Returning to the small mountain village of '86, intelligence updated daily.

Nothing happened overnight, and another morning arrived.

The weather is still great today; the sun is shining brightly in the sky early in the morning, dispelling all the darkness of the night.

Zhou Rui got up early as usual, but his father and second uncle got up even earlier.

Zhou Ming, the younger brother, was left behind because Zhou Rui needed someone to help him go to town to buy grain.

Zhou Ming had originally hesitated to go along as well.

However, his father, Zhou Shiwei, saw right through him. He realized that Zhou Ming, having received his salary, clearly wanted to go to town with him.

Zhou Ming is not very old, but he is not young either. He is 1.7 meters tall, only a little shorter than Zhou Rui, who is 175 meters tall.

In rural Southwest China, this height is already considered exceptional, as the average height in the Southwest is lower than that in Northeast China.

At 175cm, Zhou Rui has firmly established himself as one of the tallest young people in the village.

Zhou Ming's playful nature had clearly not faded, and he remained curious about many new things.

When Zhou Rui got up, Zhou Ming was still asleep. Zhou Rui didn't disturb him and tiptoed out of bed.

He planned to go to Zhao Jianjun's house in the morning, but he didn't know if Zhao Jianjun would be home today.

While washing up, Zhou Rui, holding a towel and with his eyes closed, suddenly had a thought, and two lines of text appeared in his mind.

[Intelligence 1: Today is auspicious; there are some bargains to be found. Zhao Jianjun has already contacted the sales channels and is planning to visit them tonight.]

[Intelligence 2: By the end of next year, tea prices will rise by more than 80%, and rapeseed purchase prices will also surge.]

Today there are two pieces of intelligence, which is rare, but Zhou Rui is not too surprised.

However, the content inside is quite explosive.

First of all, it's confirmed that today is an auspicious day with a chance to snag a bargain. Also, Uncle Zhao should be home. If I don't go to him, he'll come to my house tonight.

Secondly, and this is extremely important, it would be crucial if the large landowners who contracted the land, or the grain buyers and tea merchants, knew about it.

It will inevitably unleash a massive wave!

Zhou Rui understood the value of this.

In his previous life, he made his fortune through speculation and profiteering, and many of his ventures relied on information asymmetry.

I know something that you don't, so I can make money off you by exploiting this information gap.

It's a very simple principle, yet it has stumped many people.

First, you need to have a keen sense of the market, and second, you need to be an open-minded person who knows to go out and see what's going on.

The most important thing is to have the courage to accomplish all of this.

Some people, even if you put an opportunity in front of them and feed them the food, will still doubt whether it is poisonous.

But Zhou Rui isn't that kind of person.

He loved tinkering since he was a child, and often went to the town to ask the elders who had been to big cities. By listening to their boasts, he learned a lot about the outside world.

This news represents an exceptional opportunity, one that could even be described as a chance to defy fate!

If the bosses knew this, the profits they would gain would be immeasurable.

Zhou Rui was stunned for a long time.

If this opportunity is used properly, the Zhou family will rise rapidly in a short period of time!

His breathing gradually became heavy and rapid.

My mind raced.

Gradually, a method with a rough outline began to take shape in my mind.

After a while.

As Zhou Rui's breathing gradually returned to normal, he couldn't help but laugh, bursting into laughter.

However, he dared not laugh too loudly.

My house can finally turn over!

Zhou Rui put down the already cold towel and hung it on the towel rack, then picked up the washbasin and poured water.

Stay calm, you must stay calm.

At present, I don't have the capital. I can't plant tea leaves myself, as it takes too long. I can only contract out the business.

But rapeseed is different. Rapeseed has two seasons a year: it is sown in autumn and winter and harvested in summer, or it is sown in spring and harvested in summer.

When the time comes, we'll start by planting rapeseed like crazy at home...

As for the tea, Zhou Rui already had an idea in mind.

He clearly remembered that in his previous life, there was a family in the village who dug up all their tea leaves and replaced them with crops that could fill their stomachs because the tea leaves couldn't fetch a good price locally.

Afterwards, neither the farmers nor Zhou Rui knew about the fact that tea prices had soared.

According to Zhou Rui's speculation, the area where tea prices have surged is probably not local, because even if the news travels slowly and in a closed environment, it's unlikely to be from the local area.

This news will definitely reach our village as well.

First, earn enough money to lease that tea plantation.

Then, all of their own fields were replaced with rapeseed.

Zhou Rui thought to himself, poured the water from the washbasin at the doorway, and then turned around and put the basin back.

These things cannot be accomplished overnight.

I have a lot to do today. First, I need to find Jianjun to discuss the sale of mountain products, and then I need to go to the town market to buy things in the afternoon.

Zhou Rui picked up a boiled potato, dipped it in some chili powder, and ate it for breakfast.

There's no one else at home right now, and the two elderly people have been sleeping a little more lately.

They felt a little more at ease than before.

However, he doesn't sleep in late, mainly because Zhou Rui gets up too early.

Zeng Jiamei and her second aunt Yang Laidi also did not get up.

In rural areas, apart from those who go out to do odd jobs, although they also get up quite early, they will sleep in for an hour or two when there is little to do at home or in the fields.

Zhou Rui, taking advantage of the fact that everyone else was still asleep, had just picked up his foot to go to Zhao Jianjun's house when he looked up at the clock on the wall.

7:30.

The Zhao family must not have gotten up yet.

They weren't farmers; they had contracted out their land to others long ago.

Therefore, they usually don't get up at this time.

On the contrary, those who need to work in the fields are already busy in the fields.

Thinking of this, Zhou Rui lightly patted his head.

It would be extremely impolite to come knocking now.

We still have to wait until nine or ten o'clock.

While waiting, he figured out when the daily intelligence would appear. Except for the very first day, it would usually be between 7 and 8 o'clock, and at the latest, no later than 10 o'clock.

Moreover, the content each day is completely random; it could be a very useful message or a trivial and useless trivia.

Of course, there's also gossip about villagers having affairs...

Since he had nothing better to do than sit around, Zhou Rui picked up a broom and started sweeping the house.

A short while later, Zeng Jiamei, who had heard the commotion, also got up, followed by the two elderly people.

They already get very little sleep.

I chatted with my elders for a while, and told them about my trip to town that afternoon.

As if she had expected it, Zeng Jiamei returned to their room and came out a while later with a cloth bag.

Then, Zeng Jiamei took out three "Great Unity" bills, totaling thirty yuan.

"Your dad heard last night that I was saving this for you to buy rice in town, so he specifically asked me to give you thirty yuan. You can spend it as you see fit."

Thirty yuan is almost all the income a day does for a casual laborer.

Zhou Rui appreciated his parents' thoughtfulness, but refused to accept the gift, stating frankly:

"Mom, I still have some money in my pocket. Keep it for emergencies."