EBE Chapter 696 You can buy it yourself next year
Chapter 696 You can buy it yourself next year
"Zhou Guo, what do you think we should do? Before, this thing was only found in our village, but now it has been found in several nearby villages. Do you think we can still sell it for such a high price in the future?"
"Yeah, why don't you collect the mushrooms from the other villages? Wouldn't you make more money then?"
They all gave Zhou Guo advice.
Zhou Guo said: "Maybe everyone doesn't know that it's not just found in a few villages near us, but also in the two neighboring counties. Matsutake mushrooms are not only found in our area, but are now everywhere. In other words, this thing is worthless."
When everyone heard this, they were so angry that they cried out in anger.
"How can it be worthless? This is a pound of pine mushrooms worth hundreds of coins. We pick so many of them every year. My family can't bear to eat even one, so we sell them all. Aren't those big restaurants scrambling to buy them? How can it be worthless?"
"That's right. Even if we find some in other places, there won't be that many. The world is so big, can't we sell them to other places? Not to mention anything else, there are a lot of people in the capital city, and we can sell them all if we take them to the capital city."
The quarrel was getting quite intense.
Zhou Guo calmly picked her ears and continued to look at the data. Her compost pile was about to be transformed. She would pile it again and make some changes in a few places. As long as the compost pile could be fermented this time, she would be done.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, everyone gradually fell silent.
Zhou Guo closed the data book and said, "I understand how you feel. You have nothing to earn, but I have even less to earn. Your family only supports your own family, and I have a family of fifty or sixty people. Am I not more anxious than you?"
"But you have to know that if there are too many of these things, they are worthless. There is a saying that goes, 'scarcity makes things valuable'. If there are too many things, they will be everywhere. Even if I have great abilities, I can't force people to give up the cheap ones and buy our products that cost hundreds of coins per pound, right?"
"So what do you think we should do? Give me an idea!"
Who can bear to see the valuable golden bowl turned into worthless porcelain pieces?
Zhou Guo said: "Don't worry, this year's mushrooms are out of season anyway. Even if they find some, they won't be able to sell them until next year. Everyone is familiar with this route in Yunzhou. We haven't encountered any robbers in the past two years. As long as there are enough refugees, they won't dare to attack you.
Next year, when the mushrooms are off the mountain, you can go to the city on your own and sell them to small restaurants and vegetable markets. Even if it's 50 wen per pound, it's enough for you to make a profit. If you move quickly, you can even beat them to sell mushrooms for several hundred wen per pound."
Some people understood what she meant and asked, "What? You won't buy our mushrooms next year?"
Zhou Guo shook his head and said, "No, you guys can sell it at whatever price you want. Maybe you can get a higher price than me. Let's go back.
"Over the years, we have seen that everyone's life has been getting better and better, and every family has built a blue brick and tile house. What else is there to be dissatisfied about? Fungi are born on the ground, so can you still allow fungi not to grow in other people's mountains?"
It seems that it is indeed impossible.
Everyone had no choice but to disperse. Although they could not prevent the discovery of fungi in other places, at least they got the idea. Next year, they would definitely be the first group of people to find fungi. They would take the fungi from the mountains to the provincial capital and sell them themselves. They might earn much more than selling to Zhou Guo.
Thinking of this, many people felt happy again. Zhou Guo never told them how much he sold a pound of silver outside, but this year the price for buying it was more than 100 wen, so it must be several hundred wen.
They sell a few hundred coins themselves and can make a lot each time, so what is there to worry about?
Since the people in Guqiao Village learned that there were mushrooms in their own mountains, they rushed to the mountains with their families all day long. So many people dared to go deep into the mountains, and after a while they actually found a few kilograms.
I found so many that I wanted to take them to the county town to sell them.
But Zhou Guo hasn't sold a single flower in the county town in these years. Many people don't know what this thing is, and those who don't know it dare not eat it. After being displayed for a day, several kilograms of it were sold by wealthy families.
But at this time, the quality was not very good, and it was sold for more than 20 cents per pound.
Even so, the people of Guqiao Village were already very happy, a pound was only over 20 wen!!
Thinking about the prosperity and grandeur of Cangshan Village today, they know that it is their future and their good days are coming, so they are happy. Let’s see who will look down on them in the future!
People from other villages also go to the mountains to search every day. Why is it that only others have such good things but not their village?
At this time, Zhou Guo was concentrating on fermenting compost.
Lai Zi Tou and his group finally moved into the house prepared for them, but they had nothing to do all day. If they wanted to go back, they had to wait for the boss's nod, but they couldn't even see Zhou Guo these days.
It's so frustrating. I feel so frustrated.
When Zhou Guo raised her head from the pile of manure, another half a month had passed. She told the housekeeper, "Just let it ferment like this. Send a few veterans to watch over it these days. If anything goes wrong, call me."
However, she estimated that there should be nothing wrong with the fertilizer pile and it would be ready after fermenting for five or six days.
The bald man finally came to the door. When he saw her, a strong man, he almost cried.
"Boss, you finally let me see you. I thought I would never see you again in my life!"
Zhou Guo frowned, "Have you been with Qian Duo for too long? How come you have learned all his tricks? If you have something to say, just say it. Do you think it looks good for a strong man to act like this? Do you want to pee and look in the mirror?"
The bald-headed man said dejectedly, "We have been waiting for you for almost a month. You stay in the house every day and are not allowed to go anywhere. We are almost suffocating. You have to find a job for us, or let us go back to the mountains. We can earn some money to buy some food and bedding for the mountains."
Zhou Guo said, "We provide you with good food and drink, but you are not happy without any work. If that's the case, you should stay here for now. There is a lot of work to do on the farm. From today on, you will go to the mountains to help carry dead wood, dig soil, ferment fertilizer, look after the crab pond, or chop wood and cut grass. There are so many cows on the farm, and they need to be let out every day. Go and divide the responsibilities among yourselves."
"As for the mountains, I gave the second in command so much money when I left, which is enough to cover the expenses in the mountains for two years. You don't need to worry about it. Go down."
Baldy was happy to get the job, "Well, I'll go tell them right away."
After saying that, he turned around and left. He was much happier than when he came, as if he had come alive again.
Wu Jiang said, "Master, I think these people are quite well behaved. I followed your instructions and left them alone for so many days, but they didn't cause any trouble. They didn't even step foot into the village. No one else in the farm came except this bald guy. They didn't even go to the mountains. They just stayed in the house all day."