Chapter 329 – The Xu Family Are All Smart People
When the official medicinal herb buyer arrived, everyone in the production brigade knew about it.
They all gathered around to watch.
They wanted to know at what price Xu Xiangdong could sell these medicinal herbs.
After all, when Xu Xiangdong decided to grow medicinal herbs, some of them had sneered at him.
They thought the herbs might not grow, or even if they did, they wouldn’t sell for a high price, and he might end up losing money.
There were many onlookers, but Xu Xiangdong didn’t mind.
He already knew roughly how much he could sell the herbs for because he had written the price in the contract with the buyer beforehand.
In fact, the villagers had heard that these Tianqi and Fu Ling could sell for a high price; otherwise, some of them wouldn’t have started growing these herbs after hearing about it.
But hearing rumors is different from seeing with their own eyes.
So, they came to take a look themselves to feel more at ease.
The official medicinal herb buyer was a young lad who looked quite inexperienced.
However, despite his inexperience, he handled things very skillfully.
First, he inspected the herbs, and after finding no issues, he separated them by quality and weighed them. Finally, he calculated the price based on the different weights.
He didn’t use an abacus, just quickly calculated everything on paper with a pen.
In the end, he counted the money on the spot and gave it to Xu Xiangdong, completing the transaction smoothly.
The process wasn’t complicated and was completed quickly.
The onlooking villagers were astonished when they saw the lad handing over that wad of money to Xu Xiangdong.
He actually sold them for such a high price.
The money was received on the spot, with no delays.
Selling medicinal herbs was really profitable.
“Young man, we also planted Tianqi and Fu Ling. When they mature, can we sell them to you?” Some people who had followed Xu Xiangdong’s lead in planting medicinal herbs couldn’t help but ask.
If this buyer could purchase from them, they wouldn’t have to go through the trouble of finding sales channels.
“Are they not mature yet? That’s okay. Within the next year, as long as the herbs are of good quality, we will buy Tianqi and Fu Ling. However, the longer it takes, the lower the price will be. Right now, the price is at its highest. Later, it definitely won’t be this high, but if you can harvest within the year, the price will still be better than the usual market rate.”
“Why don’t I go with you now to take a look and evaluate?”
When Xu Xiangdong’s herbs weren’t mature yet, they also conducted an evaluation first, then signed a contract.
“Sure, sure.” So, those villagers who had followed Xu Xiangdong invited the young man to see their herbs and conduct evaluations.
Because the demand for Tianqi and Fu Ling had been high over the past year, even though the villagers’ herbs weren’t as high-quality as Xu Xiangdong’s, they could still be sold. The price wasn’t as high as Xu Xiangdong’s, but it was still quite good.
After the evaluations, the villagers signed contracts with the young man.
They were all very happy.
They increasingly felt that Xu Xiangdong, or rather the entire Xu family, had great foresight, or to use one word: visionary.
Everyone saw the results of the medicinal herbs.
And then there was the matter of land contracting back when the policy first came out. Everyone was uncertain and hesitant.
Xu Xiangdong was the first to contract a lot of mountainous land and ponds, signing for 20 years.
As time passed, those who had contracted land also started making money, with some even becoming ten-thousand-yuan households.
This showed that contracting land was truly profitable and could earn a lot of money.
Unfortunately, those who hesitated and didn’t make a decision back then realized too late. When they wanted to contract land again, the mountains, fields, ponds, and everything else had already been contracted by others.
There was no more land available for them to contract.
In a word: too late!
All they could do was regret, sigh, and envy those who made big money, without any other recourse.
As for those who followed Xu Xiangdong, they were secretly grateful. Luckily, they had followed Xu Xiangdong and planted Tianqi and Fu Ling together. Although the price they got wasn’t as high as Xu Xiangdong’s, it was still quite good, and they were able to save a significant amount of money.
The Xu family wasn’t just smart because of Xu Xiangdong. Xu Xiangbei, that kid, was also smart. Look, when the county market was just starting, and many people were hesitant, he directly rented several stalls.
He used the largest stall to sell clothes, and now business was booming.
No one knows how much money he makes every day.
When people realized there was money to be made in the county market stalls and wanted to rent, there were no stalls left. Even at high prices, no one was willing to rent out their stalls.
And Xu Xiangbei? He just happened to be able to rent out the remaining stalls at high prices.
Even though the rent was high, many people still rented, and eventually, there were people willing to pay even more but still couldn’t rent a stall.
Even if he sold nothing, just having rented those stalls at a low price and now renting them out at high prices, he could make a good profit from the rent alone.
That’s what you call smart.
The Xu family doesn’t just have smart boys; their girls are smart too.
Look at Xu Fanghua and Xu Jinning, both top scorers in their respective college entrance exams and now students at Beijing University.
And look at Xu Aiguo, the father of several children, who is the director of a textile factory and has been allocated a welfare house, and Zhang Ailian, who has culinary skills comparable to a master chef, and a sister who is a movie star…
The Xu family doesn’t have a single person who isn’t smart.
Almost every one of them is remarkable.
In the future, the Xu family will only get better, possibly becoming something beyond others’ reach.
But them, they’re foolish.
Since they’re foolish, they need to admit it and follow the lead of smart people.
That way, even if they can’t get the meat, they can at least have a taste of the broth.
So, many decided in their hearts that from now on, they would watch the Xu family closely. Whatever the Xu family did, they would follow suit.
If the Xu family thought something was good, they wouldn’t fall behind.
They would keep pace with the Xu family to prosper together.
Xu Xiangdong didn’t know what the villagers were thinking, but even if he did, he wouldn’t mind.
Whether it was him or the other members of the Xu family, they were all part of the Qinghe Production Brigade. Their roots were here, and the villagers were good people.
Therefore, they hoped that while they improved their lives, the Qinghe Production Brigade would also thrive.
Perhaps everyone has a special attachment to their hometown, which is why many people, despite their success elsewhere, come back to build their hometown.
No matter what, they would never forget that their roots were here.
