Chapter 054 Flattering
Bai Mengdie did not forcefully buy and sell, but just said, "You get what you pay for. My cherry just picked from the tree, it is fresh and sweet.
If you buy such a good cherry at the vegetable market, it won’t be cheap, it’s not a 15 yuan! And if you want to buy two or two, you won’t sell it, at least you have to weigh half a pound!”
In the late 1990s recorded in this book, fruits are generally called by pounds. If they say less, they don’t sell them, and watermelons are also called by pounds.
Unlike the Bai Mengdie era, people also sold fruits of two or three taels, and the watermelons in supermarkets were cut and sold.
Although the girl put the cherries back into Bai Mengdie's basket, her eyes never left the bright red cherries. It was so tempting!
After hearing what Bai Mengdie said, the girl found a way out for herself: "I can't eat half a pound, I just want one or two taels. Your amount is just right.
Are your cherries really sweet? If they are really sweet, if you are willing to be cheaper, I will buy a pack to try it."
Bai Mengdie smiled and said, "Is it sweet or not? You can take one and taste it yourself, as for the cheapest..."
She wiped the sweat all over her face: "My grandpa and I came to the provincial capital in the scorching sun, but I wanted to sell the fruit at home at a good price? If it was sold cheaply, I could sell it in the county town without having to pay for the road fee."
Speaking of this, she deliberately paused for a while and pretended to be struggling fiercely inside: "The opening business is a good idea. I will give you two cents less, two yuan and eighty-one bags, so you can't lose any more."
The girl smiled sweetly, picked up a red cherry specially left for customers to taste, and prepared to send it into her mouth, wanting to taste it.
Her hand holding the cherry suddenly stopped at her mouth and asked worriedly: "Can you eat this cherry directly? There are pesticides on it? I can't eat it directly. I have to find a place to wash it. It's too troublesome, so I don't want it." After that, he put the cherry in his hand into the basket.
Bai Mengdie swears: "I promise, there are really no pesticides. These are the cherries I grow from my family. I can't bear to eat them and carry them to the city to sell them. Unlike fruit farmers who will make pesticides for fruit trees."
The girl's boyfriend's eyes were full of doubts: "You are lying, you see, your cherries are all so beautiful, and you don't have a single insect eye. How could it be that you didn't have pesticides?"
Bai Mengdie explained: "That's because our family is well taken care of."
The old man smiled and said, "After all, they are young people from big cities, and they don't know the characteristics of cherries.
Although the yield of cherries is very low and there are not many kilograms of cherries on a tree, there are few diseases and pests in cherries. As long as you need careful care, you will not get sick and worms, and you don’t need to be injected with pesticides.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have water to wash it. Wipe it on your palms and wipe it off and you can eat it.
Not to mention these cherries, they are cucumbers and tomatoes grown in the vegetable fields in our rural areas. They can be eaten with just rubbed."
Bai Mengdie looked like a girl who was inseparable from grains, and the old man looked like a farmer and was still very old, so the young couple believed his words.
The girl then took a cherry and rubbed it in the palm of her hand as the old man said, and then put it into her mouth to taste it carefully. It was sweet and sour, and the taste was so good.
She said with satisfaction: "Get a bag."
Her boyfriend is generous: "Since you like to eat, then buy two bags."
The girl obviously didn't want the boy to spend more money and shouted, "I can't eat two bags!"
Bai Mengdie admired and looked at the girl twice. The girls of this era are not very materialistic, they love them very purely, and she likes them!
Trees become monsters, and people become spirits.
The old man smiled kindly and said, "It doesn't matter if I can't eat it. My cherries are fresh, so there is no problem in keeping them for two or three days. It's rare to encounter a cherry that is as delicious as my home!"
The boy generously took out six dollars: "Stop looking for it, it's not easy for you to do some small business."
Bai Mengdie smiled and said thank you, took the six dollars and asked the girl to pick two bags of cherries by herself.
She also took a bag of plums apart and grabbed a handful of them to the girl: "My plums are delicious, I'll give you a handful of them."
Although it was a one-time transaction, it was so easy for them that Bai Mengdie was unwilling to neglect them.
She has the aura of the Jiangcheng people. If you respect me, I will respect you one foot.
The young couple were all a little surprised and had never seen such a small businessman who took the initiative to give gifts. The two of them also said thank you and left happily.
Bai Mengdie and his grandson continued to walk towards Jiangcheng Shopping Mall.
The old man looked back at the young couple several times and said in amazement: "Why are the people in the city so rich? I can't afford to buy such expensive cherries!"
Bai Mengdie rolled his eyes coquettishly: "Grandpa, what do you mean? Do you want my cherries to be sold?"
The old man hurriedly explained: "Why do I think that way! I just think it's strange. Didn't your father say that the whole city is now laid off? It's said that people in the city are living a tight life, so how can they afford such expensive fruits!"
Bai Mengdie was funny: "Grandpa, the consumption concepts of young people in the city are different from those of us countrymen. We countrymen are the first to save money regardless of whether we have money or not.
Young people in the city will consume no matter whether their wallets are warm or not, as long as they can afford them, they will consume them unless they have no money.
Besides, even if you can’t bear to spend money when you fall in love, then you can still expect that boy to spend money on that girl!”
The old man thought about it and said that.
He said happily: "Big baby! You are still smart and bold, and you can speak wisely. Only our cherries can be sold at a high price!"
Bai Mengdie chuckled humbly: "Grandpa, it's not that I can speak eloquently. It's mainly because my grandma has well-kept fruit trees. The fruits are both good and good. In addition, my grandpa explained them to customers well, so the young couple is willing to buy them. After all, it's still the ability of grandpa and grandma!"
Bai Mengdie's flattery was extremely natural, and the old man was so happy that he couldn't stop talking.
The grandfather and grandson came to the entrance of Jiangcheng Shopping Mall while talking and laughing.
It has been three years since the country implemented the double-break system in 1995.
Not to mention, the double-care system is particularly exciting to consume. There are crowds of people at the entrance of Jiangcheng Shopping Mall, and everyone who sells snacks is very busy.
Bai Mengdie took the old man and squatted down against the wall next to the shopping mall gate, put the basket and basket in front of him. Someone immediately asked them how to sell plums and cherries.
Bai Mengdie quoted the price, but some people thought it was too expensive and didn’t buy it, but some people could accept it, so they bought cherries or plums while shopping.
Although cherries are more expensive than plums, they sell much better. Real foodies are not afraid of the price. They just want to eat happily.
The old man sighed in his heart that the people in the city really know how to enjoy it. If it were their relatives, who would buy such expensive fruits to eat, would be given the attention behind the scenes, saying that the family was greedy and would not be able to manage the family.
Chapter completed!