Chapter 044 Ordering Peaches
Chen Ning originally thought that being an illegal resident was the biggest secret of these children, so she was a little surprised when she heard Yuan Yue say that there was something else she was hiding.
But when she heard what came next, she was completely shocked.
They are unregistered, but they are not orphans wandering outside, or rather, they are not just orphans wandering outside.
They are assassins secretly trained on the island.
That island is a base where killers and assassins are trained. The training process is like raising a Gu. Those who can survive in the end are the strong ones who have survived repeated training and infighting.
While being tamed, they are also fed poison for a long time.
Chronic poisons will not kill quickly because they cannot affect their martial arts training, but over time, when the assassins are trained, the poison will become like a thorn in the flesh and will control them for the rest of their lives.
Yuanyue and his men were those who had not yet been successfully tamed. A few months ago, because the life and death of Prince Ding Xiao Nanchen was uncertain in the battle of Liaoyang, the court was furious and sent navy to hunt down and kill the rebels along the way. Wherever they passed, no one was left alive.
The island where they were was also affected and they had to retreat and hide.
Yuanyue and his friends defected when the island manager was afraid to make a big fuss, and finally succeeded in escaping from that place.
They knew they were poisoned, but they would rather die outside than stay in that hell any longer.
After he finished speaking, Yuan knelt there quietly: "We are the ones who concealed the truth. We are so sorry, young lady. Even if young lady drives us away, we have nothing to say. In the future, we will repay young lady's kindness by tying the knot with a grass and a ring..."
July sniffed and couldn't say a word.
Everyone in the group thought that they would definitely be driven away. After all, no normal person could stand monsters like them that came out of a poisonous den... To have lived this long, each of them had killed people.
I had to kill the person I lived with day and night.
They themselves feel like monsters.
It was as if they were awaiting judgment... judgment from the only person who had given them hope.
"No wonder they all eat so much. Is this a habit they developed from practicing martial arts since they were young?"
Shen Ning said jokingly: "I was originally thinking of hiring more guards, but now it seems that it is not necessary... Just hire a few for show."
Yuan Yue and others looked up in surprise.
Looking at the group of young men, Shen Ning straightened her expression again: "But, Shen Yuanyue to Shen Twelve, you all listen to me, now you are already registered in my household registration, you are my family, and you must listen to me from now on."
She said seriously, "Don't be so impulsive when encountering things, understand?"
After saying that, she added, "Of course, if someone attacks us first, we absolutely cannot tolerate it. We don't cause trouble, nor do we avoid it. Do you understand?"
Without her saying it explicitly, Yuan Yue and the others already understood that Chen Ning wanted to keep them.
Not good at speaking, the young men kowtowed heavily to Chen Ning without saying a word...
The matter was finally resolved. Shen Ning handed the task of finding a security guard directly to Yuan Yue and directly appointed Yuan Yue as the housekeeper.
The young man was originally very calm, but when Shen Ning said that he would be the Shen family's housekeeper in the future, he couldn't hide his excitement and his ears turned red.
The other young men were full of envy. Eryue looked at Yuanyue's clothes representing the butler, pouted and looked away.
He is not the housekeeper...I won’t pinch his face even if I pinch his face!
He has never been liked!
The house was handed over to Shen Yuanyue and the others, who rested for a night. The next day, Shen Ning took Shen Qiyue, Eleven and Twelve, and Su Lianyi to take a boat to Yinlu Island, not far from Pingning County, as planned.
Yinlu Island is rich in peaches, and now that the peaches are ripe, they are planning to place an order there.
The distance was not far, so they chartered a boat and arrived at Yinlu Island in less than half an hour. Because it was adjacent to the canal, large and small ships came and went, and many small boats were docked in the waters near the island, selling fruits from Yinlu Island.
Coupled with the constant flow of merchants stopping by to buy, this stretch of water looks very lively.
Chen Ning and Su Lianyi got off the ferry and didn't rush in. They took a quick look at the fruits sold by the farmers along the shore.
