Chapter 117 The Tough Grandma Zhong Cuihua (Seventh
"Sandworm dry!"
"Finished acquiring sandworms!"
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"Buy dried sandworms at a high price!"
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Sun Xiaozhi glanced at the employee who was standing next to the pickup truck and shouted loudly with a loudspeaker. He was very anxious. In the past few days, the nearby villages on the seaside had gone out to dig for sandworms. After four or five days, they would immediately go to the village to collect them.
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Dried sand worms are high-end seafood, rich in nutrients and tonic. They are very popular, the price is high and they are easy to sell. The business for a year depends on the goods collected in these few days. However, at noon, there were not enough dried sand worms collected.
Five pounds.
Sun Xiaozhi knew that he had lowered the price too hard this year. People in the village were unwilling to sell, and he regretted it a little. However, if he said it, he would throw water out and the price would not increase immediately. If he really did this, the people who sold the sandworms would have to settle the account with themselves.
Those who ask for money but don't sell feel that they are profiteers and even more so if they don't sell, neither of them are human beings.
Sun Xiaozhi took a puff of the cigarette in his hand, threw it on the ground, raised his foot and stepped on it hard. He couldn't sit still and wait for death. If the people in the village didn't come, he would have to go look for it. Today he had to collect a hundred kilograms of dried sandworms.
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Sun Xiaozhi opened the door of the truck, took the bag containing cash and put it on his back, then turned and walked into the village.
"Brother!"
"Are there any sandworms at home? Buy them at a high price!"
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"Auntie!"
"Did anyone dig up sandworms a few days ago?"
"My car is at the drying ground in the village collecting dried sandworms. If there are any, sell them to me."
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"This uncle."
"Are there any dried sandworms for sale?"
"Cash cash to collect."
"Pay the money immediately after passing the scale!"
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Sun Xiaozhi went door to door and asked people he met. Some of them ignored him at all, and some simply closed the door as soon as they heard the price.
"What the hell!"
"Why can't we harvest sandworms this year?"
"Is it possible that you said you want to raise the price now?"
Sun Xiaozhi was sweating profusely while walking. Everyone in the village had dried sandworms in their hands, and they were unwilling to buy them if they were not satisfied with the price. This year, he was a bit greedy and the price was too high. He thought it was troublesome to the people in the village and would sell them at any lower price.
, I didn’t expect this to be the case.
Sun Xiaozhi gritted his teeth and continued walking forward. He walked through the entire village. If no one was willing to sell, he could only raise the price. It didn't matter if he slapped himself in the face. He could make money by eating shit.
Sun Xiaozhi gasped for air. The village was getting higher and higher. The heat was really uncomfortable. He was just thinking about whether to go back. When he looked forward, he saw several large dustpans in front of a house not far away. He pressed his nose hard.
Inhale, the sea breeze blowing over carries the familiar smell of dried sandworms.
Sun Xiaozhi perked up, quickened his pace and rushed to the dustpan. He looked down and saw that each of the dried sandworms was as long as a finger, with the middle finger as big as the middle finger. They were orange-yellow in color and translucent in the sun. He had been doing the sandworm business for ten years.
, I knew at first glance that this was a top quality product. One pound could be worth three or even five pounds of other products. If I sold it in my own store, I would not be able to buy it for two thousand yuan per pound.
Sun Xiaozhi stretched out his hand to grab a handful and take a closer look. There was a sudden "bang" sound and he jumped up in fright. He turned around and saw a seventy-year-old woman sitting on the threshold of the door of the house, holding an iron basin in one hand and another in the other hand.
Holding a stick, this is what scared me.
"Hello grandma."
"Is this your sandworm's?"
"Is there anyone else at home?"
As Sun Xiaozhi spoke, he glanced at the open courtyard door. No one was moving.
"Let's go!"
"My grandson said, this sandworm is not for sale!"
Zhong Cuihua shook her head.
"What about the ones that are not for sale?"
"I'll give you a good price!"
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"I came to your village early in the morning to collect sandworms! They have been coming since the year before last!"
"The car is parked at the sun drying ground in the village!"
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"Everyone in your village has sold me their dried sandworms! If you don't believe me, go and take a look. There are almost two hundred kilograms of them in the car!"
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"You can't eat these sandworms yourself, can you? They must be sold. The price in town is the same as mine or even a little lower."
"Selling it to me saves you a trip, doesn't it?"
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"Cash money!"
"Have you watched it?"
"I have cash with me!"
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"Six hundred yuan a pound!"
"Everyone else in the village only pays me 500 yuan a pound!"
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Sun Xiaozhi's eyes rolled around, and he deliberately spoke loudly. No one came out. It seemed that there was only an old lady at home. This was a good opportunity. With his sharp tongue, it was easy to deal with an old lady.
Zhong Cuihua glanced at Sun Xiaozhi, who saw an old lady guarding the sandworm trying to trick him into taking it away at a low price. She ignored it, stood up, and turned around to walk home.
"Why!"
"Have you just left?"
"Don't sell it for six hundred? How about adding fifty?"
"No more. No more, and the other people in the village who sell me sandworms will definitely not do it!"
