Chapter 80: Selling Popsicles
Early the next morning, Dongmei cooked instant noodles for the child and took care of the child after eating. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He rode the newly purchased 28 weight-heavy bicycle with a wooden box stuffed with a quilt in the back and rushed to the county.
Dongmei, who is in her early thirties, is not only in good health, but also very powerful, and it didn't take him long to ride his bicycle to the county.
Stopping at the door of a store that wholesales cold drinks, Dongmei put her bicycle at the door and wandered for a long time but was embarrassed to go in.
She warned herself again and again that there is no shame in doing business, as long as she relies on her own hands and works hard to get rich, it is glorious.
After eliminating "all difficulties", Dongmei finally mustered up the courage to enter the cold drink wholesale department.
The owner of the cold drink shop looked her up and down when he saw Dongmei walk in.
He saw that Dongmei was fair-skinned, cleanly dressed, and didn't look like a local at all.
On the Loess Plateau, due to the great wind and sand, coupled with the dry climate, the local people generally have very rough skin, not only black, but also reddish in the black.
Therefore, the boss could see at a glance that Dongmei was not a local.
He smiled and said, "Master, you are a family member of the oil team, come in and wholesale cold drinks for the children?"
In the summer, there are often wealthy family members who come to wholesale some ice cream or small milk cakes for more than five cents to their children.
According to Dongmei's appearance and dress, the boss also judged that Dongmei was here to give the child a cold drink with a relatively high wholesale price.
Hearing the boss's words, Dongmei was a little embarrassed, she wanted to say that she was here to wholesale popsicles, and then went out to sell popsicles, but she couldn't say anything.
So, she nodded and said, "Well, just take a look." ”
Hearing this, the boss happily began to recommend a few cold drinks with relatively high prices to Dongmei.
Although Dongmei listened, she was very absent-minded.
Because she knows that after all, it is a small number of children who eat ice cream, and most of the children still eat popsicles, so she still has to eat popsicles for a dime.
After being introduced by the boss for a long time, he looked at Dongmei with very expectant eyes, hoping that Dongmei could buy some high-priced cold drinks like other rich women and go back to give them to their children.
Dongmei opened her mouth and said: "I want this dime popsicle, white, red and white, and two cents of frozen juice, you can bring me a box." ”
Hearing that the seemingly rich family members of the oil team in front of him wanted to buy a dime popsicle and two cents of frozen juice, the boss couldn't help but widen his eyes and said: "You give the child this, let me tell you the truth, these dime things, are all cold water mixed with pigments, it's okay to eat one or two, but eating too much is not good for the body, for the sake of the child's health, you still wholesale these five-cent small milk cakes, all cream, nutritious ......"
The boss told Dongmei a bunch of truths, and then looked at Dongmei with joy, feeling that he was kind, Dongmei should buy some small milk cakes and go back to the child to eat.
However, Dongmei hesitated for a long time, but said, "Boss, you should bring me a box of popsicles for one dime and frozen juice for two cents." ”
Hearing this, the boss almost fell to the ground, and said in his heart that the family of the oil team in front of him, why is he so unenlightened?
So, he was ready to tell Dongmei a bunch of truths.
However, before he could speak, Dongmei said directly: "Boss, I wholesale cold drinks not to freeze in the refrigerator for children, I go to the school gate to sell popsicles." ”
Hearing this, the boss swallowed a mouthful of spit, and couldn't believe his eyes.
The fair-skinned, dignified and beautiful woman in front of her wants to go to the school gate to sell popsicles like a hillbilly?
At that time, especially on the Loess Plateau in the northwest, people still generally looked down on people who did small business.
It is generally believed that only people who can't survive and who don't have the ability will go into small businesses, let alone sell popsicles.
After speaking, Dongmei walked out and brought in the wooden box tied to the back of the car.
After Dongmei opened it, she put it in front of the boss and said: "You are engaged in wholesale, which kind of popsicles and frozen juices sell well, you must know, you just look inside, and I will give you the money when it is over." ”
After speaking, Dongmei took out a pile of crumpled change from one pocket.
The boss shook his head with a different expression, and then put some of the popsicles and frozen juices that usually sell better into the wooden box.
When he was leaving, he didn't forget to remind Dongmei that he must cover his popsicles with a quilt, and when selling popsicles, try to park his bicycle in a cool place and not let the sun shine directly on the wooden box.
Otherwise, the quilt will be counterproductive.
Because Dongmei was in a hurry to go out, she didn't take the boss's words seriously, but went in with her left ear and out with her right ear.
On the way back, Dongmei felt much more relaxed, he pedaled the bicycle quickly with both feet, and grasped the handlebars with both hands, afraid that he would accidentally overturn the car and dump the box of popsicles.
There are two entrances to the drill base, one is the main entrance and the other is the back door.
In order to avoid some familiar people, Dongmei deliberately chose the back door.
However, entering through the back door, it is a very large slope.
And after the slope is the flat ground.
However, Dongmei, who sells popsicles, can't take care of it so much, so he rides the car directly like riding a racing car.
Seeing a woman riding a bicycle up such a steep slope, a few people next to her who couldn't ride and pushed the bicycle up exclaimed.
"Oh my God, this woman is too powerful, such a steep slope, she actually rode it directly. ”
"This woman is more powerful than a man, she is really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go. ”
"If this woman is placed in ancient times, she must be a woman at the level of Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying, she was really born in the wrong era. ”
Dongmei rode to the top of the slope in one go, stopped to catch her breath, and continued to ride towards the school gate.
