Li Jianguo's stall had just been opened. Here, Li Long was moving fish for Li Anguo and the others, and the market management staff over there came over.
"Are you all together?" one of the managers asked.
"Yes." Li Long thought the man looked familiar, handed the fish bag to Li Junshan and said, "How much is the management fee? I'll pay it."
"You carriage, Pay a piece. The others will pay a cent each - after all, they are also going to occupy the stall, right? When we change shifts later, when I ask some of you, tell me, Lao Guo, that you have paid it."
"Okay." Li Long paid the bill. This is quite user-friendly - stalls like Big Brother’s are actually quite cheap at ten cents each.
After the management staff left, Li Anguo and others also went to set up a stall. Except for Li Junshan, whose position was relatively far away, about sixty or seventy meters away, the positions of several other people were less than forty meters away from the carriage, which was quite close.
Li Jianguo was already shouting there:
"I'm selling fish, just frozen wild fish, I'm selling fish cheaply!"
The crowd at this time was obviously better than Li Longgang's yesterday. When more people came, some people wandered to the stall, and some people heard the shouting and walked over.
Li Junfeng also started shouting, which surprised many people. There were a lot of fish sellers.
The scope of the old street is still larger than that of Ma County. With more people, more products can be accepted. In less than ten minutes, five stalls were opened.
Although there were not many people gathered around, everyone at least made a deal, which was a good start.
Then an acquaintance came to see Li Long.
"Young man, you have a fish on your carriage, right? Why don't you show it?"
"Show it, you must show it." Li Long said with a smile, joking, leisurely Even if it is idle, how could it not be sold?
He took a bag of fish from the carriage, spread out the plastic sheet, poured the fish on it, and the man picked it up:
"Young man, I have been eating your fish since summer. It's winter, does this fish come from the same place as the fish in summer?"
"Yes." Li Long didn't hide it, "The fish I sold in summer came from a small sea. This fish is from a big reservoir. This fish doesn’t have summer. The one is fat, so it will be cheaper."
"Eight cents, right? I heard from my neighbor that you sell it for eight cents per kilogram - weigh two pieces of Wudaohei, and this one. This."
" "Okay." Li Long weighed the two Wu Dao Hei on the scale for the old man and said, "Madam, you are an expert. The Five Dao Hei eats small fish and is covered with garlic cloves. Very delicious.”
"That's not true!" The old lady was very happy, "You eat it often, and you have gained experience from eating it. How much does it weigh?" Forty, three dollars and six. "
"Okay, young man, you can settle the accounts."
"Haha, that's the same thing, I'm used to it."
After paying, he packed the fish in a cloth bag and took it away.
There were five stalls nearby. There were not many people here, so Li Long was not in a hurry. He squatted down and slowly arranged the fish in order, with carp in one row, crucian carp in one row, and five black fish in one row. Looking at it this way, carp is the most numerous. In fact, there are many crucian carp in Dahaizi, but mainly small crucian carp. The number of large crucian carp is not as good as that of carp, and there are also a small number of grass carp. There was a lot of silver carp, but Li Long and the others collected less silver carp, and most of the silver carp were taken home by the locals.
It’s just meat after all, isn’t it?
The first person to sell out was Chen Xingbang. In less than an hour, his bag of fish was sold out. He came to Li Long happily and proudly:
"Xiaolong , here you go, twenty-eight!" Chen Xingbang counted the money to Li Long, "I'll carry another bag."
"Okay." Li Long took the money and helped Chen Xingbang carry another bag of fish. .
As expected of a person who was able to make a big business with some old bottles in his previous life. He is very flexible. Li Long looked over and saw people surrounding him as soon as the fish bag fell over.
He couldn't guess why Chen Xingbang sold fish so fast, but he didn't have time to guess, because he also had people here.
And quite a few.
Li Long raised his head and looked in the direction of the station and found that there were two long-distance buses parked there.
His carriage has a big goal, and the fish on the stall are arranged neatly, which immediately attracts people.
Li Jianguo shouted again.
Then when Li Long's second bag started to be moved, Li Jianguo's second bag was also moved.
On the contrary, Li Long sold out the second bag first, and at this time, Li Junshan still had more than half of the second bag left.
His fish sales are slow. One reason is that the stall is relatively far away. The second reason is that he can't shout or shout out, and he can't take the initiative to solicit customers.
There is nothing we can do about it. After all, human nature is like this, so he might as well be stronger than Tao Daqiang. If Tao Daqiang were here, the accounts might not be settled clearly.
It was already noon when a horse-drawn cart of fish was sold out - Li Long and the others brought in sixteen bags of fish today, Li Long, Chen Xingbang, Li Jianguo and Li Junfeng all sold three bags of fish, and Li Anguo and Li Junshan each sold two bags of fish. .
Actually, Li Long is still too far ahead. The carriage has a big goal and the flow of people is always constant. If it weren't for the small number of people pulling it, it would not be impossible to sell four bags.
