Chapter 73 All Sold Out
There was no need to send a small wallet in the morning. Tang Yuan thought that there would be a lot of people in the market in the morning, and the stall owners could buy everything and then sell it at the entrance, so he directly brought 80 kilograms of tea leaves.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to bring more, but her physical strength is limited, and what she can carry is already her limit.
However, she was also prepared that she might not be able to sell all the tea today.
When the bus arrived at the station, she got off with eighty kilograms of tea leaves in her hand and walked towards the market step by step.
There were indeed more people in the market in the morning than she had imagined. When she walked in through the entrance, it instantly became crowded with people. It took her a while to get to the stall. When she encountered a large crowd, fortunately Aunt Lan saw her, squeezed into the crowd and pulled her out.
"You brought so much today? Are they all tea?" Aunt Lan looked at the big bag that Tang Yuan was carrying.
"Yes, it's all tea leaves. I thought if I can't sell all of them here, I can sell them at the entrance. I didn't expect there would be so many people today," Tang Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the empty space behind him. "Then I'll sell them here. I'll ask the stall owner and pack them up and send them over. After I finish selling here, I'll go back to the entrance. It won't affect Aunt Lan and Aunt Li's business."
"What's the big deal? Just sell it here. You won't interfere with my business if you're here," Auntie Lan said, looking at Tang Yuan. "Are you selling it now? I'll call for you."
"Yeah." Tang Yuan nodded.
Auntie Lan then turned around and shouted to both sides: "Bosses, the tea you ordered is here. If you need tea, please let me know. Tell us what is sold at your stall and I will send it to you later."
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice was heard in the distance.
"Selling socks, give me half a pound."
"Melon seller, give me a pound."
"I'm selling melon seeds here. Give me a pound."
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The moment the sound was heard, Tang Yuan had already started to wrap tea leaves. After selling tea leaves for some time, she was now able to wrap tea leaves very quickly. In just a few strokes, she could wrap tea leaves of different weights and tie them up with ropes.
There were too many people shouting, so she couldn't finish wrapping them all in one breath. She wrapped three to five packages on average before making a delivery.
Now you don’t need to carry a big bag of tea when you go out. You can easily walk through the crowd, give the tea, collect the money, and then come back to pack more.
Occasionally, a customer would pass by and, after hearing the sounds here, would buy directly from her, just like doing normal business, asking for a few taels or half a pound. The quantity was a bit large, so she would come and go, delivering goods to one group of stall owners and then selling to another group of passing customers.
As she got further back, the stall owners who needed tea were farther away, but she still took the initiative to deliver the tea to them. However, because they were too far away, she had to put many bags of tea on her head every time so that she could quickly get through the crowd.
This action attracted the attention of some people, and when she came back, they inexplicably followed her to the stall inside.
"What's on sale here?"
"Tea leaves, one ounce of tea leaves is five cents, many people are buying it, it must be of good quality."
"Boss, is it our turn now?"
"Yes, yes, it's your turn. Tell me the quantity and I'll weigh it for you." Tang Yuan immediately picked up the scale, put the old newspaper on it, and took the tea leaves out of the bag and put them away. When weighing almost every bag of tea, the scale in his hand would rise up so that everyone could see that the weight was too high.
"Give me the money," Auntie Lan took the initiative to speak, "Jiaqi, just give it to me when you are sure, and I will pass it on to you."
"Thank you, Auntie Lan." Tang Yuan thanked her and weighed the goods faster.
Aunt Lan was multitasking. In addition to selling things at the stall, she was also helping her with the tea business. Aunt Li was taking care of her own stall and small wallet business. Maybe because there were so many people at this time, the business at the stall was much better than usual.
"This one is three dollars, and this one is five dollars. They are the best-selling items here. This one has a complicated design and is ten dollars each." Aunt Li skillfully introduced the prices of different types of wallets and took the initiative to push a five-dollar wallet in front of the customer.
As expected, the customer chose the five-yuan model.
While Tang Yuan was weighing the tea leaves, she looked up and saw several customers taking five-yuan wallets and paying happily. This made her feel much better, and she also weighed the tea leaves more cheerfully.
She had planned to continue delivering tea to the stall owners after weighing the tea leaves, but she never expected that more and more customers would come to her and her business would get better and better. As a result, the stall owners who had not yet bought tea became anxious and called people to come over to urge them: "Boss, everyone is waiting for you to deliver tea."
Tang Yuan responded subconsciously: "Come right away."
The customer said again: "Boss, we are still waiting, please weigh the tea for us first."
"That's right, you're already halfway down here, if you walk another circle, won't it be gone?"
"Yes, we have been waiting for a long time."
Tang Yuan realized later that the guests had misunderstood him, and quickly said, "Don't wait here. This is not all the tea leaves. There will be more. They will arrive at 3:30 in the evening. You are busy, so go and do other things. This batch of tea leaves has been agreed with the stall owners in advance and will be delivered to the stalls."
"Is it really possible?"
"It's still for sale, why are you all crowded here?"
