Chapter 40: Making money

Su Qianyue and Pei Huaiye's eyes met and quickly moved away, and then her pair of bright, watery eyes flickered, she pursed her lips, lowered her head, and picked up dishes, the shyness on her face couldn't be hidden at all.

As someone who had been there, Li Zilan understood everything. She hurriedly poked Su Qingwu with her elbow, but Su Qingwu was confused while eating.

Li Zilan was so angry she fiercely pinched the meat on his waist. His sister was about to be abducted, and he still had the heart to eat?!

Su Qingwu frowned in pain and hurriedly picked up dishes for Li Zilan, "Wife, don't be anxious, let's go to the cooperative after eating. Our village's vegetables are so fresh, I don't believe no one will buy them."

Su Qianyue also persuaded her sister-in-law to eat more, "Yes, sister-in-law, mainly because the Xichuan Daily won't come out until eight o'clock. It's only been four hours, and the news that the Red Flag Supply and Marketing Cooperative has fresh vegetables hasn't spread widely yet."

As soon as her words fell, a middle-aged man hurried into the restaurant entrance. He held a newspaper and shouted at the waiter, "Comrade Liu, hurry, hurry to the Hongqi Supply and Marketing Cooperative to line up and buy vegetables!"

"Store Manager Zhao, we still have a few tables of guests."

"I'll greet them personally, you call Comrades Xiao Zhang and Xiao Chen to go together, buy twenty jin of each vegetable, hurry!"

The three waiters ran out like a gust of wind.

Xiang Jianming and the others looked at each other, he said excitedly, "Sold out! Our vegetables are sold out!"

Everyone was exceptionally happy, finished eating in a few mouthfuls, put down their bowls and chopsticks, and ran toward the cooperative.

Li Zilan quietly observed Pei Huaiye. He helped Su Qianyue when he left and also said to her, "Walk slowly."

That tone was overly intimate.

Li Zilan clenched her fists, pulled Su Qianyue between her and Su Qingwu to protect her, and took the opportunity to fiercely glare at Pei Huaiye.

The warning look was self-evident.

Pei Huaiye's footsteps paused, then he gave a gentle smile to his sister-in-law and continued to follow behind Su Qianyue.

Xiang Jianming and the others went to the entrance of the cooperative to see.

The people lining up to buy vegetables formed a long line, and the one at the head was an old man.

He walked into the cooperative, looked at the various vegetables added to the shelf, rubbed his cloudy eyes, and carefully looked at the vegetable prices, which were not much different from before.

He immediately happily weighed two or three jin of each, and bought more than ten jin of vegetables before walking out of the cooperative.

"Bought! Someone bought vegetables!"

Xiang Shishui shouted loudly, and Xiang Jianming's eyes lit up immediately!

Then, they saw one after another city people buying large and small bags of vegetables and walking out of the Hongqi Supply and Marketing Cooperative with smiles.

The Xichuan Daily spread through the streets and alleys, and people came to the Hongqi Supply and Marketing Cooperative to buy vegetables in an endless stream.

Many people who bought vegetables went back and promoted it to their neighbors, "The Hongqi Supply and Marketing Cooperative has brought in a lot of vegetables, everything is there, hurry up!"

Then, all the vegetables were sold out before four o'clock in the afternoon!

Xiang Jianming and his party were all smiling from ear to ear. Now the money given by Zhang Dongfeng was taken with peace of mind.

Pei Huaiye's infatuated gaze was still on Su Qianyue. She was concentrating on calculating accounts, but a man was frowning fiercely and saying something, looking like he was going to reach out and hit someone.

Pei Huaiye ran from outside the door to the counter in one stride, "Stop!"

Xiang Jianming didn't see clearly, only seeing a figure flying away in front of his eyes.

Su Qingwu saw it, "Qianyue seems to be in trouble with a customer, let's go see." Li Zilan and the others followed behind and squeezed in.

