Chapter 424 Dahei's Life Story
The remaining five single-drum washing machines are all large items, and it is definitely not appropriate to sell them on a stall.
Xia Juanjuan found Dahei and asked him to help with the shipment.
The purchase price of a single-drum washing machine is 100 yuan, and Xia Juanjuan offers Dahei 180 yuan for it, making a net profit of 80 yuan per machine. No industrial coupons are needed.
As for what price Dahei can sell it at and how much he can earn, it depends on Dahei's ability.
In the late 1970s, a domestically produced Beijing Bailan single-tub washing machine sold in department stores cost 199 yuan, and you needed an industrial coupon to buy it.
Xia Juanjuan's five monoculars were imported and in great demand, and anyone with money could buy them. Therefore, they could be sold for a minimum of 200 yuan, 220 yuan or even higher.
Dahei was naturally happy and agreed immediately.
He has a wide network of contacts and this washing machine is a hot commodity, so not to mention five, even ten or twenty would be sold out quickly.
He doesn't make much from one machine, just 220 yuan. In this way, he can make 40 yuan from one machine, and 200 yuan from five machines!
That's just ten days or half a month!
Of course he was happy to have such a basically risk-free supply and huge profits.
"Sister Juan'er, you are amazing! These large washing machines, even the ones that Brother Luo brought back, can't be sold at such a low price. If there is such an opportunity again in the future, you must remember me, Dahei!"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Don't flatter me yet, let's sell these first and then talk about the rest."
Dahei chuckled and said, "Okay. Then Sister Juaner, just wait for my good news!"
Sure enough, within ten days, Dahei had sold all five single-drum washing machines. He handed Xia Juanjuan 180 yuan for each machine and couldn't help asking:
"Sister, do you have anything else to sell? When I was selling, many people asked about sewing machines and refrigerators! Oh, and TVs. At the very least, didn't you bring in watches and belts last time? Those are fine too. Just give them to me and I'll sell them all."
Xia Juanjuan looked at him and smiled, "You must have made a couple hundred this time, right? What's the matter? Are you short of money?"
Dahei touched his head and said with a smile: "Hehe, isn't this... not yet married? He is thinking of saving money to buy a house so that he can get married. Brother Luo has been spending more time in Shanghai and Guangzhou in recent years, and there is not much work to do in Beijing..."
Dahei also came from a poor family with many brothers. Including his eldest son, there were seven children in total. The family of nine lived in two small houses in a large courtyard.
He grew up in the alleys, and later got to know Luo Cheng and started hanging out with him.
I have made a lot of money over the years, but I gave it all to my family. I used it to buy houses for my brothers and pay for their wedding gifts, as well as to pay for my younger siblings' tuition and living expenses.
Now his two older brothers are married, and his eldest sister is also married, so it's his turn, but he doesn't have much money.
It is not practical to build a house in a large courtyard. The courtyard is so small and there are four or five families living in it. If you occupy the courtyard, the other families will definitely have something to say.
Dahei's father had a job, but his eldest brother took over, leaving the people below him without a job. At that time, the second brother and eldest sister went to the countryside to work, and he agreed to let his father stay in the city mainly because his father had difficulty walking, but he didn't arrange a job for him.
Therefore, there is no chance of waiting for the company to allocate housing or something like that.
You can only buy it outside. But even a private house in a large compound will cost thousands of dollars.
Xia Juanjuan thought for a moment and said, "It will probably take some time before a brand new one is available, but I do have a batch of second-hand ones. They should be functional and can be sold now."
Xia Juanjuan was talking about the second-hand bicycles, sewing machines and the like that she had stockpiled before she traveled through time.
I originally planned to use them for my own use, but now that I have a way to buy new ones, I can get rid of these.
Hearing this, Dahei couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sis, you will be my real sister from now on! Second-hand items may be more popular than new ones! Leave it to me, I guarantee you can sell it for a good price!"
Seeing how happy he was, Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Then come to the courtyard house near Peking University in a couple of days, and I'll give you the goods."
After the decision was made, Xia Juanjuan went to the hospital to see Yan Haotian.
It is almost May and the weather is getting warmer. It is basically time to take spring clothes off the shelves in clothing stores and replace them with summer clothes.
As for the summer clothes, Xia Juanjuan did not design them herself and planned to purchase them all from Guangzhou.
