Chapter 37: The stall business is booming
Somehow, Lu Jun also had a premonition in his heart.
What Lu Mu said seemed to be his ending.
But everything is different in reality. He is not the criminal who should be behind bars, but a promising young man recognized by the government for his courage and willingness to help others.
It seemed that fate had quietly favored him when he was unaware.
Lu Jun was naturally saddened by the passing of his mother, the loss of his last family member. But when Dong Fuyun told him that his niece wanted to buy some snacks to sell during the school sports day and needed help moving things, Lu Jun came along.
Keeping yourself busy may also be a way to resist sadness.
Several big men followed Xu Heye to the grocery store at the entrance of the alley. They were all big and strong. Fortunately, the colorful hair on their heads had been dyed back to their original colors, otherwise Aunt Liu from the grocery store would not have dared to open the door.
"Auntie Liu, I'm here to pick up the goods." Xu Heye knocked on the door.
After a while, Liu Yumei came to open the door and saw a row of big and strong men behind Xu Heye. She was really scared.
Seeing this, Xu Heye quickly explained: "Aunt Liu, don't be afraid, this is my uncle."
Xu Heye pointed at Dong Fuyun, then at a few other people and said, "These are my uncle's friends. They are here to help me move things."
For her first stall in this era, Xu Heye didn't dare to order too much. She only ordered two boxes of the then-popular Beibingyang soda, one box of Laoshan Cola, and one box of Robust's new yogurt.
As for bottled water, there was no mineral water at the time, only the newly released purified water from Yilibao. However, Xu Heye refused to accept any. At that time, people still preferred to bring their own water; buying water was too extravagant.
But soda, cola, and yogurt are different; they are all beverages. For students, it's okay to reward themselves with a bottle of beverage after a competition.
In addition to four boxes of drinks, Xu Heye also ordered some snacks—fruit leather, shaqi ma, sour black plums, bubble gum…
They are all 80 cents a pack.
Xu Heye also bought half a pound of more expensive snacks like peach cakes, egg cakes, and White Rabbit candies. After calculating the cost, she could sell them by the piece.
There weren't many things, but she still spent about a hundred yuan, which was almost half of the money Dong Taohua sent her last time.
It was difficult for Xu Heye to move these things by herself, but it was nothing for a few grown men.
Five big men, each carried a box of drinks, and Dong Fuyun was left to carry some scattered snacks. In the end, Xu Heye, the purchasing man, came to the school empty-handed.
The school sports meeting starts on time at 8:30.
After helping move the goods to the stadium, Dong Fuyun and the others rushed back to work, leaving only unemployed Lu Jun behind to look after the goods. Xu Heye attended the opening ceremony in class and quickly left the team.
Seeing this, Kong Xiaoyue also chased out.
Her 3,000-meter women's long-distance race will not start until the third day of the sports meet. She has nothing to do in the first two days, and she doesn't want to go and cheer for those unfamiliar local classmates, so she might as well set up a stall with Xu Heye.
Xu Heye ran out of the stadium and saw that Lu Jun had already started selling. He was holding up his wares, surrounded by a group of middle school students, holding out money to buy things.
"Soda and cola are RMB 10 a bottle, and yogurt is RMB 2.50 a bottle, the same price as in other small shops."
"Two bottles of soda, sure, six yuan. Two fruit leather rolls, fifty yuan, and shaqi ma, fifty yuan each. That's seven yuan in total. Ten yuan, three yuan change."
"Bubble gum, ten for one dollar, count them yourself."
While collecting money, Lu Jun was busy getting goods for the students, and he was so busy that he didn't care about the end.
Seeing this, Xu Heye quickly joined in: "Sour black plums, one cent each. Can they be sold together with chewing gum? Of course you can. Count out five sour black plums and five chewing gums, and they'll both cost one yuan."
"White Rabbit candy, I can't sell it for ten cents. It's expensive, two for fifty cents. Peach cakes, too, are sold by the piece, one dollar and fifty cents. Egg cakes are the same as peach cakes, fifty cents a piece."
"You want a dollar's worth of White Rabbit candy? And a piece of egg cake and a piece of peach cake? Okay, that's two dollars total."
After Xu Heye joined, Lu Jun finally felt a little relieved.
The two were so busy that Kong Xiaoyue, the little girl, didn't know the prices, so she helped sell the drinks. She often went to the shop to buy the three drinks that Xu Heye brought, and she knew the prices clearly.
Students have amazing purchasing power, and since Xu Heye didn't bring much with her, they had sold almost everything they brought in less than an hour.
Lu Jun was a little surprised. Is this how you can make money by setting up a stall?
Xu Heye wasn't surprised. No matter what time of year, students' spending power was astonishing. Didn't you see that in later generations, the owners of those junk food shops near schools all drove luxury cars and bought mansions?
More importantly, although the reform and opening up policy had been in place for ten years, in the minds of ordinary people, running a small business was still considered a low-class choice. Unless absolutely necessary, people would not think of setting up a stall, let alone setting up a stall in a school.
So their business is unique.
All the drinks are sold out, and there are not many snacks left. There are more egg cakes, peach cakes and White Rabbit milk candies left, but they will definitely be sold out.
Seeing that there were still students coming to ask for drinks, Xu Heye immediately decided to order another batch of goods.
"Uncle Lu Jun, go back to Aunt Liu's grocery store and order twice the quantity for me. But this time, don't include the peach cakes, egg cakes, and White Rabbit candies. They're expensive and hard to sell."
"Okay, I'll go now." Lu Jun said, and ran out of the school. When he arrived at the school gate, he saw the security guard looking at the wide-open school gate with a serious face. Lu Jun suddenly felt lucky that he had dyed his green hair back before.
Otherwise, given their appearance as young men from society, the guard would not have let them in.
Even after Lu Jun left, students continued to ask for soda. It was just past nine o'clock, the sun was rising, and the weather was getting hotter, so even more students wanted soda and cola.
Xu Heye and Kong Xiaoyue could only keep explaining to everyone that the drinks were sold out, but they would have to wait an hour for more. Seeing that there were no drinks but snacks, the visitors bought some.
Another half an hour later, the remaining snacks were sold out.
As the two of them anxiously looked toward the school gate, Lü Jun rode up on his tricycle, applied the brakes, and stopped beside them.
Xu Heye hurried over to greet him, "Uncle Lu Jun, where did this tricycle come from?"
Lu Jun said, "I borrowed it from Sister Liu. You needed a lot of stuff, so Sister Liu lent me the tricycle she used to buy goods."
Although the wholesale price to Xu Heye was lower than retail, they sold quickly. She earned five yuan per case of drinks sold to Xu Heye, so twelve cases that morning made sixty yuan, which was quite good.
And judging by Xu Heye's performance, selling thirty boxes a day should not be a problem.
Aunt Liu made money and was not reluctant to give Xu Heye some convenience.
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