102: Knowing People, Knowing Faces, not Knowing Hearts

[T/N: If you saw the t/n in the last chapter say that it may have been from Zheng’s point of view, I deleted it. Don’t believe what I said, lol.]

Because the man asked for a lot of jam, Wang Cheng found that there was not much jam left after doing the inventory check. During this time, he sold a lot of jams and didn't bring back a lot of jams. The others were temporarily stored in the warehouse. He had thought about keeping it there in case of emergency, but he didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Wang Cheng then called Papa Wang and told him over the phone that he was going out for a while, asking him to come and look over the shop. However, as soon as he finished speaking, it was Mama Wang who responded.

"Chengcheng, what's up, is the jam in the shop sold out?"

"No, a customer heard that our jam was good, so he came in and asked for a lot. There’s not enough in the shop, so I’m going to the warehouse to get it."

"So much?" Mama Wang had been to the shop before, and knew that Wang Cheng had prepared hundreds of jams in it, enough to sell for a month.

"Mr. Zheng said that he was holding a banquet and came to the store for business purposes, so he needed a large amount. You don't have to worry about it, mom, this is a good thing. We should be happy to sell so much at once."

"Well, you go now, don't delay, or the guests will be angry."

"Then I’m hanging up."

Wang Cheng still drove his truck, but this time there was an additional Mr. Zheng in the co-pilot seat. Wang Cheng originally planned to go by himself, but Mr. Zheng asked to go with him, saying that he wanted to see where their jam was packed, so he could be assured.

Wang Cheng was relieved when he came to this sentence. At least the other party was cautious, otherwise, he would be very doubtful of whether the other party was sincere in wanting to buy his jam or not. Although his jam was not very expensive, many could not spend money on hundreds of groups of it.

It took half an hour to go from Chengping to the warehouse of the packaging factory. During that time, Mr. Zheng talked to him from time to time. He talked gracefully and decently, and occasionally popped out a few humorous words. No matter how good they were at talking, people who conversed with him would easily relax their guard. Although Wang Cheng was not a sensitive person, he could see that Mr. Zheng had no malice in his words.

"My family has three children, and the other two work outside and study in college. Only I stay in this backward place of my home," Wang Cheng said.

Mr. Zheng said with a smile, "I don't think your hometown is a backward place. Although the economy can't keep up, the environment is beautiful, and the air is much cleaner than that of big cities. Your hometown is actually a good place, the best fit for retirement.”

When Wang Cheng heard that he was not complaining, and the smile on his face grew a little deeper.

When they arrived at the packaging factory, Wang Cheng notified Manager Xu. After he got down, Manager Xu took them to see the packaging production line. Some customers had previously asked to see the production line, so they had experience. Because they were doing food processing, the packaging factory was very hygienic. In particular, they were a formal packaging processing factory, and attached great importance to word of mouth.

After a look around, Mr. Zheng was very satisfied with their production line, and the group moved to the warehouse again. After Wang Cheng had counted, he found that there were more than one hundred groups, and plus the jam in the shop, there were two hundred groups. It was not a small amount, it took a long time to finish eating even if it was a banquet.

"Mr. Zheng, take a look at how much jam and what kind of fruit you want, I will move them to the car." Wang Cheng turned to the man and said.

"As long as it's delicious, it doesn't matter what kind of fruit. You might as well move me another 30 sets."

"There are so many that you need thirty groups? There may not be thirty groups of these fruits. There are only a dozen groups of apple jam and grape jam." Wang Cheng moved them, mainly plum jam and persimmon jam.

"Then fill it with other jams, whichever is more."

"Mr. Zheng is so refreshing. I'll move the jam to the car now." Since Wang Cheng started his business until the present, he had never encountered such a refreshing person. For the first time, even if it was Lin Yue, no other party was so straightforward and crisp.

"Need help?" The man asked.

Wang Cheng laughed: "No, there is no way the customer can help. I asked Manager Xu to call for two employees to help move these."

In fact, there was no need for him to call. Two employees had come to help. There were only five types of fruit jam, but there are 150 groups, 30 groups of each fruit. After they were all moved into the back of the truck, there was not much jam left in the warehouse. For Wang Cheng, it was completely unexpected to sell all this jam at once. The original plan was to take it slowly. It seemed that it was necessary to let Mama Wang speed up the pace in making jams.

After returning to the shop, Mr. Zheng did not ask Wang Chengcheng to deliver the jams to a place he designated. Instead, he asked for his contact phone number, saying that he would contact him, and gave him a business card.

