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Chapter 37: Thirteen Spiced Crayfish

After dinner, Huang Daozhou slept for less than half an hour as usual. After waking up, Huang Han pulled him to the street to buy things.

Huang Han had already washed the crayfish with a hair brush with Zhang Fangfen's help. Next, Huang Han was preparing to cook the thirteen-scented crayfish by himself.

Of course, if the seasonings at home are not complete, they cannot be cooked, so they must be purchased on the street.

Huang Daozhou doesn't know how to cook, never buys vegetables. Because he hates bargaining with small vendors, he doesn't like to go shopping and is unwilling to go there. He said he wants to teach the little girl to read and asks Zhang Fangfen to take Huang Han to the North Street for a walk.

There were not many people buying things on North Street at around 1:00 in the afternoon, and the people selling things were also in groups of three or three.

Zhang Fangfen never picks on people when she buys things. Because there are many customers, small vendors cannot be patient to listen to you bargaining. The business in the afternoon is not good, and it is also idle when she is idle, so the price is often easier to pay it back.

Huang Han pointed out seven or eight kinds of spices and red pepper noodles to buy, and dried peppers, but he didn't speak up. He heard Zhang Fangfen bargaining with others, and bought all the seasonings and spent a total of 30 cents.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fangfen felt a little painful and complained: "Isn't it enough to cook crayfish and cook it casually? It's not worth it to spend so much money."

Huang Han smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry about the 30 cents, I'll give it to you later. Besides, these seasonings are not used up at one time."

"Refresh? What are you going to pay? You can buy four taels of meat for 30 cents."

"Mom, what's the point of 30 cents? Don't worry, I'll make money soon and I'll be sure to let my family eat meat every day in the future."

"I said good things to make me happy. I don't want you to make a lot of money, just as long as you get a 100-point exam."

"Your requirements are so low? I guess you will be able to know the midterm exam results in two or three days. I think it is quite certain to get a 100 point in mathematics."

"You can only count if you get it, don't say that you are too early to be happy."

"Mom, there are a few egg sellers sitting there, let's go and have a look."

"I won't look at it anymore. I only have a few cents left on me, not enough to buy eggs."

"You don't have to spend money, I have it here." As he said that, Huang Han squatted beside one of the big baskets and looked at it. There were no foreign eggs at this time, and all the local eggs were not big.

"Boss, how much does this egg cost per pound?" Huang Han spoke, and the person who sold the eggs was happy.

That was Huang Han who was used to the sayings of later generations and did not realize that no one called the small vendor boss these days. The boss was a sinful capitalist and should be beaten to the ground and step on his feet.

In front of such a vendor, Huang Han should shout: "How do you sell eggs?" This is the case.

If you go to a group or state-owned store to buy things, the customers will be much shorter, and they will say with a smile: "Comrade, may I ask the accountant, may I ask the master... what is the price for something?"

The vendor said, "It was all born from his old hens, and it was sold at a cheap price of 288 pounds."

"Is it a kid who bullies me? No matter how you think you are a hawker, you don't have a few chickens at home. Don't talk nonsense, just be honest."

Oh! Although this child was wearing torn clothes, he was very powerful! The vendor thought to himself and said, "Why don't you give him Ermaoqi?"

"Forget it, you are not sincere in doing this business." Huang Han stood up and was about to leave.

"Child, are you here to tease me? Where are your adults?"

Seeing that Huang Han was talking about the price with others, Zhang Fangfen was a little funny, so she pulled Huang Han over and said, "Let's go! Let's go!"

In fact, in this year, those who do business basically do not report false prices, and it is impossible to buy it at the same time as a bargaining price and suffer a great loss. Products such as eggs have relatively stable prices and can basically pay one or two cents.

The vendor had been sitting there for nearly an hour but no one was concerned about it. He was unhappy, and he said, "You kid has nothing to do, come and have fun?"

Huang Han replied: "If you go to the countryside to collect eggs, you can give them at most 20 cents per pound. If you sell them for 20 cents, you will get a gross profit of 20%. It should be fine.

That's it. If you are willing to sell for 2 cents, I will buy ten kilograms."

