Chapter 8 Repeat Customer
Looking at the white man walking towards him, Yang Wendong was also a little uncomfortable.
“Are you also from the Hawker Management Team?” The white woman came over and spoke very fluent Cantonese.
"No." Yang Wendong said quickly: "We are just hawkers here."
The white woman said again: "Can you help me send this person to the hospital?"
"Go to the hospital?" Yang Wendong glanced at the middle-aged man who was beaten just now and was now standing up leaning on his daughter.
The white woman said again, "He is seriously injured. He may have a fracture and needs to go to the hospital."
"No, I won't go to the hospital." The person who was beaten also heard this Conversation not far away, he limped over quickly and said.
The white woman said: "Why? Your internal organs may have been injured."
The middle-aged man shook his head, enduring the severe pain in his body, and said: "I even handed over to the management I don’t have any money to go to the hospital. If I had money, I wouldn’t be beaten.”
The white woman said: "I can pay for you, don't worry."
Yang Wendong remained silent. He also pitied the father and daughter, but there was nothing he could do. In Hong Kong society, there are many such pitiful people. Gone.
If he had really died of the flu, it was not certain whether Su Yiyi and her daughter could hold on to the dormitory room, and it might not be much better in the future.
But after hearing what the female ghost guy said, he couldn't help but take another look, and he actually met a ghost guy who liked to help others.
“No, I won’t go.” The middle-aged man refused without thinking.
The white woman frowned and said, "If you have internal injuries, you might die."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "If you really want to help me, give it to my daughter." Buy some food, she hasn't had enough for a long time."
"Okay, this is what I want." The white woman didn't force him in the end and handed him a 5-dollar note. The latter thanked him and left.
Yang Wendong didn't say anything. When the matter was over, he was about to leave, but was stopped by a white woman and asked: "Wait, you said you are a hawker here?"
"Yes. Yang Wendong nodded and said.
The white woman observed for a while and said with a hint of doubt: "I always feel that you look different from other people."
Yang Wendong asked: "What's the difference?"< br>
“I also said Not coming up." The white woman didn't think much, looked at the remaining mouse trap in the basket beside Yang Wendong, and asked, "What is this?"
"Do you want a mouse trap? ?" Yang Wendong asked, very abiding by professional ethics.
The white woman Gui Lao looked at it, but seemed not to notice, and asked: "How does this thing catch mice?"
"That's it." Yang Wendong saw that the ghost guy in front of him seemed a little interested, so he immediately started to introduce him.
After listening for a while, the white woman understood and said: "It's a very smart structure. It won't hurt people like a mouse trap, and it doesn't need to be like a mouse cage. After catching the mouse, , you have to take out the dead or injured rats."
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Yes, if you take away this wood piece, the rat corpse will fall down. It is very simple, and you can even put it together directly. Throw away the mousetrap together, the price is very cheap, only 50 cents." In recent days, Yang Wendong has finally been able to access a lot of information from the outside world at this market, because he can find a lot of old newspapers.
Although he does not know many individual traditional Chinese characters, he can understand most of them when they form sentences.
Therefore, he also knew something about Hong Kong in 1958. For example, the average salary in Hong Kong was HK$80 a month.
In any society, most people are average. Ordinary people in Hong Kong, who work hard 12 hours a day, may only earn a little more than 1 yuan.
And another group of high-income groups who are averaged out can easily earn hundreds or thousands a month, such as the British ghosts.
Five cents is not much for the average Chinese family, but they are not willing to waste it, but for the British ghosts, it is like buying a lollipop for ordinary workers in later generations.
"It is indeed very convenient. Rats are really annoying." The white woman nodded, and then said: "Then I will buy two. If they are useful, I will come back to you next time."
"Okay." Yang Wendong smiled. When doing business, he will not let go of any small customer. Today, he brought a few more besides the 200 A Biao needed, hoping to sell more.
After all, even if you earn 30 yuan from Abiao, you can only say that it can make the lives of yourself and others a little better.
Money, he is still very, very short of.
The days of setting up stalls are still going on. Although they are not making much money, in Hong Kong today, most people live in a poor environment. People around the East Cai Chang are also often troubled by rats. Some people will still buy some cheap mouse traps when they come across them.
Yang Wendong and Zhao Liming earned some basic living expenses by setting up stalls.
At Yang Wendong's request, Su Yiyi also stopped her eye-damaging embroidery work and followed him to set up a stall, while Zhao Liming was alone in the dormitory, making a mousetrap.
One day, Yang Wendong and Yiyi were chatting while setting up a stall.
Su Yiyi smiled and said, "Brother Dong, what you said is really right. Many people have made mouse traps like ours, but they have not come to set up stalls. They are just inside the dormitory, or specially I went to sell in places with a lot of people.”
Yang Wendong said: “Well, it’s normal to do business in the market, and you need to be able to persuade others to buy. Not everyone has this ability.”
In fact, some people may have tried it, but gave up on the first day.
Starting a small business is a high threshold that cannot be overcome for most people who have stable jobs or even part-time jobs.
It seems simple, but in practice, it is much more difficult than hard work or even mental work.
But if it succeeds, the income will naturally be high. Just like Yang Wendong now, his income is basically much higher than that of coolie work. This also makes his living standard relatively much better than before. .
"Well, we sold a lot today. In the evening, I want to buy half a chicken so that my grandma can eat better." Su Yiyi said.
"Okay." Yang Wendong agreed.
Although funds are still very scarce now, it is not enough to go hungry every day. Occasionally, we still need to eat something a little better.
At this moment, an acquaintance came over, it was the white woman from a few days ago. She came to Yang Wendong and said: "Hello, I want to buy some more of your things to catch mice. ”
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