kvmb Chapter 9 Harvest
Chapter 9 Harvest
In the "Xia Xia's Vegetable Selling Group", many elderly people couldn't wait any longer and started asking Xia Shiyu when the vegetables would be ready.
[Young lady, when will your vegetables be ready? I'm really craving them. Come sell them again sometime!]
[That's right, my granddaughter keeps asking to eat the vegetables you grow. It's finally helped to cure her picky eating habit, so you'd better come and sell your vegetables soon!]
[You can argue with that! My daughter works hard, and when she comes home, all she wants is that meal.]
[Yeah, boss, your company is about to go public, right? You should let us know in advance.]
[Yes, yes, you're truly a college student! This vegetable tastes better than any I've ever had growing in the countryside. You're really amazing!]
Xia Shiyu was both amused and exasperated to see the messages flooding the group chat asking her to sell vegetables. It was like a message from hundreds of people in a group of only a few dozen. She quickly replied with a message and set up a group announcement.
[Recently, bok choy and water spinach will be widely available for harvest. Please be patient, everyone; we will provide further updates later.]
Xia Shiyu's announcement at least calmed down the enthusiastic group members, but looking at the vegetable field in front of her, she had to consider another problem.
She planted about an acre of bok choy and water spinach, and with the higher yield from the system's products, the total yield was about 6 jin. The water spinach could actually be harvested repeatedly, but she thought that was too much trouble and just harvested it all at once.
However, it's impossible for her and her mother to harvest over 6000 kilograms of vegetables by themselves; it would be too exhausting. So, she plans to hire workers so that the harvest can be completed in a day or two. But there's no need to rush to harvest all the vegetables in one day, since she plans to sell them in batches. Harvesting them from the field when it's time to sell them will ensure they're fresher.
After figuring out a solution, Xia Shiyu directly asked her mother to contact workers. Fortunately, her mother had a wide network of connections in the village from her years of working as a substitute, so she was able to call on quite a few people.
Moreover, in their village, the wages for doing farm work for others are only 80 yuan a day if it's not very heavy physical labor and one person works 8 hours a day. Xia Shiyu plans to pay these aunties about 100 yuan each time.
After all, picking vegetables is much easier than harvesting corn or rice.
Two days later, when the vegetables were fully ripe, Xia Shiyu posted a notice in the "Xia Shiyu Selling Vegetables Group" announcing that she would be selling vegetables. This time, she stated that the quantity was much larger than before, and group members who wanted to buy could also invite their relatives and friends to buy together, as the quantity of vegetables was plentiful.
This announcement caused a huge stir in the group, with many expressing their support.
[Boss, don't worry, I'll definitely be there to support you.]
[Me too, me too, boss! It's just that with this increased quantity, could you make the price a little cheaper? It's really too expensive.]
Xia Shiyu was pleased to see the positive responses from the people in the group, but she would not lower the price for the time being, unless she bought a large quantity, in which case she might give a discount. If she sold small quantities, she definitely would not lower the price.
So she glanced at it and then turned off her phone. She called her mother and asked her to contact some people in the village to help harvest the vegetables. They didn't need many people for the time being; they could just call three or four more.
"Okay, I'll call a few quick workers over in a bit. You pay well and the work is easy; we can harvest most of it today." Yu Juan said before making the call.
After I finished making the call, a few people arrived shortly afterward.
"Juan, we're here. Where should we start?"
Xia Shiyu came out and pointed to the group of people, "Aunties, you should harvest half of each of these two fields. I'll take them to sell tomorrow."
"Okay," the group replied and started working, discussing the high quality of the vegetables Xia Shiyu had planted as they worked.
“I saw this vegetable when I passed by that day, and I thought to myself, ‘Oh, so it was Xia Mei who grew it.’”
"You really have to appreciate how amazing young people are. We've been growing crops for decades and we've never seen vegetables this good."
"Yes, yes, this dish looks delicious, it must taste great."
The group of people discussed and worked together. Xia Shiyu looked around and found that the people her mother had introduced were indeed quick and efficient. Even while chatting, they worked very fast. In no time, they had neatly stacked a pile of vegetables and placed them in a basket. They would be taken back by car and put away later.
The several thousand kilograms of vegetables that Xia Shiyu's family was taking back couldn't fit in their small tricycle; they needed to find a small truck.
Later, as the land grows larger, I'll need to buy a vehicle, but for now, renting is more cost-effective.
Upon hearing this, Yu Juan clapped her hands and said, "That's easy! Just ask your Uncle Yang. He has a used small truck, but it's enough for our needs. We can just borrow it from him."
Xia Shiyu thought it was a good idea, so after the others finished their work that day, she promptly paid them their wages. The people who received their wages were all smiles, because even when they worked for others in the village, their wages were often paid monthly or even every six months. They were quite happy to receive their wages so quickly today.
After paying the bill, Xia Shiyu took her mother to find Uncle Yang.
A few years ago, Yang Yong also ran a contracted business in the village, so he bought a second-hand small truck. Now that he's stopped doing business, the truck is idle and he only drives it occasionally when he needs to. As soon as he heard Xia Shiyu's purpose, he waved his hand and readily agreed.
"You can just take this car and drive it. There's no need to rent it. You'll have to pay for the gas yourself."
Xia Shiyu waved his hand after hearing this, "Uncle Yang, this is not right, it's not acceptable."
Yang Yonghun didn't care. "What's the big deal? We're all from the same village. Besides, I'm quite familiar with your parents. There's no need for that."
Upon hearing Yang Yong's words, Xia Shiyu didn't say anything else, but she planned to give him some vegetables from her own home when she returned the car, accepting the favor for now.
After everything was taken care of, Xia Shiyu could focus on waiting for the important vegetable-selling event the next day.
She thought that selling in small quantities like this was only temporary, and that once her business grew, she would be able to contact wholesalers, which would be much more convenient.
Xia Shiyu was conserving his energy and planned to get up early tomorrow to handle the work. Yu Juan saw that there were a lot of vegetables to sell tomorrow, so she thought it would be better to go with Xia Shiyu instead of doing any work.
Xia Shiyu originally wanted to say that she could do it, but after thinking about it, she was afraid that the scene would be chaotic, so she agreed to go with her mother. It would also be a good opportunity to take her mother shopping.