CHAPTER 444: CHAPTER 444: PLANNING

As soon as Li Jian Country went out with the money, everyone knew that he’s really struck it lucky this time.

Back then, Li Jian Country didn’t rush to sell the herbs. Although everyone praised him outwardly, they didn’t really care in their hearts. They thought that if Li Jian Country hadn’t spoken up, they could have made more money.

Particularly, giving way like this gave someone a good reputation, and once you have a good reputation, who cares about money?

No one expected Li Jian Country to get such a great opportunity, allowing him to earn even more money. How could anyone not be jealous? Their gazes towards Li Jian Country were all sorts of wrong.

Li Jian Country was quite proud in the face of everyone’s jealous looks. Hah, now they regret it, right?

After handing the money to his wife with a smug look, Li Jian Country said, "Better late than never, look, the price is even higher than if we sold to the supply and marketing cooperative."

Li Jian Country’s wife looked at the thick wad of cash, then glanced at the weight marked on it. Although it differed slightly from what they weighed at home, it was fair enough and not too far off.

The most important thing was the unit price, which almost blinded Li Jian Country’s wife. "Is this all our money? There’s no mistake?"

Li Jian Country nodded proudly, "Yes, look, if we hadn’t sold the herbs before, well..."

Li Jian Country’s wife rolled her eyes at her husband. This guy just wanted credit. "I’ll fry you a few eggs tonight, well, what a pity."

With such good money, even after deducting some expenses, it’s still worth it. Unfortunately, it’s difficult for them to even spend this money.

"Don’t worry, Zhao Gang said before that if the stuff could be sold in Beijing, he’d be willing to help." Li Jian Country actually had an inkling earlier but only mentioned it if last year’s stock could be moved.

As for future sales, he didn’t say, and now he needs to plan well to let everyone know that he is a competent secretary who will secure more benefits for them.

"Really?" Li Jian Country’s wife was thrilled, "He’ll really help us continue selling our goods?"

Li Jian Country hummed in agreement, "Of course he’ll help us sell the goods, so I’m planning to invite Zhao Gang and Gong Tao for dinner in a few days." The operation still requires Zhao Gang and others’ assistance.

With benefits at stake, Li Jian Country’s wife wasn’t stingy. If their family could earn more, it would also elevate her husband’s status. As the secretary’s wife, she must support his work.

"By the way, this time we have to look after our village," Li Jian Country’s wife suddenly remembered something, "A few of us have discussed it, we’ve already shared the herbal stuff with them before. This time selling herbs, don’t always think about the neighboring village."

Remembering past events, Li Jian Country’s wife was quite unhappy, "They all got rich, and they kept thanking us then, but once they found out the herbs couldn’t be sold, they started whining about us without considering our bigger losses."

This time they can’t be foolish and only look after them, "We must secure our own inventory first before buying theirs."

This is a must, "Don’t worry, Zhao Gang and the others know what to do." Li Jian Country was confident, "Keep the money safe, I’m off to a meeting."

Once they finalize the house, they can discuss cooperation. Without something to put on the table, it would be awkward to discuss cooperation with Zhao Gang.

While Li Jian Country was busy discussing business with team leaders, Zhao Gang and others were quite joyful, "Finally, this house is ours."

Though this wasn’t their hometown, this house witnessed the rise of their families, "When we get old, we can often come back here." Zhao Gang had deep feelings for the place.

Gong Tao nodded continuously, "Definitely, by then, we’ll plant some vegetables, spend winters cozied up playing cards, life would be quite comfortable."

Gong Ruini looked at the two already fantasizing about their retirement life and wanted to say they were overthinking it. She wasn’t even sure about Gong Tao’s future, let alone Zhao Gang with his vast assets - could he just come here whenever he wanted?

However, Gong Ruini was excited about having a house here. At first, she didn’t take this place seriously, but when she learned it was close to a reservoir, she realized it might be a famous rice production area namely Wuchang rice.

The rice here was irrigated with reservoir water. Yes, the river flowing through the village was released from the reservoir.

Thinking about it got Gong Ruini thrilled, knowing how good the rice was. In her future life, she occasionally bought some for porridge, as she couldn’t afford to cook meals with it - it made one eat too much.

If the rice hasn’t gotten famous yet, it’s best to enjoy it. Continuing to eat like this in the future, is that even a question?

As a time traveler, one shouldn’t be doing so poorly as to not afford such good rice, right?

It’s a pity that even though they managed to get a house here, they couldn’t hope for farmland. Even though villagers knew collecting herbs made money, they wouldn’t forsake the land their ancestors had toiled on for generations.

Forget it, just maintaining a good relationship with them to get some cheap rice is enough, or even the rice they eat themselves - Gong Ruini was really not asking for much.

Even though Zhao Gang was all spirited earlier, after seeing off Li Jian Country, he couldn’t hold it any longer and went to sleep.

As for Gong Tao, once he’d eaten, he quickly went back to sleep. Gong Ruini felt her dad wasn’t that exhausted, otherwise, why must Cai Meina accompany him?

A man used to eating meat suffers variously when deprived of it for a while. But Gong Tao, is it appropriate to drag your wife to bed in broad daylight?

Gong Ruini isn’t saying you can’t roll in bed, but can’t someone clean up the dishes first? Does it have to be Zhan Jing?

"You go sleep too," Hua Miaozhu said to her daughter who was trying to hold on, telling her to rest.

Zhan Jing yawned, "I’m fine. I actually rested quite well on the way here."

"Aunt Zhan, I’ll wash the dishes." With her dad just taking her mom to roll in bed, as the eldest in the Gong family, Gong Ruini felt she must step up now.

"Mom, I can wash the dishes."

"Sis, you go sleep, Aunt Hua you also rest, we’ll tidy this up," Cai Ming insisted since the eldest sister had no time to wash up, he as a brother would handle these chores.

"Mom, let’s go back to the room." Zhan Jing also had stuff to discuss with Hua Miaozhu about her trip to Beijing, that’s why she stayed up till now.

So it ended up their kids doing the chores. Zhao Guangran yawned and was about to head out, "Bro, I’ll go talk prices with the buddies."

Oily bowls were Zhao Guangran’s least favorite to wash, so he intended to excuse himself out.

This guy always found excuses to shirk work. Zhao Xuran wouldn’t let it slide, especially with such a weak excuse this time.

"Li Jian Country will say it, we should stay home and weave more baskets quickly." With prices so high, Zhao Xuran foresaw how many people would be knocking on their door.

Zhao Xuran stated they should start preparations now to avoid slowing down their money-making pace because of these things.