Chapter 77p1
Cheng Rongrong’s display of the pink banknote surprised not only Wei Maomao.
Wen Jiangyue, who was initially envious, looked at the money in Cheng Rongrong’s hand, then down at her own basket, her face filled with confusion. “Cheng Rongrong, how much did you sell your vegetables for?”
“Seventy-three yuan and sixty cents.” Cheng Rongrong answered, glancing at Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan’s baskets. “I picked tomatoes, cucumbers, and loofah, maybe it’s easier to sell with all three together.”
Wen Jiangyue looked at Wang Zhizhi. “What about you, Zhizhi?”
“One hundred and five yuan and thirty cents.” Wang Zhizhi, his face slightly flushed, reported the amount the staff member who helped him weigh and collect the money had told him. “I also picked all three.”
“Then it must be easier to sell with all three.” Wen Dongyu chimed in from the side, his face full of excitement. “I also picked all three!” To be precise, it was over ninety percent cucumbers, three loofah, and two tomatoes.
It wasn’t that Wen Dongyu particularly loved cucumbers, it’s just that the loofah were a bit high, a bit difficult to reach, and the tomatoes were too troublesome, he accidentally squashed one while picking the third one, getting juice all over his hands and face, so he gave up.
But regardless of the quantity, he still had three types!
Wen Jiangyue felt something wasn’t quite right, but one, two, three people all talked about the benefits of having all three vegetables, she was starting to waver.
“Maomao, Yan Yan, should I trade my cucumbers and loofah for some of your tomatoes? That way you’ll also have all three.” Wen Jiangyue turned to Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan.
Wen Jiangyue had also gone to the tomato field initially, but after transporting them once, she went to the cucumber and loofah fields a few times. In the end, she had a fairly even distribution of the three vegetables.
Wei Maomao appreciated Wen Jiangyue’s kindness, but with the situation like this, was it really about the types of vegetables they were selling?
Wei Maomao declined politely, and Cheng Tingyan followed suit.
Wen Jiangyue refocused her attention on her own stall, then suddenly realized that she hadn’t been trying to figure out which vegetables were easier to sell… She had been led astray by them.
What she wanted to know was… Cheng Rongrong’s vegetables only sold for seventy-three yuan, how could she accept a hundred yuan from that person…
Wait… Did she accept a hundred yuan from that person? Or was it one hundred and seventy-three yuan?
Just as Wen Jiangyue looked up abruptly, wanting to confirm, she saw Cheng Rongrong squatting in front of Cheng Tingyan’s stall.
“Older sister, how many of your tomatoes have you sold?” Cheng Rongrong picked up a tomato from Cheng Tingyan’s basket and examined it.
“… “ Cheng Tingyan said indifferently, “I haven’t sold any yet.”
“It’s okay, Older sister, I’ll help you sell them.” Cheng Rongrong stood up, holding the tomato.
“No need.” Cheng Tingyan refused quickly, her words almost overlapping with Cheng Rongrong’s.
“Older sister, I know you don’t like being with me. But we’re family, today, we have to work together to earn money, to take care of Dad.” Cheng Rongrong pouted, looking aggrieved, but quickly cheered herself up and said with a strong smile, “It’s okay, Older sister, you sell them slowly, don’t worry. We already have one hundred and seventy-three yuan, it’s enough for our lunch.”
Wen Jiangyue lowered her head, oh, it wasn’t a hundred yuan, it was one hundred and seventy yuan. That’s selling one basket of vegetables and receiving two baskets worth of money… Wasn’t that… wrong…
Wei Maomao: ???
She was truly speechless!
What was this logic? So this hundred yuan, this strange reward, the money that didn’t belong to her and she didn’t accept in her previous life, she took it this time for Yan Yan?
What if Yan Yan couldn’t sell these tomatoes?
A younger sister who had to accept money that didn’t belong to her to take care of her father, who had become a child, and her sister, who couldn’t earn money? Was this the new persona the Cheng family was trying to create this time?
Hurting the enemy one thousand and themselves five hundred, what a bizarre strategy!
Wei Maomao couldn’t help but look directly at the camera, wanting to see where the program team’s conscience had gone.
In the live broadcast, the chubby little bunny glared at the camera, making the viewers’ hearts tremble.
“Sob, sob, sob, CEO Mao, it’s not that I don’t want to buy your tomatoes, if only the program team had an online store, I would definitely buy ten kilograms.”
