Chapter 63 Sold

The three of them carried the sacks back to the chicken bus and tied them up. Yang Chunyan and Li Qiuyue carried the backpacks with the things on them, and Zhou Huaian pushed the chicken bus with a creaking sound to the intersection of North Street.

Li Qiuyue saw that the door of the supply and marketing cooperative was not open, "Chunyan, the herb market may not be open yet! How about we go to the vegetable market to sell corn and eels first?"

"Okay, let's unload the herbs and put them in front of the medicine shop, and carry the eels and corn over to have a look."

As they were talking, the three of them arrived at the entrance of Deshengtang. As expected, the door of the shop was still closed.

Zhou Huaian parked the cart and took the backpack for the two of them, "Yan'er, you stay here, my sister-in-law and I will go sell things."

Ever since he bought pig intestines last time, he felt that Yang Chunyan was too honest and would probably suffer losses if he bargained with others.

Yang Chunyan: "Leave all the bee pupae here. I'll ask Doctor Wang if he'll take them."

"Alright." Zhou Huaian took down the wooden barrel containing the eels and put it aside. "Third sister-in-law, I'll carry it."

Li Qiuyue nodded and took out the beam scale from the basket on her back. "Yan'er, how much do you think is a reasonable price for corn?"

Yang Chunyan had never sold vegetables in her previous life. She thought for a while and said, "See if there are any corn sellers. If they sell a lot per pound, we can sell a lot. If not, just ask for a higher price!"

"Dry corn seeds are only 1.2 cents a pound. What do you think if I ask for 5 cents?"

Zhou Huaian shook his head repeatedly, "Five cents is too cheap, it should be at least ten cents a pound. City people have money, and they want fresh food."

Li Qiuyue looked at him in embarrassment, "Then you shout later!"

"I'll shout if I want!"

Zhou Huaian walked towards the vegetable market holding an eel in one hand and a beam scale in the other, while Li Qiuyue followed him carrying corn on her back.

It didn't take them long to reach the alley where the vegetable stalls were set up. Zhou Huaian found a spot to put down the eel and helped Li Qiuyue take over the basket. "Third sister-in-law, you stay here and watch over the things. I'll go see if there are many eels and corns for sale."

"good."

Zhou Huaian strolled around and saw a stall selling corn and two stalls selling eels. The eels in the wooden basins were not as thick as the ones in his stall.

On the wooden basin containing the eels, there was also a wooden board and a saw knife for cutting the eels. It looked like this was a business.

He walked to the stall of a man of medium build, with a kind face and a slightly bald head, and handed him a cigarette with a smile, "Brother, how much is the yellow eel these days?"

The man looked at him and asked, "Do you want to buy it, or ask the price?"

Zhou Huaian said without hiding anything: "I'm here to sell. There are more than 20 kilograms, most of which are more than 2 taels, and those of 5 or 6 taels are more than 10 kilograms."

The man was a little tempted after hearing this, "Do you want to sell it retail or in bulk?"

Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "If the price is right, I'll buy in bulk. If not, I'll sell in retail because I still have dozens of kilograms of corn to sell."

The man looked at him and said, "Take me to see the goods. If they are suitable, I will buy them."

"Yes!" Zhou Huaian led the man to the stall, "Brother, what's your name? Do you know how much a pound of young corn is selling for these past two days?"

"My last name is Wang, Wang Jianjun!" The man paused for a moment, "Not many people are selling corn these days. It seems to be selling for 1.2 yuan or 1.1 yuan per pound."

After hearing this, Zhou Huaian felt that it was more profitable than selling dried corn, "Thank you, Brother Wang!"

Wang Jianjun said cheerfully: "It's okay. I specialize in collecting eels and selling them. If you don't want to sell them retail, you can come to me."

“Yes!”

As they were talking, they arrived in front of the stall. Zhou Huaian pointed at the eels in the bucket and said, "Brother Wang, look, I'm not exaggerating. The smallest ones are more than two taels."

