Chapter 210

Du Bai took them directly to the home of the village chief of Li Village. Since he used to be a member of the Li Village, he was indeed very familiar with it. If it weren’t for the fact that his family were too poor to make ends meet, he wouldn’t have been sold to the Du Residence.

He had been doing fine in the Du Residence for the past few years. The Du Residence was generous and provided servants sufficiently in all aspects. Although they still had to work, compared with the dirty and tiring wok they did at home, what they did in the Du Residence was much lighter. Thus, they naturally prefer the Du Residence.

Besides, Du Bai had been promoted to be a footboy by his young master because of his quick response. Henceforth he had an even better life.

But what was disturbing was that the young master never took him when he went out. Thus it was hard for the friends of the young master to believe that he was his foofboy.

It hurt.

Du Bai knew the village chief of Li Village. In terms of seniority, he should address the village chief as uncle.

When they arrived, the village chief of the Li Village was carrying a hoe on his way to the field. When he saw such a group of people swarming in, he thought that some villains had barged into the village.

It wasn’t until he saw Du Bai at the front that he let out a sigh of relief.

Du Bai’s original name was Li Wazi. He changed his name after entering the Du Residence, Du Bai.

When the village chief saw Du Bai, he called him, “Li Wazi! Why did you bring so many people to the village?!”

Xu Ran suddenly laughed when he heard the name, but he was quick enough to cover his mouth, so no one noticed.

Li Wazi, or Du Bai, hearing village chief calling him, immediately ran over to him and explained, “Village chief, this is what happened. Two friends of our young master want to buy some fruit trees. I think there are many trees in our village! So I brought them over.”

Then he went to Du Xin and introduced the village chief to him. Then to village chief he introduced Xu Ran and others.

It was a good thing that someone came to buy fruit trees! Their village was scarce in the other resources, but abundant in fruit trees.However, in past few years, because the harvest of the fruit trees was not satisfactory, many people were unwilling to plant them any longer. To the family with a large population, the sales of fruits could not support the whole family. At this time, someone coming to buy the fruit trees meant incoming money for their village, the village chief could not welcome more.

Hearing this, he immediately put down his hoe and stepped forward to greet Du Xin and the others.

Du Xin didn’t feel like getting familiar with the village chief. He just nodded and said to the village chief, “It’s them who want to buy the fruit trees. Just talk with them.”

Although the village chief really wanted to make friends with Du Xin, he detected his unwillingness from his expression. However, it should be good as well to get to know the friends of Du Xun! After all, the ones who could be friends with Du Xuan should also be the masters! After all, both Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun wore decently and looked good.

Especially Xu Ran’s face, gorgeous.

Therefore, the village chief immediately shifted his target and started to be enthusiastic towards Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun.

The corners of Xu Ran’s mouth twitched when he saw this. In fact, these ancient people deserved to be the Oscar winners for Best Actor!

Xu Ran was also quite polite to the village chief. After all, he hoped that the village chief would give him a discount.

Xu Ran said, “Village Chief, I don’t know how many fruit trees are there in your village. I’m not from Half Moon Town. I can’t bring back any trees that are too big, so I can only ask for small ones.”

The village chief nodded repeatedly. “Yes, there are all kinds of fruit trees in the village, big ones and small ones. How about I show you around and you can take a look by yourself?”

Originally, Xu Ran had the same idea, and it was better for the village chief to bring it out. Xu Ran nodded, “Then I’ll trouble you to lead the way.”

The village chief was stunned by Xu Ran’s tone. He wiped his sweat and said, “Sure, sure.”

Xu Ran looked at the village chief and felt a little strange. He was at least a village chief. Why was he so meticulous? Could that Du Family got a reputation in this Half Moon Town? Even the village chief was reverent and respectful to them.

Xu Ran looked towards Du Xin and saw Du Xin nodding arrogantly, as if he had seen through Xu Ran’s thoughts.

Xu Ran was speechless. Could Du Xin’s family be a gangster one!? Otherwise, how could a businessman make a village chief so respectful?

Of course, this was just his speculation. After all, this era had no such gangsters.

This time, the person leading the way became the village chief, who introduced the fruit trees on both sides while walking. Most were the facts about how big the fruits could be, and how many ones they could bear. It seemed that he was quite familiar with them.

When Xu Ran was listening attentively, Du Xin whispered in his ear, “My family has a government officer in capital city.”

Xu Ran was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that this guy’s backer was so powerful. He even had a capital official relative. However he was still wondering, wasn’t this guy the man of King Yan?

Seeing Xu Ran’s reaction, Du Xin shook his head. “You are not suitable for being an official.”

Xu Ran rolled his eyes. There was no need for others to remind him about this. He knew quite well.

