After signing the contract and leaving the advance payment and address, Xu Dong and his mother left the Huafei store and continued their shopping spree.
The truck headed south along the main road.
The road was full of people rushing to buy, and the two of them didn't encounter any good opportunities. What they had were just bits and pieces, not attractive at all.
Until the sun went down and the mother and son were about to turn back, they were lucky enough to come across another product that was quite satisfactory.
The product this time is an electric fan. It comes from a warehouse. The quality is good and the brand belongs to a well-known manufacturer.
"Boss, just make your bid. If the price is right, I'll cover it all."
Xu Dong really wants to get this batch of goods. He will never have to worry about the sales of electric fans in the future. Again, if you buy them, you will make money, and you will make money with your blood.
Boss Wang was a little hesitant. He used to do e-commerce business. Last year he opened an offline physical store in Home Appliance City, focusing on small home appliances. The business was pretty good.
It’s just that for some unknown reason, the sales of electric fans have been slow, and it’s only recently that there has been some improvement. Therefore, there is a lot of backlog in the warehouse.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden rush to buy. If the warehouse was not so remote, this batch of goods would have been sold out in the afternoon.
He didn't want to miss a good opportunity, but he was afraid of selling it cheaply.
However, the current market is unpredictable, and the authorities may intervene in the rush buying wave at any time. After thinking about it, Boss Wang decided to settle for safety.
So he gave a "fair" price: "I have more than 5,200 electric fans in this batch. I won't say the unit price. I will take all of them at 1.8 million."
Xu Dong had already accepted the price in his heart, but he still put on a bargaining posture to prevent Boss Wang from feeling that the sale was cheap and wanting to regret it.
After some wrangling, Boss Wang became a little impatient, pulled his neck and shouted:
"At worst, tomorrow morning, I will take the goods directly to the home appliance store to sell them. Although it is difficult to find a transport truck, I will pay ten times the freight, so I don't believe that no one will take the order."
Xu Dong felt that it was almost done, so he reluctantly said: "Okay, Boss Wang, you win, 1.8 million. As long as you sign the contract, I will transfer the money to you immediately."
"This is ridiculous. If you eat these electric fans of mine, you will definitely make a lot of money."
Boss Wang finally showed a happy smile. Although this order was not a huge profit, he still made almost 800,000 yuan, which was quite a lot.
People should not be too greedy, this is what he has learned from his many years of business experience.
After the transaction was completed, Boss Wang directly handed the warehouse key to Xu Dong. Anyway, there would be no business in the near future, and there were no other goods in the warehouse, so there was nothing to lose.
Xu Dong also couldn't find a transport vehicle, so he had to go there himself. It took him three days and more than twenty trips back and forth to transport all the electric fans back to the courtyard.
Since the basement was already full and the yard was about to be renovated, they could only be stored inside the house, occupying four free rooms.
When Xu Dong returned the key to the warehouse to Boss Wang, the boss had a bad look on his face. There was no sign of official intervention, and the panic buying only intensified.
Boss Wang really made a mistake this time.
At this point, Lao Xu's family's panic buying operation officially came to an end. The whole family was so tired that even Xu's mother didn't want to bother anymore.
But the matter is not over yet. Next, we have to seize the time to repair the vegetable garden. The planting soil will arrive tomorrow, so there is no delay.
According to the plan discussed by Xu Dong and Xu Ma, they planned to dig a rectangular pit 12 meters long, 8 meters wide and 1 meter deep in the yard.
One meter deep is already the limit, and digging another dozen centimeters down is the concrete roof of the basement.
After digging the soil pit, the next step is to fill the pit with planting soil, and finally build a calf-high fence with blue bricks. It's perfect!
It is also worth mentioning that although the vegetable garden is small, the amount of work is not small. About 100 cubic meters of earth and stone will be dug out, and the same amount of planting soil will be backfilled later.
If Xu Dong relied solely on himself, he probably wouldn't be able to finish it in two or three months.
Therefore, he could only find "foreign assistance", and finally outsourced it to a small contractor at a nearby construction site, who was also responsible for handling the excavated earth and stone.
Xu Dong was generous and the contractor worked quickly. With the help of more than ten workers and a small excavator, the pit was dug in one night.
The next night, the owner of the flower fertilizer shop arrived as scheduled, and also brought two muck trucks. The planting soil was packed in woven bags and piled high in the truck.
"Boss Zhou, how much soil can you transport with this truck?" Xu Dong asked, looking at the garbage truck.
The owner of the flower fertilizer shop showed the numbers with his right hand: "One truck is almost 7 and a half tons."
Then he analyzed: "Two trucks are 15 tons. I can make about 4 trips here in one night, and I can transport them all tomorrow night."
"That's good!"
Xu Dong didn’t want to waste too much time on the vegetable garden, there were still many things to do later!
Next, the foreman once again brought the workers together to provide one-stop service for unloading, transporting, and landfilling.
Another day passed and the vegetable garden was completely completed. Xu Dong gave the workers an additional bonus of more than 10,000 yuan, and each worker could receive 1,000 yuan.
In his previous life, he was one of them and knew the hard work on the construction site.
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When Xu Ma woke up early in the morning, she looked at the vegetable garden that had been repaired. She was so satisfied with it. It was exactly as she imagined.
During breakfast, the family couldn't help but talk about the vegetable garden. Xu Ma and Yang Lina were both people who had never cultivated land seriously and didn't know what to plant.
Xu Dong worked odd jobs in a plant factory for a period of time in his previous life, and was considered the most experienced person in the family, so he directly suggested:
"In this climate right now, it's best to plant some cold-resistant vegetables, such as radishes, lettuce, cabbage and celery. You can also plant a few tomatoes, which can be used as both vegetables and fruits."
"Husband, where did you learn these?" Yang Lina asked in surprise.
"I read it in a book."
Xu Dong took a sip of soy milk and then said:
"I happen to have a few books on greenhouse planting on hand. I'll bring them to you later so that you and mom can think about it more when you have time. It's very simple. You can grow it a few times and you'll be good to it."
Yang Lina nodded. Compared to the outside world, she preferred to stay at home, take care of her children every day, and take care of the vegetable garden when she had time. There was no more comfortable life than this.
Xu's mother is not so enthusiastic. Although she is also willing to grow vegetables, she is more worried that her children will not be able to eat vegetables. At most, it is just an interest, not even a hobby.
She prefers to dance in the square outside, and then find opportunities to show off the triplets, show off the courtyard at home, show off her son's success, and her daughter-in-law's filial piety...
Xu's father coughed suddenly and turned to Xu's mother: "I have seen many videos of growing vegetables on my mobile phone. I will send you the video link later."
"Forget it, it's enough to let Nana learn. If I have this time, I might as well do two more square dances!"
Xu Ma waved her hand, looking extremely impatient.