At Zhou Qingfeng's urging, Yulan returned to her parents' home during the day, and her father rushed to Mawang Village with the family's only 'household appliance' before dark. Zhou Qingfeng slept during the day, and got up at night to see this old farmer with a wrinkled face.
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Old man He was in a daze when he saw Zhou Qingfeng. He didn't know what to call him. He sat on a chair in the hall and silently rolled cigarettes. The tobacco leaves grown by the farmer were dried and cut into shreds, and the rolling paper was cut from newspapers. His rough hands slowly rolled it up,
Light the fire and smoke it brightly and darkly.
A few years ago, during the "severe crackdown", the old man's son-in-law was caught because his hands and feet were unclean. When Yulan heard the news and found the man, her husband had already been taken to the execution ground. He was gone, and the reputation of the family was ruined.
Can't lift my head up.
Yulan was a woman who couldn't live with her children, so she had no choice but to agree to rent Zhou Qingfeng's house. You know that this guy is very wild. After living here for half a month, he asked her to find a way to sell vegetables, and the quantity was very large.
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"You don't have to worry about whether my food comes from the right source. There is no nearby village that has so many vegetables to steal. But don't ask me where I got it? Just think that I collected it from other villages."
In order to take precautions, Zhou Qingfeng had to speak harshly at the beginning. He sat down in the hall with a stern attitude, and his aura was different. Yulan glared angrily, annoyed that he was scaring her father.
The old man smoked a cigarette and asked for a long time: "How many vegetables are there to sell?"
"About fifteen baskets a day." Zhou Qingfeng kicked the basket under his feet. There were at least a hundred kilograms of various vegetables in it. The reason why he took out the vegetables first was to test, as there were bigger peanuts behind him.
"So many?" The old man also didn't believe it.
In order to make money, it is common for farmers to sell some home-grown vegetables. However, they are usually sold nearby and the quantity is not large. Even if someone specializes in purchasing in the countryside, it is impossible to buy them every day. This is time-consuming, laborious and laborious, and ordinary people
Can't do it.
"You have to find a vehicle to transport it, whether it's a tractor or a small truck, otherwise you can't transport so much by manpower. If you can't sell it in the county, go to the city. Don't be afraid of spending money. I can advance the initial cost.
The key to this matter is not to let too many people know. Once the secret is leaked, I will just replace it with someone else to sell it, and you will not make any money." Zhou Qingfeng felt that he had thought more carefully. But he couldn't leave because the details were needed.
Someone will do it.
Yulan said quickly: "It's very expensive to find a car, so it's better to hire someone to pick it up and sell it. You can save a lot of money."
Zhou Qingfeng squinted his eyes and uttered only one word, "Stupid."
Yu Lan was so angry that she opened her teeth and claws to scratch him.
But the old man coughed and said, "It's definitely not possible to find a car. A dozen baskets can't even be loaded on the tractor, so you have to find a small four-wheeler. But it's hard to find a small four-wheeler. A trip to the county costs fifty or sixty yuan."
, it might cost hundreds, and it’s certainly not cost-effective.”
So expensive? Zhou Qingfeng thought the current transportation fees were very cheap - he had no idea that the current vehicle transportation costs are extremely high. It costs thousands for a Dongfeng truck to haul goods for 100 kilometers.
Old Man He continued: "We are really afraid that people will know about this. It is not safe to transport it to the county. It is better to transport it directly to the city. I think the radish, eggplant, and pepper are all grown very well. There are many people in the city, and there is a vegetable market that harvests them."
, it can also be sold a bit more expensive.”
Zhou Qingfeng asked: "Isn't it further to the city?"
Old Man He said with a smile: "So you can't use a car, you have to use a boat. There is a small river in our village that can go directly to the Tangjiang River in Tianyang City. It is convenient to go down the river."
River transport?
Zhou Qingfeng really didn't think about this. River transportation is indeed cheap. He immediately thought of the flash flood that washed away his village group. There was indeed a large river flowing near Mawang Village.
"Is the river transport easy?"
"It's easy to walk. The river in our village is neither big nor small, and there are no barrages along the way. At most, there are many bridges across the river, but smaller fishing boats can pass under the bridges. This saves freight.
After all, it costs dozens of dollars.
In fact, you can also walk from the river at the entrance of your village. But it’s quite tiring to go there, and it will delay the farm work at home, so it’s a big loss if you don’t make much money.”
After Old Man He finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Qingfeng. If he hadn't heard that this guy had made hundreds of dollars and rented his daughter's house, he wouldn't have bothered to come. The thing about selling vegetables was just a boast.
But when they arrived at Mawang Village, Zhou Qingfeng took out several baskets of fresh vegetables. Each basket weighed hundreds of kilograms and contained a variety of vegetables. He also said that the money earned was 37%, and the He family could take 30% of the gross profit.
