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

Chapter 22 Guess how much it sold for?
"These are just kids! You want things from kids?"

"No way! Well—I went home to cook!"

Grandpa Li seemed a little afraid of Grandpa Zhang, and left after being scolded by Grandpa Zhang for a few words.

Bai Lu didn't stop him, not because she had a good temper, but because Li Dali, the old man, would be beaten into the hospital by his daughter-in-law tomorrow for his foul mouth, so it would save her the trouble of dealing with him.

This kind of person doesn't deserve to die, but they are really disgusting!
Grandpa Zhang snorted coldly: "This old Li, just because he's old, he thinks he can eat the whole world!"

"Thank you for helping me out, sir." Bai Lu took two bunches of ferns from the basket, packed them up, and handed them over: "These two bunches of wild vegetables are from my own garden. Please take them home and try them."

"I don't want it!" Grandpa Zhang glared. "I just finished scolding Old Li, and now I want your wild vegetables? Wouldn't that make me just like him?!"

"How can they be the same!"

Bai Lu and Grandpa Zhang engaged in a tense standoff: "You stood up for justice, you deserve good fortune! If you feel bad about it, join the group!"

Grandpa Zhang's appearance is the exact opposite of Li Dali's. He has a broad forehead, a straight nose, full earlobes, and a round face, which is the appearance of a kind-hearted and blessed person.

"What group?" Grandpa Zhang is a very modern old man who is quite good at using smartphones.

“My family is from the countryside. We raise livestock. We grow some vegetables and raise chickens, ducks, geese, fish and the like. If you like what you eat, could you recommend it to your neighbors and friends?”

Although we haven't started raising chickens, ducks, fish, or anything like that yet, let's promote it in advance!

Grandpa Zhang finally joined the group, and Bailu, despite Grandma's reluctance, insisted on giving away the wild vegetables. Looking at the time, wow, it was only 5:30—after an hour of selling, not a single bundle had been sold, but giving them away, they were all gone in half an hour.
It's still early, we can go check out the east side of the city.

However, before the small stool was even properly arranged, two uniformed staff members walked over.

The egret didn't take it seriously, since none of the other vendors had run away.

But when they stopped in front of her stall, she was completely stunned.

???

"You mean, our stall was reported? That my vegetable delivery service seriously disrupted market order?! They even suspect my vegetables aren't wild, but grown by hand? And that they have excessive pesticide residue??"

Good heavens!
Delivery of groceries turned into trouble?!

Bai Wei and Bai Chen were also shocked: "Could there be a mistake? These wild vegetables were picked from the wild, they grow naturally, how could they have excessive pesticide residue?"

These wild vegetables are ignorant and may not even have seen what pesticides look like!
How could anyone possibly have the opportunity to ingest these chemicals?

"Bring out all your wild vegetables for sampling and testing." The staff member said sternly, "Also, did you set up a group where you could scan a QR code and get free wild vegetables?"

"Uh, yes—"

"Then tell me why you did this?"

Egret: "Our wild vegetables taste good and sell for a high price, so we thought we'd give some away for free. Once they've tasted them, they'd be willing to buy them even if they're expensive—is that illegal?"

They didn't mention at all that they would give things away for free if they couldn't sell them.

"It's not illegal, but whether there are ulterior motives is hard to say!"

The staff had stiff, zombie-like faces, and the more you looked at them, the more unsettling it became.

Bai Lu gave an innocent look, but the upright staff member wasn't buying it: "Show me your ID."

"Here, here it is."

Bai Lu rummaged through the hidden compartment in her bag and pulled out her ID card.

"And there are permits for mobile stalls."

".No."

This was her first time setting up a stall in three lifetimes, and she had no idea that she needed a mobile stall permit.

The staff member knew they didn't have it, since few street vendors would bother to get the permit. He looked at the documents, including Bai Chen and Bai Wei's electronic permits.

There is no problem with the documents.

They also took samples of the wild vegetables from their stall and put them back in the testing vehicle for testing, and the results were negative.

So the three of them, Bai Lu, received a verbal warning: "Price wars can be big or small, but don't do it again."

Bai Lu had a blank expression, and Bai Chen quickly replied, "Yes, yes, I understand. Take care, comrade."

At a time when the country is promoting the street vendor economy, these small street stalls are practically ignored; they're a case of "if the people don't complain, the officials won't investigate." So who reported them?

Bai Lu boasts that he has lived three lives: one as a corporate slave, another as a farmer in the mountains, and a third as a farmer. He has no real life experience, so when he tried to do business for the first time in this life, he was reported!
It absolutely shocked her whole family!
The anti-fraud campaign is really effective; what's free is often the most expensive.

