Zhang Guangpu's eyes were like stars in the sky, twinkling and shining.
"So, there's a big market for clothing in Qingshan Town?"
Wan Feng did not answer this question. It was too stupid. He was not going to answer it, but turned to ask Li Taixian.
"Do you know how much it costs for your uncle and aunt to have a pair of leather shoes custom-made?"
"Four dollars, I know that."
This is the same price as leather shoes sold in stores.
"Can they make it if I draw the pattern myself?"
Li Taixian thought for a moment and said, "It should be fine."
Wan Feng calculated the time: "If I order it now, can it be made before the New Year?"
Li Taixian nodded confidently: "Yes! No more than ten pairs will be fine."
"Okay then. Zhang Guangchong is going to join our team. How about I go home and draw a shoe pattern and decide on the exact size and have him send it to you?"
"No need. I'm also going to go to your house to take a look. Just leave it to me."
"That's fine."
"But you have to take your own car to Gushan. My tractor can't accommodate you. You take the car to Gushan and wait for us. We will get off at Gushan, and then you can take the tractor to our team."
Li Taixian and Zhang Guangchong nodded in agreement: "Then let's take the bus now."
After the two left, Wan Feng started to pack up his stall when he saw that people in the market were starting to disperse. He still had to go to Hongya to deliver goods in the afternoon, so he couldn't stay in the market for too long.
The students collected the remaining couplets and handed them to Wan Feng, who began to count them.
Today's sales were the highest in the past three days, with a total of about 700 sets of couplets sold.
Today's sales champion is Xu Bin, who sold 36 units, and the second place is Tan Sheng, who sold 34 units.
There are five people who sold more than 30 units, namely Xiao Jun, Tan Chun and Jiang Jun.
Fifteen people sold more than twenty units, and the one who sold the least among the remaining nine sold fifteen units.
Their income today is also the highest, not because of sales volume but because of price. Today they make 15 cents for a set of couplets, which is 5 cents more than the previous two days.
Xu Bin earned more than five dollars today and was so happy that he even forgot his last name.
The rest of the people were in a similar situation.
During the three-day market, nearly 1,500 sets of couplets were sold. According to this development trend, Wan Feng is confident that he can sell all these 10,000 sets of couplets.
If that doesn't work, take it to the county town for disposal.
It was almost eleven o'clock when we finished settling the bill and paying the money. We started to take the bus back and arrived at Gushan ten minutes before twelve o'clock.
Xiao Jun and the people from the Shanhou team got off the bus here.
Xiao Jun had arrived home. Since the people from the Shanhou team were closer to home, Wan Feng let them get off the car, which would make some space in the car.
"There will be no market tomorrow. If you want to sell, you'll have to go door to door in the village. If you don't want to do that, you can just wait until the eighth day of the first lunar month."
"Give me thirty sets and I'll go to the village to sell them." Xiao Jun asked for thirty sets of couplets.
The students behind the mountain didn’t want it because they had never done this before and didn’t know how to do it.
Zhang Guangchong and Li Taixian finished their meal at the Gushan Supply and Marketing Cooperative Restaurant and sat in the restaurant waiting. When they saw the tractor coming back, they ran out of the restaurant and got on the tractor.
Twenty minutes later the tractor arrived at Luan Feng's house.
Wan Feng parked the tractor in front of Luan Feng's house and asked Luan Feng to receive the two people. He went into the house to eat because he had to hurry.
After dinner, he found a pen and paper and drew several shoe styles, then asked Luan Feng to confirm the size.
"How many ready-made clothes do you have at home now? Including ski jackets?" Wan Feng asked Luan Feng.
"Except for the goods from Brother Xia's house, there are only about twenty pieces left. They were all made this morning. There are more than seventy ski jackets."
The ski jacket was naturally prepared for Zhang Guangdong.
There are eight people in the workshop who specialize in making ski jackets. If one person works hard in a day, he can make four. They have accumulated so many in the past two days.
Wan Feng called Zhang Guangchong over and said, "I can only give you 25 pieces of clothing and pants, and 15 ski jackets. For now, take these. We don't have any more. I'm going to Hongya soon. If you've picked out your items, you can take a tractor to Yongshi and take the last bus to Lifang."
Zhang Guangchong happily agreed when he heard that he could get so much.
Wan Feng went back to his grandmother's house to get a thousand electronic watches and five tape recorders. When he came back, Zhang Guangchong had also picked out the clothes and paid the bill.
This guy is quite rich. After Zhang Xianshou took a hundred watches, he still had money to buy clothes.
Wan Feng gave Li Taixian the quantity, size and style of the leather shoes he wanted to order, and paid half of the payment in advance.
"The 25th day of the 12th lunar month is the last market in Qingshan Town before the New Year. I hope to see these shoes on that day and pay the other half."
Li Taixian looked at the number of shoes and patted his chest to guarantee: "No problem."
Yongshi dropped Li Taixian and Zhang Guangchong off on the tractor, and Wan Feng drove all the way to Hongya.
Today, the person who arrived at the entrance of the cinema was Lu Wu. When Lu Wu saw Wan Fengle, he danced with joy.
"Brother, you're finally here. If you hadn't come, we'd have run out of food. I was ready to go to Warriors to find you myself."
Wan Feng laughed and said, "I guess you guys have almost finished your supplies. Go gather some people. Meet at Brother Xia's house in an hour. Find someone to help me. I need to go buy some things."
Lu Wu waved his hand and called a young man over: "Follow Brother Wan."
The young man happily got into Wan Feng's car.
Wan Feng drove his tractor to the entrance of the farmers' market, parked the tractor there, and threw two packs of Qianmen cigarettes to the young man.
"Your job is to watch over the tractor and make sure nothing gets lost. I'll go in and buy some supplies."
Wan Feng did not enter the market but went straight to the black market behind the farmers' market and found Zhao Le in the black market.
"Give me all the money you have." Wan Feng went straight to the point. He couldn't afford to waste time.
Zhao Le looked bewildered. "Meat tickets? That means pigs, cattle, donkeys, and chickens."
"I don't want the chicken, duck, or goose tickets. How many are there for the rest?"
"They all weigh 10 or 8 kilograms."
"That's not enough."
"How much can you take?"
"Each one must weigh at least 50, 70 or 60 kilograms."
"Wait a moment."
Zhao Le quickly slipped into the black market and came back ten minutes later, pulling out a handful of bills.
"Fifty catties of pork, forty catties of beef, and forty catties of donkey meat. That's all we have on the market today."
"No matter how much it costs, I'll take it all."
"Give me a hundred yuan, and the change will be given to me for free."
A total of 130 kilograms cost 100 yuan, which was not cheap. If he went to the market and spent another dollar, the price of each kilogram of meat would be 1.5 or 1.6 yuan, which was ridiculously expensive in the era when meat cost 70 or 80 cents.
However, it is normal for prices to be a bit higher before the New Year. Wan Feng doesn't care. As long as he can buy things, it's fine.
Wan Feng counted out a hundred yuan and gave it to Zhao Le before turning around and entering the market.
Unfortunately, he did not use up all the meat coupons in his hand. The maximum share given to each person for each commodity was three pounds. Wan Feng had to go out and find people, and it took more than ten people to finally use up all the meat coupons.
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