Chapter 157

He simply picked up the goods in his hand again.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke up.

"The first product in the backend showcase, dried fish, has already sold 160,000 units."

"Due to tight inventory—far exceeding the village's stock—I've taken down the first product."

"Viewers who have already purchased can now proceed with payment."

"How many days after payment will the goods be shipped?"

Ning Chen asked Yao Shu.

"The first three thousand orders can be shipped within the next two days, but the remaining orders…" Yao Shu said, unsure what to do.

Based on three thousand orders, the village's current dried fish stock is sufficient.

But now there are 160,000 orders!

The village simply does not have this much inventory on hand!

But Yao Shu dared not say this directly on the livestream.

Ning Chen nodded, "Go ask the villagers in charge—if they speed up, how long will it take to prepare the remaining stock?"

Yao Shu went out and found several villagers responsible for the task.

The group began discussing.

"If we ship all three thousand orders now, we'll sell out every bit of dried fish in the village."

"For the remaining 157,000-plus orders, assuming each order requires about one and a half catties of dried fish, we'd need…"

"At least two hundred thousand catties!"

"Oh my god—where are we supposed to get this much?"

"Before, we worried we couldn't find buyers. Now, the livestreamer came to help us sell, but we don't have enough stock…"

Everyone was utterly at a loss before this sudden surge of orders.

"What if we buy dried fish from neighboring villages?" Yao Shu suggested.

This idea immediately gained support from the other villagers.

"That's feasible! As far as I know, households in the nearby villages all dry fish."

"That won't work!" someone suddenly objected.

"The cost would be too high. Buying such a massive quantity would require a huge sum."

"When you add in express shipping fees, we'd definitely lose money!"

"Then what do we do? The livestreamer went out of their way to help us sell, and now we have nothing to ship—aren't we deceiving people?"

"It's not exactly deception—if we absolutely can't manage it, we could let those who ordered just cancel their orders…"

Someone else felt this was inappropriate.

"But that would badly damage Mr. Ning's reputation…"

"Yes, viewers have already placed orders—now asking them to cancel would harm the livestreamer's credibility!"

Everyone spoke at once.

On one hand, they had no such inventory.

On the other, buying fish from neighboring villages would take time—and they'd definitely lose money.

But if they asked viewers to cancel orders, they feared damaging Ning Chen's livestream reputation.

He pondered endlessly, torn between options.

Finally, someone spoke—

"Our Silver Ginkgo Village must act with conscience! The livestreamer came to help us—how could we let their credibility suffer? Right? Let's pool money from the whole village and buy fish from neighboring villages! No matter what, we must gather 160,000 units of dried fish!"

"Exactly! We must act with conscience! We can't let the livestreamer help us and then lose trust!"

With that, everyone agreed.

They assigned Yao Shu to explain the situation on the livestream first.

Then everyone immediately went home to gather money.

Yao Shu carried this heavy responsibility, unsure how to begin, so she returned to the classroom first.

In the classroom, Ning Chen already knew the dried fish was insufficient.

So when setting up the second product, he specifically limited the quantity.

Yao Shu returned.

She stood beside Ning Chen again.

She pondered how to say it.

She quietly asked Ning Chen, who said, "Just tell the truth—it's fine."

So Yao Shu faced the camera and spoke.

"Hello, everyone in the livestream."

"I'm a volunteer teacher from Silver Ginkgo Village."

"Today, this livestreamer came here to help me out."

"First, I want to thank all viewers for supporting Silver Ginkgo Village's farm products! Thank you so much!"

As she spoke, Yao Shu bowed deeply.

"But after the first batch of dried fish went on sale,"

"a small issue arose."

"We didn't anticipate viewers' enthusiasm would be so intense."

"The villagers originally thought no one would buy our goods, so we never prepared that much stock."

"Right now, the order volume for these little dried fish has already broken through one hundred and sixty thousand."

"But… the village simply doesn't have that much stock!"

"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"

Saying so, Yao Shu bowed repeatedly.

The viewers in the livestream, hearing these words.

The bullet comments started up again.

【What's the young lady's meaning? Not selling anymore?】

【Oh, not that much stock? Then why put them up for sale? Why didn't you say so in advance?】

【Not having that much stock is no big deal—it's just canceling an order, right? Young lady, just dance for me and I'll cancel, otherwise I'll file a complaint…】

【The brother upstairs speaks reason! I won't cancel my order either, and you don't need to refund me—young lady, just dance and that'll do…】

【Dance! Dance!】

【Olé!】

【Hehehe…】

Watching the bullet comments' rhythm suddenly turn improper again.

Yao Shu's face reddened once more.

She didn't know what to say either, so she could only lay out her earlier plan.

"If all of you netizens are willing to wait—it might take some time. The villagers have already pooled their money and are preparing to go to the neighboring village to buy up dried fish. When the time comes, even if it means selling at a loss, we'll make sure the goods are fully restocked! I'm so terribly sorry!"

While Yao Shu was speaking, Did Ning Chen didn't say much either.

After all, at a time like this, being forthright was what mattered most.

At this moment, a bullet comment suddenly appeared—

【Ginkgo Village? The village under Jiangcheng? That poor village? My hometown is a village near there, I know Ginkgo Village—they say that place is dirt poor!】

Once this bullet comment appeared.

Throughout the entire livestream, the bullet comments suddenly paused for a moment.

Yao Shu saw it and was also taken aback.

She looked toward Xiang Ningchen.

"Mr. Ning… Mr. Ning, you, you didn't tell the viewers that you're helping this poor village sell its goods?"

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Ning Chen paused.

He looked toward Yao Shu.

Say it?