The two went ashore, changed out of their underwear and put on long trousers in a bamboo forest by the river. They washed their underwear in the river, found a tree and hung their underwear on the branches to dry. The brothers returned to the bamboo forest.

They were lying on the ground talking. Because they were both sixteen or seventeen years old, it was the time when they were just starting to fall in love. Although they still didn’t understand love or love, they still knew a little bit about it. The two brothers talked about school.

Which girls are beautiful, which girls are ugly, who is interested in whom, but dare not express it. The two brothers chatted passionately and enjoyed themselves. Of course, they talked more about their longing for their future future and life.

and longing. But how can two young people have any specific plans for their future lives? They can only have their own childish thoughts and wishes, and more of them are unknown and confused about their future lives. The two brothers were chatting in the bamboo forest.

It was almost dark before they went home. When they got home, their mother asked Zhang Huawei where he had gone after missing him all afternoon. Zhang Huawei told his mother and his cousin that they had gone to the river, and his mother said nothing more.

During dinner in the evening, my father said at the table: "Go to bed early tonight, and get up early tomorrow morning to pick peppers in the field. After picking them, Hua Jun will take them to the farm and sell them." "Dad, how much are the peppers sold for now?"

How much does it cost per pound? How about I sell it? I also want to learn something." Zhang Huawei said to his father at the side, "That's okay, then let Xiaowei go sell it tomorrow. Now the peppers have just come out.

You can buy it for about five cents per catty."

Zhang Huawei's family has planted more than an acre of peppers. Tomorrow they will pick the first batch of green peppers. The yield is very small. Each pepper plant can pick one or two green peppers. The Zhang Huawei family has more than an acre of land.

It only takes five or six kilograms. From now on, it will only be picked once every few days, and the yield will become higher and higher. After about six or seven times, you can no longer pick green peppers, and you will have to grow them into red peppers before picking them.

At dawn the next morning, Zhang Huawei was woken up by his sister's knock on the door while he was still sleeping. "Brother, get up quickly. Dad and the others have already gone out." Every time her sister came to call Zhang Huawei, she didn't force herself.

Knocking on the door instead of knocking gently, Zhang Huawei was also very depressed about this, "Sister, you can't be gentler, don't be afraid of breaking the door." As he talked, he got up and got dressed, without washing his face.

I went to the field with my sister. When we got to the field, my parents and brother had already started picking peppers. Zhang Huawei also went to the ground and started picking. In about half an hour, we finished picking more than an acre of land. The whole family picked it.

The chili peppers were gathered into the basket carried by my father, and they were weighed on a scale when they got home. The total amount in the basket was seven jins and eight taels.

Zhang Huawei took out his bicycle from home and fixed the basket on the rear seat frame of the bicycle with a rubber rope. Zhang Huawei got on the bicycle and rushed to the countryside. If he got there late, all the hawkers would leave, and he would not be able to sell anything, so he rode out.

After walking for a while, I heard my mother's voice: "Xiao Wei, please slow down and be careful on the road."

When we arrived at the comprehensive market in the countryside, it was already bustling with people. As soon as he entered the market, a middle-aged man came to Zhang Huawei and asked: "Young man, how do you sell your green peppers?" "Six angles." "Young man."

"If you can't sell it for six cents, I'll buy it for you if it sells for four cents." "Don't buy it." Zhang Huawei pushed the bicycle and continued walking into the market. "Oh, I said, young man, don't leave. The price is negotiable."

"Zhang Huawei looked at the middle-aged man and said: "Fifty cents." "It's a bit expensive. Let's do this, young man. Forty-eight cents, how about it? This price is fine, let's sell it." "No, I won't sell it at this price." "

Then how much do you want to sell it for?" "Well, let's not talk about five cents, I will sell it to you." "Okay, you young man really knows how to negotiate a price, five cents is five cents, until it is fair.

"Go to the scale." This so-called fair scale is a point set by the market itself to weigh things. Anyone who sells anything in this market must go to that point to have the scale weighed. You must pay two cents for a scale. If you dare not do it,

If you go to the scale at that point, the market administrator may kick you out of the market and not allow you to trade in the market.

Zhang Huawei and the middle-aged man went to the fair scale and passed the scale. Except for the basket of green peppers, which weighed seven pounds and three ounces, Zhang Huawei took the three yuan, sixty-five cents handed over by the middle-aged man and asked casually: "Uncle, you bought it here.

Where are you going to sell them? How much can you sell for a pound?" The middle-aged man said while sorting out the green peppers in his box: "We usually take them to the market and sell them, and we make a profit.

The price difference is very small, and you have to go out without seeing light all day long, and you have to be exposed to the sun and rain. It is not easy to make some hard money. I have no choice but to do this, and I can't do it at home all day long.

