There were almost no passengers on the green train on the return journey, and only a few passengers were sitting here and there in the spacious sleeper car.
Seeing this situation, and thinking back to how crowded it was when he first arrived, Su Nian was very surprised: "Beichen, why are there so few people?"
"The Northwest Railway is a single track. When they came here, they were all people from the mainland going to Xinjiang to pick cotton for short-term work," Chu Beichen explained patiently, "but when they left, we were the only passengers!"
"So that's how it is," Su Nian understood. The cotton pickers have to stay in Xinjiang for a year and will not rush home to celebrate the Spring Festival until before. By that time, there will be another passenger traffic peak.
This transfer went smoothly without any major incidents and was finally done. Su Nian also discovered some high-quality and low-priced medicinal materials. As long as he could find a buyer in Quzhou, he would definitely make a lot of money.
Both of them were in a very good mood, talking and laughing happily along the way, and soon returned to Quzhou. Chu Beichen contacted the vehicle and porters to transport the medicinal materials back home first.
Fortunately, the yard of Chu Beichen's house was large enough to store the medicinal herbs. The two of them opened the waterproof tarpaulin, covered the box, and then began to look for buyers.
The first people Su Nian thought of were several teachers from Quzhou Medical College. These teachers also served as department heads of the People's Hospital and should have a way to take these medicinal herbs.
She and Chu Beichen were both action-oriented. As the Chinese New Year had just passed, they brought some Northwestern specialties and samples and went to visit several teachers at their homes to wish them a happy new year.
The husband of one of the teachers ran a pharmacy. Upon hearing that Su Nian had Cynomorium songaricum and Cistanche deserticola, he checked out her samples. Afterwards, he asked Su Nian earnestly, "Our pharmacy is about to get a batch of warming and tonic herbs. If your medicines are of this quality, I'm willing to buy them for 30 yuan per kilogram. What do you think?"
Su Nian then understood that the price used in buying and selling medicinal materials was kilograms. She did a quick calculation and found that the price offered by the other party was fifteen yuan per kilogram, which was thirty times higher than the purchase price. As long as she could sell these two thousand kilograms, she would be sure to make a profit on this business.
"Okay, we can ship the goods to your pharmacy tomorrow!" Su Nian quickly finalized the deal.
After leaving the teacher's house, Su Nian and Chu Beichen were both smiling happily. They high-fived to celebrate and rushed to the next house without stopping.
The result of the New Year's greetings to the teachers was delightful. Two more people expressed their intention to purchase the herb, and they both quoted a price of 30 yuan per kilogram. Su Nian immediately realized that this was the price of Cynomorium songaricum and Cistanche deserticola in Quzhou.
Su Nian was not greedy. This was her first time doing business, and her main focus was to open up sales channels. In addition, the prices offered by the teachers were reasonable, so she immediately agreed to the two teachers' conditions and agreed to deliver the goods to their door tomorrow.
"Beichen, how are we going to deliver the goods tomorrow?" Su Nian was a little worried on the way home.
"Don't worry, I've thought about it a long time ago," Chu Beichen reached out to wrap the scarf around Su Nian. He had been running around recently, and he didn't dare let Su Nian catch a cold again. It would be painful if she caught a cold!
"There are small passenger and trucks specially used for transporting goods. I will contact one tomorrow morning and have it drive with us for a day. I guarantee that the goods will be delivered safely!" Chu Beichen was confident.
Su Nian looked at Chu Beichen in admiration: "Wow, you even know this?"
"Yes, Xiao Nian wants to be the boss, so I can only do the rough work of transportation and support for you!" Chu Beichen smiled brightly.
After deciding on the delivery method, Su Nian felt relieved and went home chatting and laughing with Chu Beichen.
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