If Boss Zhang doesn't want the vegetables, then she will have to go to the wholesale point early tomorrow to see if she can find a few more bosses.
Otherwise, when would she be able to raise enough money to build a greenhouse?
But just as she made up her mind, Boss Zhang called back.
She quickly answered the phone.
Before she could even open her mouth, Boss Zhang said,
"Mingzhu, I'm sorry, my phone just ran out of battery and turned off. Did you hear the price clearly? If you think the price is okay, I'll have the truck go to the old place to load the vegetables tomorrow!"
"No problem!" Gu Mingzhu turned from sadness to joy, "I thought you didn't want my food anymore."
"I was so busy that I forgot to charge my phone." Boss Zhang smiled and said, "Your dishes will cost about 72,000 yuan. As usual, I'll pay you half of the money first."
Gu Mingzhu had no problem with the deposit, but Boss Zhang was a little worried that she would not be able to make it in time. "It's easy to get 3,000 kilograms of radishes, but it's not easy to get 3,000 kilograms of spinach."
"Girl, are you sure you can make it in time?"
Spinach is light, and it is not easy for one person to produce three to five hundred kilograms of it in a day.
If it's 3,000 pounds, it's not an easy job.
Gu Mingzhu has the system to help her, so she doesn't have to worry about this.
But she couldn't tell the truth to Boss Zhang, so she said, "Don't worry about it. I've hired more than a dozen people to help. We'll start pulling it out this afternoon and it will be done before five o'clock tomorrow."
"That's fine!" Boss Zhang was relieved when he heard this. "I'll ask them to go over early tomorrow to load the truck."
After making an agreement with Boss Zhang, Gu Mingzhu did not sit idle, but went directly to the field carrying a hoe.
When she was working in the small supermarket, she asked Grandma Wang to find someone who had a thresher at home.
The other party said that it would cost 500 yuan to plow one acre of land, so she gave a deposit of 200 yuan without saying a word and asked them to plow the two acres of land first.
By now the vegetables have been harvested and the ground should have been plowed almost completely, so she can plant the seeds she bought at the market.
But before she even reached the field, she heard Deng Hongmei telling people not far away about her family's faults.
Eight out of ten people in the team know that Deng Hongmei is aggressive and likes to take advantage of small opportunities.
Now everyone saw that she was confusing right and wrong and making up stories about Gu Mingzhu and her brother. Those who knew the truth just focused on their own work and didn't say a word.
When those who like to stir up trouble heard what Deng Hongmei said, they added fuel to the fire and exaggerated it, wishing that the two branches of the Gu family would fight each other.
The more they fanned the flames, the more excited Deng Hongmei became.
But she was good at saving face and never said that she had occupied the second house's land. She just said that Gu Mingzhu and her brother were heartless.
"Since her parents passed away, how much have we raised her siblings? Even if you ask me to calculate, I can't figure it out."
"I never thought that after she recovered from her illness, instead of thanking me as her aunt for helping her siblings, she threatened me in front of so many people!"
"You didn't see how fierce she was! If there weren't so many people around, I think she would have beaten me up on the spot!"
Gu Mingzhu pretended not to hear and strode over. "What are you guys talking about? It's so lively."
Deng Hongmei had her back to her and was so busy talking that she didn't notice someone coming up behind her.
Now, hearing what Gu Mingzhu said, she glared at the women opposite her, indicating that they did not remind her.
Those people just wanted to make fun of Deng Hongmei, so they didn't even bother to remind her.
Seeing Gu Mingzhu coming, they just smiled awkwardly and went back to work in their respective fields.
Deng Hongmei couldn't help but spit in her heart when she saw them running away so quickly.
But when she looked up at Gu Mingzhu, a fake smile appeared on her face. "Nothing to say. Isn't this just a casual chat between neighbors?"
"Oh, I thought my aunt was blaming me for asking you to return the land to me."
Deng Hongmei was reluctant to return the land, but Gu Mingzhu insisted on telling her this in public. "But I also told grandma that my aunt is not the kind of unreasonable and hot-tempered person."
"Grandma also said that you are not, and she also said that you will return the land to me on time."
As she spoke, she pointed at the vegetables on the ground and said, "Aunt, there are so many vegetables, you should harvest them as soon as possible. Although the land belongs to my family, you worked hard to grow the vegetables, I can't take them from you for nothing."
Deng Hongmei was already full of dissatisfaction.
Now, hearing that every word Gu Mingzhu said pierced her heart, she gritted her teeth even more.
Those who were watching the fun almost laughed out loud after hearing what Gu Mingzhu said.
Seeing that Deng Hongmei didn't say anything, Gu Mingzhu continued to play innocent, "But if my aunt gives it to me, I will shamelessly accept it."
"Firstly, we have no vegetables to eat now. Secondly, my aunt has been cultivating my family's land for more than half a year. My aunt is kind enough to give us some vegetables. I will rent them locally!"
Deng Hongmei saw that she was getting more and more ridiculous, so she lost her temper and said, "Mingzhu has been ill for a while, and her articulation is much better than before."
Before Gu Mingzhu could reply, she immediately changed the subject, "Mingzhu, just now the old cow from Team 6 came to till the fields. He said you asked him to come. Why, as a college student, do you really want to stay in the village to farm?"
"Your parents worked so hard to support you through college, and you stay at home to farm. Isn't that a bit of a waste?"
Those with bad intentions also said, "That's right! It's not easy to support a college student these days. Prices are so expensive, and tuition is not cheap either!"
"Your parents scrimped and saved to support you, but you didn't go out to work in an office and earn a lot of money, but came home to farm. Isn't that a waste of your education?!"
For a while, men and women in the fields were all talking about Gu Mingzhu's faults.
Deng Hongmei breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everyone's attention had been diverted, but she also secretly took note of Gu Mingzhu in her heart.
You little bitch, how dare you embarrass me in public! ?
Just wait for me!
I'll settle accounts with you one by one from now on!
But she relaxed too early.
Gu Mingzhu was surrounded by so many people, but she was not panicked. Instead, she smiled and said to everyone: "I understand what the uncles and aunts mean. I also want to go out to work, but everyone knows what my family situation is."
"If I really go out to work, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my house, let alone my land."
As soon as she said this, Deng Hongmei's face turned extremely ugly.
Seeing this, Gu Mingzhu pretended to have said something wrong and slapped herself in the face: "Don't get me wrong, my aunt was just scared and panicked, so she planted it."
"If it were someone else, it would definitely be considered robbery! Aunt, don't you think so?"
It would have been better if she hadn't added these words.
As soon as she added these words, Deng Hongmei couldn't hold it back anymore, "Gu Mingzhu! What do you mean!?"