Chapter 43 part 3

Xia Shutong also roughly understood the purpose of the program group in setting up these tasks.

Their small mountain village had three major special products: green jujube, folded ear root, and tea leaves. However, due to transportation reasons, they remained unknown to outsiders. The program group took advantage of the tasks to promote the village’s special products.

As for the other tasks, whether it was helping the villagers tidy their rooms, thanking the village chief, or teaching at the village school, they were all aimed at showcasing the poverty and seclusion of this place to the audience and promoting charitable projects.

Early in the morning, the group boarded the tricycles borrowed from the program group and set off for the market.

Although it was called a market, it was actually just a slightly larger town. However, during this “rush hour,” people from surrounding villages flocked in, making the streets of the small town particularly lively.

At this time, the sky was still dim, but many vendors had already gathered on the street. Pedestrians with woven baskets on their backs were coming to buy things, carefully selecting items. The sounds of people and car horns filled the air.

Occasionally, there would be self-driving enthusiasts who got lost on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and unintentionally squeezed into the market, causing the entire street to become gridlocked.

Fortunately, the program group had already reserved booths for them. The boys’ group was located at one end of the market, while the girls’ group was at the other end.

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If they were to approach with the intention of buying jujube, they would only shake their heads shyly, take a few steps back, and disappear into the crowd, leaving directly. Before long, most of the people who had gathered to watch dispersed.

At this rate, it seemed they wouldn’t earn a single penny throughout the morning.

“I’ll go take a look around the marketplace, you stay here and watch over the stall,” Xia Shutong suggested after a moment of contemplation.

Jiang Feng and Xi Ao naturally had no objections, but Yun Feiwu immediately stood up and said, “President Xia, I’ll go with you.”

With so many people here, she inexplicably felt afraid that Xia Shutong might get lost if she went alone.

Xia Shutong nodded.

The two squeezed into the crowd together.

However, the crowd was too congested, making it difficult to stay together even when moving in the same direction.

Through the crowd, Xia Shutong caught a glimpse of the cameraman behind struggling to walk, the camera swinging uncontrollably.

So, she felt relieved and held Yun Feiwu’s hand in the crowd.

After strolling around and returning to their own stall, Xia Shutong and Xi Ao had a brief chat.

Xi Ao spoke in Mandarin with a clear and melodious voice, while the villagers here spoke in the Chuan Cheng dialect. Upon hearing Mandarin for the first time, they couldn’t help but feel nervous and intrigued, making them hesitant to approach and buy anything.

Then there was the matter of pricing. Since there were no tea leaves being sold at the marketplace, Xia Shutong noted down the average prices for folded ear root and jujube. They decided to sell them at slightly lower prices than the average.

“But I don’t know the Chuan Cheng dialect,” Xi Ao furrowed her brow.

“I’ll teach you,” Yun Feiwu said softly, “I grew up in Yun Cheng when I was young, and the dialects of Chuan and Yun are quite similar.”

After Yun Feiwu taught her a few times, Xi Ao was able to imitate it quite well. Yun Feiwu also squatted on a stool, joining her in shouting. After a few minutes, their stall finally began to attract customers.

With the first earned money, Xia Shutong went to buy a loudspeaker nearby and directly recorded Xi Ao’s voice for looping playback, saving a lot of effort.

However, after selling for over an hour, the two products were sold quite well, but there was no movement in the tea leaves.

Earlier, Xia Shutong had walked around but didn’t see any stalls selling tea leaves in the market.

Most of the villagers who came to the fair were there to buy daily necessities, and tea leaves were obviously not among them.

Xia Shutong took out her phone and looked at the map. “Yun Feiwu and I will take the tea leaves to the town entrance and sell them there.”

Just now, when she and Yun Feiwu were strolling through the market, she saw several private cars accidentally squeezing into the market. The cars were not cheap, clearly indicating that the tourists had taken the wrong road and ended up blocked in the market. Despite their impatience, most of the tourists found it novel and interesting, and they would get out of the car to stroll around before leaving.

Xia Shutong looked at the map and sure enough, not far from the town entrance was the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. There should be quite a few vehicles passing through there.

Perhaps they could try selling tea leaves to tourists.

After about ten minutes, the two arrived at the town entrance. Indeed, there were many small stalls on both sides of the road, but the items sold here were completely different from those in the market. Most of them were souvenirs and various kinds of local snacks.

And most of the passing vehicles would slow down and get off if they were interested.

The two quickly set up their tea stall, and soon the first car stopped in front of them.

A young girl got out of the car without saying a word and bought several hundred yuan worth of tea leaves. She occasionally glanced at Yun Feiwu, her expression visibly nervous.

Xia Shutong immediately realized that this was probably a fan.

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