After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 103

She was "meddling" in order to prevent sick pigs from entering the market.

Moreover, whether she sells or not, Aunt Gui's family suffers no loss, because without egrets, she has no choice but to sell at a low price.

Now, thanks to Bailu's intervention, if she's bold enough to take a gamble, she can simply earn an extra ten thousand yuan.

Finally, after much deliberation, Aunt Gui decided to sell the pig. At the price of a sick pig, she pleaded and begged, and the pig broker added 30 cents to the price, making it a total of eight yuan.

They haggled fiercely, completely disregarding the fate of their fellow pigs. Finally, one of the troublemakers couldn't take it anymore, and with a mighty leap, it successfully escaped.

That agile figure, that nimble movement…

Aunt Gui felt a sense of regret.

"What are you standing there for? The pigs have run to the feed pile."

Qin Xiu patted Aunt Gui on the shoulder: "Hurry up and feed them some! Look at those few, they're about to jump out."

If they weren't truly too hungry to hold back, the 1.2-1.3 meter high pigpen wall would never have been able to trap any adult pig.

After leaving Aunt Gui's pigsty, Bai Lu went to her own land and showed Bai Wei and Bai Chen what artificial rainmaking in the cultivation world was like.

Bai Chen grabbed Bai Lu's shoulders and shook her: "Sister, take me with you next time you go back to the cultivation world! Take me with you!"

"I'd like to, but firstly, I don't know if I can bring people through time, and secondly, you guys are so useless, it's been so long and you're still only at the first level of Qi Refining!"

"Do you even want to listen to yourself? Are you even speaking human language? What do you mean by 'how long'? Has it been a month? Is that a long time? I read in novels that it takes over ten years of cultivation to reach the Foundation Establishment stage! What's the rush?"

Egret: "..."

Is it possible to cultivate for more than ten years without being able to establish a foundation?
The area controlled by the egret for the magical rain was limited to its own land; it did not allow even a drop of rain to touch the neighbor's land. The magical rain did not last long, stopping shortly after wetting the soil.

The egret fears that too much vitality will cause the half-grown seedlings to grow too old, which would be undesirable.

The seedlings took root in the ground and were nourished by the rain. Their leaves visibly grew bigger and thicker, and their color became more vibrant green. Although they were not fully mature yet, it was still nice to pick a few tender hearts to enjoy.

Bailu has a local vegetable called "Za Xin" that looks like chicken feather vegetable. When the stems grow to be as thick as two or three toothpicks and as tall as thirteen or fourteen centimeters, they pick it while it's still tender and stir-fry it or make soup. It's excellent.

It's quite expensive, ten yuan per pound.

It's just a bit troublesome to handle.

Because the vegetable ridges were covered with rice straw, and there has been a lot of rain lately, the rice straw has rotted. So when picking vegetables, it is inevitable that rice straw fragments will be picked along with the vegetables. When washing the vegetables, the washing basin is covered with a layer of rice straw fragments.

At this moment, Qin Xiu returned and sighed, "It's getting harder and harder to raise pigs these days. Aunt Gui's pigs got sick and became almost a dollar cheaper. If the piglets weren't born from her own sow, she wouldn't even be able to make back the cost of feed."

Pig farming is no longer profitable. With feed and wheat bran becoming increasingly expensive, more and more pig farmers are going bankrupt and often can't make ends meet.

Qin Xiu was washing her shoes and hands in the yard, and had even changed out of her coat. She then sprayed herself with alcohol from head to toe. Seeing Bai Wei still squatting in the yard washing vegetables, she couldn't help but ask, "You went to pick wild vegetables so early? Hmm? Is it raining heavily? You're so young and you've already gone to pick them?"

Because her family had planted dozens of acres of vegetables, Qin Xiu cleared out the small vegetable garden. She went to check on it yesterday, and the vegetables hadn't grown yet. She thought she was washing wild vegetables, but who knew—they were domestic vegetables that hadn't even been harvested for a month!
"These vegetables are grown to make money, not to be wasted on you!"

"How can picking them to eat be considered a disaster!"

"Would it kill you to wait until they're bigger to pick them? Can't you even wait a few days?"

Leafy green vegetables change every day, and judging from the freshly picked tender vegetables, it won't be long before we can pick out and sell a batch of vegetables.

"How much are you planning to sell it for per kilogram?"

"thirty."

