"You can't smell the sweetness, you taste it. It was a sugar factory running from a nearby labor camp farm that made sugar from sugar cane, and the water vapor sprayed mixed with sugar, filling the air with sugar. You smell the sugar in your nose, the sugar enters your mouth, and your taste buds taste the sweetness of sugar. Qi Jingtao explained to Xu Manli the beautiful misunderstanding of smelling sweetness.

"Oh,...... So much sugar cane, fruits, vegetables. There are not many people, how can they be sold!"

Xu Manli has discovered something new again. There are a lot of agricultural products piled up in the open space on the side of the road, and there are many vehicles parked on both sides of the road, and there are long queues of vehicles. However, the flow of people lingering in front of those stalls is very small, far less than the central Yunnan market, and there are not many people scattered.

"Don't you see those big trucks heading for central Yunnan? As long as there is spare capacity, those drivers will basically take some sugarcane, vegetables, and fruits back along the way. Well, the ones over there who are loading are the main buyers here. They only need to carry a few hundred kilograms of goods along the way, and bring them to central Yunnan or Chuncheng, which is almost enough for their oil and food money on this journey. There are also cars and coaches like us, which will also bring some back when they come here, and their purchasing power is not weak. ”

Qi Jingtao also had these questions before, and those old drivers said this, and he also parroted his words, so he explained to Xu Manli.

"No wonder it's so lively here, those small traders along the road in central Yunnan and Chuncheng entrust large truck drivers to carry goods over, and they pick up goods on the side of the road, which is convenient and fast, and it is much cheaper than coming to pull goods. Xu Manli suddenly said.

"It's called adapting to local conditions, and you don't see that each big truck carries not much cargo at a time. However, this is the 213 National Highway line, and there are thousands of large trucks passing by every day. There are also those that pass by, and they gather sand into a tower. According to statistics in their county, every year they rely on the national highway that crosses the border, and they can generate 60 or 70 million roadside economic output value. Qi Jingtao teasingly sold what he had heard before to Xu Manli.

"What roadside economy?"

"It is the economic value and employment of those car repair shops, small restaurants, small inns, water filling points, and various local agricultural product stalls opened on the side of the highway. That's about it. ”

"That's right. Brother Tao, can your farmer's trading company come here to set up a purchasing point? You have so many ready-made sales points for special agricultural products in central Yunnan and Chuncheng, and it is not bad to buy some fruits and vegetables from here and send them to Central Yunnan and Chuncheng for sale. ”

"Yo, you're very business-minded. Well, the farmer's trading company specializes in this business, so it's nice to have a sourcing point here. Just send one or two people to come over and buy the goods, and it is convenient to contact them by phone. Whatever Chuncheng and Central Yunnan need, let them organize what goods to be shipped. Yes, there are business opportunities everywhere. When I went back, I told Shi Lei and asked them to consider this mode of operation. ”

"Look at what you say, it's like doing business is mysterious. I see that those big truck drivers are all helping regular customers to bring goods, and there is no organization. If you set up a point here, there are people at both ends of Chuncheng and Central Yunnan, and maybe you can directly help those small traders in Chuncheng and Central Yunnan to do some agency procurement and delivery......"

"Yes, yes, what others are used to turning a blind eye to naturally is actually full of infinite possibilities. What you said is all good advice, go back and sort out a text plan, and give it to Shi Lei for their reference. ”

Qi Jingtao sighed, how many times he passed by here, he didn't take these into account, and his thinking still didn't expand.

"What's the use of the plan I sorted out, people are soft-spoken, and no one will look at it. Besides, these are all nonsense of my own imagination, don't be laughed at. Xu Manli said embarrassedly.

"Who said that? You sort it out, and I'll give it to Shi Lei. They are people who specialize in these things, and they will analyze and study for themselves whether it is feasible or not. Having ideas and not having ideas are one thing, having a plan and not having a plan are two different things, maybe operation will become a new financial road for the company. ”

Qi Jingtao encouraged Xu Manli, he didn't think there was anything wrong with these ideas. Many things, those who pay attention to and have ideas are often not able to realize them, and those who have the ability do not pay attention to them.

