The sun was rising, and Qin Yu already had a stack of money in his hand. Ji Huai was a good talker and was good at doing business. She helped him and was busy non-stop.
Ji Jun woke up from the car and rubbed his little eyes with his little hands. Seeing that his son was awake, Qin Yu went to buy breakfast for him and whispered, "Don't run around. We will go home for dinner after mom and dad sell the things." "
"Yeah." He gnawed on the meat buns, nodding his little head.
He likes to be with his parents. He eats meat buns in the city, and the meat buns are delicious.
Only when mom and dad make money can they have meat buns to eat.
He sat in the car and didn't move. Qin Yu was still worried. He had to check if he was there from time to time. He heard that there were traffickers who abducted children, so he couldn't be negligent.
The price Ji Huai sells is not low, but he is a cheerful person. He will probably wipe out the change and reduce it by one or two cents. In this way, everyone feels comfortable and has the idea of picking up the bargain and buying it cheap. More refreshing.
They purchased a total of fifty chickens, ducks and geese. In this era, meat was not often eaten, it was still a bit expensive, and only so many people could afford it.
After the sale was over nine o'clock, Ji Huai drove to another place and deliberately slowed down when he arrived at the entrance of some work units. The retired old men and ladies also bought a few.
The family of three shuttled through the streets and alleys, changing several locations before selling most of the goods. At 12 noon, Ji Jun's stomach made a growling sound. He raised his little head and looked at his mother in embarrassment.
"Why don't you sell it and let's go back to eat?" Qin Yu said to Ji Huai.
"We're going back." Ji Huai moved the cage up without saying a word, and after getting in the car, he said, "It's too late to go back and cook, so let's eat outside."
Qin Yu felt sorry for Qian and said softly, "It will be quick to cook when I get back."
I don’t know how much it costs to eat out, but it only costs one or two yuan a meal at least. You can save half of it by cooking at home.
He started the car: "I have to go shopping in the afternoon. If I come back late, it will be dark and I won't be able to wake up the next day."
She thought about it, and it seemed that it was the case. Then she could only eat outside. She could wake up early tomorrow, make a meal and then go out, so that she could warm it up and eat it when she went back.
The car finally stopped at a small restaurant and the family walked in.
Looking at Ji Huai's family, the waiter was very enthusiastic, but Qin Yu, who was going to a place like this for the first time, felt guilty and looked around to see if there was a price written on it.
Ji Huai ordered three dishes, one of which was steamed egg with chopped green onion for Ji Jun, as well as one meat and one vegetable.
The soup is winter melon soup provided for free in the store. There are not even a few drops of oil in the soup.
I felt so distressed. I had been busy all morning and almost fainted from hunger. The whole family was eating. Ji Jun ate a small bowl and held up the bowl, "Mom, I still want to eat."
Qin Yu filled him some more.
When they were halfway through eating, a middle-aged man came in and waved to the waiter, who quickly went to the door to move the goods.
This small restaurant is not very big, but the food is cheap, so the business is pretty good.
"Be careful, don't crash it."
"Recently, the price of vegetables has increased again, and the price of pork has also increased every day,"
The slightly bald middle-aged man was chattering and walked towards the front desk. The lady boss at the front desk looked at him and lowered her voice, "We are in a low-profit business. If the price rises once, the customers will be unbalanced, and the quantity of goods we want will not be balanced." It’s small, can’t they reduce it?”
The middle-aged man lowered his face and frowned, "What to reduce? We don't want it, and others want it too. Their business is good and they are very tough, and there is a shortage of goods in the market now."
"Then it can't just keep rising, right?"
"What can be done?"
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Ji Huai's eating movements slowed down, and he listened with open ears. Then he put down his chopsticks, stood up and walked to the front desk, pointing to the table where Qin Yu was, "That table is where the bill will be settled."
"Okay." The landlady looked at the order, "One fried vegetables, one steamed egg with chopped green onion, and one stir-fried lean meat, right?"
"Yes." Ji Huai nodded, looked at the man next to him, and pretended to say casually, "Eating in your store is cheaper than other stores. How much does it cost to purchase these vegetables?"
