Chapter 118 A Sudden Moment
As the sun rises and night falls every day, time is like a galloping horse, quickly crossing the threshold of seasons and catching people off guard.
When the bell of 1997 rang, Lin Qiu realized that another year had passed.
The New Year's Day in 1997 was particularly lively. The streets and alleys were hung with five-star red flags and flowers were everywhere, because in another six months, Hong Kong would be back!
This is a major event of the year for the people of China as a whole, and even more so for the people of Shenzhen.
Everyone is looking forward to that day coming soon.
Lin Qiu was still guarding the newsstand, and had methodically passed the morning peak in customer flow, waiting for Lin Ting to come and take over from her.
Before nine o'clock, after Lin Ting sent his granddaughter to kindergarten, he rode Lin Qiu's women's bicycle over.
Ever since Wang Xiuren bought a motorcycle, he has been responsible for picking up Lin Qiu from work, while Lin Ting has been using the bicycle to pick up his granddaughter.
In a sense, this can also be regarded as a rational use of resources.
"Dad, are you thirsty?" Lin Qiu poured a glass of water and handed it over.
"No need, I brought some water." Lin Ting put the bicycle away and took out the black thermos cup from the basket.
Lin Qiu drank the water himself, then pocketed fifty yuan and walked towards the bus stop.
She is going to Baoan Bus Station to pick up the goods.
When she arrived at the bus station, she found Hu Xiangquan, Zhao Zhefeng's cousin from his second brother-in-law's family. Hu Xiangquan was a long-distance bus driver at Yancheng Bus Station.
He was bragging with the other drivers.
"Brother-in-law Hu!" Lin Qiu greeted him with a smile.
Hu Xiangquan turned his head and saw Lin Qiu. He chatted with other drivers for a while and then walked over. "Sister Lin, you're here! Come on, I'll take you to get the goods."
"Sorry to have kept you waiting!" Lin Qiu said politely as he followed behind him.
"Don't be so polite!" Hu Xiangquan waved his hands. This girl from the Lin family was good in every way except that she was too polite. "I'm not bringing you goods for free. This is a mutually beneficial thing. We are relatives, too. Why are you being so polite?"
Lin Qiu didn't know how to respond to this, so he just smiled and said nothing.
"I brought a lot this time!" Hu Xiangquan opened the suitcase of the bus and took out three bulging snakeskin bags.
"One bag is bacon, one bag is dried bamboo shoots, and the other is sweet potato flour! My mother-in-law told you to weigh it yourself."
"Okay! Brother-in-law Hu, this is the shipping fee this time, please keep it." Lin Qiu handed over fifty yuan.
Hu Xiangquan didn't hesitate to take it and put it in his pocket. "Go and call a tricycle to wait at the door. I'll bring the things over right away!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiu jogged all the way to the entrance of the bus station, hailed a tricycle, and negotiated the price.
After a while, Hu Xiangquan came towards Lin Qiu with a suitcase bag on one shoulder, followed by a man with a snakeskin bag on his shoulder.
After putting the things away, Lin Qiu said to Hu Xiangquan, "See you next week. Come to my house for dinner when you have time!" and then left.
"Who is this? She invites you to her house for dinner?" Hu Xiangquan's colleague smiled at him ambiguously.
"Don't let your imagination run wild!" Hu Xiangquan elbowed his colleague. "She is a relative of mine, right?"
"It seems like your relative is doing well!" The colleague put away the smile on his face.
Hu Xiangquan took out a pack of cigarettes, threw one to his colleague, lit one for himself and took a deep puff.
"That's right! In just a few years, I bought a house in Pengcheng and now I've opened a store."
"That's pretty amazing!" The colleague put the cigarette behind his ear and slapped his thigh, "How come it's so easy for them to make money?"
"Who said it wasn't true?" Hu Xiangquan slowly exhaled a smoke ring. "Damn it, we have to work hard too. We can't just watch others eat meat!"
"Yes! I'll save up enough money to buy a car and drive myself." The colleague gritted his teeth and said, "I just don't believe that I can't get rich!"