The man who bought vegetables was still shouting loudly, "Why can others buy vegetables, but there are none for me!"

Pei Huaiye grabbed his collar with a fierce look, "Then line up earlier tomorrow to buy! Why are you making things difficult for the staff?"

"That's right, why are you so low-quality."

"What does it mean, are there vegetables to buy tomorrow? It's not a lie, is it?"

Su Qianyue clapped her hands to signal everyone to be quiet, "Comrades, it's true. Our Red Flag Supply and Marketing Cooperative has started supplying tomatoes, cucumbers, spinach, small bok choy... these vegetables from today. Just line up and come buy them every morning from now on."

"You say whatever you want, you sold tofu and radishes before. It wasn't gone after a while."

Zhang Dongfeng walked over with a newspaper, full of spring breeze, "Those who don't believe it can go back and look at the newspaper. Our Hongqi Supply and Marketing Cooperative is cooperating with the countryside to provide fresh vegetables for everyone."

In the Xichuan Daily, the big characters "Urban-Rural Cooperation, Mutual Benefit and Win-Win" were particularly eye-catching. Those who didn't buy vegetables squeezed together to read the content of the newspaper.

Finally, the man apologized to Su Qianyue sheepishly, "Sorry, comrade, my child hasn't eaten fresh vegetables for several days. I lost my temper with you today, it was really wrong. I apologize to you!"

"It's okay, come buy vegetables earlier tomorrow."

Zhang Dongfeng opened his mouth, "Starting tomorrow, our cooperative will supply one thousand jin of vegetables every day. Everyone don't be afraid, everyone will be able to eat fresh vegetables in the future."

As soon as this was said, everyone was surprised and happy, discussing it.

Xiang Jianming and Su Qingwu looked at each other and smiled. Li Zilan and the others were all excited. Now this business was stable!

They finished thanking and prepared to return to the village. Zhang Dongfeng asked Su Qianyue to come to the office again.

"Comrade Su Qianyue, after careful consideration by our cooperative, your work position has been adjusted from salesperson to purchasing agent, with a monthly salary of forty-two yuan. This is your appointment letter."

Zhang Dongfeng whispered, "Purchasing agents still have commissions after completing performance. Comrade Su will have free working hours in the future. Stay in the village and organize vegetable procurement well recently."

Su Qianyue was overjoyed and accepted the appointment letter, bowing deeply to Zhang Dongfeng.

"Purchasing agent is better than salesperson, the salary is high, there is commission, and the time is free!" Xiang Jianming praised, "Su Qianyue, well done!"

Li Zilan and Su Qingwu were both happy for their sister. Pei Huaiye's mouth raised slightly, his eyes full of appreciation for Su Qianyue.

Li Zilan saw his eyes and hurriedly stood over to block him, but her height couldn't block the one-meter-eighty-eight Pei Huaiye at all.

So angry!

Must talk to Qianyue tonight!

Around eight o'clock in the evening, the villagers of the Shuangshui Brigade were waiting on the threshing floor, one by one dejected.

"I guess it's yellow, they haven't come back at this point."

Su Qianqian took the conversation, "It must be yellow. I rode my bicycle to the county this morning, and not many people bought vegetables at the Hongqi Supply and Marketing Cooperative at all."

She and Shen Xunbao thought that if the tractor broke down, it could prevent harvesting vegetables, but they didn't expect Pei Huaiye to fix it.

The two rode bicycles to the Hongqi Supply and Marketing Cooperative to see, and not many people bought vegetables. They bought things and returned to the village before noon.

"Then is the vegetable money still given to everyone? This must be explained, otherwise, we will go to the commune to make trouble!"

"President Zhang wanted five hundred jin of vegetables, we gave six hundred and fifty jin, I'm afraid it won't be sold out!"

Everyone was still complaining, when they heard the sound of the tractor.

Su Qianqian raised her chin and said with a sad face, "Brigade Captain Xiang, the vegetables didn't sell, right? You came back at this point."