CHAPTER 69: CHAPTER 69 LITTLE SHOES

"Oh my, Xiao Xiao, where did these scallions come from? These scallions are high quality. Hurry and tell me. You don’t know, our new supply and marketing cooperative Director Hao just gave me a task to bring back ten thousand pounds of scallions within three days.

Isn’t this putting me in a difficult spot? But what can I do? Director Song has gone to the provincial capital for a meeting. When the cat’s away, the mouse will play. Director Hao has been unhappy with me for a long time. This time he’s using the opportunity to give me a hard time."

Fan Jianshe’s eyes turned green when he saw the scallions.

He wished he could dive right into the pile of scallions.

A thought flickered in Jiang Xiaoxiao’s mind.

This morning, when she received the scallions, she already saw that the yield could be about twenty-five hundred pounds.

Moreover, she realized in the morning that she seemed to have gained another plot of farmland. She didn’t know how this upgrade in her farmland appeared.

But it seemed the more she planted, the more farmland would appear.

Even though this piece of land was at most an acre.

Nonetheless, the yield was high!

Furthermore, in her space she didn’t need to worry about pests or diseases, nor natural disasters or human calamities. Of course, she didn’t need fertilizer or pesticides either.

She only needed some money for seeds, and in addition, she just had to water it with some spring water from her space. To put it plainly, the costs were too low.

Previously, she only thought about using what she grew in her space to feed her family.

But her uncle’s words reminded her.

Even though business couldn’t be done now.

Any business would be branded as speculation or profiteering. But who was her uncle?

Her uncle was the purchasing agent for the supply and marketing cooperative, and that’s a legitimate position.

Which means he’s genuinely there to buy things.

Not taking advantage of this existing line would be stupid!

Moreover, the supply and marketing cooperative is lacking so many things now.

Especially in terms of food.

Scallions are just one item. Vegetables needed for winter like cabbage, potatoes, and radishes are all in high demand. Usually, a truckload arrives and it’s gone within half a day’s time.

Jiang Xiaoxiao’s eyes lit up.

"Uncle, why is your director giving you a hard time?"

Fan Jianshe sighed, "It’s all because of the scramble for promotions and wealth, you don’t know how intense the internal conflict in our supply and marketing cooperative is despite the few people. Our Director Song is likely to be transferred after returning from the meeting, seems like he’s going back to the provincial capital.

The man has been promoted, but Director Song’s position has already been stated that there won’t be anyone appointed from above. They’ll directly promote someone from within us.

Now everyone is eagerly showing off their abilities. This Director Hao, he’s just a deputy director, yet he acts all high and mighty. It’s as if he’s already sitting in that position, commanding this and that, and always picking faults with others.

He wants to step on others to get ahead.

I haven’t thought about getting promoted or making money, nor am I standing in his way, but he just gives me this task and told me if I don’t finish it in three days, my bonus will be deducted this month.

It’s like I’ve been made the scapegoat.

Am I not just plain unfortunate?

I’m considered lucky, it’s just ten thousand pounds of scallions. You don’t know, Xiao He and Xiao Wu, one was assigned ten thousand pounds of potatoes and the other ten thousand pounds of cabbage. Scallions are easier to deal with, there are many villages nearby that grow scallions. I can gather them to at least make up some of it.

But potatoes and cabbages aren’t grown much in the villages nearby."

Fan Jianshe had a look of frustration.

This was pushing them to make mistakes, so when the time comes, it’ll be said that they couldn’t complete their tasks and their performance was bad, the leaders above will definitely have a bad impression.

Jiang Xiaoxiao understood, it meant Director Hao was being cunning!

To show off his strong work capability.

Stepping on her uncle and the others to climb up.

"Xiao Xiao, if you can help your uncle, help him out. Find that farmer, talk to him nicely, and collect all his scallions. Your uncle’s job is not easy, don’t let this be noted in his file! It wouldn’t be worth it."

Fan Xiuying acted a little anxious hearing her brother speak like this.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was just thinking about this.

"Alright then, uncle, here’s the thing, that farmer isn’t willing to interact with us directly. I’ll talk to him in advance and then place the scallions at the village entrance, and then you come over with the car and take them away, handing the money to me.

This way neither of us needs to have direct contact, saving any trouble of being accused of speculation or profiteering involving the farmer. The farmer doesn’t want any trouble, and we need to give him some convenience."

Giving her convenience.

In fact, Fan Jianshe coming to collect them doesn’t amount to speculation or profiteering.

They’re part of the public sector unit.

They can issue introduction letters at any time, which is permitted by the state.

But no one was thinking along those lines.

Mainly, Fan Jianshe was now overwhelmed by the scallions.

Thinking about how to give Director Hao a good lesson.

Fan Jianshe nodded, "Alright then, do as you say. Anyway, tell them our price, it’s the official acquisition price from the supply and marketing cooperative. I won’t make a penny, nor will I pressure his price. And we’re a public sector unit, we pay promptly."

Fan Jianshe feared others wouldn’t agree, or someone might beat them to it.

Knowing that there’s plenty of supply and marketing cooperatives in the provincial capital, not just theirs, doesn’t everyone’s family lack these winter vegetables like scallions?

Outside, it’s already been cleaned out, it’s hard to find anything now.

Fan Jianshe thought his niece was thorough, not making a big show of collecting scallions.

To prevent their peers from knowing, if they found out about this, they might seize the opportunity first.

Jiang Xiaoxiao chuckled and nodded.

She hurriedly returned to her room to close the door, pretending to rest for a bit.

She entered her space to check and found indeed that a third plot of land had appeared.

However, this third plot was almost connected with the second plot, forming a larger piece of land.

She hurriedly harvested the scallions in the morning, yet hadn’t decided what to plant.

Mainly because currently there’s heaps of wheat, scallions, and cabbages at home.

That’s why she hadn’t planted anything yet, nor had she had the time to plant.

Now looking at it, she’d plant scallions, isn’t that obvious!

First, solve her uncle’s ten thousand pounds of scallions.

If her estimates were correct, these two plots could yield 5,000 pounds at once, and she still had 2,500 pounds within her space.

She estimated it would be just right to pull off getting the ten thousand pounds of scallions by her uncle’s third day deadline.

Fan Jianshe got Jiang Xiaoxiao’s word that she had already connected with the person, and he would come to take them away tomorrow night.

Excitedly, he couldn’t contain his feelings.

Jiang Xiaoxiao discovered yesterday.

She might have been mistaken.

She had always thought the output from her space was calculated on a daily basis.

But actually, it’s because she checked it once a day.

For example, the scallions she planted last night, were ready to harvest when she woke up this morning.

Actually, it indicates a shorter maturity period.

Of course, it might also relate to the crops themselves; she didn’t know about the growth cycles of each crop.

She could only roughly estimate, but her space indeed produces within a day.

She could only ascertain a reasonable timeframe.