The old man blushed angrily when he heard this, and didn't want to pay for Shen Mingyuan's melon seeds at all, but the melon seeds had an evil smell, and the faint fragrance could be smelled from a long distance away.
This jasmine tea smells very good, not pungent at all, it smells refreshing and very comfortable.
The more fragrant he smelled, the more curious he was, what kind of smell it was, and why it attracted so many customers. In order to solve the other party's puzzle, he had to reluctantly spend a dime to buy the other party's melon seeds, thinking that today was the best business day. It was a bad day, not only did not sell much, but also sold melon seeds with money.
The old man wondered if it was really delicious, or if it was just a taste of the food, and he would know it after he tasted it, and his tongue is so good that he would be able to research it after eating it, so he said aggrievedly: "Young man, you Get me a glass."
"Okay." Shen Mingyuan lowered his head and poured a cup for the old man, wrapped it in oiled paper and handed it to the old man.
The old man took it and knocked it quickly. As soon as he put it in his mouth, he felt the fragrance and sweetness, mixed with the original taste of melon seeds, not to mention that it was really delicious, an unexpected feeling.
He unknowingly ate melon seeds, one after another, and couldn't stop at all. Usually, he would feel dry mouth after eating melon seeds, but when he ate jasmine-flavored melon seeds, he didn't feel thirsty at all. I feel like I still want to eat, but these are not enough.
The old man was engrossed in eating. Just as he was about to pick up another one, he found that the paper bag was empty. The portion of melon seeds had already been eaten, so he put down his hand in embarrassment, and pouted his mouth. .
It is indeed delicious.
Shen Mingyuan ignored the old man after selling the melon seeds. He concentrated on staring at the entrance of the cinema. The old man looked at the cream-flavored melon seeds beside him, and felt like a cat scratching his heart. He also wanted to taste this taste.
"I'll have another drink of this, too."
"Um."
The old man got the cream-flavored melon seeds, and he was even more amazed when he ate them. The taste is also delicious, with a little salty taste in the sweetness, which feels very thick and has a milky aroma.
Moreover, he originally wanted to test whether he could taste what it tasted, but he didn't know how it seemed to be made until he finished eating. Instead, he became more and more confused.
The old man could only taste the jasmine flavor and added jasmine tea, but the melon seeds had a very strong fragrance, and he didn't know how to get the flavor.
After thinking for a while, he asked Shen Mingyuan, "How did you do this? Whether Fangzi is for sale or not, I'll pay you a lot for it."
When Shen Mingyuan heard this, he immediately became vigilant. Although he is honest, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand anything. The reason why his melon seeds sell so well is because his second sister-in-law's recipe tastes good. It is possible to sell all the backlog of inventory so easily.
So this formula is the most important thing. If someone else finds out about it, wouldn't it be that they would compete with him for business, and when they learn it with the secret recipe, wouldn't they be beaten back to their original form
Shen Mingyuan recognized that the old man had no good intentions, so he became a little more wary of him, and directly refused, saying, "Sorry, I won't sell this secret recipe for any amount of money. If you want to eat melon seeds, you can continue to buy mine."
The old man frowned, seeing that the young man looked like a fool, but his mind was still very smart. The melon seeds were really delicious, otherwise he wouldn't have thought of the secret recipe.
"You have to think about it carefully. After I finish eating this melon seed, I can probably guess what is in it. I can research it myself when I go back. If you promise to sell it now, you can still sell it for a good price. If I wait until my melon seeds are researched, then It's too late for you to regret it."
These words are to scare Shen Mingyuan, making him think that the secret recipe is easy to crack, so that if he panics, he will never be able to hide the matter.
When Shen Mingyuan heard this, his complexion suddenly turned ugly. He suspected that the old man was lying to him. Why couldn't he taste what was being released? The old man must have said that on purpose to blow him up.
But his heart did beat twice. Looking at the old man, he shook his head firmly: "No matter what you say, I just won't sell it."
Seeing the failure of the words strategy, the old man immediately changed his face: "You will regret it at that time."
Shen Mingyuan didn't listen to his threat, and chased him away: "Hurry up, I'm going to do business."
The old man returned to his stall angrily, looked at the few melon seeds left by Shen Mingyuan opposite him, and thought to himself, why are you so arrogant, isn't it just that the melon seeds are better? When I go home to buy some materials for research, I will definitely be able to make delicious melon seeds and steal his business.
After the movie was played, the young people who were watching the movie also went in and out one after another. Many people went straight to Shen Mingyuan's stall as soon as they went out.
There was a young couple walking in front, and the woman said to the man, "The package of melon seeds just now was so delicious, I couldn't get enough of it, go and buy me some more."
"The good ones are on me. I'll buy you as much as you want."
