Looking at the smiling faces of his colleagues in the morning market, Wei Tao responded hypocritically. He thought about responding to the shamelessness of their behavior, but in the end felt it was unnecessary.
How about standing in front of the stall and criticizing Sang and Huai without any quality? It doesn't make any sense. It's just a happy talk but ends up with a shameful image.
Talk to them? There is nothing to talk about, it's just the nastiness between small businessmen and hawkers who make small profits. Wei Tao told himself that if you regard them as opponents, then your situation will only be so limited.
Just go and smash up their stall to take revenge? Stop making trouble. Those who are good at fighting will die in the war. It is already good to be able to avoid being bullied by others with force.
Start a price war with them? Regardless of whether you have enough money in your hand to buy gas, so what if you win? Feeling relieved? Have you won over a group of small businessmen and hawkers with no structure? That's not something to be proud of, it can only be more embarrassing.
Wei Tao did not defend his mother's insistence on the morning market, but this time at the morning market, he was no longer quick to make small profits but quick turnover, but to keep the best quality fruits and vegetables instead of taking them out.
We chose to move into the house in late autumn and before winter. It was just right when people were comfortable and so were the fruits and vegetables. We didn’t have to worry about the heat and heat in summer making it difficult to store, and we didn’t have to worry about frostbite in fruits and vegetables that were too cold in winter. Wei Tao was so insistent on his opinion that this It is also one of his trump cards. Once the sales of the fruit supermarket are not good at the beginning, it will not lose money, and the fruit and vegetables can continue to be sold for several days.
Watching a group of clowns dancing wildly among the demons, Wei Tao was thinking about the wild vegetables that had been moved to the store. These were picked by Guan Jinyue in the mountains in recent days. Moreover, during the weekend of renovation, Guan Jinyue spent half a day riding a bicycle. I took my bicycle and went to the village where I worked as a farmer more than ten kilometers away. I learned about the situation and helped to find out the way. However, it was very laborious to collect from house to house, and each household was limited in what they could pick and sell. It's all a matter of adding up a little.
Guan Jinyue saw that Wei Tao cared about 'efficiency'. Is such a side dish in a greenhouse worth the waste of acquiring and then selling it?
The misconceptions of the times determined that even if she was gifted, Guan Jinyue could only ponder Wei Tao's behavior, but could not keep pace with him in this regard. This also somewhat frustrated her pride, and she always felt that There is no common language among her peers. It has nothing to do with academic qualifications or family. Her thinking mode is no longer one dimension. Now, there is finally someone in this field who makes her feel one dimension higher.
During the day when the plaque was hung, the electrician did the final circuit debugging and installed the spotlights on the plaque. Wei Tao also helped his mother put the goods on the shelves. This time they no longer just selected a few products, but the vegetables were as complete as possible. In terms of fruits, we mainly focus on high-quality fruits, but also include some high-end fruits.
"Mom, it must be clean. Without affecting the quality of the goods, try to give people a pleasing and clean feeling. Put the good things in front and on top. The messy things must be picked up and thrown away in time. We cannot be like farmers. The stalls in the hall also do not pay attention to hygiene. The fragrance of the fruit is enough to make customers smell good after coming in. The lighting environment should make them see that this thing is really good and I want to buy some. No matter it is raining, snowing or windy outside. How about, you can relax and choose slowly here..."
"Also, Mom, I have clearly marked the prices and the signs. You can just put them on the shelves in front of each product."
As he was talking, Wei Tao was doing it, explaining to his mother with practical actions what it would be like to build such a fruit and vegetable supermarket.
He knew that his mother was a little uneasy, worried that if she didn't do well with such a big investment, she would be very stressed, but there was nothing he could do about it. He didn't know if the passenger flow would be large in the future. It would definitely not be much now. He had to take advantage of his free time now. Able to explore various purchasing channels in a serious manner.