"We make a small amount of money because our family is busy, and our house is the cheapest nearby." The landlady sighed, "It costs 25 cents to buy vegetables, and 1.5 cents to buy pork, not to mention chicken. , last year it was only 1.4 yuan, but this year it is only 1.53 cents, and I heard it will go up."
"Is it so expensive for you to buy in large quantities?" Ji Huai was surprised.
"No." The middle-aged man seemed to have a good temper, but he was dissatisfied and helpless. "I don't want to reduce the amount of chickens. I have to buy dozens of chickens a day. My business is very good at night, but I can't help it. It's cheap. If they don't do it, they would rather sell it for a day, there are only so many goods, and they are not willing to make a few dollars less."
"They don't have much stock these days."
"I deliver to the restaurant on Southwest Street, and the chicken only costs 1.48 cents a pound. They only buy 10 or 8 chickens. If it's a little more, we all charge 1.46 cents." Ji Huai sighed with emotion. , "They are too expensive."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked at him and said, "You also deliver goods?"
"I'll deliver it. There's a truckload of goods. Sometimes I also sell them myself. They all go to the countryside to buy them. They all like my goods. They taste good and fresh." Ji Huai lied with his eyes open and pointed. The tractor parked opposite said, "I just purchased the goods today. After delivering them to several restaurants, how many are left?"
"You only need one dollar and forty-six cents?" The middle-aged man confirmed again and looked at his car. There were indeed several cages on it.
There is a difference of seventy cents between one dollar and fifty-three cents and one dollar and forty-six cents. For twenty pounds, there is a difference of fourteen cents. This can save hundreds of dollars a month.
How could you not be moved
"More than ten, I will pay you the same price." Ji Huai affirmed, extremely serious.
The boss lady was obviously moved. She walked to his car to take a look at the chickens and ducks in his car.
Ji Huai also walked over. When he passed by Qin Yu, the other party looked at him with a puzzled face. He didn't say much and pointed to the chickens in his car, "These chickens have been raised for a long time. My wife and I have been raising them for a long time. They all go to the countryside to collect it, but there is no time to deliver it, so the quantity of goods is large."
The landlady looked at the chickens and immediately asked, "How many do you have left here?"
He replied: "There are only seven chickens, one duck and one goose left."
"If I want them all, how much per pound?" the boss's wife asked again.
Ji Huai: "It's too late today. You can save me trouble if you want them all. The chickens will be worth one dollar and forty-six cents to you, the ducks will be one dollar and three cents, and the goose will be one dollar and forty-five cents."
"Okay, I want them all." The landlady didn't hesitate, "Someone just ordered a few tables, and I'm short of them. Where do you live? If I still need them in the future, I'll go to your place to get them."
In fact, no one had decided at all. She just wanted to see if there was any difference between Ji Huai's goods and that one. If this one was more cost-effective, she would of course be willing to change the source of goods.
In this way, you can have a few hundred yuan left every month. If not, you won't lose much by buying these.
"Okay, I'll leave you an address. Generally speaking, I have to deliver the goods in the morning, so you can go there at noon. If it's available, I'll give it to you. If not, there's nothing I can do. If you tell me in advance, I'll reserve it, and I can also give it to you. Please send it over, because we have to deliver to several more." Ji Huai also said that the supply of goods was very tight, and there was no rush in his words.
"Okay, let's weigh these first." The landlady nodded, making calculations in her heart.
Qin Yu watched helplessly as Ji Huai went to check out and sold the rest of their goods, or sold them out directly.
She was a little surprised.
Ji Huai was already having a heated conversation with the middle-aged man, "Brother Yu, don't worry, I bought these goods from the countryside, and the soup is delicious."
"By the way, we also harvest all kinds of vegetables. We harvest whatever is available in the countryside, including radishes, eggplants and tomatoes. These are only 2 cents per pound, very fresh."
"Are you still collecting food?" Brother Yu became interested.