Tang Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I don't have a proper stall here. I'm here just to make it convenient for stall owners to deliver tea. I'll still sell tea later. Normally I'll sell at the door at 3:30 pm. Everyone, please go away. I'm wasting everyone's time."
"Really? Are you trying to trick us away?"
"How can I not do business? I'm not stupid," Tang Yuan said immediately, "Don't worry, I will definitely come. Wait a moment, I'll go serve tea first."
As she spoke, she packed the tea that the customer ordered, placed the tea on her head, and delivered it all the way to the customer's stall.
When I came back, there were indeed fewer people waiting there than before.
She relaxed a little and continued to consume the tea in the bag.
She thought that she would not be able to sell all the 80 kilograms of tea leaves, but the bags were emptied very quickly. Customers came to ask about it, so she could only repeat that they would come again in the afternoon and asked the customers to come to the market entrance at 3:30 pm to buy.
After the guests left, she felt a little embarrassed: "Auntie Li and Auntie Lan, I'll treat you to dinner. Sorry for bothering you today."
"No trouble, what's the trouble?" the two said almost in unison. Then Auntie Lan handed the money she received to Tang Yuan with a smile and said happily, "We should treat you to a meal today. You don't know how much business this wave of customers has brought us. If the place wasn't too small, we would have wanted you to keep the tea stall here."
This place is indeed small. The business between the two of them took up a lot of space, and there were a bunch of small wallets in the middle. Tang Yuan was located directly behind Aunt Lan, at the door of her house. It was okay to put it there occasionally, but if it was always placed here, it would be bad for both of them.
Tang Yuan smiled: "Aunt Li, Aunt Lan, you are welcome. Today we are mutually beneficial. I will go back now and pack up. I will come back in the afternoon. By the way, there are some broken tea leaves in the bag. If Aunt Li and Aunt Lan don't mind, you can leave them here."
"Don't mind, don't mind. Just wait for me to get the bag." Aunt Lan walked into the house quickly, took out a clean bag from inside, and poured out the broken tea leaves in Tang Yuan's bag.
The broken tea leaves are worthless. It's useless for Tang Yuan to take them back, so Aunt Lan and Aunt Li keep them and can use them to make tea.
The two sides exchanged a few brief words, Tang Yuan rolled up his bag, left the market, and boarded the return bus.
The moment she sat down, she rubbed her waist. It was still a bit strenuous to sell 80 kilograms in one trip. With her physique, 50 kilograms at a time was about right. 80 kilograms was indeed a bit too much.
However, there might be some customers waiting for her in the evening, so she can take more.
If you don't carry 80 kilograms, 60 kilograms will be about the same.
When the bus arrived at the station, she got off quickly and greeted the security guard with a smile when she reached the gate.
"Has the stuff been delivered?"
"It's delivered." Tang Yuan nodded. Fortunately, she had the scraps of cloth she brought back from time to time as a cover, otherwise she would have a hard time explaining how she could inexplicably move bag after bag of things out of the house.
Just as he was about to go into the house, he heard the security guard say, "You're going back and forth every day, and some people are curious about what you're moving."
Tang Yuan blinked his eyes and said, "What could it be? It's just a piece of cloth. Everyone is watching."
"Yes, I said so too. It's just some rags, but you've done hard work," the security guard said. "I told the man and he left quickly."
Tang Yuan stepped forward, took out a cigarette from her bag, and handed it to the security guard: "Although they are just some scraps of cloth, I am a girl, and it is not good for people to stare at me. Please help keep an eye on me in the future, and don't let strangers in."
She never knew when she would have to go to the garment factory to get scraps of cloth, so she would always carry a pack of cigarettes with her. These cigarettes didn't cost much, but they were very useful as a favor.
The security guard put away his cigarette and smiled even more deeply than before: "Of course, of course, don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on you. This is my job."
Tang Yuan thanked him again and then went upstairs.
The cigarette she stuffed into the security guard was still useful. Even if the security guard did not deliberately cover up for her, with the security guard helping her "prove" it, the person questioning her would definitely believe that what she bought were rags and what she took out were also rags.
Scraps of cloth are worthless, and anyone can get a lot of them at a low price by going to a garment factory.
At this time, people from the so-called gangs in Hong Kong would most likely look down upon this small business.
But in this way, she would have to continue purchasing rags. After all, she would also have to collect tea for a long time to come, and it would not be good to have only outgoings and no income.
Just collect the rags; even if you don't really need them, they won't cost you much.
After returning to the house, she immediately used the play space to make herself a completely vegetarian meal using the vegetables grown in the planting area. After eating here, she had to return to Tangyuan's body and have a meal in the cafeteria.
Fortunately, the vests did not require when to eat or what to eat, as long as the hunger value went up, so she stocked up a lot of cucumbers in the game space room, which was convenient to carry and she could eat one anytime and anywhere to prevent the hunger value from dropping.
And if Ma Jia didn't go out for a walk, her hunger level would decrease more slowly, so she wouldn't have to eat twelve meals a day. If that were the case, she would probably go crazy.