Liu Lei had already gone to work at the passenger station. His lack of experience and qualifications did not prevent him from being led by the train conductor under Liu Dalong's arrangement, becoming a trainee conductor, and starting to run the Yanjing line.
Liu Lei likes this kind of job. He works for three days and rests for three days. He has enough time to play games. During working hours, he can let the network administrator help him hang up.
The Liu family's fruit and vegetable supermarket opened in the northern end of the city. Although it did not have the advantages of Jiangnan Development Zone, it did have the best high school in the city - No. 1 Middle School. In order for the children to study for three years in peace, they purchased nearby commercial residences and rented them. There are many parents who live with them in school. Wei Tao is right. As long as their family conditions are not too poor, these people will definitely not care about money in terms of food and drink to ensure their children's nutrition for at least the past three years.
When winter opens, most places like open-air markets, morning markets, and night markets begin to disappear. Even if they are open, there is not that much customer flow. A fruit and vegetable supermarket with a bright window where you can comfortably shop inside is not like the past. Non-staple food stores, where the food is stale and expensive, have been eliminated by history.
When the fruit and vegetable supermarket first appeared, some people thought it was the result of the re-listing of state-owned grocery stores. After entering, they felt that the prices were affordable and the service was poor. Put aside for the time being, there was no need to go shopping outside in the winter. Many people would choose to come here. Buy here.
Liu Dalong didn't say thank you directly or anything like that, but here, Wei Tao didn't need to pay cash for purchases, and the accounting period was three to five days, and the financial staff and staff didn't need to specifically notify Liu Dalong, the boss.
Qiu Bo worked as a temporary worker at the depot.
Zhu Xichun went to learn cooking from his father's friend near home.
The fruit and vegetable supermarkets at my aunt's house and my fourth aunt's house are not open. Wei Tao doesn't know the specific reason. He only heard a few words from his mother here and there, but he still feels that this thing is not safe. In winter, there may be fewer people buying fruits and vegetables. .
Ordinary families in the Northeast have a tradition of stocking up on winter vegetables for decades. Even if they live in a building, this does not prevent them from doing this.
You can see the open space downstairs. Your family and I pile hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of cabbage into a small bag, and take one or two when eating. In the corridor, you can see the stored green onions and potatoes, and there are pickled cabbage jars placed on the gentle stairs between the floors.
As for fruits, despite the wave of layoffs, most people still go to work. Every winter, the work unit will distribute some fruits that are easy to store, such as apple pears, frozen persimmons, frozen autumn pears, apples, oranges, etc., in boxes Distribution, dual-income families often cannot eat, and some need to be sent to the homes of both parents. If the parents are still working employees, that would be even more appropriate.
Furthermore, there is Wei Tao's method of purchasing goods. When winter comes, it looks really hard. Whether it is the uncle who wants to open a shop with his sister, or the cousin and her boyfriend, they are all afraid, and the fourth aunt and fourth uncle are even more afraid. I felt sorry for this only girl, so I gave up the idea.
It wasn't that Wei Tao didn't say it, but it was useless to say it. When he said it, people laughed and didn't take it seriously, so he didn't go into it further. It is true that purchasing goods this winter is very difficult.
A large cart of fruit was transported back from the fruit wholesale market in the wind and snow, and it was already dawn.
Although the vegetable wholesale market is close, Wei Tao still goes here first. After all, there is no relationship like Li Dalong here. Good things are first come, first served. Occasionally, when he sees Aunt Liu, he nods and greets her warmly, and there is little interaction between them.
To be honest, Wei Tao has never experienced such hard work. He has never thought about giving up, but at certain times, he will feel too tired and complain to himself.
As for me? Can I wait until the middle of next year to apply for mobile phone sales and after-sales service? Earn more.
I will work for a year or two and make some money. I will set up a counter to collect second-hand mobile phones, or I will open a small store to purchase and sell mobile phones from manufacturers. The next five or six years will be the golden period for mobile phones, with hundreds of flowers blooming and multiple brands competing.
No matter how bad it is, go to a city you are familiar with and do a job you are familiar with. Before rebirth, you can gain a foothold in a big city and live reasonably well. It has the advantage of rebirth. When you make money, you can either buy a house or buy a few super well-known companies. If I work hard for stocks for ten or eight years, can I retire?
Why bother?
Why torture yourself like this?
On a snowy night, I watched people riding tricycles to buy goods. Once the wind is blowing, a cart of fruits or a cart of vegetables will test not only the willpower, but also the physical strength. You have to clench your back molars and use all your strength. To earn the most hard-earned money.
Whose parents are they?
Whose children are they?
Every day, when Wei Tao is tortured by such cold and hard work, he can get a mouthful of fresh 'chicken soup' anytime and anywhere.
In the Jiangnan Vegetable Wholesale Market and the Fruit Wholesale Market in the east of the city, every morning, there are many people who are fighting for their lives and their children. Seeing them, this sip of fresh chicken soup makes them feel comfortable.
Purchasing the goods is hard work, but coming back is a happy time, the tender chicken you eat after the fresh chicken soup.
Don’t fruit and vegetable supermarkets make money in winter?
More than just making money.
Why is the Jiangnan area the new economic center of the city, and why is it called a development zone?
New things always emerge first here. Many people who have made money doing business in the city come to Jiangnan to buy commercial housing with good apartment sizes and good quality to settle down. The per capita consumption level of ordinary people here is significantly higher than that in other areas. When one piece.
The lifestyles we were once familiar with are changing little by little.
In the past, one or two durians could be sold almost every day. This was only the consumption capacity of less than 20 buildings.
