Joe's Farming

Anyi and Anren returned to the village and told the clan leader about the green peppercorns.

"Did your friend really say that?"

Anren nodded vigorously: "Really, he said the price and we'll decide. If you think it's feasible, I'll talk to him tomorrow."

The clan leader was still a little hesitant: "What does he need so much for? Did you ask?"

Anren scratched his head. "He seems to have several restaurants in Taoyuan. He said he needs them in many places. Oh, and he also has a shop at the port of Nanyang. I heard they sell coconut chicken. I must go and have a meal when we make some money!"

An Yi patted his head and said, "I haven't even started picking fruits yet, but I'm already thinking about what to eat after I make money."

"Then you will definitely make money. Chief, don't you think so?"

The tribe leader thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to everyone. How much is this? 20 wen per pound is expensive, isn't it? That mountain belongs to the tribe. Whoever wants to pick the fruits can go pick them, and just give 10% of the proceeds to the tribe."

"Twenty cents is not expensive, right? I'll ask him tomorrow. Well, hey, can I dig two more seedlings for my friend?" Anren asked.

The clan leader waved his hand and said, "Two trees are nothing. Dig a few more. Those seedlings grow every year, but they won't grow big anyway."

“You are so nice, Patriarch!”

Because the nutrients and sunlight of the seedlings are divided up by the mother tree, they will slowly die unless they are transplanted to other places.

Anren happily agreed.

When I got back, I took Xuan Min with me to dig seedlings.

Xuan Min rested for two days and his body had almost recovered.

The An family didn't ask him to do anything. They would be satisfied as long as he was willing to be a son-in-law.

Moreover, Xuan Min has a fair and clean appearance, and it is obvious that he is not a hard worker.

But Xuan Min didn't want to eat and drink for free in the An family. An's father passed away due to illness a few years ago, and An Ren was still a teenager. Everything in the family was taken care of by An's mother and Anyi.

Although Xuan Min had been a monk for twenty years, he felt that their lives were too hard, so he was eager to share some of the burden.

When Anren got up, he got up too. When Anren worked, he worked too.

Anren and Anyi went to the city, so he followed An's mother to find a job.

As a result, An's mother despised him so much that An Ren finally came back and asked him to go dig seedlings. He was so happy that he carried a hoe and went there.

An Yi told her mother about the green pepper.

The mother and daughter carried baskets on their backs and called on some close relatives to go pick green peppercorns.

Picking green peppercorns was tiring, and the sun was too hot. When Xuan Min saw this, he would not let her work peacefully. He asked her to go home and rest, and he took her place.

He had never picked this before. Not only was he slow to do it, but his fingers kept getting pricked.

An's mother couldn't bear to watch: "You and Xiaoyi go back to cook, Anren and I will do it here."

Anren: "Mother, I haven't finished digging the seedlings yet!"

"Why did you dig so much? Be careful what the tribe leader will say to you!"

"Dig more as the clan leader said!" Anren chuckled.

Xuan Min: "I'll continue picking. I'll get more skilled after picking more."

Anren: "Yes, mother, when you asked me to do something before, you didn't care whether I could do it or not! You are biased."

"Okay, okay, if you want to pick them, go ahead. But be careful and don't get your hands pricked!"

"it is good."

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On the second day, Anren brought two men to the inn.

Qiao Yu was surprised when he saw the twenty green pepper seedlings and two large backpacks full of fresh green peppers!

"Anren, you're too fast! And these seedlings are all for me? Won't your tribe say anything about you?"

Gu Heng cried out "Ouch!" and ran down the stairs, which made An Ren tremble with fear.

Gu Feng picked him up with one hand and brought him in front of Anren.

"Brother, is that the green pepper you gave my father?"

Gu Heng raised his head and asked An Ren.

Before Anren could properly greet him, he squatted down and nodded.

"Thank you, brother! The green pepper fish that Daddy made yesterday was delicious!"

Gu Heng paused, touched the silver ornaments on Anren's chest and said, "Brother's necklace is so beautiful!"

"You like it?"

Gu Heng nodded: "Yeah!"

Upon hearing this, Anren was about to take it off and give it to him.

"Gu Heng!" Qiao Yu shouted.

Gu Heng quickly ran upstairs, looking back as he ran: "Daddy said that we can't take other people's things casually. Brother, please don't hurt me."

Anren: ...

Even the two men next to Anren were amused by Gu Heng.

Qiao Yu held his forehead with his hand: "You little brat talks too much."

Anren shook his head: "I think he's quite cute. I hope my sister's child will be as smart as him."

There were two baskets of green peppercorns, weighing more than 100 kilograms in total, which were picked by Anren's family and several other households.

Qiao Yu felt that the price of twenty cents was completely acceptable.

He also advanced Anren 20 taels: "You help me collect peppercorns in the village. This is your salary for this year."

Anren doesn’t want it. He is already making money from selling peppercorns, so why does he want more money?

But Qiao Yu said, "Your sister is going to have a baby soon. Wouldn't it cost more to raise a child? And you gave me so many pepper seedlings. I can't thank you enough."

Anren thought about it and agreed. With this money, he could buy a lot of things for his future nephew or niece.

"Okay, I'll keep it. Thank you."

Before Anren left, he received an extra order.

The owner of the inn was intoxicated by Qiao Yu's fish flavor last night, and wanted to buy some peppercorns from Anren and others for his own use.

Qiao Yu deliberately said loudly: "Twenty-five cents per pound, good quality and cheap."

Innkeeper: "It's really not expensive. Give me two kilograms. Can you deliver it tomorrow?"

As he said that, he handed over the money.

An Ren picked up the phone and looked at Qiao Yu suspiciously.

Qiao Yu whispered: "This is the wholesale price. Even if you sell it for 30, someone will buy it. Also, don't be rigid in doing business. Now is the season when the green peppercorns are ripe, so you can sell them at a lower price. After a while, when they are all picked, you can sell them at a higher price. Scarcity makes things more valuable, don't you know?"

Anren slowly widened his eyes, it turned out that this was possible.

No wonder the tribesmen were so easily deceived!

Next, Qiao Yu and Gu Feng took An Ren to the dock and identified the Xu family’s cargo ship. After that, they picked some green peppercorns and went directly to find the captain of the ship.

After seeing Anren off, Qiao Yu and Gu Feng went out to buy twenty ceramic basins.

He dug some soil, asked for some wood ash, and planted twenty small seedlings.

Gu Feng asked Qiao Yu: "If these seedlings can survive in the villa, will you buy green peppercorns from them in the future?"

"Of course we have to buy some. You see, we have been planting pepper trees in our villa for almost three years, and every year we still don't have enough, so we have to buy some from outside. And it will take at least two years for these seedlings to grow up, so it's still early."

"Joer is right."

"I just wonder if it's raining in Taoyuan now? Is the water we have stored enough?"

Li Xin, who was far away in Taoyuan, was worried as he looked at the lotus pond whose water level was becoming increasingly shallow.

Ling Lie took the initiative to catch half of the fish in the pond and sell them, but the rest would still turn belly up due to lack of oxygen every day, so the villa would make a few salted fish and dry them in the sun every day.

"Hey, why hasn't my brother come back yet?"