Chapter 6 Going to the Countryside
"Auntie, the work on the construction site is done, and you don't have to go tomorrow." Taking advantage of dinner time, Li Dong announced the news.
"It's okay, I'm tired during this time, take a good rest." Although the eldest son can make money by working, Lu Xiumei still hopes that Li Dong can be more relaxed.
"Auntie, I want to sell vegetables. My classmates grow a lot of vegetables in their village, and I want to wholesale some to sell in the city. Li Dong took the opportunity to throw out his plan.
"What? No, at this time, even if you wholesale vegetables, the price is deadly expensive, and there is not much profit at all. Although Lu Xiumei is just a housewife, she still knows this common sense.
"A-Niang, I don't want to work at my age, so it's better to let me go on my own." Li Dong insisted.
"That's not okay, I'm not at ease when you're out there alone." Lu Xiumei knows that her eldest son has been more sensible since he was a child, but it is not enough to be sensible in business.
"Auntie, my capital is just the salary of these few days, even if I lose all of it, it's not much, you just let me try, I won't be willing if I don't give it a try." Seeing that it was not possible to move with emotion, Li Dong changed his understanding to reason.
Lu Xiumei was silent for a while, thinking about it, which young man is not high-spirited, and feels that he is the most special one. Wait until you fail and encounter setbacks, and then you will really settle down.
What's more, the children are all at the dinner table, at least give him a little face, otherwise the authority of his eldest brother will be greatly reduced in the future. Thinking of this, Lu Xiumei nodded slightly, and said in a serious tone:
"Okay, since you don't give up, then go and give it a try, if you lose it all, you won't be allowed to do business again in the future."
Li Dong stood up excitedly, waved a fist in the void with his right hand, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
"Daguo, I'll help you sell vegetables occasionally." The little girl tugged at the hem of Daguo's clothes and said with an oath.
Li Dong hugged the little girl all of a sudden, took a sip of incense, and promised loudly: "Okay, when the eldest brother makes money, buy meat for Xiao Wu to eat." ”
When the little girl heard about eating meat, her saliva flowed unconsciously, and she remembered that the last time she ate meat, her father came back to buy it during the New Year. That night, I ate three bowls of rice, and I couldn't eat them all.
Early the next morning, Li Dong went to Uncle Wang's house next door to borrow a bicycle, and the shuttle bus in the city only went to the center of the township at most, but there were still many roads from the countryside. Originally, I also had a bicycle at home, which was purchased by my father and mother when they got married, but later because of the dystocia when I gave birth to a little girl, I sold it cheaply because of the lack of medical expenses.
When Uncle Wang heard that Li Dong was going to do business, he was very much in agreement, according to his point of view, if a man doesn't go out, how can he know if he is the material?
Riding the bike, Li Dong pedaled so fast that he had to rush back before dark, and the time was still a little tight. When I got out of the city, I saw that it was barren, not to mention trees, not even grass.
The road was a tattered stone road full of potholes, and the occasional truck passing by could bring up a large cloud of dust. In order to hurry, Li Dong didn't care about any dust, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve.
Hurry up, and when I arrived at the nearest Tanggou town, it was already 10 o'clock in the morning. Li Dong inquired about where there was a village where vegetables were grown, and hurried over.
After riding for another hour, Li Dong came to the entrance of Xiahe Village. There is actually no river here in Xiahe Village, and even if there were, it would have dried up long ago. The villagers chose to settle here mainly because of the abundant groundwater, which can meet the needs of daily life.
"Uncle, may I ask if there are any vegetables for sale in the village?" Li Dong saw a middle-aged uncle and hurriedly went over to ask.
"yes, why do you want to buy it? I advise you to go elsewhere, the price here is too unreliable, and you can only make money by buying it back. "It seems that the uncle is also a vegetable seller, hey, I met a colleague.
"Uncle, I just started a business and don't understand anything, the main thing is to visit." Li Dong is pretending to be tender, he has space, and what he earns is this travel fee.
"Then you can go and have a look, and you will be there at the end of this road." After the uncle finished speaking, he turned his head and left, it seemed that he was not lightly popularized in the village.
Li Dong rode along the path for ten minutes, and finally saw a greenhouse, which was really tall, about 100 meters long, about 10 meters wide, and 2.5 meters high, with steel beams as a frame, covered with a layer of film.
"Young man, what the hell, don't wander around here." An uncle came over and warned.
"Hello, uncle, I'm here to buy groceries, who should I look for?" Li Dong's posture was very low, pretending to be untouched by the world.
"Oh, it's a greengrocer, you're such a young greengrocer, this is the first time I've seen you." The uncle's words were full of contempt for the vegetable sellers.
"Uncle, look at what you said, it's all mixed food." Li Dong didn't care, since he decided to do business, he had already lost his face or something.
"All right, young man, come with me."
The uncle led Li Dong to a room and left, and soon a neatly dressed middle-aged man walked in, looked Li Dong up and down, and said:
"You're the one who came to buy groceries, you look quite young, are you an adult?"
"Laughing, my name is Li Dong, I didn't get into college, I can only fend for myself."
It's a shame to say it, even if you have the memory of your previous life, you are still a scumbag, not to mention that in this world, the competition in the college entrance examination is more fierce, and it is not surprising that Li Dong did not get in.
"Okay, no more nonsense, I'm the village chief here, what vegetables do you want to buy?" The village chief asked.
"Well, village chief, can I go to the warehouse and have a look." The key is that Li Dong's salary is only a little more than 100 left, and he spent a lot of money on medical treatment and nutrition for the little girl. He went to the warehouse, mainly to see if there was anything cheap to pick up.
"Okay then, I'll show you there."
The village chief turned around and took Li Dong to the next room, and pulled open a piece of the floor, it turned out that there was a cellar here. Li Dong followed the village chief down to the cellar, it was very dark inside, the village chief pulled the switch, and suddenly the lights came on.
The cellar is not large, only about 20 square meters, and there are no imaginary piles of vegetables in it, only six baskets full of vegetables. Li Dong took a closer look, and they were all some common vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, lettuce, celery and spinach, etc., which had obviously been left for many days and were a little shriveled.
"Village chief, your vegetables are not very fresh, this is not easy to sell." Li Dong said in a worried tone.
"That's all there is left in the warehouse, and if you want something fresh, we can pick it fresh, but the price is much higher."
The village chief was a little depressed, in fact, these dishes were ordered by an old customer, but it took two days before he said no. Although the deposit was received, because it was an old customer, the deposit was only 20%.
The village chief of this batch of vegetables has been sold to many vegetable sellers before and after, but everyone is not fresh, the risk is too high, and the village chief is unwilling to sell at a low price, anyway, if they can't sell it, let the villagers eat it themselves, and it is not too much of a loss.
In fact, today is the bottom line in the village chief's heart, if after today, it is still not sold, tomorrow is the day when the villagers will share the vegetables. It can be said that Li Donglai is very coincidental.