Chapter 9 The First Pot of Gold
The next day, Ruan Fu got up early on purpose.
A few aunts were peeking in at the door.
"Fuzi, what were you doing at home last night? It was so lively."
Ruan Fu glanced into the yard.
Sun Hongxia immediately raised her head with a nervous expression.
Ruan Fu deliberately said loudly: "It's nothing, there was just a big rat that got into the house and kept bothering us for half the night."
The woman breathed a sigh of relief.
"I thought there were thieves in the village. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep all night."
Ruan Fu glanced and saw that Sun Hongxia's head lowered again.
She ignored him, put on her backpack and went out.
I have some serious stuff to do today.
Walking along the familiar village road for just over ten minutes, we arrived at a valley. Going further in, we saw several mountain peach trees laden with fruits.
She had discovered all this when she was picking grass for pigs.
She was about to separate from the Ruan family. Even if she could get some money from Sun Hongxia, it would not be a long-term solution to live off the savings. She still had to find another way to make a living.
In her previous life, she earned her first pot of gold by selling fruit on the street. After earning enough money, she went on to study medicine, her favorite field...
She thought about it all night last night and decided to target these wild peaches.
The market economy is just beginning to develop, and there are few people selling fruit in the city.
Scarcity makes things valuable, so these fresh wild peaches will definitely sell well, and the most important thing is that they require no cost at all.
You just have to do some labor and you can earn a few dollars with a round trip.
With the idea of making money in mind, Ruan Fu immediately started climbing up the tree with full enthusiasm.
She was used to farm work, and in less than an hour, she had picked all the peaches from the tree, filling the basket behind her.
She weighed it and it was about twenty pounds.
He also randomly covered the top of the basket with some hay to prevent others from seeing it and trying to pick the fruits and sell them.
The first one to make money is the only one who makes money. If there are too many people, it will become worthless.
Seeing that it was still early, Ruan Fu did not dare to stop and hurried to the county town with peaches on her back.
The people in the village were poor. They had to dig for food in the fields and even their food rations were just enough. They could hardly see a few banknotes all year round.
But it’s different in the county town. There is a large textile factory with many salaried workers. As long as they have spare money, they will definitely spend it. These are their customers.
Ruan Fu walked for an hour and a half, covering a distance of less than twenty miles.
At noon, we finally arrived at the county town.
The common fruits on the market now are all shipped from the south. The main reason is that these things are like snacks, with a short shelf life and high prices, so it’s no wonder that they don’t sell well.
Ruan Fu decided to take a walk around the textile factory first.
This time just happened to be the time when the workers in the factory got off work at noon, and there were people coming and going, making it quite lively.
These days people are being encouraged to develop the secondary industry, and some people are setting up stalls on the roadside.
Some vendors held chickens and ducks, some held freshly harvested potatoes and eggs, but it was rare to see anyone selling fruit.
Ruan Fu immediately knew that she had come to the right place.
She put the backpack down.
As soon as I brushed away the dead grass, an elderly woman came over.
"Do these look like peaches to you?"
When doing business, you should always smile at everyone you meet.
Ruan Fu nodded. "These are peaches I just picked from the mountain. They're very fresh. They're ten cents a pound. If you really want them, I can give you a discount."
Mountain peach is also a fruit.
Although it is smaller than ordinary peaches, it is crispy and sweet.
Nowadays, people are just satisfied with having enough food to eat and are not so particular about quality.
The woman looked at them one by one and it was obvious that she was tempted.
Ruan Fu felt relieved and immediately said with a smile, "Sister, can you open a business for me? I'll charge 7 cents per pound. What do you think?"
This price is not expensive among fruits.
The woman nodded and said, "Okay, help me decorate it."
Ruan Fu borrowed a scale from the vendor next to her, skillfully weighed out a pound and handed it over.
When she actually held the banknote in her hand, she jumped three feet high with joy.
This is the first money I've ever made! How can I not be excited?
Several vegetable vendors around were staring at her.
Although this girl looks young, she is very experienced in doing things and is not slow at all. I don’t know if she has a boyfriend yet.
Once the first deal is done, customers will naturally come to you.
Wild peaches are fresh and not expensive. There are many people coming and going. If you bring three kilograms, he will bring two kilograms, and they will be sold out in less than an hour.
It was more than 20 kilograms, and after deducting the discount, the total price was 16.5 yuan.
Give the uncle next to you three cents as rent for the scale.
The uncle got the money for free and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
He quickly asked Ruan Fu if she would come later so that he could still borrow the scale.
Ruan Fu smiled and said that if she came to sell again, she would definitely borrow from him.
There were about forty to fifty kilograms of wild peaches in the valley, and she planned to pick them as soon as possible in the next two days.
After all, I will have to leave the village in a while, and I can't take the wild peaches with me, and they will rot after a long time.
All in all, I can earn about 60 yuan, which is equivalent to several months' salary for an ordinary worker.
Ruan Fu was greatly encouraged. As long as she had a way to make money, she could survive even if she left the Ruan family!
After putting away the basket, she excitedly walked around the city.
In a few months, the economic system will undergo tremendous changes.
The market economy will completely replace the planned economy. At that time, social productivity will develop rapidly and there will be plenty of opportunities in the market. As long as she can seize one or two of them, she will be able to make a complete turnaround in this era.
The noodles in the noodle shop smelled so good that it made people drool. Ruan Fu stood there and smelled them, but was reluctant to go in.
I gritted my teeth and bought two multi-grain steamed buns for fifty cents at the bun shop next door.
I didn't make much money today, so I have to spend it frugally.
While chewing the two steamed buns, he actually walked to the gate of Yucai High School.
It was summer vacation at the time, and the senior classes had not yet started, so the campus was empty.
Looking at the campus she had not seen for a long time, Ruan Fu felt excited.
Soon I will become a student here again, and I will definitely be admitted to university. This is how I can completely change my destiny.
She was just about to go closer to take a look when she heard crying coming from not far away.
On the side of the road, a little girl of four or five years old was wiping her tears sadly and calling for her father. She was almost hit by passing bicycles several times.
It looks like someone's child is missing.
Passersby were in a hurry and were reluctant to stop.
Ruan Fu couldn't bear to watch it anymore and was about to walk over, but was stopped by the aunts around her.
"Little girl, don't go."
"What's wrong?"
"That child was dressed so beautifully, how could she be lost? Nowadays, most human traffickers use this kind of thing as a gimmick to attract young girls, kidnap them, and then sell them to mountain villages as wives. If you approach now and get fooled, you won't even have time to cry."
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