Pork is not expensive in the market, but meat coupons are hard to find. During the Chinese New Year and other festivals, you need one dollar plus a meat coupon to buy a pound of pork. Rare things like dried shrimps and small fish are several times more expensive than pork!
Although this fried dried fish is delicious, I obviously can’t afford it!
Chen Xingling stopped immediately: "Don't listen to my mother! These dried shrimps and small fish were sent by my mother's family. There are too many to eat, so I plan to sell them half and give them away. I didn't intend to make them so expensive. We are all neighbors. If you like them, take some and eat them. The price is the same as pork."
No matter how good or rare something is, if the price is too high it will only scare customers away.
Fortunately, it is the end of the year now, and it is the time for every household to save money to buy New Year goods and spend money. Things are much easier to sell at this time than at other times!
In this era, it is hard to earn money, and being able to eat meat every few days is considered good, so it is impossible to just spend money to buy meat. Unless the food is really delicious and cost-effective, otherwise I will definitely spend a lot of time and effort.
This product of hers has no cost at all, she sells as many as she can, striving for small profits but quick turnover is much better than having it piled up at home for her mother-in-law and sister-in-law to eat it!
After hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up and they squeezed back in one after another.
"Really?! Just the price of pork? But pork on the black market... isn't cheap these days!"
"Chinese New Year is coming in two days, everything is getting more expensive! Pork is really expensive on the black market recently... I only get one dollar at the market with a meat ticket, but it's at least three or four dollars on the black market."
"No, one dollar per pound." Chen Xingling answered: "It's about the same price as the good meat in the food market. The dried shrimps are all peeled, without the shrimp heads, pure meat. The shrimps must be the size of an index finger, and then dried and baked to get such big shrimps. It takes time and effort to process, and it costs two dollars per pound."
After listening to this, all the aunties and grandmas became very interested!
In the winter, it is hard to buy dried fish and shrimps like this. Even if you can buy them, the price is very expensive, how can it be as cheap as pork!
The taste of the fried dried fish was still lingering in their mouths. When they heard the price was not high, the desire to get a bargain immediately came to their mind and they all shouted that they wanted to buy it.
Ying almost fainted after hearing this, and her heart ached.
"How can I sell it so cheap... My surname is Chen! It's too cheap! These are all good stuff!"
Chen Xingling ignored her and asked everyone to go home and get plates or cloth bags to put the food in.
Everyone hurried back and forth, and the big girl across the street even brought over a scale, saying that she could help weigh the items.
So, the business opened quickly!
"Hu Zi's mom! I want half a pound!"
"Aqi's wife! Three taels! Can you sell it for three taels? Then I'll take three taels!"
"I want a pound! I want some dried shrimps too!"
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Chen Xingling is not particular about details. He weighed the full weight and added a small handful after loading. This made all the aunties and grandmas very happy!
"Wow! Hu Zi's mom is so generous! Wait, I'll call my sister to buy some too!"
"I'm going to buy another pound! My son and daughter-in-law are coming home for the New Year, so I'll give them some to try."
"Hu Zi's mom, how much is left? Leave some for me, and I'll call some old sisters to buy some for you right away."
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After going downstairs, Gu Qi was reading a book in the house. Later, he heard some chattering at the door. It was very noisy. He thought it was just the good weather and the neighbors were chatting together.
Unexpectedly, after most of the day's commotion, the situation still didn't stop.
Gu Qi was a little curious, but when he heard that they were all women's voices, he suppressed his curiosity and continued reading quietly.
When my son ran into the house, he shouted excitedly, "Dad! Mommy is selling! We are making a lot of money!"
Gu Qi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Make money? What do you sell?"
"Dried fish and dried shrimps!" the son answered and ran out again.
Gu Qi was a little confused. He put down the book, stood up and walked out of the room.
At this time, the little tiger came back jumping and skipping, holding something high in his hand, and shouted happily: "Dad! Eat! Eat quickly! Mom fried some dried fish! One for each person!"
