Chapter 410 Profiteering
As soon as Zheng Lu's words came out, everyone's expressions became solemn.

The sugar cane was harvested, but it was sold off.

Just now, when Zheng Changyin saw the endless sugarcane forest in front of him, he felt uneasy.As expected, the more abundant the sugarcane harvest, the lower the price.

According to Zheng Lu, the purchase price of sugar cane can drop by one price a day.A few days ago, it was still 6 cents a catty, but yesterday it was reduced to 5 cents. I don’t know what the price is today.

In Yangwen Village and nearby villages, the villagers all grow sugar cane.Today is a good year, with a bumper harvest, and every household has a large amount of sugar cane.

According to the current purchase price, the folks are all losing money.However, there is no way to prevent people from buying them. Is it possible to let the sugar cane rot in the ground?If the sugar cane is left to rot in the ground, they will not get any money.

According to the prices in previous years, the purchase price of sugarcane is about [-] cents per catty.This year's harvest was bumper, and the purchaser deliberately kept the price low.There is no way, if you are not willing to sell it to others, they will go to the next village to buy it, and there will always be someone willing to sell it.

As Zheng Lu said, she stretched out her hand to cover her heart, her heart ached.

After a long time, Zheng Lu took a deep breath, forced out a smile, and said, "Forget it, don't talk about it, let's cut sugar cane quickly. The buyers are coming soon, if you don't cut it, it will be too late."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Lu raised the big knife in his hand and chopped down into the sugarcane field.With a knife down, several sugar canes fell down.

Seeing this, Gu Yufan didn't say anything, he also held the big knife in his hand, and followed Zheng Lu's example to chop down the sugarcane field.Gu Yufan's strength was enough, but the angle and skill of cutting were not enough. This knife only cut a sugarcane.

Su Ren and Liang Jie also helped cut sugar cane.Only Zheng Changyin, holding a big knife in his hand, didn't move at all.She was looking at the sea of ​​sugar cane in front of her, thinking, no one knew what she was thinking.

After a while, the sound of a tractor was faintly heard.

Upon hearing this voice, Zheng Lu, Su Ren and Liang Jie immediately stopped what they were doing.Zheng Lu yelled, "Here they are."

Zheng Lu said that they were buyers, and they drove a tractor to buy sugar cane.

The sound of the tractor was getting closer and closer, and the surrounding villagers all walked to the sides of the country road and waited.

Zheng Changyin also walked into the crowd and waited with everyone.

The tractor stopped right in front of Zheng Lu and Su Ren, and two men got out of the cab.After getting out of the car, he glanced at the cut down sugar cane on the ground, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled.

Zheng Changyin glanced at the two of them, one was fat and the other was thin, with ordinary looks.It is the kind that is not conspicuous at all in the crowd.

"My sugar cane has been chopped and ready to be weighed." An uncle next to them immediately shouted at the two of them.

"Our family has also chopped it up." Another aunt shouted.

The villagers all began to shout, saying that their sugar cane had been cut and could be sold.The villagers seemed a little nervous and anxious, as if they were afraid that the buyers would not want their sugar cane.

The two acquirers seemed to be used to this kind of scene, making everyone shout, but not in a hurry to respond.

Zheng Changyin frowned. The villagers are so eager to sell, how can they get a good price?
After a long time, the fat buyer finally said, "We forgot to bring the scale today."

As soon as the words came out, the villagers were stunned.How do you weigh sugar cane without a scale?

It was Su Ren who came to his senses first and suggested: "The village head has a scale at home, I'll borrow it."

"Yes, yes, borrow it from the village chief." Someone responded immediately.

Su Ren immediately stepped forward to leave, but was stopped by the thin purchaser: "Don't bother, we can just calculate the money at the root."

Su Ren stopped in his tracks, turned his face and stared blankly at the two purchasers.All eyes turned to them.Calculate money by root?What algorithm?
"Ten sugar canes, ten cents, you line up and count each one."

As soon as the purchaser's words came out, the folks exploded.

What?Ten sugar canes can be exchanged for a dime?One sugarcane weighs about five catties, and ten sugar cane weighs fifty catties.Fifty catties of sugarcane only cost a dime, so... what is the difference between giving it to the buyer for nothing?

"How can it be like this?"

"Aren't you stealing like this?"

"We have to weigh by the catty, not by the root."

……

Folks, you say what I say, and I disagree with the algorithm of calculating money by root.

Zheng Changyin and Gu Yufan did not participate in the discussions among the villagers.I saw that Zheng Changyin frowned, staring at the two purchasers with a bit of annoyance, gnashing his teeth with hatred.

"Changyin, they did it on purpose." Gu Yufan turned his face and said to Zheng Changyin.Forgetting to bring a scale is just an excuse to lower the price on purpose.

Zheng Changyin turned his face and looked back at Gu Yufan, but didn't say anything.Zheng Changyin also saw the buyer's disgust, but had nothing to say.

"Tell the folks not to sell, they are profiteers." Gu Yufan added.

Zheng Changyin opened his mouth, but still didn't speak.She has already wanted to ask the folks not to sell it ten thousand times.But, I can't open my mouth.

In Gu Yufan's opinion, selling ten sugar canes for ten cents is worse than letting the sugar cane rot in the ground.However, Zheng Changyin is different from Gu Yufan. She has endured hardships and knows that it is not easy for the villagers to plant.If the sugarcane is allowed to rot in the ground, there is really not even a dime left.

"Or, let's reduce it to four cents a catty, it can't be less."

"Yes, only four cents."

Among the crowd, some villages and towns took the lead in lowering prices and discussing with purchasers.It was still five cents yesterday, but today they took the initiative to drop it to four cents, which is considered very sincere.

The honest folks thought that they could satisfy the greed of the purchaser by making a concession.Unexpectedly, the greed of buyers is endless.

"No, ten cents, and no cents." The fat buyer refused very firmly.

All the villagers showed sadness on their faces.Zheng Changyin glanced at Zheng Lu and Liang Jie, seeing that they were so anxious that they were about to cry.

"Let me accept it." Gu Yufan couldn't hold back anymore, he said something to Zheng Changyin, and was about to step forward.However, Zheng Changyin grabbed him with one hand.

"How much can you accept? Can you accept it every day?" Zheng Changyin retorted Gu Yufan, and forced Gu Yufan to hold him back.

"Three cents, let's reduce it to three cents per catty." Among the crowd, some villagers personally lowered the price.

When they heard the three cents, some villagers reached out and beat their chests, with a look of pain on their faces.

"There are sugar cane everywhere now, you still want to sell for three cents? No way! If you don't want to sell, we will leave." After speaking, the two buyers got into the car, with an attitude of going away.

"Don't go, don't go, we sell."

 I will ask for leave tomorrow.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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