29. Selling Pumpkins
In addition to giving them to Ying Tianqing, Su Liu also gave two to Bi Yanmian who was on patrol to thank him for his protection.
After giving them to others, you have to keep a few for yourself to fry and eat.
After the distribution, Su Liu took dozens of green pumpkins and went to the military market.
Earlier on the Internet, Su Liu discovered that the military market sold a wide variety of supplies.
There are compressed biscuits, toothpaste and towels, weapon accessories, special protective clothing, etc., even chickens, ducks and geese. It's like they are crazy about money and sell everything.
I thought the online sales were just messy, but I didn’t expect that the offline sales were also serious, even family planning products were being sold.
There are many stall owners in every area, from daily life areas to agricultural areas, so the entire market is surprisingly large.
Su Liu came to the management office, where there were special personnel inspecting the pumpkins.
Pricing is based on quality, from pesticide residue levels to size and shape.
"Green pumpkin?" The administrator looked puzzled. "Are you so short of money that you dragged it here to sell before it's ripe?"
Su Liu said, "Green pumpkin has its own way of eating it. If you don't believe me, I can fry one for you to try right here."
The administrator didn't want to put unpalatable vegetables in the market and occupy the stall, so he immediately said, "If the taste is not good, I can only ask you to take it back."
Su Liu was very confident. He immediately asked for oil, salt, and a stove. Then he picked a pumpkin, shredded it, and fried it on the spot.
The administrators all came to taste it and nodded.
Unlike mature golden pumpkins, green pumpkins have a firmer texture. When lightly fried, they have a crisp texture and a unique flavor.
The administrator stopped questioning and put a price on Su Liu's pumpkin.
"20 star coins per pound, do you think that's appropriate?"
Su Liu was stunned. "20?"
Thinking she thought it was too low, the administrator said, "Then make it 25, no higher."
Su Liu didn't say anything, lowered his head, and tried hard to push down the corners of his mouth that were constantly rising.
When I bought potatoes for Ying Tianqing, the price was so low that it made me cry. I didn’t expect that pumpkins could be sold for 25.
The administrator asked her to register on the machine and enter her identity information so that if there was any problem with the vegetables, the source could be traced immediately afterwards.
"Is this your first time selling vegetables? Here are some things to pay attention to, take a look." The administrator handed a paper manual to Su Liu.
Su Liu flipped through it roughly, and found that it mainly covered vegetable safety issues, vegetable pricing methods, market trading rules, etc.
Vegetables are not priced arbitrarily by administrators; they must be carefully priced based on taste, shape, pesticide dosage, etc.
So even if it is the same kind of vegetables, the prices delivered by different people will be different, but the overall difference will not be that big.
Su Liu's pumpkin, which costs 25 star coins per pound, is quite expensive.
After completing the registration, Su Liu pushed the pumpkin to the stall assigned to him.
There is a display screen here, which shows the price of vegetables, variety, residual pesticide dosage, etc., as well as Su Liu's payment code and the way to eat green pumpkin that he typed in.
She also prepared sample packs of her own fried pumpkin, each containing two bites.
As soon as it was set up, someone came to ask.
"A 25-pound pumpkin? Can eating it make you immortal? Why is it still green?"
Su Liu handed over the fried pumpkin shreds and said, "You can try the texture."
Someone tried it and was amazed. "It tastes completely different from yellow pumpkin. It's very crisp and refreshing."
She looked at the pesticide level again and it showed zero.
“Didn’t you use pesticides?”
Su Liu said: "If I don't encounter very difficult pests and diseases, I usually don't use pesticides."
The man waved his hand and said, "Give me two then."
Su Liu picked out two that looked good for her, weighing more than eight kilograms in total.
"I'll give you eight pounds."
"Okay." The visitor paid the bill happily, took a picture of how to eat the green pumpkin, and then left.
After the first order, customers came one after another and Su Liu’s pumpkins were quickly sold out.
The management office charges a one percent handling fee. When Su Liu went to pay the fee, the administrator was very surprised.
“It’s sold out so quickly?”
"It's less than 200 kilograms." Su Liu said, "But I didn't expect that someone would buy such expensive vegetables."
The administrator smiled and said, "This is a military market after all. The people who come here to buy vegetables are either officers' families or the aunties from the various department cafeterias. Basically, they are not short of money."
"No wonder no one scolded me for being obsessed with money."
The administrator then told her, "In the next few days, when you log in to the official website, you'll see customer reviews of the vegetables you sell. This counts as your credit score. The higher your score, the easier it will be to get a good stall."
The evaluation will be based on aspects such as price, quality, service attitude, etc. The most important thing is food safety. If someone has any problems with the food, they will be disqualified from selling vegetables.
After Su Liu returned, he carefully read the market rules again and finally felt that they were really troublesome.
But this is already very tolerant, because retail vegetable sellers are not ordinary people. Most of them are senior students related to agriculture, and the market is particularly favorable to these talents.
Finally, Su Liu checked his balance and after deducting the car rental fee, seed fee, etc., he made a net profit of 3,869 star coins.
What a huge sum of money!
The poor man suddenly became rich and cried with excitement.
But when he thought about how much money he still owed Admiral Ives, Su Liu's tears stopped.
Considering that the debt was increasing, this amount of star coins was not enough to pay it back. Su Liu gritted his teeth and decided to pay back part of it first to avoid being entangled in it later.
She kept some for basic living expenses and saved the rest, waiting to transfer it to Admiral Ives when she had the chance.
On a sunny morning, Su Liu went to the mung bean field to fertilize, water and weed.
When I finished my work and walked downstairs to the dormitory building, I saw my roommates coming out together.
"I put the pig manure I brought for you in the bathroom." Yan Ziyan said from a distance.
Su Liu remembered that she had a good ranking in the weekly exam. "Why are you still sweeping the pigpen?"
Yan Ziyan covered her face and said, "It's the whip of love."
Su Liu felt that it was really difficult for her, and asked again, "Where are you going?"
Rosa hooked her arm around Su Liu's shoulders and turned her around. "The combat department's second-year practical monthly exam is coming up. Hurry up."
The combat department's actual combat examination site is on an artificial island. This place is far away from the city and is uninhabited for hundreds of miles around, making it the most suitable place for combat.
The students who wanted to watch the game had to take a boat to the island. Rosa applied for boat tickets for the whole dormitory early on, and as soon as they got on the boat, they went to the deck to watch the scenery.
After more than half an hour, the ship entered the island.
From afar, Su Liu saw that the entire island was covered with lush vegetation, and there were circles of green halos similar to the aurora, enveloping the entire island.
"Is this the legendary Immortal Forest?" Su Liu asked.
Lan Xiang'er said, "Yes, it's the Undead Forest maintained by all the healers in the school. As long as your head isn't severed, you'll probably not die."
On this specially developed island, every living thing is not simple.
They are the repository of the healing powers of the healers; every leaf, every fruit, every bird in flight is a medicine that can heal wounds.
The land here is filled with extremely powerful healing power. As long as you are on this land, no matter how serious the injury is, it will heal quickly, and death will be very far away.
Thinking that his broken arm could grow back, Su Liu felt that this was nothing.
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