Chapter 9 Crayfish also have dignity
You know, when he came here to buy lobsters in his previous life, as soon as he entered the dividing line of the aquatic area, he saw rows and rows of them, which shows the charm and huge profits of crayfish.
Now, if you want to find a merchant selling crayfish, there is no trace of him.
After walking around for a while, Zhou Anan finally saw a pot of lively crayfish in a stall in the corner.
The appearance and size seem to be pretty good.
"Boss, how much are these crayfish?"
"Four dollars and fifty cents a pound."
The bald boss who was processing fish scales for another customer didn't look up and answered casually.
Not many people will buy it anyway, so take it or leave it.
"How many?"
Hearing the price, Zhou Anan asked in astonishment.
"Boss, here's your fish. Young boss, the crayfish here are all carefully selected. Look at the head, it's so clean, it must be farmed in my own pond. The water in my pond is from the Shanghuang Reservoir, not from a sewage ditch. If I say it's fake, I'll pay you ten times the price."
The middle-aged bald boss handed the repaired fish to the customer waiting on the side. Thinking that the customer thought it was too expensive, he directly took out a crayfish and placed it in front of Zhou Anan, showing it in detail.
It's not easy to sell crayfish these days. If his wife hadn't insisted on raising them and selling them at a high price, Xu Feng would have wanted to grind up the unsellable crayfish and feed them to pigs.
It was all because of those rumors that crayfish were raised in sludge and heavy metal wastewater, and that the larger they were, the more heavy metals they consumed. As a result, the thousands of kilograms of lobsters raised by his family could not be sold.
Although lobsters have become popular in Hangzhou, no one in the small county of Lizhou eats them. Some customers even questioned him righteously, saying that all his original business had gone away.
You can’t afford to be the first to get in.
"Can it be cheaper?"
Shocked at the current cheap price of crayfish, Zhou Anan asked weakly.
Compared with the price of more than 20 yuan per pound in the previous life, four yuan and fifty cents is already very cheap, but the prices more than ten years later have increased several times compared to now.
Seeing how enthusiastically the other party is selling, it seems the price can still be negotiated.
There is no other way, every bit of saving is a bit of saving.
"Four yuan. If you want more than five kilograms, I'll give you four yuan per kilogram."
Thinking that the little kid in front of him wouldn't buy much, Xu Feng directly lowered the price by fifty cents per pound.
This is the second customer who came to buy crayfish today. If they can’t sell any more, the remaining ones will probably have to be put back into the pond.
If it weren't for the wife at home who graduated from university in Hangzhou and returned to force him to do so, he would have wanted to sell it for one yuan per pound. The crayfish in the markets in the countryside are only 70 or 80 cents per pound. Even if their lobster seedlings are good, they can't be sold at such a high price.
He swore that after selling this batch, he would never raise crayfish again.
Even if my wife wants to eat it, the worst that can happen is that we can raise fewer at home. It is impossible to sell them.
"If I buy all of them, can it be cheaper?"
Zhou Anan was very happy with the boss's straightforwardness and asked, pointing at the crayfish crawling around in the basin.
Oh my god, you lower the price so casually. Have you ever considered the feelings of the crayfish? Crayfish have dignity too.
In that case, you can't blame him for continuing to bargain.
For the dignity of crayfish
"All of it? Fine, fine, I'll give you $3.80, no, $3.50 per pound."
After hearing what the little brat said, Xu Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and lowered the price again.
There are at least 40 kilograms of lobsters in the basin. If they can all be sold, it will definitely be a unprecedented event. The woman at home will be happy to hear that.
The first big customer.
“.”
Originally, he wanted to say the price was three yuan per pound, but when he saw the other party's sincere smile, Zhou Anan felt a little guilty and couldn't say it.
After all, he still felt a little embarrassed.
"I want them all."
Without further bargaining, Zhou Anan estimated the price and nodded in agreement.
Even if you can't sell it, you can cook it yourself and eat it to satisfy your craving.
It would be a waste not to eat such cheap crayfish.
As for whether you can finish it or not, haha, people who like to eat crayfish will tell you what a real foodie is.
"All right, I'll weigh it for you right away."
Seeing that the other party agreed, Xu Feng, fearing that the other party would go back on his word, quickly put the crayfish into two large black bags and put them on the scale to weigh them.
"The total is 46.7 jins, and I'll count it as 45 jins for you, so the total is 157.5 yuan."
After weighing, Xu Feng put the calculator with the calculated price in front of the other party to show him, without cheating anyone.
"good."
Looking at the calculator the other party was using, Zhou Anan had no doubts and directly took out two hundred-dollar bills.
This is the last of my funds, and I feel a little sad.
However, looking at those crayfish, Zhou Anan decided to turn his grief and anger into appetite.
"Your change is 42.5 yuan."
After counting the change to the other party, Xu Feng poured the crayfish back into the basin, preparing to take them all out.
"Boss, wait, don't fix it yet. Here, I opened a barbecue restaurant opposite the Gongshang Supermarket. Can you lend me the basin? I'll return it to you tomorrow."
Considering the hot weather and the lack of refrigerators to store them, Zhou Anan didn't dare to sell all of the crayfish as she didn't know how many they could sell tonight.
He also wanted to let the crayfish live a little longer. After all, fresh ones taste better.
Repairing it in front of the customers can also prove the freshness of the ingredients at their barbecue stall.
Zhou Anan believes that as long as someone eats it for the first time, there will be a second time.
"OK."
Unexpectedly, the other party actually ran a barbecue stall, so Xu Feng agreed without thinking too much.
All the crayfish worth more than a hundred yuan have been sold, and I’m still short of this one basin. I’d even give it away for free.
"Xiao Anzi, what is this?"
Wang Rong, who was wiping the table, looked curiously at a large basin on the ground, which was covered with a grid. A rustling sound came from it, which made people feel a little scalp-tingling.
"Crawfish, we'll have this for dinner later."
Patting the grid, Zhou Anan said with interest.
At this time, a tenacious crayfish grabbed the edge of the basin and half of its body stuck out from the gap between the basin and the grid.
Zhou Anan noticed it and hit it with the leather strap in his hand, allowing it to return to its home.
The crayfish lying on its back in the basin raised its two big claws in anger, as if complaining about the injustice of fate and feeling sad that all the hard work it put into climbing up had gone to waste.
"I'll eat you first."
Seeing that the crayfish was so active, Zhou Anan threatened.
“Is this delicious?”
Wang Rong, who had never eaten crayfish before, had a face full of questions and didn't seem to think it tasted good.
Can I eat such a hard shell and ugly appearance? Will I have diarrhea if I eat it?
"I guarantee you'll want to eat more after you've eaten it, and you won't be able to stop."
“It must be fake.”
"Wait."
After taking a look at the moving crayfish, Zhou Anan touched the handful of change in his trouser pocket, turned and walked towards the small commodity store not far away.
(End of this chapter)
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