Jing Li said: "But I don't like him..."
Qin Zhao asked casually: "Do you like me?"
Jing Li: “…”
He finally understood that Qin Zhao was not jealous at all, he just wanted to find an opportunity to take advantage.
How could this person be so childish?
Jing Li's face felt a little hot. He tilted his head slightly, stood on tiptoe and kissed Qin Zhao on the side of his face: "Is this okay? Don't be angry..."
Qin Zhao pursed his lips and couldn't help but curl them: "Just barely."
A light cough was heard behind him, and Jing Li quickly pushed Qin Zhao away.
The two turned around and saw Chen Yan'an standing behind them, his cheeks flushed and his eyes a little uncomfortable: "Well, I was just passing by, passing by..."
Jing Li felt even more uncomfortable than him, and his ears, hidden by his long hair, were completely red.
Qin Zhao asked, "Did you pass by my house?"
Qin Zhao's small courtyard is at the westernmost end of the village, and his is the only family living nearby.
"I, I agreed with Grandpa Xue to go up the mountain with him today!" Chen Yan'an was inexplicably nervous and shouted, "I'm going to go up the mountain with him to collect herbs!"
Accompany Grandpa Xue up the mountain?
Jing Li vaguely realized something and narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
Chen Yanan didn't dare say much to them. He mumbled, "Grandpa Xue is still waiting," and hurried away.
Looking at the fat boy's back, Jing Li said angrily, "I always feel that his intentions are not pure."
"Well, that's obvious." Qin Zhao added, "He also wore new clothes today."
Jing Li: “…”
The two of them had to rush to the village entrance and could not delay any longer, so they could only put this matter aside for the time being.
At the entrance of the village, several ox carts carrying goods were parked on the side of the road. A dark-skinned vegetable vendor was squatting beside the carts, waiting. Seeing Qin Zhao coming, he patted his clothes and stood up: "Is it your family that wants to sell vegetables?"
Qin Zhao: "Exactly."
The vegetable vendor looked him up and down.
The tall man in front of him looked like a frail scholar, his complexion not very good, and he looked like a sickly person. The young man next to him was handsome, but also thin and small, not looking like someone who could work.
No wonder they were willing to sell vegetables to him.
Normally, the town would choose to go to more remote mountain villages to pick vegetables.
Vegetables have a short shelf life and high transportation costs. If they are far away from towns, villagers cannot transport vegetables to the town every day and can only cooperate with them.
Restaurants usually decide what vegetables they want several months in advance, and then hire people to pick up the goods when the harvest time comes. This is a win-win situation for both parties, and the supply is stable, ensuring that there is fresh vegetables available every day.
Since Linxi Village is not far from the town, if the villagers have leftover vegetables, it is not difficult to transport them directly to the town, so few are willing to sell vegetables in bulk.
Only those whose men are unable to work and whose vegetables will rot in the fields if not processed would want to do business with them.
This time of year is when vegetables are ripe for every household, so vegetable vendors search various villages and take the opportunity to buy them at low prices.
If you meet someone who doesn't know the business, they can lower the price very low.
The vegetable vendor has been in this business for many years and naturally knows that those scholars who can only read and write are always the least knowledgeable.
The vegetable vendor thought for a moment and said, "We buy at a fixed price: five catties of cabbage for two cents, and five catties of eggplant for four cents. We buy by the truckload. We'll take care of the picking and transportation, and we'll pay you in cash. What do you think?"
Qin Zhao frowned slightly.
He knew that such acquisitions usually came at a low price, but...
Five pounds of cabbage can be sold for five cents when transported to the town. The price given by the vegetable vendor is more than 50% lower than the vegetable price in the town.
"Why don't you just go grab it?" Jing Li said unhappily, "This is too cheap. The food at my house is all very good."
The vegetable vendor smiled kindly: "Business is not good these days. Vegetable prices in the nearby villages are not as high as last year. If you don't believe me, go ask around."
"this……"
Jing Li couldn't make up his mind.
He didn't know much about the market price, he just thought it was too cheap.
At this price, even if they sold all the vegetables from their two acres of land, it would not be enough to cover the cost of Qin Zhao's medicine.
But if they are not sold, they will rot in the fields in half a month. Even if some vegetables can be preserved for a longer time after being picked, they can only last for another two to three months at most.
You definitely can’t finish it all.
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