Chapter 6 Ideas for Making Money
This county is in Wu Neng's mind when he was a child, it is called a big city, every time he can come to the county seat with his parents, he is excited for a long time, and every time he wears clean clothes on the street, he always feels that he has become the focus, in fact, this kind of self-inflicted juvenile thoughts has existed in the minds of many teenagers. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The father only stopped for a few minutes along the way, and never let the mother pick up the burden of more than 100 catties.
The county seat of this era is dirty and messy, the whole county is probably concentrated in a radius of about two or three kilometers, most of the residents are concentrated in the south gate and the north gate, the east gate and the west gate are the places of the county high school and the county government, and there are not many residential areas, so the rural people come to sell vegetables, most of them are placed casually on both sides of the south gate and the north gate farmers' market, waiting for the residents and institutions in the city to buy vegetables, the vegetable market in this era is basically a roadside stall, and the farmers are looking at the season to sell vegetables, which are basically very cheap.
Although it was only less than half past six at this time, but at this time the farmers selling vegetables on both sides were already crowded, after the father arrived, he casually occupied a position, asked the old men who sold vegetables around and learned that the price of peppers today is 2 cents 2, this price is not high or low, shouting two cents and two, but sometimes there will be a price or something, probably in two cents a pound like this, two baskets full of peppers, one hundred and thirty or forty pounds, probably can be sold for more than 20 yuan, less than 30 yuan, Wu Neng counted in his heart, and suddenly felt heavy in his heart, his parents worked hard to pick it in the afternoon, got up in the middle of the night, picked more than 20 miles, and finally sold it for a penny and a dime, only to get twenty or thirty yuan of hard-earned money, this is the real hard-earned money.
Prices in this era are taking a huge leap, the prices in '92 and '99 have increased by at least five to ten times, and the peasants are the most vulnerable group.
Although Wu Neng knows that the wheel of history is rolling forward, he is now just a penniless fourteen-year-old boy, powerless, what can he do to change?
Father and Wu Neng half-squatted on the cement floor on the side of the road, after the mother handed the bag containing change to the father, asked Wu Neng if he would go shopping together, Wu Neng was not in the mood, euphemistically refused, the mother did not say much, greeted the father a few words, and went to the farmers' market alone to buy daily necessities, salt, soy sauce and the like at home.
Although his father was already wet with sweat, he finally arrived at his destination, half-squatting on the ground and chatting with the old man next to him, Wu Neng looked around alone, originally he wanted to say a word to his father, and wanted to leave the county to look around, but after thinking about it, he was penniless, and he was afraid of being worried by his father.
There are all kinds of baskets next to it for a while, most of them are vegetables of this season, and some are melons and fruits such as watermelons and watermelons, Wu Neng looked over three or four meters away, and saw three cauliflower snakes in a bag of urea in the countryside on the opposite side, and the other bag seemed to contain frogs, which made Wu Neng a little interested, frogs are a rare delicacy in the summer in the south, no one in this era promotes any love for beneficial insects and the like, snake-like children dare not catch, but catching frogs, a game that integrates entertainment and food, basically every child will。
Fishing for frogs during the day, using a flashlight to shine on the frog at night, these two common frog catching skills are basically every child, sometimes luck at night, with a flashlight can catch two or three catties of frogs, after peeling the skin and digging the heart at noon, cut it into several pieces with a kitchen knife, pour oil, put ginger and garlic peppers, and stir-fry the famous dish of field chicken on the table, once Wu Neng opened the Hunan restaurant, this dish consumes more than ten catties of frogs every day, after rebirth, Wu Neng, who has never seen the taste of meat, feels that saliva is about to come out at this time.
As for the cauliflower snake, or the snake in the field, in Guangdong before Wu Neng's rebirth, it was also a famous dish, and the recipe was so varied that you couldn't think of it, snake porridge, snake soup, dragon and phoenix chicken, ......!"
However, Wu Neng's people rarely eat snakes, it is estimated that this snake is also sold to restaurants and other places, the snake seller is a middle-aged man, with a scruffy beard, wearing an old green military uniform casually, and the smell of sweat and fermented wine on his body is general, so that Wu Neng stopped next to him.
Wu Neng secretly observed, found that there are several frogs selling loaches and yellow eels on this street, and there is even a selling wild birds, but most of the frogs are casually packed in an old fertilizer bag, and they look like two or three catties, it seems that no one has bred frogs to sell in this era, most of them are caught in the fields, and finally the flow of people buying vegetables began to bustle into this side, and his father's chili stall has been sold several times, Wu Neng has been observing the stall selling snakes and frogs next to him, and his father saw Wu Neng standing next to him, and he didn't say anything, and finally the first customer was ushered in next to the ruined man。
How can this frog be sold? The questioner was an old man, neatly dressed, and he could tell that he was from the city.
A piece of eighty-one pounds! The sloppy man replied casually.
The old man is ready to make a counteroffer!"
The sloppy man ignored the old man and sat there alone without speaking.
The old man bent down to open the urea bag, looked at the frog in the bag, and muttered: You frog is so small, and it is so expensive!"
