After nearly three hours of bumps, the shuttle bus taken by Hu Mingchen and Hu Jianqiang finally stopped at the bus station in the center of Liangcheng.

Getting off the bus, Hu Mingchen felt that the whole person was about to fall apart.

A few years before the rebirth, the road from Duge Township to the city and county was hardened and transformed, and it was either an asphalt road or a cement road, and it took less than an hour and a half to get from Duge Township to the city at that time.

It's like now, if you don't talk about it for three hours, you still have to suffer a lot of sin.

Hu Mingchen and Hu Jianqiang are okay, at least they don't get motion sickness, they have three passengers with motion sickness on this trip, and as soon as they got off the bus, they squatted under the wall and couldn't get up.

"Xiao Chen, are you hungry, do you want to eat something first?" walked out of the station, Hu Jianqiang asked.

"Third uncle, I'm not hungry, it's past four o'clock now, while the wholesale market hasn't closed yet, let's hurry over, we'll catch the train later, what do you say?" Now Hu Mingchen has no heart and time to eat, even if he is a little hungry, he has to endure it.

"Okay, you wait, I'll find someone to ask where the wholesale market is. ”

"Third uncle, don't ask, I've already inquired, the wholesale market is on Xiangyang Road, in order to hurry, let's take a tricycle, walk from here, it takes more than forty minutes." ”

Of course, Hu Mingchen didn't really inquire, but he actually knew all this, and before he was reborn, he went around the wholesale market a few times.

In 97, Liangcheng already had taxis, but taxis were relatively expensive, and many people modified their three-wheeled motorcycles into vehicles that could carry passengers. And these tricycles can be said to be the mainstream of transportation in Liangcheng City. As long as you don't go out of the city, you can almost sit through it for two dollars.

There are even that kind of rickshaws in the city, the toll is similar to that of the motorcycle tricycle, but the speed of the rickshaw is slower, and the rickshaw often operates only downhill roads and flat roads, the kind of road with uphill sections, they can't do it.

Hu Jianqiang did not doubt him, followed Hu Mingchen's advice, stopped a red three-wheeled motorcycle on the side of the road, and after getting into the car, Hu Mingchen told the driver to go to the wholesale market on Xiangyang Road, and the driver started the motorcycle and drove straight over.

The wholesale market on Xiangyang Road is currently the largest and most complete small commodity market in Liangcheng City, in fact, its area is not large, with two floors, and the age of the house should be more than 15 years. There are about 34 shops on each floor, and in addition to daily necessities, it also sells sweets, toys, snacks, stationery and more.

Hu Mingchen came with a very purposeful purpose, so he didn't wander around, and besides, the dwindling flow of people in the wholesale market told him that he didn't have much time to wander around and get to know.

So Hu Mingchen took the lead and went straight to the storefront of several toy wholesale stores on the second floor near the staircase.

As soon as he approached here, Hu Mingchen saw the small card he needed in the big frame at the door of the store. There are a variety of popular animation patterns and even the main character patterns of some children's TV series.

"Boss, how do you sell this?" Hu Mingchen chose a shop near the intersection and squatted down and asked.

"Do you want a big one or a small one?" the proprietress was a fat woman, looked up at Hu Mingchen and Hu Jianqiang, and asked rhetorically.

It's no wonder that the proprietress has that kind of snobbery, it's really that Hu Mingchen and Hu Jianqiang are dressed very old-fashioned, and they don't feel like countrymen who can consume such gadgets normally.

"How many big ones are small?" asked Hu Mingchen as he picked up two kinds of cards.

These two kinds of cards, the big one can be the size of a playing card, and the printing is clear and exquisite, and the small one is only slightly larger than a matchbox, and the pattern is relatively blurry and rough.

"A small five cents, a big one. "The hostess was not enthusiastic and very blunt.

"Wow so expensive, aren't these just two good-looking pieces of paper, you can have a meal in the countryside, Xiao Chen, is this what you want to buy? I think you should forget it, this is not suitable for eating or drinking!" As soon as he heard the price, Hu Jianqiang was startled.

In Hu Jianqiang's mind, they all sell for five cents and one piece here, so how much should they sell when they take it back? No matter how much profit is added to it, Hu Jianqiang does not think that there will be anyone willing to buy it in that place in Duge Township, and few little dolls can afford it.

"Hmph, it's too expensive, it's mainly played by dolls in the city. The proprietress said dismissively.

The proprietress never thought that Hu Mingchen would buy these things, so her tone would be so polite, otherwise, businessmen would be kind and make money.

"Boss, what do you mean by this, the intention of making a living is money, not a picture, and you don't have a letter on the door that you only sell it to people in the city, why, seeing that we are from the countryside, you think we can't afford it?" Hu Mingchen stood up and said like a little adult.

