Jiang Hongyi and Lang Liugu were so angry they were practically spitting blood!
The reason is simple: the vegetables in his garden are only enough for the two of them to eat. Even if they wanted to pick some to sell, there are only about ten pounds, which wouldn't even be enough to buy two pounds of meat...
Besides, with such a small amount of vegetables, what would they eat if they sold them all?
In fact, Jiang Erming's family had a fairly large vegetable garden. When Lang Ying was still with them, they grew more vegetables than they could eat each year, and they also raised several pigs and a lot of chickens and ducks.
Later, Lang Ying and Jiang Erming divorced. Lang Liugu then began to fantasize about going to the city to marry a rich second-generation daughter-in-law. She thought she would soon be a wealthy person who could eat out at any restaurant. So why would she bother growing vegetables?
The Jiang family's vegetable garden has been completely abandoned!
Now, their dream of "eating the rich" has been shattered. The family of three slunk back to the village, only to find that the vegetable garden, which they used to have more than enough to eat in previous years, was now overgrown with weeds!
Lang Ying was also very strong-willed; she would rather find another place to cultivate the land than use her ex-husband's vegetable garden.
At first, Aunt Lang didn't want to tend to the vegetable garden, so she borrowed some vegetables from her neighbors.
Later, because of her rude remarks, she offended Lang Ying. The villagers were worried about being punished by Jiang Xiaoman, the God of Wealth, so they dared not let Aunt Lang go to their vegetable garden to pick vegetables.
There was nothing else he could do but carry a hoe and go plant vegetables himself.
But farming isn't like you can just sow seeds today and have vegetables to eat tomorrow.
Jiang Erming's father was a lazy man who wouldn't even lift a finger to pick up a fallen oil bottle. Since Lang Liugu got married, she hadn't gone to the fields to grow vegetables for a long time. She painstakingly cultivated a small plot of land and grew some vegetables, which was barely enough for the couple to eat.
Compared to Jiang Erming's overgrown vegetable garden, Lang Ying's own vegetable plot on the riverbank was thriving!
While Jiang Xiaoman was harvesting her vegetables, she also harvested a batch of vegetables from her own garden. Tender pumpkins, cowpeas, flat beans, potatoes, onions, and the like, which are all high-yield vegetables in this season, actually sold for more than two thousand yuan!
Hearing that their former daughter-in-law made over two thousand yuan selling vegetables, Aunt Lang and her husband were green with envy.
If only Lang Ying were still their daughter-in-law, she certainly wouldn't dare to hide any money. They could just have her give them the money from selling vegetables, enough for them to eat pork for two months.
Unfortunately, Lang Ying refused to remarry their son. Without a formal marriage, even if the two old men in the Jiang family glared at her with their eyes popped out, Lang Ying would not give away her hard-earned money from selling vegetables to her ex-husband's family.
Not only Lang Ying, but everyone in Langshan Village who was hardworking made a lot of money selling vegetables this time.
However, the one who earned the most was Lang Ying's good friend, Shan Ying.
Shan Ying is also a master at growing vegetables. Because her family raises pigs, she also cleared land this year to plant a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes. She harvested a batch of sweet potato seedlings and dug up most of the potatoes. With the other vegetables in the garden, she actually sold them for five or six thousand yuan!
Everyone in the village was incredibly envious, and she herself felt it was a pity.
Her family also grows a lot of vegetables, but because her family is too far from the village, even if they pick them, it would be too late to deliver them to the village.
Otherwise, the money from selling vegetables alone would have covered half a year's living expenses for my family.
Jiang Xiaoman comforted her, saying that if they needed to buy vegetables from him again, he should tell Shan Ying in advance and ask her to go back to her parents' home to get some vegetables to sell.
Since they're all vegetables anyway, it doesn't matter whose they come from, Jiang Xiaoman is happy to help her own people.
While he was busy collecting vegetables from all over, Lang Ying, after finishing collecting her own vegetables, quickly brought people to the courier station to pack them up.
At 3 p.m., the open space in front of the express delivery station was already filled with bags of freshly picked vegetables.