Talking about it, there was a middle-aged man in front of the stall, the man was wearing a white chef's clothes, but the clothes had been polluted by oil into a yellow-brown, the middle-aged man seemed to be very familiar with the sloppy man, and said: Huang Er, why is it so much today, while talking while looking at the cauliflower snake in the plastic bag in his hand, he said, handed the bag to the sloppy man named Huang Er to weigh, Huang Er took the bag, hung it, weighed, and said: Five catties and seven taels, except for the bag two taels, five catties and five taels, today's price is the same as yesterday, two pieces of three, together twelve pieces of six cents and five, and handed the bag to the middle-aged man。
The middle-aged man in the white chef's clothes didn't bargain, took the bag and looked at the frog in the other bag, and said while counting the money from his pocket: Why is this frog so small today, this one is only three or four catties, Huang Er, you are lazy to drink again!"
The sloppy man took the money and retorted: The weather is bad these days, and the frogs don't come out at night.
As for the old man next to him, he shook his head and walked to another stall, and after paying back the price, he still bought about a pound of frogs.
The trade continued, Wu Neng secretly observed a few stalls selling frogs and game on this street, and found that the business was good, even the one who sold wild birds also sold three, of course, most families still won't buy such expensive game, a pound of chili peppers is only two cents and two, a pound can eat a meal, a pound of frogs is a piece of eight, after peeling the skin, it is estimated that there is only a small bowl of meat, not really that spare money who will buy this to eat, but even so, there are not many sellers, the buyer is still in great demand, less than nine o'clock, the sloppy man who sells frogs and cauliflower snakes Huang Er has sold all the goods in his hand, Wu Neng secretly observed, there are about twenty or thirty yuan togetherIn front of the stall of his father, who also sells chili peppers, two baskets of chili peppers were only sold for less than one-third at this time, and the large handful of dime bills are estimated to be only about ten yuan, which is the market economy.
Wu Neng secretly thought, this business can be done, one night is lucky, you can catch three or four catties of frogs, one catty and eight, and at least seven or eight yuan of income in one night, and so on...... Suddenly, Wu Neng thought of a picture, which was the picture of the group of imps who went to the family to steal eggs and sell them for money yesterday.
Those imps buy a popsicle for five cents, risk being spanked and slapped by their parents when they find out, and if you ask those imps to catch frogs for money, or change popsicles, that's ......!!"
Thinking of this, Wu Neng felt a little excited, although this is only a few dollars and a few cents of business, but now there are not many businesses that can make money by doing nothing in this era, thinking of this, Wu Neng thought that he didn't have the start-up capital, it seemed that he could only convince his father Wu Jianwen.
Thinking of this, Wu Neng ran to his father's side, squatted beside his father, and found a topic to bring his father's thoughts to the topic of frogs!"
Dad, just now that guy over there sold a few snakes and a few pounds of frogs for more than 30 yuan!"
When Wu Jianwen heard this, his eyes couldn't help but look at the sloppy man opposite, and saw that the man's frogs and snakes had already been sold out, and he was about to leave, and he was also a little envious, but Wu Jianwen, an honest man, didn't expect to catch frogs and sell them himself.
Wu Neng continued: There are frogs everywhere in our fields over there, and if you are lucky, you can get five or six catties in one night, and eight cents a catty a piece!"
Hearing that a piece of eight cents a catty, Wu Jianwen was also a little touched, but he still muttered in his mouth: Frogs are not so easy to catch, it's okay to catch one or two catties a night, and one or two catties have to walk so far to come to the city, it can't be rowed!"
Hearing that his father was a little moved, Wu Neng said his thoughts!"
Of course, one or two catties can't be drawn, but I can ask the group of guys in the village to catch it, they went to the house to steal eggs in order to buy a five-cent popsicle, speaking of which, Wu Neng was also a little embarrassed, stealing eggs, he had done it a few times, after being reborn, of course, he felt that this was too naïve and ignorant in his later life, but after all, he had done it himself.
Wu Jianwen looked at Wu Neng with some surprise, he couldn't imagine that his son still had this kind of idea, this idea is not bad, but this kind of thing is not good for him to show up, he can only trade between children, and he is not optimistic about this kind of transaction between children!"
Seeing that his father was indeed moved, Wu Neng hurriedly said: Dad, you give me ten yuan for start-up capital, I will collect frogs, you come to the county to sell, make money, we have half a point, speaking of which, I feel like a fourteen-year-old child at this time, eating my parents' and spending my parents', and I don't have to share my own money when I make money.
Wu Neng laughed, Wu Jianwen was also amused by Wu Neng's idea, and couldn't help but say: Ten yuan is not too much, our family's financial power is in the hands of your mother!"
Although Wu Jianwen is an honest man, after all, he is only thirty-six years old, and in later generations, he is still a young man at this age, but Wu Neng's idea really moved him a little, honest people also want to make money, and honest people also want to live a better life!"
Fortunately, Wu Neng's family is only his son, although the family is poor, but what Wu Neng says, his parents will still listen to it!"
Wu Jianwen thought for a while: I'll give you five yuan, you try it first, see if it works!"
Wu Neng shook his head and said arrogantly: Five yuan is five yuan!"