"I don't care if you can afford it or not, if you want to buy it, you can take the money, if you don't want to buy it, you can go to other places, I still have to do business here. The proprietress glanced at Hu Mingchen, and seemed to feel that it was boring to argue with two countrymen over this trivial matter, but it would affect the business, so she simply issued a disdainful eviction order in disguise.

"Hmph, if you pull me to buy it now, I won't buy it, what's the big deal, you're not the only one selling here, third uncle, let's go, let's go to another house." Hu Mingchen also has his own purpose, and he is not willing to spend his fearless time here.

"Hey, I don't look at what you look like, you can't afford it in heaven. As soon as Hu Mingchen and Hu Jianqiang turned around and left, the proprietress said disdainfully behind them.

"I'm ...... day" Hu Jianqiang heard the discriminatory words of the proprietress, he was angry, and wanted to go back to reason with the proprietress, but was stopped by Hu Mingchen.

"Third uncle, forget it, there is no need to be with that kind of person, she thinks she is noble, in fact, I still look down on her, we can't waste time for that kind of unworthy person, let's hurry up and take a look at other homes." ”

"Wicked woman, the dog's eyes look down on people. Hu Jianqiang reluctantly spat behind him.

"Sooner or later, they will find that rural people are also worthy of their envy, go, go. Hu Mingchen echoed.

In the current era, the dual structure of urban and rural areas is indeed a factor that makes most urban people look down on rural people. The fundamental reason is nothing more than that the rural people are poor, the rural people are dirty, the rural people are uneducated, and so on.

What Hu Mingchen said did not mean that the great changes in the construction of beautiful countryside and new countryside more than ten years later have changed the views of many urban people. The most important point of his is actually to secretly show his determination, he believes that one day he will become rich, he will become rich, and at that time, even if she is still rural, the city people will be impressed.

"Xiao Chen, I advise you to forget it, we should come to the city to have a good time, I don't think you can do the thing you want to do. Hu Jianqiang, who was walking next to him, put one hand on Hu Mingchen's shoulder and suggested.

"Why?"

"Why, that thing is too expensive, the small one is bigger than the firewood box, five cents a piece, and the big one is about the same as poker, actually one piece. How many of these things do you take back and sell, eight cents, five cents? Let me tell you, few people in Duge Township can afford to buy them. The evil lady is right in saying that these gadgets are bought and played with by dolls in the city, I advise you to dispel your thoughts, if you spend money to buy them, you will lose all your money. Hu Jianqiang gave the reason for his concern.

"Third Uncle...... Hehe, maybe you misunderstood what that wicked woman meant. Hu Mingchen paused and said with a smile.

"Did I misunderstand? Where did I misunderstand? Could it be that I would still hear it wrong?"

"You heard it right, but...... Let's go to the next one, and you quickly understand, hehe. Hu Mingchen said around the corner.

Hu Jianqiang scratched his head, unable to understand Hu Mingchen's statement.

I changed to a wholesale store, and this time the boss I met was a middle-aged man.

Hu Mingchen still asked like the previous one, but the answer he got was a little different.

"Little doll, how much do you want to buy, I'm here for wholesale, the more you buy, the cheaper, if it's retail, the small five cents, the big one." ”

"Boss, how much do you start to batch and what is the starting price?" Seeing that the boss was kind, Hu Mingchen also asked with a smile.

"A minimum of 100 sheets, what is the price of this batch...... The small ones are two cents and five cents, and the large ones are six cents. The boss's answer to Hu Mingchen was a little less crisp.

Despite this, the boss's answer was enough to make Hu Jianqiang dumbfounded.

Just now five cents and one piece, now here it has become two cents and five and six cents, which has changed too much.

Of course, Hu Jianqiang also figured out what was going on, it turned out that what people said before was the retail price in the city, and others didn't think they were here to buy goods and do business.

"Boss, your price is too expensive, I asked a few, your price is the most expensive, we sell it in batches, your price is so expensive, it's really hard to place an order." If you are cheaper, we will be able to buy goods for a long time in the future. Hu Mingchen said to the shopkeeper in a mature tone.

The boss didn't expect this teenage doll to say such mature and sophisticated words, but the adult who followed him didn't say a word.

The boss looked at Hu Jianqiang, and when he saw that he still didn't speak, he simply really talked about business with Hu Mingchen.

It's not that Hu Jianqiang doesn't want to speak, but he suddenly feels that he doesn't know as much as his nephew, so don't mix it up.

Besides, Hu Jianqiang has never done business, in addition to farming, he has learned to repair cars from others for a period of time, how to talk about business, he is actually not good.

"If you take more, of course the price can be less, to tell the truth, the small one is at least two cents, and the big one is at least five cents, which is the market price. ”

"Can there be more?" asked Hu Mingchen without giving up.