Chapter 171 Selling Strawberries
Tan Chen also washed up early today and lay on the inside of the small bed. Shang Ruoting took off her coat and climbed onto the bed naturally. Tan Chen suddenly exerted force and held her in his arms, and then his warm lips came up.
A hoarse, magnetic voice murmured, "Wife, the room is finally cooler today. Isn't it time for me to eat some meat?"
With his arms around her waist like this, Shang Ruoting rested her hands on his chest, and her face unconsciously flushed.
"Tan Chen, you're so annoying..." Before she could finish her words, she was kissed by the man...
Shang Ruoting had originally planned to get up early the next day to go to the new house to ripen some strawberries, but this demanding man asked her to stay up half the night as compensation, so her original plan to get up early was ruined.
When she opened her eyes, it was already bright outside. Tan Chen and Old Lady Shang were not at home. They must have gone out to work.
Rubbing her still aching waist, Shang Ruoting felt immense regret. Why had she even bothered to make ice from saltpeter? It actually gave Tan Chen an excuse to bully her...
She had a simple breakfast and pushed her bike to the new house, ready to pick some strawberries before going to the city.
Shang Ruoting did not ripen too many strawberries. She planned to sell them together with those in the space so that there would be more supply.
She picked a basket of strawberries, took out another basket from the space, hung them on both sides of the rear rack, wrapped her hands and face tightly, and rode her bicycle straight to Fengxian.
When she got to a deserted place, she put all the strawberries into the space. The reason was that strawberries were delicate and many of them would definitely go bad after the bumpy ride to the county town.
Today is not a market day in Fengxian County, so she cannot go to the market to sell strawberries. After thinking about it, she went directly to the entrance of the match factory.
Not only are there many employees from the match factory there, but there are also many residential areas around it, so it is probably no worse than the market.
She had just placed two baskets of strawberries and two baskets of peaches in the shade and looked around. It was now past ten in the morning and the employees of the match factory had not yet had their lunch break. Perhaps because of the hot weather, there were not many passers-by.
In order to attract some customers, she used the same method as last time to sell peaches. She took out a few strawberries and peaches and cut them into small pieces for people to taste.
After waiting for a long time, someone finally came towards her. The person was a woman in her forties.
Shang Ruoting also said sweetly: "Comrade, the strawberries and peaches are all grown by me, you can try them first."
Seeing that it was okay to taste it, the middle-aged woman took a piece of strawberry and put it in her mouth without hesitation.
Then he showed a surprised expression: "Little comrade, these strawberries are really delicious, how much are they?"
Shang Ruoting didn't have a scale either, so she continued to sell the strawberries the same way she sold the peaches: "Comrade, strawberries and peaches are the same, two for one yuan."
When the female comrade heard that they wanted two for one yuan, her eyes widened: "One yuan for two is too expensive, isn't it?"
Shang Ruoting had already thought of an excuse for this: "Comrade, you don't know, my strawberries are specially bred. In order to make them large and tasty, I only leave two or three fruits on each seedling when I plant them. If I sell them any cheaper, I'll lose money."
I don’t know if the woman understood or thought this explanation was reasonable. After all, it was the first time she had seen strawberries that were so big and so delicious.
She calculated the number of people in her family, and finally gritted her teeth, took out three dollars, and bought six strawberries.
Shang Ruoting collected the money and didn't forget to sell the peaches. She picked up one and handed it to the woman: "Comrade, since you've already bought my strawberries, you can try these peaches for free."
The woman took the peach and ate it as she walked away.
As a result, she came back after taking just a few steps.
"Little comrade, these peaches are delicious too. Give me two more."
After Shang Ruoting sold two more peaches, no one visited the stall for about ten minutes.
Just as she was looking around, the middle-aged woman who had just left came back with seven or eight people of the same age as her.
She also pointed to Shang Ruoting's stall and said, "That's it. The strawberries and peaches she sells are really delicious."
Shang Ruoting's stall was instantly surrounded by several women. They first tasted the samples of the two fruits, and then paid for them.
Of course, the quantity purchased varies, some buy the largest amount, and some buy the smallest amount for one yuan.
The crowd here served as an advertisement for Shang Ruoting's business. Many passers-by came over to watch the fun. Seeing that everyone was praising the strawberries and peaches for their deliciousness, they asked Shang Ruoting for samples to taste.
Before the match factory workers had their lunch break, more than half of the fruits she had put on display had been sold.
That’s not all, many people still came here after hearing that there were delicious fruits.
At this time, the gate of the match factory was also opened, and many employees came out in groups. Seeing so many people gathered here, they all ran over to check the situation.
In less than ten minutes, all the peaches and strawberries at the stall were sold out.
Later, the employees who came out of the match factory couldn't buy it and asked about it.
"Little comrade, will you come here to sell strawberries tomorrow?"
"Yeah, it's a pity that I haven't bought such delicious fruit yet."
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