NFBE Chapter 24 Flies don’t bite seamless eggs
Chapter 24 Flies don’t bite seamless eggs
The Feng Group was very efficient; they transferred the deposit the very next day. He Qiaoyun then hired more helpers to cut the fruit.
He Qiaoyun was working hard in the orchard, and the news had spread like wildfire about how He Ping had made things difficult for her yesterday and how she had resolved the crisis.
Now, He Ping lost face and came to the orchard to question He Qiaoyun: "He Qiaoyun, we are all from the same village and are related by blood. How could you do such a dark thing behind my back? He Zhenxing has elderly parents and young children to support, and they live on his salary alone."
He Qiaoyun said coldly, "So what? What exactly do you want to say? Just be direct. Everyone's time is precious, so stop with the nonsense, okay?"
He Ping burst out cursing, "What are you pretending for? Did you report He Zhenxing for taking kickbacks and cause him to lose his job?!"
He Qiaoyun suddenly realized, "I should have reported He Zhenxing for taking kickbacks yesterday, how come I didn't think of that!"
"Stop pretending! It was you who did it! You ruined someone's family just to make money for yourself! You even caused their family to be torn apart and die!"
He Qiaoyun laughed angrily, "He Ping, are you alright? What evidence do you have to prove that I did it? Besides, flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If he didn't take kickbacks, would the company fire him for no reason?"
Finally, she added seriously, "I'll say it again, I didn't do it. I'm not saying I'm kind, but I never even thought of reporting him. If you really want to stand up for him, go to the police and have me arrested."
He Ping hadn't read many books and wasn't very bright. After being confronted like that, she was speechless for a long time before finally managing to say, "He Qiaoyun, you're twisting the truth. I can't argue with you. You just wait and see."
He Qiaoyun smiled speechlessly, "Are you done talking? If you're done, then let's go."
These people are telling her to wait. Wait for what? To see them make fools of themselves? Well, she'd be happy to wait.
After several days of harvesting lychees, all the ripe fruit was delivered on schedule.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This battle is now over.
She grows several varieties of lychees, but the Fung Group harvests the Fei Zi Xiao and Nuo Mi Ci varieties, which have thick flesh, small seeds, and are sweet, ripening in mid-May.
However, in order to extend the fruiting period and satisfy the tastes of various people, she also planted several varieties that ripen in early June.
The Dragon Boat Festival falls in early June.
This large-scale purchase by the Fung Group changed her sales channels, partly due to the backstabbing from the wholesale market.
If we broaden our thinking, perhaps we can discuss cooperation with these companies.
She can also act as a middleman; all she needs is fancy packaging. If others can do it, so can she.
Without hesitation, she ordered gift boxes of packaging before the fruit ripened.
The owner of the custom gift box shop took out several styles. Looking at these gift boxes, she asked, "How many kilograms of fruit can they hold?"
"Two to three kilograms is too much. These company bosses are all very stingy. The box is just a facade to fool the employees," the boss said with a smile.
He Qiaoyun took two gift boxes, filled them with fruit, and went to each company to inquire.
The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.
Many large companies rejected her, even though she brought up the fact that the Feng Group, one of the top companies in the city, had placed an order with her, they still didn't bother with it.
Even worse, some people mocked her, saying that it was impossible for a small farmer to have access to a large corporation like the Feng family, and advised her to avoid being involved in staged accidents or getting into legal trouble.
Just when she was feeling disappointed, a small startup company greeted her with a smile.
The founder is a handsome young man in his twenties. He has a decent appearance, clean and neat hair, and his face suggests that he is a gentle and ambitious person.
The young man introduced himself: "Auntie, my name is Chen Jingzhou. We are a newly established small company with few employees, so we may not be able to order a lot of fruit."
He Qiaoyun waved her hand, "It's alright, it's alright. As long as you want fruit, I'll send it over, in gift boxes."
Chen Jingzhou smiled and said, "However, I can introduce you to other companies. I have a few good friends here."
He Qiaoyun was surprised, "Then I'll give you a discount, thank you so much."
"Actually, my parents also farm in our hometown. Seeing you reminded me of them. We should respect the elderly as we would our own parents. I hope that one day when they need help, someone will help them in the same way."
He Qiaoyun was inexplicably moved by his words.
At her age, if she met such a sincere, kind, and ambitious young man, she would be eager to introduce him to her daughter.
At an age when she had no daughters to marry off, she met the perfect son-in-law.
She can't believe her daughter could marry a man like that; she'd laugh herself awake from nightmares.
That day, He Qiaoyun received several WeChat friend requests, all introduced by Chen Jingzhou.
Chen Jingzhou's friends had a wider network of contacts and introduced her to two factories that made Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes.
He Qiaoyun was overjoyed and immediately went to someone to customize gift boxes. She even found people to come to her home overnight to assemble the gift boxes and to the orchard to prune the fruit.
When the other villagers heard about this, they were both envious and jealous, and they all came to He Qiaoyun's house to watch.
Some people spoke veiledly to He Qiaoyun, saying she was selfish and didn't share her business with people from the same village...
It seems they didn't get the orders for these Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes from the factory because of her.
He Qiaoyun was also helpless upon hearing this, "They only wanted this much, there's nothing I can do about it, and besides, I negotiated all of this myself..."
Among the group, someone poked his head out and said, "Since you can talk about these kinds of deals, you can definitely talk about others too. You have connections, so why don't you go and talk to one for us? We're all from the same village."
He Qiaoyun looked in the direction of the sound, and the person immediately lowered their head.
She recognized the man who was speaking; his name was He Gui. He had elderly parents to support, young children to raise, and a family member who was ill. The whole family depended on their orchard for income.
If it were anyone else, she would have retorted with a curse long ago, but today she held back.
I'm too lazy to argue, it's unnecessary.
Sister Xia patted her and said, "Don't be angry. That's just how they are. They never look for the reasons within themselves. That's why they're so afraid of He Ping."
He Qiaoyun sighed, "I'm not angry, I just feel helpless."
Not satisfied, these people went to the village committee and asked them to persuade He Qiaoyun to use her connections to help villagers who couldn't sell their fruit to place orders for Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes.
The village committee also approached He Qiaoyun, asking her for help, saying that this would be a contribution to the village and that the village would remember her.
He Qiaoyun was both amused and exasperated. "It's really not that I don't want to help."
The village committee members were reasonable and didn't try to morally blackmail her like the others did. They told her to talk as much as she wanted and not to feel pressured, and then they left.
Just when everyone was disappointed.
The next day, the purchasing managers from those two factories called He Qiaoyun and introduced her to other factories, saying they also wanted to order her lychees as employee benefits for the Dragon Boat Festival.
These factories found that ordering Dragon Boat Festival gifts directly from farmers was much cheaper than going to the wholesale market, thus avoiding middlemen.