Chapter 29: Vegetable and Fruit Business Plan

The Chen family is now divided.

In the past, when the Chen family was still a big landlord, they all lived together.

Chen Tao was a young master at that time. He didn’t like to study and started to run around outside when he was three years old, especially to the fields.

At that time, Luoxi Village was much larger than it is now. It hadn’t been re-divided yet, and most of the villagers were tenants of the Chen family.

Later, the old patriarch made a wise decision and was appointed as a member of the Gaoshui Commune Committee. Chen Tao’s father was the eldest son of the family and was also appointed as the production team leader of Luoxi Brigade.

As the son of the brigade leader, Chen Tao was naturally more popular.

Even now, he doesn’t work in a factory like his other siblings, but no one gossips about him.

At most, people just feel sorry for him.

Chen Tao doesn’t care. He doesn’t have high aspirations.

After all, factories make money, and farming makes money. As long as he can make money, he doesn’t care where it comes from.

So he admires Xu Sangluo.

She is the first person in Luoxi Brigade to go out and do business, and she has been very successful.

She’s a girl from the city, so she’s knowledgeable and has foresight.

He had mentioned the idea of selling fruits and vegetables before.

But his family rejected it, thinking that doing business was unreliable. They thought it was better to stick to farming their one mu and three fen of land.

After all, they could still make a lot of money every year.

“Sangluo, how did you come up with the idea of doing business in town?” he suddenly asked.

Xu Sangluo was stunned, then she smiled, “Of course, it’s because I’m poor.”

Chen Tao was taken aback, then he quickly apologized with a look of embarrassment.

Chen Tao is one of the few people who knows the true relationship between Xu Sangluo and the Qin family.

But Qin Zhiyi didn’t say why she came to the Qin family. He just said that something happened at her home, so she was temporarily staying at the Qin family.

Chen Tao didn’t know what happened, but it must have been something serious for a girl to move from the city to the countryside.

He was afraid of bringing up her past.

Xu Sangluo didn’t mind. She smiled, “I was just joking. Actually, I’ve had the idea of doing business for a long time, but I only had the opportunity to implement it now. The country is now vigorously developing the economy and encouraging private businesses. I’m just responding to the call of the country.”

Chen Tao sighed, “I really envy you.”

Xu Sangluo was puzzled, “Are you interested too, Brother Chen?”

Chen Tao pouted, “I wanted to expand my fields and orchard before, and then open a store in town to do business. But my family thought that doing business was unreliable. They thought it was better to sell our produce directly to the commune.”

“It’s just easier that way,” he said.

Xu Sangluo raised an eyebrow, “Why do you want to open a store in town? I remember there’s a small market in town.”

Chen Tao was immediately excited and started talking more.

“I know, but that small market has too few vegetables and not many stalls. I think people in town are now more well-off. They don’t just want to eat to survive, they want more choices. So I was thinking, maybe I could grow more fruits and vegetables. There would definitely be a market for them…”

He went on and on, talking excitedly.

Xu Sangluo listened attentively, responding occasionally.

She was genuinely surprised that Chen Tao had such an idea.

It was quite forward-thinking and visionary for someone in the countryside.

Indeed, not only in town, but even in the county’s agricultural market, there weren’t many types of fruits and vegetables.

After all, transportation wasn’t developed at this time.

Meat was easy to transport, but fruits and vegetables were more troublesome. It was expensive to preserve them well.

Not to mention the county, even in the city, fruits and vegetables from the south didn’t make up half of the market, let alone fruits and vegetables from other places.

In the past, people just wanted to survive.

But as the economy developed, people would have more money and would demand more variety in their choices.

It was estimated that the market would start to adjust according to demand in about two or three years.

Whoever took the initiative at this time would be the first to get a piece of the pie.

Xu Sangluo had also thought about selling vegetables before.

But her focus wasn’t on selling vegetables, but on opening a restaurant and then a farmstay.

Selling vegetables was just a way for her to accumulate capital and fame.

But Chen Tao’s words gave her a new idea.

In her previous life, by the time she could own mountains and fields and run a farmstay, the market had already become diverse.

She didn’t have enough energy to do anything else.

But at this point in time, everything was still in its early stages.

If she could capture this market, it wouldn’t be bad.

She had all kinds of fruit and vegetable seeds in her space.

But she had been planning to follow the path of her previous life, so she didn’t plan to create a large-scale food base.

After all, whether it was a farmstay or a restaurant, as long as she could supply the food, the demand wouldn’t be too high.

Chen Tao talked for a long time, his mouth dry.

He realized that Xu Sangluo hadn’t responded for a long time, and he felt a little embarrassed.

“Sorry, I get excited when I talk about this. My family doesn’t want to listen, and I’m so frustrated. I lost my composure today.”

Xu Sangluo snapped out of her thoughts, her eyes twirling, and said, “Brother Chen, I actually think your idea is great.”

Chen Tao was stunned, then his eyes lit up, “Really?”

Xu Sangluo nodded, “The old saying goes, ‘People need food to survive.’ Before, people just wanted to eat enough. Now that they have more money, they naturally want to eat well. If they have the means, who wants to continue living a hard life? Now, many people have reached a point where they have more money, but because they don’t have many choices, they still live a deprived life. At this time, if we can give them more choices, they will definitely be willing.”

“Yes, yes, yes, that’s exactly what I think. Unfortunately, sigh…” Thinking of his family’s attitude, Chen Tao sighed.

Xu Sangluo smiled, “Actually, your family doesn’t allow it because they’re not sure if this will actually make money or if it’s stable. If you can achieve some results first, I’m sure your family won’t stop you anymore.”

Chen Tao frowned, “But how can I achieve results?”

He wants to open a store and sell various fruits and vegetables that aren’t available here.

But there’s a prerequisite: he needs to get other fruit and vegetable seeds to plant first.

Just changing the crops in the fields is a difficult task.

Even if the Chen family is wealthy, they won’t allow him to mess up their fields.

Xu Sangluo smiled slightly, “Brother Chen, if you really have this idea and determination, maybe we can cooperate.”

Chen Tao turned his head in surprise, and the steering wheel almost went off track.

“Cooperate? How can we cooperate?”

Xu Sangluo turned the steering wheel to avoid hitting anything.

“I have channels. I can get you some different types of fruits and vegetables first. You can try selling them, but the price will be higher. You need to think carefully. It might not be smooth sailing at first, and you might even lose money.”

She already had a lot of vegetables stored in her space, and there were also many in the fields.

Moreover, she had a farmstay, where there were hundreds of mu of fields and two mountains, all full of crops.

Now that the farmstay was in her space, she could pick the produce with her mind, which was very convenient.

Her space had a static storage time for non-living things, which meant that the fruits and vegetables she picked wouldn’t spoil no matter how long she kept them.

But living things would grow normally.

It was imaginable how much fruit and vegetables she would have to stock up on.

She couldn’t just keep all these things.

She had been thinking that she could sell them when her restaurant opened.

But now, there was a more suitable path.