“Program team! Give us a link! I’ll buy twenty kilograms, ten for CEO Mao, ten for Yan Yan, don’t be angry, CEO Mao~~~”
“Wait, guys, calm down, CEO Mao probably isn’t angry at us…”
“It’s obvious that CEO Mao is angry at the program team. Grandma Zhao just said that most of the people at the market are villagers, and many of them grow these vegetables at home, so there won’t be many buyers. And then someone came and bought out Cheng Rongrong and Wang Zhizhi’s vegetables, over seventy kilograms in total? Isn’t this a joke…”
“Wait, CEO Mao is only three years old, right? How could she figure out that this was the program team’s doing so quickly? If it weren’t for the comments, I still wouldn’t have realized…”
“It’s a joke, they’re not only playing with the babies, they’re also playing with us. Actually, I think, even though Grandma Zhao said that, it’s still possible for someone to buy a large amount of vegetables, maybe they’re hosting a banquet, or they’re a restaurant owner stocking up, or they’re taking these local vegetables to visit relatives in the city. But! Buying everything and giving an extra hundred yuan as a reward, that’s truly impossible, right? If they’re not wealthy, giving over a hundred yuan would hurt, and if they are wealthy, you gave one to Cheng Rongrong, Wang Zhizhi was right there, you already gave one hundred, why not give another one?”
“Right, I can accept them buying all the vegetables, but this giving a hundred yuan to Cheng Rongrong alone, I’m truly ??? But what’s even more ??? is that Cheng Rongrong actually accepted it…”
“Cheng Rongrong is only three and a half years old, a three-and-a-half-year-old child wouldn’t understand so much. The customer said it was a reward, she probably really thought it was a reward, like lucky money, it’s normal for her to accept it. If it was given to Wei Maomao, she might have accepted it too.”
“Tui! Our CEO Mao would never accept that hundred yuan!”
“To be fair, it was said to be a reward, a three-and-a-half-year-old child might not be able to differentiate, it’s normal for her to accept it. But the person who gave the money… isn’t that a bit abnormal? If it was arranged by the program team, is this a test of humanity for a three-and-a-half-year-old? Isn’t it a bit too early, not very friendly to the little baby!”
“Raising my hand timidly… Could the person who gave the money be a fan of Cheng Rongrong’s live stream? I thought about it, if I was there, I might also buy out CEO Mao’s tomatoes, ah… I might also give her a red envelope, so she could buy lots of delicious food for lunch! CEO Mao is so cute, sob, sob, sob~~~”
“Oh… no… Imagining myself there, I also want to give CEO Mao a red envelope. Ah, I also want to give one to Yan Yan, to Yueyue, to Zhizhi and Dongdong! Mmm, maybe not Little CEO Shen, he should be the one giving me a red envelope.”
“Hahaha! What’s wrong with you guys! Thinking about it this way, that customer doesn’t seem so suspicious anymore, it feels like if we were there, we would be even more suspicious. I also want, I also want to hug CEO Mao, heh, heh, heh, old aunt loves chubby babies!”
“[CEO Mao: Thankfully, you’re not here, old aunt!] I’m dying of laughter, looking at it this way, that customer was actually a rational fan.”
“Let me whisper, with the situation like this, it should be okay for me to say it now… I hope the program team won’t track my IP and sue me, okay? After all, I’m clarifying things for them, speaking up for them. For the sake of the babies’ safety and the live broadcast’s effect, the market is fake, the vendors are fake, the people strolling around are fake. The program team borrowed the location of a regular market, hired villagers from the surrounding villages, and gave them goods to pretend to sell. Because it’s a weekday today, most of the people free in the villages are grandparents, that’s why you see many grandparents with young children walking around… Because they have to take care of the children at home, they couldn’t leave them behind when coming to be extras, so they brought them along. To be an extra at the market, they have to sign a confidentiality agreement, which states what they can and can’t do. The roles of passersby and customers are all pre-arranged, not everyone can buy the babies’ vegetables. Things like the previous customer buying everything and giving Cheng Rongrong a red envelope shouldn’t have happened. If it wasn’t arranged by the program team, then that person has violated the agreement.”
“??? Maomao went to find Grandma Zhao to go to the market together this morning, and Grandma Zhao actually said it wasn’t market day today!”
“Grandma Zhao went off-screen for a bit, and when she came back, she didn’t mention whether it was real or fake, just said she would go with Maomao, she must have been persuaded by the program team.”
“Understood! Although it’s a market, it’s a large-scale RPG created for the babies…”
“But… So was that person arranged by the program team, or was he a fan of Cheng Rongrong, or some other strange person!”
…
Right, who was that person!
Shi Dingshan, sitting in the monitoring room, was fuming.
Jin Youliang, standing next to him, was frantically scrolling through his phone, not daring to breathe.
He was the one responsible for setting up the market… Everything was clearly explained, the people signed agreements, there were even staff members outside cordoning off the area, how did that idiot get in?
He would find out who that idiot who signed the agreement was, he would sue him!
Jin Youliang felt extremely unlucky.
Usually, it was fine to be scolded by Shi Dingshan for minor mistakes.
But why today!
Why in front of Qin Sichao!
An internationally renowned director!
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