"Collect it. It's convenient for us to have a car. We collect everything we see. They sell everything they have. They sell all the good stuff. It's inconvenient to go out to the countryside." Ji Huai nodded, "But it's a bit small. They are all booked by other restaurants. If you are short of anything, I will see if I can take it."
Brother Yu: "I need all the dishes that I usually eat. If you only have two cents and a pound, I will ask for it from you, but you have to bring it to me to see. It must not be bad."
"I haven't seen the ones you have here, so I can't give you a guarantee, but they all asked me to deliver them. So, if there are any leftovers tomorrow, I'll get some for you."
"OK."
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When the family of three left, Qin Yu still hadn't thought about it, "Sold for one dollar and forty-six cents? This way we lost half of our profit. Didn't you say we can't lower the price?"
In fact, they could sell out and at worst go to a few more places, which would save them a few dollars.
"The price cannot be lowered in the market, but we can supply it to them. We are poaching now and must give away the profits." Ji Huai continued, "Although it is very small, only a few cents per pound. They have to make a profit a day." A piece of twenty kilograms only makes less than three yuan, and you still have to pay for travel."
Qin Yu also nodded, "Yes, it's only more than two yuan. We made a profit by buying a few. Now we have to sell so many and travel so far to buy them."
Ji Huai chuckled and said to her: "But the supply is stable. We earn sixty yuan for thirty days a month. You forgot, there are also ducks and geese, and we also earn a little. The most important thing is that they also have vegetables." , give it to them so that we don’t have to sell it.”
"If we can make a few yuan from them a day, we will make a steady income of several yuan. We sell it ourselves, but there are times when we can't make any money."
"Supply is the fastest way to make money, and we must give up profits."
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Qin Yu was persuaded by him and looked at him with a little admiration in his eyes, "Yes, if you make several yuan a day, that's not bad."
If you do this, can you make more than one hundred dollars a month
She felt it was a lot of money.
However, she was soon refreshed by new knowledge. When she returned home, Ji Huai went to his room to rest and asked her to wake him up in an hour, and then they would drive to the countryside to continue their acquisitions.
Qin Yu couldn't sleep and was sitting in the living room sorting out the money from today's sales.
One piece, two pieces, three pieces... one dollar and fifty cents...
She sorted it out.
After sorting it out, she started counting, and then divided it into bundles. She was stunned when she was counting, and she also brought the acquisition cost for verification.
After excluding all costs, they actually made more than 20 yuan. They just bought some. They could put many more on the tractor, but they were worried that they wouldn't be able to sell them all, so they didn't continue to collect.
This was too much, and her mood couldn't calm down for a long time.
Now an old worker in the factory can only earn a salary of a little over 100 at most, and they are going to make a fortune.
When Ji Huai woke up, he saw her sitting on the sofa with a smile, looking at the money on the table and giggling.
"We made twenty-seven yuan and fifty cents." She shared this joy with him with a happy face. She kept looking at him, unable to suppress her excitement.
"So many?" Ji Huai was also surprised.
"Yes." She nodded heavily, started to pack her things, and urged him to buy them quickly. When she got in the car, she added, "I don't know if Brother Yu and the others want our goods. It would be great if they could. We provide them with supplies every day." Twenty pounds, that’s about ten chickens.”
"Definitely." Ji Huai was extremely confident.
Qin Yu still wanted to be safe, she didn't dare to say that, but today they also planned to buy more, and it wouldn't matter if they couldn't sell them all, they could just sell them themselves, business in the city was pretty good.
He drove forward and said slowly: "Don't worry, we made a lot of profit. He went to ask for the goods from others, and others bought them and shipped them to him in the city. After a few rounds, they were definitely not as cheap as us. "
"Hopefully." Qin Yu prayed in his heart, looking at Ji Huai who was driving, his eyebrows curved.
He still has a way. As long as they have this tractor and they work harder, they will definitely not starve to death, and maybe they can still find a way out.
She also deeply understood that nothing could be grown by farming in the village.
Qin Yu was worried that Ji Jun would be upset after sitting in the car for too long. Unexpectedly, the other person sat obediently all the time. Even when he arrived at the destination, he touched his butt and said, "Mom, my butt is numb."
