I walked into the square and went to my brother who stole the show yesterday. No one was there, and there were security guards and police at the door. I asked the cleaning lady and she said that there was a leadership inspection today.
Yang Liufang wanted to simply give himself a day off and go to the market. Xizhou Wholesale Market, like the wholesale markets in most cities, is very close to the train station and bus station. In that era, and even now, convenient transportation is a prerequisite for the distribution of goods.
Xizhou Wholesale Market is at an angle to the train station and bus station. Follow the gate of the bus station to the west and walk no more than 100 meters to the gate of the wholesale market. When you walk through the gate, what you see is not so much the wholesale market as the wholesale market. There are four long rows of stalls under the asbestos tile shed. Each row is connected by a curved arched door welded with steel bars. The white square board on the lintel has a large "Stationery Wholesale" written squarely in red paint. , jewelry wholesale, clothing wholesale, department store wholesale.”
Yang Liufang first went to the regional passage where the clothing wholesale was located. When he walked in, he saw a variety of brightly colored clothes. The dizzying array of clothes can be verified here. The stalls are crowded with people, workers carrying bags and vendors shuttle back and forth, and the accents of southern and northern accents come and go:
"50 pieces, 5 cents!"
"Eight cents is the lowest. If it doesn't work, just take a look."
"Then I'll take a look"
"Look, I can buy you a lower price than mine!"
The generosity of Northwest people is vividly reflected.
"Three pieces for 1 yuan, the lowest price."
"Let's get 20 pieces."
"What, 6 yuan, I can't even get in the goods!"
"Okay, don't leave, I'll sell you."
The sounds of counteroffers with different voices and colors are heard.
Liu Fang walked to a stall selling vests and shorts. The stall owner looked at the ragged A Liu Fang and still greeted him with a smile. The wholesale market is a place where there is no distinction between high and low. The sack in the creaking nest may be a big Customers, so it is the nature of a businessman to smile when meeting everyone.
"The most fashionable T-shirts and pants in the South. Boss, how many do you want?"
"Can I buy one and wear it myself?"
"Okay, we can wholesale one piece too. Which one do you want?"
Liu Fang picked out a white vest and shorts, "Let's go with these two."
"Two dollars and five."
When Liu Fang heard this, thinking that he only had 2 yuan and 8 cents in his pocket, he could only blush and leave shyly, waving his hands.
"It's cheaper for you." The stall owner's voice sounded from behind. Liu Fang thought that there was nothing he could do if he lowered the price, so he could only choose to escape as soon as possible.
Yang Liufang walked forward along the clothing wholesale aisle until he disappeared among the crowds of people. The embarrassment did not disappear until he disappeared.
All the way to the end, the left side is the jewelry wholesale area, and the right side is the department store wholesale area. Yang Liufang, who can't even afford a vest and shorts, doesn't even think about jewelry, so he turns to the department store area without hesitation.
Compared with clothing, the flow of people in the department store area is not bad at all. Under the rows of simple business buildings, because they need to display a large number of their products, most merchants use stepped wooden boards to extend out of the business rooms. People were active in front of the stalls, and it was crowded and lively.
Yang Liufang shuttled among the crowded people and saw various products marked with the origin of his hometown, including plastic water ladles and basins from Wenzhou, which he also used in his hometown. In order to prove their sturdiness and durability, merchants like those in ancient times Like a busker, he spread his arms and smashed the plastic basin on the ground; Yiwu's hairpins, buttons, headbands, etc. were piled up in piles on the stalls, and the vendors shouted loudly: "It's 5 yuan in a pile, it's a big sale." !"...
In addition, there are fake flowers and balloons from Jiangsu; nylon ropes from Lanxi; wooden combs, grizzlies, hair bun nets from Dongyang, etc. There is a dazzling array of things to choose from. Because the retail prices of daily necessities such as needles, threads and brains are relatively low, there are more people in front of the stalls.
When Yang Liufang was at home, he heard that almost every household in Yiwu had people working as peddlers. Because needles, threads and brains were many and light to carry, in the 1980s, when "three years after the new, three years after the old, mending and another three years" , these are necessities for women and grandmothers at home, so they are the first choice as exchange materials. Paired with the locally abundant cane sugar, the ancient Zhejiang opera singing babbling can attract many children, and then quickly form a business agglomeration effect. This is the realistic scene of "chicken feathers for sugar" summarized by later generations.
Yang Liufang walked to a tail shop with fewer people. There was water at the door. Although the boss had placed wooden boards and bricks in the water, it was a bit inconvenient, so the crowd passed around it. Liu Fang also wanted to go around, but happened to hear the boss say: "This is the lowest price. Once you go to the countryside and change hands, a set of needles will be doubled. If my sewer was broken today and the water surged, I wouldn't sell it to you!" "...
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Yang Liufang waited for the man to finish taking the goods and leave, then he stood on the bricks in the water with his feet raised and said, "Boss, I want to buy a needle. I just heard you say this is a big profit."
Looking at the ragged Yang Liufang, the shop owner didn't look down on him at all, and said with a smile: "Indeed, wholesale here is cheap, and I can make several times the profit by retailing in remote rural areas. Many salesmen buy goods from me. .”
"Oh, I'm from the south. This is my first time doing this. How do I get the goods?"
"Oh, where in the south?"
"Wenzhou Yangshi"
"We are from the same place. Brother, you can just ride with me every day (what business do you do here?)"
"Brother, I came here with Ahuan to sell shoes, but I got lost. I polished my shoes a few days ago. I just heard you say you can make money by selling needlework. I want to give it a try."
"Oh, this is a small profit, but the demand in mountainous areas and rural areas is huge, you can try it. It is best to buy it in sets, and then go to remote places to break it up and sell it."
"Brother, I only have 2 yuan and 80 cents left, and I have 3 cents left for food. How much needle and thread can I buy? How do I match it? Just buy these."
"1 set for 1 cent, you can buy 25 sets, each set has ten needles, one thimble, and two black and white threads. Fellow fellow, I am giving you 5 sets. Come back if you sell well, and then just give me the money. .”
"Okay, brother." Liu Fang took out the money and handed it over, and the brother started to order the goods. It will be sorted out in a while.
"Here, 30 sets. You can keep this plastic handbag for loading." Liu Fang took it and said, "Thank you, brother."
"You should go to the mountainous areas in the west. Transportation there is inconvenient. Few people travel so far to buy needlework."
"Thank you..." Yang Liufang bowed deeply, then turned around and left the market with the goods.
He couldn't help feeling that there were still many good people in this world, whether it was a familiar hometown or a strange foreign land. "I picked up the goods and left the wholesale market.
After walking out of the market, Yang Liufang spent 10 cents at the bus station to buy a bus ticket to the farm in the western suburbs, because according to the road pointed out by the wholesaler's brother, he had to enter the mountainous area in the west to make more profits.
