1260. Farmer's Market (1/5)
Perhaps because of the novelty, the Farmers Market, which just opened, is very lively.
When the business started, Wang Bo walked all the way to observe and found that the stalls were roughly divided into three categories.
The most common ones are fresh home-produced agricultural products, various fresh vegetables, fruits, etc., especially organic vegetables, fruits and melons, which are even more common in stalls.
This is normal. Now consumers who buy agricultural products in New Zealand need not only understand the origin, but also the cultivation methods, whether they have used pesticides, harvesting methods and dates, storage methods, etc.
Organic vegetables and organic fruits are sold at higher prices, have greater profits in selling, and are more popular with consumers.
The second is food, home-baked bread, home-made cheese and seasonings from the farm, beef, mutton and sausage just produced in the ranch, as well as private jams and preserved fruits, canned food, honey and other foods, in a large quantity.
There are also handmade chocolates, fine wines, homemade beer, etc. There are many stalls for sale. Wang Bo saw Asulu buying beer and pulling it back with a pickup truck.
The fewer are handmade craft stalls. Wang Bo saw that it was mainly hand-tied, wooden furniture, sweaters, hats, hand-dyed fabrics, etc., and others were rare.
At the end of the stall, there are artist gathering places, some painters and sculptors set up stalls here, and various oil paintings, sketches and watercolors are placed here for sale.
The Serbian Handayan also came to the market. He took his youngest son Milorad, and there were handmade wood carvings and exquisite small furniture on the steel wire bed in front of him, which was obviously to make extra money.
Wang Bo greeted him and said to the boy: "Hi, boy, why did your father arrest you as a strong man? Tell him that hiring child labor is illegal in New Zealand."
Milorad smiled shyly and said, "I'm here to help, not his worker, but he has to pay me a salary, I want to save money."
"Why save money? Get a wife?"
Milorad shook his head and said, "No, I will go to the United States to go to high school in the future, and I will save tuition fees."
NBA is the world's basketball temple. The United States has the best basketball education in the world. It is the right choice to go to the United States to go to school, but the tuition and living expenses are indeed very expensive. Dayan probably will find it difficult to make so much money by relying solely on carpentry work.
Wang Bo looked at the boy, looked at him and said, "I haven't seen you for a while, and you seem to have grown taller?"
Milorad grinned: "Well, I've grown four centimeters taller, but I've become much stronger. Mayor, have you noticed that my muscle lines are better?"
Wang Bo nodded and said, "Yes, I'm really much stronger. To be honest, I even thought you were an adult and strong man."
Milorad said: "After coming to Sunset Town, I gained 15 kilograms and my fat coefficient has dropped a little. Now I am invincible on the basketball court."
Compared with his previous life, he is now in the sky. In the Sunset Town, he can eat good beef and mutton. Wang Bo arranged for Kuncha to prepare a special fitness course for him in the gym.
Therefore, it is normal for a young man to grow muscles. He is indeed very talented in sports. Wang Bo hopes that he can take the path of professional basketball in the future.
When Wang Bo heard that he chose to go to the United States to study for a middle school, he pulled Dayan aside and asked, "If he goes to the United States, your family will have to accompany you, right? That will require a lot of money."
Dayan shook his head and said, "When the time comes, his mother will accompany him, and it will be difficult for our family to afford this kind of expenses. However, with the farmers' market, I think it can improve our family's economic situation."
Wang Bo habitually wanted to pat his shoulder and encourage him, but the other party was too tall and it was awkward to do so, so he could only withdraw his hand in disappointment.
He said: "Don't worry, the town will provide financial support. You just need to accumulate living expenses and give the rest to the town at that time."
Dayan was stunned and said, "Oh my God, is it true?"
Then he reacted and quickly added: "How can this work? Mayor, this is not work. Now he has eaten the meat from the town for free, and the town has helped us a lot."
Wang Bo signaled him to squat down, and finally patted Dayan's shoulder, and said in a earnest tone: "My man, it is my responsibility as the mayor to care for the good development of every child."
Dayan was amused by him, not sure whether he was joking or saying it seriously.
Wang Bo gave him a reassurance before leaving: "I will ask Oakley to contact him with a famous basketball school in the United States, and then see how to send Milorard over there. Don't worry, there is Sunset Town here."
He made a commitment very seriously. The reason for doing this is to increase the sense of belonging among the townspeople and to invest. If Milorad can become an NBA star, the rewards will be greater for Sunset Town.
Oakley, Hill and Sunset Orchestra are in front of the example, and Wang Bo is increasingly happy to see the scenes of celebrities appearing in the town.
Like the farmers' markets in other parts of New Zealand, everything here is marked with clear prices. People choose good items, pack them in environmentally friendly paper bags, and then the stall owner weighs and collects the money.
There is an advantage in shopping here, because everyone values credibility and commitment, so there is no need to worry about buying inferior products that are not worthy of their name, and there is no need to doubt the stall owner’s scales.
Compared with supermarket shopping, the information is more transparent, and customers can ask for detailed information about the goods.
There are also stall owners as consultants, which are incomparable to supermarket shopping. Before buying vegetables and fruits, customers will tell them their purpose, whether to cook or eat raw, or use them to make jam or mix salads. According to different uses, the stall owner will give purchase suggestions.
Some time ago, there was a misunderstanding in supermarkets that the garlic sprouts were bought by customers. This would definitely not happen in agricultural and sideline supermarkets.
In this way, the vegetable and fruit area business in the department store will inevitably be affected. Wang Bo doesn’t care. If the Farmers Market can be successfully held, it will be of greater help to the town.
The passenger flow and market size are still small, so it cannot be opened continuously. Wang Bo’s initial plan is to open the market every Monday and Friday, two days a week.
After getting the farmer's market, he began to work on the merger of Tahiti town.
In late June, he found a sunny day, and he drove to Tahiti with Uncle Soldiers, Haney, Charlie and others.
New Zealand has a kind of empty beauty in autumn. The farms on both sides of the road have completed the harvest. The sky is blue and the air is spotless. Looking around from the car window, there are plains that cannot be seen at a glance.
Chapter completed!