October 22nd, the 14th day of the ninth lunar month, is the Gushan Farmers’ Market. Wan Feng is going to the market to sell hand-crank threshers.
At seven o'clock, Luan Jianshe came driving a donkey cart.
His grandfather is in charge of raising livestock in the team. With such favorable conditions, you let him push a cart to the market by himself. Isn't that crazy?
Wan Feng didn't take the mule cart, firstly because that thing was slow and secondly because he was afraid that the donkey would go on strike if he took it again. A strike on a flat road was easy to deal with, but if it went on strike in Hejian when crossing the Inna River, there would be no place for him to get off.
Wan Feng rode his bike to Xiao Jun's house in advance.
Xiao Jun's mother was feeding chickens and ducks in the yard.
"Xiao Wan is here."
She was grateful from the bottom of her heart that Wan Feng had helped turn her naughty son into a man who knew how to work and earn money.
"Auntie, do you peel corn at home? I'll volunteer to help you peel corn today."
"Peeling corn?" Xiao Jun's mother was stunned and didn't understand what Wan Feng meant.
"I'm helping your family pick corn kernels."
"Help my family to pick corn kernels? We don't dare to do that. Xiao Jun said you are a capable person. How dare our family use you to pick corn kernels?"
"I'm telling the truth. You'll know when the time comes. We'll need a few sacks of corn."
"The corn in the corn barn is not counted. It's harvested from my family's private plot. The team's corn hasn't been divided yet. Do you think you can fill it with a few sacks?"
There was not much corn in a simple corn barn surrounded by wood in the corner of the yard, but it was enough to fill two sacks.
Xiao Jun's mother found two patched sacks, and Wan Feng went into the corn barn and put all the corn into the sacks.
Filled two and a half sacks.
"Aunt, when I come back this afternoon, all the corn will have turned into corn kernels."
Xiao Jun's mother was still confused and couldn't guess what kind of medicine Wanfeng Gourd was selling.
When Luan Jianshe's donkey cart arrived, the two men threw the sacks onto the cart and drove to the market, then found a place to park the cart at the market entrance.
Wan Feng picked up a hand-cranked thresher and used the clips below to fasten it to the outward-facing shed of the donkey cart, and laid a sack between the two sheds.
Open the two sacks of corn and pour some of the corn into the carport.
Those hand-cranked threshers were placed one by one in the open space in front of the carriage. Because the cylinder was made of tin, it was dazzling when the sun shone on them.
Before those who were going to the market arrived, the vendors were the only ones looking at Wan Feng and his men from afar, not knowing what the things they had put on the ground were.
Wan Feng sat calmly in the carport, and Luan Jianshe felt a little nervous.
"Xiao Wan, can this be sold?" Luan Jianshe had never sold anything in the market and had no confidence at all.
"Why can't you sell it? The people haven't come yet. When they come, you can be in charge of threshing the grain on the cart and I will sell it in the front.
Around eight o'clock, more and more people from all over the country began to come to the market.
Wan Feng got out of the car and walked to the roadside and started selling their products.
"Attention, folks! Don't miss this latest invention—a hand-cranked corn thresher. Stop and spend three seconds to see this year's newest and most labor-saving invention. Folks who need to thresh corn at home should take a look. This magical threshing machine can free you from tedious labor..."
Wan Feng held a hand-cranked thresher in one hand and began to shout like singing. Luan Jianshe, who was sitting in the donkey cart, blushed when he heard his shouting.
At first, countless people who passed by him looked at him and the "weapon" in his hand as if they were looking at an animal. Many people probably wondered in their hearts whether this guy was the reinforcements called in by the monkey.
Wan Feng didn't care at all and continued shouting. He firmly believed that men would rise sooner or later and women would shed tears sooner or later.
Advertising is misleading. Under the overwhelming bombardment of advertisements, even rational people may become idiots.
Sure enough, under Wan Feng's relentless shouting, someone finally stopped and started asking.
"Hey boy, what's with this corn thresher?"
Wan Feng turned around and pointed at Lan Hua behind him: "Brother, get to work!"
Luan Jianshe immediately shook the small crank of the thresher, and immediately corn kernels flowed out of the thresher like rain.
"See? It's better to see it with your own eyes than to tell you a thousand words. This is the simplest and most effective hand-cranked corn thresher we invented. It's simple, practical and affordable. One person can effortlessly thresh 150 kilograms of corn in an hour. You can go to the back and take a look and try it yourself."
So some people gathered around the donkey cart to watch Luan Jianshe threshing the grain, and the bolder ones started to experiment.
"Oh! Not bad, this thing is effortless and very convenient, not tiring at all, Third Sister-in-law, you try it."
Some took the lead while others joined in the fun, and the women took turns to conduct the experiment, exchanging their experiences while doing so.
"His second sister, this thing is really good. It's not only light but also doesn't tire your hands."
"That's right. My hands are so tender that I get blisters every time I peel corn. This thing won't happen to me."
"Yeah, this thing is not only labor-saving but also fast. That guy said one person can lift 150 kilograms in an hour. Is that true?"
At this time, you must follow up and give customers firm confidence.
"I guarantee I can dig out 150 kilograms in an hour. If I can't, I'll give you a full refund. But the prerequisite is that you can't leave during the trip. If you go to sleep after a while and then come back, you definitely won't be able to dig out anything."
Wan Feng's joke drew a few laughs.
"Hey man, if I really can't find it, where can I ask you for a refund?"
"We are descendants of the Wa family. Does the Wa family know?"
Wan Feng raised his hand and pointed at Pingshan: "It's at the foot of the mountain, but you don't have to go to the back of the valley to find us. We come to every market. If you really can't dig out 150 kilograms, you will definitely see us here at the next market."
"How much is your machine?"
"The retail price of this thresher is 4.5 yuan, but today is our first time selling it. To cater to the general public and to advertise our product, we are selling the machine at cost today, without making any profit. If you can find one at 3 yuan per piece, hurry up at this market, because it will be 4.5 yuan at the next market."
When they heard the price was three dollars, some people left, but many people stayed.
Wan Feng saw that although people had not left, most people were hesitating. If he didn't sell one car at this time, he might not be able to sell any of them.
"Also, the first three people who buy our machine today will get it at our tearful price of two dollars and fifty cents! There are only three of them left, so now's the time to witness it. Anyone want one?"
A group of women were still hesitating.
"I'll buy one." A voice suddenly rang out from the crowd, and Xiao Jun's mother walked out with a righteous look...
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