Old Man He would rather believe that Zhou Qingfeng collected these vegetables from various villages, but this would cost money anyway. The three achievements of directly taking away the gross profit are very impressive.
"If you agree, I can give you a few baskets of vegetables now for free. You can come to my place every day to transport the vegetables and pay the bills once a week. You will not lose anything." The conditions offered by Zhou Qingfeng are not good.
It can be said that it is not rich, but it is really generous.
In the hall of the house, the father and daughter looked at each other and felt that this was a dream. Zhou Qingfeng's words were too exaggerated. It was like selling them on credit, just like sending money to their door. But now it seems more and more like that, this
It makes people feel excited.
Prices began to skyrocket in the 1990s, with grain prices rising from more than 10 cents per catty to more than 1 yuan, but the income from farming in rural areas has declined. Now that the labor wave has not begun, farmers' lives are getting worse. If there is an opportunity to make money,
No one wants to let go.
A basket of vegetables weighs a hundred pounds, and even the cheapest radish can be sold for a few yuan. If it is fifteen baskets, it will cost dozens of yuan. Even if you only earn 30%, it is at least a net income of fifteen yuan.
This is money earned in one day. It can’t be worth four to five hundred in a month?
The old man kept smoking sullenly, but after some calculations in his mind, he found that he was not good at arithmetic. Should he make four hundred or five hundred? Even one hundred would be a big deal!
Nowadays, there are many small traders and hawkers. Self-employed people are all looking for ways to make money. The current society is very chaotic. As long as they can make money, people will commit murder and arson. What’s more, it’s just a transportation and selling vegetables.
For such an easy business, not to mention Zhou Qingfeng's special instruction to keep it a secret, the old man would keep it a secret and never let anyone know about it - as long as this business lasts for a few months, even the bachelor son at home can marry a wife.
The old man's heart felt calm when he saw it, but his heart began to turmoil. He glanced at Zhou Qingfeng and said, "If you are willing, I will send these baskets of vegetables to be sold first. I will find someone to build a boat tomorrow, maybe I can get one
For motorized ships, the freight will not exceed 20.”
Water transportation is much cheaper than land transportation.
When the word 'twenty' was mentioned, the cigarette in the old man's hand shook. The current per capita income in rural areas is so low that young people in the new century cannot imagine. There are many people who earn less than 100 yuan a year. He
The sentence seems not to take 'twenty' seriously.
However, Zhou Qingfeng felt that it would be best to get a motorized boat. It could carry more cargo and be faster, and the 20 yuan shipping fee would not be a problem. He didn’t say much and just gave away the four or five baskets he had now for free, letting Old Man Lin transport them.
Walk.
"To be honest, I don't have enough baskets now. Next time you come, you have to bring your own baskets, and we will change our clothes." Zhou Qingfeng did not unload the goods, and just gave away the vegetables on the cart as a gift. This gift is equivalent to giving away.
Dozens of dollars.
Each basket was filled to the brim. The old man inspected each one and said in a deep voice: "Don't plant so many radishes and sweet potatoes in the future. They are worthless. Plant more peppers and garlic. These two are expensive."
Is there any way to do this?
Zhou Qingfeng immediately responded: "Okay, from now on we can grow whatever is expensive in the market."
When a way to make money unexpectedly appeared, the sixty-year-old man was very excited. He turned on the flashlight, his only "household appliance", and pushed the cart home overnight. Yulan was afraid that her father would get into trouble while walking at night, so she helped her with the flashlight.
road.
Zhou Qingfeng naturally returned to his vegetable field and prepared to modify the planting area of cash crops. He even thought of reducing the planting area of peanuts and replacing it with a variety of peppers.
After all, harvesting peanuts is too troublesome. You have to pull them out of the soil and wash away the mud with water. After the peppers are planted, they continue to grow and are easy to pick. However, considering the super high yield of peanuts and the price of edible oil, Zhou Qingfeng still gave up.
Got this idea.
At this end, the old man and Yulan were pushing a cart home on a country road. The road was dark at night, and they couldn't see anything. If it weren't for the flashlight, they couldn't see anything.
Halfway through the push, the old man suddenly asked his daughter: "Yer, has that kid ever bullied you?"
"Dad?!" Yulan exclaimed, but didn't know what to refute. If anyone else asked this, she would have turned against her. But when her father asked, she could only lower her head and remain silent, feeling embarrassed and annoyed.
The old man was silent, feeling confident in his heart, and continued to push the cart. The atmosphere between the father and daughter was very awkward, and after pushing for a while, the old man sighed: "Girl, you are still young, so you can't be a widow. Being a widower is too hard."
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Magnolia was even more silent and silent.
The old man continued: "Don't care about those rumors. If you can make money, other people will only envy you. As for the kid just now, it's okay to be bullied by him. But he doesn't look like an honest person. You can't control him. You have to have
Do you understand what dad means?"
Yu Lan felt her face getting hot, and after a while she hesitated: "I understand."