si-mexico Chapter 912: It won't sell for much
Chapter 912: It won't sell for much
"How to deal with it?" Song Wen and Wei Gang looked at each other. They couldn't guess what the people in Jiazhuang relied on to allow them to plant peanuts in such a foolish way.
"Well," the old farmer said with shame, "but I am not very knowledgeable and I can't guess what they rely on to dare to do this."
"Are the people in that village hardworking?" Song Wen suddenly thought of this and asked directly.
"It depends on how you put it," the old farmer took another puff of his cigarette, "Compared to us, they are all sneaky and cunning people!"
Song Wen looked at the people working in the fields and understood.
It seems that the people of Jiazhuang are not so simple and motivated.
Probably good at disguising himself.
Otherwise, why didn't Oda and his team find anything unusual when they visited here?
Recalling what he had heard in Beijing before about this village's practice of morally blackmailing the grandfathers of some children who did not qualify for financial aid into sending them to school, Song Wen felt that the waters in Jiazhuang were murky and that he might not be able to find out anything.
Wei Gang also had the same feeling, so after chatting with the old farmer for a while, the two walked aside and expressed their respective opinions.
Only then did I realize that the two of them had the same opinion.
"Then shall we go to Jiazhuang?" Wei Gang hesitated. He didn't want to waste time.
"Go ahead, maybe you'll find something!" Song Wen was unwilling to give up, "Besides, since we're already here, it would be a waste of the shipping fee if we don't go."
Wei Gang was persuaded, "I'll listen to you, let's go!"
The two men felt a little heavy-hearted and did not say a word on the way to Jiazhuang.
But when they reached the village entrance, they suddenly became like different people, smiling at everyone they saw.
When they arrived at the village and saw people gathered in groups of three or four chatting, they felt even more depressed.
At this time, people in the neighboring villages are all working in the fields!
But here they are hiding in the shade and enjoying their leisure.
It's really a contrast that makes me understand what the old farmer said about the people in this village being dishonest and cunning is not groundless.
The two also felt that the attention they received was gradually increasing.
The two pretended not to know and walked straight into the crowd, "Brothers and sisters-in-law, uncles and aunts, we are reporters from the county. We want to find some materials and accidentally passed by your village, so it's the same to come to your village to ask."
"You say you are reporters, do you have any proof?" A man who was obviously dressed better than the others walked over, looked at the two and asked.
"How can we not have it?" Song Wen and Wei Gang took out the press pass they made yesterday and handed it directly to the man.
Wei Gang was fiddling with the camera hanging on his chest.
I rented this camera from a photo studio yesterday just for the purpose of posing.
When they handed out the press cards, they were a little nervous, but they thought the press cards were pretty good, so they didn't look flustered and were very calm.
The man had noticed the camera hanging on Wei Gang's chest. After taking the press card, he looked it up and down, and the suspicion on his face gradually disappeared. Especially after seeing the official seal, he immediately handed the press card to Song Wen and Wei Gang with a smile on his face, "Comrades, I didn't know you had come from afar. I'm really sorry for not welcoming you."
Seeing that the man spoke in a set way, and since he stood up, the villagers spontaneously stood behind him, with him as the leader.
Song Wen and Wei Gang were startled. Could this man be the village chief?
"Oh, comrade, you are too polite. We just happened to pass by and thought it would be nice to come and take a look since we were already here," Song Wen said while practicing Tai Chi. "To be honest, we are sorry for disturbing you."
"Comrade, what are you talking about!" The man waved his hands quickly, "I am the village chief of this village. If you have any questions, you can just ask me directly."
When the two heard what the man said, they confirmed their guess.
Moreover, although the man spoke very politely, the meaning behind his words was very obvious.
That is, if you have any questions, you can only ask him, not his villagers.
Based on the man's precise answer, the two knew they wouldn't be able to get anything out of him.
However, the two of them had prepared themselves mentally before coming, so they were not too disappointed. "That's great. With your help in answering questions, we believe we can get twice the result with half the effort."
The man, Village Chief Jia, looked at the two of them inconspicuously after hearing Song Wen's answer.
Because before coming here, Song Wen and Wei Gang were known for being kind, so they gave people a very honest impression.
Village chief Jia felt that these two people should be of average character, otherwise how could they end up having the job of collecting materials in the countryside.
He must be doing pretty well in the newspaper office, which is why he was assigned to do a field visit with them.
But he couldn't look down on these two people.
You know, there are still three pounds of nails on a rotten boat!
Especially when honest people are bullied severely, their outbursts can be scary!
Therefore, Village Chief Jia attached great importance to it and said, "Then I will tell you everything I know and cooperate with the two colleagues to carry out their work."
After hearing the answer from Village Chief Jia, Song Wen and Wei Gang took out a notebook from their bag and said, "Village Chief, let's start asking questions. The first question is why your village doesn't grow as many peanuts as the neighboring villages?"
"There are many people in our village, and they all grow peanuts. We have no food to eat. What should we do?" Village chief Jia looked worried.
In fact, what he was thinking about was that a nearby village had planted a large amount of land with peanuts. No matter whether the harvest was good or bad, if they wanted to eat food, they had to rely on them and buy it from them. Otherwise, they had to walk a long way to the town or county to buy it, which was not only tiring but also not cost-effective.
So it would be better to go to their village to buy it when the time comes.
After all, they grow a lot and can sell part of it, and if they encounter special circumstances, they can even raise the price.
By then, you may not earn less than growing peanuts!
But this kind of thing only needs to be known to the people within their village, and it cannot leak out, otherwise their wishful thinking will be thwarted.
"Then why do other villages grow peanuts? Aren't they afraid of having nothing to eat?" Song Wen directly refuted the argument of Village Chief Jia.
"For us rural people, land is our lifeline. So why do those villages do this? It's probably too reckless!" After saying this, Village Chief Jia looked regretful.
"But why did I hear from others that someone is buying peanuts, and they will buy as much as they plant," Wei Gang took notes while recording the conversation between Song Wen and Village Chief Jia, and suddenly asked, "Then after the peanuts are harvested and sold, can't we just buy whatever we want to eat? How can we go hungry?"
Village Chief Jia was stunned by the question. It seemed that the two of them were not as honest and simple-minded as he had previously judged, but there was a gap between them.
But the village chief reacted very quickly, "Yes, there are people who buy it, but with such a large area of peanuts, if the peanuts don't grow well, even if someone buys it, it won't make much money!"