Su Duofu has another question: "What about the price? There is no unified pricing in the vegetable market."
"You need to ask about the price first." Ye Fan didn't want to cause trouble to the islanders, so he added, "It just needs to be cheaper than outside. If it's too cheap, it's easy to get into trouble if you buy it from us."
The captain didn't understand: "What could happen?"
Su Duofu: "If the business in the downtown vegetable market is not good, don't buy stuff from the station. The buying station doesn't want stuff from the next island or the production team on the shore. The island next door will definitely sue us for malicious bidding, and the production team on the shore may demolish the pier on the other side." , making our ship unable to dock.”
The captain blurted out: "So bad?"
Ye Fan: "Destroying someone's financial path is like killing one's parents."
Su Duofu nodded: "Leave a few strands in your behavior so that we can meet each other easily in the future."
Ye Fan also meant the same thing: "For example, if we get out of the car and encounter heavy rain, we can go to the village to take shelter. The crew also reported that the pier is badly damaged. I plan to buy cement and wood to repair it when the factory has some money. I will have to go there then. Are you looking for someone from the shore production team?”
The captain scratched his head: "I just want to make money."
Ye Fan: "It's true that you have the ability to make money. But you can't just look at what's in front of you."
Su Duofu couldn't help but said: "If the reputation of being too good at doing things spreads, your grandson will have to find a partner on the island in the future."
The captain hesitated for a moment: "But there is no direct bus to the pier. If it is cheaper, you should not come here twice. There are buses in almost all urban areas on our island."
This is a problem. Ye Fan thought of a way: "If you can't just bid a low price, then we will give it away."
"Send it?" The two of them were confused.
Ye Fan nodded: "If you buy a sea bass, you will get two large crabs for free. If you buy a large yellow croaker, you will get a pound of snails. If razor clams are fat at this time, you will get a pound or half a pound of razor clams for free. If you buy two sea bass, you will get one for free. Pounds of shrimp.”
The two of them were surprised and happy, this was a good idea. Even if the island next door sues them for maliciously lowering prices, they can say that razor clams and snails are picked up from the sea. If they can't finish them and don't give them away, they can only smash them and feed them to chickens and ducks.
What is this called? There are policies from above and countermeasures from below!
The captain and Su Duofu looked at each other and decided to do this.
The next day, the captain of the Lotus brigade discussed the matter with other production team captains. The result was that everyone thought the idea was good, and then they went to the wet market director together and asked the director to free up a stall to sell high-priced delicacies from the mountains and seas.
They had carefully considered it, and their family members, the military wives, would definitely be dissatisfied with the sudden price increase. If you sell islanders 50 cents and sell outsiders 80 cents, outsiders will definitely stop coming in the future. It's better to set up a separate stall, and the military wife can buy it if she thinks it's a good deal to buy seabass and get prawns for free. If outsiders want to buy cheap ones, the wet market employees can also say that these are benefits for their own people. The supplies are limited every day and are not sold to the outside world. Outsiders can only buy things from special stalls.
There are a lot of empty seats in the vegetable market, so it’s no problem to free up one. Several team leaders also promised that they would be charged the same amount for their goods in the past and the same amount would be charged for the food market in the future. This means that all the money earned is from the vegetable market, and the director does not mind allocating one person to manage the stall.
After the matter was settled, the person in charge of the vegetable market asked several team leaders if it was Accountant Ye's idea.
The ten people smiled, said nothing, and went back to their homes.
The next day, the director vacated the stall, and Su Duofu took eight people into the city. The eight of them were very willing to do it when they heard that they would get one dollar for wandering around outside for half a day. Moreover, the older fishermen had the experience of picking up goods and walking around the streets before, so they were not afraid of gossiping with the citizens.
Su Duofu himself went to the city center vegetable market in the morning and the second vegetable market in the afternoon to get a clear understanding of the market. When he returned to the island, he went to the vegetable market director. The next morning, there was an extra high-priced stall in the wet market.
