Chapter 10 The Vegetable Market in the 1980s
As for peaches and bayberry, it is even simpler. Chen Qi quietly went up the mountain alone, picked it all the way, and then took it into the space.
Not to mention the 50 peach trees in the Chen family, Chen Qi was so happy to collect all the peaches from his neighbor's house.
Fortunately, no one cares about these fruits now, otherwise it would have to cause a rural world war.
Rural people cannot suffer any loss at all. If you pick a few more peaches and bayberry, they can fight for you, as if you have taken advantage of him.
After just a week like this, Chen Qi felt that his space was filled with various local specialties.
Especially what makes him happy is that this space has a fresh preservation function. Anyway, what will it look like when you put it in? It will still be like when you take it out, and it won’t deteriorate at all.
Those eels and loaches will not die at all, and they are guaranteed to be fresh when sold, so that they can be sold at a good price.
After making preparations, Chen Qi prepared to go up to the city to sell it.
The urban area mentioned here is actually the seat of the Yuezhong region government and the location of Huiji County Government. An urban area, where the government and county government coexist.
Yue Zhongcheng District is an ancient city that has been around for two thousand years. The urban population exceeds 400,000. Even in 1981, it belongs to a medium-sized city.
The best work, schools, hospitals and institutions in the entire region are concentrated in the urban area. From the perspective of rural people, there are "workers" everywhere here and "rich people" everywhere.
Chen Qi has so many local specialties, only the urban area can digest them. Keqiao Town is just a town after all, and its consumption power is limited.
One morning a week later, Chen Qi was about to set off before dawn.
Chen Shu and Chen Hua also got up after hearing the sound, and looked at themselves with two eyes: "Brother, we also want to go to the city to have a look."
The two children grew up so old that they only went to Keqiao Town at the farthest. They had never been to the "big city" Yuezhongcheng District, and they yearned for countless times in their hearts.
Chen Qi touched the heads of the two men and whispered: "Brother promises that if I make money this time, I will take you to the city to have fun. How about it?"
"Really? Don't cheat."
It’s not that he doesn’t want to bring it, but he really can’t bring it, because his goods are all in the space and they will be sold like magic tricks, and they will not be able to explain it to his younger brother and sister.
They are just young, simple-minded, and don’t think too much, but they are not really stupid.
The silly sister didn't know that Chen Qi was going to be a small vendor. Chen Qi gave her the reason that the school had a summer camp and she needed to go back for a few days.
"Second, give it, this is two dollars."
Chen Qin took out a few pennies from her pocket, one corner, two corners, and five corners, which were obviously all the hard-working praises she had accumulated over the past few days.
Chen Qi felt very upset, which further strengthened his determination to sell local specialties in the city. Anyway, even if he was taken as a speculative person, he wouldn't care.
The world is vast, and family happiness is the greatest.
If the Chen family has to live by the silly sister carrying bricks alone, then the eldest son of his family, 19-year-old man can jump off the cliff and commit suicide.
Chen Qi used to be a little cowardly and scholarly, but now Chen Qi doesn't. He can do anything for himself to not be hungry and for his family.
At this time, the sky had not stopped, and Chen Qi went out with a torch.
He had to walk for one hour to Xingtang Commune, and then walk for four hours to Keqiao Town. When he got here, he had a variety of means of transportation to the city.
Yuezhongcheng District is 25 kilometers away from Keqiao Town. It costs 5 cents to take a boat, and the long-distance bus that passes by is 6 cents. The cheapest is to take a train, which only 2 cents is enough.
It is cheaper, but there are fewer trains. After all, Keqiao Town is a small station, and there are not many trains parked.
However, for students like Chen Qi, the one who is least afraid of wasting time is his transportation, which is also the most common way of transportation he takes every time he goes to school in the city.
But he was not lucky today, and the one he drove was a "cargo to passenger" train, also known as a "tank truck". It was originally a cargo cargo, but the carriage was not enough to be organized, so he used it as a passenger carriage.
This kind of carriage only has small windows on it, and the carriage is like a subway, with two rows of vertical wooden seats.
As for the smell in the car, it can only be mentioned. It smells of sweat, body odor, and even the smell of feces and urine, which can simply kill people.
If I didn't die of fumigation, I would be squeezed to death. Anyway, Chen Qi was squeezed to the edge of the carriage throughout the whole process, and his face was pressed against the door and could not move.
Fortunately, it only takes half an hour to drive Keqiao to the city.
After getting off the train, Chen Qi took a deep breath and his mood couldn't help but get better.
"Friends, I, Hu Hansan, are back with my peaches~~~~"
Chen Qi left the train station, and it was about three o'clock in the afternoon. He had been studying in the urban area for two years, so he naturally knew where there was a lively vegetable market in the middle of Yue.
He was not willing to spend money to take the bus, so he walked towards Dayun Bridge two kilometers away. There was a straw hat vegetable market here, which was the largest vegetable market in the city.
When he arrived at Dayun Bridge, he found that it was already crowded, which made Chen Qi very excited.
In 1981, although the entire society was still relatively conservative, there was still a "speculative crime" there, but it was no longer as strict as it was in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Vietnam-China region has allowed farmers to sell their own vegetables, chickens, ducks, etc. to the market, which has been considered a small opening.
Note that the premise that you can sell is that the vegetables are grown by yourself, the chickens are raised by yourself, and the things are picked and sold by yourself.
The goods sold must not be wholesale. If you are a businessman, I'm sorry, all the goods will be confiscated and you will be locked up in the "study class" for half a year and will not be given out.
If you hire someone to help you sell vegetables, the nature will be even worse. Sorry, the employer will be directly guilty of "speculation and fraud", and he will be sentenced.
Chen Qi took advantage of the early time and went to the vegetable market for a walk inside and out to conduct market research.
The straw hat market is full of state-owned stalls, such as butcher shops, braised food shops, fruit and vegetable shops, and grain shops. Various tickets are required for transactions here, and of course the price is relatively cheap. This is the welfare of workers.
Outside the market, there are farmers like Chen Qi who come to trade with a load of vegetables, two ducks and baskets of eggs.
You don’t need to sell things here, just give money, but the price is more expensive than that of state-owned non-staple food stores. The better is that the transaction is more flexible and unlimited.
After all, you have a limited amount of food coupons and meat coupons every month, and you don’t buy as much as you want.
What excited Chen Qi was that there was only one "fruit and vegetable store" in the entire market that provided fruits, and there were not many varieties.
As for outside the market, no one sells fruits, which made Chen Qi convinced that he was definitely in the right place to sell peaches and bayberry, and there were no competitors.
Chapter completed!