Chapter 1209 Deal
" There is no need for you to stand up, Village head Qiao," Yu Dong smiled at the woman in front of her gently. She motioned for the two of them to sit down, and Da Qiao and Elder Qiao almost said their thanks aloud to Yu Dong for letting them sit down.
What kind of woman was she? Was she really just a farmer? The two women could not help but doubt when they looked at Yu Dong.
" Mi…Miss Yu," Elder Qiao stuttered in awe as she gulped before lowering her head and then pushing the jar of pickles that she had brought with her. " Da Qiao told me that you came to our village to buy our pickles.
Is this … Is this offer still valid?" She paused and added," We brought this jar for you to taste just in case…" She would rather not make it look like she was here to bribe Yu Dong which she was!
Elder Qiao hoped that it was because she would cry like a baby if Yu Dong said that she had revoked the offer since they were two days late. But then again she gave them the time to think without any limits, so the offer should be valid, right… RIGHT?
Yu Dong looked at the jar of pickles that was sent to her as a gift and curled her lips. She crossed her ankles and then hummed before nodding," The offer is indeed valid and so is the contract, but you do know the terms, right? Or shall I discuss it with you two again?"
When she heard that the offer was still valid, Elder Qiao heaved a sigh of relief. She looked at Yu Dong and then nodded," I would like to discuss the contract with you once more if you are willing to, Madam Yu. Since I was not with Da Qiao I am not clear with the terms."
Yu Dong nodded before she turned to look at Ye Liu and then asked him to bring the two sets of contract copies that she had asked him to prepare. She then turned to look at Da Qiao and asked," You are educated, right?"
" I can read and write if that is what you are asking Miss Yu," Da Qiao replied. She could not do arithmetic but she could read and write properly.
" Then it eases up a lot of things," Yu Dong nodded as she pushed the two sets of contracts that Ye Liu brought with him. " These are two sets of contracts. One of these contracts specifically specifies that you need to use my homegrown vegetables to make pickles, which will bring you fifty per cent profit.
The next set of contracts states that you can use the vegetables grown at the greenhouses in my village and in this contract, you will get sixty per cent of the profit."
Elder Qiao blinked her eyes as she turned to look at Da Qiao who read the two sets of contract to her. After the two of them were done reading, Elder Qiao turned to look at Yu Dong and asked," But what if we want to sell the vegetables that are grown in our village?"
" I don\'t think that they will sell well," Yu Dong did not coat her words as she straight up told Elder Qiao the truth. " The pickles made by your village are good but you have tried to sell them right? At most, you would be able to earn thirty to forty copper coins.
However, if the pickles are made from my homegrown vegetables and the ones grown by the villagers, I am sure that I can sell each jar at five to six hundred copper coins for the vegetable and one tael for the meat. Of course, these only include my homegrown vegetables and livestock. If I join the villagers then each jar will be sold for three hundred copper coins."
Elder Qiao was a smart woman. She immediately understood that the way Yu Dong and the villagers of the Big River Village grew vegetables was different from theirs. This was why she was insisting on using her own vegetables.
" I was originally going to purchase the recipe but Village Head Qiao said that she cannot sell the recipe, which is why I am giving your village the contract to make pickles for me," Yu Dong explained, she placed her hand on the knee while the other hand was now resting over the other one.
" The more jars of pickles you make the more you will earn, I hope you will be able to understand this, Elder Qiao."
Her eyes narrowed as she added, " And of course, I also hope that no one will change the vegetable stock. Because the taste of my village vegetables is considerably different. I am willing to build a pickle factory for your village but the terms will remain the same with an added term that you cannot sell the pickle to anyone else."
" Of course, your villagers can sell the pickles made by the vegetables raised by your villagers as you wish but the one made in the factory that I will build will only be sold in my mall."
" Do you understand?" Yu Dong asked with a raise of brow.
Elder Qiao and Da Qiao knew that the terms were too strict but at the same time, they were beneficial for them as well.