Liu Guihua carried a large yellow croaker and two crabs and went straight to Ye Fan's house. When she saw Ye Fan brushing her teeth and washing her face in the courtyard, she didn't care about her inconvenience. When she got there, she said, "Accountant Ye, set up a stall in the vegetable market and buy some One for two, I think it’s more cost-effective than buying them individually. If you buy two sea bass, you’ll get a pound of prawns. The smallest shrimp I’ve ever seen is as long as my middle finger.”
The goods will be received in late May and sent to the capital at the end of May. Because there is still a week before the delivery time, Ye Fan has not been to the office in the past few days. He did not expect them to be so prompt: "Is it cost-effective?"
Liu Guihua: "It's a good deal. For example, if Lao Niu is not at home, we can buy a fish to feed Xiaocao and I, but we want to try something else. If we buy too much, we won't be able to finish it. If we buy too little, Liu Qing, that bitch, will have to eat more." It’s just right now that I’m a college student’s mother.”
Ye Fan: "It's better to be cheap, right?"
Liu Guihua shook her head: "I did the math, it's two cents more than buying it alone. If I don't want crabs, I can exchange them for razor clams. Give me a few more razor clams and I'll get two cents out of it. No need to be criticized."
Ye Fan asked: "In other words, you think it's good now?"
Liu Guihua nodded, realized something, and exclaimed. Ye Fan was startled. Upon seeing this, Liu Guihua hurriedly lowered her voice: "You asked the vegetable market to sell it like this? Wow, Accountant Ye, you really think about me."
Accountant Ye said carefully that you are overthinking, "Miaomiao's mother didn't say anything unpleasant when she went to your house a few days ago, right?"
The topic changed so quickly that Liu Guihua was stunned for a moment before reacting, "How many days earlier, honey?"
Ye Fan nodded: "She was late, and the last few bottles were bought by the cashier of the clothing factory."
Liu Guihua: "Ask me to give her a bottle. I said the supply and marketing cooperative is cheaper, so let her go to the supply and marketing cooperative."
Ye Fan wiped his face, "What did she say?"
"I don't want to go, and I said who knows whether the honey from the supply and marketing cooperative is honey or sugar water." Liu Guihua whispered, "You see, I talk and laugh with her every day? In fact, I remember it in my heart. It's okay to chat normally, but you want something from me to dream about. ! She said that the hot weather attracts ants, so I bought so much that I couldn’t finish it, so I wouldn’t even sell it to her when Miaomiao goes to college.”
Ye Fan smiled.
"Didn't you also leave five bottles? She didn't look for you?"
Ye Fan: "There are five people in my family. Your family only has three, and Captain Niu doesn't like to drink."
"Yes." Liu Guihua nodded, "By the way, what is the purpose of putting a bamboo gate at the intersection from here to the vegetable market? To encircle us."
Ye Fanxin said, it was too fast. "What bamboo door?"
"Just get two bamboos next to someone's yard, and tie a bamboo door to one to block the road. Although there is no lock, you have to open the door when you go in and out. Whose idea is it? It's not too troublesome. ”
Ye Fan: "Let's prevent outsiders from going straight to the army station from us."
"Are you guarding against spies?" Liu Guihua asked and answered, "Yes." The crab in her hand moved, and Liu Guihua suddenly thought that it was time to go home and cook, "Accountant Ye, I'll cook first, and we'll talk later."< br>
Ye Fan nodded and went back to the house to apply Magazin.
After tidying up and cooking porridge in the rice cooker, Ye Fan went to the children's room and saw Dabao lying on the upper bunk endorsing: "Are you taking the initiative to study?"
"I want to be as smart as you." Dabao asked, "Why are you looking for me?"
Ye Fan: "I'm asking you if you want to go to the vegetable market. Since you're reading, mommy will go by herself."
Dabao patted the bed, and Erbao, who was on the lower bunk, opened his eyes and kicked the bed. Dabao was startled, and Ye Fan wanted to laugh: "It's so early in the morning. Geng Erbao, are you going to the vegetable market with me?"
"No!" Erbao shook his head, got up and picked up the comic strip on the desk, "Mom, I also want to read."
