Bringing a Hospital Back to the 80s

In her previous life, she was a slacker doctor who returned to 1980. In an unfamiliar environment, the first major problems to solve were food and survival.

Fortunately, she carried a spatial...

Chapter 133: First Day Cloth Clearance

After returning to Xiaguan, Chen Xia went to the supply and marketing cooperative again and borrowed a truck through Sun Kunxing's relationship to help him transport some goods from the provincial road outside the city to the spring fair.

Sun Kunxing was busy counting the honey and didn't think much about it. It was only a 5-kilometer walk anyway, and Chen Xia was a big customer, so he waved his hand and offered to help for free.

As for what Chen Xia wanted to do with the goods, he didn't care.

The next day, Chen Xia followed the driver and two porters from the supply and marketing cooperative, boarded a large truck, and arrived at a remote location outside the city. Chen Xia called out:

"Master, please stop the car and wait for me. I'll go over there to see if my colleagues have delivered the goods."

After saying that, he jumped out of the car and walked onto a dirt road beside the road. There was an unattended farm next to the dirt road. Chen Xia had already stepped on it yesterday. He waved his hand and took out 200 pieces of cloth from the space, then walked to the side of the road to let the truck pass.

When the truck drivers and porters saw so many beautiful cotton cloths, they were shocked. They thought that this Section Chief Chen from outside the province was indeed a man of few appearances. He was able to transport so many cloths from Zhijiang Province, which showed that he was definitely capable.

But these had nothing to do with them. Chen Xia hired them for 10 yuan a day. Money was the most important thing to them. They could talk about the gossip after returning to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Two porters, plus the driver and Chen Xia, a total of four strong laborers, lifted all 200 pieces of cloth onto the truck in a short time. The driver stepped on the accelerator and rushed to the Xiaguan Spring Fair.

Gu Dashan and four female colleagues had been waiting long ago. They had even secured their stall and hung a billboard in calligraphy that read:

"Zhijiang cotton cloth, 2 yuan per foot, limited quantity, please buy as soon as possible."

Those ethnic minorities who wanted to buy cloth also lined up and waited. This was also thanks to Gu Dashan, because they were afraid that the rush that happened yesterday would happen again. If a few pieces of cloth were taken away by others, the loss would be huge.

Since I'm getting such a high extra income, I naturally have to consider the seller.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the market had just opened and everyone saw a large truck driving over and stopping behind the stall of the light industry store. Chen Xia jumped out of the car and saw that the scene was ready. He nodded repeatedly and gave a thumbs up to Gu Dashan and others.

"The comrades in Dali are really capable. Everything on site is arranged in a tight and orderly manner."

Chen Xia then shouted to the crowd queuing outside, "The people of Dali are great! They're so orderly and even more civilized than the people in the city."

Who doesn't want to hear good words? As soon as Chen Xia said this, everyone laughed. "Young man from another place, when will you start selling cloth? We've been waiting for you since dawn."

Chen Xia was also happy when he heard it. "Sell it, we will sell it right away. I brought 200 pieces of cloth today. The quality is exactly the same as yesterday. You can buy it with confidence. Prepare the money and we will start selling."

Chen Xia discussed the division of labor with his comrades from the supply and marketing cooperative and the light industry store. Chen Xia was responsible for collecting money, the staff of the light industry store was responsible for selling cloth, and the staff of the supply and marketing cooperative helped unload the goods from the truck.

Chen Xia gave the order and sent the first piece of cloth from the truck. The place immediately became lively. Gu Dashan quickly stood on the table again:

"Line up, come one by one. Don't let our comrades from other provinces laugh at us Dali people for not being civilized."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and the team was indeed well-behaved.

Yang Fang had just received a piece of cloth. She took out a ruler and asked the first person in line with a smile, "Fellow villager, how many feet of cloth do you want to buy?"

"Is this piece of cloth 90 feet long?"

"Yes, that's 30 meters, as the city people say."

"Okay, then I'll take this piece of cloth. No need to cut it."

"ah?!"

Not only Yang Fang was a little dazed, but all the staff were also a little dazed. Chen Xia turned around and asked Gu Dashan with a puzzled look on his face:

"Brother Gu, no, how rich are you people in Dali? Why do you buy cloth by the bolt?"

Gu Dashan was also at a loss for words: "I guess they are all the leaders of the various mountain strongholds. It is usually too difficult for us to buy cloth in Dali. This time you don't need cloth coupons and supply a large amount. These people want to buy more and save them to make clothes slowly, right?"

Chen Xia muttered, "The little leader is really rich."

While Chen Xia was still chatting with Gu Dashan, Yang Fang had already completed the first transaction and immediately handed the money to Chen Xia.

Then another female staff member selling cloth called out, "Comrade Chen, this fellow wants to sell two pieces of cloth."

"Sell, if he wants 20, I'll sell them all to him, hahaha."

Chen Xia was happy. This was the rhythm of making a fortune. He was not afraid that people would buy too much, but he was afraid that they would buy too little. This would make him a lot of money.

Many people who bought the cloth opened the rolls on the spot. People immediately gathered around them, exclaiming in surprise and looking extremely envious.

The buyer was delighted and said, "Beautiful, really beautiful, it's worth it, my wife will definitely make me happy tonight, hahahaha."

Those who had no money to buy cloth were full of envy, especially the poor little girls, who were full of disappointment. Many of them ran out of the market with tears in their eyes.

This further stimulated those who wanted to buy cloth, and they kept urging: "Hurry up, hurry up."

As a result, except for 20 pieces of cloth that were sold individually, the remaining 180 pieces of cloth were all sold in whole pieces. In less than one morning, all 200 pieces of cloth were sold out.

At this time, the scene of yesterday happened again. The ethnic minorities who failed to buy cloth were not happy and started cursing.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? I came all the way from Laoguan Mountain, 50 miles away. How can you just say it's gone?"

"That's right, I've been waiting since yesterday, and it's sold out again. Hey, young man from another place, are you reliable?"

"We want cloth! We want cloth!"

Chen Xia was dumbfounded. This was 200 pieces of cloth, a total of 6,000 meters. The people of Dali were so enthusiastic.

Chen Xia, feeling both amused and helpless, had no choice but to stand on the table and speak to the excited people outside.

"My fellow villagers, I was not well prepared today and underestimated your purchasing power. Don't worry, I have plenty of cloth and will continue to sell it tomorrow. Remember to get in line early and don't cry if you can't buy it."

Hahaha.

As the crowd roared with laughter, the people in line slowly walked away, thinking about lining up early tomorrow. Those who had just learned about this matter also hurried home to raise money, not wanting to miss such a rare opportunity.

All the staff members looked at the big backpack on Chen Xia and swallowed their saliva. There were yuan coins in it. In this era, let alone Dali, even in the capital, this was a huge sum of money.

In fact, even if someone came to snatch the bag at this time, it would be useless because all the money had already been secretly transferred to Chen Xia’s space hospital, and the bag was stuffed with newspapers.

He is not stupid. Being alone in a foreign country, he should not have the intention to harm others, but he should also be on guard against others.