It wasn’t just him; even Frank Hayes and Hailey Beckett’s faces fell.
"But we sold so much before." Gabriel pondered for a long while, unable to figure out how they’d lost money.
Chloe said grimly, "But your lowest price before was thirty cents."
Then, Chloe said, "Let’s go. We’ll meet up first. I have a way to earn your money back."
The three men exchanged a look and all nodded.
Since there were only a few dozen pounds of radishes left, it was easy to carry them all at once.
Chloe didn’t help them. After saying her piece, she returned to her own stall and loaded her remaining radishes onto the truck.
When the rest of them arrived, they saw Chloe looking as if she was ready to leave.
"Chloe, you still have so much left. You’re not thinking of going back, are you?"
Nina glanced at the three full baskets of produce still on the truck and felt a sense of smug satisfaction.
’Even if I don’t get to eat the big meal the production team prepared today, Chloe won’t get to either!’
But Chloe couldn’t even be bothered to spare her a glance, simply saying, "We’re going to drive somewhere else and see."
"Somewhere else? Why not stay here?"
Chloe didn’t really want to ride in that kind of vehicle.
The ride over had been so bumpy she had almost thrown up her breakfast from that morning.
She glanced at the time and suggested, "Why don’t we go get something to eat first?"
They had spent over four hours at the market today, and the entire place was filled with the reek of rotting meat, an overpowering stench.
That was why Nina had gone out for a walk by herself and only just returned; she couldn’t stand the strange smells of the market.
It was already almost one o’clock, and she hadn’t even had a single sip of water.
"No."
Chloe rejected the idea without a second thought.
She shot Nina a frosty look, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Do you have money?"
Nina replied matter-of-factly, "Didn’t we make a lot of money today?"
"That’s not our money."
Today’s task was to help the village farmers sell their radishes.
Many households in the village grew radishes, but this year they were short-staffed and couldn’t sell them. If a few more days passed, the radishes would be even harder to sell.
By then, who knows how much money they would lose.
"We can’t touch a single cent without their permission."
A few of them had originally planned to take some money for a bite to eat, but after hearing what Chloe said, they quickly came to their senses.
"Right, this is the farmers’ money. We can’t touch a single cent."
With that, all eyes turned to the bag in Nina’s hand.
Gabriel paused, then said, "Let’s just bear with it for now. The production team won’t leave us without lunch."
Hailey Beckett also chimed in, "Chloe’s right. There’s hardly anyone left at the market now. Staying here won’t solve anything. We might as well go look elsewhere. If we really can’t sell them, we’ll figure something else out."
The radishes might not have looked pretty, but they were only ugly on the surface.
Meanwhile, Yara Garrison and Jessica Ford already had complete faith in Chloe.
The group got into the truck, leaving only Nina Sinclair standing below.


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