I am familiar with the vegetable wholesale market and fruit wholesale market. I have gained experience in picking goods and familiarity with prices. I also understand the general direction of market demand. Next, I will focus on high-end high-quality products and green food. route.
The former requires a purchase attempt.
The latter requires finding the right channel.
The mother and son were busy working until the afternoon. During this period, many elderly residents of the nearby area passed by the door, some of whom stretched out their heads to visit. What is a fruit and vegetable supermarket?
Wei Tao gave the supermarket a very vulgar but catchy name that is easily remembered by ordinary people.
'Fresh Times' fruit and vegetable supermarket.
The plaque was hung up, and the four rows of shelves, each facing the door area, were filled with the best-looking fruits and vegetables.
Grapes, yellow-flesh watermelon, cherries, mangoes, and yellow peaches are not in large quantities. What I want is a complete variety and high-end products.
The wild vegetables were neatly sorted and paired with the fruits persimmons, okra, bamboo shoots and other vegetables in the vegetable market that were not eaten daily by the family. They were sorted and arranged in categories. The couple worked hard all afternoon, and the results were first achieved.
"Hey, we've opened a store here, and it has quite a full range of items."
During off-duty hours, some people who don’t like to go to markets and farmer’s halls are used to buying vegetables and fruits at the street corner. After riding in, even if they don’t live there and want to turn to the entrance of their home, Wei Tao has already Turn on the spotlights. It's not dark yet. As long as you look up and see the plaque, you will be attracted by the bright light. Some people will come and take a look.
Residents who live in the buildings a few buildings inside the back wall of the rest house don't need to bother. As soon as they walk by, they will see that the place is brightly lit.
The spotlights on the plaque at the door and the four large energy-saving lamps in the house shine in the green environment, and the fruits and vegetables that set off the fresh texture are revealed. When you walk in, the fragrance of the fruits hits your nostrils. In addition to the daily contact of ordinary residents, For the fruits and vegetables that arrived, Wei Tao marked the others according to the normal farmers’ hall pricing. These are not short-term and fast, but we will conduct another round of screening of good-quality fruits and vegetables and select the best ones to sell to everyone. .
There was nothing we could do about the loss of repeat customers at the morning market. The aunt and the fourth aunt each borrowed 3,000 yuan. My mother felt that it was too much and felt a lot of pressure. She thought that each person could borrow 2,000 yuan at most. , who knew that among the fruits her son brought back early in the morning, several boxes were extremely expensive, and the prices were a few dollars higher. Others didn’t know, but she would definitely not buy them anyway. Until now, after a busy day, she sold some Things, these high-quality high-end goods in the mouth of my son, have not been favored.
Someone had bought groceries in Jiekou, but came in to take a look. The prices were about the same, but the quality of the things in this house suddenly completely surpassed Jiekou's.
"Mom, don't worry. It's newly opened and no one is normal. Let's just get things done. Choose clean leeks. I don't believe we have to work a little harder. Clean leeks that don't need to be cleaned up can't be sold at the same price. Merchant?"
Wei Tao could only comfort his mother in a way that her mother could understand, so that she would not have to worry about getting angry.
Riding a three-wheeled motorcycle home, Guan Jinyue, who had taken leave for self-study in the evening, had come back and was waiting for him in old clothes. Carrying Guan Jinyue, the two of them drove further outside the city and entered the provincial highway. Beyond the land, it begins to enter the real rural area.
Guan Jinyue took Wei Tao to the two families where she had worked. They were all families with relatives nearby. Otherwise, Guan Jinyue, who was young before, would not have dared to work in a stranger's house.
In a village, if there is someone you know, the act of picking up goods at the doorstep can be carried out.
Nowadays, every household doesn’t buy vegetables. They just grow enough in their own gardens to eat. Very few families build greenhouses to prepare for self-sufficiency by growing vegetables in winter. Wei Tao doesn’t care. Even though there are no vegetables in the gardens now, he I just want to buy as much as I can.
