200 Yuan Per Catty Can't Compete with 20 Yuan Per Catty!

Qin Lin looked at Zhao Moqing and his Mom washing dishes in the kitchen, a smile appearing on his face.

With Moqing here, Mom smiled more and was in a good mood.

Smiling more and staying happy was good for Mom's health.

Mom clearly wanted to help him marry Moqing, but their family situation made it impossible.

So, he needed to buy a house with a down payment as soon as possible, then present the marriage certificate to Mom and bring Moqing home.

This was probably what he wanted to do most right now; you could say he had no grand ambitions.

There were always things more important than ambitions in life.

Thinking this, he looked at the game screen, wishing he could use a cheat code to max out his game character, plant red strawberries on all the land, and earn millions a day.

When Qin Lin was about to send Zhao Moqing back, Lin Fen followed him downstairs to the complex, constantly reminding him, "Xiao Lin, remember to get Moqing home safely. Ride your bike slowly on the way..."

"Mom, I know!" Qin Lin replied with a smile, then rode out of the complex with Zhao Moqing.

Zhao Moqing's family lived in the Dongcheng Mingyuan complex.

Qin Lin stopped his bike in the complex, and just the environment made him feel the fundamental difference from his old rental apartment complex.

This was one of the best complexes in Youcheng County, with prices reaching 14,000 yuan per square meter. A 120-square-meter apartment with renovation would cost just over 2 million yuan.

Keep in mind that many apartments in the provincial capital were only around 2 million yuan, showing how ridiculously inflated housing prices were in this small You City.

Every time he came here, he had to consider one problem: under normal circumstances, to buy a house here, he would have to save diligently and spend 3-5 years paying off his family's debts.

If there were no new ways to make money to escape his current situation, it would take another 5 years or even more to save enough for a down payment.

And that was assuming housing prices wouldn't rise in the future.

In the past, every time he came here, he would feel a bit nervous, afraid he would let Zhao Moqing down.

Fortunately, the game in his mind could pull him out of this powerless mire.

Zhao Moqing seemed to sense Qin Lin's emotions. She didn't get out of the car but instead rested her face on his back, "Qin Lin, why don't we just tell our families the truth? I want to work hard with you."

Qin Lin knew Zhao Moqing was telling him her resolve; she had brought up this topic more than once.

He grabbed Zhao Moqing's hand and promised, "Didn't I ask for some time? Don't worry, I've started a new business recently, doing some wholesale. It's more profitable than before, and I'll be able to bring you home soon."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Mmm, I believe you!"

These simple words showed her confidence in Qin Lin.

After a brief moment of affection, Qin Lin handed Moqing the other 2 jin of Quality 2 red strawberries he had prepared.

"There's more?" Zhao Moqing asked, surprised.

The strawberries from earlier were so delicious that she and Lin Fen had finished them.

Qin Lin nodded, "Yeah, as long as you like eating them!"

Zhao Moqing was naturally delighted. She gave Qin Lin a deep kiss before reluctantly going upstairs. Back home, she found her mother, Chen Xiao, and sister-in-law, Li Jiawen, watching TV in the living room.

"Moqing, you're back!" Li Jiawen, who was the same age as Zhao Moqing and worked in makeup, was dressed very fashionably. Seeing her sister-in-law return, she said with a smile, "Moqing, come try these imported strawberries I had someone buy for me. They're 200 yuan a jin, a rare treat."

As she spoke, she picked up a strawberry and offered it to Zhao Moqing's mouth.

Zhao Moqing cooperated and opened her mouth.

Li Jiawen put the strawberry into Zhao Moqing's mouth and asked, "How is it? Not bad, right?"

After eating the strawberry, Zhao Moqing looked at her sister-in-law strangely, "Jiawen, these strawberries are 200 yuan a jin. Were you scammed?"

Li Jiawen asked doubtfully, "How is that possible? My very good college friend helped me buy them. Are they not good?"

Zhao Moqing didn't say anything. She took a strawberry from the bag in her hand and offered it to Li Jiawen's mouth, "Open up!"