He frowned and said seriously, "Why is dad's car bumping? My butt is numb."
Hearing this, the aunt next to him was dumbfounded, and Qin Yu also laughed out loud.
The two of them came to the same village as last time. The group of aunts and uncles had been waiting there for a long time, but they were not sure whether he would come, so they didn't catch chickens and ducks.
Seeing Ji Huai driving his car, he was very excited and said, "Young man, I thought you weren't coming."
"Definitely come. They all say that the chickens, ducks and geese you raise are delicious. I will buy more today." Ji Huai replied with a smile.
When the aunt who bought ten chickens yesterday heard this, she was so happy that she praised her chickens again, "Isn't that right? In addition to feeding rice, I also feed our chickens a lot of good things. They taste different." , if you come today, I don’t have any chicken to sell you.”
He answered: "I also collect vegetables. Auntie, are there any vegetables? I collect vegetables, radishes, eggplants, tomatoes and beans."
"Are you still collecting the vegetables?" The aunt became more energetic upon hearing this.
There is a lot of land in rural areas. If we don’t grow rice, we will use it to grow vegetables one acre at a time.
The family couldn't eat much, so they fed it to pigs or left it in the fields to spoil.
They couldn't transport it out at all.
"Let's take it. It's only 10 cents for vegetables, 15 cents for radish, tomatoes and eggplants. But you have to choose the right ones, otherwise you won't be able to sell them."
As soon as Ji Huai finished speaking, the uncle and aunt became excited, "We have some in our fields, young man, wait, I'll collect them, I'll collect them now."
"We have a lot at home. They are all over the place. There are a lot of beans. No one is eating them. I will pick them for you!"
"I have some at home too. I have to go back and find my daughter-in-law quickly. There are plenty of them in the fields."
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For a moment, the old men and women who were watching the excitement started to move.
Ji Huai said to them again, "I'll accept the eggs too. They cost five cents each."
Auntie's steps became faster.
So, at the entrance of the village, a group of people gathered around the tractor. Ji Huai was busy and Qin Yu was counting the money. Then he helped Ji Huai load things into the truck, first collecting cages of chickens and ducks. Goose.
There were not many people yesterday, but more people came today, including several from the next village, all here to sell.
Soon, half of the car was filled with chickens, ducks and geese. More than 80 chickens were collected. Including ducks and geese, the number was almost a hundred. Qin Yu looked at it and felt that it was too much.
The small restaurant wants a lot of them, at most a dozen. If they accept them like this, will they lose their money
A little flustered.
The padding is all your own money, and the chicken needs to eat.
Ji Huai was thoughtful and asked casually, "Auntie, can you sell the rice? I want to buy a hundred catties."
"Sell it. We have dozens of bags at home."
Soon, he bought another bag of rice at half the price in the city, and the aunt was quite happy after selling it.
Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they bought rice, they would only sell these chickens for a few days. At worst, they wouldn't come to buy them for two days, so they sold these first.
After purchasing the chickens, ducks and geese, Ji Huai began to go to the fields. Qin Yu was guarding the roadside while he followed his aunt to move vegetables to the fields.
Radishes are very heavy, and one bag is not light. There are also tomatoes and various melons, which come in bags after bags.
After piecing everything together, the aunts were able to sell a hundred kilograms of vegetables and give them fifty eggs. Some aunts brought more than a hundred and more eggs and said they could save them for next time so that he would remember to collect them.
The eggs break easily and must be cushioned with thick grass.
Ji Jun followed his father, and his aunt smiled and gave him a tomato. The little guy held the tomato in his hands and ate it, soaking his mouth with juice.
There were a lot of things loaded on the back of the tractor, and it was almost dark before the family was ready to go back.
This time, I returned home with a full load.
Ji Huai did not go home directly, but drove to the door of Brother Yu's shop. He parked the car and walked out.
When he walked to the front desk, he saw that Brother Yu and the proprietress were both there. He smiled and said, "Brother Yu, I have taken the goods back and are delivering them. Do you want to go and see the vegetables? They were just taken back from the field and they are fresh." "
"I'll go take a look." The proprietress walked out first.
