Chapter 111: Offended
"The mutton skewers are here!" Feng Lanlan brought over a tray of freshly grilled skewers and said to Xia Wu's family, "How do you like them? Is it tasty? If there's anything lacking, please give us your suggestions and we'll make some changes."
Yang Guojun quickly said, "No need to change it. Guoen's skills have not been learned in vain. It's delicious and baked to perfection. We can't bake it this way at home."
"Haha, just tell the truth. We are not outsiders. Xiao Wu, do you think it tastes good?"
"Delicious," Xia Wu said as she was pulling meat off the skewers. It was true that Yang Guoen's cooking skills were quite good. It was said that he went to the market early in the morning to buy mutton, and the mutton he bought was good too, without any mutton smell. A piece of mutton was sandwiched between two pieces of lean meat, and the mutton fat roasted and fragrant as soon as it hit the fire. It was much better than the hot pot in the city. "It's just that when it gets hot, your stall is by the river, so there will be a lot of mosquitoes."
Feng Lanlan felt relieved when Xia Wu praised the food. They only managed to set up this barbecue stall thanks to Xia Wu. Then she started to worry, "Yeah, there are too many mosquitoes. Look at my arms, they are all bitten by mosquitoes."
"If that doesn't work, light a mosquito coil, but I'm not sure if it's going to work well outside."
"It's ready! Serve!" Yang Guoen called out, and Feng Lanlan quickly stopped chatting. "I'll go get busy first, we'll talk later."
Xia Wu thought about it and realized that not only were there many mosquitoes at the barbecue stall, but there were also many mosquitoes at home, with a well and a small yard. She was bitten by mosquitoes every day.
The spiritual spring water has a special attraction to small animals. She doesn't want to be a moving blood bag in the eyes of mosquitoes, so she must find a way to get rid of mosquitoes.
She went shopping in the mall yesterday and stocked up on a lot of insecticides and mosquito coils. She lit mosquito coils and sprayed insecticides at home and in the yard by the well, but it didn't help much. The mosquitoes always came back.
Xia Wu took out his cell phone to see if there was any more efficient way to kill insects.
You know what, if she really found it, she would either plant plants that repel mosquitoes or carry mosquito repellent sachets with her.
Xia Wu decided to try growing some mosquito-repellent plants, as she had no shortage of soil for planting.
The barbecue stall became more and more lively. Yang Guoen and Feng Lanlan were very busy. The two children also came forward to help clean up.
The couple's personalities are very compatible. Yang Guoen has been working hard. It is very hot in front of the barbecue grill on a hot day. His clothes are soaked with sweat. He doesn't let Feng Lanlan come forward, and only lets her deliver the food and collect the money.
Feng Lanlan did this job very well. She was eloquent and always had a smile on her face. This is how business should be done. Harmony brings wealth.
Some individual customers who were attracted here said that the food tasted good.
The intersection Xia Wu chose for them was in a good location. It was usually the only way home from the nearby villages. Some children saw the barbecue stall and pestered their parents to buy food for them.
The skewers sold by Yang Guoen are not expensive, three or two yuan is enough to satisfy your children's cravings, and most parents will buy some for their children.
After dinner, Xia Wu and his family didn’t stay long. The sunset dyed the sky red, and the family walked slowly along the roadside towards home.
The rice in the fields on both sides is already more than 20 centimeters tall, and will soon bloom.
That night, someone sent a message to Xia Wu’s fan group.
"Report! Yanggou Village has unlocked a new check-in spot, a barbecue stall run by Yang Guoen. You may not know Yang Guoen, but I've already made inquiries. He just returned from work with his wife over a week ago and doesn't plan to leave. He's setting up a barbecue stall at the intersection of Haotang Village and Yanggou Village. The food is amazing!"
"As expected, the products of Yanggou Village must be top-notch. If he were in the game, he would definitely be a high-level chef!"
“Is it really delicious? How much is it?”
"It's obvious you don't know Yanggou Village. When have things from Yanggou Village ever been expensive?"
"That's right! It's really not expensive. Let me show you the picture. These big lamb skewers are only two yuan a skewer. They're all real lamb. The vegetarian dishes are only fifty cents a skewer. Fifty cents!"
"If we go out to eat skewers, each one will cost 60 cents, right?"
"Holy crap, that's a steal! Got it, I'm going to play this weekend, and I'll report back if I explore further!"
"The barbecue stall is already there, is the B&B going to be completed soon? I wonder if it's expensive."
"Summer vacation is coming soon, and I really want to take my family's pet to Yanggou Village for a while. Is there anyone from Donghua Town who can tell me if renting a place is convenient?"
The group was full of people, and soon someone replied: "The rental is very cheap, two bedrooms and a living room should only be 500 or 600 yuan. It's basically a self-built building in the countryside. If you don't mind, you can ask."
