Da Si Nong: I really don’t want to farm

Chapter 14: High Price? That’s Only This Year

Gong'an City, Nanhu Villa District.

This is also the only villa area in Gongan City.

Shen Yu parked his car outside a villa, and then went in carrying the mushrooms and lettuce sent by Xu Yue!
"Wow, you actually knew to go home today? How rare, how rare!"

A voice with a hint of sarcasm appeared.

"Dad! Mom!" Shen Yu greeted his parents as if he hadn't heard them, and said, "Look what goodies I brought you."

The one who mocked him just now was his father Shen Jianjun.

He still had some complaints about Shen Yu not coming home often.

As for why only some?
Fishing is always better than a life of wine and women.

"Porcini mushrooms? Lettuce?" Shen Jianjun said, "You call this good stuff? What haven't we eaten?"

"Wild porcini? Not bad." Chen Xiuzhi said with a smile, "Your lettuce is a bit perfunctory. But it's good that you have such a heart. You know how to buy vegetables."

"I didn't buy it. My friend gave it to me." Shen Yu said, "The wild porcini mushrooms are nothing. The key is this lettuce. I've never eaten lettuce that tastes so good!"

"Oh?"

When Shen Jianjun heard this, he immediately became interested.

My son has a very picky appetite and doesn't like to eat vegetables.

He actually raved about the lettuce.

Shen Jianjun stood up, took the bag from Shen Yu's hand, and opened it.

"The mushrooms are pretty good. They must have been picked just these past two days." Shen Jianjun looked at the lettuce with a surprised look on his face. "Hey, they even have a nice fragrance."

"It's good!"

Chen Xiuzhi stood up and took a look out of curiosity.

"Tonight, let you see your father's cooking skills." Shen Jianjun laughed and said.

Shen Yu showed a look of surprise.

His father was a chef and started his business with a small restaurant. He was able to marry his mother, Chen Xiuzhi, because of his cooking skills.

However, as his business grew, he cooked less and less.

"How much strength do you have left?" Chen Xiuzhi said with a smile.

I don’t know how effective it is, but it definitely tastes better than Li Xiurong’s.

After all, he is a professional.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Shen Jianjun and Chen Xiuzhi praised it highly.

"This vegetable"

Shen Jianjun looked at Shen Yu.

He was able to start as a chef and open a five-star hotel in the capital, but it would have been impossible without some business acumen.

"I asked, and he said he'll give us as much as we want! Lettuce doesn't take long to grow," Shen Yu said. "Besides, he also grows other vegetables, and from what he said, they shouldn't be any worse than this lettuce."

"Oh? Then let Lao Ding go check it out tomorrow!" Shen Jianjun smiled and nodded, then said, "Your friend?"

"Yes!" Shen Yu said, "We've known each other for a short time, but we have a good temper. He used to be in Yanjing, and I don't know what he did there. He must have just returned to the village not long ago and seems to be interested in developing his hometown. He has a good temperament and speaks and behaves confidently and calmly. I've seen many college students from the mountains, but none like him."

"He seems to be a capable person," Shen Jianjun said. "If other vegetables are as good as this lettuce, they'd be worthy of Yuelai Hotel's attention. What do you think is a reasonable price?"

Shen Jianjun, who was born as a chef, knows very well that if the ingredients have an advantage, then it is a big advantage.

It is difficult to widen the gap with competitors in terms of cooking skills.

"How would I know? I don't even know how much a pound of lettuce costs in the market!" Shen Yu said, "Just talk business. That's what I told him."

Shen Jianjun nodded.

In Taoyuan Village, Xu Yue's family was also having dinner.

"The girl who fell into the mountain pond."

"Mom, this is the first time I'm meeting her today, and I may not see her again!"

Xu Yue quickly interrupted his mother's words. He was really afraid that his mother would match people up randomly.

These days, I've been trying to arrange a blind date for him.

He was almost scared to go to Yanjing.

Is Wan Ling pretty?

But if there is no call, it is not appropriate.

What's more, in terms of beauty, she is far inferior to Zhang Ruoxi.

