Chapter 1734

Regarding Tao Zhuangzhuang's behavior, Song Tan thought about it:

There's nothing wrong with it.

In this day and age, to be a qualified business person, you have to be thick-skinned and bold enough.

What's more, a commission of five yuan per jin is quite good and straightforward!

If he wanted to use Qiao Qiao's traffic to get a familiar face in front of everyone, and if everyone were as thoughtful as him, Song Tan wouldn't refuse at all.

She readily agreed: "Fine!"

Tao Zhuangzhuang was overjoyed and immediately asked: "My family's vineyard is the largest in the county, and the management is orderly; should we go and take a look in advance before starting the livestream?"

Everyone didn't take it to heart.

After all, scientific management of water and fertilizer and orderly planting are necessary; every household is probably about the same.

But for Qiao Qiao's livestream, an outdoor environment was indeed needed.

She looked at Yanran.

Yanran looked at the first few basic data points that came out and silently nodded.

Braving the high temperature, Qiao Qiao got the livestream equipment ready, and there were even cooling ice patches (carefully prepared by Brother Zhang Yanping); everyone drove to Tao Zhuangzhuang's orchard.

"It's a bit like our place; they also installed these high fences." Qiao Qiao looked up.

Tao Zhuangzhuang gave a bitter smile: "I have to install them."

He pointed to the fence: "At first, I wanted to save money and built it with bamboo myself. But not long after, the bamboo poles with nails were dismantled by people."

"Later, I changed to a fence. And later still, I installed this kind of heightened and thickened wire mesh."

The bitterness, anger, and sighs during that period were all contained in these few simple sentences.

"We have them at home too." Qiao Qiao didn't know the helplessness of adults, and at this moment, he became proud instead:

"But Big Sister is so smart; we installed this kind of iron mesh from the beginning, so there won't be any thieves getting in!"

Tao Zhuangzhuang listened to Qiao Qiao speak and saw that his fair face was full of sincerity and obvious pride; not only did he not feel offended, but he actually had a feeling of looking at a junior of his own family.

Thinking about it this way, he seemed to know why Qiao Qiao was so popular.

Therefore, he didn't coax or persuade him like a child, but instead said directly:

"Actually, for those of us who do planting, what we are truly afraid of is not thieves."

Thieves stealing things—with such a large volume of goods, there are traces to follow.

Taking a step back, even if they really were stolen, some losses could be recovered.

But in this world, the most frightening thing is those who "hate others for having things and laugh at others for having nothing."

A village looks very harmonious, but if someone really gets rich, others will still be jealous.

"... Just take this vineyard; not to mention anything else, if someone pours a few bags of salt during a rainy day, I won't be able to stand it, let alone other methods."

He spoke with a sigh, clearly having experienced such things.

Qiao Qiao listened carefully and thought for a moment:

"It's okay where we are; there are thieves too, but they were all caught. We have security guards, so many of them! And we raised so many, many dogs; some dogs even have medals."

Qiao Qiao mentioned medals, and Tao Zhuangzhuang only thought they were show dogs, but his focus was quickly drawn by the security guards and many dogs:

"With so many people, that expenditure is not a small matter—what do you mainly plant?"

Actually, he wanted to ask: Is livestreaming so profitable?

After the seasonal fruits and such are sold out, don't you feel anxious when you are idle at other times?

The village said Qiao Qiao was a big streamer; he only took the time to take two looks, and he didn't have much time to understand more, so now he was full of doubts.

And Qiao Qiao didn't hide it; at this moment, he counted on his fingers one by one:

"So many! We have large, large mountains, large, large lotus ponds, large, large rivers! And several ponds."

"We planted rice, wheat, and also rush grass. Do you know rush grass? My grandfather can use that to weave very, very good straw mats!"

"Watermelons—Big Sister said that in two years, we won't be able to interplant watermelons in the tea fields because the tea plants will grow up and we need to change to another piece of sandy land."

"Peaches, apples, pears, pomegranates, winter jujubes... oh, we also planted some grapes this year, and next year there will be lemons and oranges."

"We also planted a lot of vegetables. We have very, very large tea mountains, and the tea leaves sell very well."

"We also planted white fungus and black fungus in the chestnut orchard. Brother Xiaodong said he liked a few places and wanted to plant shiitake mushrooms! If it's possible, we can also take the villagers to plant shiitake mushrooms together..."

