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Just as Xu Heping was saying goodbye to the viewers in the live stream with reluctance, Li Sixin came to his door and told Xu Heping about Xu An's arrangements. Then the two of them grabbed their notebooks and rushed to the surrounding villages.
"Oh, isn't this Secretary Li? What brings you to Xiangyang Village..." The village chief of Xiangyang Village stopped mid-sentence when he saw Xu Heping walking behind Li Sixin. He asked warmly, "Secretary Li, may I ask who this is?"
"This is Mr. Xu Heping, the person in charge of Xu's Catering's temporary branch in Hezibao. He is mainly responsible for overseeing the construction of the factory and the procurement of agricultural products." Li Sixin was worried that the village chief of Xiangyang Village would look down on Xu Heping because of his age, so he explained Xu Heping's responsibilities and various titles one by one.
Upon hearing that Xu Heping was in charge of purchasing agricultural products, the village chief of Xiangyang Village felt a surge of anticipation and immediately grasped Xu Heping's hands, greeting him warmly.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, seeing that the village chief of Xiangyang Village seemed poised to continue the conversation, Xu Heping stopped talking and got straight to the point.
"I'm here today to find out how much agricultural product is in stock in Xiangyang Village, including dried mushrooms, small potatoes, peanuts, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and so on. Could you give me a rough estimate?"
Upon hearing this, the village chief of Xiangyang Village's eyes lit up. He immediately stretched out his hands and said as if reciting a familiar list: "About three tons of small potatoes, four or five hundred catties of dried mushrooms, about seventeen or eighteen hundred catties of chestnuts, and the sweet potatoes haven't all been harvested yet, but I estimate they'll weigh at least two or eight tons..."
"Mr. Xu, they're planning to buy our village's agricultural products. How much do they need? You should have the people from outside the village prepare!" Seeing that Gu Yutao had written down all the data he had mentioned, the village chief of Xu's Village immediately asked the question he was most concerned about.
"It's a bad omen..." Gu Yutao changed the subject and asked, "Would it be convenient to go outside the village and take a look?"
"Convenient, of course convenient!" The village chief of Tangmei Village winked at Hezibao a few times to inquire about the situation, but Hezibao avoided him, putting his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, as if he had someone above him.
As the village chief of Xu's Village said, the pomegranates were very sweet, but not in a cloying way. They had a slightly tart sweetness, a subtle tartness that only enhanced the sweetness and cut through the cloying sweetness of the juice...
“That’s still too much.” Gu Yutao nodded and finally stepped out of the village.
Back at the village office, Gu Yutao recorded the collected data one by one according to the template sent by Xiang Yang. He then created a new document for the cash crop section and uploaded the photos he had taken. It was almost 8 a.m. before he finished his work.
[Featured spot?]
The other side seemed to see that Gu Yutao's account was online but didn't reply for a long time, so they sent another message.
It's 5:30 PM now. Whether they were gathering mountain produce or working in the fields, all the villagers have returned home to prepare for lunch and rest.
"Does he still want to do a live stream?" Xiang Yang asked again.
Grab a handful of pomegranate seeds and put them in your mouth. With a bite and a crushing of your teeth, your mouth is filled with juice, just like drinking pomegranate juice!
Gu Yutao was also hesitant, but he reached out and took the pomegranate. With a forceful snap, the pomegranate split in two, revealing the translucent, agate-like flesh hidden behind the thick shell.
Now that Gu Yutao said that the platform had actually come to him and was willing to promote the live stream, Xiangyang would naturally let Xiao Huai off the hook. However, after making the decision, Tang Mei still asked first.
"Hmph!" The village chief of Xushi Village snorted first, striking a pose, and only spoke after everyone had quieted down and approached: "The man who just came over is the leader of Xu'an Catering. After much pleading and haggling, he finally agreed to buy all the dried mushrooms from our village. They'll go back and pick through them, removing all the moldy and wet ones. If you find even one bad one during your inspection, you'll take all of these that he brought!"
[There will be a one-hour live stream tomorrow from 5 PM to 1 PM, focusing on purchasing dried mushrooms from a distant village.]
As soon as the call connected, Gu Yutao rattled off everything he knew to Xiang Yang.
If Tang Meizhen had come with him, the village chief of Xu's Village would have believed that Gu Yutao was a scoundrel who had left the village to freeload.
Gu Yutao replied with a keyword and a question mark. As a novice streamer who had been forced to leave the platform by Tang Mei, Tang Meizhen really knew nothing about those professional terms.
After chatting on the phone for a while about what he had seen and heard in my village that morning, Gu Yutao hung up and replied to the person in charge of the live streaming platform.
"How did Heping feel about today's live stream?"
The other party replied extremely slowly, as if they were constantly watching behind the screen; almost the instant the message was sent, there was no reply.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Upon hearing that they had indeed come to purchase agricultural products, the village chief of Tangmei Village patted his chest repeatedly and assured them, "If you conduct a thorough inspection, you will definitely make sure that not a single bad mushroom leaves Xushi Village!"
After Tang Wen reminded him, Xiang Yang, who finally realized that the live stream had actually been quite bad, was also struggling with whether to do another live stream.
The harvest was small, but that trip completely emptied the stock of those villages in the distance. They also saw some bad cash crops, such as pomegranates, persimmons, fresh dates, and grapes. Every village had a tea plantation!
After devouring the entire pomegranate in eight ounces, Gu Yutao gave the village chief of Xushi Village a thumbs-up and praised without reservation, "That pomegranate tasted amazing!"
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