Ye Fan: "I always feel that you two are still arguing? Why don't you practice Tai Chi with your mother?"
The eldest child and the second child hadn't exercised with their mother for a long time. After hearing this, they got out of bed and put on their shoes. Then they went to the living room. The brother and sister asked Ye Fan to stand behind them. Master Ye Fan became his apprentice, and Dabao and Erbao showed a satisfied smile. Ye Fan was speechless, the child was so childish.
It was still a bit chilly on the island in May. The three of them didn't sweat after practicing, but they were energetic. Dabao and Erbao were going to the vegetable market with Ye Fan.
When he arrived at the vegetable market, Dabao saw a lot of people in front of a stall. Taking advantage of his short height, he squeezed in, and after a while, squeezed out again. Ye Fan knew it and asked: "What are you selling?"
Dabao: "It's also fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs. But it's expensive. Mom, forget it, it's not cost-effective. Let's go inside."
Ye Fan bought two fish, ten crabs, and two pounds of prawns, "Dabao and Erbao, are these enough?"
Tired of eating seafood every day, Dabao was too lazy to look at it, "Mom, there is pork."
Ye Fan shook his head.
Dabao sighed: "No tickets again?"
The workers who kill pigs and sell meat heard this and said that the spine is free of charge.
Dabao ran over and saw that the meat on the spine was only enough to fit between the teeth, and he was very disgusted: "No!"
Ye Fan went over and asked for two catties and another chicken.
Erbao was very happy to see the chicken. Dabao was worried: "Mom, can you finish eating so much?"
"Your dad will be back in the evening." As soon as Ye Fan said this, Dabao hugged the chicken and Erbao ran out with the crab.
When she got home, Ye Fan let Dabao Erbao read a book. She cooked salted duck eggs on the stove, heated some vegetable buns and steamed buns, then prepared onions and ginger, and cooked shrimps. After taking out the red shrimps, Ye Fan wiped the pot clean, then took off the steamed buns from the stove, sealed the stove, poured a steel pot of water and put it on. When Dabao and Erbao came back from school, the water was hot, just in time for them to wash their hair. hair.
Geng Zhiqin knew it was time to eat when he heard Dabao pull the table.
Breakfast included prawns, duck eggs, vegetable buns, steamed buns and porridge. Geng Zhiqin couldn't help but said: "Sister-in-law, I will definitely not be used to eating like this every day when I return to the capital."
Dabao blurted out: "Come back if you don't get used to it."
Geng Zhiqin looked at Ye Fan subconsciously, but almost didn't ask directly, is it okay?
Ye Fan: "Come here during the winter and summer vacations."
Dabao nodded: "We won't go to grandma and grandma's house during the summer vacation."
Ye Fan smiled and said: "I'm going this year."
Dabao: "I won't go!"
"My aunt is going to take the college entrance examination this year. We will send her back to the capital to take the college entrance examination." Ye Fan said, "Have you forgotten?"
Dabao forgot, so Dabao asked when the college entrance examination was.
Ye Fan: "It happens that you two are on school vacation."
"What a coincidence." Dabao nodded, "Then let's go."
Ye Fan peeled a shrimp, dipped it in some sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.
Dabao shook his head happily, then frowned: "Mom, today's sauce is not delicious."
"Mom didn't put the garlic. You two will have stinky mouths when you go to school if you eat garlic, and no one will play with you." Ye Fan peeled off another piece for Erbao, "Just eat it. Make it with garlic on Sunday."
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Dabao picked up the salted duck egg: "Don't forget it." "No!"
Something happened on Sunday, and Ye Fan didn't dare to forget it.
Ye Fan had calculated that when citizens heard that there were no purchase restrictions on many things on the island, they would discuss with their families whether they should come to the island to have a look. If they hesitated for two days, it would be just in time for the weekend.
Visiting the park on weekends is just for fun, walking a few miles and taking a boat to the island is also fun.
On Sunday morning, Ye Fan went to the vegetable market alone and reminded the staff that there might be many outsiders on the island today, and then went to buy vegetables.
