Chapter 468 The Idea of Donation

Chapter 468: Ideas on Profit Distribution

Wu Yanhua, seeing everyone looking at her, couldn't resist grabbing some food from the spicy pot to eat.

After taking a bite, her eyes lit up, and she said to everyone, "It's really delicious, you all have to try this."

After hearing that, everyone who was already eager to try became even more impatient.

It must be said that the food Su He made was just so delicious; everyone couldn't stop eating.

"It really is, I'm so hot from eating that I'm sweating." Fu Ziyao, wincing from the heat, took off his jacket and handed it to his wife to hold.

"If you can't handle spicy food, eat less, or you'll regret it tonight," Su He reminded.

But at this point, everyone was really into the food, and no one listened to her.

Aunt Lan kept staring at the spicy pot, too hesitant to dig in.

"Mom, what would you like? I'll grab it for you." Fu Tinghua was sitting right beside her and had been paying attention to her the whole time.

"I... I want to try the spicy one," Aunt Lan said shyly.

She had never eaten such things before; wealthy households were quite particular about food, especially women.

Something that looked so spicy was something Aunt Lan had never tried.

Hearing this, Fu Tinghua served Aunt Lan a piece of ribs from the spicy pot and also placed a piece of chicken in her bowl.

After taking one bite, Aunt Lan couldn't stop.

It was so delicious. Who kept telling her that life in the countryside was so hard? This food was way tastier than what she usually ate.

"Eat more, there's plenty of dishes," Su He said with a smile.

The children were also very tempted by the spicy pot, but Su He wouldn't let them have any.

Children's stomachs are still developing, and eating spicy food suddenly might upset their stomachs.

Besides, the weather was so cold; getting sick would be awful.

After everyone finished eating, they cleaned up the house together.

The children went to the living room to play, while the others gathered in the warm room to split the earnings.

On the surface, everyone pretended not to care, but secretly, they were all rubbing their hands in anticipation.

Aunt Lan sat beside Fu Tinghua, very curious about how they would divide the money.

Then she saw Su He take out a notebook with all the accounts recorded inside. She was probably going to read them out one by one to the Fu family.

But unexpectedly, Su He first summarized a lot of the experience and decisions from this season's sugar orange cultivation.

"For this season's sugar oranges, most of the harvest actually went to the suppliers.

The reason we sold to them at wholesale prices so they’d help us move the product, as you can see, has its benefits.

They purchase in large quantities and pay on the spot, so we don’t have to worry about the produce going bad and piling up in our hands.

Next year, I’m thinking of expanding the planting scale."

However, the suppliers mostly only sell in neighboring cities or counties, so awareness of our sugar oranges remains limited.

Just now, you mentioned there are still many sugar oranges left on the mountain that haven't been picked. I actually have an idea."

At this point, Su He paused dramatically for a moment.

"What idea?" Fu Guoqing asked eagerly.

As the family’s logistics handler, he naturally knew best how useful the current business was for the Fu family.

"I heard that in Fei County of the neighboring city, many people died due to the snow disaster?"

Everyone was caught off guard by her sudden shift to this topic and exchanged puzzled glances.

"Yeah, what about it? How does that relate to our business?" Wu Yanhua couldn’t help but ask.

Su He glanced at everyone before saying, "If we rely solely on suppliers to sell our sugar oranges and build awareness, it will be too slow. After all, everyone is afraid of the fruit spoiling and losing money. So, I plan—to donate all the sugar oranges on the mountain."

"What!"

"Donate them!"

"What do you mean by donate?"

Hearing Su He’s words, the Fu family couldn’t help but become agitated.

Their family was still struggling financially, and they had finally found a profitable business. How could they just donate it all away?

Su He also knew their mindset—they were frugal and cautious.

"We’ll donate them to the disaster area, so the people there can taste them." Su He observed the varied expressions on the Fu family’s faces and knew what they were thinking.

"But—it won’t snow every day. Like today, it didn’t snow. Once the sun comes out, the snow will melt, and we can still go up the mountain to pick those sugar oranges to sell," Chen Sufen quickly added.

After all, there was still a large quantity of sugar oranges on the mountain that hadn’t been picked.

Were they really just going to give them away like that?

Seeing everyone’s doubts, Fu Tinghua stepped in to support his wife.

"Donating them will boost the influence of our sugar oranges in the future, as it’s a good deed. Moreover, the country is strongly promoting such acts of kindness. The supplies we donate will officially appear on the national list, which is an honor. Don’t underestimate the impact of a disaster, especially in a county in the neighboring city."

Hearing this, everyone began to think more seriously.

That’s right—at worst, they’d just earn a little less.

"Then—do we still need to hire people to pick the sugar oranges?" Fu Ziyao asked.

"No, I’ll communicate with the relevant departments about this. The sugar oranges will be donated in the name of our Xinxu Town or Wencheng. But since we’re the only ones growing sugar oranges right now, once people learn about them, they’ll have to buy from us. So, I fully support Su He’s suggestion."

Everyone was still not completely following, but since Fu Tinghua and Su He were the most business-savvy in the family, if both of them thought it would work, then it surely would.

"Alright, I agree," Wu Yanhua said first.

"I agree too," Fu Dajun quickly chimed in.

Since the two elders of the family had agreed, how could the sons and daughters-in-law object?

"Everyone agrees, everyone agrees. We all trust Su He."

"Same here."

At this point, everyone stopped questioning. People of this era were generally down-to-earth—if they could do a good deed along the way, they were more than happy to go along with it.

Regardless of whether Su He's idea about building awareness would pan out, as long as they could help those in need, they felt it was worth it.

Seeing how quickly they accepted the proposal, Su He smiled.

If the Fu family remained this open to suggestions, she could continue working with them.

She hoped that, in the future, they would always be on the same page.

"Alright, as for what I just mentioned, Ting Hua and I will go to Xinxu Town tomorrow to talk to the mayor. If he thinks it won’t work, we’ll go to Wencheng to check with the authorities. But this matter requires careful planning. For now—let’s start distributing the money to everyone."