Chapter 493: Your calculations are going to smash on my face
"Just like you said, we truly have never succeeded in getting money from her hands," Lu Youzhen spoke, "but that hasn’t stopped her from being guarded against us. Until it was impossible to hide, she never let us know she was doing business, never let us know where she lived."
"What does this mean? It means that even though she has ways to deal with us, to not give us money, she didn’t want us pestering her," Lu Youzhen continued, "But I don’t understand, why was she scared before, and now she’s not? She even admitted so readily that she has started a new company."
Lu Youzhen didn’t understand, but Lu Youbang had a guess, "Before, she hid things because she feared our interference, since she had no way to keep us at bay. But now it’s different."
"What can she possibly use to control us now?" Lu Youzhen asked, uncomprehending.
"Have you forgotten about Hexing Rice? How did our village get rich? How did our mother have the money to send you to the Imperial Capital before the summer break? Where did the money come from to rent you the apartment? Do you think that little money from our grandparents would be enough for all that?"
"Isn’t it all because our family also contributed to Lu Youxi, using the Hexing Rice label to sell our rice, that we have money? It can be said that, right now, everyone wants to make money, and they all depend on Lu Youxi. If anyone offends her and she kicks them out, disallowing them to earn this money, you can only watch as others make money while you can do nothing."
"Now that we’re living better than before, who would want to go back to those poor days?" Lu Youbang said.
"We could also sell the rice to others. Now everyone knows Hexing Rice is delicious, wouldn’t our village’s rice sell?" Lu Youzhen argued, "Not to mention, that factory has always been watching us."
Lu Youbang scoffed, "That’s why I tell you to study hard, and you just don’t, asking such unlearned questions."
"Lu Youxi’s Hexing Rice Company, only the rice sold by them is recognized as Hexing Rice. If you supply to the factory, it’s labeled under another brand, who would acknowledge it as Hexing Rice? As long as Hexing Rice Company says it’s not, then the rice produced by our family isn’t either," Lu Youbang explained, "Besides, our family had signed a contract with Lu Youxi. We can’t sell the rice to anyone else."