Chapter 1182

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Boss Wang, your free-range chickens are absolutely amazing!"

As soon as Zhang Gui's words of praise came out, Wang Erhai's anxious heart finally settled!

His originally heavy expression couldn't help but bloom into a delighted smile:

"Manager Zhang, as long as you like them!"

Then he hurriedly added:

"How about blanching a slice of fish to try as well?"

But Zhang Gui waved his hand:

"If we blanch fish slices in this same pot, the fish flavor and chicken flavor will mix!"

Wang Erhai immediately understood, and hurriedly had his mother Li Xiulan bring out another stainless steel basin, boiling a fresh pot of water.

Zhang Gui asked for some peanut oil and ginger, then dipped the fish slices into the boiling water for an even shorter time than the chicken pieces — ten seconds at most — before picking them up, dipping them in a bit of peanut oil and ginger juice, and putting them in his mouth, savoring carefully.

"Not bad, not bad. This fish is indeed exactly as I guessed — top-grade quality!"

Zhang Gui ate a few more bites, then looked up at Wang Erhai:

"Boss Wang, why don't you sit down and eat a few bites too! Have you ever tried eating clear-water hot pot my way before?"

Wang Erhai hurriedly sat down, smiling in response:

"To tell the truth, I haven't. I've eaten white cut chicken, and that's already plenty light, but I never expected Manager Zhang's way of eating to be even lighter than white cut chicken!"

Zhang Gui laughed:

"That's because you don't understand. Eating this way brings out the original pure flavor; if you add all kinds of seasonings, you might as well go eat Chongqing hot pot!"

Wang Erhai followed Zhang Gui's method, blanching a piece of chicken and putting it in his mouth — he indeed tasted a certain fresh sweetness; this must be the so-called "chicken flavor."

Then he blanched fish slices, eating them was also very fresh.

This kind of large grass carp raised in fresh mountain spring water — the taste is indescribable; ordinary farmed fish all have some fishy smell, even a muddy taste, but this one, besides fresh sweetness, truly has no other taste at all.

Zhang Gui ate most of a chicken and most of a grass carp, let out a satisfied burp, then put down his chopsticks and got down to business with Wang Erhai.

"Boss Wang, can the free-range chickens on your farm and the fish in your ponds maintain this quality consistently?"

Zhang Gui asked this one question.

Wang Erhai smiled and replied:

"Absolutely! Rest assured, on quality I'll maintain strict control!"

Zhang Gui then said:

"Alright then, let's sign the contract. However many chickens and fish you have, our Huangsheng Hotel can take them all. On price, we can give you 10 yuan per jin more than the market price for free-range chickens!"

Zhang Gui was very straightforward, showing real sincerity.

Mainly because today he truly ate his fill and enjoyed it.

Before, he'd also gone to other farms to eat clear-water free-range chickens, but none were as delicious as Wang Erhai's!

That grass carp, even more beyond words — completely couldn't pick out any fault!

So he also said:

"As for the fish, we can also give you 6 yuan per jin more than the market price for mountain-water fish! I have only one requirement: quality must be guaranteed. The contract will spell it out clearly — if quality changes, we will immediately terminate cooperation with you!"

Wang Erhai happily accepted Zhang Gui's requirement:

"That's completely no problem, rest assured, quality is absolutely guaranteed!"

So that very day, the two signed the contract, and Zhang Gui even gave Wang Erhai a deposit of 100,000 yuan.

This deal could be said to have gone remarkably smoothly!

In the blink of an eye the next day, Zhang Gui dispatched a medium-sized freight truck, ordering 300 free-range chickens and 300 large grass carp in one go.

And settled the payment that same day.

Wang Erhai took the money, couldn't be happier!

The money earned from this deal, though not as much as he'd made before on Liguo Mountain, made him feel very fulfilled, filling him with hope for the future!

After all, this farm is completely under his control!

This business, he finally doesn't have to be at anyone's mercy anymore!

Before with Shanhai Real Estate, he was manipulated by Zhang Sheng at every turn; later with Liguo Mountain, he had to watch Huo Guoqiang's face; now with agricultural products, he can completely call the shots himself!

As long as quality is guaranteed, there's no worry about sales!

Even if Huangsheng Hotel stops buying his goods later, he can go find other channels.

Sure enough, just a few days later, he received a call from Lixin Grand Hotel, saying they also wanted to purchase his free-range chickens and mountain-water fish.

Wang Erhai happily agreed, and at the price Huangsheng gave, sold a batch to Lixin Grand Hotel.

The day Lixin Grand Hotel's people came to haul the goods, Wang Erhai personally went to help them load.

Quite a few villagers came to watch, all praising Wang Erhai for knowing how to do business — even developing back in the countryside, he'd carve out a world of his own.

At this moment Liang Xinghua squeezed in from the crowd. Learning that Wang Erhai's chickens and fish sold for much higher than market prices, he couldn't help but secretly regret — why hadn't he thought of this path back then?

"Xinghua, how come you didn't go work outside?"

At this time a villager struck up a conversation with Liang Xinghua.

Liang Xinghua chuckled, his face as honest and simple as ever:

"The woman at home had a bit of trouble, so I'm staying in the village for a while."

It was just that the words he spoke were no longer as honest as before.

His woman Lan Menglian — where had she merely developed a bit of a problem? Clearly she had been beaten into having a problem by him.

"Oh, oh, is that so? Then you'd better take good care of your wife."

That villager, not knowing the truth, just replied politely with that one sentence.

Liang Xinghua asked at this time:

"Wang Erhai's farm — it probably earned him quite a lot of money, right?"

That villager then said:

"That's for sure. This kid Erhai knows how to do business. The chickens and fish in the farm are just appetizers; he also planted over two hundred acres of rice straw, saying it's purely natural, pesticide-free organic rice. Estimated once harvested, it'll sell for even more money!"

Liang Xinghua heard this, and his heart couldn't help but feel a bit sour.

How come whatever business Wang Erhai does, he can do it properly, while he, Liang Xinghua, no matter what work he does, always does it poorly?

Comparing people really angers one to death!

He even outranks Wang Erhai by a whole generation!

Could it really be that the feng shui has a problem?

Thinking this, Liang Xinghua felt he might really need to go find a Feng Shui Master to come take a look at his home's feng shui.

He returned home and mentioned this matter to Lan Menglian, whose face still hadn't fully deswelled. Lan Menglian's face was full of speechlessness; she thought, what's there to say about this? Your Liang Xinghua's ability just isn't as strong as Wang Erhai's!

But she didn't dare say such words directly, afraid Liang Xinghua would get angry and beat her again!

So she spoke with sarcastic irony:

"If you really find Wang Erhai's money-making an eyesore, why not just buy a bag of pesticide and sprinkle it in his fish pond? What's the use of telling me!"

The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart.

Liang Xinghua's expression trembled slightly.

His eyes revealed a strange light.

But immediately he angrily rebuked:

"Is this something a human does? You can even think of such a thing!"

Lan Menglian said:

"I was just saying it casually. Why would you take it seriously? When are we going to the County Town? I'm not used to living in this raw house! It'd be more convenient to rent a house in the County Town!"

Liang Xinghua said coldly:

"I plan to stay and develop in Shangou Village. If you want to go to the County Town, go yourself! Just leave the daughter with me!"