Chapter 27: Higher Prices Make for Better Sales  

Fu Liuya’s small face was filled with joy. Both of her tiny hands patted her belly, her expression brimming with satisfaction.  

She was so content that her eyes curved into thin slits.  

“This is so delicious! Seventh Uncle, can we have wild pheasants and rabbits every day from now on?”  

The little girl’s voice was soft and sweet, making those who heard it want to laugh.  

Wang Maoni was not upset. She smiled at Fu Liuya and said: “Liuya, the pheasants and rabbits in the mountains aren’t ours. We can’t catch them every day to eat.”  

“Oh!” Fu Liuya responded pitifully, disappointment clearly written all over her face.  

Children were like this—whatever was on their minds would show on their faces.  

Sixth Brother Fu chuckled as he glanced at Fu Wenjing, then turned back to Fu Liuya. “Liuya, don’t be disappointed. Your Seventh Uncle is very capable! Didn’t you see how many wild pheasants and rabbits he brought back after just one afternoon in the mountains? As long as he’s home, you’ll definitely get to eat meat every day. Isn’t that right, Seventh?”  

Fu Wenjing cast a cool glance at Sixth Brother Fu and said indifferently: “Sixth Brother, you must be joking. I don’t have that kind of ability.”  

“How could you not have that ability?” Sixth Brother Fu immediately refuted. “You went into the mountains for just a short while today and came back with so many wild pheasants and rabbits. If you went every day, then—”  

“Then I would be reported.” Fu Wenjing interrupted him flatly. “If I kept catching so many wild pheasants and rabbits every day, people would say our family was exploiting public resources. When that happens, Father won’t be able to keep his position as Brigade Leader, I probably won’t be able to return to my Military Unit, and our entire family would become public enemies. We might even be publicly criticized. If that’s what you want, Sixth Brother, then I’ll go every day and empty out the whole mountain.”  

“Seventh, w-what are you saying? How could I… how could I possibly think that way?!” Sixth Brother Fu was utterly shocked, even stammering as he spoke.  

Fu Chunshan slammed the table hard. “Old Sixth, if you keep spewing nonsense, then get out and live on your own! Do you think you’re some landlord’s master, expecting to eat meat every day?  If you had the ability to get meat yourself, I wouldn’t say a word. But you don’t, and yet you’re trying to force your younger brother to do it for you. How shameless can you be? If I were you, I wouldn’t even be able to say something so disgraceful.”  

Being reprimanded in front of the whole family, Sixth Brother Fu’s already dark complexion flushed black and red with embarrassment.  

“Father… it’s just that Liuya wanted to eat meat. As her father, I felt bad for her and said a few words. I really didn’t mean anything else.”

“Liuya is young and doesn’t understand, but are you also young and ignorant?”  

Sixth Brother Fu lowered his head and mumbled: “Father, I was wrong. I won’t say such things again.”  

Fu Chunshan glared at him. “What’s the use of apologizing to me?”  

Sixth Brother Fu’s body stiffened for a moment before he finally turned his head toward Fu Wenjing. “Seventh, I was just joking with you earlier. Don’t take it to heart.”  

Fu Wenjing’s expression remained unchanged, and his tone was as indifferent as ever when he replied: “Alright, I won’t take it to heart.”  

Yet the calmer Fu Wenjing was, the more uneasy Sixth Brother Fu felt.  

Fu Chunshan noticed this as well and waved his hand. “Alright, enough of this. Everyone, get going and do what you need to do.”  

As soon as Fu Chunshan spoke, everyone in the room stood up and bustled outside.  

“Seventh, you stay behind.” Fu Chunshan said.  

Fu Wenjing stopped and lowered his voice to Su Ruanruan. “You go back to the room first. I’ll talk to Father for a bit.”  

“Alright.”  

Su Ruanruan responded softly and left with the others.  

The production brigade had no electricity, and unless something urgent came up, people were reluctant to waste oil for lamps. Because of this, they usually ate dinner early.  

Now that the meal was over, the sky outside was still bright and hadn’t completely darkened.  

Standing in the courtyard, one could hear the chatter of adults and the laughter of children from beyond the walls.  

Before Su Ruanruan had traveled to this time, she had lived in a high-rise apartment where neighbors barely saw each other, let alone sat together to chat. Scenes like this simply didn’t exist.  

It wasn’t necessarily better or worse—both had their own advantages.  

At least in the modern world, privacy was absolute; no one cared about what you ate or when you went home.  

Su Ruanruan didn’t particularly prefer one over the other—each had its own merits.  

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Back in her room, she casually shut the door.  

Since Fu Wenjing hadn’t returned yet, she had some time to set prices for the wild vegetables and kiwis.  

Just as she opened Taobao, she noticed an unread message.

There were many unread messages, and they weren’t all from the same person.  

However, their content was almost identical—everyone was inquiring about the prices.  

Seeing these messages, Su Ruanruan was delighted.  

She hadn’t even set the prices yet, and so many people were already asking. If she marked the prices now, wouldn’t that mean the items would sell immediately?  

Just as she was about to close the chat window, another thought suddenly crossed her mind.  

Since these people could send her messages, did that mean she could reply? Was there no restriction on communication?  

At that moment, Su Ruanruan’s heartbeat quickened.  

Her heart pounded heavily, as if it were about to leap out of her chest.  

She tapped on the chat box and thought of the words “Hello”—the text immediately appeared in the chat box.  

She clicked send, and it was successfully delivered.  

But when she typed the next sentence: “What year is it over there?”, no matter how many times she clicked send, the words wouldn’t go through.  

After several attempts, Su Ruanruan immediately understood.  

Any message related to the year couldn’t be sent.  

She felt a slight disappointment.  

But the feeling quickly passed, replaced by a sense of acceptance.  

Su Ruanruan was not someone who dwelled on things excessively.  

Having Taobao as a golden finger was already a huge blessing.  

If she kept wanting more, that would truly be greedy.  

She curled the corners of her lips into a faint smile, closed the chat box, and began setting prices.  

For the various wild vegetables, she set a uniform price—six yuan per jin.  

She had seen wild vegetables being sold on the roadside before. The cheapest was five yuan per jin, while the pricier ones went up to seven yuan per jin.  

Su Ruanruan didn’t want to price them too high or too low, so she settled on a middle ground—six yuan.  

As for the wild kiwis, she didn’t rush to set a price. Instead, she searched Taogold and found that most kiwis were priced at around ten yuan per jin—and those weren’t even guaranteed to be truly wild.  

The kiwis she had were genuine, naturally wild. She had already tasted them—they were perfectly sweet and tangy, incredibly delicious.  

Since the quality was excellent, Su Ruanruan naturally didn’t want to sell them cheaply.  

She decisively priced them at fourteen yuan per jin.  

Whether they would sell or not, she wasn’t worried.  

Sometimes, higher prices actually made things sell even better.

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