Chapter 2: The Yellow Flower Wilts

"The desk collapsed suddenly. Qin Jian was lying, and the expression on his face was very unnatural.

"It's fine. ”

Glanchan smiled and said, "Mom bought you a new one." ”

Qin Jian is the hope of the family, he didn't do well in the monthly exam this time, and he was more than ten points away from the main line. Seeing the math test papers scattered on the ground along with the scattered desks, Glency understood in her heart.

"You rest early, and being in good health is the most important thing. If you read two books, you can't say that you will be worse than those who read heavy books in the future. ”

"Thank you, Mom!" Qin Jian said.

Glenchan exited the room.

A desk costs hundreds of dollars. The family was already poor, and Qin Jian didn't want his mother to break the bank.

Although the desk is falling apart, it can be repaired with a nail in it.

Qin Jian went to find nails, hammers, and old wooden boards, and hammered them for more than an hour to reassemble the desk that had fallen apart.

Although there are some scars that are not good-looking, I can continue to use them.

At three o'clock in the morning, Qin Jian got up.

"Mom, I've fixed the desk, so I don't need to buy it. Anyway, if you want to live on campus after going to college, you don't need it, and it's a waste to buy new ones. ”

Looking at the patched desk in Qin Jian's room, the corners of Glenxiang's eyes were wet.

She was a little happy, happy that her Jane Jane was more sensible than the other children. At the same time, I was a little uncomfortable, feeling that my mother was useless, and I couldn't even afford a new desk for my son.

"Jian Jian is sensible. ”

"This weekend, you don't have to go to class, I'll help you wholesale the vegetables back, and you can sleep a little more at home. ”

Qin Jian picked up the two hundred yuan on the table, picked up the basket and went out the door.

"Wholesale a little more lotus root, the lotus root is easy to sell. Lettuce and baby cabbage have to be taken. ”

Looking at her distant son, Glenxiang's heart was sour.

"With a total of 200 yuan of principal, how to distribute it appropriately?"

"Yellow Flower! Yellow Flower!"

The alpha wolf replied three times in a row.

"What do you mean?" Qin Jian was a little confused.

"Say important things three times, buy all yellow flowers, you are stupid. Alpha Wolf said.

"Can you sell so many yellow flowers when you buy them?"

Qin Jian helped Gu Lanxiang guard the stall, and the yellow flower couldn't sell two catties a day. Buy all the yellow flowers, so don't you smash them all in your hands?

"Don't fool me. ”

"you, who's going to charge me up? "Alpha Wolf likes to scold Qin Jian for being stupid.

"Why do you buy all the yellow flowers?" Qin Jian asked.

"The data of the whole world is here with me, there is a royal restaurant near your mother's stall, there is a banquet at noon today, and their purchasing manager Wang forgot to buy yellow flowers. Now that the yellow flower has been taken off the market, there are only thirty or forty catties of inventory in the entire wholesale market, and the wholesale price is seven yuan a catty. That little yellow flower has not been wholesaled for several days, you can lower the price, the boss's purchase price is five yuan, and if you don't lose money, he will sell it. Buy them all, at least for now, and you can make a small profit. There are a total of eight vegetable markets within a radius of 10 kilometers, and none of them sell yellow flowers. Sell it for twenty yuan a catty, and Manager Wang has to buy it all for you. In addition, there is an inspection today, and after nine o'clock, the chengguan will always be guarding that area, not allowing stalls to be set up, and will keep watch until eight o'clock in the evening. Manager Wang went to work at seven o'clock, and before eight o'clock, she would recount the day's dishes, and the difference had to be made up before nine o'clock. At about half past eight, she will appear at the intersection of the vegetable market. The yellow flowers must be placed in the most conspicuous position, and there are many more of them, so that she can see them at a glance. ”

Alpha Wolf's analysis made Qin Jian stunned.

"You're so good, don't you want to introduce me to any other business? My family is too poor and short of money. ”

"The time has not come. Alpha Wolf said.

"When will the time come?" Qin Jian was a little impatient.

"I thought I could get there right away, I didn't think I could never get there. ”

Qin Jian trotted to the wholesale market.

At half past three in the morning, most people are still asleep, but it is crowded and lively.

The sound of bargaining is endless.

There is only one wholesale of yellow flowers, and their wholesale is fresh goods, all kinds of mushrooms and fungi, and the boss's surname is Zhang.

"How did you sell this yellow flower?" Qin Jian asked.

"Seven pieces. Boss Zhang said.

