It was already past ten o'clock at night when Lin Mai returned home.
Neither Zhou Caiyun nor Li Mingcheng slept, sitting under the lamp waiting for her to come back.
When Li Mingcheng saw that Lin Mai had a lot more fruit left than last night, he couldn't help complaining: "I traveled so far and didn't sell as much as last night. I might as well sell them nearby!"
Zhou Caiyun rolled her eyes at him: "What do you know!"
I served Lin Mai a bowl of mung bean porridge with braised eggs as a late-night snack.
Li Mingcheng knows everything. Doesn’t Sister Caiyun just want to bring Maizi and Professor Fang together?
But there is no bottom line, okay?
Lin Mai still drags the unsold peaches and plums to the black market early in the morning to sell.
Chen Feng's little brother still waived her stall fee and escorted her.
However, there is almost a fixed group of people who come to the black market to buy things.
Yesterday, Lin Mai sold peaches and plums on this black market. Today, it was a disaster and not many people bought them.
The sales lasted until eight o'clock, and there were still two hundred kilograms of fruit unsold.
The sun has already hung high in the sky, making people sweat profusely, and there are not many people shopping in the black market.
I won't be able to sell much fruit if I stay here any longer.
Lin Mai made a quick decision and drove his tractor to a relatively wealthy community to sell fruit. He finally sold almost all of the fruit before ten o'clock.
There were only a few kilograms of peaches and plums left, and Lin Mai planned to take them back for Doudou to eat.
Although I have been buying peaches and plums for two days, the little cute baby has not eaten one yet.
Lin Mai drove the tractor home.
I mentally calculated the total profit from reselling the fruit twice, and it turned out to be a net income of about 500 yuan.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, the 1980s was really a good era for getting rich.
Fortunately, rural people in this era were timid and did not dare to come to the city to do business, otherwise she would not have been able to make a lot of money by reselling agricultural products.
But Lin Mai also knew that in her eyes, earning five hundred yuan in two days was very impressive.
But in the eyes of the bad guys, they don't take this kind of money seriously at all, and they don't even bother to make it.
In her previous life, she had heard people say that those dealers could earn thousands or even tens of thousands from one sale, and those were the capable people.
Alas! It would be great if one day I could make as much money as the bad guy did, and I would be able to reach the top of my life as soon as possible.
Lin Maidong was driving her tractor past the street of Jiangcheng Shopping Center without thinking, and saw a for sale notice posted on the front of a house. She stopped and looked at the notice carefully with interest.
The house for sale is this two-story, three-room facade with a notice posted on it.
Lin Mai was immediately moved.
This three-bay storefront was less than 30 meters away from Jiangcheng Shopping Mall. About ten years later, when Jiangcheng Shopping Mall expanded, this row of storefronts was demolished, and all of them were compensated at a sky-high price.
Buy it now and make a lot of money in the future.
And precisely because it is next to Jiangcheng Shopping Mall, the flow of people is greater than across the road, so it is quite good to buy and do business now.
But with three rooms in a row and two floors, the selling price may not be cheap.
Lin Mai hesitated for a moment, got off the tractor, and went in to inquire about the price.
The person in charge of selling the house was the landlord himself. He was holding a cup of tea and staring out boredly, so he saw Lin Mai driving a tractor.
Although most of the people who drove tractors were rural people, they were also wealthy rural people, so the landlord did not show any snobbery towards Lin Mai.
Lin Mai walked in and asked: "Uncle, do you want to sell this two-story building with three facades?"
The landlord nodded and asked, "Do you want to buy it?"
These days, it is very difficult to meet someone who wants to buy a house, mainly because everyone has little savings.
Especially for a large house with a high price like his, no one cares about it.
As long as someone comes in to ask, the landlord has a very good attitude.
Lin Mailan smiled sarcastically: "I mean, I just don't know if I can afford it. How can I sell this house?"
The landlord held out a finger: "Ten thousand yuan."
Lin Mai's head was buzzing.
This was in the 1980s, and there were a few people who could afford 10,000 yuan!
She murmured: "Your house is so expensive."
The landlord spread his hands: "My house is worth this price, it can't be cheap~"
If you can't afford it, go to the ophthalmologist first.
Lin Mai said cautiously, "Can I visit this house?"
The landlord nodded: "You can see for yourself, I won't accompany you. I have arthritis and my legs can't stand the stairs."
He also knew that his house was too expensive and few people could afford it, so he was unwilling to accompany his guests to view the house.
A customer who wants to buy a house and has the financial strength will naturally bargain with him to buy the house after viewing the house.
Without the financial strength, even if he wanted to buy a house but couldn't come up with the money, it would be in vain for him to accompany him to look at the house.
Lin Mai first visited the first floor. The three facades are connected and are fifteen meters deep. The store area alone is two hundred square meters.
There are three rooms at the back of about 12 square meters, one of which is divided into a bathroom of 6 square meters.
The bathroom is fully equipped with toilet and wash basin.
Although the bathroom is old, you can still see the luxury and sophistication of the time.
Pushing open the back door of the middle room, there is a yard of seventy or eighty square meters in front of you.
There is a carport in the yard, probably used to park cars or rickshaws.
The carport is made of iron, let alone before liberation, even now it looks very high-end.
Lin Mai curiously asked the landlord: "What was this house used to do?"
"Selling high-end dresses." The landlord thought for a moment and then added, "Those kind of sky-high-priced dresses."
Lin Mai looked at the marble tiles on the ground and felt suddenly, no wonder even the tiles are so high-end!
The facade of this three-room building also has wooden stairs, which also creak when you step on them.
Different from the wooden staircase in the front of Lin Mai's current rental, this wooden staircase is of good quality and has a beautiful shape.
The second floor is empty. There are no three small rooms at the end like the first floor. It is just one big room.
Lin Mai guessed that the second floor should also be used as a store.
After the visit, Lin Mai went downstairs.
The landlord estimated that she couldn't afford 10,000 yuan, so he didn't ask her if she wanted to buy it.
But Lin Mai was really moved, but she couldn't get the money...
She returned to the store with a heavy heart, went upstairs, took out the bankbook hidden in a tattered cotton-padded jacket, and looked at how many deposits there were. After all, it was only more than four thousand.
Lin Mai sighed heavily, it was still a long way from 10,000 yuan.
In this era, there is no place to get a loan. It is probably impossible to buy the two-story building with three rooms.
After putting away the bankbook, Lin Mai walked downstairs listlessly, rolled up his sleeves and made lunch, only to find that both Zhou Caiyun and Li Mingcheng looked a little ugly.
She glanced at the two of them: "What's wrong? Business is not good this morning?"
This was the only reason Lin Mai thought of.
Zhou Caiyun rolled her eyes at Li Mingcheng and said angrily: "Ask him, I don't want to tell!"
Lin Mai looked at Li Mingcheng questioningly.
Li Mingcheng's face turned the color of pig's liver, and after mumbling for a long time, he finally told her the whole story hesitantly.