Gu Qi took a glance and found that it was a crispy fried fish.
Chongqing is a coastal city, and the most abundant thing is all kinds of fresh seafood, which are very cheap. The chefs in the company canteen usually cook whatever is cheap, so there are all kinds of fish, shrimp, squid, octopus, shellfish, etc. for three meals a day almost every day.
Having worked in Yucheng for many years, Gu Qi had long been tired of eating this. He shook his head and said, "I'll give it to you."
When little Huzi heard this, he was delighted and immediately ate the dried fish in his hand.
When Gu Qi heard the commotion at the door, he could no longer suppress his curiosity and walked over. But he was shocked to see a large group of people crowding in front of his own door!
This is—what happened?
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"The last fifty-cent note!" Chen Xingling held the bamboo basket and spread out a crumpled fifty-cent note, placing it on a pile of neatly arranged fifty-cent notes. He then smiled and said, "Later, I sold all the three bags that I took out. Each bag was fifty-five dollars and thirty-cents!"
Most people like to take advantage of small bargains, especially housewives who take care of three meals a day. They know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, so they like to take advantage of small bargains.
She took advantage of their desire to get a bargain and lowered the price a lot, which attracted hundreds of people to buy at once. After hearing about the news, people came to buy one after another, and they all said that the price was very favorable.
At first, she only moved out the items she had taken out the previous night, but they were sold out so quickly. She had to make an excuse that there were more items under the bed in the room, and took the opportunity to sneak into the space and move out more.
Unexpectedly, business was so good that in the end there were only one or two pounds of dried fish and a handful of dried shrimps left, and Chen Xingling packed up his stall and closed the door.
After all the settlement, I actually made a profit of more than fifty!
While biting a dried fish, Ying looked around cautiously. When she heard Chen Xingling read out the final data, she didn't know whether she was surprised or frightened, her eyes widened!
Gu Miao was chewing on some dried fish, staring at the stacks of money with envy and jealousy on her chubby face.
Over fifty! I made over fifty in just one morning!
The money she has is fifty cents, ten cents and twenty cents, and currently it is less than one dollar!
Gu Qi had been home for several days, and he only knew that there was a lot of food under his bed. He never expected that there were so many dried seafood hidden under his bed!
"Xing'er, when did your father-in-law and mother-in-law send you so much seafood? Was it sent from the post office?"
Chen Xingling shook his head: "No, it's too expensive to send it from the post office, so they can only send a little bit at a time. Later they heard that it would be cheaper to ship it from the train station, so they just shipped a few dozen kilograms. They didn't send me anything expensive because they were afraid it would be lost on the way. All they sent was dried fish and shrimp."
"I see." Gu Qi nodded.
Such dried fish and shrimps are very common in Chongqing. He wanted to bring some back this time, but unfortunately the train ticket was booked in a hurry and he got on the train in a hurry without buying it.
Ying said in a sour tone: "Even if your parents send a lot, you can't sell it as if it's free. The price should be as cheap as pork!"
Chen Xingling put a large stack of money into his pocket and shook his head: "It doesn't matter. No one wants dried fish like this in my family. My kids just eat them as snacks. I'll sell as many as I can."
When Ying saw her put all the money away, she almost burst into tears of jealousy.
"Well... we haven't bought any New Year's goods at home yet. Ayi will probably be home tomorrow or in the afternoon, so we should at least leave some dried fish for him to eat."
In the past, she could do whatever she wanted to the punching bag, and it was no problem for her to hand over all the money. Now it is obviously impossible, especially with Aqi still here.
Chen Xingling said generously: "No, I have more in my room, so my brother-in-law can eat as much as he wants."
As for whether to buy New Year's goods, it has nothing to do with her, so don't bother her. Gu Qi sent her dozens of yuan every month, but for more than three years, she never got a penny.
Ying: “…”! ! !
And?! How much did her parents send for her?
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