Chapter 60 Hidden Danger
“It’s made of mutton-fat jade, but why did you just bring a bead?”
“What? This bead doesn’t work?”
"It's not that the beads are bad, it's just that something is missing. Generally, jade beads of this shape and size are inlaid with gold and silver and used to make necklaces and pendants. You still lack a lot of things..."
"Master Do you mean that the beads alone are not worth anything?”
"That's for sure. How can these mutton-fat jade beads alone be as valuable as gold and silver jewelry?"
"If I take action, how much can I give?"
"Eighty. "
"Eighty yuan?"
"Of course eighty yuan, what do you think? The current market price is about six thousand yuan per kilogram, and your beads are worth ten at most. Ke, eighty is a lot for you..."
Not long after, Chen Ling came out of the jewelry store, feeling a little disappointed.
It is really unexpected that mutton-fat jade, which cost 10,000 to 20,000 yuan per gram in later generations, only costs about 6 yuan per gram at this time.
It’s also too cheap.
"I'm not short of money now, so let's keep this thing for now!"
Putting the white jade bead under the sun and looking at it, Chen Ling took it into the cave. among.
Then he pushed the car and walked towards the newsstand not far from the jewelry store.
After picking out a few novels at the newsstand, Chen Ling originally planned to go home directly without having lunch in the county town. However, he met an oil shop owner who had collected his peanuts and stopped him.
When Chen Ling came to the county town to sell peanuts for the first time, he wanted more peanuts than Liu Xingeng.
After meeting Chen Ling this time, he asked Chen Ling to give him another two thousand kilograms of peanuts no matter what.
Chen Ling said that he had given it to other oil shops, and the price was one yuan per pound. He couldn't give it away at the original price of 90 cents per pound.
Unexpectedly, this person didn’t stutter after hearing this. He nodded and agreed on the spot, and said that he could give a deposit first.
This attitude made Chen Ling stunned.
So I had to promise to send him two thousand catties when he was free in two days.
Because I have to wait at home tomorrow for the fruit saplings to be delivered from the forest seed station, and I will inevitably have to clean them up by then, so I don’t have any spare time.
After making the agreement like this.
Chen Ling suddenly realized that if he still relied on things produced by Dongtian to make money, he would definitely not be able to continue like this.
Although technology is underdeveloped in this era, there is far less ubiquitous surveillance than in later generations.
But if I continue to rely on the cave and use donkey carts or ox carts to transport two to three thousand kilograms of peanuts a day, sooner or later, others will become suspicious.
Furthermore, I sell greenhouse vegetables and greenhouse peanuts under the banner of greenhouses. In this country, greenhouses are a new thing that has just emerged.
If you encounter someone who is looking for the root cause, it will be difficult to deal with it.
"To solve these two problems, there is only one solution that is not a solution..."
"Open a store."
It is absolutely impossible for him to plant a greenhouse now, knowing that there will be floods this year , to waste time and money on this is too stupid.
So, logically, the only thing that makes sense is to open a store.
Open a store, whether vegetables, fruits or peanuts, etc., and then sell them through the store.
No one would dig into the name of greenhouse vegetables and greenhouse peanuts.
After all, there are shops that hide the food from others. It can be said that it is collected from other people's greenhouses, or transported from the city or big cities, which can basically be explained.
Even if a previous buyer really asks about it, it doesn’t matter. He said it was produced in his own greenhouse, which is just a gimmick. Isn’t it okay to say that on purpose to make people buy it?
Anyway, the food is from the greenhouse, and it tastes better than the food from ordinary greenhouses. So what if you don’t grow it in a greenhouse?
Of course, this method is definitely not the best method, but it is the most convenient, quick, simple and crude method.
And at this time in 1995, it was still in a small mountainous county, which was enough to hide it from most people. "I originally wanted to go home early, but now that I think about it, I'd better find a place to rent in the city first."
Chen Ling sighed.
Actually, if you think about it carefully, if you want to save yourself some trouble in the future, you will have to make such a trip sooner or later.
After all, from some aspects, this is already a big hidden danger.
So I went to have a meal first, and then rode my bicycle around the city.
According to Chen Ling's idea, it is best to open a store in a remote place, not too few people, and with convenient transportation.
The requirements are not low.
After walking around like this for a long time, he finally found that it was quite suitable to meet Qin Qiumei in the morning, which was near the county middle school.
So Chen Ling searched around here, and soon found a house that looked very nice.
This is a small courtyard with a sense of age. It occupies a relatively spacious area and has a two-story building.
In addition to the main door, there is also a portal facing the street on the first floor. There is no need to tidy up anymore and it can be used directly to open a small shop.
This is exactly what Chen Ling wants.
Then I knocked on the door and found no one at home.
Chen Ling asked around and learned that the owners of the house were an old couple who retired from a textile factory. The son worked in a municipal government agency and the daughter taught in a county middle school. The house had long been uninhabitable.
As long as the old couple comes to clean the house every month, or plant vegetables in the yard, it will definitely not be difficult if they want to rent a house.
It’s just that in this era, there are not many outsiders coming to rent in this remote small county, let alone locals.
Then Chen Ling found the two elderly people according to the addresses given by the neighbors. The result was unexpectedly smooth, but the rent was fifty yuan higher than that of ordinary places.
After looking at the house, Chen Ling signed the lease directly without bargaining.
The landlord and his wife gave him the key, and he got the house.
After the landlord and the two left, Chen Ling walked around the courtyard again and took a look.
It is indeed quite clean to say it is clean, because there is nothing.
There are no beds, tables, or stools, just a two-story building with an empty small courtyard.
The landlord and his wife don’t care whether it is used to open a shop or for other purposes.
Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Ling didn't stay here much.
After all, this place is just an empty shell at the moment, and it will only exist as a cover-up in the future.
It is absolutely impossible for him to sit here and guard every day, just like opening a serious store.
It’s enough to come here once or twice a month to put fruits and vegetables out for sale.
"Well, after the official opening, I can explain it to Susu, otherwise I won't ask her for money when I go out to do things. Even if she doesn't ask, she must have doubts in her heart..."
Chen Ling thought about it secretly and thought: "When the time comes, I'll tell you that I did it with a friend in the city. I met him accidentally when I was hanging out in the county. He doesn't come often, so I only share the money."
After the logic made sense, Chen Ling felt much more at ease. He locked the door to the yard, got on his car and rushed home.
Unexpectedly, it started to rain lightly halfway, so Chen Ling put the basket and the novel into the cave, increased the power of the car and drove back.
Seeing the rain getting heavier and heavier, Chen Ling stopped the car, took out a urea bag from the cave, put a corner on his head, tied it around his neck with a rope, and continued towards the Rushing in the direction of the village.
"Second Pillar, Second Pillar, hurry up and call Er Zhu, the newly built greenhouse has all fallen down..."
When Chen Ling came down from the reservoir dam, it was already raining heavily. It got louder and louder, and there was still a faint sound coming from the southwest.
Glancing in that direction, Chen Ling smiled softly and drove slowly into the village.
(End of this chapter)