The vendor was in his 20s, a little dark and thin. When he looked up and saw Hua Zhao, he was startled. He had never seen such a beautiful...pregnant woman. Then he looked at the children around her. He liked this kind of customer.
"2 cents for a cup." The vendor directly filled a cup of melon seeds, quickly pulled out a folded triangular newspaper and wrapped it.
No matter how quick Hua Zhao is, he can see clearly that this cup is only one tael at most and costs 2.5 cents.
Zhang Guilan was already grinning at the side.
The hawker thought that this foreign woman was worried about money, but he never expected that Zhang Guilan was happy.
Zhang Guilan and her children are now dressed quite normally, not fashionable or shabby, just like ordinary city people.
But the sharp-eyed hawker could tell at a glance that she and the children were from outside the country, with a lack of confidence on their faces.
But Hua Zhao is different. These are outsiders who come to seek refuge with relatives in the capital, and their relatives take them out to see the world, right?
"Six cups," Hua Zhao said.
The hawker is happy, look, the locals in Beijing are so generous~
Hua Zhao didn't let the hawker pack it in newspapers. She couldn't let go of the children's hands. She asked the hawker to put the melon seeds directly in the children's pockets, so that she could hold them and not delay them from eating the melon seeds.
"Is it delicious?" Hua Zhao asked Daqin and Xiaoqin.
Daqin glanced at the vendor but said nothing, looking embarrassed.
Xiaoqin said directly: "It tastes terrible."
The vendor grinned but didn't say anything. Maybe he got some bad ones? There's no guarantee that none of them will go bad.
Daqin took out a kernel and put it in Hua Zhao's mouth.
Hua Zhao conscientiously said that these melon seeds had a normal texture and fragrance. They found it unpalatable because their mouths had been tricked.
Saying goodbye to the vendors, Hua Zhao continued to shuttle among the crowds with the children.
But the hawker's eyes kept following her. Whose girl is she? After he met her, they already had children... Bah, it was not his fault that they met her too early, and she was thinking of good things.
Then he saw Hua Zhao meet a hawker and wanted to buy a cup of melon seeds. This time he bought less. Instead of buying 6 cups, he just bought one cup. Everyone bought one cup.
The vendor chuckled. It seemed that he had asked about him. Did he know that his fried melon seeds were the most delicious?
Hua Zhao walked around the square and met about 10 people selling melon seeds, as well as cigarettes, candy, and even soda. Although it was a cold day, there were many people buying.
If you can buy something without a ticket, what are you waiting for if you don’t buy it quickly?
Hua Zhao bought some of everything, and finally everyone stood in the open air and watched a movie before going home.
When she got home, Zhang Guilan couldn't help smiling.
The price of melon seeds in the square is very uniform, they are all 2 cents and 50 cents. The taste varies, but it is not bad, and it is far worse than theirs.
The key is that no one cares!
The vendors were walking freely among the crowd. Although they didn't shout loudly, and the buyers didn't shout loudly either, no one was paying attention.
She even saw one with a red armband, who seemed to be a security guard going to buy melon seeds from a vendor!
At that time, she was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat. Then she saw that the vendor took the money normally, but gave him an extra drink, and then left happily.
The red armband also left happily.
"This capital city is really nice." Zhang Guilan sighed.
After saying that, he added: "Otherwise, we can just sell it for 25 cents."
"No." Hua Zhao said resolutely: "Then you are ruining their business. If you sell it for 25 cents, others will definitely not buy theirs. Even if they do, you will lose it and others will be reluctant.
"But it will be different if you sell it for 50 cents. The conflict will not be so big. There is still a market for 25 cents, and other vendors will not join forces to squeeze you out." Hua Zhao said: "We are not trying to dominate the entire market.
Sell less every day and sell slowly.”
Zhang Guilan seemed to understand and nodded in confusion: "That's right, then sell it for 50 cents."
