The Little First Grand Secretary in My House Chapter 86:

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==Chapter 86==

In the scorching July weather, the sky seems to be as hot as fire.

Gao Sheng drove out of a village.

Zhao'er was sitting in the car. She was wearing men's clothes. After most of the summer, she was much darker than before.

The weather is too hot, so the car door is open. Running out all the way, there was a breeze blowing in, which was a bit refreshing.

Gao Sheng looked angry and held the reins tightly with his big palms: "Sister Zhao'er, why didn't you let me mention the contract just now. We have the contract in hand, so we don't believe these people dare to break the contract."

Zhaoer looked calm. He glanced at him and sighed: "You grew up in the countryside, and you still don't know the rules of this place? We can only treat this contract as a last resort, but now we don't It's just right and there's a stalemate. Besides, do you really have a contract with someone in this village-by-village grouping? Even if this kind of thing goes to the county government, do you believe that the county magistrate will still focus on appeasing the people? Towards us."

This is what is meant by the saying that the law does not punish everyone.

Is it easier to deal with one person or a group of people?

It goes without saying. And this kind of thing is not very serious. For example, if there is a life-threatening lawsuit or something, the county government will mainly try to appease them, but the result will naturally be that they will have their teeth knocked out and their blood swallowed.

Of course Gao Sheng understands this, but he still feels angry: "Then this is what happened?"

"Let's go back and add up the total."

Things have to start from before.

After the beginning of this year, Zhao'er made a lot of money by taking advantage of the lack of supply. Although the price of vegetables was higher than before, because it was not on the market, others could only hold their noses and recognize it.

Generally speaking, Zhao'er was still a conscientious person, and she didn't add much to the above, but she couldn't stand up to the entire seven townships in Xia County, and she captured six of them.

In fact, if you think about it, you know that although selling and delivering vegetables is a small amount of money, once the climate is established, the small and large will control the supply of goods based on their own will, and the market price will naturally be determined by people.

Just because Zhao'er doesn't want to do it doesn't mean that others don't want to do it either. This will be seen by those who are interested.

So out of nowhere, a business-stealer appeared.

At the beginning, these people were very popular. The carriages were uniformly equipped, the people responsible for delivering food also wore uniform clothes, and they used horse-drawn carriages instead of mule carts. It was probably because they had been targeted before. Zhao'er had originally asked Gao Sheng to go to Dahe Township, the only township that had not yet been captured, to set up a racket there. Unexpectedly, after I went there, I encountered many obstacles. Only later did I realize that someone had already arrived first.

Since then, these people have surfaced. After inquiries from all parties, we found out that the person who was robbing the business was a wealthy family in the county.

The head of this wealthy family's surname is Hu, and he is known as Mr. Hu. His business is not big or small, and he is considered the number one person in Xia County. Although his business is not very big, he is involved in all aspects, which is commonly known as the type of person who wants to get involved when he sees something making money.

Such a family is like a behemoth to a grassroots team like Zhao'er, and he is just a little ant at the feet of that behemoth.

But even ants are not trampled to death without fighting back. Soldiers come to block water and soil, and it is impossible to give in.

Zhaoer and others just went about their own business. With their previous interactions and the contracts they had signed with people in advance, everything was going smoothly. Mr. Hu's side used Dahe Township as a stronghold and gradually spread out, but they encountered resistance. No one in other townships sold vegetables to them.

In recent months, the price of vegetables in Dahe Township has doubled several times. The merchants have been complaining, and the people have not noticed it, but they still get so much money.

Some merchants even looked for sources of goods from abroad, and it was impossible not to do door-to-door business. Zhaoer took advantage of the situation and occupied Mr. Hu's market.

This was the first confrontation between the two families, and it ended in Mr. Hu's complete defeat.

But after taking advantage of the previous benefits, it is impossible for Mr. Hu to let go. If you can't do it openly, you can do it secretly. You poach my corner, and I will destroy your source. This has always been a common method used by businessmen to crush each other. Mr. Hu actually sent people to contact those farmers privately and paid high prices for their vegetables, just to make them break their contract with Zhao'er.

Just like now, it is obviously the time when various vegetables are in abundance. As a rule, vegetable prices will fall. If Zhaoer and others collect vegetables from farmers, the prices will also fall. These farmers also know that Mr. Hu's price has risen instead of falling, and the price per catty is actually about two cents higher than Zhaoer's price.

For many days in a row recently, some farmers were unwilling to sell vegetables to Zhaoer and the others, saying that they all ate them and there was nothing left. Little did he know that the vegetable selling business had been going smoothly since then. The farmers who often cooperated with Zhaoer and the others could open as many vegetable plots as they wanted, and some even changed the land they used to grow food to grow vegetables.

How is it possible to eat all the dishes?

