Chapter 86

In scorching July, the sky is as hot as fire.

Gao Sheng drove out from a village in his car.

Zhao'er was sitting in the car, she was wearing men's clothes, after most of the summer, she was much darker than before.

It was too hot, so the doors were left open. Running all the way out, there is a breeze blowing in, but it can also add a bit of coolness.

Gao Sheng looked angrily, holding the rein tightly with his big palms: "Sister Zhao'er, why didn't you let me discuss the contract just now. We have the contract in hand, so we don't believe that these people dare to break the contract."

Zhao'er's face was calm, and when he heard the words, he glanced at him and sighed: "You grew up in the countryside, and you don't know the rules of this place? We can only treat this thing as a last resort, but now it's not appropriate to make a fuss." Stiff. Besides, this village-to-village group, do you really have a dispute with others? Even if this kind of thing goes to the county government, believe it or not, the county magistrate will still focus on appeasing the people, and will not turn to us. "

This is what the so-called law does not blame the public.

Is it easier to deal with one person, or a group of people?

it goes without saying. And this kind of thing is not very serious. For example, if there is a life lawsuit or something, the county government mainly focuses on appeasement, but the result is naturally that they will knock out their teeth and swallow their blood.

Of course Gao Sheng understood this truth, but he still felt angry: "Then that's the way it is?"

"Let's go back and add up."

Things have to start from before.

After the beginning of this year, Zhao'er has made a lot of money by taking advantage of the green and yellow. Although the price of vegetables is a bit higher than before, but because they are not available in the market, others can only pinch their noses to recognize them.

Generally speaking, Zhao'er is still a conscientious person, and she didn't add much, but she couldn't stand up to the seven townships in Xia County, and she took down six of them.

In fact, I also want to know that selling and delivering vegetables is a small amount of money, but once the climate is formed, this small business will rely entirely on its own intentions, pinching the supply of goods, and the market price will naturally be determined by others.

Just because Zhao'er doesn't want to, doesn't mean others don't want to either. Those who care will see it.

So at some point, a business snatcher appeared.

At the beginning, these people were very powerful, the carriages were equipped with the same standard, and the people in charge of delivering the food were also dressed in the same clothes, and they used horse-drawn carts instead of mule carts. Probably it was targeted before, and Gao Sheng was originally recruited to go to Dahe Township, which is the only township that has not yet been taken, to set up a shelf there. Unexpectedly, after going there, it was repeatedly blocked, and it was only later that I realized that someone had already made the first move.

Since then, these people have surfaced, and after inquiring from various parties, it is known that the person who robbed the business is a wealthy family in the county.

The owner of this rich family is surnamed Hu, known as Mr. Hu. His business is moderate, and he can be regarded as the number one person in Xia County. Although his business is not too big, he is involved in all aspects, which is commonly known as the type of people who want to get involved when they see something making money.

Such a family, to a grass-roots team like Zhao'er, is like a huge monster, and I am a little ant at the feet of that huge monster.

But even ants are not trampled to death just because they don't fight back. Soldiers come to cover them with water and soil, and it's impossible to give in.

Zhao'er and the others only cared about their own business, with their previous contacts and the contracts they signed with people in advance, it has been going smoothly. On the other hand, Master Hu took Dahe Township as his base and gradually spread outwards, but he encountered resistance, and no one in the other townships sold them vegetables.

In other words, in the past few months, the price of vegetables in Dahe Township has increased several times, and the merchants are complaining, and the common people are unaware, but the money they get is still so much.

Some merchants even went out to find the source of goods, and it was impossible not to do the door-to-door business. Zhao'er took advantage of the opportunity to occupy Master Hu's market.

This was the first confrontation between the two, and it ended with Master Hu's complete defeat.

But after eating the sweetness from before, it is impossible for Mr. Hu to let go. If you can't do it clearly, you can do it in the dark. You poach my corner, and I destroy your source. This has always been a common method used by businessmen to crush each other. Mr. Hu actually sent someone to contact those farmers privately and charged them high prices for their vegetables, just to let them break the contract with Zhao'er.

Just like now, when there are the most kinds of vegetables, the price of vegetables will drop according to the usual practice, and Zhaoer and others will collect vegetables from farmers, and the price will also drop. These farmers also know that, but Mr. Hu has not fallen, but has risen, and the price per catty is about two cents higher than Zhao'er's price.

For several days in a row recently, some farmers were unwilling to sell vegetables to Zhao'er and the others, presuming that the family had eaten all of them and there was nothing left. Little did they know that since the vegetable selling business went smoothly, the farmers who often cooperated with Zhao'er and the others could not open as many vegetable fields as they could, and some even changed their own grain-growing land to vegetable-growing.

So many dishes, how could I eat them all?