To prevent the vegetables from wilting in the heat, Jiang Xiaoman specifically asked someone to keep the woven bags used to pack the vegetables. He would then return the bags to the original owners after all the vegetables had been packed.
In rural areas, to prevent farm tools from being taken by mistake, people usually write their names on them as a mark so that they won't get mixed up when they're piled together.
Around 4 PM, the delivery truck that Jiang Xiaoman had called arrived.
Hearing that his shipment was to be sent to H province, the branch manager couldn't help but marvel at Jiang Xiaoman's good fortune.
H Province just issued a new ban half an hour ago: apart from three express delivery companies that are ensuring supply, other social vehicles are no longer allowed to enter or exit the highway.
Moreover, once their delivery trucks enter H province, they can't get out.
Some netizens have jokingly called the three companies "suicide transport".
But there's no other way; in times like these, someone always has to be a hero who steps forward to overcome difficulties!
"What about the delivery fee?" Jiang Xiaoman's heart skipped a beat after hearing this.
A one-way trip means that once the delivery truck goes in, it will definitely be unable to perform other transportation tasks for a short period of time.
"Maintain the original price!" the branch manager said through gritted teeth.
"This is the company's decision, and the company also has regulations that urgently needed supplies such as fresh meat, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables should be loaded and shipped first!"
Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.
"Tell the driver and the escort to wait!"
After saying that, Jiang Xiaoman asked Jiang Yu to arrange loading for him, and then ran to the kitchen, cracked a dozen or so local eggs, scooped out half a basin of flour, and quickly made a large stack of egg pancakes.
He also took a large bottle of his own homemade wild mushroom chili sauce, two bottles of spicy pickled vegetables, and more than twenty tea eggs that he had originally cooked for the villagers who were helping out. He put them in a clean plastic bag and forced them into the driver's hand.
"Take these with you! They probably can't take care of you right now, so bring plenty of food. The weather won't get bad anytime soon."
The driver gratefully accepted the bag full of food.
Several hours later, after their car entered the capital of H province, they realized just how precious that bag of egg pancakes and wild mushroom chili sauce really was!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he saved her life.
Because the once bustling provincial capital is now deserted, with even the ubiquitous convenience stores closed.
The vending machines on the street were also emptied.
Fortunately, Jiang Xiaoman had given them a big bag of food, enough to last them until they reached the delivery location...
Chapter 177
Jiang Xiaoman didn't feel happy at all after unexpectedly helping the villagers sell vegetables and earn some money.
He suspended kimchi sales and posted a video to explain to his fans that it wasn't a last-minute change of heart, but rather that he planned to leave the remaining kimchi for the people of H province who needed the supplies more.
Fans expressed their understanding, since kimchi can be bought anytime, but in times like these, a jar of kimchi can be a lifesaver for those stranded in H province, especially for families with no other vegetables but rice or noodles.
After a night of fermentation, news about this super flu is everywhere online, and even worse news has emerged—
The three courier companies finally exhausted the last bit of transportation capacity in the surrounding area, and the truck drivers they urgently recruited from their branches in various places were still on airplanes.
Express deliveries to H province were forced to be temporarily suspended.
Just then, Jiang Xiaoman received several requests for help from fans in W City, H Province.
Coincidentally, these fans were all in the largest industrial park in W City.
Many of Jiang Xiaoman's fans are people from rural areas who have come to the city to work. These people are far from home and when they miss their families, they can only keep going by watching short videos of slow-paced rural life online.
However, the locals were stuck at home. Although it was not as convenient to buy things as usual, their food reserves were enough to last until the government distributed relief supplies.
But those migrant workers trapped in factory dormitories and shared apartments are pitiful.
The rented places and dormitories usually don't allow cooking, and because the places are small, these people rarely have the habit of storing supplies. After being trapped in the dormitory, the better ones have a few packs of instant noodles.
Those who are unlucky don't even have instant noodles and can only rely on help from fellow villagers or coworkers in the same building.
This can't go on.