"You must ask me for money!"
Sun Xiaozhi saw Zhong Cuihua ignoring him and turning around to enter the yard. He immediately followed her into the yard, followed her into the kitchen as soon as he saw her.
"ah?"
"What are you doing with the knife?"
When Sun Xiaozhi saw Zhong Cuihua holding a hatchet on the stove, he was stunned for a moment, but his expression immediately changed and he turned around and ran out.
"Six hundred and fifty yuan per pound for my dried sand worms!?"
"You see I'm old and easy to deceive, don't you?"
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"The old woman eats more salt than you eat rice!"
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"Come into my house? Don't run away if you dare!"
"Kill you to death with one knife!"
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Sun Xiaozhi was sweating profusely and running as fast as a rabbit. He was here to collect sandworms at a low price. He forgot that the fishing village was a place where dogs might be let loose if he walked around a stranger's house a few times. Not to mention that he had entered someone else's house.
There is no place to reason even after death.
Zhao Dahai just came back from the town on his motorcycle and bought some tofu and pork. He was thinking about how to cook it when he suddenly heard his grandma Zhong Cuihua's scolding voice. His face changed and he turned the accelerator.
The motorcycle sped out, turned a corner, and saw grandma Zhong Cuihua standing at the door of the yard from a distance, holding a hatchet in her hand and yelling curses, while a person was running towards her.
Zhao Dahai parked his motorcycle and waited for someone to come to him. Without saying a word, he kicked him directly with his foot.
Sun Xiaozhi had seen Zhao Dahai a long time ago, but he didn't expect to kick him out. He fell to the ground in a somersault.
Zhao Dahai picked up Sun Xiaozhi by his collar, slapped him with both forehand and backhand, and dragged him towards his grandmother Zhong Cuihua.
"What's going on?"
"Isn't this the boss who came to our village to collect sandworms?"
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"Want to collect six hundred and fifty yuan?"
"Pooh!"
"I don't even sell anything from my family! There's no way that guy from Dahai's family can sell it!"
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"Needless to say? I must have seen the sandworms from the Dahai family. Seeing that Zhong Cuihua is getting older, I want to trick them into buying them!"
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"This person has a dark heart!"
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"The sea is back just in time!"
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When people in the village heard Zhong Cuihua's scolding, they rushed out of the house and saw Zhao Dahai dragging someone.
Zhao Dahai walked to the door of his house, left Sun Xiaozhi behind, and carefully asked his grandma Zhong Cuihua if everything was okay before he felt relieved. As he gets older, he has to be careful about everything. Only he and his grandma Zhong Cuihua are left in the family to depend on each other. If anything happens to him, he will never forgive himself for the rest of his life.
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Sun Xiaozhi's eyes were filled with stars, his ears were ringing, and the kick in his stomach was so painful that he wanted to vomit but couldn't. After struggling for a while, he got up, spitted, and two teeth fell out.
"This is my fault."
"I am from Guanghua Village, two hundred kilometers away. My name is Sun Xiaozhi."
Sun Xiaozhi stood up on crutches and admitted his mistake directly.
The fishing village is full of people who go out to sea to make money with their heads tied to their belts, and the folk customs are tough, but no matter what, this is not the ancient times, and everyone is used to being reasonable, but the person in front of him took action without saying a word, which is a typical ruthless person.
The key is that I have no place to reason about this matter today.
It’s okay to receive goods at a low price when doing business, but no matter what method you use, you have to get the seller’s nod.
Now the seller didn't nod and followed him into the house without permission?
I have no place to explain myself if I break my leg.
Don’t admit this?
Don’t you think this is useful?
It's useless to say anything in front of a seventy-year-old woman. If you file a case, you don't even need to think about it to know what the result will be. I am a foreigner, so I might not be able to run away. My home is nearby. It's really two hundred kilometers away.
He was not far away, and he was doing business. It was easy for Zhao Dahai to find him, and it was easy for him to ruin his business.
Sun Xiaozhi has been in business for many years, and he knows that by directly admitting his mistakes at this time, he will suffer less. He usually collects sandworms, and it is not that he has never done this before, and it is just a few curses.
Who expected to meet a ruthless person today?
The old man just took the hatchet and the young man kicked and slapped him without saying a word.
Zhao Dahai didn't expect Sun Xiaozhi to be such a bachelor, so he directly admitted his mistake and reported it to the family. Grandma Zhong Cuihua was fine, and he had already beaten the person. Without saying anything, he let Sun Xiaozhi go.
Sun Xiaozhi returned to the village drying area, packed up his things, and drove away. The business in this place could no longer be done.
Zhao Dahai entered the courtyard and closed the door.
"grandmother!"
"You are really too fierce!"
Zhao Dahai really didn't expect grandma Zhong Cuihua to directly take the hatchet.
"Why!"
"That kid wants to lie to me?"
"There's no door!"
"I said I won't sell it. If you follow me into the house, you will definitely take a knife."
Zhong Cuihua is upright and confident.
Zhao Dahai gave a thumbs up, regardless of what is right or wrong, the most important thing is to protect yourself.