Chapter 45: Sold Out

After seeing off a group of people from the neighborhood committee, Li Dong immediately joined the cashier's team. His store is a self-service shopping model, where customers can choose any vegetables they want when they enter the store.

The doorway is fenced into three exits, two of which are for weighing and checkout, and the other is the entrance, and a one-way door is installed, which can only enter but not exit. Yangming Community itself is a high-end community, and the quality of the residents here can still be guaranteed, which is the main reason why Li Dong made the store self-service.

Two cash registers, Li Dong and Lu Xiumei are each responsible for one, grandma and grandpa are responsible for weighing, fortunately it is an electronic scale, through last night's teaching, they have been able to use it proficiently.

Originally, at this point in time, most people should be at work, and only some elderly people may come out to visit. However, this is a family community, far from the city, and the people who can live here are basically housewives, so even at this point in time, the store is full.

"Young man, why don't you have lettuce?" An old woman asked angrily, she was introduced to buy lettuce, but it turned out that there was no lettuce.

"I'm sorry, grandma, there are so many people in the morning, they are all sold out. Or look at the corn, it's in full supply. Li Dong replied without raising his head, and counted the accounts for the customer with two hearts: "Sister, a total of 35 yuan and 3 cents, the fraction will be free for you, you can give 35 yuan." ”

"Young man, how do you sell the corn?" The old woman didn't seem to want to go home empty-handed.

"Two dollars a pound is definitely the lowest price in the community." Li Dong replied, took a 50 yuan bill, checked the authenticity, and gave the eldest sister 15 yuan.

"The corn belt doesn't have skins, huh?" The old woman asked loudly again.

An aunt next to her estimated that she couldn't stand her loud voice, and took the initiative to answer for Li Dong: "You can do without skin, but you have to peel it yourself." ”

"Uncle, it's a total of 49 yuan, charge you 100, and find you 51 yuan." Li Dong's calculations were fast and accurate.

"Wait!! I've got a dollar for you. The uncle hurriedly took out a one-dollar coin from his pocket, which was the change he had just found when he bought breakfast.

"That's okay, I'll find you 50 yuan, and you can put it away."

Li Dong took the coin, took out a 50 banknote and gave it to the uncle. It is estimated that he was also busy and dizzy, and he didn't find anything wrong at all, and both parties happily completed the transaction.

"Young man, why don't you peel your corn cob, grandma's hands are weak, she can't peel it, can you take it home and let my eldest grandson peel it." The old woman shouted there again.

"Grandma, if you don't peel and weigh yourself, I'll make up for your two corn cobs, okay?" Li Dong was also annoyed by the question, and casually gave a solution.

"Okay, then grandma, thank you, young man." The old grandmother got an answer that satisfied her, and she was finally happy.

Soon, it was the grandmother's turn to check out.

"Old sister, you just buy four corn, why don't you buy more?" It's the first time that Grandma has encountered such a small number of customers, and the average customer doesn't buy a ten-pound or eight-pound.

"Mistakenly, these two are head-to-head." The old woman corrected immediately, tossing aside the two largest of the corns.

As soon as Li Dong's head turned, he knew that he had met an old man and exploited his own loopholes, and he didn't have much money anyway, so he could only consider himself unlucky, so he persuaded on the side:

"Grandma, just weigh it according to what she said."

Grandma was helpless, and it would affect her business if she made a big fuss, so she could only grit her teeth and weigh her, a total of eight taels.

"Grandma, six cents a piece, thank you for your patronage." Li Dong said expressionlessly.

"Young man, grandma doesn't have a dime on her, isn't it a piece of five elements?" The old woman handed over two one-dollar coins.

"Okay......" Li Dong is no longer able to complain.

As it approached noon, passers-by went home to cook, and there were fewer customers in the store. Li Dong took the time to go to the restaurant to order a takeout, everyone was tired this morning, and Lu Xiumei had no intention of cooking.

"Grandpa, or you don't do it in the afternoon, I'll go find a temporary worker, and I can't bear it even for a guy of my size." Li Dong saw that the second elder was not tired, and hurriedly suggested.

"Yes, Daddy, you can rest in the afternoon, if you are tired, it will be bad." Lu Xiumei also persuaded on the side.

"It's okay, your father and I are in good health." Although Grandma's answer was full of neutrality, Li Dong still heard it reluctantly.

"Okay, old woman, don't be reckless, let's rest in the afternoon. If you are going to die tired and sick, you will spend more money. "It's still grandpa who is sensible and never ambiguous on major issues of right and wrong.

"It's just your mouth." Grandma glared at Grandpa.

"Grandma, grandpa is right. It just opened today, so there are a lot of people, and it must be a lot easier on weekdays, so don't worry about it. Li Dong continued to persuade.

Grandma finally stopped insisting, but did not want to go back to the room to rest, but chose to stay and watch the store, and in the morning she could see several people stealing tomatoes and cucumbers. At that time, she was busy weighing and didn't have time to take care of them, but she was still distressed to death.

Li Dong didn't object this time, as long as she wasn't tired, she probably wouldn't be idle if she was allowed to rest, so it was better to walk around the store and have a look.

"Sir, your takeaway." The clerk finally brought the food over.

"Thank you."

Li Dong took the bag and paid for the meal, a total of 45 yuan, which was still relatively rich. Open the lunch box and beckon the family to start eating, three dishes and one soup, fish and meat.

After eating, let the second elder go upstairs to rest, and Li Dong wrote a notice for recruiting temporary workers and hung it at the door. Lu Xiumei was checking the sales of vegetables, of course, the most left was corn cobs, at least more than 3,000 catties left, and less than 2,000 catties were sold in the morning.

followed by white radish, there are a lot left, about more than 300 catties. Unexpectedly, there are a lot of green peppers left, about more than 100 catties, and it seems that people here are not very accustomed to eating spicy. The other vegetables were basically sold out, and the rest were some that were not in good condition, so I had to keep them for myself to eat.

Not long after the recruitment notice was posted, someone came to the door to apply. The people who came were a pair of thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls, who seemed to be sisters.

"It's a very simple job, it's a hands-on job, and you're in charge of weighing something. The time is half a day, the salary is 10 yuan, how about it, are you willing to do it? Li Dong asked.

"Yes, can you do it for a long time?" Wang Fang replied first. Both of them introduced themselves before, and the other one was named Wang Jing, and they were really a pair of sisters.

"It depends on the situation, the main thing is too busy, of course we ask for part-time jobs. As you can see, this is a new store, and we don't know what the situation will be in the future. Li Dong explained, he did not say no.

"Alright then, we'll live across the street, and if you want someone, go shout." Wang Fang chose to settle for the next best.

With the help of the two sisters, and the fact that the sales were almost the same in the morning, it was obviously a lot easier in the afternoon. The only peak time is between 5 and 6 o'clock, when the crowds are even more crowded than in the morning.

In the end, there was even a rush to buy, which made Li Dong rediscover the amazing purchasing power of the residents of Yangming Community. At half past six, the last three and a half pounds of corn were sold, and all the vegetables were sold out. Li Dong breathed a sigh of relief, the store was almost crowded.

Next, Lu Xiumei took the two sisters to carefully clean the "Carrefour" inside and out, and Li Dong saw that they were working hard, and privately added five yuan to each of them.

At seven o'clock, seeing off the Wang sisters, Li Dong closed the door. Dinner was made by grandma, and everyone hurriedly ate a few bites of food and went to rest. Li Dong decided to close the business for two days, anyway, this batch of vegetables is enough to consume for a few days, and his hometown is also going to replenish the stock, so he will have to go back the day after tomorrow anyway.