"Zhang Zheng?"

When Grandpa Zhang returned from buying fish, he saw his nephew standing in front of the young girl's stall: "You're buying wild vegetables too? Buy a few more bunches, they're so fresh! Your dad was just talking about wild vegetable, lean meat, and egg soup the other day!"

The tall, handsome man in uniform turned around: "Second Uncle? I'm not buying anything, I'm on duty."

Grandpa Zhang glanced at Bailu's stall, stood in front of it with a supportive air, and said, "What's going on? What's wrong with this young lady's stall? She's so young, bringing her younger siblings to the mountains to pick wild vegetables to supplement their income. How could that be illegal?!"

Grandpa Zhang, with his kind heart, described the three siblings, Bailu, as both poor and hardworking.

Zhang Zheng glanced at Bai Lu and her two siblings, and told Grandpa Zhang about the report that their stall had been reported—

Grandpa Zhang's face immediately darkened: "Was it Li Dali who did it?"

"Second Uncle, I can't say!"

"That's that old bastard! That old codger! He must be getting revenge on that young girl for not delivering enough vegetables! You old scoundrel!"

Grandpa Zhang was filled with righteous indignation and wished he could drag Li Dali over and beat him up!
It's really him!
Bai Lu was speechless. She had just had a guess, but she didn't expect it to be confirmed so quickly.

Zhang Zheng quickly pulled away his righteous and indignant second uncle, who was about to cause a scene at Uncle Li's house. After much persuasion, he managed to calm him down. Before going home, the old man comforted Bailu, saying, "Girl, it's alright. Keep selling the wild vegetables and don't worry about him!"

"Second Uncle, what are you doing?"

“What’s wrong with me? What young girl these days would want to pick and sell wild vegetables? Just look at her honesty and simplicity, there must be no problem with the wild vegetables from her garden.”

Zhang Zheng: "."

"Thank you, sir!"

The old man, whom they had just met, trusted them so much that Bailu was deeply moved. She kept stuffing wild vegetables into Old Zhang's bag, since it was too late to sell them anyway.

Give them to him, give them all to him!

Until Grandpa Zhang's bag was completely full.

Hey, hey, hey!
When I'm not here, is that it?
Bribery and accepting bribes right under my nose?!
Zhang Zheng tried to stop him, but failed. He watched helplessly as his second uncle happily walked away with a big bag of wild vegetables, saying he wanted to take a few bunches home!
He repeatedly instructed him not to make things difficult for the young girl.

Sometimes, he really wanted to call the police.

Really.

"Sister? What do we do now? Go home?" After the staff left, Bai Wei looked at the crowd of onlookers outside the stall and felt a little nervous.

The egret resolutely shook its head—

What home are you talking about?!
Strike while the iron is hot!!

The atmosphere is already so great, what are we waiting for if we don't sell!
"Everyone saw it!" Bai Lu said, holding a megaphone—

"Our wild vegetables have been personally tested by the staff of the Market Supervision Bureau and there are no problems. Look, the monitoring report is right here!"

"Look here, pesticide residue—zero! Heavy metals, E. coli, and Salmonella are all zero! And look at the nutritional components—the content of vitamins, dietary fiber, and minerals—this is something ordinary vegetables can't compare to."

Amidst the egret's eloquent promotion, the onlookers finally became interested. Putting aside everything else, the newly released monitoring report was very appealing!
"But thirty yuan a bundle is too expensive."

"Sister! Our wild vegetables are absolutely worth the price. These are wild vegetables, not greenhouse vegetables. If they were greenhouse vegetables, I wouldn't dare sell them for such a high price! This bundle definitely weighs a pound, a full pound! Look how fresh they are! How about this, for the first day of setting up a stall, it's twenty yuan a bundle! But let me make this clear, if you come to buy tomorrow, it will definitely be thirty yuan a bundle. No bargaining, okay? Want a bundle?"

"I saw you just delivered it."

Well, he's a potential customer who's been watching for quite a while!
Bailu was determined to win over this lady: "I did give away a bunch earlier, but as you saw, the staff wouldn't let us give them away for free, it would disrupt the market order. If I keep giving them away, won't other people's business suffer? Besides, I did give them away just now, but it was only a few ounces. This big bundle is ten yuan cheaper, it's almost like giving away three or four ounces!"

Seeing that her older sister was still hesitant, Bailu finally gave in to reality. She gritted her teeth and said, "If you scan the code to join the group, you can add ten yuan and buy another bunch of wild vegetables!"

I'm so sorry, her dear auras! You've become cheap!

The eldest sister finally nodded: "Then give me a bundle of wild scallions, a bundle of bracken, and a bundle of prickly ash."