Wang Jianjun squatted down, scooped up a handful and looked at it, then stood up and said to Zhou Huaian, "3.5 yuan a pound, I want them all."

Li Qiuyue was delighted after hearing this and looked at Zhou Huaian, "Youngest..."

"I know, if it's suitable, I'll buy it in bulk, if it's not suitable, I'll sell it retail."

After Zhou Huaian interrupted her, he said to Wang Jianjun: "Brother Wang, you can see that these eels in my house are all top quality. Besides, we still have corn to sell, so we can't leave even if we sell it to you!"

Wang Jianjun looked at the eels in the bucket and thought for a while, "38 yuan at most. You can come to me when you send them to me in the future. We can look at the goods and negotiate the price then!"

At least three more cents is fine, at least I can make back the money I spent on catching the bus in the morning.

"Okay! Brother Wang is a straightforward person, I will make you my friend. San Ba, I'll sell it to you!"

Wang Jianjun smiled and said, "I'll go get the equipment."

“Yes!”

After he left, Zhou Huaian said to Li Qiuyue, "There is only one stall selling young corn. They sell it for 1.2 yuan per pound. We sell it for 1.1 yuan per pound. We can sell it all in a few seconds and go home."

"Really?" Li Qiuyue was overjoyed. "Youngest brother, let's go back and break off all the tender corns from the corn fields and sell them!"

Zhou Huaian nodded: "Early-maturing ones are fine, but the price of late-maturing ones is not so good."

Wang Jianjun brought a net bag and a wooden bucket, "Brother, weigh it and peel it later!"

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian took the beam scale handed over by Li Qiuyue and weighed it. "One pound and three ounces of leather!"

Wang Jianjun poured the eels into the net bag, and after weighing them and removing the skin, there were still 28 pounds and 6 ounces!

"28 jin 6 liang, 38 yuan per jin, a total of 10.86 yuan." Wang Jianjun looked at him, "Brother, did you calculate it correctly?"

Zhou Huaian calculated and nodded, "That's right!"

Li Qiuyue's eyes lit up after hearing this: it only took three or four hours in two nights, and she earned more than ten yuan. Each family could get more than two yuan, which was equivalent to a day's salary. She went back and asked the third brother to go and sell the eels.

Zhou Huaian took the money from Wang Jianjun and gave the change to Li Qiuyue, "Third sister-in-law, you sell the corn here, I'll go see Chunyan."

"Yes!" Li Qiuyue agreed readily.

Zhou Huaian arrived at Desheng Hall and saw that the door was still closed. Yang Chunyan was sitting on the shaft of the chicken cart with her chin propped up. "Yan'er, the eels are sold out."

Yang Chunyan looked up at him in surprise, "So fast, did you give it to someone else?"

"Smart!" Zhou Huaian looked at her happily, "38 yuan per pound in bulk, and sold it for more than 9 yuan in total."

After hearing this, Yang Chunyan thought that there would be more than this amount of wild eels in a pound in the future. Seeing Zhou Huaian's happy expression, she smiled and said, "Not bad, enough money to buy pig intestines."

Zhou Huaian pointed at the closed door of Desheng Hall and asked, "How long will it take for Doctor Wang's house to open?"

"It's almost time. More people are starting to come in and out of the hospital across the street."

Before Yang Chunyan finished her words, she heard the sound of a door panel being pulled from inside. She stood up hurriedly and turned her head to see Wang Zhen's face behind the removed door panel.

Zhou Huaian stepped forward with a smile, "Good morning, Doctor Xiao Wang!"

Wang Zhen poked his head out when he heard the noise and looked at the two of them in surprise. "You've been here for a long time, why didn't you go to the alley to call us?"

"It's okay, I just arrived!"

"What time do you usually open?"

"Open at 8 o'clock. If someone calls, open earlier." Wang Zhen had already removed all the door panels while speaking. "I'll open the backyard door for you, so you don't have to move everything one by one!"

(End of this chapter)