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My heart was moved. After thinking for a while, I insisted on what I wanted to say.
The three women didn't seem to understand why the pie fell on their heads, but seeing that I insisted on doing so, they happily accepted the task and went back to their own business. I went out on my own. However, this time, he directly took a taxi to the eastern part of the city where Jing Chu's "Southern King Square Vegetable Market" was located.
This "South King's Terrace" turned out to be a place to be. Legend has it that Liu Bang founded the Western Han Dynasty and was given the surname Liu. Amongst them, one of his nephews, named Liu Hu, was assigned to our South Wei Province's Jingchu City, which is called the "King of the South". The Southern King Liu Xuan's mother was left at Liu Bang's side. Liu Xuan really missed his mother, so he built a high tower in this place to remember his mother. From then on, this place was called the "Southern King's Platform". The new China was established, especially after the reform and opening up of the country. The Jingchu Municipal Government had always been committed to economic development, and later a large vegetable market had been built here. This large market could be said to be one of the biggest vegetable transfer points in the five central provinces, with millions of tons of vegetables circulating every day.
According to the "unusual" conclusions I had observed a few days ago and the results of my field sale of wild vegetables this morning, I was more and more sure of my idea: foreigners who buy vegetables like to buy smaller dishes! This was not only true for wild vegetables, but also for ordinary vegetables!
I think I need to do a lot.
That's one of the reasons I came to this market.
I chose a greengrocer directly. The reason why I chose him was very simple, but it was because he had quite a few dishes. There are usually two kinds of wholesalers in this market: one is the merchant who specializes in the wholesale of one kind of dish, and the other is the merchant who wholesale of several kinds of vegetables at the same time. What I need is the latter.
Almost without much discussion, I agreed with the owner that I would buy 300 kilograms a day from him; that the prices of the purchases would vary according to the actual circumstances of the market; that, however, the wholesale price of any dish would not exceed RMB 1 per kilogram, and that if it was to be exceeded, I should be notified in advance; that each dish would be of equal weight; and that he would deliver it to my small courtyard before noon each day. I'll pay the deposit for ten days first, then we can discuss the payment later.
After leaving the vegetable market, I was in no hurry to go home. Instead, I headed straight to the place where I used to work, the construction site of Zhu Dantong's father, Zhu Zhitong's hall. When the people who were working saw me return, they all came over to say hello. I greeted everyone and headed straight for the cafeteria.
The Zhu Zhi couple were busy. Upon seeing that it was me, his wife laughed. "My husband has come. Have you brought anything good for your mother-in-law?"
I had to laugh and laugh with the two of them, and then I looked around to say hello. The two of them obviously knew that I was busy, so they stopped teasing me and asked me what I wanted. Of course I was happy to talk, and with these people, that was all I could do.
I told him the reason for my visit: I would like to supply their canteen with vegetables later! The price was easy to negotiate with, but it was all big!
Zhu Zhi and his son were stunned. They obviously didn't expect this to happen. After a while, they understood that there was nothing for them to do. It was really good to do this kind of work. I guess, in their eyes, I and Zhu Dantong are still enemies, but she is already my girlfriend in name. Of course, if they didn't ask, I wouldn't tell them.
Seeming to understand my difficulties, Zhu Zhi's wife nodded in agreement. He asked for more details. I introduced some of the meanings: first, it included the whole dish, with roughly the same quantity of each dish; second, no matter what the dish was, it was all sold at a wholesale price of 0.8 yuan per kilogram, which was cheaper than the cheapest wholesale price on the market at the moment. 3. If the market price is adjusted, you need to inform me in advance when I make some adjustments. 4. All the dishes are large, not big ones that don't charge money, or they choose to give it back to me. 5. At this stage, I can only provide about 150 kilograms per day.
Although I say this because of my own needs, on the other hand, it is also in accordance with the actual situation here: These construction sites really need those big dishes, those big dishes that came from the countryside, those big dishes that a migrant worker like me likes to eat to my heart's content! As for the price, I can guarantee that my dishes will be much cheaper than the ones outside, because to me, I only need the smaller ones, the larger ones are practically trash. However, this kind of trash is really useful, I am truly unwilling to part with it, so I resold it to them. Of course, I don't need to pay too high of a price, I just need to recover a bit of the cost! I've already thought about it. Those small vegetables will cost a lot more than ordinary vegetables, so I can use some of them to cover the cost.
As for the price of the vegetables sold by Zhu Zhi and the others, I can roughly guess. Because I had just come from that big market, I was very familiar with the wholesale price of vegetables: the cheapest vegetables, such as cabbage, were sold at a wholesale price of more than 1.2 yuan per kilogram, not to mention other vegetables, such as legumes, which were sold at a wholesale price of more than 1.6 yuan per kilo. This is far from something that my dishes can afford. Furthermore, the vegetables that come directly from the market cannot be fully guaranteed like my dishes!
Hearing this, the Zhu Zhi duo agreed after some thought. Of course I knew they would. There were two reasons for this: One, you gave me face and helped me; the other, the prices were just right, and the dishes didn't seem bad. Of course, in addition to these two points, I think I have made a good impression on them in the past.
Seeing that the matter was agreed, I suggested that they pull the goods, since they always had a pickup truck. Zhu Zhi and the other man laughed together, calling me 'too smart', but still nodded in agreement.
The location of the shipment was, of course, my small courtyard. It was at five o'clock every morning. This is our time to pick up the vegetables. However, when they heard that they were so close and that the time was just the same as the day they were working, they agreed with a smile.
When I saw that I had made up my mind, I finally calmed down and came back home with a bit of excitement. On the way there, of course, he would carefully recall every detail to see if he had missed something. I have thought through every single detail. Very good, I didn't leave anything out. Only then did I settle my heart.
When he returned to the courtyard, it was already dark. Neither Zhu Dantong nor Aitin was there, and only Ronnie was there with Sachiko. I smiled. It was really weird, because when Zhu Dantong and Aiten came here every day, I wondered why they didn't go back. They came every day, but one day they suddenly didn't come, so I wondered why they didn't come. After laughing at myself for a while, I knew that this Zhu Dantong probably had business at the company and this Ai Ting probably had business at home.
He had already made up his mind after this first cycle. The lucky man had been doing his homework and was watching me come back, as affectionate as ever. Naturally I soothed her, and then she went to the inner room to do her homework. I went to the outer room to cook dinner with Ronnie.
"Hungry?" Seeing that I had come to help, Ronnie, who was cooking, asked gently.
"Hungry!" "Indeed." I answered honestly, picking up my knife and chopping up the vegetables. Just as he was about to seriously cut the food, he heard Ronnie's teasing voice, "Hungry? You can 'eat' it whenever you want! "
Ah?
Isn't this what Zhu Dantong hinted at me at noon? Why did she know it too?
I looked back in surprise. He saw Ronnie looking at me with a blush on her face. His face and eyes were clearly filled with teasing! No, there was also a strong hint!