At five o'clock the next morning, Li Jianren got up early and went to the bamboo forest to read. After breakfast, he and Li Yanping packed up, loaded everything on a tricycle borrowed from a neighbor, and pushed it to the square together.
The elders were too embarrassed to go with them. They had been farmers all their lives and asked them to sell on the streets. They were still villagers in the same village. They couldn't bear this shame and had to let the younger generations do it.
At about 6 o'clock, the two arrived at the square. They began to place items in different areas and inserted the signs on the ground. In 1994, there was no cement floor in the village. It was all dirt. They easily inserted the signs, and then
Start placing the classified items in the corresponding places.
Just as they started to put things up, Li Keping came over on a bicycle, "Bitch, it's so early. I was worried that I came early. Sister Yanping, you're here too."
Li Yanping smiled at him and said, "Thank you, Li Keping, for coming to help."
Li Jianren was not polite to him, "Tadpole, come here quickly and help put things away. There are quite a few things." Li Keping didn't show up either, and started to help with the work as agreed tomorrow.
After a while, someone came over again, an older man holding a little boy. Li Jianren didn't recognize him either, so he smiled at him and said, "Good morning, sir. You're out so early to take your grandson for a walk."
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The uncle came over, took a look, and said to Li Jianren, "Are you the grandson of Li Ruiqin's family? I heard on the radio that towels were being distributed. Come and take a look."
Yes, we haven’t opened yet. Let’s take out a towel first: “Uncle, you are the first one to arrive. There must be towels, but please wait a moment and wait for me to pack up and wait for the other nine people to arrive.
, save the trouble, do you think that’s okay?”
Uncle Yile said, "Okay, there are towels." "Okay, I'll wait."
The three of them continued to pack up and place them. One after another, people came to watch the fun, and the uncle helped explain that there were indeed towel collars, but only the top ten had them.
So, the first ten to arrive crowded together to prevent others from cutting in. Before seven o'clock, thirty or forty people had gathered in the square. Rural people in 1994 were hungry and had no entertainment activities.
I went to bed early and got up early. I knew there would be people selling things in the square today, so I came over to join in the fun. It wasn’t necessarily for shopping.
Finally, everything was placed. It was not yet seven o'clock, and more people came to the square one after another.
Li Jianren cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Everyone, ladies and gentlemen, uncles and aunts. Yesterday, I promised to send towels to the first ten people who arrived. I have to do this, and the ten people here can receive towels.
That's it." Li Jianren pointed at the ten fellow villagers gathered together.
"Okay!" The ten people who can get towels cheered. If you come here a little early, you can get towels. A pure cotton face towel is worth more than two yuan. It's free, so what's wrong with it?
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Others who didn't receive towels shouted, "Please give me more towels, there are so many people."
Li Jianren smiled and said, "A towel costs at least two yuan. I can't afford more, and the landlord doesn't have any food left. Please be early next time."
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.
"Before I hand out towels, please listen to me. I have sorted everything and put signs on the ground. This pile is worth fifty cents, this pile is worth one yuan, and this pile is worth two cents.
The last pile is five yuan." Li Jianren pointed at the divided items, and then said, "Guys, what items did you like, and you thought they were really cheap and useful, so you took the items directly to my sister, and she helped check out.
.Okay, now hand out towels."
Li Jianren took the towel handed over by his sister and raised it, "Look, guys, this kind of pure cotton and thick towel costs at least two yuan when you buy it outside. I only need two yuan here. It only costs two yuan."
, I missed this store, but I didn’t go here. After dividing, there are only 20 pieces left in total, come on, come on, each of the ten people in front will have one piece, please help me divide them."
The villagers took a look and heard Li Jianren's nonsense. They found that the towels were really sold out, and the towels that cost more than two yuan were only sold for two yuan, and they seemed to be of good quality, not thin. So why are you hesitating? Buy one.
You can use it when you go back. Even if you don’t need it for the time being, you can just prepare it first. Didn’t you hear that guy say there are only 20 pieces?
So the villagers began to gather around, scrambling to choose what they liked. There were still people coming from behind. When they saw so many people in the square choosing and competing, they joined in.
All of a sudden, the originally empty stall was crowded with people. It was the first time for Li Yanping and Li Keping to see this kind of scene, and they seemed a little at a loss. Li Jianren hurried over to greet them, while still urging his sister to collect the money.
Li Yanping came to her senses and began to count the selected villagers. Li Keping also watched with wide eyes, not letting anyone fish in troubled waters. When he saw someone who wanted to stuff his pocket, he quickly scolded them. Li Jianren saw that this was not going to work, so he simply told the two of them, "
Each person has one stall, and I am responsible for two." So the work was divided again.
People came and left. At the same time, new people joined the rush to buy. Within an hour and a half, the stalls were basically empty.
There were only a few children's toys and a few keychains left. Especially the labor gloves, soap, mosquito coils, towels and washing powder were all sold out in less than 20 minutes.
At this time, there were still people who heard the news and came over one after another to get a bargain. But when they saw that the place was almost empty, they had no choice but to leave unwillingly.
The three of them looked at each other, and they all looked at each other. Even Li Jianren didn’t expect this outcome, that it would end so soon. Li Jianren had never worried about not being able to sell, but he really didn’t worry about it ending so quickly.
I expected it. Okay, let’s close the stall.
The three of them started to pack up. In fact, there was nothing to pack up. What else could they pack up if they were basically sold out?
Pushing the tricycle, the three of them went home together. On the way, Li Keping gave all the money he collected to Li Jianren, and he also had to help with part-time work for five yuan a day. Li Jianren didn't say anything, he wanted to
Wait until he goes back and settles the accounts before going to his house.
The two siblings went home in a hurry. As soon as they entered the house, they saw their grandparents and mother looking at them. Li Jianren bared his teeth and smiled at them, "It's basically sold out. There are still a few toys and keychains left."
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"Huh!" The three of them all breathed a sigh of relief. After all, things worth hundreds of dollars are quite a lot of money for their family. No one asked how much they made. As long as they sold it, there would be no problem.
If you lose too much, use the money as pocket money for your children.
The siblings went back to the room, closed the door, took out all the coins, and started sorting them. The ten-dollar ones were put into the ten-dollar pile, and the five-dollar ones were together with the five-dollar pile. After counting for a while, they counted again.
Confirmed, a total of 918 yuan.
The cost of purchasing items is 425 yuan, and the total cost on the road is 112 yuan. The remaining 3 toys and 2 keychains are less than 10 yuan. We will sell them next time and ignore them for now. After this calculation, the net profit is 381 yuan.
.Li Jianren showed the bill to Li Yanping and smiled. It was not in vain, but it was a pity that the capital was too little.
Li Yanping looked at the bill and was a little stunned. She never expected that in just two hours in the morning, she earned so much, which was more than her father's monthly salary. She looked at Li Jianren with complicated eyes, not knowing
What are you thinking about.
Li Jianren collected all the money and said to Li Yanping, "I will collect the money first. When dad comes back in the evening, I will pay back all the money I took from them. Then we will calculate it or discuss what to do next."
Sister, do you think it’s okay?”
"Okay, I'm just going to do you a favor, you can just figure it out on your own. You still want to discuss it with me?"
"Of course, you have a share of credit for this. You are my sister. If I don't discuss it with you, who will I discuss it with?"
Li Yanping felt a little satisfied with her sense of vanity, "I also know that she is your sister. Why didn't I tell you when I went out to do errands before? Humph!"
Li Jianren touched his ear with his left hand, feeling a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Li Yanping didn't say anything more and went out to help with the work.