You've been reborn and you're going to go farm?

Li Shujie was also feeling his way across the river. Although the village was managing the joint farming, in reality, each family was still taking care of their own small plot of land.

Because of what happened at the previous company, he can't directly make decisions for everyone now.

Trying to force a decision can easily turn a good thing into a bad one.

However, seeing that everyone was still discussing and thinking, and had not spoken up for a long time, he finally couldn't help but say, "Everyone should think about it carefully."

"Jiang Lin is now finding a way out for us, and he's taking on greater risks than we are."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the crowd: "But then again, risk and opportunity go hand in hand."

"There's no such thing as a sure-fire way to make money on this earth."

"Should we take this opportunity or not? Everyone, please make a decision quickly."

"If you agree, we'll start working on the plan set by Jiang Lin first thing tomorrow morning. If you disagree, we won't force you; we'll just call it a day and not disturb Jiang Lin's rest, as he's already exhausted."

After a brief silence, a woman spoke first: "I agree."

She is Jiang Lin's third aunt.

"Jiang Lin is a kid we've all watched grow up."

"You all know what kind of person he is; he's not the kind of person who cheats or swindles."

"If they didn't genuinely want to help us mud-diggers, they wouldn't have called us over to discuss this so late at night."

"No matter what, he can't afford to lose a single penny!"

"You can see for yourselves whether other village leaders have had such good luck!"

"Hey! Since others are helping us, we should support them in return!"

She had barely finished speaking when another voice rang out: "I agree too."

"This kid has always been reliable; he'd never harm us!"

"If anyone's going to lose money, it'll lose even more!"

"Actually, let's consider things a little further ahead."

"Even if we lose money on these tens of thousands of kilograms, so what? There's still plenty left in the field; we can sell more later!"

"If we hurt others' feelings now, do we expect them to help us later?"

"Watermelons aren't only grown in our village!"

With someone taking the lead, things became much simpler, but what truly resonated with them were the last two sentences.

That's right, watermelons aren't just found in Dongfeng Village!

Jiang Lin has connections and standards; he can easily go to other villages to collect them.

Under the current circumstances, he could even earn more!

Choosing to help the village was out of a sense of obligation.

If no one is willing to share even this small risk, then if word gets out, the people of Dongfeng Village will become a laughing stock.

"Agreed! Agreed!"

I agree.

Someone tried to smooth things over: "Well, if you ask me, we shouldn't have been called here in the first place."

"Secretary Li, you could just make the decision already!"

"That's right! We're not very well-educated and can't see far ahead. It's time for Secretary Li to make the decisions."

"Just tell us, and we'll do it!"

"Jiang Lin, don't take it to heart."

Li Shujie smiled. Everyone spoke nicely in public, but he had been scolded quite a bit.

He called out to everyone, "Then it's settled!"

"Tomorrow, follow Jiang Lin's rules exactly!"

"Don't worry about this secretary. We may not be good at using our brains, but we can still do the work."

"That's all for now, let's go back to sleep. We need to get up early tomorrow..."

After leaving Li Shujie's house, Jiang Lin didn't rush home but went to Lin Tao's place instead.

He didn't get home from the provincial capital until 10 o'clock.

"As you said, we put on yesterday's labels first, and this batch of watermelons was the first to be sent out today. Most of them were opened on-site, so there are no problems."

"Then, we should have been able to keep about 2,500 jin of watermelons, but students from several other schools in the surrounding area came over. Some wanted to try them, and some wanted to buy them to take home. So I took it upon myself to sell the batch of watermelons that had no orders to them, and I did it at your current price."

"There's only about a thousand kilograms left now, so I've added them to the group."

"After settling all the fees with everyone, there's still three thousand yuan left."

Jiang Lin asked, "Have you settled Zhang Qin's expenses?"

"It's settled."

Jiang Lin nodded, "That's no problem. Selling watermelons is selling watermelons, but the extra work will be paid separately."

"The military training at the school is over, so the number of orders may drop sharply in the next two days. It will get better when the second and third year students start school. This way, there is no problem."

"I've bought all the remaining 40,000 jin of watermelons in the village. I'm going to do something big tomorrow."

"You'll drive after the truck carrying 20,000 jin (10,000 kg) to the Youguohui warehouse."

"After processing, we'll move to this address. These 40,000-plus kilograms will be stored in this cold storage."

Lin Tao nodded: "I'm fine with it. You've bought all the watermelons in the village, do you have enough money?"

Jiang Lin hesitated for a moment: "After you send it over tomorrow, Mr. Zhao from Youguohui will transfer the second payment, and that will be enough."

He clapped his hands as he spoke, "Okay, you've worked hard. Get some rest. I'm going back now."

"Let's talk about this between the two of us."

Riding his bicycle on the bumpy road with a bag of money in his hand, Jiang Lin increasingly missed the days when a mobile phone could take him anywhere in the world.

When I got home, all the lights were still on.

My parents were still awake, sitting in the main room with the TV on, waiting.

"You're back. Are you hungry? I'll cook you a bowl of noodles."

Xu Rong got up and headed to the kitchen.

"No need, Mom. I just had some snacks at Taozi's place."

"Why aren't you guys asleep yet?"

Xu Rong turned to look at Jiang Jiahe, "I need to talk to you about something when you get back."

Jiang Jiahe coughed twice, got up and took a bag from the bedroom. He then placed bundles of money on the table, four bundles in total. "Here, take this first."

"Your grandfather is right. If you're going to do something, then do it well."

"Grandpa doesn't know, but we do know that after all that trouble you've been through these past few days, you probably only have ten or twenty thousand yuan left."

"Given your personality, it's not that you don't want to manage those watermelons, it's that you don't have the resources to do so."

Xu Rong smiled and said, "Your old man went to pick it up this afternoon."

"Don't let his quiet demeanor fool you; he's very perceptive."

"This money, if you put it in the bank, will only earn interest."

"I'll give it to you for serious business, no problem."

Jiang Lin was stunned for a moment, and stood at the door in silence for a long time.

That night, his parents also drove from their hometown to find him. The elderly couple carried a large backpack and then took out bundles of money from the backpack and placed them in front of him.

"Take it!"

"Pay back what you can first..."

The difference lies in the purpose of this money.

Jiang Lin took a deep breath, then smiled slightly. He didn't refuse, walked to the table, and took two bundles: "Twenty thousand is enough."

"We just finished talking with Secretary Li and the older folks at the village entrance. We'll pay them for the next few tens of thousands of kilograms after the payment is settled."

"I'll cover the shipping and cold storage costs upfront."

Jiang Jiahe nodded upon hearing this and put the remaining two bundles back into his schoolbag: "Get some rest early, there's a tough battle ahead tomorrow."

"Understood."