Qin Xiu choked: "Wild vegetables cost thirty, and this vegetable costs thirty too? Where are all these suckers waiting to be ripped off?"

Egret: "Can we stir-fry it and taste it first before talking about the price? If it tastes as good as wild vegetables, what's wrong with me charging this price?"

A simple meal of vegetables and white porridge brought tears to Qin Xiu's eyes.

She wasn't eating vegetables, she was eating hope!

This vegetable tastes just as good as wild vegetables, and her family grows twenty acres of it, selling it for thirty-one yuan per jin (500g). This is ridiculous...

For the first time, Qin Xiu secretly regretted not having studied more.

"Are you sure you want to sell it for thirty? No bargaining?"

Qin Xiu placed the chopsticks on the bowl, making a crisp sound.

Bai Lu turned around, a confident smile on her face: "Mom, you just tasted this dish, and you've already forgotten it? Ask Dad if it's worth the price."

Whether it's worth it or not... I can't say, but I would definitely not buy it.

When Bai Jiang heard his eldest daughter mention him, his first reaction was to serve himself another bowl of congee. Good heavens, he could easily slurp up another bowl with the vegetable broth.

Homegrown vegetables and wild vegetables grown in the wild have two completely different flavors. Wild vegetables generally have a special taste, either bitter or sweet, while homegrown vegetables have a milder taste and can be accepted by most people.

Moreover, the vegetables from their farm, whether wild or cultivated, have a truly unique flavor, refreshing with a hint of sweetness, more delicious than any green vegetable he has ever eaten in his life.

It's really delicious, but it's also really expensive!
Thirty-one kilograms is far too high for this small town, and far too high for him!
Make him toil away laying bricks for an hour in exchange for a pound of vegetables? Impossible, absolutely impossible!
He would never give a second glance to vegetables priced this high at a market stall, but—this is his own business…

All I can say is—my own child is truly talented!
"Dad!" Bai Lu exclaimed, both amused and exasperated, "You said the same thing when we were selling wild vegetables, and you're saying it again now!"

Qin Xiu: "Our family can barely be considered a delicacy when selling wild vegetables, but this little cabbage heart... Don't be fooled by the fact that it sells for ten or fifteen yuan a pound on the street, which seems expensive. Actually, the purchase price is at most three yuan a pound. The thick-stemmed cabbage hearts are even cheaper, less than one yuan. As for winter melon, water gourd, and loofah, if you're unlucky, nobody will even want them for eight mao a pound! You're selling them for thirty..."

This really surprised and delighted your mother.

If she could sell them, that would be great; but if they rotted in the ground, that would be the end of her life!
For farmers, what they fear most is their crops rotting in the fields.
Moreover, even if you wanted to give away twenty acres of land, there wouldn't be enough people to give it away!
"Mom, don't worry about it. From breeding to planting to the final remedial measures, our vegetables have all been personally guided by Master Qingxu. Otherwise, how could they taste like this? I feel like I'm losing money even selling them at this price!"

"Breeding? You had dealings with Master Qingxu so early on?"

Qin Xiu thought of her vegetable garden, which had been completely gnawed bare, and then thought of how lush and green it was now. She really had to believe that there were indeed unspeakable methods in this world. She immediately shut her mouth and said no more.

The morning dewdrops shimmered on the vegetable leaves, like pearls bestowed by nature.

The egret family stood in their own vegetable garden, gazing at the lush green fields and the seedlings that were more than twice as big as yesterday, and a sense of indescribable satisfaction welled up in their hearts.

The vegetables nourished by the rain are different; they grow faster and stronger. It seems that next time I should reduce the amount of rain and control the growth rate.

At the current growth rate, these vegetables can be sold this afternoon.

Bai Chen frowned: "Last time when I delivered wild vegetables, my regular customers made it clear that they would boycott homegrown vegetables. If we sell them like this, they probably won't sell well. If we keep offering free vegetables..."

He's terrified of being imprisoned again!
Who knows if another lunatic like Grandpa Li will go and report it!
Qin Xiu was extremely worried: "What should we do then?"

No matter how good a product is, it's all for nothing if there's no sales channel. Look at the companies that have grown big and strong now, which one doesn't have excellent marketing?
Bai Lu gestured to Qin Xiu not to rush: "I've already thought this through. How long could we possibly sell all these vegetables by setting up a stall? Besides, the old customers in the group are really good at hiding things. It's been so long, and there hasn't been a single new member in the group!"