Hearing what the man said, other cinema customers also agreed: "I regret that I didn't buy more just now. I can't stop eating. It's really enjoyable to watch while eating."
"I've never eaten such fragrant melon seeds before, so I bought some for my family to taste."
The few catties of melon seeds that Shen Mingyuan had left were quickly snatched up by everyone, looking at the empty baskets, they were cleaner than their faces, and those customers who hadn't bought them were anxious when they saw the empty baskets: "Why are they so soon? No more, I just bought a glass, and I haven't had enough."
"That's right, how do you do business? If you sell melon seeds, you don't have to prepare more. If you sell so few, it will affect your business. Don't you want to make money even if the boss has money???"
"That's right, my girlfriend is still watching there, if I can't buy melon seeds, I will lose face."
Seeing a group of people clamoring for the sale of melon seeds, Shen Mingyuan was stunned. He never expected that the sale of melon seeds would develop to this extent, and he had already started rushing to buy them.
But today he was thinking about the trial operation, and he didn't expect that there would be so many people. If he had known earlier, he would have prepared more melon seeds, but it was too late to say anything now. With so many eyes looking at him, it really took If you don't come out, give them melon seeds.
Now it has appeared, and there is no such thing as a sale.
Shen Mingyuan didn't know what to say, so he could only apologize to everyone one by one and explain the situation clearly.
"I'm sorry, it's my first time to set up a stall today, and I don't have much preparation. Next time, please come and buy again. I will often set up a stall in the cinema."
Many people didn't buy melon seeds, and they were not in a good mood at all, but seeing that there were really no melon seeds, they didn't pester them any more. Moreover, seeing that Shen Mingyuan was disabled, they felt somewhat sympathetic and humble, but they kept asking : "When will you come next time, do you have a specific time?"
"Be sure to come tomorrow night." Shen Mingyuan finished packing his basket, and left under the "reluctant" eyes of everyone.
After Shen Mingyuan left, these people saw that the old man was also selling sunflower seeds, so they walked over to take care of his business in order to satisfy their greed.
The daylily that the old man was waiting for was cold, and he finally waited for his business to open. This was because the melon seeds were sold out and the customers couldn't buy them.
Who would have imagined that the customer would frown after buying melon seeds and say, "Bah."
Old man: "...."
"Your taste is far worse. It's not as delicious as other people's. No wonder it can't be sold."
"...."
"The melon seeds sold by that little brother are delicious. I won't buy this or that at the same price. I'd better save the money and buy it tomorrow."
The customer who bought it also regretted it, and suddenly felt that he didn't buy the flavor he liked for a dime, and it was a big loss.
And after comparing, I found out that the melon seeds sold by the handicapped brother were really more delicious, and the price of the delicious ones was 10 cents, and the mediocre ones were also priced at 10 cents, which seemed very expensive.
Everyone lost interest and scattered away, leaving the old man blushing with anger. Today is really the most unlucky day. He must imitate the other party's melon seeds. When he sells big cups, he will not worry about crowding. Will it ruin the other party's business
Shen Mingyuan walked home with a bag of coins in his mouth, feeling the heavy feeling inside, he was floating now, recalling that when he set up a stall just now, it was a bit unreal, these melon seeds are too easy to sell, this Money is too easy to earn.
He lived in his twenties, and it was the first time he felt that money was so easy to earn. The scene of scrambling for melon seeds felt like customers were waiting to give him money.
Money is a good thing, it can buy anything.
After Shen Mingyuan set up a stall today, the fighting spirit in his heart became stronger, and he would set up a stall every night without being shaken.
In the next few days, Shen Mingyuan went to other places to sell melon seeds, and the business was very good without exception, so he bought another hundred catties of raw melon seeds, fried them according to the method Chen Yuan taught him, and took them with him every day. His melon seeds are sold out, and customers will snap up them as soon as they see him.
His second sister-in-law said not to prepare too many melon seeds every day, and it is better to have as many seeds as possible, so that everyone can buy some, but not too much, so that they will get tired of eating and don't want to buy next time.
This method can keep everyone fresh for a long time. Although this method cannot be used forever, it is enough to leave a deep impression on people. When you become famous, you will not worry about sales later.
Shen Mingyuan felt that what Chen Yuan said was very reasonable. He never thought that there would be so many twists and turns in doing business. If the second sister-in-law didn't tell him, he would probably sell as much as he had at home.
But if it sells too much, everyone will relieve their hunger, and it will not feel new afterward, so the sales will naturally drop. Besides, if people think that they can buy it when they want to eat it, they will not be missed by people.
Shen Mingyuan wrote all these methods of doing business in a notebook, and studied them when he had nothing to do. Although he didn't understand these things, he could learn them slowly. The second sister-in-law is a very good teacher. With her to guide him, no matter what No matter how difficult things are, there is confidence that they can succeed.
