Chapter 7: The First Pot of Gold
After more than two hours of turbulence, the two finally arrived at Xinquan Township before sunrise.
In order not to attract the attention of the acquisition station, Qin Fei specially took a small road into Zhaojia Village.
"Although the environment in this place is good, it is much more backward than in our county." After Chen Hao got out of the car, he looked around and said.
Although 98 is in an era of rapid development, it is still quite barren compared to some rural areas.
Qin Fei ignored Chen Hao, walked quickly to an old house, knocked on the door, and shouted softly, "Uncle Zhao, are you at home?" I'm Qin Fei, and I'm here to harvest the fruits. ”
"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao? Are you at home? ”
Qin Fei stood in front of Uncle Zhao's house and waited for a while, but still no one opened the door.
"What's going on? You won't be tricked when you step on a horse, will you? At this time, Chen Hao stepped forward and asked.
"Impossible." Qin Fei shook his head, judging from his conversation with Uncle Zhao yesterday, Uncle Zhao had no reason to lie to himself at all.
Just when the two were about to give up Uncle Zhao and hurry up to find another fruit farmer, an old voice came from behind the two.
"Da Fei, I'm here."
Qin Fei and Chen Hao looked back, and Uncle Zhao was standing on a country road waving at them.
"Uncle Zhao, why didn't you wait for us?" Qin Fei walked quickly to Uncle Zhao's side and asked with a smile.
"I'm afraid that you will come too late and you won't be able to finish picking the fruit, so I went to pick a little bit myself." Uncle Zhao explained with a smile.
After Uncle Zhao took the two to the orchard, they learned that Uncle Zhao had picked more than 700 catties of apples alone with a searchlight in the early morning.
Seeing this, Qin Fei and Chen Hao didn't say much, and immediately threw themselves into the work of picking apples.
I have to say that the soil quality of Xinquan Township is really suitable for fruit and vegetable planting, although Uncle Zhao is old and often neglects to take care of the orchard, but the apples in the orchard still grow very well.
Not only is the appearance ruddy and shiny, but also the fruit is full, three or four are more than a catty, and a tree has at least a hundred catties of fruit.
Qin Fei, Chen Hao, and Uncle Zhao were busy from six o'clock in the morning to more than eight o'clock in the morning, and they didn't stop their movements until the two loaded trucks were full.
Chen Hao shook off his exaggerated bangs and lay on the side of the road panting. His workload in a day today is almost more than a month in the farmer's market.
Qin Fei wiped the sweat from his forehead casually and began to check the starting price with Uncle Zhao.
After a few minutes of discussion, Qin Fei finally decided to buy it at a unified price of three cents per catty, and Uncle Zhao was of course extremely happy about it.
After calculation, Qin Fei purchased a total of 3,688 catties of apples this time, with a total price of 1,217 yuan.
"Uncle Zhao, are you counting the numbers right?" Qin Fei took out a stack of coins from his bag, counted them twice, and handed them to Uncle Zhao.
Uncle Zhao nodded, dipped his fingers with saliva, and counted the money with a smile.
"That's right, it's not much, it's not much." Uncle Zhao said with a smile after putting the money in his pocket.
"That's okay, if it's okay, we'll go back first." Qin Fei shook hands with Uncle Zhao and said with a smile.
"Alas, you can't send it if you go slowly." Uncle Zhao said with a smile, and the joy in his heart could be seen from his expression.
In this way, the two spent nearly two hours returning to Yongan County.
After driving into the city, the car drove directly to the management office of the farmers' market.
At this time, Chen Hao's father, Chen Dahai, had been waiting here for a long time.
"Uncle Chen, good morning." After Qin Fei got out of the car, he greeted Chen Dahai with a smile.
Chen Dahai just nodded expressionlessly and did not speak.
Chen Dahai has always been very disgusted with Qin Fei, if it weren't for Chen Hao's guarantee for Qin Fei last night with the fact that he would work hard in the future, Chen Dahai would not have agreed to buy Qin Fei's fruit.