This time, she didn't plan to purchase all the goods from Manager Li, otherwise the styles would be too monotonous.
Summer clothes are cheap, so you can stock up on more styles and in larger quantities.
Moreover, as Dahei said, she also planned to purchase another batch of electrical appliances, watches, belts, sunglasses and the like, so she had to go to Guangzhou again.
When they arrived at the hospital, Xia Juanjuan placed the cherries she had taken out of the space on the table.
Chen Lu was there too, and happened to have bought some newly-released cherries. When Xia Juanjuan came in, Chen Lu was just feeding one to Yan Haotian.
Seeing Xia Juanjuan coming in, Chen Lu blushed and stammered, "Juanjuan, no... it's Haotian's injury... you can't move around yet."
After saying this, his face turned even redder.
After a month of rest, Yan Haotian's injuries recovered quickly. He was even full of energy going out for a walk two days ago. How could he not move around?
Xia Juanjuan suppressed her laughter and said teasingly, "Oh, so that's how it is."
Yan Haotian looked at his sister and said with a smile, "Chen Lu has thin eyelids, don't tease her."
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Brother, you haven't even married her yet, and you're already protecting her like this?"
Chen Lu stamped her feet in shame: "Juanjuan, if you say that again, I...I'm going to get angry!"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Coincidentally, I also bought some cherries on the way, but it seems that someone has already eaten them..."
Chen Lu's face became even more flushed.
Without waiting for Chen Lu to speak, Xia Juanjuan said, "Then I will go back first and not disturb you any more."
Having said that, he left.
She took out some more cherries from the space and first sent some to the Fu family. Then she went back to the courtyard and put full plates of cherries in Yang Qiushi's room, Shen Wanxue's and Rong Zhenbang's rooms, as well as Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru's rooms. She then put the rest in the main room.
Chunyan was washing clothes in a washing machine. While washing, she was trying hard to read the words written on the machine.
Xia Juanjuan's heart was moved when she heard her clumsily reciting in a low voice while tracing the two words on the panel of the washing machine with her fingers.
"Chunyan, come and help me wash the cherries. Let's eat them."
Chunyan was startled when she saw Xia Juanjuan coming back. She quickly ran to the water well and smiled guiltily as if she had been caught:
"Fourth... Fourth aunt, I... just wanted to take a look at this washing machine. How can people be so smart? I put the clothes in the washing machine, turned on the power, and it started to wash clean!"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Isn't it? In addition to the washing machine, we also need a refrigerator and a TV. We will buy them all in the future."
Chunyan's eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly, "A refrigerator is a machine that can freeze even in the hot summer, right? I've seen it in Beibei's book! How can it freeze when it's so hot in the summer?"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "That's because there's something cooling inside, and then it's compressed with a compressor, so the refrigeration system is working. But, I don't know more specifically."
Chunyan still looked at Xia Juanjuan with envy and admiration: "Fourth aunt, you are so amazing, you know everything."
As they were talking, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru came back with Xiaowen, Xiaowu, Beibei and the triplets.
The salty food shop is now open from 10am to 3pm. This way, Lin Yuru doesn't need to prepare too much salty food every day, just enough to sell for half a day.
It didn't delay Xia Shuangshan from going to school to pick up the children.
In those days, there weren’t that many vendors, and there weren’t that many cars on the road. It wasn’t that dangerous, and the children went to school on their own, with the older ones leading the younger ones.
It is very common for children in rural areas to walk ten miles over mountains and ridges to go to school.
However, the triplets were once kidnapped by Liu Lan and other human traffickers, and Yan Haotian had been sold by Xia Dazhuang and Li Cuihua since he was a child, so Xia Shuangshan refused to stop picking up and dropping off the children no matter what.
As soon as the triplets returned home, they saw Xia Juanjuan washing cherries and ran over.
"Wow! Cherry! Let me eat one first."
“I want one too!”
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Don't just focus on yourselves, bring this plate over to grandpa and grandma. There's also some for big brother, second brother and sister!"
The triplets agreed and brought a plate of juicy red cherries over to Xia Shuangshan, Lin Yuru and the others.
Xia Juanjuan and Chunyan washed the rest and brought them back to the main room together.
At this time, Yang Qiushi, Shen Wanxue and Rong Zhenbang also came in.
