Su Yan asked Lu Yiming to sell eggs directly from the beginning, and asked him to go around the streets to see who was in need.
Because eggs now require coupons, many people don't have enough at home, so they have to buy them on the black market. If someone delivers eggs directly to their door without coupons, they'll still be willing to pay a few cents more.
Su Yan left all the work of buying groceries and cooking to Lu Yiming, and took care of the vegetable seedlings in the space herself.
That night, Lu Yiming excitedly said, "Mom, I know two friends who have been doing small business in the black market for several years and have never been caught."
"You want to hang out with them?"
"No, I want them to work with me. I'll find the source of the goods and then sell them wholesale to them, so I don't have to show up myself. Besides, I've been to some places in the city, and I think I can make more money by boiling the eggs and selling them to the workers in the factory.
Mom, the salted fish eggs and tea eggs you make are delicious. I can collect some more eggs from my friends in the countryside and make them into tea eggs and salted duck eggs for my other friend to sell."
"Everything is done by others, what are you doing?"
"Me? I'm the middleman, making a profit from the price difference? And I don't have to show up, and I don't have to take too much risk."
Su Yan was speechless. This guy even used her to make money. The salted duck eggs, preserved eggs, and fresh chicken eggs and duck eggs in the space were all donated last time. The new chicken eggs and duck eggs were only one basket each.
"Take your lucky money and go collect the eggs. I'll go to the courtyard and teach you how to make delicious salted duck eggs with a nice white. You should know how to cook tea eggs to make them tasty, without any instruction."
"Okay, I'll go back to the city tomorrow."
"Got it. Be careful."
Just when Lu Yiming was thinking about how to make money, the great movement finally ended, and the tortured people returned one after another, and the number of educated youth returning to the city increased.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and Lu Ting finally came back, but he stayed at home for a few days and then left again.
Even if Lu Fengnian came back, he would have no time to care about his eldest grandson. Several major events happened in the country today, and he had endless meetings and work arrangements every day.
Lu Yiming moved to the city and rode a tricycle to deliver goods to his partners every day. He was content with earning a little money every day.
Of course, Su Yan told him that the big movement was over and the college entrance examination might be resumed next year, so he should review well when he had time.
Lu Yiming wasn't stupid; he saw the inevitable trend of resuming the Gaokao as inevitable. He was still young, so no matter when the Gaokao would be resumed, there was no harm in studying more.
Su Yan would often return to the city and sell her son the eggs and freshly made salted duck eggs from her space at a low price. She would not tell her son that these things were from her space, but would just say that she had collected them for him.
Seeing that his mother supported him so much, Lu Yiming used the first money he earned to buy her a gift, a silk scarf.
In order to support her son, Su Yan took out the red dates, pears and apples in the space and gave them to Lu Yiming to sell.
Lu Yiming was shocked by the red dates, pears and apples in the back room.
"Mom, where did these come from?"
"Don't worry about the source of the goods. I'll give you a base price. I won't take any profit you make from selling them. You can just keep them."
"Mom, it will probably take until the end of the year to sell all these goods. I can't make back my investment right away. If I lose money, you won't blame me, right?
Besides, my friend can only sell a few dozen kilograms of fruit a day, and even if I were to sell it myself, I could only sell about a hundred kilograms a day."
"Take your time and don't rush. Safety comes first. I've invested the money, and I'll come to collect the principal every three days. You don't even have to invest any capital, so why are you in such a hurry?"
"I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried that you're losing money. Mom, where did you get so many goods? Why didn't I notice someone was delivering them?"
"That's because you're not home."
Su Yan decided to stay in the city with her son for two days to see how that group of people sold their goods. She had asked her mother-in-law to help take care of the triplets at home for a few days.
The total amount of fruits and red dates provided this time is only 3,500 kilograms, which is really not a lot for Su Yan. When Lu Ting comes back, his friend can collect tens of thousands of kilograms of goods at a time.
Then why did Su Yan torture her son like this? Isn’t she worried that her son would be arrested and slandered?
How could parents not worry about their children? After the Great Movement ended, more and more educated youth returned to the city, and many of them were unemployed. Naturally, those who returned were looking for a way out.
There will be more and more people reselling and secretly doing small businesses. Besides, she also knows that her son is tall and does not look like a smart person, but he is actually very smart.
Among all the aunties in the family compound, which one didn't say that her son Yiming was warm-hearted and sensible? Everyone envied her for having a filial and sensible son.
She also doesn't want her son to be a peddler all his life, so taking the college entrance exam next year is the top priority.
The reason for letting him resell is to let him get in touch with society early and gain experience and broaden his life experience. Whether he goes into business or other industries in the future, it will always be beneficial.
The next morning, Lu Yiming packed a sack of apples, a sack of pears and a sack of red dates and set out to find his friends.
During this period, I have been hanging out with his friends and made a few good friends. I am still observing whether we can keep in touch.
Su Yan thought Lu Yiming would not be back until noon, but he came back in less than an hour.
"Mom, I took the fruit and red dates to my friends, and they split them up in a few minutes. This time, I only made five cents per pound of fruit, and I sold them the red dates for ten cents per pound, making a profit of two cents per pound.
How much they earn is none of my business. It's almost the end of the year, and fruit and red dates are selling well. I initially thought they wouldn't sell all of it, but I don't think there will be enough."
As Lu Yiming spoke, he gave all the money to Su Yan, saying he would pay the profit later. After all, he didn't spend a penny and just ran an errand.
Su Yan put away the money and took out a notebook. She wrote down how much goods he had sold that morning and how much money he had earned.
Su Yan thought that Lu Yiming would go out in the afternoon, but who knew that he pulled a truckload of goods out from home and said he was going to find new friends to help him sell them.
When he didn't come back at lunchtime, Su Yan thought something had happened to him, but he brought back two chicken coops and thirty chicks.
The chicks hatched in the middle of winter are not easy to raise. I don’t know why he suddenly thought of raising chickens.
"Yiming, what do you want to do?"
"Our backyard is so big, I can raise dozens of chickens in it. When they grow up, each chicken can be sold for two or three yuan."
“What do you feed them? Farmers raise chickens with leftovers from their homes, rotten vegetable leaves from the fields, and free-range chickens with insects from the mountains.
There's nothing in our backyard, what are you going to feed them?"
"Then what should I do?"
"I'll help you take care of these chicks. Just put the chicken coop here. They'll come in handy later."
Su Yan discovered that her son was really obsessed with money now and even wanted to raise chickens in the courtyard. How could that be possible? Wouldn't it stink if he raised chickens in such a beautiful courtyard that had just been renovated?
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