Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 31 Mailing Ketchup

The next day, Xia Shiyu pulled his tricycle to sell vegetables again, and also mailed his tomato sauce to a friend.

After she sold all the vegetables, she went to the courier station and mailed all the packages there.

While printing the waybill, the deliveryman asked out of curiosity, "What's this bright red thing you're mailing? It doesn't really look like chili sauce."

Xia Shiyu replied, "I made tomato sauce with tomatoes from my own home and mailed it to a few of my friends."

The deliveryman was a little puzzled. He thought, "Why bother shipping ketchup when you can just buy any ketchup normally? They all taste the same." But even though he thought that, he was still quite perceptive.

He simply said, "Oh, ketchup! It's handmade, it looks like it must taste great."

Xia Shiyu smiled and responded a few words. She mailed two cans to each of her friends according to their addresses, and then notified them in the WeChat group.

[The package has been shipped, please check and receive it!]

[Lu Tingyu: I can't wait! I feel like I'll get it today or tomorrow.]

[Yu Jia: Thank you???????]

[Huo Xinke: Ugh, I'm the one who lives the furthest away, I have to wait three or four days to get it.]

Xia Shiyu watched them joking around for a few minutes before leaving the courier station. Her mother then informed her that the village chief had come looking for her.

Xia Shiyu drove his tricycle home and had just parked when he heard the village chief's voice.

"Oh, Xiaoyu is back from selling vegetables."

The village chief laughed heartily, his somewhat worried expression from yesterday completely gone.

"Yes, village chief."

"That's good, that's good. Today I came to talk to you about the land you mentioned yesterday. I discussed it with several village officials yesterday, and we can rent the land to you. We'll also provide you with various subsidies, but you'll have to pay for at least three years. In our village, it's 600 yuan per mu per year. You can transfer the money to the village account when the time comes..."

The village chief earnestly explained these matters to Xia Shiyu. After holding a meeting with the village yesterday, he still decided to rent out the land.

There was nothing they could do; their village was poor and hadn't developed any distinctive industries. A few years ago, the country called for rural revitalization, but all the contractors who tried to lease land here failed, and even fewer people came to lease land afterward.

Now that someone has finally come to contract the land, even if it's just someone from the village, even if she can't contract all the land on the mountain for the time being, it's still good to increase everyone's income.

He had also inquired and learned that Xia Shiyu's vegetable business was doing quite well recently. Yu Juan also told him that her family would be supplying restaurants in the city, proving that there was a market for the produce. So they decided to let the young man work hard and perhaps he could reap unexpected rewards.

After listening to the village chief's words, Xia Shiyu nodded repeatedly. Other problems were not a big deal. The most important thing right now was funding, but she did not plan to contract a lot of land at the beginning, so the cost of contracting land was not a problem, and she could afford it.

Once she has gradually expanded the industry, she will be able to rent more land.

After some discussion, the village chief handed over the document, saying, "Alright, now that we've reached an agreement, we can sign the document."

"it is good"

Xia Shiyu carefully read the document and then signed his name.

As the village chief was about to leave, Yu Juan said, "Uncle, why don't you stay for a meal before you go? I'm cooking."

The village chief shook his head and refused, "Oh, no need, I have something to do and I'll go back first."

"Alright, Xiaoyu, you see the village chief off."

"Okay," Xia Shiyu said as he saw the village chief out of his house.

In Xishi, Lu Tingyu returned to her residential compound after a day's work. As she arrived at the compound entrance, she received a message on her phone saying that her package had arrived.

"A package? I haven't ordered any packages recently." She was a little confused, but then she remembered something and went to the courier station to pick up her package.

After receiving the package, Lu Tingyu went home and saw the two bottles of ketchup in her hand, knowing that it was something Xia Shiyu had sent.

She thought the logistics were indeed quite fast. Although they were all indoors now, when she was in college, if she asked her family to mail something, it would take until the next day to arrive. This time it arrived this afternoon, so the efficiency was quite fast.

She first took out her phone, took a picture, and sent it to the university dormitory group to let the others know that she had received it.

[Haha, I received it, image JPG]

[Yu Jia: Wow, that was fast!]

[Xia Shiyu: I'm glad I received it.]

[Huo Xinke: What! So fast? I want one too, sob sob]

Lu Tingyu replied to Huo Xinke with a "no," then looked at the ketchup in front of her with a smile, though she actually wanted to try it now.

So she took a slice of toast, unscrewed the cap of the ketchup, scooped some out with a spoon, and spread the ketchup evenly on it, releasing a rich tomato aroma.

Lu Tingyu grabbed the piece of toast and put it in her mouth. The moment it entered her mouth, she was stunned. The toast she was used to eating had a unique flavor with the addition of tomato sauce. It was just the right balance of sweet and sour, and she couldn't help but take another bite.

Lu Tingyu ate one bite after another without thinking too much, and only realized what was happening after she had finished the whole slice of toast.

"Frog Fun, this ketchup is so delicious!"

After saying that, she couldn't help but have another slice. After finishing the slice, she didn't even need the toast anymore and just ate a few bites of raw tomato sauce with a spoon.

She would never have accepted eating sauce raw like this before, but this time she found it exceptionally delicious and only stopped after eating more than half the jar.

Xia Shiyu packed them 500ml bottles, which together made 1000ml. Normally, they would just use it to eat with rice or something else, which would last them a while. But she didn't expect that Lu Tingyu would eat it raw because it was so delicious. Suddenly, they felt that it wasn't enough.

Lu Tingyu looked at the tomato sauce in front of her several times before finally reluctantly closing the lid and putting it in the refrigerator. She absolutely couldn't finish it right away, or she would keep craving it later.

After putting the ketchup in the refrigerator, she immediately took out her phone and started going crazy in the group chat.

[Ahhh @Xia Shiyu, Shiyu, what kind of god are you? How can your tomato sauce be so delicious? You should be able to apply for a patent!]

[It's absolutely delicious! The rest of you should eat it sparingly, or you'll finish it all before you know it.]

…………

When Xia Shiyu was lying in bed that night, she received Lu Tingyu's excited praise in the group chat. It was clear that the ketchup suited her taste very well. She even told her that if there was any leftover ketchup in the future, she should definitely buy some to eat.

The other two people in the group found it amusing to see Lu Tingyu acting so cheap and even made fun of her. However, when they tasted the ketchup, they all ended up kneeling in disbelief.

At the same time, I looked at my meager remaining ketchup with a heavy heart, as I was afraid of running out if I ate too much.

Xia Shiyu laughed heartily as she read their message, but she didn't actually have much ketchup left, because she hadn't taken out many tomatoes, and she also had to give some to other relatives and keep some for her own family.

So she can't send the tomato sauce again, but she can send some agricultural products to them after the other crops have grown.

Xia Shiyu patiently explained the situation to Lu Tingyu. Although Lu Tingyu was disappointed, she understood and asked Xia Shiyu to promise to mail her something delicious next time, even if it cost money!

Xia Shiyu smiled and agreed.