In fact, to put it bluntly, it was just an excuse to secretly give all the dishes to Mr. Hu. This is also the reason why Gao Sheng said this. Zhao'er came out specifically for this matter today. Huyang Township was fine, but the other townships were a little out of control.

The two returned to the inn, and Xue Qinghuai came back not long after. This time, the three of them went out together. Jiang Wu and Xue Qiang were the ones taking care of the family.

"Tell me what you think. How to solve this problem now? Is there any good way?"

Gao Sheng and Xue Qinghuai looked at each other, and then Gao Sheng hesitated and said: "Sister Zhao'er, how about we also raise the price?"

Zhao'er knocked on the table and thought about it: "How to raise it? At this time, the price of vegetables is what it is. If we raise prices for farmers, it means that we will offend those merchants. They are not fools. They know better than anyone else whether vegetable prices rise or fall, whether they are exaggerated or not."

"But you said you can't sign the contract and you can't raise the price, so you just watch that guy named Hu rob our business? If he robs us now, it will be difficult for us to get it back in the future. ”

Of course Zhao'er understands this truth, and she also understands that their business is inherently speculation. Collect money from farmers and sell it to merchants, earning some hard-earned money from it. Without their own output, once the source changes, they will face this embarrassing situation.

This is the reason why she wanted that hilltop in the first place. With the foundation, she is not afraid of anyone. But it's obvious that the mountain top is just a drop in the bucket for now, and there's no way to meet their needs.

Zhao'er can almost predict the next situation. If they lose their composure and talk about the contract, Mr. Hu will naturally encourage the farmers to make trouble with them. If the trouble comes to the county government, it is very likely that the contract in her hand will It will become a blank piece of paper and will be of no use at all.

But if there is no trouble, the farmers sell vegetables to Mr. Hu. They have nothing to supply to the merchants, and the business will be taken away by the other party.

This is a dilemma. Of course, you can also raise the price like Gao Sheng said.

But while they are raising prices, Mr. Hu will definitely continue to raise prices. The two families will raise prices for each other, and they will definitely not be the opponent of Mr. Hu, who is rich and powerful. And this will definitely affect the merchants. When the price of vegetables reaches a certain level, it will definitely arouse resentment from the merchants.

The three of them discussed it for a long time, but they couldn't think of any good solution. Zhao'er could only sigh and said: "Then let's raise the price first and then talk about it later."

After the matter was agreed upon, Xue Qinghuai and Gao Sheng made arrangements separately.

Now they have a fixed place in each township, leaving only one of their own, and the other people responsible for collecting and delivering food are temporarily hired. The person in charge of this township is Xue Qiang.

In fact, Zhaoer's biggest problem right now is not only because they have a weak foundation and do not have their own supply of goods, but also because they have too few manpower that they can safely use. The stalls were spread too big and too fast, but there was simply not enough manpower to supply them.

Don't mention it, the two sides have entered a state of anxiety. Zhao'er raised the price, and Master Hu followed suit by raising the price by one penny the next day.

The farmers are very happy. Anyway, they now see that the family that signed the contract has nothing to do with them. The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and they will sell to whomever offers the higher price.

The price of vegetables has reached the level that Zhao'er expected. The merchants have complained several times, and Zhao'er and the others have no other choice but to explain.

Even the explanation is a bit weak, because Mr. Hu has started selling vegetables at a loss. He had already raised the price, and Zhao'er and the others also raised the price, so the price of vegetables went up. Now that Mr. Hu is selling at a loss, he is dragging Zhao'er and the others to lose money together, or he can only watch his business being robbed.

Sure enough, the worst case scenario that Zhao'er had expected had happened. Now he could only grit his teeth and hold on to see who could not hold on first, or who would admit defeat.

*

Yuqing Village, Xue Family.

"Where has this girl Zhao'er gone recently? She hasn't been seen for so long?" Ms. Zhao asked.

Of course I asked this question to Mrs. Zhou, as they were the only ones at home at the moment.

"Mom, Zhao'er is doing business outside. Don't worry about her. The fourth child is with us. What could happen?"

"I'm not worried about her, but she's a girl who runs around every day, and now she doesn't even have a home. There's no other woman like her. This is because she hasn't married a dog yet, otherwise look at me How to deal with her."

Ms. Zhou didn’t speak, curled her lips and left.

Who can you deal with?

Now Zhao can only use a few daughters-in-law to show off her power as mother-in-law.

Especially since she worked hard to deliver food to Xue Qingshan, now the other three houses have stopped firing with her. Zhao'er and Xue Qinghuai spend less time at home. Xue Qingbai is usually busy in the mountains, as are Zhou and Sun. After the new year, Xue Qingbai built two more houses next to Gao Sheng's house. It was easy for both families to open fire there, and they usually only came back at night when they were sleeping.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Yang can't go anywhere and can only face Mrs. Zhao's old face every day.