Wang Cheng looked at the business card. It had the same simple design as Chu Yifeng's business card. The only difference was that one was black and one was white.

"Zheng Jingen? This name is special."

After getting off work, Wang Cheng drove back home in the car. Papa Wang had already returned and was sitting in the living room with Mama Wang. The atmosphere seemed strange.

"Dad, mom, what's the matter with you?" Wang Cheng asked, but no one said a thing. He didn’t know what his two elders were thinking. He immediately asked Papa Wang, "Dad, didn't you see that businessman with your friend today? How did the discussion go? Are you okay?” His intuition told him that the meeting had something to do with it.

Papa Wang still didn't say a word.

"Don't mention it, this matter is serious." Mama Wang said, "The businessman introduced by your father's friend is not a good one at all. Although he intended to buy our medicinal plants, the price offered was actually three times lower than the market price. One party said that our herbs are not very good. After they tried it, they found that the effect is worse than normal herbs. He thought your dad didn't understand the herbs and talked nonsense with his eyes wide open. Who doesn't know that because these many wild herbs were cultivated by your dad himself, the effect is even better?"

"What did dad's friend say?"

"What else can I say. Of course, he was with the businessman and helping him to persuade your father. He thought we could only sell it to him. According to your mother, he was 80% likely to have had an agreement with that businessman."

One couldn’t blame Mama Wang for measuring the belly of a gentleman with a villain's heart. Before the Wang’s Village disappeared, a similar thing happened in the village. One villager planted many fruit trees and picked a lot of fresh fruits during the harvest season. However, it didn’t take long for someone to report that there was a problem with the fruits of his household. Someone said that they had eaten it and gotten a stomachache, and somehow the seller did not know how to get over the rumor. In the end, the fruit could not be bought. Just when the villagers were so worried that their hair became white, a friend introduced a businessman who specialized in collecting rotten fruit. The villagers were so happy that they didn't pay too much attention, and they sold all the fruits at a very low price. Later, they learned that the friend and the businessman had colluded in secret, creating schemes to destroy the reputation of his family's fruit and make a profit from it.

This incident was very widespread at the time, and its influence was quite deep, so Mama Wang had a deep impression of it. Now that similar things happened to their family, Mama Wang could think of this incident. The reason why Papa Wang didn't say anything was because he didn't want to believe that his friends were the same.

"Dad, mom, you don’t have to worry about this. It’s not difficult to know if that person has a plan. As long as we wait, they might definitely take action on this idea. If we hear a bit more bad news about our family’s medicinal plants, this can basically be confirmed." Wang Cheng didn't expect anyone to dare to make plans against their family, but it was actually no wonder. After all, their family had been in the limelight recently, and some people were unavoidably jealous.

"Chengcheng, if they really did this, won’t our family’s medicinal plants not be sold?" Mama Wang also knew this, but their herbs were ready to be sold to buyers. Although the people in the village knew that there were no problems with their family’s medicinal plants, after all, it was not them who were buying it. If those businessmen outside believed the rumors, it would be extremely unfavorable for them.

"Mom, did you forget about your elder son? You don't know where he works. As long as he says a word, those medicinal plant merchants will definitely give him face." Wang Cheng smiled.

Mama Wang was stunned, and Papa Wang apparently did not expect this, either. The two looked at each other for a moment. "Yes, Ning’an does not happen to work at a pharmaceutical company, but he must know a lot of medicinal companies and vendors."

Two days later, Wang Cheng received several phone calls from the people in charge of the previous supermarkets and saying that they would order another batch of goods. The order quantity requested this time was indeed more. Wang Cheng told them that the jam had been sold out, and it would take some time before they were available, but these people had no regrets.

In the afternoon, Mama Wang went out to buy vegetables. When she came back, she was annoyed. It turned out someone really started a rumor that there was a problem with their family’s medicinal plants, and it was not the villagers in the Guan’s Village, but a young man who came back from the city. The other party heard about it because he knew about Wang Cheng's family. So, he told his parents about it. His mother happened to have a good relationship with Mama Wang. Only then did Mama Wang know about it, otherwise they might have had to wait a while before learning of it.

Papa Wang sighed, and now he finally had to believe that his friend was really plotting against his family's medicinal plants. He always thought that he would not misunderstand the wrong person, but he still misunderstood the wrong person.

Wang Cheng told his parents not to be angry and called his elder brother at night.

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