Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 2002 - 1757: The Situation in Baiyu County

The leadership team of Baiyu County is also worried.

How to handle the people and affairs above, that’s like a deep, still pond.

By the time people notice even a slight ripple, all the undercurrents have already calmed.

But right now, the most urgent issue is the several hundred acres of vineyards across the 136 households in the entire county.

In recent years, the nationwide development of the fruit tree economy, from nearby parent-child picking gardens to online livestreams, green channels, agricultural assistance, and other various avenues, has allowed farmers to gradually earn some income either by working or through the internet, and they have become more willing to accept some new things.

The fruit tree industry also began to prosper.

The climate and soil of Baiyu County were already well-regarded for grape growing even before this.

But those were all local old varieties of grapes, which at the most expensive, couldn’t sell for more than three yuan per unit, so they really couldn’t sell at a high price.

Therefore, when the leaders brought in professionals to conduct an inspection, believing that their area was suitable for planting the new variety [Sunshine Rose], a few financially stable households gritted their teeth and jumped on board.

In the first year, those who invested on a small scale also put in a lot of effort, but seeing that a single acre could bring in tens of thousands of yuan, the number of followers grew to over forty households in the second year.

In the third year, namely this year, seeing the income from a neighboring village’s orchard being briskly bought up by buyers due to its good quality last year, the number of farmers throughout the county who were willing to adopt this complicated, high-value, high-quality cultivation soared to over a hundred households.

Yet now, the grapes have ripened.

But the buyer who has been procrastinating has been completely unreachable since last week.

The villagers were gathered, and the young ones were also trying to sell online through various means.

But in this era where flow is king, without enough money to spread the promo, small households trying to attract orders—there were people, but the conversion rate was truly unbearable to look at.

Now everyone is gathered in the Village Department, sweating heavily as they chat:

"Should our village chief also try livestream selling? Isn’t everyone doing this online these days..."

"You’ve only seen them doing it without noticing they’re all young guys. I’ve got old skin like a tangerine peel, who would watch?"

"Besides, they also put money into boosting their streams..."

"What do you mean by boosting? We can also boost it, we can’t just watch these grapes rot in the field!"

"I’ve put money in, I had my kid do it, and even got a rather expensive package, costing over a thousand. But people clicked in, saw how expensive the grapes were, and didn’t buy at all."

"But our grapes are good, so flavorful. Anyone who tries them praises them! Our cultivation cost is so much higher than others..."

From spring care to winter, never a moment’s rest.

Expensive biological agents to drive away pests and weeds, plus carefully tending the fruit, and whenever the weather looks off, feeling on edge...

And those fruits, some buyers bought the whole orchard, but really, if we calculate the average price, it wouldn’t even reach sixty.

Because they only pick the best batch, considering the completeness of the bunch, the plumpness of the berries, to the taste and sweetness, each must pass for a single bunch to reach sixty per jin.

The rest is graded down step by step.

In the end, each jin can average two to thirty yuan.

But even at two to thirty yuan, compared to the old variety of grapes before, it’s already a sky-high price.

If it weren’t for such a good price, how would everyone have joined in such a rush?

"Last year, the best ones went for sixty, I specifically picked out the best ones, put them online without adding a penny, selling at just 40, factoring in delivery costs we still end up in the red... not a single sale!"

"This year it’s not working, this year Sunshine Rose are everywhere, three for ten yuan and still nobody buys..."

"Lower the price! In a good harvest year prices drop, I get that, but those buyers who come at the last minute and say three yuan a jin, isn’t that bullying?"

"If the original boss can’t make it, then they can’t, but they should have let us plan ahead instead of dragging it on! Now the fruit is ripe, and if we don’t sell, soon enough three yuan a jin won’t even be picked up."

Men, women, young and old, the young ones were all here joining in the chatter, making everyone increasingly worried and anxious.

The young ones raised their hands, also covered in sweat from head to toe:

"There’s a big influencer in Ning City, with over 300,000 followers on Douyin. I emailed his studio to see if they could help promote..."

Livestream selling, something everyone familiar with Douyin understands!

Everyone looked over anxiously: "What did they say?"

The young one gave a bitter smile: "They didn’t agree."