Chapter 29 – Collecting Orders and Inviting People
According to Steward Chen’s orders, the supply must not be less than a few hundred catties, and if it were sold well, the future orders would be no less than a thousand catties.
As for the amount that Steward Chen needs, Wei Cheng has a solid idea. The inner county is full of wealthy households, and the daily buying and selling of food materials is not measured by the population of a small household, but by the population of a large household.
Since he was gonna supply food in bulk then it would not be good to buy vegetables loosely, it’s also not cost-effective to buy them in the market so there must be a fixed supply.
The best way would be to go back to his home village to buy.
The one with the best relationship with Wei Cheng in the village is Wei Yuan’s family.
After closing the stalls, Wei Cheng and Wei Lei returned to Nanbian Village.
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Nanbian Village.
When Wei Cheng came back, the villagers didn’t recognize him. Wei Cheng was still wearing course-linen clothes, but he had a tall and handsome appearance. Indeed, no one would think of the silent, dull, and shabby Wei Cheng when they saw him now.
Seeing that it was Wei Lei bringing him into the village, they were a little curious about where this guy came from. He looks good, and some unmarried girls blushed when they saw him.
Some family members just want to inquire and find out for the girls and gers in the family.
Seeing them going into Wei Lu’s home, they guessed that they may be distant relatives of Wei Lu’s family.
Wei Yuan’s family members were all in the small courtyard when Wei Cheng knocked on their door.
“Cheng-zi, Lei-zi, why are you here, please come in quickly.”
Wei Yuan walked over to open the door and saw that they were his good brothers, “Father, Mother, it’s Cheng-zi and Lei-zi who came.” He welcomed them into his home.
“Hello Aunt Lu, hello Uncle.”
The two greet each other.
“Cheng-zi and Lei-zi are here.”
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“Uncle Lu, Aunt Lu, I have a deal with someone and I need a lot of vegetables. I am here today to ask you to help me buy vegetables and send them to my house on a regular basis every day.”
“Ah, there is such a good thing, how much do you need? Auntie has a lot of vegetable plots.” Aunt Lu said happily.
Cheng-zi is doing business so she is happy for him. She hadn’t seen him for a while but he turned out to be quite handsome and tough. If he was not married, he would’ve attracted the favor of many girls and gers.
Her husband smiled and said, “Cheng-zi, let’s not talk about buying, how much do you need? Uncle will ask your aunt to pick them in the field.” After picking vegetables in the field, there is not much money to make from them.
Wei Yuan: “That’s right, Cheng-zi, my family grows a lot of vegetables, if you want some, just ask as much as you want, how could you still be polite to us.” He knew that Wei Lei was working for Wei Cheng, but he didn’t mind at all. Before, when Wei Cheng had something good to give, he first thought of his family.
“Uncle, Aunt, I need these vegetables for a long-term purchase, and the daily quantity is about hundreds of catties.” Wei Cheng treated Wei Yuan’s family sincerely, and Wei Cheng received their sincerity as well. But when doing business, he still had to give them money, how can he take for nothing?
“So much!”
The people in Wei Yuan’s family couldn’t help but be shocked. Hundreds of catties of vegetables are needed every day, if they were accumulated for a long time, the amount would be considerable, and this is a very big deal.
“Yes, I still need to pay for Aunt Lu’s help in buying vegetables.”
“There is no need for wages, it’s just a small favor.” Aunt Lu hastily refused him.
“This must be given, Auntie, don’t evade it. If you do then I’ll have to find someone else.” Wei Cheng didn’t waste his words.
Wei Cheng went on to say, “Aunt Lu will be paid for helping me buy vegetables. The salary is 20 wen a day, and I have to help find two or three people to deliver the goods. I am also thinking of asking Yuan Zi to help deliver the goods. The salary is 30 wen per day, I wonder if Yuan-zi wants to do it?”
Twenty wen a day, just for being responsible for the purchase of vegetables, and thirty a day for their delivery, this was equivalent to the age of a hard day’s work in the county.
“Cheng-zi, the wages are too high, how can your aunt take advantage of you, ten wen a day is enough, and for Yuan-zi, twenty wen is good enough.”
Aunt Lu refused, she was only helping buy vegetables, so there was no need to do anything else, how could she get such high wages- their family can’t always take advantage of others? Besides, her family must have a share in the sold vegetables so her family can also sell the vegetables and make money.