“Let’s drink some milk tea and eat some naan first.” Li Long pointed at the milk tea shop in Keyumu and said, “We’ll have a good meal when we return to the county.”
"Hey, what are you drinking milk tea for?" Chen Xingbang earned more than 20 yuan today ( (He sold them cheaply), he was very happy, "Let's have a good meal. Shicheng is so big, there must be a big restaurant."
Li Long looked at the others and saw that they were also looking the same Wanting to eat well, he smiled and said:
"Okay, let's go, let's find a place to have a good meal."
Li Long really didn't know much about restaurants in Shicheng in this era, so he simply went directly to the milk tea shop to ask Keyumu.
“You mean to have a good meal?” Keyoumu thought for a moment and said, “Let’s go to Xingfu Road. There should be a canteen over there.”
Li Long and the others followed Keyoumu’s route. The direction Youmu pointed went to Xingfu Road.
Looking along the road, I found a canteen with no name - the reason why I knew this was a canteen was that although the signboard was removed, I saw people coming in and out, and I could smell the aroma of the food. .
"That's it. Put the scale in the bag and put the fish bags in together." Li Jianguo greeted, "Don't leave anything on the carriage, otherwise it will be bad if you throw it away."
"Uncle "I'll stay and watch the carriage." Li Junshan said, "I'm not too hungry yet. I've eaten enough in the morning. Wait." Just change me after Junfeng finishes."
"Yes, yes," Li Junfeng also said, "The carriage is outside, so I have to leave someone alone."
"Okay, Junshan. Wait outside. Let's go in and order food first. Then it will be your turn." Li Jianguo didn't insist and took the lead in walking in.
The dining room is quite large, with a round table and several square tables. The square table was full, so Li Jianguo and the others sat at the round table, while Li Long walked to the blackboard where the names of the dishes were written.
The waiter originally wanted to say something else, but Li Long looked at the blackboard and said:
"Have a portion of all the dishes here," then turned to ask Li Jianguo and the others:
"Do you want to eat rice or not?" Eat steamed buns?”
“Rice.”
“Steamed buns!”
"Then three bowls of rice and ten steamed buns..."
"The rice is in the basin." The waiter's expression softened. There was a dish on the blackboard called braised pork knuckle. Anyone who can afford this dish is not Ordinary people, sit at the round table in the middle.
"Then let's have a pot first." Li Long said, "Are there any steamed buns?"
"No."
"Then let's do this first."< br>
"Please pay first. Thirteen yuan and seventy-two cents, plus three kilograms and two taels of food stamps."
"Can XJ food stamps be used?" Li Long asked as he took out the money. Today I collected more than 500 yuan in fish money alone, and my pockets are bulging. Fortunately, he had zero in his other pocket, otherwise he would have revealed his wealth by taking out a large stack of unity. "Okay." The waiter's expression softened even more when he saw him taking out two big unity cards.
The food was not served quickly, but the portions were large. Every time a dish was served, Li Long got an empty plate for Li Junshan to keep a portion. Li Junfeng ate quickly. He finished two bowls of rice, wiped his mouth, stood up and went to change to Li Junshan.
Li Junshan came in from outside and obviously felt that it was still quite cold. In fact, you won’t feel cold walking all the way from the team, even if your eyebrows and beard are white as you walk, you won’t feel cold. I didn’t feel the cold when I was selling fish. At that time, I only had the joy and tension of settling accounts and collecting money.
But after waiting outside for half an hour, Li Junshan felt like he was about to be frozen.
This feels completely different from walking.
It was warm in the room, but his hands holding the chopsticks were shaking. At first he couldn't hold the rice and vegetables at all, so he just held the bowl and shoveled it into his mouth. It took a while to recover.
After eating, when walking back, several people got on the carriage. Li Jianguo was familiar with this road after pulling sugar scraps here. He also said that more than ten years ago, before he got married, he sold coriander and other things here for five cents a handful, right at the door of the family courtyard. Sell.
Li Long was very surprised when he heard that his eldest brother turned out to be a master of making money in Shicheng - he came here so early to sell coriander - five cents at that time was more valuable than five cents now. .
"Is anyone selling it?" Li Long asked with great interest.
“Yes, there weren’t a lot of coriander grown here at that time. There are a lot of people in Yu Province here. Don’t you have to put some coriander in every soup? If there were no seeds, I would plant them. Just buy some Nepeta and sell it.”
Well, it’s good for you!
Awesome!
"Xiaolong, this meal is not cheap. Let me split the meal money with you..." Chen Xingbang suddenly spoke.
"It's not even, what's the difference?" Li Long waved his hands hurriedly, "I've made a lot, so I should treat you to this meal. As long as you don't think I make too much, that's fine. The fish is sold in the back, and lunch is definitely my responsibility. I No, big brother is here, just pay from the fish money, and that will be the standard from now on."
"Hey, Xiaolong is awesome!" Chen Xingbang blurted out, "If you eat like this every day, then you will become fat?"
"It's hard work, then eat something good." Li Long said with a smile, "If you spend this money on your family, then It’s worth it.”
