yes, yes, has something serious happened here? Why are there so many law enforcement officers?" Before leaving, the village chief couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
"Oh, it's nothing serious. We just heard that someone is trying to sabotage Hezibao's cooperation with the outside world, so we came here to patrol." The law enforcement officer glanced at them and said meaningfully, "We will patrol here before the trucks leave with their goods loaded. If anyone dares to do anything illegal or disorderly, we will not show any mercy."
"Haha. Hahaha. We're not that kind of people, we're going back now. Going back."
As soon as they finished speaking, if it weren't for law enforcement officers watching, they might have thrown down the crossbeam and fled the scene.
But he just said he went up the mountain to chop firewood. He can't just abandon the 'firewood' and run away. Wouldn't that be like trying to hide something obvious?
So, carrying the heavy and huge crossbeam, the group moved hurriedly yet quickly, and in a few breaths they disappeared from the sight of the law enforcement officers along with the crossbeam.
After confirming that they had left, the law enforcement officers pressed the call button on their walkie-talkies.
"This is the intersection of Xiangyang Village. A group of villagers carrying crossbeams have been successfully repatriated. To reiterate, this is the intersection of Xiangyang Village."
End of this chapter
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