Nowadays, watermelon has become an out-of-season fruit, and the price is many times more expensive than in summer. Although there are fewer people buying one, after being cut into pieces, the size of one-half to one-quarter is still very popular as a merchant. .
In winter, I am used to eating the same fruits every winter. Now that my living conditions have improved, I may not be given such preferential treatment for myself. Parents are willing to spend money on their children and are willing to provide them with good nutritional content and various flavors. fruit.
There are also frozen pears, frozen persimmons and other fruits, and Wei Tao puts them in the box at the door. The cold weather in the Northeast creates a large natural refrigerator, which is enough to ensure that they will not melt.
Inside the house, the style of summer is still maintained, the windows are bright, and the products on the shelves will still give sellers a better shopping experience.
Shopping for groceries - stalls - regardless of the environment.
Almost consistent with the past model, the brand-new fruit and vegetable supermarket model has made many customers who have high quality requirements willing to choose one or two here.
Every day, some drivers come to buy. They stop in front of the door, wearing only a few clothes, and go directly into the house. The aroma of fruits is wafting in the house. The floor is clean and the shelves are clean. Most of these customers who drive here do not actually live here. They have relatives and friends who live here. They learned through word of mouth that there is a self-selected fruit and vegetable supermarket here. They came to take a look and the business model was immediately appreciated by them. recognized.
With the increase in customer coverage, there is no need to be contacted in advance like Liu Dalong. There are many customers who feel that this business can do something good. These days, Wei Tao has also vaguely encountered some customers who feel like peers.
The morning was busy for a while, receiving customers, and Wei Tao and Zhou Xinglian sorting out all the incoming goods and putting them on the shelves. After that, Wei Tao would lie on the single bed in the back and catch up on some sleep. In fact, most of the time he couldn't sleep because he was A mother feels sorry for her son. Even if you don't sleep, it's good to lie down and rest for a while.
Inside the house, a shelf was welded from the roof. Zhou Xinglian bought a second-hand color TV and embedded it in the shelf. During the day, she watched the TV and sorted vegetables and fruits, so that she would not fall into boring silence when there were no customers.
Wei Tao, who was used to taking a shower every day, installed a very 'handmade' water heater in the bathroom.
The fourth uncle asked someone to weld the iron box, with a quick-heat water heating pipe embedded in it, and connected to a nozzle connected to a cold water pipe on one side, so that you can take a hot shower.
Knowing that such a simple water heater is dangerous, Wei Tao always boils the water before using it, then unplugs the power, mixes it with cold water, and even though he can't do a good wash and scrub, he still has no problem after taking a shower.
Going to the countryside to collect vegetables is no longer a one-day trip. Find a warm and sunny winter day, visit a few villages at a time, and collect hundreds of kilograms of vegetables in the greenhouse at a time. The higher the price, the higher the price. After returning, Wei Tao will not Worried about selling, most of those customers who started to maintain health and like to eat green food left their phone numbers, and Wei Tao took the initiative to call and deliver goods to their doorsteps.
The reputation of integrity has been established. In this cold weather, many old people are unwilling to go out, and many young people are lazy. Just make a phone call. If you don't worry about being hit by the price or getting bad fruits and vegetables, who would go out on your own? Grocery shopping can be done with just one phone call.
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I have just delivered goods to five ordering customers. They all called in the morning and agreed on a time for delivery at noon. They would open the door on time without delaying those of them who had enough time to go home and cook at noon.
Opening the door, the temperature inside the store is not very high.
The door of the small shop where we were dropped off was opened and closed many times every day. It was conceivable that the temperature in the room would not be too high. Looking at Guan Jinyue who was sitting on the small bench helping her mother choose vegetables, she still had a familiar expression and In a familiar situation, Wei Tao knew that she might not be able to seize the opportunity she had longed for.
Zhou Xinglian was cooking vegetables, pork, green pepper, and some pickled cabbage soup leftover from yesterday. When she heard her son's voice, she asked him to bring two cucumbers and add a cucumber for lunch.
Standing in front of Guan Jinyue, after a few seconds, she raised her head, her hair covering part of her eyes. It seemed that she chose to hide herself more when facing others.
But when facing Wei Tao, she took the initiative to shake her head slightly, let her hair spread, raised her head, and faced him face to face.
Wei Tao glanced at her for a long time and said with a smile: "The results are out? Not bad. This is the Guan Jinyue I know. Isn't it just a competition? If we don't do well in the exam, we will work hard for the college entrance examination."
Guan Jinyue's face was calm and her eyes were calm: "I didn't fail the exam, but I didn't do well either. I got 20 extra points for the college entrance examination, but I was not selected for the national team training and had no chance of being specially recruited."
Wei Tao smiled, and it was a happy smile. From his eyes to his micro-expression, he was full of joy: "Well, classmate Xiaoguan, now your boss for the next year and a half is thirsty, go and get him a glass of water."
Guan Jinyue's eyelids drooped, and her eyes, which were not fully opened, returned to their usual undead look. She stood up with a cry and went to pour water for Wei Tao.
"Huh? The food for participating in the competition is good. After all, I still made a profit."
Guan Jinyue turned back sharply and subconsciously pulled the hem of her school uniform with her hands. She realized the reason for her words. During the exam, she had gained several pounds.
No, she is not boasting. Those few kilograms of meat on her body are not called fat, but they add some non-burdens to her thin body caused by malnutrition and long-term high-intensity work and study. form'.
The first time he saw Guan Jinyue looking at someone viciously, Wei Tao burst out laughing, causing Zhou Xinglian inside to lift up the 'fake background wall' and glare at his son: "Are you bullying Xiaoyue again?"