After Ye Fan left, the market employees filled several pots with seafood and moved them behind the high-priced stalls.
Previously, Ye Fan said that the passenger ship would arrive at the other side at nine o'clock and leave at eleven o'clock, but there was a condition: the ship was not full. The boat will depart as soon as it is full, and the crew will hang a sign at the pier to explain clearly. For example, if the seats are full at 9:30, and it is only 11 o'clock when we return to the island, we will write that there is another class at 11 o'clock. If the bus is full at 10:30, just write that the boat leaves at 3 p.m.
Because the grandpa and grandma Su Duofu took out told the citizens that there would be a boat at nine o'clock, there was a group of people waiting on the shore before nine o'clock on this weekend. After chatting with each other, they found out that they were all going to the island to buy seafood, and then they smiled sincerely. He became less sincere in an instant. Before the boat docked, people were running to the pier. I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to buy bargains if they were slower.
The director of the wet market specially asked people to keep an eye on the intersection. When he heard that many people were coming, he collected some of the leftover fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs sold in the morning and piled them on high-priced stalls.
Citizens who came from the shore went to the vegetable market and thought that the cheap items were leftovers picked out by military wives. No one bought the high-priced items because they were expensive. They never thought that cheap and expensive items were actually the same.
When the first citizen asked how much the sea bass cost, the employee quoted the price, and the other citizens felt that they were losing money. The employee then said buy one and get two free, and a group of people crowded in and started grabbing things as if they were free.
A sixty-year-old grandmother had two full cloth pockets. The vegetable market employee couldn't help but ask: "How do you take it back?"
"There is a way." The old woman went outside to find a piece of bamboo and carried it back to the boat.
The old lady calculated it when she got home. It was two yuan cheaper than buying it at the vegetable market in front of her home. It just so happened that she had a large family, so she ate crabs for lunch, razor clams for dinner, and marinated big fish for tomorrow.
Some people find that they spend more than before just to get cheap, so they stop going. But some people feel that it is not a loss to eat until their stomachs are full, and it is very cost-effective for children and the elderly to replenish their bodies, so they continue to go to the island to purchase goods.
There is only one family doing this in the whole city of Yongcheng. It is impossible for business to be bad. Small profits but quick turnover will make the fishermen earn a few dollars in a month.
In mid-June, the captain of the Lotus Brigade got thirty kilograms of honey and sent it to the workshop, bottled it in half a kilogram, and sent it to the vegetable market. The citizens bought it without giving anything away for 18 yuan a bottle, because they saw many flowers and honey on the island. They must all be real. The most important thing is that you can buy five bottles.
If you buy five bottles of honey, keep two bottles at home, and sell the remaining three bottles on the black market to earn back the money from the five bottles.
The director of the wet market discussed this issue with Ye Fan and asked if he would be harmed if the superiors caught citizens speculating. Ye Fan asked: "What does their speculation have to do with you? Do you know them?"
The director of the wet market felt relieved and continued to exploit loopholes in the policy.
The only expensive products on the island are honey, dried bamboo shoots, dried fish, and fruits such as bayberry, loquat, and yellow peach, which are much cheaper than in the city. Therefore, some people wearing straw hats also come to the island during the dog days of late June.
A group of people probably came to the island every day as if they were going to the market. When Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye returned to the capital with their two children and accompanied Geng Zhiqin, the news spread to several surrounding islands and the production teams on the shore.
Ye Fan on Hengshan Island was either trying to sell dog meat on sheep's head or exploiting policy loopholes, but the authorities didn't care. The shore production team and other members of the island finally couldn't help but sell "dog meat". If you want to sell "dog meat", you have to ask how much it costs. It was cheaper than in the city, and everyone made a profit. The captain of the production team led the members to set up a stall near the pier.
The crew members were so angry when they saw this scene that they almost capsized the ship. When they arrived on the island, they complained to Su Duofu and the market director.
Su Duofu said to take a look first and wait for Accountant Ye to come back and then think of a solution - they didn't dare to report or make a big deal about exploiting policy loopholes, so they could only find ways to deal with it.
