Chapter 32: Misfortune precedes blessing!

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"Ring, ring, ring..." Francis was speechless when he heard the sound coming from his cell phone. Before he could explain, Maya hung up the phone. Things were not what you think. Seeing Francis's depressed look, Emily pursed her red lips and whispered, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it just now." "It's okay, and it's not your fault." Francis smiled and said, "Well, I have something to do. I have to go to the county town now. I'll take you home first." After something like this happened, Francis naturally had no time and desire to flirt with Emily. "Oh, well." Emily sighed quietly and felt helpless. Why were she and Francis always interrupted every time they wanted to do something? "Emily, I just made an estimate. The orange orchard in your home is about eight thousand pounds. I will pay you... five dollars per pound. I will give you the money when I come back from the county." On the way to send Emily home, Francis said seriously. "Ah? What? Five per pound?" Emily opened her eyes wide and couldn't believe her ears. However, she soon came to her senses and said a little embarrassedly, "I haven't made love with you yet." She thought Francis paid her a high price because of their relationship. "Ahem... let's talk about this later." Francis was also very depressed. It seemed that his first time would be postponed again. "Um...Emily, I'll give you five pounds. Don't talk nonsense. I also want to buy oranges from other people in the village, but I can't give them such a high price." Francis was prepared to pay three dollars a pound for the oranges from other villagers. In the past, when Tribbiani made purchases, he had always paid one and five dollars per pound. Now he had doubled the price. Now he could make a lot of money, but he would naturally not forget the villagers of Qingshan Village. He would lead them to get rich together. Of course, because the money was taken directly from the fruit shop and was not his own money, he could not give an outrageous price just because he wanted to help the villagers. After sending Emily home, Francis hurried towards the county. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Francis came to the county. At the distribution headquarters, Francis met Maya who looked unhappy. "I'm sorry. I disturbed you when I called you." Looking at Francis, Maya said lightly. Thinking of the time she called Francis and heard the woman's voice screaming in pain on the phone, Maya became upset. She didn't even understand why she was so upset. That was Francis's private matter and had nothing to do with her. Maybe it was because she was so busy here, but Francis was enjoying himself, and she felt unbalanced. This should be! "You misunderstood." Francis scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's not what you think. The oranges in our orange garden were sold out. At that time, I was talking about oranges with Emily in her orange garden. She sprained her foot. I gave her...a massage, and I happened to receive your call. I was so excited that it hurt her." Regardless of whether Maya believed it or not, he had to explain. After all, he and Emily really didn't do anything. He couldn't take the blame. "Hmph, you don't have to explain it to me." Maya snorted. Although she said so, she felt a little better in her heart. When she was so busy, at least Francis was not idle. Besides, he didn't do anything bad. "What's going on? How is the situation now?" Francis spoke in a deep voice and changed the topic. When it came to business, Maya also became serious and said in a deep voice, "Just this morning, the TV station suddenly released news that Qingshan oranges are simply ordinary oranges and even worse than ordinary oranges. It is said that our propaganda is completely false. It would like to remind the public not to buy our oranges to avoid being deceived.” "You know, the TV station is still very authoritative, and there are so many people paying attention to them. Now the entire Internet is full of curses, and just an hour ago, the Administration for Industry and Commerce Someone came and sealed our fruit shop and banned it from opening until the results of the investigation came out. This is the situation now." After listening to her narration, Francis frowned deeply, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Since the matter has happened, we must find a way to solve it. We can't be anxious. Now, there are several problems. First of all, you just said that you are waiting for the investigation results. How are the people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau planning to investigate?" "A friend of mine transferred money to me in another place and asked me to leave five kilograms for her. Now the five kilograms of oranges have been taken away by people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. They will take oranges for testing. If the results are not consistent with our propaganda, then it will be suspected of maliciously driving up prices and making false sales, and there will be a series of punitive measures later." Maya said seriously. "What if the test results are similar to what we publicized before?" Francis continued to ask. "If that happens, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau will naturally seek justice for us." Maya said, "No matter what the result is, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau will give specific test results." "That's good." Francis smiled and said, "It turns out it was just a false alarm!" "A false alarm?" Maya stared at Francis with her beautiful eyes, and said angrily, "At this time, you can still laugh. Do you have a conscience?" While saying this, Maya came to pinch Francis. "Oh, crayfish, stop it! Listen to me!" Francis jumped away subconsciously, and when he saw Maya's white and tender hands, he formed a conditioned reflex. "Say! What do you want to say?" Maya glared at Francis angrily and pinched her waist with her small hands. "Ahem..." Francis coughed, with a serious look on his face, and then said, "Blessings are where misfortune lies; misfortunes are where blessings lie!" "Speak clearly! I don't understand!" Maya said seriously. Francis suddenly was speechless, paused, and continued, "Okay, let's put it in a simpler way. I think this time, for us, maybe a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." "A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Maya was stunned, "You said that our fruit shop being blocked is not only not a bad thing, but also a good opportunity?" "That's right." Francis nodded and said seriously, "Crayfish, don't worry. Just listen to me."

Chapter 32: Misfortune precedes blessing!

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