"Okay." Bai Wei quickly packed the items into bags and handed them to the customer.

Bai Chen immediately posted the payment QR code: "Sincere discount of fifty!"

Finally, I saw the money!
The young master has become very enthusiastic!

Three bundles for fifty yuan! That's almost half the price of thirty yuan a bundle, so these wild vegetables are really inexpensive!
Buy it!

Right now, people are scrambling to buy them, afraid they'll sell out if they're too slow!
I gave away 15 bundles for free, one bundle to the grandma next door, two bundles to Grandpa Zhang, and then another six bundles. Now there are only 76 bundles of wild vegetables left. If they were sold in bundles of three, very few people would be able to buy them.

Bai Chen was in charge of greeting customers, Bai Wei was in charge of bagging the items, and Bai Lu was in charge of collecting money, both cash and WeChat. They had to be quick and attentive, and absolutely no cheating was allowed. The prices were already this cheap, and if they were to be taken advantage of, then she might as well give up on cultivating immortality!
"Gone?"

The last auntie only managed to grab a bundle of wild greens.

Bai Chen smiled and said, "Sorry, this is the last bundle."

"You..." the aunt said, quite displeased, "Then you have to give me a discount!"

"...Oh, how about fifteen?"

"Row!"

After selling the last bunch of wild vegetables and packing up, Bai Chen hurriedly asked as he got back to his car, "How much money did you make today?"

"Look at you, so naive! Never seen money before?" Bai Lu handed over the cash, then opened her phone: "I'll receive 750 via WeChat."

"At most, it's a thousand or so yuan. Everyone's seen a thousand or so yuan before! It's just that I've never tried earning more than a thousand yuan in a day!"

Bai Chen took the money and started counting it: "The cash is 515! That makes a total of 1265! That's good!!"

He happily shoved the money into his pocket: "I have a day off tomorrow, so get up early!"

The egret glanced at him: "Getting up at three or four in the morning?"

"That's too early. Didn't we agree to meet at the same place at 5 pm tomorrow? Let's sleep in a little later tomorrow, around 7 am!"

"I thought you were going to work hard and improve yourself—oh dear!"

As Bailu spoke, she almost slapped her thigh. Looking at the newly created group, she shook her head regretfully: "When we were delivering vegetables, 25 people joined the group. When we were selling vegetables, 26 new people joined. Including me, the group owner, there should be 52 people. How come there are only 49 left? Three people secretly left the group! What a loss!"

"Isn't this normal?" Bai Chen started the car. "Don't you do this all the time?"

"So, this is karma coming your way?"

Bai Lu laughed: "Forget it, leaving the group is their loss. The day I stop setting up my stall, they won't be able to find me to buy from!"

Do you think this group was created for me?

It's for you all!

Dear customers!

Well, those who leave the group are just unlucky; they don't even know to open their mouths to eat when food is right in front of them.

"The way you put it gives me the impression that our wild vegetables are some kind of rare delicacy, with countless repeat customers. Is that really an exaggeration?"

The egret shook its finger: "You don't understand."

"Okay, I don't understand, and I don't need to understand. As long as the wild vegetables can be sold, that's fine!"

Bai Chen's requirements weren't high; he just wanted to make money steadily.

"Oh, right, second sister, tell Mom we're heading home, and ask her to cook!"

Bai Wei replied, "Yes, I just told Mom, and she told you to drive slowly."

"Hey, I've been driving for so long, and you still don't trust me! Once you buy a new car, you'll be nagging me every day—ah... I don't have money to buy a new car!"

Bailu: "It's not like I touched your money, so if Mom wants to buy it, she can buy it!"

Bai Chen: "You're so arrogant! Just buy it then?! What a big idiot! This is to prevent you from losing money on farming! If all the money in the house is spent, the whole family will starve!"

Egret: "..."

"I don't like hearing that! What do you mean I'm losing money farming?! Can't you wish me well for once?!"

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Springtime brings early darkness; it's completely dark just after 6:30.

Bailu looked out the car window. Although there were some ups and downs selling vegetables today, the result was still good. Keep up the good work, Bailu! You will be able to provide a good life for your family.

Dongshi Village.

Bai Jiang had just finished feeding the pigs and sat with Qin Xiu by the well, eagerly waiting: "Why haven't they come back yet?"

Just as she finished speaking, she saw car headlights coming from the side road leading to them, and hurriedly opened the door: "Why are you back so late? Did you sell the wild vegetables? Were they hard to sell?"

"It's sold!" Bai Chen said mysteriously, "Guess how much it cost?"

Qin Xiu: "What's there to guess? At most, it'll be three thousand!"

Bai Chen: "..."

Your mom is your mom!

(End of this chapter)