My 1995 Small Farm Chapter 89

   Chapter 89 Flowers

  This time I came here, as usual, there were four baskets of vegetables, eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes, and leeks were piled full of baskets.

  The cucumbers and beans were not planted. On the one hand, it was too late. On the other hand, the diluted Dongtian stream water was used. The vines of the cucumbers and beans were not as strong as those produced directly from the stream, and they needed to climb the frame.

   To save trouble, Chen Ling planted some potatoes and leeks.

   The leeks are grown in their own fields, and once the Dongtian Stream is sprinkled, there will be another crop after cutting, so there is no need to worry about planting them again.

   Potatoes are a bit difficult to harvest, but this thing is more pressing, and a little planting is enough to collect enough pounds.

   And peanuts can be shaved. This potato is nothing to Chen Ling.

   Finished dumping the vegetables. Seeing that there are many people on the street today, it is inconvenient to drive the ox cart, so Chen Ling did not rush to deliver peanuts to the oil mill.

   After thinking about it, he took out another basket and filled it with a basket of fresh flowers.

  Flowered peanuts are fresh, wet peanuts that have not been dehydrated.

  In the past, Chen Ling put the peanuts produced by the outside world into the cave, and when they were taken out, they would be dehydrated, which was more thorough than the ones that had been dried.

   Actually, this was influenced by Chen Ling's subconscious.

   He subconsciously thought that wet peanuts are not easy to sell, and if they are sent for oil extraction, they will have to be dried for a long time, and even if he is willing to spend time drying, it is not easy to cover up, it is too troublesome.

   So he kept talking about this in his heart, and he didn't expect that, in a daze, Sun Moon Cave Heaven would work.

   But this method is not everything.

  For example, the old turtle eggs and a few bird eggs given to him by Huangpizi were sent in and taken out.

   may be the difference between living things and dead things.

   In short, he still doesn't know much about the many functions of Sun Moon Cave, and he is very confused, and he still needs to spend time to explore slowly.

  After packing up the fresh flowers and vegetables, Chen Ling opened the small door facing the street, and added a line of words "New Fresh Flowers to the Greenhouse" on the small blackboard and hung it on the outside wall.

   So he set up his vegetable stall.

   It's just after ten o'clock in the morning, and it's the time when the fair is crowded with people. Even if this is the south of the city, it can't even be regarded as the tail of the market, but it can't stand people coming and going through here.

   When I saw Chen Ling set up a stall here, especially when I saw fresh flowers for sale, people could not help but come over to ask the price from time to time, or try it to see how it tasted.

   However, most of the people who come to the market are villagers from various villages. The price of fresh flowers is also sold by Chen Ling at two yuan per pound. As a result, many people ask the price, but few people are willing to pay for it.

  After all, wet peanuts are also relatively weighed on the scale. It seems that they are only a little bit of something. It only weighs two or three kilograms on the scale.

  In their opinion, spending four or five yuan to buy two catties of peanuts is better than cutting a catty of pork.

  People all have a herd mentality. Under the influence of these villagers, many residents of the county town dare not buy it.

   There were also a few elderly women who were idle and had nothing to do, so they led the doll and haggled around Chen Ling's stall, trying to make him cheaper.

   "Young generation, give us something cheaper. Dried peanuts in the vegetable market are only 80 cents a pound. I won't say anything if you sell wet peanuts for a little over a dollar. You sell them for two yuan, which is a bit expensive."

   "And these leeks, if you grab a bunch of them in the vegetable garden, they can grow for several years. You also need two pieces of this."

   "That's right, these days, with the word "greenhouse" on it, it's expensive to sell, but it's not sure whether it's good or not."

Chen Ling immediately explained: "Several aunts, you can't say that, the food sold in the market is definitely different from what I sell here. You often buy vegetables, and you can definitely see whether it is good or bad. "

   "Let's not talk about the wet peanuts, the peanuts haven't come down this season, let's talk about the leeks."

While talking, Chen Ling took a few leeks from the basket and handed them to them: "General leeks rarely have the appearance of my leeks, you can see that the leeks are not only thick but also very tender, and they taste delicious. Lingzhi, whether dumplings or stir-fries are very fragrant, as long as you taste it once, you will know how good this leek is."

   As a result, these old women refused to try it, and just asked Chen Ling to lower the price of peanuts. They came for peanuts.

   "Give us cheaper peanuts, I think your peanuts are pretty good, so let's go, you sell us a piece of peanuts for five, and we each buy you five pounds, okay?"

   After saying that, the old woman went to Chen Ling to get the scale.