In fact, to put it bluntly, it was an excuse to secretly give all the food to Mr. Hu. This is also the reason why Gao Sheng said that. Today, Zhao'er came out specifically for this matter. Huyang Township is fine, but the other townships have gotten a little out of control.

The two returned to the inn, and Xue Qinghuai also came back after a while. This time, the three of them were dispatched together, and Jiang Wu led Xue Qiang and the others to take care of them at home.

"Let's talk about your thoughts, how to solve this matter now, is there any good way?"

Gao Sheng and Xue Qinghuai looked at each other, then Gao Sheng hesitated and said, "Sister Zhao'er, why don't we raise the price too?"

Zhao'er knocked on the table, thinking and said: "How to raise it? At this time, the price of vegetables is the same. If we raise the price for farmers, it means that we will offend those merchants. They are not fools, and the price of vegetables has increased. Falling, false highs, they know better than anyone else.”

"But you said that you can't make a contract, and you can't raise the price, and you just watched that Hu robbed our business? If he robs us now, it will be difficult for us to get it back later."

Of course Zhao'er understands this truth, and she understands that their business is speculation. Collect money from farmers and sell it to merchants, and earn some hard money from it. Without their own output, once the source changes, they will be faced with such an embarrassing situation.

This is the reason why she wanted that mountain in the first place. With the foundation, no one is afraid. But it is obvious that the hill is just a drop in the bucket for now, and there is no way to meet their needs.

Zhao'er can almost predict what will happen next. If they can't hold back and talk about the contract, Mr. Hu will naturally encourage the farmers to make trouble with them. If the trouble comes to the county government, it is very likely that the contract in her hand will become A blank sheet of paper does nothing.

But if there is no trouble, the farmers sell their vegetables to Mr. Hu, and they have nothing to supply to the merchants, and the business will be taken away by the other party.

This is a dilemma. Of course, the price can also be raised like Gao Sheng said.

But at the same time as they raised the price, Mr. Hu would definitely continue to raise the price. The two companies raised each other's prices. They would definitely not be the opponent of Mr. Hu, who is rich and powerful. And this will inevitably affect the merchants. When the price of vegetables reaches a certain level, it will definitely arouse the resentment of the merchants.

The three of them discussed for a long time, but they couldn't think of any good solution. Zhao'er could only sigh and said, "Then let's raise the price first, and then we'll talk about it later."

After the matter was agreed upon, Xue Qinghuai and Gao Sheng made arrangements separately.

Now they have a fixed place in each township, and only one of them is left for themselves, and the other people who are responsible for collecting and delivering vegetables are hired temporarily. The person in charge of this township is Xue Qiang.

In fact, the biggest problem for Zhaoer and the others now is not only because of their weak foundation and lack of their own source of goods, but also because there are too few people who can rest assured. The stalls are too big and too fast, but the manpower is simply not enough.

After pressing the button, the two sides have entered into a state of anxiety since then, Zhao'er's side raised the price, and Master Hu's side followed suit on the second day.

The farmers are very happy, anyway, they can see now that the one who signed the contract has nothing to do with them. The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and whoever pays the highest price will sell it to him.

The price of vegetables had already reached Zhao'er's estimate, and the merchant had complained several times, Zhao'er and the others had no choice but to explain.

Even the explanation is a little weak, because Mr. Hu has already started selling vegetables at a loss. He had already raised the price, and Zhao'er and the others also raised the price, so the price of vegetables went up. Now that Mr. Hu is selling at a loss, it is tantamount to pulling Zhaoer and the others to lose money together, or they can only watch the business being robbed.

Sure enough, the worst situation that Zhao'er had expected at the beginning happened, and now he can only grit his teeth and hold on, to see who can't hold on first, or admit defeat.

*

Yuqing Village, Xue's family.

"Where did Zhao'er go recently? She hasn't come back for such a long time?" Zhao asked.

This question was naturally asked by Mrs. Zhou, and the two of them were at home at the moment.

"Mother, Zhao'er is doing business outside, don't worry about her, the fourth child is with her, what can happen."

"I'm not worried about her, but she is a girl who runs around every day, and now she doesn't even leave her home. Which woman is like her. It's because she hasn't married a dog, otherwise it depends on how I deal with her .”

Zhou Shi didn't speak, just pursed his lips and left.

Who can you take care of?

Now Mrs. Zhao can only take a few daughters-in-law to play with the prestige of being a mother-in-law.

Especially since she was trying her best to deliver food to Xue Qingshan, now the other three houses don't start fire with her. Zhao'er and Xue Qinghuai spend less time at home, Xue Qingbai is usually busy on the mountain, as are Zhou and Sun. After the new year, Xue Qingbai built two more rooms next to Gao Sheng's house, and the two families could simply start a fire there, and usually the family would come back at night when they were sleeping.

