Chapter 78 Senior Lin Han, are you serious?
“But the orchard issue is indeed a bit troublesome. Even if we can find someone to buy it, most people will buy a few dozen boxes at most, just like today.

This sales volume is just a drop in the bucket for such a large orchard, so we have to think of other ways."

"Yes."

Jiang Mengyan nodded:
"The skin of the Ehime variety is very thin, the flesh is tender and the juice is abundant, so if it is to be shipped to other places, the packaging and transportation costs will be very high, which is one of the reasons why it cannot be sold.

If the fruit cannot be sold at a good price and a large amount of money has to be spent on packaging, transportation and storage, then the fruit merchants will definitely not be willing to buy it.

“Shipping and packaging costs”

Lin Han blinked, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind:
"Mengyan, what do you think? If we promote our second uncle's orchard and offer a self-service picking, all-you-can-eat orchard, and pay-to-go model, would that be feasible?"

"Hmm? Like the self-pick-your-own-strawberry-picking model at a strawberry farm?"

Jiang Mengyan also came to her senses: "Okay, you have a good business sense."

“In the past, when the fruits could still be sold at a high price, during the fruit-ripening season, my second uncle and second aunt would ask villagers to help pick the fruits and then sell them.

Later, the price of fruit dropped year by year, and hiring workers became a high expense. My second uncle and second aunt would do it themselves if they were a little tired, and at most my parents and my eldest aunt would come to help.

If we hire someone to pick the fruits at the price we're paying this year, it will definitely be more than we can make ends meet, so why not just let them pick them themselves?"

Lin Han smiled and said:

“Just a few days ago, I saw in the news department group that they were discussing about giving a holiday in two days for the school anniversary. Together with the weekend, they could make up nearly a week of vacation for team building.

Isn’t this a good opportunity?”

"That makes sense, but it's easy to get people to go at school, but what about transportation?"

Jiang Mengyan asked:
"It takes quite a long time to get from school to your hometown by car, maybe one or two hours."

"This is simple."

Lin Han smiled and said:

"Xingzhou's family is in the long-distance passenger transport business. I'll go and say hello to him and it won't be a big problem to charter a few cars.

You can try to recruit some people to do the experiment first, and see how it responds. If it is suitable, you can promote it more.”

"That seems to be a good idea. So how do you plan to start? Team building for the news department of the Faculty of Arts?"

“Well, the current minister is a junior student of mine who I have a pretty good relationship with, so it shouldn’t be a problem to say hello to him.

But this group of people will definitely not make any money, so I will subsidize them."

“If this is really the case, there must be external demand for self-picking.

The packaging of the boxes at my second uncle’s house was too thin and simple. Not only was it easy to break, it was also not attractive enough.

Especially in places like schools, if you want to attract young people, you still need to do some good things to show off your products.”

Jiang Mengyan thought about it:

"I helped my second uncle design a new packaging with brighter and more lively colors. If the first batch is not large in quantity, it can be made in a day or two.

I want something that looks classy and sturdy, to prevent the oranges from getting damaged on the road and to be more eye-catching.”

"Good, let's try it."

Lin Han nodded:

“Although I don’t know if it will work, it’s better to give it a try than to wait and sell those good oranges to pistachio merchants at 30 cents a pound, or let them rot in the fields.

But there is one thing I am curious about.”

Blinking, Lin Han looked at Jiang Mengyan, who had picked up the newly bought tablet and was ready to start drawing a sketch.

"what's up?"

She looked up, confused.

"I'm just curious. You only came back to my hometown with me once and stayed there for a few days.

Although your second uncle and aunt are very good to you, they shouldn't make you rack your brains to find ways to help them, right? "Maybe it's because I've never had relatives who are as kind to me as this?"

Jiang Mengyan tilted her head and thought for a while, then said:
“After all, my father’s relatives all disliked my sister and I because we were girls, and they never treated me and my sister well.

My mother's relatives had a hard time raising my sister and me, so every time my sister and I had to pay our tuition and she couldn't come up with so much money at once, she would ask her relatives on her mother's side, that is, my uncles and aunts, to borrow money.

Although we paid back the debts on time, in their eyes, my mother, sister, and I were ultimately poor relatives with no future, so their attitude toward us was naturally not very good.

After I started working, I gave my mother a large sum of money and asked her to give it to those relatives who helped our family when we were young, as a thank you for all those years.

But I still remember those attitudes, and I don’t want to have anything to do with them anymore.

So when I see your grandma, your uncle, aunt and the whole family living together in harmony and intimacy, I am actually very envious.

Because that’s the family relationship I dreamed of as a kid.

Now that I'm married to you, I can be considered a member of your family. They are willing to treat me well, and I am naturally willing to help them as much as possible within my ability."

"Don't worry, my family is also your family, and they will treat you better than they treat me."

Lin Han pinched Jiang Mengyan's cold little ears and said with a smile:

“But not all of my relatives are so nice to each other. You’ve already met the ones we get along well with last time.

Those who we don't get along well with haven't come back, but we will have a chance to see each other after we get married or during the Chinese New Year.

You better be smart when the time comes and don’t give your heart to others.”

"Hey, your family has such a good atmosphere, how can you have relatives who don't get along well?"

Jiang Mengyan blinked, looking surprised.

“There are annoying people everywhere, and they must be in my family too.

But I will definitely protect my wife and children, and will not let you and the babies be bullied, so rest assured."

Lin Han smiled and kissed Jiang Mengyan on the face:
"Then you start drawing first. Call me if you need anything. I'll go make two small pieces of jewelry to practice."

"it is good."

Although they didn't have to go to work the next day, Lin Han and Jiang Mengyan still got up early, and it was a rare occasion for them to act separately.

Jiang Mengyan went to the packaging and printing factory to select templates, make samples, and finalize the details of various new packages.

And Lin Han came to the school.

Last night, he had already greeted the head of the News Department of this student union, Jing Chu, who was also his junior.

Today I am going to attend the regular meeting in the activity room of the News Department, and by the way, I would like to mention the team-building trip during the school anniversary holiday.

"Brother Lin!"

Lin Han thought he had arrived early enough, but when he opened the door, Jing Chu was already sitting in the activity room reading a book.

Seeing Lin Han coming, he stood up happily and greeted him:
"But I haven't seen you for a long time."

"I've been busy lately and haven't been able to find time to come and see you guys."

Lin Han smiled.

"I know. You and Professor Jiang."

Jing Chu gave Lin Han a smile that every man could understand:

"Seriously, Brother Lin, they're saying that Professor Jiang is pregnant. Is that true?"

"It's true. She's showing her pregnancy now, and she's not trying to hide it. I thought you all knew about it."

Lin Han looked as if it was a matter of course.

(End of this chapter)