"You're not a child anymore," Li Xiurong said.

She couldn't help but sigh when she heard Xu Yue's words. That girl was quite pretty, but her son didn't seem to like her.

Otherwise, whether we will meet again or not depends on him.

This is because I had no intention of contacting them at all.

"Let's wait and see. Your son is so handsome, are you afraid no one will want him?" Xu Yue said with a smile, "I just got back and haven't sorted out anything yet. Let's consider it after we make some progress!"

Xu Yue wanted to use Zhang Ruoxi as a shield, but finally gave up.

They are interested in each other, but they are both very rational.

Not desperate for love!
Adults are bound to be hesitant.

Or rather, that's how both of them are emotionally.

The next day, Xu Yue prepared to go into the mountains again.

However, I received a strange call from someone claiming to be from Yuelai Hotel.

He said he wanted to come and see the food and discuss cooperation.

Xu Yue had no choice but to give up going into the mountains.

"Ding Wenyuan, from the purchasing department of Yuelai Hotel!" Ding Wenyuan smiled and handed Xu Yue a business card, saying, "You are Mr. Xu, right?"

"Boss Ding, just call me Xu Yue." Xu Yue took the business card, shook hands with him, and said, "I didn't expect you to come in person."

Ding Wenyuan is the head of the purchasing department of Yuelai Hotel, so there is nothing wrong with calling him "Mr. Ding".

Does the head of the purchasing department of a five-star hotel need to go to the countryside in person?

Obviously not necessary.

The person in charge of the purchasing department is most likely the boss's confidant, and the remaining one or two are mostly related to the boss or the boss's wife.

"I'm very interested in your food." Ding Wenyuan said with a smile, "Would it be convenient for me to come and take a look?"

"please!"

Xu Yue hurriedly took Ding Wenyuan to the vegetable garden.

There is actually not much land for growing lettuce, just a little over one acre.

Taoyuan Village is vast and sparsely populated. Xu Yue's family has more than ten acres of land, all of which are now planted with vegetables, with only a little over one acre planted with lettuce.

This vegetable has a short growth cycle. If it cannot be sold, it will be wasted in the fields.

At the beginning, Xu Yue naturally didn't dare to plant more.

But who would have thought that before I could even find a market for it, I would find the problem by going fishing with someone.

When luck comes, nothing can stop it.

"Just this little?" Ding Wenyuan frowned.

"I'm just trying it out, and I'm worried about sales, so I don't dare to plant too much," Xu Yue said. "After all, I have to grow other vegetables. Relatively speaking, I plant more peppers. However, most of them are chili peppers, with a few erjingtiao and big peppers."

Chili peppers are easy to store.

If you can’t sell all the green peppers, you can dry them after they turn red, or pickle them in a jar of sauerkraut.

Easier to handle than other greens.

"Is that so?" Ding Wenyuan was silent for a moment, then said, "Can we increase production while maintaining quality?"

"How much does Mr. Ding want?" Xu Yue asked, "Just lettuce?"

"If the quality is the same, it would be better if there were other varieties of vegetables," Ding Wenyuan said. "Quality is key. As for weight, for something like lettuce, two or three hundred kilograms a day is still manageable."

"The quality is certainly guaranteed." Xu Yue said, "What about the price?"

"You're Xiaoyu's friend, so I won't lower the price for you," Ding Wenyuan said. "Five times the market price! Give it to the Yuelai Hotel first. Or, if the Yuelai Hotel runs out of food, you can give it to someone else."

Market price, not wholesale price.

This is higher than Xu Yue expected.

After all, whether this dish is popular with customers still needs to be confirmed by the market.

Xiaoyu?

It seems that this person is really a relative of Shen Yu's family.

As for priority, that’s even less of a concern.

I guess the amount of food we have now is not enough.

"Sure!" Xu Yue said, "But only for this year!"

"Ok?"

Ding Wenyuan looked at Xu Yue and frowned.

"Boss Ding, this vegetable is newly cultivated and is considered a trial planting. The technology is not yet mature." Xu Yue said, "The quality will be better next year."

(End of this chapter)