Originally, Chen Xingbang was still a little bit dissatisfied, but now it has completely disappeared. He actually figured it out that Li Long had the ability and the capital to do this business. If it were me, I knew there were fish in Dahaizi at that time. Even if I could think of selling fish, I would have borrowed some money to stock up on a few hundred kilograms at most.
Do you dare to store ten tons like this?
Moreover, the basic price is directly set when the fish is released, and whoever sells the rest decides it themselves. Then this is the time when the Eight Immortals cross the sea and show their magical powers.
If Chen Xingbang is capable, then get more money. Li Junshan is stupid and has a weak brain, so he should get less money.
It is not evenly distributed at this time, but it makes everyone feel that this is the right thing.
If you have the ability, you will be happy eating meat. If you don’t have the ability, you can still drink soup without complaining.
When he returned to the team, the sun was almost setting, so Li Jianguo simply put the carriage in the horse's horn. They were not idle either. They unloaded the horses and led them into the pen. After setting up the cart on benches, they began to load the fish into the cart.
After sixteen bags, Chen Xingbang carried two more bags up, and finally had to tie them with ropes.
"Let's see if we can sell a few more bags tomorrow." Chen Xingbang said with a smile, "If you sell one more bag, you can earn an extra ten yuan."
"Then just pack a few more bags. Bag." Li Long said with a smile, "It's tied up with a rope anyway, and no one will be sitting there, so it's okay to pack more bags."
Li Long said, and Li Junfeng immediately went to hold the fish bag.
It was only noon when the fish was sold out today, so we can sell it for a while longer and sell a few more bags.
In the end, I packed twenty bags of fish, which were piled high.
After braking with the rope, everyone entered the house.
Uncle Luo has already cooked the soup. After everyone drank it, they rested.
Li Jianguo returned home and did a simple wash in the hallway, and Liang Yuemei brought rice porridge.
“How were you today?”
Li Juan and Li Qiang who were in the room also looked at their father.
"I made thirty yuan." Li Jianguo took out the money, took out twenty and handed it to Liang Yuemei, "You put these twenty yuan away and keep them. I will keep these ten yuan first."
“It’s quite a few miles.” Liang Yuemei happily collected the money.
"There may be more tomorrow." Li Jianguo said, "Xiaolong said that I will take care of the fish sales later. Then I will distribute the fish bags to them, and I can sell them myself. I can make four or five dollars a day. Ten."
"Not bad!" Liang Yuemei nodded.
At this time, Li Jianguo's family no longer had any psychological burden on making money from Li Long. At the beginning, Li Jianguo was a little resistant, but now, it's gone.
What’s that little bit of conflict? Does money smell good?
My father followed him to make money, and now my younger brother and brother-in-law are doing the same, and they can make money themselves.
It is normal to live a good life!
On the third day, Yang Yongqiang joined the team of making money. On this day, there were twenty-two bags of fish pulled on the carriage. Yang Yongqiang sold two bags of fish that day.
After all, the market is only that big, and if there is competition, that person will sell less.
On the fifth day, when Tao Daqiang wanted to join, it was time for militia training and assembly.
Li Long joked to Tao Daqiang:
"Daqiang, you are still newly married, don't blame me for not calling you, I will call you, your wife can't blame me. ”
"She doesn't know how. She knows about my situation with you, and she told me a few days ago to come to you early." Tao Daqiang said with a smile, "She said that she takes care of the family affairs, and I only care about making money. .”
"Okay, I'll just support you." Li Long said with a smile, "Then wait until the militia training is completed. Then you will follow my brother and the others to sell fish. You pay twenty-eight yuan for a bag of fish, and the more is yours. Then A bag of fish weighs 40 to 50 kilograms. How can I make it back? Two days ago, Yongqiang made more than ten yuan a day."
"I heard about it, that's what he told me. I just wanted to come here to find you." Tao Daqiang was a little embarrassed.
Li Long didn’t say anything, which is normal. As a newlywed, everyone has a time when they are happy and don't think about life - by the way, it's time for me to get married too.
Although I am considered an old man mentally, my body is still very young. I have many wild thoughts, not none.
However, no matter how fast this happens, it will have to wait until after the new year.
On the afternoon of the first day of training, Xu Chengjun came to see Li Long specifically.
"Xiaolong, this time the township asked each village to organize training, but after the training, there was a militia competition. I think you are the one who usually shoots the most in the team. Do you have to participate? We have to give Are you fighting for honor in the team?"
Li Long waved his hands hurriedly:
"Captain, I'm hunting. It's an animal, it's different from target shooting. How big are the wolves and wild boars? The targets are so small..."
"That's better than others." Xu Chengjun smiled. Said: "You can shoot more than others. I heard that there are people who shoot invisible targets. You can just shoot that one when the time comes. What do you think?"
Since Xu Chengjun said it, Li Long had no choice but to agree.
Fortunately, Xu Chengjun also said that now the focus is on economic construction, and the militia training has been changed to half a month.
Very good. (End of this chapter)