Deserted Wife's Extraordinary Life

When Kang Ying saw him, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Uncle Xia, it's me. I'm here in the county to buy you some tea."    

    

"Yo, so it's you. Why are you so free to come up? "Come in and take a seat." Xia Dazhi said enthusiastically when he saw that it was Kang Ying. He also recognized her.    

    

Today, he did not go out to sell tea, and did not carry any burdens. His back also straightened a lot, making him look a lot more energetic.    

    

"Uncle Xia, so you're actually the village chief?" Kang Ying asked as they walked.    

    

"Yeah, I've been a job for more than 20 years. All the youngsters are now out at work, unwilling to stay in the village and saying that there's no future for me to dig in the mountains and eat. I can't even find a successor, so I had to continue to do it in front of everyone." Xia Dazhi nagged.    

    

In a wealthy village, if the village cadres had proper subsidies, many villagers would still be willing to be village cadres. However, in a poor village like Guanshan Village, being a village cadre was purely a matter of giving them free labor, and the subsidies were very little, so no one was willing to be a village cadre.    

    

"This small courtyard of yours sure is quiet." Kang Ying and Shi Jiangyuan entered the yard and saw the firecrackers on the wall. The bright yellow flowers bloomed brilliantly.    

    

There was a patio in the middle of the yard, and a well in the middle. Around the counter was a bunch of grapes, half done and half ripe.    

    

Xia Dazhi's tea table was placed under the grape arbor. He warmly invited them to drink some tea.    

    

Kang Ying and Shi Jiangyuan did not hold back and immediately sat down.    

    

Xia Dazhi took a pair of scissors, cut two rows of grapes from the grape rack, washed them with the well water from the patio, put them on a white plate and put them in front of Kang Ying and Shi Jiangyuan.    

    

"It's grown at home. Eat whatever you want."    

    

Kang Ying took out a paper bag and handed it to Xia Dazhi, saying, "This is a biscuit that I made myself. You should try it too."    

    

Although the gift is small, it represents a bit of goodwill. Xia Dazhi happily accepted and smiled as he said: "I just happen to give it to my little granddaughter. It's the time to have snacks."    

    

Only then did Xia Dazhi prepare tea for Kang Ying and the others. This brewing tea was precisely the peach fragrance Tie Guanyin had sold to Kang Ying earlier.    

    

Kang Ying enjoyed the tea and asked, "Uncle Xia, did you sell all your tea that day?"    

    

"No?" I sold it to you that evening, but I didn't sell it again. The last train was leaving, and I had to pick it up again.    

    

Sigh, the tea business right now is not easy.    

    

"Furthermore, the skills used to make tea are in the hands of us old men. If even youngsters are unwilling to learn it, it is likely that it will be lost in our generation."    

    

Xia Dazhi's face revealed a regretful expression.    

    

Shi Jiangyuan took a sip of the tea and felt that it was delicious. He asked: "How much is one catty of this tea?"    

    

"Thirteen, it's the same as the one I sold to Miss Kang that day." Xia Dazhi said.    

    

"How much more tea is there like this? I've got it all. " Shi Jiangyuan said.    

    

Such delicious tea was something one could only hope to have by chance. Since he was going back to the capital recently, it was a good opportunity for him to bring some gifts for his old friends.    

    

Xia Dazhi was overjoyed that Kang Ying also brought a rich customer to his door. He said, "There's still about 20 catties left. I'll pack them for you and put them in the tea pot. Can I charge you another 10 yuan for the package?"    

    

Xia Dazhi was quite attentive, Shi Jiangyuan nodded and said, "Sure."    

    

20 catties of tea was only sold for 200 yuan. Kang Ying felt that this price was so cheap that it made people scratch their heads. She asked Xia Dazhi:    

    

"How much tea can our Guanshan Village produce this year? Are there any tea-farming villages nearby? "How is your tea brewing standard?"    

    

Seeing that Kang Ying was interested in understanding, Xia Dazhi was in a good mood as he had just finished a business deal. He then introduced him to Kang Ying. He was the village chief, and no one knew the situation of this village better than him.    

    

Originally, Guanshan Village had planted over 9000 mu of tea leaves, and all the nearby mountains were tea gardens. Other villages also had some tea plants, but none of them had as many as Guanshan Village.    

    

Just Guanshan Village alone could produce over twenty thousand taels of tea a year, but these types of tea could not be sold at a high price. At most, they could only be sold for thirty or forty pieces, which was an extremely high price.    

    

As working outside became easier to earn money, no one had any interest in making tea. Now, the situation in the tea garden was getting out of hand and the mountains were becoming more and more barren.    

    

Xia Dazhi said with a heartbroken expression.    

    

Kang Ying thought for a moment and said, "If I help you with the matter of the tea leaves and raise the price, would your village be willing to cooperate?"    

    

Xia Dazhi's eyes lit up when he heard that there was such a good thing for today, "Of course I'll cooperate. Being able to raise the price of tea is a good thing, but how do we do that? After all these years, we have been a piecemeal wholesaler, and we have not been able to build up our tea industry. "    

    

Kang Ying laughed, "Of course I have a way to raise the price of tea, but before that, we have to sign a contract. It means that Guanshan Village must establish a tea-farmers' cooperative. If one joins the tea-farmers' co-operative, I must be the one to sell all the teas of superior quality and above. "    

    

The tea leaves were divided into first grade, second grade, third grade and superior grade. When Xia Dazhi heard this, he thought, "Isn't this a pie that fell from the sky?" Kang Ying coming to underwrite the sales, this was something they really wanted. They were just worrying about the lack of sales of tea leaves.    

    

He cheerfully agreed: "The Tea Farmers' Cooperative is a novelty, but I've heard that there are Buddhist melons and vegetable farmers' associations in other towns. "We didn't even think about having a tea-farmer co-operative before, so from what you said, we should do it."    

    

"As long as you have your support. When purchasing, we will set a price for all of you. According to the quality of the tea leaves, each grade of the tea leaves will have a corresponding market price.    

    

Next, I still need the president of the cooperative society to work with me to count the tea plantations of the members. Only then will I be willing to invest in the estimated production and the amount of tea leaves they have to pay. "    

    

Kang Ying was very considerate. Shi Jiangyuan listened on the side with interest. He didn't expect Kang Ying to have so many ideas.    

    

He felt that it was extremely interesting to be with Kang Ying, as if he could see a different side of her every day. He didn't seem to get tired of being with such an interesting woman.    

    

Xia Dazhi thought for a moment and asked hesitantly, "After you operate it this way, how much do you think our tea leaves will sell for?"    

    

"First grade for the first 80 yuan, second grade for 60 yuan, third grade for 40 yuan, the superior grade for 30 yuan, this is the upper and lower range, the whole price of tea will rise along with the market fluctuations.    

    

For at least three years after my operation, the purchase and sale contract existed. "After three years when the market is stable, the tea farmers can buy and sell their own tea products. If they are willing to sell to our company, they can sell their own tea products to our company. If they are unwilling, they can also sell their own tea products."