"This yellow flower is wilted, and it can't be sold for half a catty a day. Qin Jian said.

"Just sprinkle some water, my yellow flowers are fresh, and it's no problem to leave it for ten days and a half months." If you want more, you can give you less. ”

The forty catties of yellow flowers left over by Boss Zhang have been sold for almost a week, and not a single catty has been wholesaled. Leave it for two more days, and you have to throw it all away. It's hard to come to a little kid who doesn't know anything, of course, he can fool a few catties out, even if it's a few catties!

"How much less?" Qin Jian asked.

"If you buy five catties, count you six yuan. Boss Zhang said.

"Can I buy ten catties, five yuan?" Qin Jian pretended to be stupid and asked.

"Yes. ”

Five dollars can pay back, and it's better to sell it than to smash it in your hands!

"Then I want twenty pounds, can I have four yuan?"

Qin Jian is testing Boss Zhang's bottom line step by step.

The yellow flowers have to be refrigerated, and judging by the wilted appearance of the yellow flowers, they should have been in the refrigerator for several days. If you don't sell it today, if you don't lose it tomorrow, you will have to lose more than half of it.

"Four pieces of five. Boss Zhang said.

"I want thirty catties, three yuan and five?" Qin Jian said.

"It's the first time I've seen you in this bargaining method, and it's interesting. Boss Zhang smiled and said, "Count you four." ”

"I'll give it all to you, three dollars a pound. If you don't sell it, forget it, I'll go wholesale other dishes. You yellow flower, even if you can put it for ten days, I can only sell two catties a day, and I can only sell twenty catties. In this condition, I can sell an average of five yuan a catty, which is good. Qin Jian said.

"I have almost forty catties of yellow flowers here, even if it is three yuan a catty, the cost will be one hundred and twenty yuan. According to your algorithm, don't you have to lose money? Do you still do it at a loss?" asked Boss Zhang with some curiosity.

"What if I can sell it for an average of six, five, or seven yuan, then won't I make a profit? You yellow flowers, sell them for ten days, you have to lose at least half of them, and forty catties can only be counted as twenty catties. Qin Jian said.

Lose half of it? Sure enough, a fool who doesn't understand anything.

Half of this yellow flower will have to be lost for another day, and all of it will be lost for two days. It's better to give him three dollars a pound than to smash it.

"Okay, I think you're very good at business, little brother, and if you sell it for three yuan a catty, you should make a friend." ”

Huanghua has a total of forty-one and a half catties, and Boss Zhang is more upright, so he will give Qin Jian forty catties. After all, it is immoral to be foolish, and you have to have a little conscience.

The wholesale market is almost three kilometers away from the vegetable market, and the tricycle costs five yuan, so Qin Jian was reluctant and chose to walk.

There are all stalls at the entrance of the vegetable market, and there are no fixed stalls.

Whoever goes early will get a good position.

Glenchant went early, took the best position, and put all the potatoes and taro that were not sold out yesterday.

"Didn't you ask you to buy lotus roots, lettuce, and cabbage? Why did you buy so many yellow flowers? You can't sell them at all, and you can't sell them for a pound a day. The yellow flower you bought is still in such poor condition. ”

Looking at the big basket of yellow flowers that Qin Jian came back wholesale, Gu Lanxiang was angry and anxious.

"I think the yellow flowers should sell well today, because that's all there is left in the wholesale market. Let's all wholesale it, and we can have a monopoly. Qin Jian said.

"Monopoly?"

Aunt Wan, who competed for a place with Gu Lanxiang every day, laughed and took over the conversation, saying, "These yellow flowers are wholesaled at Boss Zhang's place, right? A week ago, there were only so many of them there, and if you go today, there are still so many." Monopolized for a week, but you didn't sell two taels, and you still have a monopoly? If you don't understand, don't be foolish, look at how your mother blows you one day, and say how sensible you are, and know how to help your mother wholesale vegetables. Are you called a wholesaler? You are called a loser, losing every penny of your mother's hard-earned money. More than half of these yellow flowers will have to be lost tomorrow. Seven yuan a catty, you have to have forty catties, right? More than two hundred yuan, your mother worked hard for two or three days to earn it back, what a loser!"

Aunt Wan also has a son, who is about the same age as Qin Jian. The grades are not as good as Qin Jian, and they are not as obedient as Qin Jian.

Like Glenchan, she sets up a stall and sells side dishes for a living. But her son has never been like Qin Jian, helping his mother wholesale vegetables and helping his mother keep the stall.