Chapter 53: 53 Unscrupulous Capitalist

Chapter 53: The Unscrupulous Capitalist

When Song Tan returned home, she found rice seeds drying in the courtyard.

"Mom, are you getting ready to plant them already?"

Wulan shot her a look and said irritably, "Of course! Every time you open your mouth, it's all about planting this and that—it's us two old bones who end up doing all the work!"

Song Tan thought to herself that if this were before, she would have been worried. But now, with the spiritual energy silently permeating her every day, looking at the two of them, their complexions were better than most young people!

But this was her biological mother; what could she do?

She could only coax her gently

"Isn't that how raising children works? You worry about them for a hundred years and fret for ninety-nine. At this rate, Mom, you'll have to worry for another forty years or so!"

While chuckling, she quickly pushed Qiaoqiao forward

"Mom, look! Your precious son found a treasure on the road too!"

Wulan looked down

Whoa! Three puppies!!! They were whimpering and nudging her feet aimlessly; one look and you could tell they were starving.

This only made her angrier. While busying herself to find an unexpired bag of milk powder to mix (she couldn't bear to use an unopened one), she muttered

"I don't worry enough raising you lot, and now I have to raise three dogs too!"

However, Qiaoqiao had already used his arithmetic skills—within a hundred—to calculate his wages on the way home. He said righteously

"Mom, you don't have to raise them! I'll raise them. I have money!"

Is this a matter of money?! This silly boy!

Seeing that her mother was truly about to explode this time, Song Tan hurriedly brought the boxes from behind her to show her

"Mom, look, Auntie specifically helped me find these! These ducklings are four yuan and fifty cents each. It's a good deal, right?"

Wulan looked closely and even picked up two to examine them. Hearing the ducklings chirping so loudly, a satisfied smile involuntarily appeared on her face

"Not bad. For high-quality ones like these, they'd sell for five yuan each around here! You must have over a hundred of them; that means you've saved about fifty or sixty yuan compared to others!"

"Not bad, not bad."

She was extremely satisfied, as if the ducks had been picked up for free. Looking at the group of ducklings, her eyes brimmed with maternal affection.

Qiaoqiao stood there holding the dogs, looking bewildered, not understanding why his mother's love had shifted so quickly...

But he soon found something to do—

"I'm going to make a nest for the puppies!"

Wulan quickly instructed, "Take a basket and line it with your old clothes from when you were little—straw works too!"

Song Tan also hurried to follow: "I'll fence off a patch of land for the ducks. They're too small; I won't let them out yet..."

But she was stopped by Wulan again: "I'll do it, I'll do it. You go turn the seed soil and let it dry in the sun more."

...

The rice seeds for the two fields weren't much in total. Song Tan used a bamboo rake to turn the soil a few times when her phone rang.

She stood there chatting for a few moments and immediately laughed: "Mom, tell Dad not to bother with the beehives and wood ear mushrooms tomorrow. Help him pick the Melilotus instead."

"Someone from out of town just asked if they could order a hundred pounds."

A hundred pounds?

That was two thousand yuan!

Wulan gasped, "How much will the postage be?"

Since it was that amount, they certainly wouldn't be using standard express delivery, but freight.

Song Tan smiled, "They said they'd send the driver's contact information later. We just need to deliver the vegetables at the designated time tomorrow."

Wulan decided instantly, "Alright, I'll tell your father tonight."

However, not long after, the phone rang again in succession.

Song Tan looked down and saw that the person named Secretary Wang had placed another order for twenty pounds in the group chat.

Checking the records, the previous ten pounds had only been sent out yesterday and should be arriving today.

Excellent. While she couldn't find repeat customers online, she had a handful of them in real life.

After replying to the message, she realized many more people had added her on her contacts, and almost all of them were from Ningcheng...

Song Tan sighed, "Forget it, this two thousand yuan will just pass through my hands. I need to find someone to develop a shopping mini-program first." Even then, it might not be enough.

But before the mini-program was developed, these fragmented orders were difficult to handle.

They were busy now with tea, wood ear mushrooms, pigs, ducks, bees, and everything else...

They were truly running themselves ragged.

And packaging these vegetables required air column bags and dry ice. Whether it was three, five, eight, or ten pounds, every address was different.

Song Tan thought for a moment and sent a message to the delivery boy she had met before

"If I transport the vegetables to your place, can you help me pack and ship them?"

"Sure!"

The other party replied instantly

"Packaging for express is part of our job anyway. Don't worry, I won't miss a single air column bag or piece of dry ice for your vegetables! I'll weigh and take a photo of every package I finish."

"You just need to send me the specific contact details and how many pounds are needed, and I'll make sure there are no mistakes."

Finally, a customer!

Running a rural express business wasn't easy!

After making his bold claim, the young man asked, "How many deliveries are we talking about? I only have enough air column bags and dry ice bags for two or three boxes here."

Song Tan looked at the continuously increasing orders and hesitated for a moment

"Why don't you prepare about a hundred or so first? I already have over thirty orders."

The delivery boy:???

Did happiness arrive this suddenly?

...

With the confidence provided by these repeat customers, Song Tan no longer cared about her video view counts. She decisively changed her bio, removing the words "Free Shipping."

She was making a profit anyway. She would still film videos, but whether people bought them or not was up to them—no more free shipping.

This bold mindset put her in a wonderful mood, making her even more generous when providing spiritual energy to the little ducklings.

A buzzing sound came from the storage shed. Seeing that Qiaoqiao wasn't around, Song Tan carefully opened the box to peek inside—

She saw the queen bumblebee clutching a beeswax pot under her abdomen, swaying as she incubated the larvae.

However, her round little head was desperately pushing toward Song Tan, attempting to get even more spiritual energy.

How cute.

She dabbed a bit of spiritual energy on her fingertip and carefully rubbed the fuzzy body. Both human and bee were satisfied before she closed the box.

Turning her head, she saw Qiaoqiao standing nearby, looking at her accusingly

"Sister, didn't you say we weren't allowed to touch them?"

Song Tan wasn't intimidated in the slightest

"But am I not about to pay you your wages? Those who pay wages are the bosses. A boss can do things that you might not be able to do."

Qiaoqiao stood there in confusion, then cautiously peeked through the gap in the shed—unfortunately, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see a thing.

And at that moment, the capitalist Tan Tan began calling for her laborer, Qiaoqiao, again.

"Is the dog nest finished yet? Once it's done, come and get to work."

Song Tan stuffed a hoe into his hands.

"Dig up the vegetable garden at the entrance properly. If you do a good job, we'll start seedling nursery and sowing the day after tomorrow."

She coaxed the reluctant Qiaoqiao, who was clinging to the three puppies

"Look, if you dig until dark, you'll get fifty yuan. Then you can buy bells for your dogs, beautiful clothes, and even toys and snacks. You can buy meat bones!"

"You can even buy biscuits for your Da Bai."

Fifty yuan was being painted by the unscrupulous capitalist as if it were five hundred.

Qiaoqiao's fighting spirit soared!

He instantly gripped the hoe tightly: "I will definitely work hard!"

That's enough... time for the comments.

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