"Oh my god, I wish the rent here could be this cheap. Who knows? Six or seven hundred is just for renting a bed."
"Let's go back upstairs. There are still expensive things in Yanggou Village. Do you know the apricots on Yantou Mountain? One apricot costs thirty yuan."
"You're kidding, right? Isn't it three dollars and a half per pound?"
"Three dollars and fifty cents per pound is the price sold to us. It should be an ordinary fruit. Look, such a big fruit is not sold to us," an enthusiastic group member sent a picture. He pushed aside the leaves with his hand, revealing an apricot that was almost as big as his palm. It was orange and looked very tempting.
"My dear, when you touched the fruit, weren't you chased by Black Bean?"
"How dare you trespass into Lord Black Bean's territory? You're not going to have a good ending."
"Hehe, Black Bean was not there that day, and only Golden Bean was in the orchard. I went over to see it because it called out to me from under the tree. I didn't pick any fruits, I just took a picture."
"How do you know these apricots are sold by the piece? Did you buy some? Are they delicious? Actually, I think thirty-one apricots this big are perfectly fine to buy. They're not particularly expensive to try."
"I didn't buy it. I heard it. Xia Xia was talking business with a man that day and I happened to pass by."
"Did that person buy it?"
"I bought it. It was a deal on the spot. I guess he bought all the big apricots."
"Damn rich people!"
"I want to try it. I wonder if Xia Xia is willing to sell me one individually."
"I want to try it +2."
"I think it's pretty bad. Do you know how much the person who bought the apricots sold them for?"
"How much?"
"If I tell you, it will scare you to death, so I'd better not say it."
"It's immoral to speak halfway. I curse you for forgetting to bring toilet paper!"
"Then let me tell you, there's a high-end restaurant in Shanghai that only serves ten tables a day. A dish made with apricots costs at least several thousand yuan."
"???How many?"
"My salary last month was 3294.5. Can I have a taste?"
"not enough."
The group exploded instantly.
"Black-hearted, really black-hearted!"
"Suddenly I feel like Xia Xia is losing out by selling that guy thirty-one."
“What a loss!”
"Why not sell it to us? At least we can have a taste of how delicious the apricots are."
"The day before yesterday, Xia Xia brought apricots to the city to sell. I asked my mother to buy ten kilograms. I've already eaten them all. I should have bought more earlier."
"Yes, normally large apricots are delicious. I can't imagine how delicious these big ones are."
"I'm so shameless that I'm going to eat as much as I can. I decided to ask Xia Xia if she can let me have a taste when I go to Yanggou Village this weekend."
"I'll go and ask for it too!"
"Don't even think about it. Xia Xia has signed a contract with someone and won't sell it to you."
"Who is the one who asked Bao Yuan Da Xing to buy all the big apricots? I don't know how to do anything, I just want to make friends with him."
"Yes, my sword is thirsty."
Xu Lifefu, who was resting in the highway area, was shocked. His nose was itchy, so he took out his mobile phone and clicked on the group chat to peek at the screen. He saw someone revealing the whole process of his buying and selling apricots.
He clicked on the person's profile picture and didn't recognize him. He saw that the anger in the group was being aroused.
Xu Li couldn't help but tag that person any longer, "No, buddy, you're a know-it-all, how come you know everything? Do I know you?"
"The real master has come out?"
"Boss, can you show us what a dish that costs over 3,000 yuan looks like?"
Xu Li narrowed his eyes and ignored the messages sent by others. He just wanted to see who this gossipy person was.
The people in the group don't actually have any bad intentions. What bad intentions could a group of netizens who only care about food have? Xu Li was also attracted by the atmosphere of the group. From the beginning, he never checked the group at all, but now he clicks in to check it out when he has nothing to do. It's quite interesting to see netizens from all over the world chatting in the group.
He also discovered that these people treated Yanggou Village as a farming and development game like Stardew Valley. Xia Wu was the protagonist in their eyes, and Yanggou Village was the town where the protagonist moved around. The villagers were randomly generated NPCs. New events and new NPCs were often refreshed, and anyone in the group who saw it would come to inform the group.
Letting them do this makes the group more interesting.
But this gossipmonger was different. Xu Li had a hunch that this guy might be his competitor, or even a colleague? Interesting.
Lu Yuan didn't expect that when he broke the news in the group, he would expose the real culprit.
How did Lu Yuan know these inside stories? It’s a wonder. He is in real estate and knows a lot of people, including some rich people.
It just so happened that Lu Yuan had a big customer who was a greedy glutton. In order to build a good relationship with him, Lu Yuan bought organic vegetables from Xia Wu and gave them to him. The big customer's wife liked these organic vegetables very much, and his impression of her was +!