Just then, Jiang Xiaoman's fans saw that he had also prepared a supply package for single people who couldn't cook. They had a sudden idea and thought they would try to ask Jiang Xiaoman for help. They asked the villagers to make some long-lasting flatbread or dig up some potatoes and sweet potatoes to sell to them.
They can borrow an induction cooker and cook a pot of sweet potatoes, enough to last them all day.
Jiang Xiaoman could feel the hunger of her fans just by reading the words.
However, with the current shortage of transportation capacity, there are countless supplies waiting in line to enter H Province through the supply guarantee logistics. As a small individual business owner, he may not even be able to get in line.
To put it bluntly, he can help collect food and drinks, but once they're collected, how do you get them transported there?
“If land transport won’t work, how about water transport?” Jiang Yu suddenly asked.
"waterway?"
"That's right! Xiaoman, have you forgotten? My hometown is right across the river from W City!"
"Oh right! How could I have forgotten about that?" Jiang Xiaoman stood up excitedly.
“I saw on the news that the supply and logistics in H province are still running smoothly. Why don’t we contact the local community and send the supplies to the other side of the river by water? We can drop the supplies off without people coming into contact with them, and then our boat can return so they can take the supplies back…” Jiang Yu proposed a solution that he thought was feasible.
"Give it a try!" Jiang Xiaoman is a woman of action, and she immediately asked her fans for the phone number of the person in charge of their community.
Coincidentally, the community is also having a headache over this issue.
Their community consists almost entirely of factories and dormitories belonging to various companies in an industrial zone. Now that the vegetable market is closed and nearby restaurants are shut down, a large number of migrant workers trapped in dormitories and rented rooms are desperately waiting for food, and the community hotline is almost overwhelmed with calls.
When Jiang Xiaoman said that fresh vegetables could be delivered by water, the community secretary was overjoyed and wished he could kiss him over the phone.
"Sure! We'll arrange vehicles and volunteers! By the way, do you have protective suits?"
Jiang Xiaoman: "..."
How could ordinary people possibly have professional protective suits at home?!
The community secretary across the street was very conscientious and responsible, and it seemed their community was quite wealthy. So, after their meeting, they decided—
First, send two sets of protective suits over by drone, so that Jiang Xiaoman and her team can wear the protective suits and deliver supplies to them.
Otherwise, if they get infected, wouldn't that be repaying kindness with enmity?
At such a dangerous time, the villagers on the other side of the river were willing to risk infection to deliver supplies to them. They appreciated their kindness and remembered it, but they couldn't repay kindness with enmity by not allowing them to take any protective measures.
Hearing that the industrial park community across the street was even equipped with drones, Jiang Xiaoman was so envious that tears welled up in her eyes.
What he didn't know was that it was only because the situation was urgent now. Under normal circumstances, not to mention drones, helicopters could also be arranged... After all, there are more than a dozen companies with an annual output value of over one billion yuan within the jurisdiction of this community.
However, when faced with a cunning super flu, even a billion-dollar company has to back down and go out of business.
And they had no choice but to wait helplessly for kind-hearted cities in the surrounding area to come and help them.
This is where the appeal of local leaders like Shan Yan and Jiang Xiaoman becomes apparent.
Jiang Yu took Shan Yan back to her parents' home and explained the situation to the local village secretary. The village immediately decided to lend out the largest boat in the village and mobilize all the able-bodied men in the village to help Jiang Xiaoman and her family load and transport the supplies!
As it happened, some villagers in Jiang Yu's hometown also grew vegetables. Jiang Xiaoman temporarily borrowed the open space at the entrance of the shipyard, harvested and packed vegetables on the spot, and in less than half a day, he had gathered a whole ship's hold full of grain and vegetable gift packages.
Jiang Yu put on the protective suit delivered by drone.
Shan Yan wanted to go with them, but Jiang Yu stopped him, saying, "We have three girls at home. What will happen to them if we both get infected?"
Shan Yan choked on his words and hugged Jiang Yu tightly.
His other delivery partner was Shan Yan's apprentice, Qing Shan.