You can make some money by doing a small business, and you can also subsidize your family.” In fact, the people who were able to start these small businesses in this era were very flexible people, and a large part of those who made a fortune in later generations were those who had just reformed.

Those who dare to come out and do small business will open up.

After listening to the middle-aged man's words, Zhang Huawei said: "Yeah, life is not easy for everyone now." Zhang Huawei pushed his bicycle and walked outside the market. He was going to go back immediately. When he walked to the door of the market, something suddenly came to his mind.

He had an idea: "Why can't I also do this kind of small business? If others can do it, I should be able to do it too." With this idea in his mind, Zhang Huawei decided to give it a try, but he didn't know what the market would do.

I wanted to ask the middle-aged man about the price of green peppers, but he would definitely not tell me. It would be better to go to the city and see for myself.

Shuanghe County is under the jurisdiction of Shuyang City, the capital city of Xichuan Province. Shuanghe County is more than ten kilometers away from Shuyang City. Dawang Township, where Zhang Huawei's family is located, is more than 30 kilometers away from Shuyang City. It takes more than two hours to ride a bicycle.

Zhang Huawei made up his mind to go to the city to see the price difference between the prices of green peppers and other vegetables in the city and those in the rural market. If possible, he would start such a hawker business first.

In fact, Zhang Huawei had never been to the city before, let alone where there was a vegetable market in the city. This was not a problem for him. He knew the way to the city. When he arrived in the county, there was a road directly leading to the city.

As for where there is a vegetable market, you can just ask when you get to the city. Just do it, Zhang Huawei got on his bicycle and rushed to the city.

After more than two hours of riding, Zhang Huawei finally arrived at the edge of the city. Thinking that it was so close to the countryside, the price must not be much higher. The city center must be higher than here. He should go to the city center to have a look. Now

The urban area of ​​Shuyang City is not that big yet, at least two-thirds smaller than that of later generations. After another thirty minutes or so, Zhang Huawei arrived at the city center, but he didn’t know where there was a vegetable market, so he had no choice but to go there.

I asked, and then I saw an aunt walking over with a vegetable basket. Zhang Huawei pushed his bicycle and walked up to the aunt and asked, "Hello, aunt, can I ask you something?" The aunt looked at Zhang Huawei and said, "Young man,

You're from the countryside, what do you want to ask?" "I just want to ask aunt where there is a vegetable market here." "Oh, that's the thing. Did you see the alley in front? You entered through that alley.

Go to the end and turn right, that street is the vegetable market, and that street is called Xiaonan Street." "Thank you, aunt, I understand." "Haha, you're welcome, the young man is quite polite."

Zhang Huawei followed the route pointed by his aunt and found the Xiaonan Street Market. This market is formed on both sides of the street. This street is not long, about one hundred meters long. There are street stalls on both sides of the street for buying vegetables.

There are meat sellers, chicken sellers and various non-staple food sellers. The variety of vegetables sold here is much more than that in the countryside. Zhang Huawei walked the entire street and saw only two sellers.

For green peppers, Zhang Huawei didn't go up to ask about the price, because he didn't think he was buying vegetables at first glance. If he went up to ask about the price, he would just get a look at him. Zhang Huawei just stood aside and watched, looking at the stall owner next to a stall selling green peppers.

The green peppers sold to five or six customers were almost always at different prices. The highest one sold for 65 cents, and the lowest one sold for 58 cents. Zhang Huawei did the math, and if he calculated it based on the price he sold at the farm,

When we get here, the price difference is about 10 cents per catty. If we can sell a hundred catties that day, we will not be able to earn ten yuan a day. Zhang Huawei is very excited. If so, he can buy a hundred catties of green peppers and sell them every day.

, if these green peppers can be sold for a month, wouldn't it mean that he can earn more than 300 yuan a month? The two big fat pigs that he has fed for a year cannot be sold for that much money. Zhang Huawei's thinking

It can only be said that it is his youthful nature. No matter how big or small the business is, it is not so easy to make money. There is no business in the world that only makes money but never loses money.

Zhang Huawei felt that he should find another vegetable market. Then he could go to two markets instead of sticking to one market. Zhang Huawei stopped an aunt who was buying vegetables and asked about it. The aunt told him that it was seven or eight meters away from here.

There is a market on the street, right next to the Provincial Hospital, called Xihua Street Market.

Zhang Huawei walked and asked around again and found the Xihua Street Market. After looking at the prices here, they were similar to those in the Xiaonan Street Market. Zhang Huawei mainly wanted to find another base and become familiar with the route. Zhang Huawei looked at the Xihua Street Market for a while.

Then he turned around and rushed home. It was already past noon. Zhang Huawei hadn't even eaten breakfast yet. He originally planned to buy green peppers at the farm and go home for breakfast, but he ran to the city instead.
Chapter completed!