He knew that school and school were a peak season for popsicle sales, and he had to take advantage of the opportunity.
Otherwise, today's business will be in vain.
Dongmei looked at her watch, it was just eleven o'clock, and there were still fifty minutes before the children got out of school.
She thought to herself, thanks to her early arrival, she must occupy a favorable position.
However, when Dongmei arrived at the school gate by bicycle, the villager woman who had been selling popsicles at the school gate had already arrived at the school gate early, and had already occupied the most favorable terrain, under a big tree near the school gate.
Not only is it shady, but it's also close to the school gate, and students can see it at a glance when they leave the school.
It's really the right time, the right place.
Dongmei couldn't help but sigh when she saw that favorable terrain was occupied, and said in her heart, she thought that she had come early enough, but she didn't expect that there would be someone earlier than herself.
And the woman who sold popsicles didn't pay much attention to Dongmei after seeing her riding over.
She only thought that Dongmei was a family member of the oil team who passed by on a bicycle.
However, when she saw the familiar white box behind Dongmei's car, she couldn't help but be shocked, and said in her heart, no, there was a competitor, this is obviously to rob her own business.
The woman moved the car under the tree, indicating that she had occupied the place, and you should not come, and suddenly took out the foundation box from her pocket.
Back in those days, foundation boxes were still very rudimentary and copycats.
Although the woman is a woman in her twenties, compared to Dongmei, a thirty-year-old woman, the hometown woman looks much older than Dongmei in terms of skin and appearance.
Her face, in particular, was not only rough, but also dark.
The reason why the villager woman took out the foundation box from her pocket was that she was afraid that after the students saw the fair-skinned and good-looking Dongmei again, they would go to the beautiful aunt to buy popsicles instead of buying popsicles themselves.
In order to improve her competitiveness, the countrywoman frantically applied foundation to her face.
In fact, the foundation of a fellow woman is said to be a foundation, but it is better to say that it is flour.
After being applied to the face, it is not only an exaggeration of white, but also an alternative of white.
When Dongmei saw the villager woman constantly applying foundation to her face, she couldn't help but be shocked, and said in her heart, is it so exaggerated?
And the popsicles have not yet been sold, and the townsfolk women have already put on a competitive posture.
I saw her rolling her eyes while applying foundation, floating the winter plum not far away.
And Dongmei didn't care about the competition of the countrymen.
She thinks that doing business is good at service attitude, quality and price.
You sell your popsicles, I sell mine, and as for whose popsicles the kids like to buy, that's the kids' choice.
Therefore, Dongmei did not pay too much attention to the outside.
At this time, Song Nian's daughter-in-law, who lived near the school gate, ran out after seeing Dongmei riding a car and carrying a box of popsicles at the door.
She patted Dongmei's shoulder in surprise and said, "Dongmei, I heard that you were going to do business before, but I didn't expect it to start so soon." ”
Dongmei was taken aback by Song Nian's daughter-in-law's sudden attack, she turned around, looked at Song Nian's daughter-in-law and said, "I thought it was who, it turned out to be you, and it scared me by this kind of sudden attack." ”
Song Nian's daughter-in-law's family and Dongmei's family knew each other when they were in Xinjiang.
Song Nian's daughter-in-law and Song Nian have a pair of children, Song Jing and Song Na.
Song Jing and Dongmei's daughter Cui Na are in the same class, and Song Na is one year older than Cui Tao, so she is naturally one level higher.
Song Nian's daughter-in-law always wears a pair of glasses with a high number.
She opened the box behind Dongmei's car and said, "It turns out that what they said is that you are going to do business and are selling popsicles, I thought you really wanted to follow Lao Zhou to repair shoes?"
Dongmei took out a bag of frozen juice from the box, handed it to Song Nian's daughter-in-law and said: "Everyone rumors that Lao Zhou is a hooligan, where do I dare to follow him to learn to repair shoes, so I just sell popsicles." ”
Song Nian's daughter-in-law saw that Dongmei gave her two cents of frozen juice, and excused herself and said, "Frozen juice is too expensive, why don't you give me a dime popsicle to quench your thirst." ”
As she spoke, Dongmei took out one from the box, and handed it to Song Nian's daughter-in-law with a two-color popsicle that was said to be a good seller, "This popsicle is good, you can try it." ”
Song Nian's daughter-in-law took the two-color popsicle and said in her mouth: "Dongmei, you are really good, just do what you say, in fact, I also want to do some business, but I just can't pull this face, I am afraid that others will look down on me and gossip about myself behind my back." ”
Dongmei watched the movement at the gate of the school, and said with a smile: "What's that, hard work to get rich, what's wrong, why is it looked down upon, I don't believe in that evil, let their families gossip behind their backs, I don't care." ”
Song Nian's daughter-in-law quickly finished eating the popsicle in her hand and said: "I really admire your courage, dare to stand here directly, sell popsicles in front of the whole school and the surrounding family members, if I am not embarrassed to stand in front of so many people, too shy and embarrassed." ”
Dongmei said with a flat expression: "They love to see it, they love to say it's okay, I'll just sell my popsicles." ”
At this moment, the bell for the end of school suddenly rang, and the students poured out like a tidal wave.
And Song Nian's daughter-in-law saw the students rushing out, and felt that she was standing with a popsicle seller, which lowered her identity, so she quickly found an excuse and ran back to the house, leaving Dongmei standing there alone, facing everyone.
When the students came out one by one, Dongmei was ready to shout for popsicles according to the plan.
However, when the words came to her mouth, Dongmei suddenly couldn't shout.
She doesn't know if she's shy, or if she's afraid of life?