It's just unlucky for Mrs. Yang, who can't go anywhere, and can only face Mrs. Zhao's old face every day.

Mrs. Zhou locked the door of the house and planned to go up the back mountain.

Not long after walking out of the house, she saw Mrs. Yang walking back in a hurry, her clothes were a little messy, as if something had happened.

Generally speaking, although Mrs. Zhou has her own narrow-mindedness, she is also a kind person. Having been a sister-in-law for decades, although there are usually conflicts, but now the situation of the big house has completely changed, and the former high-ranking sister-in-law has become like this, Zhou still feels very sympathetic.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

Yang raised her head to look at her, and forced a smile: "No, it's nothing."

"Don't tire yourself too much, it's so hot, be careful not to get heat stroke..."

"Hey, I see."

Yang didn't stop, and left in a hurry, leaving Zhou looking at her thinned back, sighing and shaking her head.

But she didn't think too much, and walked along the path to the end of the village.

When she was about to leave the village, she saw someone walking behind her back cursing and cursing at the side of the road, and she looked a bit like Xue Qingshan from the back. But it passed by in a flash, and she didn't see it clearly.

After going up the back mountain, she told Xue Qingbai what Mrs. Zhao said before.

Xue Qingbai sighed: "The business has encountered some difficulties recently, otherwise Zhao'er wouldn't be running outside every day."

"What's the problem?"

"It seems that there is a rich man who is robbing Zhao'er and the others for business. I don't know the details."

Mrs. Zhou is a woman, and she panics when she hears 'rich households' and 'robbing business'.

"Then what should we do?"

Xue Qingbai hesitated for a moment: "Zhaoer and the others should be able to find a way."

Mrs. Zhou didn't speak, neither did Xue Qingbai, and the two went to work in the vegetable field. After a while, Mrs. Zhou suddenly said: "You said, if the business really goes wrong, will our wages be paid?"

Now relying on the second house, the life of the third house is very happy. The family's land is rented out, and the couple can earn a lot of wages every month by helping Zhao'er to tend the hills. The past half a year has been the happiest time Zhou has lived since she got married, but there has been a sudden change, so it's no wonder she panicked.

"It's such a time, why are you talking about wages?!"

Xue Qingbai is dull, but he is not stupid, if it is not serious outside, several people may go out. Jiang Wu is too busy these days, and he also called a lot of helpers, and occasionally heard a few words from Jiang Wu's mouth, revealing from Jiang Wu's mouth that Zhao'er has already made preparations to stay in the rear, so This Huyang Township must be guarded.

Hearing what the man said, Zhou panicked even more: "Is it really that serious?"

"Then what shall we do?"

Xue Qingbai didn't speak.

"We have also earned a lot of wages. It is difficult to recruit them now. Why don't we tell her when she comes back that we only work without wages?"

Zhou said so many words, only this sentence Xue Qingbai can listen to.

"Okay, don't worry too much, maybe it's not as serious as we thought. But when she was recruited to help our family, now that she's in trouble, we can help, and I'll go with her later Jiang Wu said, it can be regarded as doing his best."

*

Yang's pace was too hasty, and Zhao saw that there was a ghost chasing after her.

Yang ignored her, dropped the hoe in his hand, and went into the house. She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she closed the door.

Just now she was weeding in the field, when Xue Qingshan came unexpectedly.

I haven't seen him for so many days, Xue Qingshan's whole person has changed a lot, he is extremely thin, his eye sockets are sunken and black and blue. If it wasn't for the familiar clothes and he spoke again, Yang Shi would really not have recognized him.

She was wondering if Xue Qingshan hated her and wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on her. Who would have thought that without saying a few words, he actually begged her to forgive him, and said that he would only know her benefits after leaving her, and that Widow Xue was not a person who could live a life, and the two quarreled all day long.

What did you do earlier? !

It's not that Yang hasn't thought about the past these days, but she can't figure out who is right and who is wrong. The only thing she knows is to stay away from Xue Qingshan, otherwise her talent will be ruined.

It's just like this, so how could she forgive him.

But she didn't expect Xue Qingshan to be so shameless, he planned to use force if he couldn't ask for it, and it was only when Yang Shi knew that the man she married was so shameless.

A little shocked, but not surprised.

What else can Xue Qingshan not do!

She was already under him, feeling the pungent sour smell from his mouth, while scolding himself for being ignorant, he stretched out his hand to untie her clothes. There were two fingernail-sized scabies on the wrist, and the scabs had already peeled off, leaving two dark purple sores.

Yang was in despair, but when he was struggling, he touched the hoe he brought and smashed it with the hoe to hurt the opponent, so he was able to retreat completely.

She must be more careful in the future, Yang thought with lingering fear.