Citizens thought that they could buy things on the shore without taking a boat. As a result, you didn’t send prawns or crabs, and the citizens were so angry that they continued to board the boats and land on the island.
The member of the production team who was selling the goods was also very angry. He asked me to buy two sea bass for a pound of shrimp. Why didn't I grab it? Citizens said they would deliver them on the island, and the shrimps were bigger than theirs. The community members on the shore said that their boats traveled far and they could not make money by selling them at the same price as the islanders.
What does it have to do with your customers whether you make money or not? The citizens asked again how to sell the fruit.
Fruit is a bit cheaper than on the island. Citizens should have a taste. The production team members who set up stalls on the shore were not happy. You can eat the bad fruits on the island freely, and stuff crooked melons and cracked dates into your pockets, all for free, so citizens are more willing to go to the island.
There are also some citizens who don’t have time to go to the island. They heard that things at the pier are cheaper than in the city, so they go to the pier to buy things. The production team on the shore was very satisfied with what they were selling and didn't want to cause trouble, so no one caused trouble on the dock and the ship couldn't dock.
The island's vegetable market was still doing business, so they didn't go to the pier to chase people away.
As long as everything goes well, both sides will sell what they have.
At this time, Su Duofu finally understood what Ye Fan had said before, that Hengshan Island had no special products of its own.
There were still two months until the next honey harvest. Worried that people would not come because of the hot weather during these two months, Su Duofu took a small notebook to count how many sheep and pigs there were on the island.
The food factory was fine all summer, and Su Duofu also had time to do this. According to statistics, Su Duofu was responsible for arranging pigs and muttons. At five o'clock in the morning on July 16th, four pigs were killed and sent to the vegetable market.
People went to the vegetable market around ten o'clock. Pork was only 90 cents a pound, and they could buy up to ten pounds. The people were very excited, and it seemed like money was not money. You had five pounds, I had six pounds. In the end, they even bought the pig's guts.
But the pig water is the same as what is sold outside. Pork outside costs 60 to 70 cents and requires a ticket, half a pound of meat per person per month. There are four members of Ye Fan's family, and two kilograms of meat a month is not enough for Erbao to eat. The citizens were in the same situation as Ye Fan's family, naturally they were hungry for meat.
Citizens who felt they had bought too little asked market workers when the pigs would be slaughtered next time. The vegetable market employee said that it would be in half a month. There will be a sheep next week, but I don’t know whether to kill it or not. Because mutton is expensive, no one is willing to buy it. There is no way to explain the loss to the superiors if the market cannot sell out all the goods.
These citizens didn't want to be held accountable for the market's losses, so they said they would bring back those who love mutton.
On the morning of July 23, the Five-Star Brigade killed a goat and sent it to the market. Citizens who love mutton took a closer look and saw that it was goat meat with a lighter smell, so they immediately asked for a leg of lamb.
The citizen who bought the lamb leg told his family when he got home that it was just a good time to replenish the health of his granddaughter who had finished her college entrance examination.
At this time, Geng Zhiqin and Chen Xiaohui also finished their exams.
Because Ye Fan and Geng Zhiye were at Ye's house, Geng Zhiqin went to Ye's house after breakfast, assessed the scores with Chen Xiaohui, and asked her sister-in-law and her brother to help her fill out her application.
Yu Wentao didn't dare to intervene this year. But when she heard that Geng Zhiqin was going to the Ye family, she wanted to go too. Today is the weekend. Geng Huihui doesn’t have to go to school. When she heard her grandma muttering something uneasy, Geng Huihui asked, “Are you afraid that my sister-in-law will slip out of gear?”
Yu Wentao stopped.
Tao Chunlan asked someone to inquire about the lowest scores at Peking University and Normal University last year, and said that Chen Xiaohui had a chance to go to Peking University.
Ye Fan couldn't help but sigh.
Chen Xiaohui was unhappy when she saw this, and felt that Ye Fan looked down on her: "Am I not worthy of going to Beijing University?"
Geng Zhiye frowned: "How to speak?"