After Yang Qiushi moved to the courtyard, Xia Juanjuan secretly told Fu Nanzheng about his situation and also told him that she was learning Chinese medicine with Yang Qiushi. She wanted Fu Nanzheng to see if she could ask the hospital whether they could hire Yang Qiushi as a doctor.
Fu Nanzheng had seen Xia Juanjuan's medical skills, and after hearing about Yang Qiushi's deeds, he immediately said, "It would be a pity to leave such a senior who is well versed in both Chinese and Western medicine at home. Don't worry, I'll go talk to the hospital right away."
About half a month later, Fu Nanzheng accompanied the hospital leaders to the courtyard and personally invited Yang Qiushi to see a doctor.
Yang Qiushi naturally agreed readily.
He has never had a wife or children in his life, and the medical skills he learned are all he has. Now that he can become a doctor again and still make use of his remaining energy in his later years, he is already very satisfied.
Therefore, now Yang Qiushi, like Shen Wanxue and Rong Zhenbang, goes to the hospital early and comes back late to see patients.
Although he had studied Western medicine surgery, he had not touched a scalpel in ten years and was getting old, so he continued to practice traditional Chinese medicine as inherited from his family.
As the three of them entered the door, they were holding fresh cherries in their hands.
Seeing the bright red cherries on the plate in the main hall, Rong Zhenbang couldn't help but laugh and said, "See, I said Juanjuan must have bought some, but you didn't believe me and insisted on buying some on the way."
Shen Wanxue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Buy more and eat more. Old Yang is a doctor, Old Yang, tell Old Rong that there are many children in the family, so eating more fruits can supplement vitamins! You are a university professor, but you don't even understand this!"
Rong Zhenbang was scolded by his wife, but he was not annoyed. He smiled dotingly and said, "Okay, okay, I don't understand. I will learn from you next time, okay?"
Xia Juanjuan came over and greeted them: "Dad, Mom, Chef, wash your hands and eat the cherries first. We will cook later."
The three of them agreed and went to wash their hands. When Shen Wanxue saw that Li Zhan was not there, she couldn't help but ask, "Why hasn't Li Zhan come back yet?"
Xia Juanjuan said, "He said this morning that he had no classes today and had to go to field training in the afternoon. Maybe he was delayed."
Shen Wanxue nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's leave some for him."
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry. I've saved some for him. We ate all of this. I also put some in your room and the master's room. You can take some when you want to eat."
Everyone sat together eating cherries and chatting.
After eating cherries, Xia Juanjuan, Lin Yuru, Shen Wanxue and Chunyan went to prepare dinner together.
Xia Juanjuan took some cherries and called Xiaowen over to take them to Grandma Luo in the nursing home.
Xiaowen agreed and rode his family's bicycle to deliver the child.
The triplets insisted on going along, but Xiaowen could only take one person on his bike, so every time something like this happened, the three of them would take turns.
This time it was Yanyan's turn. Xia Juanjuan picked up Yanyan and put her on the back seat. Xiaowen rode off on his 28-inch bicycle.
Ye Ye and Yao Yao were so jealous that they ran far out of the alley following the bicycle, and then came back sighing.
Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing when she saw them like this.
What's so good about riding this bike? The rear seat leaves marks all over my butt, and I have to curl my feet up to prevent them from getting caught in the rear wheel. More importantly, it's easy to fall...
Children's happiness is so simple that it is enviable.
Li Zhan didn't come back until it was dark.
Everyone had finished dinner. Xia Juanjuan secretly put the portion reserved for him into the space. When she saw him come back, she took it out of the space. It was still steaming.
"Why are you so late today?" Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but ask.
Li Zhan washed his hands, sat down, took a big white steamed bun and started to eat, smiling and said, "I went to the mountain for cross-country training, which delayed me for some time."
Xia Juanjuan nodded, and told Li Zhan that she was going to Guangzhou again in the next two days.
Fierce battles have become commonplace.
Anyway, his wife has such a convenient space. She may be by his side one second and thousands of miles away the next.
Li Zhan smiled and said, "Well, just don't work too hard. By the way, I may have heavy training tasks in both school and the army in the next two months, and sometimes I may not be able to come back at night. If you are late, you don't have to wait for me to come back."
Xia Juanjuan was startled when she heard this and asked, "Is there any secret mission next? Is it dangerous?"