This time there are peaches, each one is pink and plump and looks very nice.
The two stopped in front of a stall that looked relatively large and asked, "Boss, how much are the peaches?"
At this time, another group of people came from behind. They were dressed in gorgeous clothes and spoke with a Beijing accent. It was obvious at a glance that they were distinguished guests.
The shopkeeper quickly called out to the group of people behind him: "Dear guests, come and take a look at the peaches. They are big, plump, thin-skinned, and small-core."
Su Lianyi laughed angrily: "We were here first, you are really good at business."
"You two, go over there, over there, there are more... Come here, distinguished guests, taste my peach..."
Su Lianyi shook her head: "What a pair of snobs."
Shen Ning smiled and pulled her: “Let’s go, let’s go directly into the village.”
The two men did not want to waste time, so after entering the village and asking for directions, they went straight to the headman's house.
When the village head heard that they planned to order about 100,000 kilograms of peaches, his face immediately broke into a smile.
Chen Ning looked at the sample peaches on display. Su Lianyi and the village head discussed: "One hundred thousand catties will be the base, and the first batch will be ten thousand catties."
The village head responded repeatedly: "No problem, peaches have matured in large areas these days, and we can supply them, but the price is..."
The larger the quantity, the lower the price. Peaches only ripen in a short period of time, and those that are not sold will rot. Li Zheng certainly wants to facilitate such a large order, but is afraid that the other party will lower the price too much.
Fruit farmers already have a hard life, but there is no other way. With large orders, at least they can ensure that the fruit will not rot in the fields.
Chen Ning and Su Lianyi had already learned about the price. Peaches were not expensive to begin with, and they had no intention of lowering the price to the fruit farmers to make money... They didn't care about this little profit, and there was no need to exploit the fruit farmers.
Su Lianyi glanced at Chen Ning, then said to the village head, "Eight cents per catty, what do you think?"
The village head, who was already preparing to haggle over the price, was suddenly stunned.
You know, in previous years when peaches were ripe on a large scale, in order to sell them earlier and avoid spoilage, some foreign dealers lowered the prices extremely hard, even lowering the price of a pound of peaches to four cents.
The retail price in the city is twelve cents, and for a large order of tens of thousands of kilograms, eight cents is already very high.
The village head was so happy that tears were about to come out. He stood up and bowed repeatedly: "You two ladies are so kind. This price is perfect."
Chen Ning helped the village head up: "You are too polite. We can give you this price and we will not delay the payment. But the only requirement is that the fruit cannot be inferior. If we find that the fruit is inferior, we will not come here again."
This was a huge deal worth a hundred thousand jin, and the village head swore to heaven, "I will never pass off inferior goods as good ones. Please rest assured."
Yinlu Island had a good reputation, so Chen Ning and Su Lianyi paid the deposit directly. When signing the agreement, Su Lianyi remembered something: "By the way, we don't want the peaches from that guy at the ferry, the one with the blue shirt and the mole on his face."
The village head immediately knew who the other party was talking about, and nodded with a wry smile: "Okay."
Hu San has always been a cunning guy. I don’t know how he offended these two gods of wealth... When he finds out later, he will probably regret it so much.
After all, if everyone were to take on such a large order, it would be enough to sell almost half of the peaches on the island.
Moreover, the two ladies also said that 100,000 jin was just a minimum, which means it could be more.
When Shen Ning and Su Lianyi returned to the ferry again, Su Lianyi saw from afar that the three little guys who had just followed Shen Ning had also set up a stall at the ferry.
But what was displayed on the stall was not fruit, but canned iced peaches.
Su Lianyi had tasted it on the way here and knew how good the canned food tasted, so she was not surprised to see the stall crowded with people.
But when she and Shen Ning walked over, they found that the three little guys were not selling canned food, but inviting everyone to taste it for free, but each person could only taste one piece.
"Come here, these canned iced peaches are sweet and refreshing, perfect to beat the heat and satisfy your cravings. They're free, don't miss out."
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