   "That's not good. I shipped it from the city. If you sell it for five pieces, you will have to pay for the shipping fee."

  Chen Ling shook his head.

   "You're a descendant, why is it so uneasy to do business."

   "That is, you haven't opened for a long time. If we buy you 5 catties, you will be 50 cents cheaper and still won't make any money? You can't be dead on in business."

   A few old wives, just like chanting sutras, changed the way to ask Chen Ling to lower the price for them.

  Chen Ling shook his head: "If I can't sell it, I can't sell it. If I sell it for five pieces, I will pay as much as I sell."

   As he was saying this, two more men came, one old and one young.

Before and after    came, the old man first complained that Chen Ling would not be open for more than half a month, and he didn't say anything else. Each dish cost three pounds, not even the leeks.

   Then I saw the wet peanuts, and I didn't say anything else. I tasted two and it filled ten pounds.

   A few old women were staring at him.

   Just when he was wondering if this was the right time, Chen Ling's stall had more and more repeat customers.

   Within 20 minutes, the peanuts and vegetables were almost half gone, and these women suddenly panicked.

   "Lady, ten pounds of peanuts, give me ten pounds too."

   "I don't need so many peanuts. I need five catties first, and the rest need five catties of vegetables. Give me a little of each, and I want to see if your leeks are really as delicious as you said."

   So it was like this. By noon, Chen Ling's five big bamboo baskets had all bottomed out.

   was about to close the door for lunch when someone stopped him.

   "Brother wait a minute, don't close the door."

  Chen Ling turned his head and saw that it was the owner of the rental bookstore diagonally across from Lingyun Middle School, a tall and thin guy with a flat head, a white shirt and grey pants, and a white towel around his neck running from a distance.

   was waving to him as he ran towards him.

   "Is something wrong, bro?"

  Chen Ling came out again upon seeing this.

   "Is the vegetables sold out?"

   Seeing that Chen Ling was about to close the door, this Xiaopingtou asked.

  Chen Ling hummed: "Yeah, it's sold out, do you want to buy groceries too?"

"I'm definitely here to buy food. I've been waiting for you to come. You haven't opened the door for more than half a month. It's not a fair today, so I went to set up a book stand on the fair, and my girl just came back for dinner. , I saw you here..."

   "Brother, your food is selling too fast. Can you save me a few pounds next time? Just go to my store and call me."

   There are three or four rented bookstores in the school. Xiaopingtou was afraid that Chen Ling would not know which one he was, so he pointed it out to him.

   "Okay, I'll leave you a few pounds next time I come over."

   "By the way, I still have some fresh wet peanuts left here, which are also grown in greenhouses. It's very good to cook and eat. Would you like it? If you want, I'll move it out to show you."

   There are only so many vegetables grown, and if they are sold out, there will be no more, but there are still a lot of peanuts in the cave, and they can't be sold just by selling wet peanuts.

   Xiaopingtou was a little moved when he heard it. After Chen Ling brought out another basket of peanuts, Xiaopingtou tasted it and bought five catties back.

   After dinner, Chen Ling's plan was to go home after selling this basket of peanuts. After all, after selling these, there were more than 2,000 yuan, so it didn't matter whether they sent peanuts to the oil factory or not.

   To his surprise, there were more repeat customers coming in the afternoon. Seeing that the dishes were all sold out, he asked Chen Ling when he would come again and if he could give a confirmation letter, but Chen Ling couldn't say for sure either.

   asked him if he could deliver the food to his door the next time he came, and Chen Ling said no.

   This guy, whoever came to buy food almost cursed his mother.

   But the peanuts sold another half basket.

   When the old man Liang Jinke came to the school to change shifts on a bicycle with a quilt at around four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw that the door was open, so he turned around and blew his beard and stared at him.

   "You boy, you have been fishing for three days and drying the Internet for two days, and you haven't opened a shop well. You haven't seen anyone for more than half a month. Do you have a business like this?"

  Chen Ling explained: "Mr. Liang, I'm a greenhouse vegetable. Renjia's vegetable market only pulls in greenhouse vegetables from the city twice a month. I have enough for twice a month."

   comes twice a month, and if you don't go to the oil mill to send peanuts, you will have three or four thousand dollars. At this time, it is a bit exaggerated to say that the difference in money is a hundred times larger than that of later generations, but there are always ten times.

   At this time, it was three or four thousand per month, which was equivalent to thirty or forty thousand per month in later generations.

  Chen Ling felt that he was very satisfied. The key was to live a more enjoyable life than in his previous life. Every day he slept until he woke up naturally without worrying about food or clothing.

   This is not worth the money.

   (end of this chapter)

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