***
In the old house, Zhang Guilan was the first to find out that Shen Mingyuan had returned home. One day she went to the market to buy vegetables, and when she passed by the elderly activity center, she saw someone selling melon seeds at a stall. Upon closer inspection, that person looked like Shen Mingyuan.
Because she suspected that she had misread it, she took a closer look, and sure enough, she was right. Besides Shen Changan's mentally handicapped son, was there anyone else in that stupid and trembling figure
What's more, I have been married into the old Shen's family for so many years, and this stupid son will not admit his mistake when he turns into ashes. The Shen family is all healthy and healthy, only this one is abnormal, which has dragged Shen Chang'an a lot.
Shen Changan resolutely did not mention his youngest son in the work unit, even if others asked him, he would quickly bypass the topic, especially after he was promoted, he dared not admit that Shen Mingyuan had something to do with him outside, for fear that others would know He has a disabled son, and he is ashamed to speak out.
Shen Mingyuan stumbled and finally finished high school. In the past ten years of his study career, it is estimated that he was persuaded to leave hundreds of times, and he was not allowed to continue his studies.
Because everyone knows that even if he studies hard, he can't find a good job. Which unit will employ a disabled person. If he goes to work in a factory, people are afraid that his hands and feet will not be flexible. Using machines will cause safety problems, and he will not be compensated for injuries. rise.
At that time, Zhang Guilan worried every day, whether she and Lao Shen would have to support this idiot in the future. Although the idiot didn't eat much, he couldn't support himself, and he might be able to support him for the rest of his life.
Later, Old Shen asked many people to send red envelopes and presents. It can be regarded as finding a wood factory that can use Shen Mingyuan as an apprentice.
As an apprentice, he gets a little salary for a month, plus the disability allowance for him. If he learns carpentry in the future, it is also a skill for eating. If he has the skills, he will not starve to death, and he can live anywhere.
That wood factory was far away from Wucheng. After Shen Mingyuan left, Lao Shen also hoped that he could learn a craft well and find a way out for himself in the future. After all, he could never rely on the help of his family.
Such a young man who always eats plain rice at home would become a parasite, so after Shen Mingyuan left, Old Shen was in high spirits.
Now that he came back quietly, he even set up a stall. Could it be that he doesn't work in the wood factory
Thinking of this, Zhang Guilan hurried home and told Shen Changan about the matter.
When Shen Changan heard this, he was really upset. He finally found a factory for this little bastard. When he went to work, everything was well arranged, and now he came back to set up a stall.
According to the location Zhang Guilan said, he went to the street and found the place where Shen Mingyuan set up a stall. He saw that familiar figure surrounded by many customers.
Shen Changan didn't get angry, he stepped forward and reprimanded angrily: "Shen Mingyuan, your wings are really stiff now, tell me when you come back, how dare you set up a stall here."
Shen Mingyuan froze when he heard his father's roar, his voice was a little weak: "Dad, why are you here?"
Shen Changan said angrily: "If I don't come, I still don't know the good deeds you have done. Are you not working in the carpentry factory anymore?"
Shen Mingyuan lowered his head and said tremblingly, "It's not that I quit, but that the owner of the wood factory doesn't need me anymore."
Shen Chang'an's face became even more ugly when he heard the words: "Did you make a mistake? I sent you in with great difficulty. You are not sensible at all, and you don't cherish this opportunity? Don't you know that finding a job in the future will be harder than going to heaven?" Is it for your own good to let you learn a technology, but you don't understand my painstaking efforts, but you engage in speculative things here, which disappoints me so much."
Father Shen's aura scared away all the customers around him. Originally, there were many customers in Shen Mingyuan's stall, but now his business has been affected by him.
Shen Mingyuan now regards the melon seed business as more important than his life. He disagreed with Shen's father's old ideas, and explained excitedly: "Dad, listen to me, this is not a matter of speculation. Now that people's minds have been liberated, they can be allowed to get rid of it." As long as I work hard, I will be the number one scholar in my career, and I don’t believe that even if I don’t learn carpentry, I can still gain a foothold in society.”
"You are still arguing with me, you are so courageous, what can you do in the future if you just sell this melon seeds?" Shen Changan looked down on the peddlers from the bottom of his heart. , Saying that you can't get on the stage.
Besides, these melon seeds are cheap and cheap, pointing to this thing to live, isn't that an idiot's dream
Shen Mingyuan was very sad and indignant, but continued to insist on taking a handful of his melon seeds and handing them to Shen Changan. : "Dad, if you try the sunflower seeds I make, you will believe that what I say is true. What's wrong with setting up a stall? I make money by my own ability. I don't steal or grab it. I do it right. , as long as you work hard, you will surely succeed, you can believe me."