Wei Yuan’s family felt that the wages were too high.
“Uncle, Aunt Lu, buying vegetables is meticulous work and must be checked carefully. Vegetables must be picked fresh on the same day, and I need Aunt Lu to help me find honest villagers to buy them. There is also busy work for many other tasks- my wage is not too high.”
How could Wei Cheng retract his offer? He had decided this directly.
Well, having said that, Wei Yuan’s family members have also agreed to do their best in the future.
Wei Cheng took out a piece of paper, “This is the list of vegetables to buy, I will tell Yuan-zi the amount later. As for the price, I have to ask Aunt Lu to ask about it. I don’t know anything about vegetable prices.” The price of vegetables in the countryside will be cheaper than those sold in the market. In order to understand the specifics, he’ll still have to let those who understand decide.
Aunt Lu smiled and said, “Don’t worry, since you have Auntie, I can definitely buy it at the lowest price.”
“Then I’ll have to trouble Aunt Lu, I will need Lei-zi to let me know in advance the estimated price.”
Wei Cheng bid farewell to Wei Yuan and went straight back to the county while Wei Lei also went home.
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Aunt Lu went out and went to find a few good friends to negotiate a good price with them.
Those families were very excited to be able to exchange vegetables for money, and how could they not be happy to be given silver?
Every household in the countryside grows vegetables so vegetables are the least valuable in their point of view. Now that they can be sold for money, how can they not be excited?
After returning home, Wei Cheng looked for his neighbor, Aunt Yang.
Aunt Yang is very enthusiastic towards him- since Wei Cheng buys all the vegetables at home, she can earn some money every day, and save a lot.
Wei Cheng explained the purpose of his visit. His family wanted to invite Aunt Yang to help wash and chop vegetables, cook vegetables, and do some other chores. The wages were thirty wen a day, and two more people were needed. Aunt Yang was needed to help introduce two hard-working people.
Aunt Yang smiled even more enthusiastically as she nodded and said yes, she was so happy that such a good thing happened to her.
After Wei Cheng left, Aunt Yang hurried out to find someone.
Aunt Yang used to be the poorest household in the suburbs. The area she was heading in was even poorer- full of mud houses, thatched houses, and even squatter households.
The family that Aunt Yang was looking for was the family of her husband’s younger brother- that family had always been poorer than hers.
“Sister-in-law, why are you here?” Aunt Yang’s younger relatives smiled when they saw her.
“My neighbor is looking for workers and needs two, so I came to you right away.”
“Really?” One person said excitedly, “I’ll go!”
“I haven’t even told you the salary, let us talk a bit more.”
“I’ll go no matter how low it is.”
Their family is so poor that they can’t afford even hay. Her husband has rheumatism all year round so he can’t do heavy work and can’t find a job. She can only earn a few wen by doing laundry for others. There is no guarantee that there would be laundry to wash every day so if that happens, they had to starve for a day. Since they were looking for workers, she will definitely go no matter the pay.
Aunt Yang also understands the situation in her family. They are both poor households but if she could then she occasionally helps.
“The salary is thirty wen a day.”
Aunt Yang’s sister-in-law was shocked and speechless, her lips trembling as she couldn’t believe it- she kept thanking Aunt Yang, if she did gain this job, she would do it well.
The second person Aunt Yang is looking for is a ger, who is already married and has given birth to a young man. The family he married was also poor, with six or seven people living in a thatched house. The family is composed of mainly old and young.
His husband does part-time jobs but there are many times when there may not be a job. They have no vegetable field at home so the family relies on the little money this man makes to support them. The whole family cannot eat enough or keep warm. Moreover, the ger’s son was not healthy when he was born so he couldn’t speak much even when he was two years old.
Aunt Yang went to the ger’s house and asked him to work as a helper. The family almost knelt down in gratitude.
In fact, if it wasn’t for the ger’s mother-in-law who has eye disease, he wouldn’t be allowed to go. As for the young children at home, he also has a sister-in-law to help take care of them.
So many good deeds! ❤
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Helping himself and the community, go Cheng ge!!!
We love to see it!
I’m excited for these families to prosper as well!
Why does this makes happy? Aww
I love that Aunt Yang immediately went to find the families she knew needed money the most, what a lovely and kind lady