Ma Xueqing had come to Yanggou Village before and helped cook a few times. Lu Yuan was there and felt that Ma Xueqing had good cooking skills. He specially asked the villagers for the address of Ma Xueqing's restaurant and found opportunities to take his VIP customers there to eat a few times. The food was very good.
But he knew all about Xu Li from overhearing. He was there the day Xu Li bought the apricots, and he was also there when Xu Li and Ma Xueqing were chatting in the restaurant. He knew the name of Xu Li's restaurant by asking about the prices of the dishes, and naturally he also knew that he sold the thirty-one apricots at a sky-high price hundreds of times higher.
Lu Yuan was a little angry.
He knew there were special-grade apricots and wanted to buy some to give to others. He had bought other apricots smoothly before, but this time when he bought apricots, Xia Wu told him that the special-grade apricots had been bought by someone else and could not be taken away.
After a little thought, Lu Yuan knew who had bought all the apricots.
As a businessman, if Lu Yuan was Xu Li, he would definitely take over the entire business and sign an agreement to prevent Xia Wu from selling the apricots to anyone else.
But as a competitor, it's different...
The news leaked, and Xu Li felt very upset. He always had a bad premonition. Without waiting for a reply, Xu Li did not rest and continued driving to Yanggou Village.
He was going there to discuss business this time, and he couldn't let anyone get there first.
At night, Xu Li found a distant star-rated hotel to rest for the night. He rushed to Yanggou Village early the next morning and went straight to Xia Wu's house.
Xia Wu was not at home early in the morning. After Xu Li asked about her whereabouts, he ran to the rice fields in the village and found Xia Wu.
It turned out that Yang Guoen had come up with another idea. The vegetarian dishes at his barbecue stall were cheap because they were basically made at home or bought from warehouses, so they didn't cost much money. But it was different with the meat.
There are pork, mutton and beef on the stall, and he also has to catch or buy crayfish every day. Once the business gets on track, it will definitely not be enough to just catch them himself. He also wants to add fried snails and grilled fish to enrich the menu.
There is plenty of water here, and the fish are quite cheap, so it’s not particularly expensive to buy them.
But Yang Guoen wanted to make use of his own resources. He wanted to raise some crucian carp in the rice fields. He was a man of action. He started to act as soon as he thought of something. He bought fish fry early in the morning and put them into the rice fields.
Xia Wu hadn't known before that fish could be raised in rice fields, so he watched out of curiosity and chatted with Yang Guoen.
Yang Guoen told her that not only fish but also crabs can be raised in rice fields. The fish and crabs raised in rice fields eat rice flowers, which are said to taste very good.
The fish fry he bought were not small ones. Each one was about three or four centimeters long. They could be harvested when the rice was harvested. They could grow to over ten centimeters and were very delicious when roasted.
Xia Wu was a little tempted after hearing this. She liked eating crabs, so why not try to raise some rice crabs in the rice fields on the mountain?
Forget about the fish. There are so many fish in the pond in front of her house that she can never catch all of them.
Xia Wu was a little surprised when Xu Li arrived. "Oh, a distinguished guest has come to visit. I was wondering why I heard the magpie calling when I went out."
"Have you eaten yet?"
Xu Li hadn't slept well all night, and dark circles were almost appearing under his eyes. He rubbed his face secretly, hoping that Xia Wu hadn't seen the message in the group chat. He said seriously, "I haven't eaten yet. I'm in a hurry to discuss business with you, right?"
"Let's go to my house and have something to eat first," Xia Wu waved goodbye to Yang Guoen, "Uncle Guoen, I have to go get busy first."
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. If you need fish fry later, I'll ask for them for you."
Xu Li was curious: "Are you going to raise fish again?"
"I don't raise fish. I plan to raise some crabs."
"Crabs are great! Autumn is the perfect time to eat crabs. When are you planning to raise some?"
"I haven't decided yet. There are so many chickens, ducks and geese on the mountain. If I raise crabs, I might end up feeding the ducks and geese."
"Your mountain is quite big, and a lot of it is still empty, so it can be used for breeding."
Xia Wu was a little amused. "Why, can rice crabs be made into a dish worth over three thousand?"
Xu Li: “…”
As expected, Xia Wu discovered it.
He was afraid that Xia Wu would have a grudge, so he had to explain: "My restaurant is high-end, and customers won't buy it if it's cheap. As long as it's delicious, I can sell a plate of water spinach for a sky-high price."
Xia Wu waved his hand with a half-smile, "Don't tell me all this. You're capable of selling at exorbitant prices, but can you get your employees to be less picky? They'd throw away even the best dishes. The elderly in the village have suffered, and they can't stand seeing them wasted."
Xu Li touched his nose and agreed.
"Okay, I'll criticize them later. By the way, are the other fruits on your mountain almost ripe?"
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