The next morning, at five o'clock, just as the sky was getting light, Li Jianghai went out with a bulging cross-body bag on his back.
The vegetable market in the center of the street has become bustling.
The shouts of the vegetable vendors and the thumping sounds of mincing meat mixed together.
The air was filled with the aroma of fried dough sticks, mixed with the smell of fish and soil, which made people sniff.
Li Jianghai finished the sesame cake in his hand, then found a place against the wall, took out an old blue cloth from his bag and spread it on the ground.
He had just put the electronic watch pieces in place when an old lady with a vegetable basket stopped.
"Hey, what's this new thing?"
"It's a digital watch, from Haicheng." Li Jianghai quickly picked one up. "Look, it lights up when you press it here."
"Watch, what kind of watch is this? It's weird!" An old man next to him looked at the luminous watch in Li Jianghai's hand and walked away in disgust.
The Shanghai watch in his hand is particularly conspicuous in the morning light!
"How much is this watch?" The old lady squatted down and touched the surface with her rough fingers.
"Thirty yuan," Li Jianghai said quickly. "The department store sells it for fifty, and you need a ticket!"
The old lady sighed and said, "Thirty yuan? You might as well go rob me! Thirty yuan is enough for me to buy groceries for a month."
After saying that, he patted his knees and left without looking back.
For the next half hour, people passing by Li Jianghai's stall were all in a hurry.
There were a few comrades in work clothes who stopped and looked.
Before Li Jianghai could properly introduce himself, his companion next to him pulled him and said, "Keep looking! You'll be late for work." With that, several people left in a hurry!
The housewives carrying vegetable baskets didn't even look at the vegetables and went straight to the vegetable stalls.
"Hey! The watch seller!" A market manager wearing a red armband strode over. "Have you paid your stall fee?"
Li Jianghai frantically searched his pockets: "How much?"
"Two dollars," the administrator said, staring at his bulging canvas bag. "Plus fifty cents for management fees."
Li Jianghai had just taken out the crumpled banknotes when there was a sudden, crisp "snap" sound. The woman selling eggs nearby slapped her thigh and said, "A fight has started! Look over there!"
Following the direction of his finger, I saw that the meat stall was already surrounded by people in three layers.
A woman in a headscarf was clutching a piece of pork belly and refused to let go. A man in work clothes across from her blushed and said, "I was the one who wanted the meat first!"
"Bullshit! I've been waiting in line for ages!"
"You're the one who farted!"
The two quarreled more and more fiercely, and suddenly there was a "crash" and the wooden board of the meat stall was overturned.
The market manager didn't even bother collecting the money and rushed over in two steps: "Stop it!"
Taking advantage of the commotion, Li Jianghai quickly grabbed the four corners of the blue cloth, and ten electronic watches rolled into his bag.
He crouched down, stuck to the wall, and slipped out of the market.
Behind me, I could still hear the administrator yelling, "Stop hitting me! If you continue, I'll take you to the police station!"
Only after turning two alleys did Li Jianghai dare to stop and take a breath.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and lowered his head to check the cloth bag - fortunately, all the watches were intact.
After wandering around outside for a long time and failing to sell a single watch, Li Jianghai unknowingly wandered to Guifangzhai.
Li Guifang was sitting behind the counter taking a break. Just as she was about to bring the tea bowl to her mouth, she saw Li Jianghai walk into the store with his head hung low.
Seeing Li Jianghai walk in with his head down, Li Guifang raised her eyebrows: "Hey, what's going on?"
She deliberately lengthened her tone and asked, "Is our shopkeeper Li's business not doing well?" After she finished speaking, she put down the teacup and waited for the next step!
Li Jianghai put the bulging cloth bag on the counter with a clattering sound: "Don't even mention it. No one has even asked the price all morning."
Li Guifang opened the cloth bag and saw that there were quite a few electronic watches. She immediately burst out laughing, showing her big teeth!
She laughed harder and harder, not even afraid that her front teeth would get cold!
"You, you!" she finally managed to stop laughing, "Don't you even consider the time and place!"
After laughing at the man, Li Guifang counted on her fingers and scolded him one by one:
"First, don't you think about it? At five or six in the morning, when it's still dark, people going to the market are in a hurry to buy groceries and cook, or have breakfast and rush to work!
Who has the time to look at your electronic watch?
"Second," she held up her second finger, "what place are you going to? The vegetable market! Most of the people there are old ladies carrying vegetable baskets and young wives rushing home to cook after buying vegetables.
These people are very frugal and would rather spend every penny in half. How could they be willing to buy your stuff? "
Li Guifang became more and more excited as she spoke. She picked up an electronic watch and weighed it in her hand:
"Third, don't you even look at how much this thing is selling for? Thirty yuan! How many pounds of pork and flour can it buy?
People have to haggle for a long time to buy a piece of meat, so who would be willing to buy your fancy stuff?
As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing: "The funniest thing is that you picked the busiest, most chaotic, and most noisy time and place.
If that's the case, there's no way your watch will sell!"
Li Jianghai blushed, but he still asked humbly, "Then...then where do you think we can sell it..."
Li Guifang then put away her smile, straightened her back proudly, and said, "You can sell it in front of my shop tomorrow! Although Guifangzhai is a small business, it is at least a semi-high-end business!"
Some people come to buy snacks here, either to visit relatives or to give gifts. They're from well-off families and are willing to spend money on these new things.
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