Li Jiawen saw the red strawberry and cooperated by opening her mouth and biting into it. Then she froze because it was so much tastier than the strawberries she bought. "Moqing, where did you buy these strawberries? How much are they if they're this good? They must be very expensive, right?"

"They probably aren't expensive!" Zhao Moqing hadn't asked the price of the strawberries and vaguely replied, "Qin Lin gave them to me. They're definitely cheaper at his shop. They should be around 20 yuan a jin!"

"20 yuan a jin?" Hearing the price, Li Jiawen became dejected. "What a rip-off! Strawberries that cost 200 yuan a jin aren't as good as these 20 yuan ones. Moqing, I really think I was scammed. Cheated out of 200 yuan! We can't be friends anymore."

As she spoke, her hand had already reached into the bag in Zhao Moqing's hand.

Her own strawberries no longer tasted good; the ones her sister-in-law brought back were the fragrant ones.

Chen Xiao, who was listening nearby, frowned upon hearing Qin Lin's name and asked, "How has Qin Lin been lately?"

"Mom, Qin Lin is doing wholesale now. He'll get better and better." Zhao Moqing didn't actually know how Qin Lin's wholesale business was going, but she could only speak well of him. Moreover, she said that and then ran to her room, not wanting to dwell on the issue.

Li Jiawen said, "Mom, Qin Lin is actually a good person. He's willing to work hard and treats Moqing well."

Chen Xiao sighed, "I know he's good, but you know his family situation, don't you? How much hardship will Moqing have to endure after marrying him?"

Li Jiawen didn't answer this question either.

The next day, Qin Lin woke up and picked the watermelons and strawberries that had ripened in the morning, then planted new seeds.

After washing up and eating breakfast, he went straight to the warehouse to move the watermelons out of the game. Then, he delivered the watermelons ordered by Liu Dasheng and the others.

"Little Qin, I need to talk to you about something!" Liu Dasheng said sheepishly after weighing the produce. "The price of watermelons has already dropped. Can you give me a 2-cent discount on your wholesale price?"

Hearing this, Qin Lin frowned slightly. Had the watermelons started to drop in price already?

The price drop was within his expectations. Watermelon prices usually soared in July and August, and began to fall in late September.

But had the wholesale market in You City started dropping prices this early this year?

After thinking about it carefully, he could roughly guess the reason. After all, with him jumping into the market, supplying over 800 watermelons, or more than 9,000 jin, every day, the market in this small county must have been impacted.

In that case, he should consider planting something else. Once watermelons started dropping in price, they became less and less valuable, eventually selling for less than a yuan per jin, leaving little profit.

As expected, when he finished delivering goods to RT-Mart that evening to settle the accounts, Manager Chen also brought up the matter of lowering prices.

This further solidified his decision to stop growing watermelons.

As soon as he left RT-Mart, he sent a message to those bosses, roughly stating, "The watermelons from the field of the son of the uncle of the Second Granduncle from my hometown are all sold out. Everyone can go to the market to buy watermelons wholesale tomorrow."

He didn't feel guilty about suddenly stopping the supply. It was just business, and they hadn't signed a long-term supply contract.

After finishing, he immediately looked at the game screen in his mind. He controlled his game character to leave the ranch and head to the seed shop in Mineral Town to check if there were any crops that could be grown on basic land that fetched a higher price than watermelons.

At the same time, he also searched online for the prices of these crops. Naturally, he wanted to choose something suitable, safe, and expensive.

After searching for a long time, he actually found something very suitable.

That was okra.

Okra was the most expensive crop that could be grown on basic land, and its maturity time was similar to that of watermelons.

The key was that okra was a seed crop, not a seedling crop. Like watermelons, it offered high privacy and wasn't troublesome.

The wholesale price in their southern region had already reached over 6 yuan per jin.

His cost was just the price of the seeds. He didn't ask for much, just to wholesale it at 6 yuan per jin.

With that in mind, he went to the seed shop and bought another bag of okra seeds.

Returning home, he entered the game, placed the okra seeds into the seed storage box, then exited the game. He controlled his game character to dig up the previously planted watermelon seeds and then planted the okra seeds on the 24 plots of land.