But after Qin Fei opened the truck, Chen Dahai was obviously stunned.
A basket of bright red and plump apples filled the two-ton truck.
"You all went to the countryside to buy it yourself?" Chen Dahai looked at the carriage of apples and said dumbfounded.
Qin Fei smiled and nodded.
After Chen Dahai put away his surprised expression, he shouted to the two young people in the management office: "Xiao Hao, Xiao Li, you two get in the car and take inventory." ”
"Okay, Director Chen." The two young men nodded, and they got into the van and began to count the apples on the truck.
A few minutes later, the two poked their heads out of the carriage and said with a smile: "Director Chen, no problem, at first glance, it looks like a good fruit that has just been picked from the tree, much better than what the yellow hairs sent them." ”
"Alright, you two come down." After Chen Dahai finished speaking to the two, he turned his head to look at Qin Fei again.
"That's good, you kid is a bit capable."
Hearing this, Qin Fei scratched his head with a smile and did not speak.
"I want all these fruits, how much do you plan to sell them for a catty?" Chen Dahai asked.
"Uncle Chen, it's my first time doing business, or if you offer a price, I can sell it as long as it's reasonable." Qin Fei said with a smile.
When Chen Dahai heard this, he touched his chin and pondered for a moment before he spoke: "For the sake of you and the mouse being friends, Uncle can't pit you, do you think one catty and six cents and fifty percent can't be done?" ”
"Oh fuck, what kind of bullshit are you talking about, old man? You take seven cents a pound for the remnants of their yellow hairs, and you only give six cents and five for our good fruits? What do you mean by stepping on a horse? Before Qin Fei could speak, Chen Hao had already poked his head out of the passenger seat and shouted to Chen Dahai.
"Anyway, this is the price for me, you like to sell it or not, if you don't sell it, pull it aside, don't get in my way." Chen Dahai waved his hand and said with a look of indifference.
"Hey, fuck! Qin Fei, get in the car! I don't believe it, no one in the four farmers' markets in Yongan County is willing to accept our fruit. Chen Hao shouted angrily.
"No need, it's just six cents and five, Uncle Chen, we'll sell it to you." Qin Fei said indifferently.
"Hey, fuck! Qin Fei, don't sell to him, there are four large farmers' markets in Yong'an County, give me some time, I will help you find a buyer who is willing to pay a high price. Chen Hao was still yelling in the passenger seat.
"Chen Hao, don't say it, just sell Uncle Chen. My dad used to say that a loss is a blessing, and the difference in a few cents doesn't matter. Qin Fei said nonchalantly.
Chen Dahai smiled slightly when he heard this, and shouted to the two young people in the management office again: "Xiao Hao, Xiao Li, pick up and weigh the goods." ”
"Okay." The two answered and began to get in the car to pick up the goods.
Chen Hao saw that Qin Fei had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more, and sat alone in the car sulking.
"Director Chen, a total of 3,688 catties, 6 cents and 5 catties, it is 2,397 yuan." Ten minutes later, Xiao Hao and Xiao Li finally weighed all the apples in the car and said to Chen Dahai, who was smoking on the side.
Hearing this, Chen Dahai nodded, took out a stack of money from the bag on his waist, and counted it a few times before handing it to Qin Fei.
"Count?"
"No, I believed Uncle Chen." Qin Fei smiled, took the money and put it in his bag.
Chen Dahai pulled the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and said to Qin Fei: "Young man, give you some advice, if you want to make this line bigger, it's best to find a few more sales channels now, after all, the maximum purchase standard in our farmers' market every day is only 6,000 catties."
Don't say that Uncle Chen doesn't take care of you, there is a canned fruit processing factory in the west of the city called Cancanxiang, if you can win it, you don't have to worry about future sales. ”
Qin Fei nodded when he heard this, "Okay Uncle Chen, I'll think about it." Well, do you have contact information for their factory? If so, could you please give me a copy? ”
Chen Dahai glanced at Qin Fei, turned his head to Xiao Hao and said, "You, go in and copy the phone number of the canned incense factory and give it to him." ”