Of course, this was just an interlude. After that, Xu Ran listened carefully to the village chief introducing the fruit trees in the village.

After a round trip of village, people who were at home all came along for the ride. The farther they walked, the larger the group. Even some people who worked in the fields came back to join in the fun.

The village chief concluded by saying that they were glad to sell the fruit trees in the village. It depended on how many Xu Ran wanted and how to pick.

Xu Ran didn’t expect things to go so smoothly. He looked at Du Xin, who still wore an indifferent look, and he looked at Zhuo Yun, who, similar to him, was also surprised at the smooth development.

Of course, things couldn’t have been so smoothly. The reason why the village chief was so easy-going was completely owing to Du Xin. Yesterday afternoon, after he returned from the inn, he sent people to inform the village chief in advance. Otherwise, it would be a wonder that so many people staying at home at the busy farming season.

Of course, Du Xin, holding his chin high elegantly, was just worrying that he can’t help telling the truth if he gloated too much. Anyone who laid an eye on him would find that his style today was completely different from that in normal days.

Seeing that Du Xin didn’t plan to answer his question, Xu Ran didn’t ask him anymore. Instead, he turned to the village chief, “Village chief, I would picked the fruit trees freely. You have a lot of fruit trees in your village. I think I can pick enough ones, but I am wondering the price.”

The village chief’s forehead was drenched in cold sweat. This was the key point, and he really did not have a ready answer!

Because Du Xin had sent someone over to instruct that he couldn’t let Xu Ran know that the matter of buying the fruit trees had been mediated in advance, and asked him to offer a reasonable price that was neither high nor low.

But he had never sold any fruit tree before, so how could he know how much the tree price was!

But the village chief was not stupid. Without directly saying the price. He transferred the decision right to Xu Ran and said, “Master Xu, as we haven’t sold the fruit trees and are not clear about the price, the price is up to you!”

Xu Ran didn’t expect that the problem with the price would wind up back to him. He originally planned either to drive a bargain if the price the village chief offered was high, or to ask people to dig the trees directly if the price was fair.

He never expected it would be up to him. Fortunately, he had bought some before, so Xu Ran reported the price according to the one he bought in Mr. Hu’s village, only two pence lower.

At the number, the village chief was also confused. He wondered whether they would suffer losses if they sold the trees at the price.

The village chief looked left and right. The villagers were as confused as him.

The village chief turned his gaze to Du Bai, who also had no better idea. Then Du Bai immediately looked towards his young master. Of course, Du Xin did not know better either.

He touched Xu Ran with his arm, “How did you come up with this price? They didn’t know if it was fair. Do you want to explain it?”

Xu Ran looked around and found that these people were really confused. Even Zhuo Yun was looking at him in confusion.

So, he cleared his throat and said, “This price is actually the price I bought in other places before. I thought that since these are all the same fruit trees, I reported this price to you. Previously I have bought more than two hundred trees. This time I want to buy more in your village. I think this price should be quite reasonable!”

When they heard Xu Ran’s explanation, everyone felt that it was quite fair. But as they didn’t have the concept of selling with low profits for big quantity and these fruits were not from one single family, some people started to ask if the price could be a penny higher.

One penny could be raised, but it also cost money to transport them back! It would take a lot of oxcarts and people to send them to Xu Village. Although he could pay extra money, if the villagers were not willing to transport them, it would be troublesome for him to look for helpers.

Thus, Xu Ran said, “Village chief, it’s not impossible to add one penny, but I need a favor from you.”

When he heard Xu Ran’s first half sentence, the village chief was just about to grin, but then when he heard him saying he needed a favor, he wanted to wipe his sweat again.

But even if he was sweating, he had to answer Xu Ran’s question!

Thus, he said tremblingly, “What…what favor does Master Xu want from…from me?”

When Xu Ran heard the village chief’s stuttering words, he suddenly smiled. “Village chief, you don’t have to be nervous. It’s no big deal. I just need some people in your village as well as a few oxcarts to help me transport the fruit trees back. Don’t worry. I’ll pay for the transportation, and I’ll also cover the expenses on road. The journey isn’t too long. If we walk quickly, it won’t take ten days to go and be back.”

When the village chief heard what Xu Ran said, he was relieved and quickly said, “No problem. Master Xu, please rest reassured. We’ll definitely send the fruit trees to your home.”

With the village chief’s guarantee, Xu Ran breathed a sigh of relief and said, “In that case, I will thank village chief in advance. I will give you a list of the trees I want later. All are acceptable as long as they are not big trees.”

The village chief hurriedly nodded. “Fine, fine, no problem.” Such a rapid answer.

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