"Old man, what trouble do you have?" Gao Ge's sigh made Luo Hui's originally relaxed expression become serious. He had made up his mind to help the villagers of Gaojia Village sing a song to turn themselves around.

"The difficulty, haha." Gao Ge smiled helplessly, "It's just that no one wants the watermelons and there's no place to sell them."

"How come no one wants such a good watermelon, and why is there no place to sell it?" Luo Hui has eaten a lot of watermelons from Gao Ge's family in the past two days. Firstly, this watermelon sells well, and secondly, this watermelon is very good.

It tastes good, and thirdly, this watermelon is green and pollution-free. Most of the products sold on the market today have to be thrown into the garbage heap by comparison.

No one wants such a good watermelon? There is no place to sell such a good watermelon? There must be a reason for this.

Gao Ge squatted down, took out his cigarette bag and rolled a dry cigarette as usual. He took a few puffs silently and exhaled thick smoke. After pondering for a while, he slowly said, "In previous years, we had more than 100 acres of watermelon in Gaojia Village.

, they were all purchased by a company called Pure Green Agricultural Products. Someone from this company also came to see the melons a few days ago, but the price they gave..."

At this point, Gao Ge stopped and shook his head with a heavy face.

"The price is very low, isn't it?" Luo Hui was so smart that he understood immediately.

"It's not very low, but too low." Gao Ge took a heavy drag on the cigarette and flicked the cigarette butt out of his hand. He clenched his fist tightly. The veins on the back of his hand popped out because of too much force.

Luo Hui could see that the old man was not clenching his fists tightly, but full of anger, and asked, "How low is it?"

"Fifteen cents." Gao Ge spat, with a slight smile of disdain on his lips.

"Such a good watermelon only costs 15 cents?" Luo Hui was a little angry. You must know that the watermelons on the market that have been treated with hormones and redness-stimulating agents can be sold for more than one yuan per catty.

Luo Hui then thought of the villagers on duty last night who stayed up all night to protect the watermelons and were in danger of confronting wild boars. It was really not easy for melon farmers to grow watermelons!

The more Luo Hui thought about it, the more indignant he became. He couldn't help but cursed, "What kind of bullshit company is so black-hearted? The price they set is too ridiculous... This is not a price cut. What is being squeezed is the blood and blood of you melon farmers."

Are you sweating?"

"Xiao Hui, you are right. What is being squeezed is not the price. It is indeed the blood and sweat of our melon farmers that are being squeezed." Gao Ge clenched his fists tighter, "A 15-pound watermelon, not to mention the cost.

The hard work and sweat shed cannot even recoup the cost."

"By the way, uncle, your watermelons were purchased by that company last year, right? What was the price?"

"It bought it for 35 cents."

"Last year, it was 35 cents. This year, all prices and labor prices have increased. How come the purchase price of watermelons is so depressed? Is the watermelon output increasing this year? The supply exceeds the demand?"

"Watermelon production has not increased, and the market demand is still so big..." Gao Ge paused here, and the old man took out his cigarette bag to roll cigarettes again.

"Then you can sell the watermelon to other vendors, do you have to sell it to that company?" Luo Hui thought about the key to the problem, and at the same time he also thought of the two words that the common people hate so much - monopoly!

Singing and smoking, his cloudy eyes looked into the distance, without focus or target. His eyes were an extremely true reflection of his mood at this moment.

After smoking another dry cigarette, he started to sing loudly.

As Luo Hui expected, it was indeed a monopoly. It turned out that this agricultural product company called Pure Green had a strong backend in Jiangcheng. With this backing, it monopolized the purchase and sale of agricultural products throughout Jiangcheng.

Of course this includes watermelon.

Monopoly is not scary, but what is scary is chaos after monopoly. This company is messing around, and its chaos is of course mainly reflected in the acquisition price. It should be noted that lowering the price for acquisition is the most direct and effective way to make profits.

This company's purchasing price for almost all agricultural products is basically at least 20% lower than the fair purchasing price. Take the watermelon purchasing price in Gaojia Village last year. It should have been at least 50 cents, but he only paid 30 cents.

Mao Wu, you want to sell it or not, I won’t force you anyway.

No one will easily choose to compromise after falling in love to the point of oppression.

The melon farmers in Gaojia Village did not compromise. They tried to use cars to drive the watermelons to the town to sell them. But in the entire Longtan Town, are you the only one in Gaojia Village who grows watermelons? Are you the only one in Gaojia Village who has the price of watermelons suppressed? Needless to say.

, Even if the watermelons from Gaojia Village are better than those from other melon farmers, they will definitely not be sold well in the town.

The melon farmers in Gaojia Village tried to take the watermelons to the city for sale again, but the watermelons on the tractor were still on their way. The village chief who led the team received a call from his daughter, saying that a certain city in a certain province

When a melon farmer was selling watermelons in the city, he was beaten to death by the urban management. The melon farmers in Gaojia Village were told not to take the melons to the city even if the watermelons rotted in the ground.

The village chief couldn't help but shuddered when he heard this, "Oh my god, you're selling a watermelon and you're selling a human life. This urban management officer is really much more ferocious than the wild boars that rob the watermelon. They can be said to be like wolves and tigers. We still have to do it."

Don’t take this risk! My daughter is right. If the watermelon is rotten, each family will lose tens of millions of dollars at most. But if the watermelon is gone, nothing will be lost. What’s the point?

"

The village chief discussed the matter and his thoughts with everyone, and everyone felt that life was more important than melons, so several tractors pulled an unsold watermelon and headed home.

However, the villagers did not give up. They chose to petition. But the company has a backend, and your petition is of no use! It is precisely because of last year's petition that the price this year could still be 35 cents, but it has become

15 cents. There is no doubt that this is the company's revenge on Gaojiacun. At the same time, it is also killing the chicken of Gaojiacun to show to the monkeys in Jiangcheng as a warning.

Luo Hui listened quietly to Gao Ge's story and smiled in his heart, "Old Luo, Old Luo, it seems that you are not very wise. Look at how dirty things are rampant under your leadership, but your farmer uncle is full of food."

Being oppressed and living a life more tiring than a dog! You have to reflect..."

After blaming Lao Luo, Luo Hui had an idea in his mind, but Luo Hui was not in a hurry to implement it. He asked Gao Ge, "Old man, what are you going to do?"

"Two days ago, the village chief organized a meeting for everyone to discuss. After much discussion, there were only two options. The first one was sold for 15 cents, and the second one was left to rot in the field." Gao Ge helplessly spread his hands.

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"Is there no other way?"

"there is none left."

"Then will you plant watermelons next year?" Luo Hui finally understood why Lao Gao was so interested in the research and development results of his mysterious friend. It was not because of greed, but because he was forced to do nothing.

"Whether we plant them or not, our hope will rest on them." Gao Ge said, looking at the fifteen watermelon seedlings next to the big locust tree, and saw that the old man's eyes, which had no focus or target, were ignited again.
Chapter completed!