Chen Xiaohui already knew that Geng Zhiye had no one else in mind, so she was not as confident as before to confront him. She couldn't say "It's none of your business", "You should ask Ye Fan."
Ye Fan patted his head. In fact, he wanted to slap Chen Xiaohui twice on the head: "It was announced in October last year that the college entrance examination would be resumed. The exam will be taken two months later. In such a short period of time, many people have not found high school textbooks. From the end of the college entrance examination last year to now, it has been For seven months, if you still use last year’s scores, you will have to shift gears this year.”
Tao Chunlan suddenly realized: "Yes. Xiaohui, I didn't have time to review last year."
Geng Zhiqin nodded: "For example, my third sister-in-law's neighbor's daughter, Miaomiao, didn't study high school mathematics last year. Review with me this year, and you can get at least 50 points out of 100. Last year, you might get 20 or 30 points."
Chen Xiaohui was shocked: "Then the admission score will be raised by thirty or forty points?"
Ye Fan shook his head: "Not that many. Last year, there were fewer people recruited from majors. There are more opportunities this year, and they won't all go to Beijing University. They may also go to Military University and join the special department after graduation."
Chen Xiaohui couldn't help but ask: "Then how should I repay?"
Ye Fan: "Beijing University?"
"If I fail the exam, should I take another year?"
Geng Zhiye: "Then what if you call me Fanfan? If you are Fanfan, just apply to Peking University or you won't get into it."
"I -" Chen Xiaohui didn't have the courage, "Then I'll take this." She pointed her finger casually.
Ye Fan knew which school it was when he saw the word "人", "The best liberal arts university? It's okay. My second sister-in-law's mother happens to teach in this school. If you go to history, you can ask her to introduce some to you." Professor of Archeology ”
When Chen Xiaohui heard the word "ancient", she immediately decided, "That's it! I won't change it!"
Tao Chunlan: “It’s not much less than Beijing University.”
Chen Xiaohui was worried about slipping again: "How about which major wants me to go to? Didn't I just ask my second sister-in-law's mother to introduce me to some teachers?"
Geng Zhiye couldn't help but sneer: "Are you annoyed again now?"
Chen Xiaohui pretended not to hear: "Xiaoqin, where are you?"
Geng Zhiqin originally didn't want to be a teacher, but she was eager for the winter and summer vacations, so she pointed to the National Normal University, "This is it. Last year, the old man asked me to study at the National Normal University. It made him happy."
Ye Fan: "Then you'll fill it out like this later?"
The two nodded.
When Dabao saw this, he waved to his little sister, and then the brother and sister asked their parents to take away the things on the table.
Ye Fan asked: "Are you two doing your homework?"
"No." Dabao put watermelons, peaches, grapes and other fruits on the table, as well as the cola he and his sister liked to drink and the candies they liked to eat. Seeing this, Ye Fan had a bad premonition and turned to Geng Zhiye, "Isn't that what I thought?"
Geng Zhiye held her hand: "Dabao, Erbao, what are you doing?"
"Wait a minute." Dabao picked up the steamed buns on the counter, and Erbao opened the refrigerator and took some popsicles. They placed them on the table. Then the brother and sister looked at them carefully, took out the incense sticks that Tao Chunlan burned during the New Year, and gave three to Chen Xiaohui and three to Chen Xiaohui. Geng Zhiqin, the brother and sister retreated to both sides of the table, one on the left and the other on the right, and asked them to kneel down.
Chen Xiaohui didn’t know why: “Why are you giving me the incense?”
Why don’t you even understand this? Dabao frowned: "Bye. Bye, I will definitely pass the exam."
Erbao nodded: "Sister-in-law, hurry up, worshiping after the gods have gone won't work."
Geng Zhiqin was moved and wanted to laugh: "Why didn't you two pray to God and worship Buddha?"
Dabao: "We are not going to college. Guanyin Bodhisattva mistakenly thought that Erbao and I were going to college. What should you do if you didn't pass?"
Chen Xiaohui finally understood: "Who did you two learn this from? Ye Fan, do you still believe this?"
(End of chapter)