How could Shen Changan believe Shen Mingyuan, and hearing the other party's naive and funny thoughts, he became even angrier in his heart, pushed Shen Mingyuan's hand away, and cursed: "I want to believe in your size, you are just trying to anger me, the carpenter If you don’t cherish your work, why do so many people not use you? You must have been fired because you didn’t work hard and failed to meet the boss’s requirements. Now you don’t know how to reflect on yourself. Selling this kind of thing is not a proper job. I will let you do it. I smashed it all for you."
While talking, he kicked and smashed Shen Mingyuan's stall, overturning his two full baskets of melon seeds on the ground, and the melon seeds scattered all over the ground.
Shen Mingyuan's eyes turned red in an instant, and he tried desperately to pick up the melon seeds on the ground, but there were so many melon seeds that he couldn't pick them all up. His hands were all worn out, and there were still many that he didn't pick up.
Shen Changan became very angry, and when he left, he warned: "If you don't do well in the job I found for you, don't come to me again in the future. I don't have that much ability to arrange another one for you, or you give up this speculation. , Go back to the wood factory to apologize, maybe they can still use you, if you continue to set up a stall, then you are really hopeless, you child will become a moth of society sooner or later."
When he left, he was still depressed, why he had such a hard life and gave birth to a useless son.
If it is a girl, she can barely survive by finding a husband's family. A boy needs to marry a wife and have children to start a family and start a career, and carry the burden of the family. Otherwise, he will be single and poor for a lifetime, and he will be looked down upon everywhere.
Moreover, Shen Mingyuan is much worse than healthy people. He is physically disabled, and he still thinks about not working hard to change his destiny, always thinking about opportunism, and he will never get better.
Shen Mingyuan waited until Shen Changan left, staring blankly at the ground, not knowing when he would finish picking up the melon seeds, at this moment his heart finally broke down, he couldn't help but sat on the ground and cried loudly.
***
Chen Yuan suddenly received news from the publishing house that she had planned to publish her own English book before, but suddenly because of the change of editor-in-chief, the result was aborted and there was no result.
She is not particularly disappointed that this matter has come, but if it cannot be published, the parents of the students who have been looking forward to the English book for a long time are very disappointed when they learn about this matter, and they don’t like the publisher’s back-and-forth style. .
After many inquiries, the new leader of Wucheng Literature Publishing House held a meeting with the staff in the office as soon as he arrived, about publishing books this year.
The name of the new editor-in-chief is Jiang Lili, a middle-aged woman in her thirties. She threw Chen Yuan's finalized book on the conference table impatiently and laughed at the editors.
"Can this kind of thing pass the audit? How do you all do things?"
The editor who strongly recommended Chen Yuan’s book before was named Fang Cuiping, who is the parent of a student in Wucheng Primary School. It was welcomed by the parents, and after discussing with the old leaders before, I got a reply that could be published.
But I didn't expect that the old leader suddenly fell ill, and now that the new leader has changed, this matter cannot go on.
Fang Cuiping said seriously: "Editor-in-chief, this book is more novel than the traditional textbook teaching method, and it is more acceptable to children. Indeed, some children have tried the above learning method, which can cultivate interest in learning and is effective. It can be said that there is no painful learning method at all if you improve your grades, you probably didn’t read it carefully, I suggest you really think about it again.”
All the children in Chen Yuan's cram school have improved not only their English scores, but also their math scores. Those who suspected that her game teaching was unreliable before have all shut up now. This method does have actual cases Otherwise, Fang Cuiping wouldn't be so interested in Chen Yuan. If she didn't accept people, she would definitely send her child to Chen Yuan's house for extra lessons.
Jiang Lili was disdainful when she heard Fang Cuiru's bragging about the hype, but she didn't believe it at all: "This book is misleading people. If it is really published, then our publishing house will lose all face, and if you brag like that, then you will lose all face." author, I wonder if you took her money?"
Fang Cui's face was livid with anger: "What are you talking about, editor-in-chief? I know what I know. The content of this book is good. Do I need to shoot myself in the foot?"
Jiang Lili asked sharply: "Then you are not good, why do you recommend it for her? I don't believe there is nothing wrong with it. The contents of this book are all nonsense. Why is there no author's resume? Which university did you graduate from? What major? Have you won any awards before, and have you had any famous works? If I guess correctly, there should be none, she is just a vocational high school student, where did she get the confidence to publish a book?"
Fang Cuiping couldn't answer this time, because Chen Yuan's resume not only had nothing to do with literature, but it wasn't good enough, but if she didn't really see the value of that book, she wouldn't be able to recommend it.
Seeing that Fang Cuiping had nothing to say this time, Jiang Lili was very proud: "Publishing a book is for sales. If the book doesn't sell and you lose money, can you bear this responsibility?"