Chapter 17 Big Customer!

17 major customers!

"Mom, I'm back."

It was exactly half past eight when Shen Yiyi came back on her bike.

"Look, it's already this late, go and have breakfast." said Qin's mother.

When Shen Yiyi saw that the clothes and other things in the yard had been washed, she said, "Mom, leave these for me, you just help with the cooking."

Mother Qin glared at her and said, "It's not like I can't do it. Besides, it's just a few pieces of clothes. Just wash them. Stop talking about this and go eat."

Shen Yiyi nodded and went into the kitchen to have breakfast.

After having breakfast and washing the dishes, Shen Yiyi planned to continue driving because she still had five kilograms of tea leaf eggs.

"Are you still going to sell it?" Qin's mother asked in surprise.

"Yes." Shen Yiyi smiled.

Mother Qin: "There are not many people in the vegetable market now, and the factory gate is also closed, right?"

"I'll go hawking on the street." Shen Yiyi smiled.

Qin's mother didn't stop her. Since she had decided to do it, she might as well go for it!

Shen Yiyi brought five kilograms of tea leaf eggs to the south of the city to sell them.

Pushing a bicycle in the streets and alleys, shouting: "Tea leaf eggs for sale, tea leaf eggs for sale."

Business was very good. In just two and a half hours, the whole pot of tea leaf eggs was sold out.

When she came back on her bicycle with an empty basket, Qin's mother was picking vegetables and chatting with Aunt Du in the yard. When she saw her come back, she asked, "Are you hungry? Do you want to go eat something?"

"Not hungry." Shen Yiyi smiled.

"Have you sold all of them? How many kilograms did you sell?" Aunt Du asked.

"Just a few kilograms." Shen Yiyi said.

How can you tell the truth when doing business? Everything is half true and half false, especially since she is just starting out.

Aunt Du asked, "How much money can you make from one pound?"

"It's just a small business, how much can it earn? It's just pocket money." Shen Yiyi smiled and said, "It's definitely not as good as Du Jiang's. He is the one who does big business."

Aunt Du’s youngest son Du Jiang is a self-employed individual.

Aunt Du really laughed: "Du Jiang only sells hairpins and hair ornaments, what's the big deal? I think it's not as good as your tea leaf eggs."

Shen Yiyi: "How could that be? Hair ties are so popular. Young girls and wives all like to buy new ones. I don't even need to look to know that this is a hot commodity."

Mother Qin nodded: "That's right. Last time I saw him setting up a stall in the market, there were quite a few people around the stall."

Aunt Du smiled happily, "It's just to make a living."

It’s true, my youngest son has become very ambitious since he became a self-employed businessman.

Last time, she quietly asked her youngest son. The son didn't tell anyone else, but was willing to reveal the truth to her. He whispered that the money he earned in a month was three or four times that of his older brother Du Tao who worked in the factory!

The eldest son Du Tao earns 40 yuan a month, which is a very good salary. How much would three or four times that be? That would be more than 100 yuan!

Aunt Du was stunned.

I never thought that setting up a stall and selling hair ties and hair ornaments would be so profitable!

But Aunt Du is not stupid. She definitely cannot tell anyone that her son is making so much money.

Aunt Du was secretly happy in her heart.

Aunt Du stayed for a while and then went back. Then Qin's mother asked her daughter-in-law, "Have all the tea eggs been sold?"

"Yeah, they're all sold out!" Shen Yiyi smiled.

In one morning, she sold fifteen kilograms of tea eggs!

Including the five kilograms rounded off yesterday, we sold twenty kilograms of tea leaf eggs from yesterday evening to this morning!

All the tea leaf eggs at home had been sold out, but she had to go out and sell more in the evening, so of course she had to continue cooking them.

I plan to cook twenty kilograms!

Selling the goods also gave Qin's mother a lot of confidence. Twenty kilograms of tea leaf eggs were no problem!

All the housework had been done by Qin's mother, so there was nothing to do, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rolled up their sleeves and got to work.

Shen Yiyi said, "I was selling tea leaf eggs at the market this morning, and I saw Aunt Chen. I guess everyone in our area knows that I sell tea leaf eggs now, right?"

Mother Qin said, "Don't worry about her. She's always talking nonsense! And her second son is also a self-employed businessman in private."

"Isn't it just Du Jiang who did it? When did Aunt Chen's son do it too?" Shen Yiyi asked.

"It was done last year, not much later than Du Jiang, but no one knew about it. I just heard about it from your aunt Du." Qin's mother said.

Shen Yiyi said, "Soon it will be popular to be a self-employed person. Don't worry, Mom. I won't bring shame to our family."

"Mom has never thought it's shameful for you to do this. You earn a living by your own hands and feet, without stealing or robbing. What's there to be ashamed of?" Qin's mother said.

Shen Yiyi smiled and said, "Mom, you are right. I don't think it's shameful to do this business. Mom, can you calculate how much I earned from selling 15 kilograms of tea leaf eggs today?"

"Six pieces." Mother Qin knew how to count them and said with a smile.

"Yes, this is only for the morning. I have to sell in the evening. I estimate that I can make eight or nine yuan a day." Shen Yiyi said: "If business continues to be so good, I can make about two hundred and seventy or eighty yuan a month."

"You've just started, so the market is a little better. After a while, business will slow down a little." Qin's mother didn't want her daughter-in-law to have such high expectations, as she would be greatly disappointed.

Shen Yiyi smiled and said, "Mom, you are right. Business will be better now that we have just opened. In the future, there will definitely be others in the market making tea leaf eggs to compete with me. After all, tea leaf eggs are not that difficult to make."

"That's how it is." Qin's mother nodded.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted while cooking tea eggs.

After finishing her work, Shen Yiyi went out and called Lin Dazhi's commune: "You don't have to ask Lin Dazhi to pick me up. Just go and tell him to send 100 kilograms of eggs to Lao Qin's house tomorrow."

Lin Dazhi is also a capable person. Last time he went back, he gave two kilograms of eggs to the commune telephone operator.

So when the operator heard Shen Yiyi's call, he immediately said, "Okay, I'll go inform Lin Dazhi."

Although it was Shen Yiyi who called, she still had to pay. Lin Dazhi settled the phone bill for the operator and stuffed two eggs into her pocket. "I'm sorry to ask you to make this trip. Thank you very much."

"You're welcome." The operator smiled, waved, and left.

Lin Dazhi immediately asked his mother to pick out 100 kilograms of eggs for him.

"Is it the big client that Xiaoxin introduced to us?" Lin's mother said happily.

"Yes, it's her. Her husband is in the same unit as mine. He will be back next month. I'll go have a drink with him then." Lin Dazhi said with a smile.

Mother Lin nodded, "Okay, okay. By the way, go to the city tomorrow and buy some candies and biscuits, and come with me the day after tomorrow to see him!"

"I'm busy." Everything was going fine, but when he heard about the blind date, Lin Dazhi refused outright.

Lin's mother immediately said, "Your previous wife is not a good-for-nothing, but not every woman is like that. Or do you still miss her? I tell you, if you still can't bear to part with that woman, I will break your legs!"

Lin Dazhi frowned: "Mom, what are you talking about? I've already divorced her, what's there to worry about?"