Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 38 City

Xia Shiyu was unaware that Xiang Jianzhu's business had been revived because of his chives; she was planning to go to the city to sell chives.

Fortunately, she discovered some good news: the chives in her field actually kept fresh longer than ordinary chives after harvesting. This was a truly unexpected delight. No wonder it's a product of a fairy tale world; it's a real gem.

However, she still had to have someone harvest the chives and send them to the city to try and find buyers. There was a lot of foot traffic in the city, so selling vegetables would be quite easy.

Thinking about going to the city, Xia Shiyu first called Xiang Jianzhu to ask if he wanted her to send him a batch of vegetables.

Upon receiving the call, Xiang Jianzhu immediately said he needed a batch. "Yes, yes, I was just thinking of coming back to pick it up myself tomorrow. It would be best if you could help me bring it over, Shi Yu. Thank you for your help."

"It's alright, Brother Xiang, it's really nothing serious. I'll bring it to you later."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Shiyu went to see the villagers harvesting leeks.

Since Xia Shiyu went to discuss leasing land with the village chief last time, some news has gradually spread in the village, and everyone knows that Xia Shiyu is going to stay in the village to farm.

Although some negative rumors circulated, some people who wanted to help with farm work in the village first approached Yu Juan, telling her to remember to call them if they needed help.

After thinking about it, Yu Juan simply created a WeChat group so that they could discuss anything that might happen later.

This time, Xia Shiyu directly invited a few people from the group to come and exploit them.

After harvesting, the crops need to be bundled up one by one, but overall, these jobs are much easier than harvesting corn and threshing rice, and the wages are higher than those for ordinary people, so everyone who comes is quite satisfied.

Xia Shiyu was very satisfied with the condition of the field; it was a thriving scene that any boss would be happy to see.

However, she still needed to borrow the car from Uncle Yang. Once she sold all the leeks, she could start buying a bigger truck, Xia Shiyu thought to herself.

Xia Shiyu looked around and was quite satisfied. She mainly came here to deliver food to everyone. She had to work all day, and the leek field was a bit far away, so she delivered it herself.

She simply used vegetables from home to cook vegetarian dishes, added two meat dishes, covered them, and loaded them into her tricycle.

Seeing that everyone was doing well, I shouted loudly, "Lunch is ready! Everyone come and eat your lunch."

Upon hearing the voice, Yu Juan immediately said, "Everyone, go eat first, and then we can work slowly after we finish eating."

"Okay!" Hearing this, the other workers, who were also hungry, put down their tools and went over.

Xia Shiyu had already set up a simple table and chairs for them and placed the dishes on it.

Fortunately, there weren't many people. If there were more, it would be a bit troublesome. It would be more convenient to let people eat inside.

After Xia Shiyu arranged the dishes, he said to the group, "Let's eat, uncles and aunts."

"Okay, Shi Yu, you're really capable. This dish looks delicious."

"Now that he's a boss, he's really impressive."

Xia Shiyu simply smiled at the compliments and said, "Haha, you're joking, let's eat first."

After hearing this, the others stopped teasing her, since everyone was a bit hungry at this hour.

Looking at the vegetables in front of me, many of which they had helped harvest before, there was stir-fried bok choy, cold water spinach salad, stir-fried green peppers with pork, spicy diced chicken, and a big bowl of chive and egg soup.

Everyone looked at the dishes in front of them and thought they looked good and smelled delicious, no wonder they were made to make money. But all these assumptions and impressions were shattered and reassembled the moment they took the first bite.

"Oh my god, this water spinach is so delicious."

"The bok choy is so refreshing! Every bite of this one is sweet and delicious."

"This soup is delicious, and the chives have a really strong flavor."

After offering a compliment, everyone reached for the other dishes with their chopsticks. They then realized that the vegetarian dishes Xia Shiyu was currently growing for business were the most delicious, even surpassing the meat dishes.

So they quickened their pace, their chopsticks flying out of afterimages as they scooped everything into the plates of vegetarian dishes.

They even finished the leek soup completely by the end of the meal, and only regretfully moved their chopsticks to the other dishes after finishing those vegetarian dishes.

Seeing this, Xia Shiyu was glad that she had increased the portion of vegetarian dishes, otherwise it would have been bad if everyone hadn't had enough to eat.

Unfortunately, even though everyone was full, they still felt unsatisfied.

After finishing her meal, Xia Cuilan exclaimed, "Shi Yu, you truly deserve to be called a college student! You grow vegetables better than those of us who have been growing them for over a decade. I've never seen such delicious vegetables before. I'm already stuffed, but I still want more."

"Me too. I didn't have much of an appetite because of the hot weather, but this dish was so appetizing."

"Seriously, it's so delicious. If I were from the city, I would definitely rush to buy it too."

Everyone praised Xia Shiyu's dishes, and some even had other ideas.

Xia Cuilan went directly to Yu Juan after work to ask if she could buy some of her vegetables, as she wanted to mail some to her son and daughter.

"That's fine, Aunt Cuilan. Just tell us what you want. Our family runs a business."

"Okay, okay, I think your chives are pretty good. I'll buy some and make chive sauce to send to them."

“Okay, Auntie, we can just go to the field to pick them.” Yu Juan readily agreed, and of course, the price was also made clear. Even though they all knew each other in the village, they didn’t plan to lower the price.

Xia Cuilan was initially a little distressed when she heard the price, but the taste of the vegetables she managed to snag for lunch made her feel it was worth the price, so she still spent the money to buy some and planned to send them to the children.

Others also considered buying some vegetables, but due to various considerations, they only bought a small amount. However, Xia Shiyu's reputation for delicious food has indeed spread. People who have eaten her food say that Xia's business is sure to succeed, and they have the confidence to buy mountains.

Once these words spread, there was a lot of discussion among the villagers. It could be said that ever since Xia Shiyu's family decided to contract the village's land, she had become the focus of attention, and news about her family could basically become a hot topic in real time.

Xia Shiyu didn't think that much about it. She just thought that if she sold the vegetables tomorrow, she might be able to buy a car and call her dad back to help.

This time, Xia Shiyu borrowed Uncle Yang's car again. He was very happy to lend it to her and praised the vegetables they grew every year. After thanking him, Xia Shiyu knew that she should give Uncle Yang more vegetables when she returned the car.

I put all the groceries in the trunk beforehand, because I'll have to drive more than three hours to get them tomorrow.

Xia Shiyu went to bed early to prepare for the next day.