Zhou locked the door and planned to go up the back mountain.

Not far out of the house, I saw Mr. Yang walking back in a hurry across the street. Her clothes were a little messy, as if something had happened.

Generally speaking, although Mr. Zhou has his own small-mindedness, he is also a kind person. Although she has been a sister-in-law for decades, she usually has many conflicts, but now the situation of Dafang has completely changed. The previously aloof sister-in-law has become like this, and Mrs. Zhou still sympathizes with her.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

Ms. Yang looked up at her and forced a smile: "No, it's nothing."

"Don't tire yourself too much. It's so hot, so be careful not to get a heat stroke."

"Hey, I know."

Ms. Yang left in a hurry without stopping, leaving Mrs. Zhou looking at her thinning back, sighing and shaking her head.

But she didn't think much about it and walked along the path to the end of the village.

When she was about to leave the village, she saw someone on the side road walking forward with his back on his back and cursing. Looking from the back, he looked a bit like Xue Qingshan. But it passed in a flash, and she didn't see it clearly.

Upon the back mountain, she told Xue Qingbai what Zhao had said before.

Xue Qingbai sighed: "The business has encountered some difficulties recently, otherwise Zhao'er wouldn't be running outside every day."

"What's the problem?"

"It seems that there is a wealthy family trying to steal business from Zhao'er and the others, but I don't know the details."

Ms. Zhou is a woman who panics when she hears words like ‘rich family’ and ‘stealing business’.

"What can we do?"

Xue Qingbai hesitated for a moment: "Zhao'er and the others should be able to do something about it."

Zhou didn't say anything, and Xue Qingbai didn't say anything either. They went to work in the vegetable field. After a while, Mrs. Zhou suddenly said: "You said, if something goes wrong in the business, will our wages be paid?"

Nowadays, they are living a happy life with two or three bedrooms. Their land is rented out, and the couple earn a lot of money every month by hiring someone to take care of the house. These past six months have been the happiest days of Zhou's life since she got married. If things suddenly changed, it's no wonder she felt panicked.

“It’s now like this, why are you talking about wages and no wages?!”

Xue Qingbai is dull, but he is not stupid. If it were not serious outside, several people would have gone out. Jiang Wu was too busy these days, and he also called in a lot of helpers. Occasionally, he could hear a few words. From Jiang Wu's mouth, it was revealed that Zhao'er had made preparations to leave only the rear area, so This Huyang Township must be guarded.

When the man said this, Zhou became even more panicked: "Is it really that serious?"

"Then what can we do?"

Xue Qingbai said nothing.

"We have also received a lot of wages. It is difficult to recruit them now. How about we tell her before she comes back that we only work without wages?"

Zhou said so much, but Xue Qingbai could only listen to this.

"Okay, don't worry too much. Maybe the matter is not as serious as we thought. But we recruited our son to help our family at the beginning. Now that she is in trouble, we can also help. I will give it to you later. Just go and tell Jiang Wu, it can be regarded as doing your best."

*

Mr. Yang's steps were too hasty, and Ms. Zhao saw her and scolded her that there was a ghost chasing her behind her.

Ms. Yang ignored her, dropped the **** in her hand, and went into the house. She didn't relax until she closed the door.

She was just hoeing weeds in the field when Xue Qingshan suddenly came.

After not seeing him for so many days, Xue Qingshan has changed a lot. He has become extremely thin, and his eye sockets are sunken and black. If it weren't for the familiar clothes and his words, Yang would really not have recognized him.

She originally thought that Xue Qingshan was resentful of her and wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate against her. Who would have thought that within a few words, he actually begged her to forgive him, and said that he only came to know her good qualities after leaving her, saying that Widow Xue was not a person who knew how to live, and the two of them quarreled all day long.

What have you been doing? !

It’s not that Yang hasn’t thought about the past these days, but she can’t figure out who is right and who is wrong. The only thing she knew was to stay away from Xue Qingshan, otherwise her talent would be ruined.

It was just like this, so how could she forgive him.

But I never expected that Xue Qingshan would be so shameless, planning to use force if he couldn't get what he wanted. Only then did Yang realize that the man she married was so shameless.

A little shocked, but not surprised.

Is there anything Xue Qingshan can’t do!

She was already pressed under him, and she felt the sour smell in his mouth pungent. While cursing herself for being ignorant, he reached out to untie her clothes. There were two scabies on the wrist the size of a fingernail. The scabs had peeled off on the surface, leaving two dark purple scars.

Yang was already in despair, but when she was struggling, she touched the **** she brought with her and hit the opponent with the **** handle, hurting her, and she was able to escape.

She must be more careful in the future, Yang thought with lingering fear.