Originally, Yuan Tiantian wanted to leave the others at home. However, everyone was against it. In the end, all five of them went together.
Since Yuan Lele had contacted the relevant people beforehand, after Yuan Tiantian showed up with the necessary documents, the staff efficiently took care of the matter.
“Take these documents and go to the local police station to complete the process,” the clerk said amiably as he handed a stack of certificates and papers to Yuan Tiantian. She nodded.
“Okay, thank you.”
Then she walked out of the service hall. Sheng Jing and the others were sitting on the chairs outside, waiting for her.
They had arrived around 9:30 a.m., and by the time they finished, it was almost 10:30.
Yuan Tiantian suggested having lunch outside, but the others flatly refused.
“Don't want to eat out?”
The others remained silent, but Xiaojiu nodded vigorously.
“Yes! I want to eat the food made by Auntie Yuan!”
On the way back and the previous night, they had eaten out several times, in both regular restaurants and high - end hotels. However, everyone had the same thought: the food in these places couldn't compare to Yuan Tiantian's cooking.
So they wanted Yuan Tiantian to cook for them and didn't want to eat out anymore!
It had to be said that these people had become picky eaters thanks to Yuan Tiantian's cooking. Even Sheng Jing, who didn't usually care much about food, found Yuan Tiantian's cooking more to his taste.
Hearing this and seeing the serious expressions on their faces, Yuan Tiantian couldn't help but burst out laughing.
“Okay, I'll cook.”
However, it was already past ten o'clock. The vegetable market was either closed or the vegetables were mostly not fresh. The supermarket was even worse. Yuan Tiantian decided to try her luck at a high - end vegetable store in City B.
She turned on the navigation and entered the address, then drove there with the others.
When they arrived, they got out of the car and went into the high - end vegetable store. Unfortunately, the staff were already cleaning up the store, and the shelves were empty.
“Excuse me, are all the vegetables sold out?” Yuan Tiantian asked, not willing to give up. The staff member who was cleaning didn't even look up.
“They're all sold out today. If you want to buy, come early tomorrow.”
Yuan Tiantian: “......”
Well, Yuan Tiantian wasn't too surprised by this result. Lu Yong had told her before how popular these vegetables were.
With a sense of disappointment, Yuan Tiantian led the others out of the store. Coincidentally, they ran into an acquaintance just as they stepped out.
“Boss Yuan?!”
Lu Yong had just gotten out of his car and was about to go into the store to pick up the vegetables he had reserved. He was surprised to see Yuan Tiantian, the young boss of Sweetie's Food Store. He was a bit confused.
“What are you doing here?”
Lu Yong wondered if Yuan Tiantian was here for an inspection. But that didn't seem right. Shouldn't she be in City H?
He had been extremely busy in recent days. Several distributors were vying for the vegetables from the high - end vegetable store, and he had been dealing with them. So he hadn't had time to go to City H or visit Sweetie's Food Store. Therefore, he didn't know that Yuan Tiantian and the others had returned to City B.
“We're back in City B to take care of some business,” Yuan Tiantian said briefly, then added, “I came here to buy some vegetables, but没想到 they're all sold out. Just as you said, they're really popular.”
It was only a little past ten o'clock. Although it was a bit late, it wasn't too late.
This showed how popular these vegetables were.
“Yes, they are really popular. Now in the three locations, the shelves are basically empty within two or three hours every day!” Lu Yong included City S as well. Bai Jingyang's father had obtained the authorization from Yunqing Venture Capital and had started selling the vegetables. The business was also booming. After all, as a super - first - tier city, there was no shortage of wealthy people. These delicious and nutritious high - end vegetables were naturally well - received.
Bai Jingyang had also mentioned before that in their circle, a meal could only be considered special if it included the vegetables from the high - end vegetable store. It was really a competitive situation.
It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that they were “priceless,” but it was almost true.
Now there were even scalpers. In response, Yunqing Venture Capital quickly implemented a purchase limit policy.
Each person could only spend no more than 666 yuan on vegetables per day. Some might say that this limit didn't seem to be a real limit. But that was only for ordinary vegetables. In this high - end vegetable store, 666 yuan could only buy a limited amount, at most seven or eight pounds.
So, after this policy was implemented, the situation improved a lot.
Although there were still people helping others to buy, it could only be regarded as a form of shopping agency.
The scalper market was curbed, and real customers could buy more. Everyone was even happier.
“You're busy. We'll leave first,” Yuan Tiantian said after chatting with Lu Yong for a while. But Lu Yong stopped her.
“Boss Yuan, wait a minute.”
After saying that, Lu Yong rushed into the store. Yuan Tiantian was puzzled. What was he up to?
After a while, Lu Yong came out carrying two bags of vegetables.
“Here. The store has really sold out. These were reserved by me yesterday. I'll share some with you, Boss Yuan. The amount is not much. Don't mind,” Lu Yong said.
In addition to the high bonus he had received recently for managing this vegetable store, there was another great benefit: he could reserve the next day's vegetables in advance. So there had always been these high - end vegetables at home. He didn't dare to stop buying them because his girlfriend loved them very much.
In her words, eating these vegetables helped her lose weight and made her feel happier!
It was really because these vegetables tasted so great!
She had more motivation to lose weight and was in a great mood!
“No, no. You keep them for yourself,” Yuan Tiantian quickly refused. She couldn't take something that someone else had already bought. But she couldn't persuade Lu Yong.
“Boss Yuan, don't say that. Take them. If it weren't for you, these vegetables wouldn't be available in City B,” Lu Yong said sincerely. After that, he put the bags at Yuan Tiantian's feet and then ran away without looking back, shouting as he ran, “Boss Yuan, take them. I'm in a hurry. Gotta go!”
Lu Yong got into his car and drove away in a flash. Yuan Tiantian couldn't even catch up if she wanted to. She was both amused and exasperated.
Sheng Jing picked up the bags at Yuan Tiantian's feet. When Yuan Tiantian took a closer look, she saw that there were tomatoes, lettuce, and white radishes inside. There were four tomatoes, one lettuce, and one white radish.
However, the vegetables from the back mountain were all super - sized. So these six items together weighed about eight or nine pounds when she picked them up.
“Let's go. Now we'll go buy some other things.”
There was nothing at home. They couldn't make a meal with just these three kinds of vegetables.
Fortunately, there was a large farmers' market near the high - end vegetable store. Yuan Tiantian decided to go and check it out.
“Let's go!”