Zhang Fangfen quickly grabbed Huang Han and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I don't have that much money."

"Children, I don't think you want to buy it at all. If you ask, which one sells eggs for a price of less than 25 cents?"

Huang Han had already looked at the baskets of several egg sellers and found that the person's eggs were even in size. He wanted to buy them and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I will weigh ten kilograms in two cents."

"No, no, I'll give you at least 2 cents of five. We will also lose money. Selling 2 cents of four is a waste of time."

Seeing this kid like this, Huang Han realized that the price of 2 cents of five in the North Street market was basically at its limit, but he was not at ease and asked Zhang Fangfen: "Mom, how about the price of 2 cents of five per pound of eggs?"

Zhang Fangfen looked at the vendor. This kind of vendor was actually not professional. She should be from the rural area. She went to the countryside to collect eggs and spent time to sell on the street to earn some errands.

She often bargained for quite a judgment and said, "It's still a little more expensive. If you buy ten kilograms at once, someone will definitely be willing to sell them."

The vendor didn't want to miss the business and said to Zhang Fangfen: "You really get two yuan and four cents, and I will sell you ten kilograms at a loss."

Zhang Fangfen suddenly felt embarrassed, she really only had a few cents in her pocket.

Huang Han quickly took out three one-yuan bills and said, "There is money here, so you should be careful if it is less. My uncle is working in the police station not far away in front."

The vendor smiled when he saw Qian Mei and said, "If you lose weight, you will break the weight."

Huang Han didn't care about weight but counted it. He counted it when the vendor put the eggs in the basket and found that there were 102 eggs in a total of ten kilograms.

I thought that selling a 5 cent per piece would double the gross profit. If I count the cost, it would still be possible to make a 2 cent per piece without counting the cost.

In this era, agricultural products are cheap and industrial products are relatively expensive. The reasons are of course backwardness and low production capacity.

If you spend five cents less on buying an egg, it doesn’t count the ticket or the value of the food coupon. For five cents, you can buy two pieces of tofu, you can buy a meat bun, and for one cent, you can buy two big stove pancakes.

Although Zhang Fangfen didn't know what her son bought ten kilograms of eggs, and even more so, he didn't know where he got the three dollars, but he still held back and didn't ask when outsiders were present.

When she returned home with the basket of vegetables, she asked softly: "Huang Han, your three dollars are the money for selling turtles, right?"

"Yes!" Huang Han was not prepared to hide anything, and even gave Zhang Fangfen the 60 cents he made for change.

Seeing that his son didn't have to speak and hand over the remaining money to his hands, Zhang Fangfen was very happy and said, "Why didn't your father say it?"

"He didn't know at all, and he thought the turtle had changed into a big cup of braised pork."

"Hmph! Your dad is also confused! Then why didn't you save the money well but bought so many eggs?"

“Do business and make more money.”

My mother sews and patches for others, which is actually a small business, so she is not resentful of doing business in her heart and asked, "What kind of business is it with eggs?"

"It's very simple. You cook it into tea eggs. I will take it to the entrance of the cinema to sell it at night, and it costs two for one cent.

But I don’t know if I can sell it, so I plan to try it tonight. If I can’t sell it, it doesn’t matter. At worst, I can eat it myself and give it to my neighbors one more cent.”

This is the truth. Nowadays, no household in Sanshui County has a refrigerator. If it cannot be sold within two days, the tea eggs will become rotten. If there are too many, the home will probably not be able to finish it.

Zhang Fangfen said distressedly: "If you can't sell it, you will lose 2.40 cents in vain. Why didn't you discuss with me first and buy so many eggs?"

"Mom, don't worry. You don't even dare to take the risk of two or three yuan when you learn to do business. Will you still make progress? Besides, it's not a loss to eat it!"

"Yes, if you can't sell it, the eggs are still there, it's not a loss. I can also ask my neighbors to buy 20 cents, so we will give eight eggs at the price of the eggs, and the capital should be able to be kept."

"Haha, mom, you have a better business acumen than dad. Don't worry, I won't be unlucky enough to lose my first deal. I will never be able to sell one. As long as I sell half of it, the capital will be back."
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