Lin Mai would choose to sell fried chestnuts near the train station at the beginning, and the random component would be relatively large.
In addition, doing business near the train station is convenient for commuting between the city and the countryside, so I set up camp there.
If you do business at the Yue-Han Pier, you can no longer travel between urban and rural areas.
Because the Yuehan Pier is too far from the train station, it is not suitable for running around every day to pick up goods.
It takes more than half an hour to drive from the Yuehan Pier to the train station. This is in this era when there are no traffic jams. If you then transfer the train back, you will waste three or four hours on the road at the end of the day.
So if you want to move to the Guangdong-Han Pier for business, you first have to rent a house, and you have to haul one or two thousand kilograms of chestnuts in one go.
There is only half a month left before the end of the year. If you want to move, you have to hurry up, otherwise the half month will pass if you delay it.
Before leaving, Lin Mai greeted Mrs. Pang and the students and said that she would no longer set up a stall and do business here starting tomorrow.
There were more wrinkles on Old Mrs. Pang's uncomfortable face, and she glanced at the old scheming bitch's family with disgust.
He said to Lin Mai angrily: "Why do you give up so easily? You came first, but you were squeezed out by the later ones. It's so useless!"
Mrs. Pang was reluctant to leave Lin Mai because if she left, she wouldn't be able to earn her money. It wasn't because she liked her so much. Lin Mai knew this very well.
Those students also advised: "Don't leave, we will support you every day."
Lin Mai smiled and said: "I just don't want you to support me every day, so I have to leave.
For my sake, it would be a big sin for you not to be able to study with peace of mind.
Tell Dr. Fang, thank you for his help."
He turned back to comfort Mrs. Pang: "I will visit my mother-in-law when I have time in the future."
After a pause, she whispered in Mrs. Pang's ear: "Mother-in-law can sell breakfast at the door for half a day. Are you afraid that you won't make any money?"
Mrs. Pang was puzzled: "I don't know how to make breakfast."
If she could make breakfast, she would have sold breakfast long ago. How could she be in the low-profit tea business?
Lin Mai was very speechless: "Grandma went to get a fried dough stick with half a catty of glutinous rice and half a pound of white sugar. If there is no sugar, pickled cabbage will do. I will teach grandma how to make fried dough sticks wrapped in glutinous rice."
This was the simplest breakfast she could think of. If Mrs. Pang couldn't even learn how to wrap fried dough sticks in glutinous rice, then she really couldn't help her.
The reason why she was willing to help her was that she thought Mrs. Pang had a good character.
Although Mrs. Pang treats her well for the sake of money, not every landlord will treat you well just because they receive your money.
They rent the door to you, you pay them, and they deliver the goods.
To be fair, the landlord doesn't owe you anything. She can be nice to you or she can be indifferent to you.
Mrs. Pang went to a state-owned snack bar and bought a fried dough stick and half a catty of glutinous rice. She had sauerkraut at home, so she didn't need to buy any.
Lin Mai came into her home and taught her how to make Jiangcheng's version of glutinous rice-wrapped fried dough sticks.
Jiangcheng's version of glutinous rice-wrapped fried dough sticks is super simple. Cut the fried dough sticks into four parts, spread the glutinous rice flat on a clean wet towel, and sprinkle with some fried sauerkraut, but it would be better if you sprinkle it with sugar.
Then put the fried dough sticks section on top, roll up the glutinous rice with a towel, and pinch it a little so it doesn't fall apart. The fried dough sticks wrapped in glutinous rice are ready.
Mrs. Pang learned the lesson immediately, and Lin Mai left with Doudou.
When she was leaving, she saw the old scheming bitch's family mocking her triumphantly, and she snorted in disdain.
Do you think that if she leaves, their family can monopolize the chestnut business in this entire street?
Go ahead and dream, I can’t sell here, and you can’t even hope to sell well!
Lin Mai took Dou Dou by bus and went straight to the Guangdong-Hankou Pier, and then went to the nearest urban village, Sanyang Village, to rent a place to live.
In this era, housing for workers is very tight. You can't even hope to rent a house in a community, but you can still rent a house in an urban village because most of the self-built houses are spacious.
As a result, after walking around the village in Sanyang Village, no one was willing to rent a house.
Lin Mai planned to visit other urban villages.
Doudou was a little tired, so he held her hand and said pitifully: "Mom, I can't walk anymore, let's take a rest..."
It was impossible to rest. It was already past three in the afternoon, and I had to rush back to Simei Town after renting a house.
Lin Mai knelt down and said to Doudou: "Mom is carrying you."
Doudou asked hesitantly: "Isn't Mom tired?"
Lin Mai urged: "Come up quickly, all mothers in the world are strong men, they won't get tired."
Doudou smiled happily and climbed onto her back.
Lin Mai picked her up and left.
But after taking a few steps, she stopped.
Because she saw a house sale notice posted on a closed wooden courtyard door.
She remembered that this urban village was the first urban village to be demolished in Jiangcheng.
Because it is a government demolition, the compensation is very high. Not only is there a high resettlement fee, but the area of the house is also compensated for one for two.
That is to say, if you demolish one square meter, you will be compensated for two square meters.
This is because when real estate was just starting out, demolition was a new thing and the government had no experience, so the compensation was high.
As real estate becomes more and more mature, the compensation for demolition will become smaller and smaller, and it will be difficult to get rich from demolition.
If you buy a private house here at this time, and wait until it is demolished in 1990, one old house will be turned into two new houses, and there will be a resettlement fee of at least 50,000 yuan, and you will make a lot of money.
It's a pity that the sales notice did not specify the price of this bungalow. If it is not too expensive, it is not bad to buy it.
Lin Mai asked the surrounding villagers about the price, but the villagers didn't know much about it. They only said it was about more than a thousand.
The price is quite reasonable.
Lin Mai also asked the villagers about the reason for selling the house. This is very important. Haunted houses and houses with disputes must not be bought.
The villagers told her that the owner passed away because of old age, and his sons had houses, so they wanted to sell the house and divide the property equally.
The villagers gathered around Lin Mai and were talking animatedly. Someone pointed at a middle-aged man walking towards them and said, "Patriotism is here."
Someone immediately introduced Lin Mai: "He is Qian Aiguo, the eldest son of the original landlord."
Qian Aiguo...this name is really hard to describe...
Qian Aiguo walked up and asked, "Does anyone want to buy my house?"
The villagers all pointed at Lin Mai: "We don't know yet whether this girl wants to buy it. We just know that she is inquiring."
Qian Aiguo couldn't help but be disappointed when he saw that both Lin Mai and her daughter were dressed very shabbily, and that Lin Mai's skin was dark and rough, and was not well maintained at all. He looked like he was not a rich person.
But I still asked: "Do you want to buy a house?"
Lin Mai said calmly: "Wait until you see the house before deciding whether to buy it or not."
Qian Aiguo took out the key and opened the courtyard door.
An ordinary brick building caught Lin Mai's eyes.
Qian Aiguo introduced it beside her: "This house covers an area of 100 square meters, and the yard in front is 80 square meters, adding up to 180 square meters.
This is an apple tree, this is a pomegranate tree, and there is a grape trellis.
Even though the grapevines are bare in winter now, they will grow leaves in spring, and they will be covered with grapes every autumn, weighing at least one hundred and eighty kilograms."
Then he opened the door to the house.
What Lin Mai saw before his eyes was an old-fashioned house structure.
There is a main hall eight meters long and four meters wide in the middle, with two rooms on the left and right. One of the rooms is used as a kitchen, so the kitchen is very large.