Back to the 80s, I was a military wife and was pampered by a tough guy with a pure heart.

Ye Ying cried out: "Brother, I'm wronged. I didn't know they were going to divorce. I simply thought that Sun Lin had encountered something sad, and I wanted to comfort her."

"Now you know."

Ji Lianqi turned around to put away the tools, and after a quick glance, he found that he didn't see the broom in the room.

"The [-]-bar has been repaired. Then, I will go get a broom and bring it back later."

Ye Ying nodded with joy and asked him on the spot to get the keys and prepare to go to the ice factory.

Ji Lianqi glanced at her: "The car is unlocked. It's parked downstairs."

Ye Ying was about to go downstairs to get the car. When she passed by Sun Lin's house next door, she could still vaguely hear sobbing inside.

Now that Ji Lianqi was still there and had just vaccinated her, it was hard for her to go to Sun Lin again.

Then I thought about asking this girl what was going on when he was gone.

With this thought in mind, Ye Ying went downstairs, rode on the [-]-bar, and headed straight out of the courtyard.

But as soon as she left the gate, she was already in trouble.

In the 80s, there were no smart phones to navigate. She had no idea how to get to the ice factory, so she could only ask people everywhere with the address.

By the time she arrived at the gate of the ice factory after spending a lot of effort and asking n+1 passers-by, it was already past noon.

The weather was hot, and after riding the bicycle all the way, Ye Ying felt thirsty and hungry since she hadn't eaten anything since morning.

The body is still a little weak, and it seems to be hypoglycemia.

She desperately needs some sugar!

Looking around, apart from a small shop at the entrance of this ice factory, is there any place to eat?

Ye Ying rode her bicycle to the small store and went straight to the freezer, subconsciously wanting to get a bottle of iced Coke.

At this time, grab a bottle of iced Coke, which not only quenches thirst and cools down, but also replenishes sugar.

But she quickly rummaged through the freezer and found no Coke.

The store owner saw her rummaging around in the freezer and was a little unhappy: "What on earth do you want to buy?"

"Coke." Ye Ying said without raising her head.

"No!" When the store owner heard this, he became even more impatient: "The foreign devil's stuff is so good, and it's so expensive."

Ye Ying's hand flipping through the freezer suddenly stopped.

By the way, this is the 80s, and Coke only re-entered the Chinese market in 1979.

But it’s already 1986. How come the roadside shop doesn’t sell Coke in 7 years?

At this time, the boss urged impatiently: "I'm asking you to buy it or not. If you don't buy it, close the freezer quickly and don't waste my electricity."

"Who said I won't buy it!" Ye Ying got tired of being pushed and simply took a bottle of the most popular drink in the freezer - Arctic Ocean.

Arctic Ocean was probably the mainstream soda on the market in the 80s, and this soda is still on sale until 2023.

The boss helped her open the Arctic Ocean with a bottle opener, "Can you take the bottle with you?"

This question made Ye Ying a little confused: "What do you mean?"

The boss looked at her like she was a fool: "It's 1 cents for bringing a bottle, 5 cents for not bringing a bottle."

That's what happened!

Ye Ying understood.

To save 5 cents, she didn't ask for a bottle.

The boss directly poured Arctic Ocean into a plastic bag, inserted a straw and let her drink it.

Although the taste of Arctic Ocean a few decades ago was not as good as it is now, it was refreshing after one bite.

Ye Ying lingered in the small shop for a while and bought two more packs of the popular Hongmei cigarettes. After she calmed down, she pushed the [-] bar to the entrance of the ice factory.

The full name of the ice factory is Datian Ice Factory. As soon as the concierge saw Ye Ying approaching, he was already ready to stop people.

The concierge looked Ye Ying up and down and asked in broken Mandarin: "Girl, what are you here for?"

Ye Ying took out a pack of red plum cigarettes from her pocket, quietly stuffed it into the concierge, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I'm here to see your factory manager. I want to talk about some business!"

"Oh, come find the manager!" The concierge put the cigarette in his pocket.

"Then are you looking for Manager Li or Manager Zhang?"

"Well...I'll find Manager Li."

Ye Ying didn't know any of these two people. As long as they were in charge of sales, it would be the same for her.

The concierge said "Oh" and enthusiastically made way for Ye Ying to enter the factory gate. Then he pointed to a white building:

"Girl, I won't take you in. I have to guard the door. Manager Li is on the second floor of this building, the last office on the left."

Ye Ying didn't expect this trick to be so effective, and she managed to sneak in easily.

Following the concierge's instructions, she went to the last office on the second floor of the small white building and successfully found Manager Li.

When Manager Li heard that Ye Ying said she was here to discuss business, he thought she was in for a big deal, so he enthusiastically invited her in to sit down and poured her a glass of water.

After chatting for a while, once she found out that Ye Ying was here to sell popsicles wholesale, her attitude immediately became cold and she was told to go to the wholesale department on the first floor. He would only deal with big customers.

Ye Ying was not stupid. She knew that Manager Li was definitely not interested in her three melons and two dates business, so she didn't waste any time and went directly to the wholesale department on the first floor.

The lady in the wholesale department on the first floor seems to be used to people like her who come to wholesale popsicles.

Without asking, he just threw a big empty basket over.

"Pick your own. The price is marked on each freezer."

Ye Ying held the foam box and picked out half a box of popsicles.

Today was the first time she sold it. She didn't dare to ask for too much, for fear that she wouldn't be able to sell it and would end up in her hands.

When checking out, Ye Ying tried to negotiate the price with the wholesale department lady, hoping to get a cheaper price.

Because at the current wholesale price, you can only earn one and a half or more than two cents from selling a popsicle.

Even if one box of wholesale goods can be sold out on the same day, it can cost more than one yuan at most.

Although calculated this way, it seems that I can earn three to forty yuan of hard-earned money a month.

But it’s not enough to do anything.

At this moment, she remembered a very appropriate saying: Money is hard to make and hard to eat.

It's so apt.

The eldest sister frowned and glanced at her half-box of popsicles, complaining that the quantity she got was small and the price couldn't be lowered. She would pay her the same price as others.

Seeing that the price negotiation failed, Ye Ying did not force it because the amount she took was really small.

The wholesale business of popsicles is originally about small profits but quick turnover, and quantity is king. If you can't get the best price today, it doesn't mean you won't be able to get it in the future.

Ye Ying paid the money and asked the wholesale department lady for two ropes to fix the foam box on the back seat of the [-]-bar.

Then he took a piece of white paper and wrote the word "popsicle" on it, pasted it on the foam box, and rode out of the Datian Ice Factory.

Perhaps it was because of the pack of red plum cigarettes that the concierge was not too polite when he saw Ye Ying coming out. Before leaving, he smiled and said, "Come back next time."