Seeing this, Ji Huai felt that he was very sure. It seemed that the chicken and duck in the morning made the other party somewhat satisfied.
He also followed.
The two of them originally thought that Ji Huai could brag a bit, but they didn't know that Ji Huai deliberately bought a lot this afternoon to show that his business was very good. Seeing the two of them coming over, he opened the car door and said, "I've already given it to them." I sent dozens of chickens and vegetables, they are all fresh, I happened to be passing by and wanted you to take a look."
He always picks up the good ones, and the bad ones can be kept by aunts and uncles at home to eat. He also sprinkles water on the surface to make them look fresh.
Brother Yu and the others all went to the city to purchase goods, which were purchased by others, and the quality was naturally not as good as theirs. As soon as they saw the two of them, they fell in love.
Brother Yu looked at him and asked, confirming again, "You only get 2 cents for vegetables?"
Ji Huai: "Yes, vegetables are cheap. My vegetables are only 50 pounds. If the vegetables don't last long, they won't be fresh tomorrow. I have to rush to deliver them to them."
"I'll buy these vegetables from you, as well as these radishes, tomatoes and melons. How many do you have left?" Brother Yu asked.
"Of the other vegetables, maybe ten kilograms are left. I will send the remaining half to another restaurant. There are more radishes and tomatoes left because we harvested a lot today." Ji Huai said a little embarrassed.
Tomatoes and radishes were what they harvested the most, with three big bags in total.
"Then we want a bag." The couple continued without hesitation, "Do you still have chickens, ducks and geese?"
"Yes, there are many chickens, but there are only three ducks. The geese are more difficult to accept. There is only one left, and the others have been reserved." Ji Huai replied.
In fact, a small restaurant needs a lot of chickens, and in the case of ducks and geese, only a few are needed.
It seems that their supply is very tight and there are many buyers, but they will not lose a lot of money.
"Okay, but I don't have room to raise them here. You can bring them over tomorrow morning. I want thirteen chickens and four ducks. You don't have enough. You also need two geese." Brother Yu frowned.
"Brother Yu, if you had told me earlier, I would have left it here for you. It is more difficult to buy. We have traveled a long way and we were all regular customers before. Let's do this. We will go earlier tomorrow. How much do you want? Just tell me, we will come back after we have purchased enough." Ji Huai said with guarantee, "If you told me earlier, we would definitely have the goods, we will visit a few more villages."
"Okay, from now on, you will send me fourteen chickens, four ducks, and two geese every morning. I will also need a bag of vegetables every day. I will definitely need more and more goods in the future. I will I'm also going to build a shed to put up tables and chairs, my business has been good." Brother Yu took the initiative to say this, showing off his advantages, and was afraid that Ji Huai would ignore him.
When Ji Huai heard this, he also showed an expression that he wanted to see. It was as if he saw a big customer and became more interested in it. "If it is necessary, I will pick it up and send it to you."
Brother Yu was very satisfied and pointed to his car, "How do you sell eggs?"
"I charge five cents for authentic local eggs, and sell them to others for six cents and five cents. If you want it, Brother Yu, I'll sell them to you for six cents." Ji Huai also looked sincere, "But there aren't many eggs. I always ask for them every day. I gave away two hundred, and there are less than fifty left today, which is a bit less.”
Brother Yu thought for a while: "It's a little less. Our store needs about a hundred a day."
"There's no way. Let's do this. I may not even have fifty here. I don't know if I bumped into any broken ones on the road. The broken ones have to be removed. But there must be thirty. I'll give you thirty. I'll deliver it to you tomorrow." Ji Huai was very generous.
Compared with the stingy suppliers before, Ji Huai's generousness really makes people feel comfortable.
Brother Yu was a little embarrassed, and he said boldly: "There is no need to send them. You can just collect them and bring them here tomorrow. I will collect them within two hundred. It will be fine if you keep the eggs for a few days."
"It's my brother's fault that I have to give it away. I received a little less today. I can't help it. I'm sorry." Ji Huai insisted and promised to deliver the eggs when the delivery comes tomorrow.