Now is the time when everyone is stockpiling winter vegetables to make pickles. The acres of cabbage and radishes planted by Zhao Dayong are growing well under their careful care. His family cannot finish eating so much, so he plans to go to the county town to see if he can sell some.
People in the county town also have to hibernate during the winter, so they don't farm. Some families grow some vegetables in their own yards, but the output is far from enough for the whole family to eat.
Especially now, we have to stock up on vegetables for the whole winter. Zhao Dayong picked dozens of kilograms of cabbage and radishes, a total of more than 100 kilograms, and planned to go to the county town to test the waters.
The weather was no longer hot, but he was still sweating after arriving in the county town.
After entering the city gate, he was a little confused. He didn't know where to sell the vegetables and how much he should sell them for.
"Hello, old man. I want to ask where should we go to set up a stall to sell vegetables?"
The old man looked at the vegetables on his cart and said, "We go to the vegetable market in the morning to buy vegetables. We have to pay a stall fee there. We can also pull the cart to sell it ourselves. There are the most residents on the left side to the east. We can shout while pulling."
"Uncle, this is my first time selling vegetables, and I don't know the ins and outs of it. How do you sell cabbages and radishes in the city?"
"I bought one pound yesterday for one cent, and sometimes it's three cents for two pounds."
Zhao Dayong felt excited when he heard this. He had more than 100 kilograms of goods in his car. If he sold them all, wouldn't he be able to get more than 100 coins? "Thank you, uncle. Thank you, uncle."
"You're welcome. It's getting late. You should go quickly. Vegetables should be sold early." The old man thought his vegetables were really good. If his family had not bought a lot of vegetables yesterday, he would have planned to buy some to take home.
Such juicy vegetables would be more expensive at the vegetable market.
Zhao Dayong pushed the cart and asked for directions again. Indeed, there were houses everywhere as far as the eye could see. The old man was right. This was indeed the place with the most people.
You have to shout to sell vegetables. Zhao Dayong's face turned red before he even opened his mouth. He felt really embarrassed to sell vegetables loudly in public.
"Ahem... selling cabbages and radishes!" The voice was so soft that only he could hear it.
"Selling cabbages and radishes!" This time it was a little louder.
"Are you selling these cabbages?" A woman holding a child walked up to his cart.
“Sell, sell!”
Zhao Dayong was excited as he didn't expect to have a good start right from the start.
"How do you sell it?"
"One cent per pound." I borrowed the scale from my uncle, and I learned from them how to read the scale yesterday.
"Will it be cheaper if I buy more?"
Buy a lot?
Zhao Dayong was delighted, "Ten kilograms for eleven kilograms."
"Ten kilograms for twelve kilograms. I buy cabbage and radishes in batches of ten kilograms." The child was making a fuss in the morning, so I didn't go shopping for groceries. If she buys more and cannot finish eating, she can store it in the cellar. If the food tastes good, she plans to buy 100 kilograms of each and store up vegetables for the winter.
"Okay, since you are the first customer today, I will give you a discount. Come back if you like the food." Zhao Dayong felt that as long as he could sell it, he would sell it even for one pound and a half.
After selling the first order, Zhao Dayong became a little bolder and shouted a little louder than before. Fortunately, there were many residents here, so even if he didn't shout, he could occasionally meet a few women and old ladies in the alley and sell one or two orders to them.
Cabbage and radish were already quite heavy, and within half an hour, only the large leaves that Zhao Dayong had broken off were left in the cart. They could take these home to eat or feed the chickens and pigs.
"Vegetable seller, can you give me these cabbage leaves?" The old woman who finally bought all his cabbages at a low price asked him. She was the one who broke off the most when she bought the vegetables just now.
"Ah?" Zhao Dayong didn't expect that city people would also ask others for unwanted vegetable leaves. "Okay, take it if you want." He was a novice in selling vegetables and hadn't figured out how to refuse these old ladies.
"Okay!" The old woman grabbed the vegetable leaves on the cart with two handfuls. Many of these leaves were in good condition and could be used as vegetables after washing at home.
After the vegetables were sold out, Zhao Dayong went home happily. Feeling the weight in his pocket, he quickened his pace. The family must be very happy to see the copper coins. There are still so many vegetables in the fields. There is not much work in the village recently, so they can make a small profit by selling vegetables.
Next year, we will open up more wasteland and grow more vegetables. Zhao Dayong thought of his sons at school and decided to bring his eldest son along to sell vegetables with him next year, one at a stall and the other at the doorsteps of residents.
As for my daughter-in-law and second son, they stayed at home to grow vegetables, raise chickens and pigs. Next year, we will catch two more piglets and raise more chickens. If we can collect ten eggs a day, we can earn three hundred coins a month just from this.
The more Zhao Dayong thought about it, the more excited he became. He pushed the empty cart as fast as he could...
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