Because the wild vegetables that can be picked are limited and are in short supply, Bailu and his team didn't think about attracting new users. The number of users in the vegetable-selling group and the mini-program is always the same.

But the output of twenty acres of land is far beyond what these few dozen people can handle. Although Bailu had an idea, he hadn't put it into practice yet due to various reasons, and now he was just trying to figure it out at the last minute.

"First, we still have some wild vegetables to sell for a while. We should make good use of this time to promote the vegetables we grow in the group. We still need to maintain our old customers in the group, and even encourage them to bring in new customers. For each new customer who successfully places an order, we will reward them with a pound of vegetables—these are the vegetables we grow."

"Huh? Wouldn't we be losing out big time like that? Don't you know that one person can have many alternate accounts? Even without recruiting others, just recruiting yourself can get you several kilograms of vegetables!"

"Where is the huge loss?! You didn't even read the question carefully. I said the order was successfully placed! Only when a new user successfully places an order can the existing user receive the reward."

Bai Chen carefully examined the box; indeed—

Even if they pull all their relatives into the group to become inactive followers, as long as an order is placed, they won't lose money; they'll just earn a little less.

"Anything else? We can't put all our eggs in one basket! What if this method is slow to take effect? ​​Our vegetables won't wait for anyone; they'll get old in no time!"

"Method two still revolves around the word 'sending,' but instead of sending them all over the streets, we send them to friends we know. Note that it's friends, not relatives. Forget about relatives in our village for now!"

Former classmates and current colleagues, please give priority. As long as we can contact them, we'll send one over, and we'll cover the postage! Mom, don't be stingy. You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. If you're really worried about the ten-odd yuan shipping fee, just think about how we can definitely make several ten-odd yuan, or even hundreds of ten-odd yuan, from them!

Qin Xiu laughed and scolded, "How could I be such a stingy person? Don't I understand such a simple principle?"

"Third, we can consider supplying hotels or school canteens. If we can find a channel, you know what our dishes are like. Eating more of them will definitely be good for you. Let's consider it a contribution to the healthy growth of the flowers of our motherland!"

Bai Wei's eyes lit up: "What a coincidence! One of my high school classmates' fathers is now the principal of Yangcheng No. 1 High School! I can try to contact him and see if I can find the contact information of the canteen contractor."

The majority of the more than twenty buildings at Yangcheng No. 1 Middle School were built with funding and sponsorship from a single company.

With such a large sum of money being spent, there are naturally conditions attached. After the project was completed, the company essentially took over as the property management company. A portion of the students' accommodation fees were paid to them, the hot water card top-ups were handled by them, the school's small supermarket was run by them, and even the school's canteen was contracted out to them.

So, if Bai Lu's family wanted to sell vegetables to the canteen, going to the principal wouldn't be of much use. At most, the principal would give them a heads-up, but... Bai Wei was just an ordinary classmate of his daughter, nothing more. His daughter had countless classmates and alumni over the years, so this relationship was really too thin for the principal to even ask.

Bai Wei's initial plan was to get the contact information so she could support herself.

"What are you dreaming about?"

Bai Chen's lips twitched: "We all came from No. 1 High School. Don't you know what kind of people the canteen contractors are? Their most basic goal is to make sure people are full and don't have diarrhea. You want them to buy vegetables at 31 yuan per kilogram? Are you daydreaming? Or are you two going to be philanthropists and donate vegetables to No. 1 High School every day? It's still your alma mater, you're really something!"

Bai Lu and Bai Wei: "..."

They were making assumptions and falling into a mental dead end, thinking that everyone should buy good things, but ignoring the basic reality—how could a for-profit canteen contractor possibly feed students so well!

Bai Lu touched his nose and coughed twice: "Let's discuss that another time, but a hotel is fine, right?"

"Star-rated hotels all have their own established suppliers, so it's a bit difficult for us to get in—do you know anyone there?"

The two sisters both shook their heads—they'd never even been to a five-star hotel twice, where would they get such connections? But—

"Let me ask Master Qingxu!"

The fat steward is Bai Lu's biggest connection in the cultivation world, so in modern society, her biggest connection is none other than Daoist Qingxu.

In fact, Bai Lu's life has been relatively smooth sailing across his three lifetimes. Although he has had various problems and frustrations, he has ultimately encountered more good people than bad.

Although she had helped Master Qingxu and the others in some ways, if they had harbored any ill intentions, her peaceful life would not have lasted until now.

(End of this chapter)