It is not intended to be enough for sales, but to let the residents near "Fresh Times" know that this store has things that outside vendors don't have, including real farm dishes without any chemical fertilizers, paired with wild vegetables, which will help those who have begun to understand health preservation. For people who are concerned about green food, this will undoubtedly become a big attraction.
The two of them were busy until dark. Even though it was not long, there were more than a hundred kilograms of various vegetables in the back of the tricycle, as well as half a bucket of sticky corn, which was dinner for the uncle and aunt at the house where Guan Jinyue worked. After giving Wei Tao a taste of Xun's corn, he bought two hundred kilograms.
Guan Jinyue said she would come and take a look, and Wei Tao pulled her to the 'Fresh Times'. After getting off the bus, Guan Jinyue said calmly: "My school is only a ten-minute walk away from here."
"I know, there is only one high school in Jiangnan city now. Where else could you be here if you weren't here."
"Xiaoyue will eat here at noon from now on. There is no need to bring dry food to school to eat. It's cold and you can't eat anything hot." Obviously, Zhou Xinglian knows the details of Guan Jinyue's life better than Wei Tao. Thinking about it, he has to admit it. This one has a strong heart.
Naturally, she couldn't eat in the canteen or buy snacks nearby. It took too long to get home, so she could only bring food.
So what kind of meals can she bring to school?
Young people are all face-conscious and worry that their classmates will laugh at them for being humble. What about Guan Jinyue? Her lowering her head, not interacting with others, and her lack of presence are not a kind of protection and isolation for herself.
"Did you hear that? Come to Auntie's place to eat from now on."
Guan Jinyue nodded and did not refuse any more concessions. She looked around the room and knew that apart from the favor she owed, she could live up to the hot lunch with the work she had done after lunch. If you miss a few dozen minutes of study at noon, you can make up for it in the evening.
There was a heavy rainstorm at midnight and it continued until dawn. Just after it cleared up, it began to rain again. For vendors going out for the morning market, such weather was a disaster. The only consolation they could give themselves was that they could sleep in. , no need to get up again.
Taking advantage of the clearing of the sky, Wei Tao and Zhou Xinglian arrived at the "fresh time". After putting down their mother, Wei Tao ran to the vegetable wholesale market to buy some vegetables. When he came back and moved in, he wanted to go to the fruit wholesale market again, when the raindrops fell again. At this time, Wei Tao could only give up his plan of wearing a raincoat and facing the wind and rain to load the goods. There was enough in this room.
Place a huge decorative cloth that I bought before, along the direction of the toilet at the back, across the entire house, and nail it to the ceiling so that it hangs down. Looking from the outside in, the innermost part is the picture on the decorative cloth. Behind this is the bathroom and a small area parallel to it.
The fourth uncle asked for an old single bed from a friend's house. Wei Tao went to pull it back a few nights ago, wiped it and made it, and put it in the back so that when he was tired, he could lie down and rest for a while without getting tired. From the front, customers see the sleeping area, but now it is blocked, and even the bathroom, which is just an ordinary wooden structure, is blocked inside, and the entire front becomes one space. A second-hand set of old cooking utensils is also placed in the back. It is a kitchen and bedroom combined with a bathroom next to it, but the business environment is not so particular.
It rained lightly in the morning, stopping and falling for a while.
When installing the glass door and plaque, Wei Tao added some money and asked the workers to set aside a little area outside the rolling shutter door, so that there would be a little more rain shelter outside the door.
How many guests could I expect to have this day? It was not cold yet. With the door open, Wei Tao moved the gas tank and stove to the door, placed a large steamer on it, added water, and cooked the sticky corn he bought yesterday. A big pot.
When it was time to get off work in the afternoon, the rain suddenly started to rain heavily. Wei Tao stood at the door smoking and sighed, God help us. One of our biggest advantages was encountered on the second day after opening.
