People all have a herd mentality.
When a group of experienced market pickers gather around a small stall to compete for purchases, more and more people will follow.
Song Tan only felt the QR code for payment kept ringing while his hands kept packing dishes.
One wants wild onion, another wants shepherd's purse, and another wants water spinach...
Fortunately, she was a cultivator and had quick eyes and hands, otherwise she would have encountered such a situation when selling vegetables for the first time and would have been taken advantage of by others.
Qiao Qiao was standing by and happily pulled the plastic bag, shook it, opened it, and handed it to her sister, having a lot of fun.
He doesn’t know whether the business is good or bad, but it’s really fun to open the bags!
"Qiao Qiao, shout and tell them that the shepherd's purse is sold out."
"oh."
He put down the bag obediently, stood up straight, and put his hands to his mouth: "Shepherd's purse - sold out!"
After hearing this, those who didn’t buy anything at the back became even more unwilling to give up: “Why is it gone? I’m waiting to make dumplings!”
Still, you have to keep lining up at the front despite the pressure - if there are no fish, shrimps will do!
When the customers further away heard this, they asked, “What? Shepherd’s purse is now for sale? Where is it sold? It’s sold out already?”
Oh, that shepherd's purse must be good! I have to go and have a look, recognize the stall, and get up early tomorrow!
As the sun rose, more and more people came to the stall. Qiao Qiao said in frustration:
"Sister, there are no more bags."
Nowadays, customers don’t care whether the product comes with a bag or not.
"It's okay! I have a bag, give me that bundle - the bundle next to it! I scanned it for you!"
"I have change—here, two bundles, forty dollars."
Qiao Qiao happily took it and said loudly, "I'll take it!"
Oh, this handsome boy, so silly and adorable, the aunties' movements became more gentle.
At this time, Qiao Qiao shouted again: "Wild onions—also sold out!"
Next is the Amaranth.
purslane…
When there were only three bunches of watercress left, the stall in front of me finally became quiet.
Song Tan also breathed a sigh of relief. Now looking at Qiao Qiao, he saw him staring at the child blowing bubbles in front of him, and also looking at Song Tan with anticipation.
Song Tan smiled and said, "Good boy Qiao Qiao, you have been a great help today! Let me see how much you have earned."
Qiao Qiao quickly took out all the money in her pocket. It added up to more than 800 yuan. Most people in the vegetable market carried cash.
“Not bad, not bad!”
Song Tan generously gave him twenty: "Take it, but don't go far. You can buy anything you like around here." He felt more at ease with Lingqi helping to watch over it.
Otherwise, it would be really dangerous for a silly kid like him to wander around outside.
Qiao Qiao received a large sum of money and her heart was pounding.
He usually helps run errands for the family, but this is the first time he has been given so much money just to buy snacks!
In fact, he was not very good at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. There were no children of the same age in the village, and he lacked social skills.
But since Song Tan brought him out, he was intentionally training him. Now it's only 20 yuan, so let him spend it as he wants. In his hometown, the snacks in the village store are pitifully few, not to mention toys.
"But if you don't have enough money, you can't go there, and you're not allowed to go far."
There are people selling vegetables by the river in the morning, people enjoying the cool in the evening, and of course people selling children's things.
Qiao Qiao looked at the colorful windmills, the bubble machine, and the spicy noodles in the children's mouths...
He was unable to move at all.
…
Song Tan looked at the payment on his mobile phone - 76 bundles of vegetables, with three bundles of watercress left.
Cash 860, mobile payment 600.
It seems that I didn’t get taken advantage of today, I’m satisfied!
Let’s take a look at the previous QR code group - unfortunately, the aunts are good at picking vegetables, but they seem unfamiliar and resistant to scanning the code to join the group, and now there are only 15 people in the group.
However, this is also a good start!
Song Tan set up the group and issued an announcement:
“Thank you for supporting this morning’s wild vegetables. If they are not tasty, we guarantee a refund! Please rest assured. In addition, we will notify the group in advance before selling vegetables each time. I hope everyone will not miss it…”
Before I could post it, I heard an unbelievable voice beside me: "Song Tan?"
Song Tan looked up and saw a young woman holding a man's arm, looking at her in surprise.
Song Tan thought for a long time before he dug out this person from his memory: "Wu Qianqian?"
Her high school classmate.
"Yes!" Wu Qianqian looked at her outfit—an old down jacket, sneakers, long hair simply tied with a black rubber band, and a bare face.
Although her skin is delicate and flawless, her facial features are becoming more and more comfortable and beautiful the more she looks at them...
But, what's the use
Look, in front of her was a big basket with only some leaves and soil left, as well as three bundles of unknown vegetables.
It's clearly what's left over from selling vegetables!
Wu Qianqian's eyes showed deep disbelief and sympathy: "I heard that you work in Ningcheng? Why are you selling vegetables in the vegetable market now?"
Song Tan was pretty and gentle at the time, and many boys in the class were very kind to her.
At that time, Wu Qianqian had a hot temper and scolded everyone. She looked down on Song Tan's appearance.
Later, she was admitted to a junior college and started dating her current boyfriend at school, the one sitting next to you.
Now that the other party came to visit her home, Wu Qianqian wanted to show off, so she took him to the vegetable market for a tour.
I didn’t expect such a “surprise” to actually meet an old classmate.
Song Tan smiled slightly: "Yes, the pressure in the provincial capital is too great, so I just went back to my hometown to accompany my parents. Do you want to buy some wild vegetables? I just picked some watercress yesterday, it tastes delicious when mixed."
She said it so frankly that Wu Qianqian was actually stuck. Her boyfriend beside her looked at the vegetables in the basket carefully: "Is this a wild vegetable? How do you eat it? Is it delicious?"
Before Song Tan could answer, Qiao Qiao came back happily with a colorful windmill. When she saw someone wanted to buy food, she became even more excited: "Delicious! Very delicious! Qiao Qiao will eat three big bowls by herself!"
Anyway, no matter what it is, to him it tastes as good as shepherd's purse dumplings.
His eyes were innocent and he smiled like a child. The pity on Wu Qianqian's face was even more obvious: "Oh, yes, you said in school that you have a younger brother who is not very smart-"
Before she finished her words, her boyfriend coughed. Wu Qianqian quickly stopped talking and smiled embarrassedly.
Then he carefully picked up the rope that tied the watercress with his fingers, picked it up and looked at it:
"It's not easy for you either. I heard that in rural areas, boys are often favored over girls... Ah, I mean, I want all of this food."
Song Tan didn't care.
People with a condescending and sympathetic mentality can be found everywhere, and they may just be looking for a sense of superiority and do not necessarily have bad intentions.
Plus, after practicing for a hundred years, it doesn’t matter anymore.
So now I treat Wu Qianqian's boyfriend as a customer:
"There's no need to buy three bundles. Watercress is a wild vegetable after all. If you haven't eaten it before, you might not be able to cook it well."
"If you want to try something new, just buy a bunch. Go home and fry some pepper oil, add chili sauce, soy sauce, salt, vinegar, etc., blanch them and mix them..."
Wu Qianqian's boyfriend listened attentively and even felt a little greedy:
"Okay, then we'll have a bunch to try - how much?"