Ye Jin pulled Ye Xiaoli into her room. A basket of radishes was stacked in the corner.
“Do you want to change your destiny?”
“Yes! But how? Just with these radishes?”
Ye Xiaoli asked in confusion. At this time of year, radishes were already nearing the end of the season, and produce like these large, white, and tender ones were indeed rare.
“Of course not. Do you want to make money? If you want to earn money, start with these radishes. We’ll partner up and sell them. Once we have money, we’ll stand taller, and no one will dare force you into anything.”
“How are we supposed to sell them? Even if we do, we won’t make much money from this amount.”
Although Ye Xiaoli looked thin and dark, she was extremely capable at farm work.
Planting vegetables, farming, chopping firewood in the mountains, fishing in rivers, there was nothing she could not do.
If she had not been so capable, her family would not have kept her until she turned eighteen. They would have married her off at sixteen or seventeen.
If her two older brothers had not been rushing to marry, she would probably have been sent away even earlier to free up labor at home.
“This is not ordinary radish.”
Ye Jin picked one up and broke it with force. A crisp crack sounded as it split into two pieces.
The cross section was crystal clear, juicy, and full of moisture. It looked incredibly delicious.
“Try it.”
Ye Jin handed it over. Ye Xiaoli took a bite in confusion, then her eyes widened. The radish was crisp and sweet with no bitterness at all. It was so good it could be eaten raw like fruit.
“It’s delicious. Not only does it look good, it tastes amazing. Where did you get such radishes?”
Ye Xiaoli quickly ate half of it. Without exaggeration, it was the best radish she had ever eaten in her life, possibly the best food she had ever tasted.
“Don’t worry about where it came from. Just tell me, if we take this to the town market, will people rush to buy it?”
Ye Jin also took a bite. It tasted as good as fruit. Selling it might be difficult at first, but anyone who tried it once would definitely become a repeat customer.
“Definitely. But we don’t have much stock. It’s not easy to go down the mountain. If we only sell this little, we might not even recover the costs.”
Ordinary vegetables and radishes sold for a few cents to one or two dimes per jin. Produce like this might top out at two dimes. This basket was around a hundred jin at most. Even if sold completely, it would only earn about twenty yuan.
After costs and labor, there would be almost nothing left.
“I will not sell these radishes for anything less than one yuan per jin.”
Ye Jin smiled faintly.
Ye Xiaoli immediately panicked.
“One yuan per jin is too expensive. No one will buy them.”
“Listen to me.”
Ye Jin pulled Ye Xiaoli closer and whispered a few words. Only then did Ye Xiaoli’s brows relax, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
“Will this really work?”
“If we don’t try, how will we know?”
Ye Xiaoli carried the radishes down the mountain, still taking the remote back path. Ye Jin’s body was weak, and she also needed to investigate news about her younger sister, so she could not go down herself at this time.
The Ye Xiaoli family intended to marry her off, but for now she was still free. If she could bring back money, her family would see her value and delay the marriage plan. Her crisis would be resolved.
Ye Jin searched the house for seeds. Wang Fengqin was not a diligent woman, and since her husband worked away on construction sites, she never farmed yet never lacked money. As a result, there were not many seeds stored.
After searching, Ye Jin only found a few pumpkin seeds, a few sprouted potatoes, and several moldy peanuts.
“This woman is really lazy.”
Usually Ye Jin cooked, but today she did not feel like doing anything.
After finding the seeds, she locked herself in her room and entered the black soil of the space in a flash.
This land was vast and fertile and could accelerate plant growth. The only drawback was its heavy dependence on spring water.
She scattered all the seeds into the soil and watched them sprout.
Pumpkins produced large golden flowers. Peanuts grew green vines with small yellow blossoms. Potatoes also formed white flowers.
This time, Ye Jin did not plan to water them. After waiting for an hour, the seedlings remained unchanged.
“I refuse to believe they cannot bear fruit without water.”
She stubbornly stayed there, refusing to use a single drop of spring water, crouching and watching the plants closely.
Wang Fengqin struggled to bring Zhang Duo to the clinic. Doctor Liu, who was squatting at the entrance smoking, did not even get up to help when he saw them approaching.
He only asked lazily, “She only went back for one day. How did she end up like this again?”
“That little bitch is too vicious. She kept provoking Duo Duo and even hit her. Now her eye is in this condition, how could she handle it?”
Wang Fengqin sighed.
Doctor Liu examined Zhang Duo carefully, cleaned her wound with alcohol, and replaced the gauze.
“Her condition is not good. In this cold weather it has already started to suppurate. If this continues, the eye may be beyond saving within a month.”
“What? Then what do we do?”
Zhang Duo still looked expressionless. Wang Fengqin rushed forward and grabbed Doctor Liu’s arm anxiously.
“Doctor Liu, you must think of something.”
“What else can we do? Zhang Duo must stay calm. Wang Fengqin, you must keep Ye Jin under control. Do not let any more conflicts happen in these days.”
“This little bitch is too vicious. She already harmed Duo Duo and now keeps provoking her. I cannot swallow this anger.”
Wang Fengqin gritted her teeth.
Doctor Liu shot her a disappointed look.
“You must endure it even if you cannot. After a few days, when Zhang Duo stabilizes, you can have someone bring her over. This time, use rope. Tie her up properly. Once she is on the operating table, it will no longer be up to her.”
Doctor Liu gave a cold smile.
Wang Fengqin shivered but still nodded with a bright smile.
“I will do as you say.”
Feeling reassured, she left with Zhang Duo. But once they returned home and saw the cold stove and empty pot, her anger flared again and she immediately started banging on Ye Jin’s door.
“Ye Jin! Ye Jin! What time is it already? Are you planning to starve us to death?”
Ye Jin heard the noise and returned to the room area. Wang Fengqin’s voice was harsh and loud, making her head ache.
She yanked the door open and replied impatiently.
“I am not your servant. If you want to eat, cook it yourself.”