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"Chickens and ducks need to be raised for about six months before they can be sold, and each person can only raise a dozen or so. That's too little; a dozen can only earn some pocket money, definitely not enough for living expenses. Xuan, either let us raise more, or find something else for us to do to make money." The speaker was Li Dansong, in his thirties, with a scruffy beard and a penchant for gambling. He disliked making small profits and preferred big money, so he was unhappy with Chen Haoxuan being so stingy.
"Then you can find someone else! I'm not a savior; I can't help that many people," Chen Haoxuan replied expressionlessly before turning to leave. He was furious inside! He had intended to help them, yet they spoke to him like this: "Either let us raise more, or find something else for us to do. Damn it, am I your father? Why do you talk to me like that?" Chen Haoxuan cursed inwardly.
"What does that mean! Just because he made a little money, he acts all high and mighty. It's ridiculous that he's still from Chen Family Village." Li Dansong cursed at Chen Haoxuan's back. It sounded nice that they were from the same village, but what about him? He seemed to forget how he used to bully Chen Haoxuan. Wasn't Chen Haoxuan also from Chen Family Village?
"Dansong, we are asking him for help, but why do you speak to him as if you're threatening him? If I were him, I would be angry too," an honest villager said to Li Dansong.
"Yes! Dansong, you shouldn't talk to Xuan like that. Look, now you've made him angry and left; who else can lead us to prosperity in the future..." The villagers under the Banyan Tree shifted the blame for driving away Chen Haoxuan onto Li Dansong.
Li Dansong got angry. He stood up and shouted at the villagers who had just been boasting with him: "Did I say anything wrong? Each person is only allowed to raise a dozen chickens or ducks; each one only sells for twenty or thirty bucks. Ten of them only make two or three hundred; after half a year, that's barely enough profit. It's better to gamble at the tables; if you're lucky, you could win thousands."
"If you're so great, how come you're poorer than us?"
"I'm poor? Damn it, is your family wealthy? If it weren't for the bride price from your daughters getting married, could you even build a new house?"
"What did you say? Are you implying that I'm selling my daughters?"
"Isn't that the case?" As they argued back and forth, Li Dansong and several villagers got into a heated dispute, nearly coming to blows if not for someone intervening.
Chen Haoxuan was unaware of the fight between Li Dansong and the villagers; he was currently taking a stroll through the fields. Seeing the villagers working hard in the fields, drenched in sweat yet persevering, he sighed and said, "Everything can be wealth; even farming can lead to riches. It all depends on whether you're willing to study how to improve yield and quality."
After passing by an orchard, he encountered Chen Xiumin's Dad, who was planting Sweet Potatoes. Chen Haoxuan walked over and said, "Uncle Xing, are you planting Sweet Potatoes?"
Chen Xiumin's Dad Chen Xing heard a familiar voice and turned around to find it was the wealthy man from their village, Chen Haoxuan. "Oh, it's Xuan! What brings you to the fields?" Chen Xing smiled.
Chen Haoxuan took out a cigar, handed one to Chen Xing, and lit one for himself. After taking a puff, he said, "I'm just taking a look around."
"I see you're looking for opportunities to make money, aren't you?" Chen Xing joked. He had heard from Chen Yuebin and Li Ping that Chen Haoxuan had previously found numerous business opportunities after exploring outside the village, buying up Osmanthus Trees, stones, and more. Now seeing Chen Haoxuan in the fields made him suspect he was hunting for another business opportunity.
"You caught me!" Chen Haoxuan laughed.
"What kind of business? Tell me so I can prepare!" Chen Xing suspected that Chen Haoxuan was planning to buy something again.
"First, let me ask you, how's your technique for growing Sweet Potatoes?" Chen Haoxuan inquired.
"When it comes to growing Sweet Potatoes, I dare say I'm second to none in our village," Chen Xing replied proudly.
"Then how about you grow two acres of Sweet Potatoes! I'll pay a high price for all of it, but I have some conditions. You need to grow them big without using chemical fertilizers; only cow dung and similar fertilizers are allowed. Additionally, I need you to prepare all the Sweet Potatoes into the Sweet Potato Chips I had at your house last time," Chen Haoxuan explained.
"If you're really offering a high price for two acres of Sweet Potatoes, I'll sell some cow dung as fertilizer. With that, the yield could easily exceed ten thousand pounds. Xuan, can you handle that much?" Chen Xing asked.
"After tasting your family's Sweet Potato Chips, I loved them so much that I want you to grow more for gifts at the end of the year. Anyway, Sweet Potatoes are only one or two yuan per pound; they are much cheaper than gifting tea, alcohol, or cigarettes. Just do a good job! If you cook and dry them properly, I'll buy them all at five yuan per pound. If they taste and look great, I'll pay six yuan," Chen Haoxuan said.
Unlike other plants, a single Sweet Potato can be cut into several pieces for planting and has strong vitality; it basically grows well with soil and water. Chen Xing calculated that if he sold them at six yuan per pound, working hard to achieve a yield of over ten thousand pounds would mean sixty thousand yuan. The investment wouldn't be much since it wouldn't cost too much money. Earning sixty thousand yuan from two acres of Sweet Potatoes excited him as he grabbed Chen Haoxuan's hands and said, "Xuan, thank you! I really appreciate it!"
Chen Xing truly admired Chen Haoxuan. His family was currently building a new house; without Chen Haoxuan, they wouldn't even be able to afford a tile house. Now that Chen Haoxuan had offered him such a profitable business deal, how could he not like him? If possible, he would even consider marrying his daughter off to Chen Haoxuan. His daughter was not much younger than him—one was 20 and the other 12—an eight-year difference was quite normal. Unfortunately, she had been taken by Chen Yina. Otherwise, he would have done everything possible to match his daughter with Chen Haoxuan.
"Good things should stay within the family!" Chen Haoxuan said with a smile.
"Exactly... good things should stay within the family," Chen Xing replied happily. With Chen Haoxuan's words, he vaguely felt that he would make a lot of money in the future by following him.
"Since I'm free anyway, I'll help you plant sweet potatoes!" Chen Haoxuan offered.
"No, I can do it myself. How can a billionaire like you do such work? If you really want to help, just sit beside me and chat. Tell me how to do business so I can broaden my horizons," Chen Xing laughed.
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