Lin Qiu didn’t know whether others could get rich or not, but he knew that his own convenience store made a lot of money, especially after selling local specialties from his hometown in the store.
The idea of selling local products was just a spur-of-the-moment decision.
Ever since Yang Zhefeng's parents learned that Lin Ping was pregnant, local specialties from the family have been sent to them in an endless stream as if they were free.
But Yang Zhefeng and Lin Ping only have two mouths to feed, and even if they share a batch with Lin Qiu, they still can't finish it.
The weather in Pengcheng is hot and there is no refrigerator. Seeing that the local specialties will go bad in a few days, Lin Qiu suggested that Lin Ping put the local specialties in front of the convenience store to see if anyone would buy them.
Once this move was made, it was out of control.
People in the community came to the convenience store and saw the cured meat, cured fish and dried vegetables displayed at the door. With the desire to try something new, they all asked how these things were made.
Zhou Qing and Lin Ping told them several home-cooked recipes, and then one family bought a little, and another bought a little, and soon they were all sold out.
People who have eaten it feel that it tastes very good. After all, it is made from local pigs raised by farmers and wild vegetables picked from them. It can be considered as pure natural, pollution-free green food.
After the sale, Lin Qiu saw that people continued to come and ask about the goods, and thought that transporting the local products from Hunan Province to sell here could be considered a good business, so he asked Yang Zhefeng's parents to help buy the local products in his hometown and then transport them here through Hu Xiangquan.
In this way, both Yang Zhefeng's family and Hu Xiangquan got a lot of benefits. In addition, Lin Qiu also told his elder brother and sister-in-law, asking them to smoke bacon, pick wild vegetables and dry them to earn some living expenses.
Of course, the one who earned the most was Lin Qiu.
Lin Qiu brought the tricycle back to the convenience store. Lin Ping saw him and wanted to come over to help with her bulging pregnant belly, but was immediately stopped by Lin Qiu.
"Pingping, don't forget that you are a pregnant woman. Stand a little further inside so you don't get bumped!"
"That's right, come sit inside!" Zhou Qing patted his little daughter's arm gently, "I'll go help Qiuqiu move the things in!"
Lin Ping had no choice but to sit behind the counter awkwardly, his eyes fixed on the door.
"Hey, there's sweet potato flour this time!"
After moving in, Zhou Qing couldn't wait to open a snakeskin bag and said in surprise: "This year's new sweet potato flour, soak it, add some onions and garlic and cook it, it will be delicious. Add some lean meat and it will taste even better!"
Zhou Qing's words made Lin Ping, a pregnant woman, almost drool. "Mom, let's cook it for lunch today!"
Women will become greedy after they become pregnant. Zhou Qing has given birth to four children, so she has a deep understanding of this change. So when she saw Lin Ping's greedy look, she couldn't help but glare at her and said, "Even if you don't tell me, I will do it for you!"
Lin Ping was not angry when his mother glared at him. He just stared at the sweet potato noodles and smiled foolishly.
"There's also a bag of bacon and a bag of dried bamboo shoots!"
Lin Qiu opened the other two snakeskin bags, and the convenience store was immediately filled with the aroma of bacon.
Lin Ping swallowed involuntarily and looked at Zhou Qing: "Mom..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhou Qing interrupted him: "I know, I know, I'll make another bacon for lunch!"
The local product business is indeed easy to do. In less than a day, almost one-third of the bacon was sold, and more than half of the dried bamboo shoots and sweet potato noodles were sold.
At night, Lin Qiu sat on the dressing table and counted the accounts. After finishing, she handed the account book to Wang Xiuren, "Here, take a look. Is this store worth buying?"
“Yo!”
Wang Xiuren rubbed his eyes in disbelief and pasted it on the account book: "This is almost as good as a newsstand!"
After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "My wife is still the best!"
Lin Qiu snatched the account book and put it away, raising his chin proudly, "You just found out now?"
Wang Xiuren cooperated by clasping his fists and bowing his head: "I admire you!"
“Puff!”
Lin Qiu laughed so hard that her body shook.
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