When Jiang Yulou and Ma Xiao arrived at Yangping County, it was already dark, and it was time to get off work in the city. There were more vendors in the "market". Although it was not as good as that of later generations, it still had the atmosphere of a farmers' market.
It's just that although there are hawkers, there will never be any cries. After all, it is still an era of crackdown on speculation.
The two looked at each other and quietly found an empty space to set up a stall.
He took a piece of cloth from the bicycle and spread it on the ground. Then he placed the red mushrooms in two snakeskin bags on the ground, took some from the bag and placed them on the cloth.
What he is selling must be seen by his customers.
Then, he saw a boiling water room in the distance already lit, and went to ask for some cold water with a basin.
After everything was collected, he soaked the dried red mushrooms in cold water.
As mentioned before, when red mushrooms are soaked in water, the water will turn red and smell fragrant within ten or twenty minutes.
All of this was his preparation for selling red mushrooms.
While there was still time, he handed the stall over to Ma Xiao and went to look around other stalls.
There are people selling meat and vegetables in the market. The meat is mainly pork, but also beef and mutton.
After asking about the price, he had an idea.
Among the meats, the price of pork is a little lower, the price of mutton is about the same as pork, and beef is more expensive and less expensive, and ordinary people who are not cadres' families can't afford it.
In this era, pork is also in short supply, and ordinary people have to weigh their wallets if they want to eat it.
See if your meat tickets are enough.
As for vegetables, the main items sold in the "market" are Chinese cabbage, tomatoes and potatoes.
The prices of these main vegetables are relatively cheap. Among them, Chinese cabbage costs five cents per pound, which would be unimaginable in later generations.
Turning around, Jiang Yulou thought that time was almost up and it was time to go back to the stall, otherwise Ma Xiao would be in a hurry.
After returning, Jiang Yulou looked at the red mushrooms soaked in water in the basin.
After more than ten minutes of soaking, the red mushrooms have swelled and look very good. The water in the basin has also turned red, and you can faintly smell the fragrance emanating from the basin.
Now, Jiang Yulou was relieved.
Slowly, there were some customers at the stall.
Jiang Yulou will introduce the scientific name, origin, identification method and nutritional value of red mushrooms to everyone who comes.
Although it took a lot of effort, fortunately the effect is not bad.
Most of the customers who came bought some. Jiang Yulou’s price was not expensive, only 30 cents per pound, and he would sell it for 25 cents when bargained for.
This is a business without capital. Even if he sells it for a cent or a pound, he will still make a profit.
Not to mention 25 cents, which is enough to buy 2 taels of pork.
Although it is completely different from when he was doing business before, he still needs to understand the situation clearly!
In this day and age, a few cents is precious.
The more you sell and the more you earn, the sooner you can change your own destiny and that of those around you.
Finally making money, Jiang Yulou is happier than when he made tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands in his previous life, looking at the pitiful few cents in his hand.
Times are different, the difficulty of doing business is different, and many things cannot be generalized.
For him, earning his first money is the first step to success.
"Louzi, we made money!"
Ma Xiao looked at the money in Jiang Yulou's hand and opened his mouth wide.
"This is the beginning. Just watch. With a good start, I will be able to sell all the goods in my hands today."
Ma Xiao is happy, and so is Jiang Yulou.
The difficulty is only temporary. As long as he gets through the immediate difficulties, when his manuscript is accepted and he gets his royalties, everything will be on track.
Sure enough, after a good start with the first business, the number of subsequent customers increased.
City dwellers who have never eaten red mushrooms naturally want to try them out.
I definitely won’t buy too much, but you have one catty and I have two, and soon the two of them settled down.
Put on the scale and collect the money.
It was the first time that Ma Xiao saw business being so easy to do.
In fact, it's not just them, business at other stalls in the "market" is equally good.
It was this time that Ma Xiao came up with the idea of doing business.
After selling the red mushrooms, it was completely dark. The two of them did not dare to stay for a long time, and they did not dare to spread the mushrooms carelessly to calculate how much they had earned today. Instead, they hurriedly packed up the stall and rode back. Hurry!
In this era, there has not yet been a strict crackdown, but there are many street gangsters in the county who are really brave enough to steal money. The two of them don't want to cause trouble, so they naturally have to leave as soon as possible.
After stepping on the pedal until it was smoking, the two finally hurried back to the village.
When we got home, we were safe.
After parking the car, Jiang Yulou loosened the pocket that he had been holding tightly, took out a large amount of change and food stamps, and counted each cent and cent five or six times.
Ma Xiao's eyes almost popped out of his head next to him.
It’s not that he has never seen money, he has seen and spent more money. However, you have your own share of the money in front of you, and the money you earn is different from the money given to you by your family.
Jiang Yulou smiled and said, "How much money do you think we made during this trip?"
"I guess, I guess, five yuan, or six yuan?" Ma Xiao couldn't stop smiling, and the corners of his mouth were almost split.
"Be conservative, guess further." Jiang Yulou did not hesitate and directly announced the data: "We sold thirty kilograms of red mushrooms for a total of seven yuan and twenty-five cents. In addition, we also had one kilogram of meat stamps. And two kilograms of food stamps. Ma Xiao, we really gave them out this time!"
"So many!" Ma Xiao was so surprised that he almost jumped up.
His family is considered rich, earning only six or seven yuan a day.
But the sixty-seven yuan was a lot of effort.
He had watched the whole process of Jiang Yulou's business. It was too easy. That was why he was surprised.
"Seven yuan a day, seventy yuan in ten days, seven hundred yuan in a hundred days, Louzi, we can earn more than two thousand yuan a year!"
Ma Xiao excitedly whispered into Jiang Yulou's ear. Although he had returned to the village, he was still afraid of being heard by others.
This is not a small amount of money, so it is better to keep a low profile.
Jiang Yulou was equally happy. Seven yuan was not a small amount of money for the Jiang family. Especially at this time, it is not an exaggeration to say it is a huge sum of money.
However, although he was happy, he was not carried away.
He said regretfully: "Don't have such sweet dreams. You can make a small amount of money, but it's impossible to make a big one. In a month at most, we will have competitors."
"Can we only do it for a month?" Ma Xiao was a little regretful. Such an easy business is indeed not that simple: "But making more than two hundred a month is a lot."
Of course it's more. If two people split it equally, one person can get more than a hundred, which is equivalent to two or three months' salary of an urbanite.
After counting the money, it's time to divide the money.
Jiang Yulou divided the money into two parts, one was more and the other was less. He wants the smaller portion because he wants meat stamps and food stamps.
Just as he was sending the hand holding the money away, Ma Xiao pushed him back.
Jiang Yulou was stunned, "Ma Xiao..."
"Louzi, your family is more difficult than mine and needs this money more." Ma Xiao said firmly.
Jiang Yulou said: "I promised to share the money equally. You can't make me break my promise."
"It's not that I don't want it. You can divide it with me when the general ledger is settled. Now just think of it as something I lent to you." Ma Xiao blinked.
"Brothers!"
Jiang Yulou's eyes turned red and he hugged Ma Xiao heavily.
At this time, which family in rural areas did not have two or three children, which family had a better life than the other, and which family was not short of money. Ma Xiao is willing to lend him money. This is a matter of affection, and he has to admit it!
Who treats you well and who treats you badly? Jiang Yulou, who has lived in two generations, cannot understand.
There is only one way to repay kindness.
Ma Xiao pushed him away and said with a look of disgust on his face: "We are good brothers wearing a pair of pants. What does this mean? When did you become pretentious?"
Jiang Yulou nodded heavily. In short, he remembered Ma Xiao's affection.