He just said it like that, and the expression on Tao Zhuangzhuang's face had already turned from surprise to admiration, and then to speechlessness:

"You, this," he was extremely envious:

"You have integrated production and sales; once you pick them from the fields here, you can sell them online over there."

Heavens! If he had such ability, he wouldn't worry even if his vineyard had another 100 acres.

"No," Qiao Qiao said straight:

"There are too many things, and they are all sold online; we won't have any time to be idle all year round, that's so hard."

Tao Zhuangzhuang's eyes were almost red from listening!

You're already doing planting, isn't it expected to be hard?

You still want to have time to be idle?

Doesn't it cost money to be idle? Aren't you anxious?

Looking again at Qiao Qiao's face that hadn't experienced the wind and frost of the world—it seems he is indeed not anxious.

The unanxious Qiao Qiao was still speaking the truth: "So more than half of it is contracted out! The rest is sold online at a cheap price."

Tao Zhuangzhuang:...

Wait a minute! If he remembered correctly, what did the young people in the village say? 100 yuan per jin for peaches—

You call this selling cheaply? Then what is the price for things that aren't cheap?

His eyes were almost round.

The two of them, one black and one white, one weathered and one young, stood together and were even a generation apart, but unexpectedly, they were chatting exceptionally warmly.

Song Tan, Lu Chuan, and the others followed slowly behind, also listening carefully.

Not to mention, Qiao Qiao's personality of being able to make friends with anyone is truly rare.

And when they arrived at Tao Zhuangzhuang's orchard, everyone was stunned.

"You, this..." Song Tan looked at the vineyard in front of her, and then at Tao Zhuangzhuang, "You were so subtle when you said it was neatly managed."

It was indeed subtle!

In the vast, boundless vineyard in front of them, the ridges were ridges, the furrows were furrows; covered with film, pruned, and there wasn't even a weed to be seen on top.

The grapes overhead were combed exceptionally beautifully; because the management was in place, at first glance, it seemed as if every bunch of grapes was about the same.

Row by row, line by line, there wasn't even a single one out of place.

This is not just a matter of scientific management; this is clearly obsessive-compulsive disorder!

And Tao Zhuangzhuang was reaching out to pluck half a scorched leaf from the side; seeing everyone looking over, he couldn't help but feel bewildered again:

"What's wrong? Do you want me to find a place for the livestream? I don't know how to do that."

"Nothing." Song Tan turned her head and saw Qiao Qiao say "wow":

"Big Sister, Brother Zhuangzhuang's planting is neater than ours!"

Yes. Song Tan had to admit this.

And Tao Zhuangzhuang took out a small pair of scissors from the toolbox hanging on the side fence, picked a bunch at random, and "click":

"Come, everyone taste our family's grapes; the taste is about the same no matter which bunch you pick. I've marked some defective ones; there are red ribbons tied on them."

No wonder he was anxious about the sales channels!

With such neatness, he didn't know how much effort he had put in; he probably lived and ate in the orchard. If he watched the grapes rot in the fields, that would truly be...

And Qiao Qiao also pulled out the phone stand without hesitation: "Then when I livestream here later, can I cut the grapes at will?"

Tao Zhuangzhuang was a bit surprised:

"Is it starting already?"

Then he realized he would be the first family to start selling directly, so he nodded without hesitation: "Yes, yes! Pick at will!"

And Song Tan opened the livestream room backend, performed this and that operation, and couldn't help but feel depressed again:

"I should have brought Brother Zhang Yanping."

The online store and such weren't under her management, and she couldn't handle it at this moment.

"It's okay." Lu Chuan reached out and took it, "I'll operate the backend; you ask She Min if there are any requirements."

The customer service assistant who came with Yun Duo and Gao Xinzhi was still busy remotely with the hundreds of orders of peaches sold yesterday and really couldn't attend to this side.

Now the two of them tossed and turned with the backend, and fortunately, they successfully prepared all the links.

However, Yanran's report also followed, along with her suggestions:

"There is no problem with Boss Tao's grapes; it's the quality we tasted. Below are some simple reports."

"As for the others, each family has slight differences. Some have a stronger fruity aroma, some are more refreshing..."

And Lu Chuan thought for a moment: "How many large grape growers are there in Bai Yu County? Otherwise, let's use the highlights as selling points and sell each family's goods in their own orchards."

As for those small-scale retail households, they would slowly screen the quality when livestreaming.

"When can the security guards we called arrive?"

Fresh produce must be sent out as soon as possible once sold; quality inspection cannot be allowed to fail.