With one satisfied sigh after another, many people gathered around Lin Mo, attracting many small vendors nearby to come over with their empty bowls, pack them up and drink while walking.
Lin Mo was not a stingy person. If someone asked for more ice, he would give it generously. If a passing child wanted some, he would also give a few pieces. However, one afternoon, when it was the hottest time, Lin Mo finally sold out all the milk tea.
The bowl of milk tea was quite big, and he bought nearly forty bowls of half a bucket of simple milk tea with ice. Now he had more than one hundred and twenty copper coins in his pocket. Lin Mo was a little surprised that he could make so much money in a day. It would be no problem for him to earn enough money to marry a wife in a month.
Lin Mo happily carried the bucket and boarded a black-sailed boat at the ferry and headed for the provincial capital.
To make big money, one must go to a richer place. After hearing what the waiter said, Lin Mo thought about it again and again and decided to go to the provincial capital. However, it would take at least half a month for him to take a boat from here to the provincial capital, so he had to change boats along the way. He would go to larger towns to sell some shaved ice milk tea. The closer to the provincial capital, the higher the price he could sell it at and the more money he could make.
Maolin Village.
Su Mu passed by the familiar fence gate, but the old and dilapidated gate no longer had the tall figure staring at him in the past. Only then did he realize that Lin Mo had been gone for a long time.
He suddenly remembered every word Lin Mo said that day. For the first time, he broke through the shackles in his heart and told Lin Mo regardless of the consequences that he was willing to wait for him to come back. He didn't know if he heard it.
He sat on the mountain, looking at the axe in his hand, feeling confused and depressed, as if something was missing. This was a feeling he had never experienced in his nineteen years of life.
Meanwhile, Lin Mo lowered his eyes and glanced at his purse. After paying for the boat fare along the way, he still had 150 copper coins left. This money was easy to earn, but it was really hard to spend.
In Yunzhou Prefecture, convenient water and land transportation make trade more prosperous. The river is winding and clear, and many willow trees grow beside the water. Thousands of willow catkins fly in the wind. In addition to being an economically developed place, it is also a holy place with beautiful scenery.
Lin Mo found a cheap inn. This provincial capital was even more luxurious and prosperous than the county town he had passed by before. Every inch of land was worth a lot of money. With the few copper coins he had on him, he could only find a large bunk bed. Even the large bunk bed cost fifteen cents a night, and there was no food!
Alas, Lin Mo looked at the burly man lying opposite him. In the hot summer, his muscular upper body was naked, dripping with sweat, and his tied hair was a little sticky. A strong smell of sweat wafted in his nose, which made Lin Mo's determination to make money even stronger.
However, it is difficult for a person like this to make a lot of money in a short period of time by selling slowly. It is not practical to find restaurants. Small restaurants do not dare to sell ice cubes without a backing, and large restaurants have their own ice cellars and will not look down on his small amount. They may even ask someone to investigate the source of his ice cubes. This special ability must not be exposed, otherwise he will be caught as a monster and burned to death.
Lin Mo was thinking in a daze, and the image of Su Mu's serious face appeared in his mind again. His well-behaved and shy look, and the way he worked silently, seemed to be attracting him with every movement. In his dream, Lin Mo smiled particularly beautifully.
"Hey young man, it's already dawn and you're still not up. Once all the people at the ferry are hired, there will be no work left." The burly man who was lying opposite Lin Mo last night said to Lin Mo.
Most of the people who live in the big bunk bed are lower-class people who have no money but are reluctant to spend it. The so-called big bunk bed is like a kang, but much larger than a kang. It occupies the entire room. More than a dozen people sleep together, each with a quilt, and they are lined up in a row like cicada pupae.
"Brother, is there any work at the ferry?"
"Hey? You just got here, right?"
The sturdy man packed his luggage and continued, "Every year at this time, foreign merchants gather at the ferry. Many people come to our city to do business. Some large landowners nearby also bring their belongings out to sell. They've been recruiting employees for a few days, and I've been working there for a few days."
From the burly man, Lin Mo learned about the trade activity in the capital city. To put it bluntly, merchants from other places brought their own local products to do business with local merchants.
This kind of trade is generally developed in the capital city and there will be an event every year, but the time is different in each place every year. Lin Mo is lucky enough to catch it as soon as he arrived.
The sturdy man's name was Li Fu. He was tall with a strong body and a smile that made him look like a complete idiot. He had been doing manual labor in several developed prefectures, cities and counties all year round. Lin Mo was attracted by his honesty and simplicity, so he persuaded him to work with him.
"A porter in the city earns about fifty copper coins a day. I'll give you sixty. If you work for me for a few days, I'll settle your wages on the same day. As long as you do a good job, I'll also give you a processing fee."
He had just arrived in the provincial capital and was unfamiliar with the place. Although Li Fu was not a local, he knew the place better than he did. He didn't want to wander around a small stall all day, and he had to find a way to find big business opportunities, but he couldn't avoid setting up a stall.
"This... Boss Lin, it's not that I don't trust you, but I, Li Fu, am just a laborer. I don't know how to do business, and I'm not very smart. I'm just afraid that I'll delay you."
Li Fu frowned. The wages Lin Mo paid were already the best, but he really had no future, otherwise he wouldn't have to rely on selling labor to make a living.
Lin Mo waved his hand and smiled, "Don't worry, these are just simple tasks. I only have two requirements. First, don't ask me how the things I sell are made, and second, don't be passive and lazy."
"Don't worry about that. Selling things depends on a skill. It's your livelihood. How can I interfere? Since Boss Lin thinks highly of me, just tell me what you want to do." Li Fu immediately said, patting his chest. His respectful look made Lin Mo feel more at ease.
In fact, what Lin Mo asked him to do was very simple. They brought the prepared sour plum juice and milk tea to the street, and used all the remaining money to sell some bamboo tubes. The bamboo tubes were in sections and came with the bamboo straws that Lin Mo wanted. A set cost four cents. He asked for fifty sets, and they only charged him three cents per set.
"This sour plum juice is five cents a bowl without ice, and twenty-five cents a bowl with ice. The bamboo tubes are five cents a pair, and there are only fifty sets, so buy them separately. There are only two buckets of milk tea, and they are only sold with ice."
Lin Mo explained it in detail to Li Fu and shouted out the selling words a few times as a demonstration.
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