At present, those state-owned transport companies also have departments and agencies for the deployment of vehicles and goods, but they are more concerned with the cargo connection of empty vehicles, and pay little attention or attention to the transportation of small quantities of goods on the roadside, which is a spontaneous market. In this period when the private economy has not yet stepped out of geographical restrictions, there are many things that no one can do, but they cannot think of or do not go deep into the analysis and research.

The two walked around and took a look, Xu Manli saw that she only bought what she liked, and Qi Jingtao followed behind to pay for a part-time porter. Xu Manli didn't seem to think about buying so many agricultural products, whether their Passat could fit it. Xu Manli only felt that the things here were so cheap, and she would be unwilling to buy some sugarcane fruits easily. I bought everything that caught my eye, smelled the tempting fragrance and looked for it, and by the way, I bought a few freshly baked roast goose. I couldn't stand the heat next to the stove, so I was still ready to leave.

The temperature here is too high and the air is not very smooth, so staying here is like entering a big steamer. Qi Jingtao and Xu Manli actually didn't stay too long. The two hurriedly hid in the car, turned on the air conditioner, turned on the maximum cooling power to cool down the compartment, and prepared to return to Central Yunnan City on the road.

When she got to the car, Manli, who was slightly red and sweaty, felt that the heat was really unbearable, so she twisted her body, took off her autumn coat and threw it on the back seat, and kept shouting: "It's hot, it's hot." ”

"Hehe, I didn't take it off just now, why did I take it off now?" Qi Jingtao turned his head to look at it funny, but his eyes involuntarily swept towards Xu Manli's chest, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue slightly and quickly turned his head to look at the road, and hurriedly started the car on the road.

He finally knew now why Xu Manli didn't take off his coat just now. At the beginning of September, the daytime temperature in central Yunnan was also about 20 degrees, and this chick wore a short-sleeved collarless T-shirt under her autumn coat. As soon as the coat was taken off, it was a snow-white lotus root with pink arms and a pink chest and neck, coupled with that turbulent picture, and it was not in vain that those street vendors and cart drivers on the side of the road who were red, red, black and black were disheveled? Few of the vendors who had stayed in this big steamer for many years, as well as those big truck drivers, were elegant.

Xu Manli is still self-aware, she would rather endure the stuffiness than expose herself. Hiding in her car, Xu Manli took off her coat and blew the air conditioner, feeling that the heat couldn't stand it. Turned over and picked up a copy of the hard-shell car information from the back seat as a fan to fan the wind, and kept saying: "Brother Tao, drive faster." Put all the windows down, blow the natural wind, the air conditioning is too slow, the inside of the car is too stuffy, and the heat is dead. ”

"Girl, be careful of blowing sick. We were already on the road, and it was only a few climbs up the hill that the wind was blowing and it cooled down quickly. Qi Jingtao didn't dare to turn his head to look, pressed the brake button to open all the front and rear windows, and accelerated the air flow in the car, but he had to remind Xu Manli, who was only trying to be cool for a while.

"It's okay, I'm fine. Xu Manli said indifferently, and stretched her waist and arms to show her delicate figure.

"Put it on, and when you get to the mountainside, it won't be cold, it's going to start to get cold. ”

"No, you won't close the windows and turn on the air conditioner. ”

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The speed of the return trip always seems to be faster than in the past, and Qi Jingtao, who is concentrating on driving the car without squinting, is becoming more and more proficient, and the speed is getting faster and faster. Crossing the Huanian Mountain, crossing the Asan Dam, crossing the gale pass, and rushing to the Fifth District Dam, when the agricultural trading company came, the agricultural trading company had not yet reached the end of work.

Since the wild mushrooms were put on the market, the farmer's trading company began to implement rotational holidays, and people went to work every day. Seeing that Qi Jingtao, who was still riding a motorcycle to send Manager Su over in the morning, drove a Passat back, and the employees who worked in the company were all shocked and came out to watch.

In the countryside these days, it's not uncommon for you to drive a big truck, a small truck, or a minivan, and you just drive those vehicles to make a living. It's not the same when a private person buys a car to swagger through the market, it's something to drive and play. I spent a lot of money to buy it, and I have to continue to spend money to raise it, a pure money-burning thing.