After the disaster

Qiu Cheng and the others set up a stall on this street until nearly eleven o'clock, and there were only more than ten catties of peanuts left unsold. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, Qiu Cheng decided not to delay any longer. At that time, he closed the stall and went to Bai Laoda's food store to buy soybeans.

Compared with rice and spicy cabbage, the sale of peanuts on this day is extremely slow. There are many merchants traveling from south to north in the provincial capital, and there are often large grain trades. There are also many things like peanuts in the city. This stuff It's not a staple food, and it's not as popular as rice. In addition, Qiu Cheng's price is relatively high, so it's normal that it can't be sold.

Qiu Cheng decided to plant less peanuts in the future. The growth cycle of this thing is quite long, and it is fine when planted, but it is troublesome to harvest, the yield is still very low, and the market is not particularly good, so he simply stopped planting it for the time being. Just save the peanuts for your own consumption.

Boss Bai's food store is also on this street, at the intersection between this small street and the main street outside. The location is good and the place is big.Qiu Cheng asked Ah Chang to wait for him outside, looked at the things in the cart, and went into the store by himself.

"Guest, what do you want?" As soon as Qiu Cheng entered, a clean young man came up to greet him.

"Buy some soybeans." Qiu Cheng said, and took out the note that Boss Bai had written to him and handed it over.

"Okay, our boss told you that the price will be calculated according to the big customer. Please, the batch of soybeans that just came in a few days ago are all piled up in the warehouse behind."

As the young man said, he led Qiu Cheng outside the shop, walked a few steps to an alley at the back, turned in, took out the key and opened the rolling shutter door of a garage, and what came into view was a pile of woven bags. Tall soybeans too.

"How much do you want?" the boy asked Qiu Cheng.

"What price?" Qiu Cheng asked him.

"If you exchange cornmeal, a catty of soybeans counts as your cornmeal. This price is not particularly cheap in our city, but our soybeans are all good soybeans, not old and not adulterated. Even at this price, it is very affordable.”

As the young man said, he brought out a bag of soybeans from the garage, found the end of the thread, and pulled the cotton thread from the mouth of the bag to reveal the orange-yellow beans inside. Qiu Cheng saw that the quality was indeed very good.

"It's about five hundred catties." Qiu Cheng calculated his harvest for the day and said.

The next time I come to the provincial capital, it should be half a month later. If Wang Chengliang and his family make tofu, they will consume a lot of soybeans every day. If there is less, it may not be enough.

"Okay!" The guy responded loudly. At first he thought it was not a big customer, but he greeted him warmly only because his boss had an explanation. He didn't expect that the purchasing power was quite good. You must know the jobs in their store. In addition to the basic salary, the bonus also depends on the turnover, and the more you sell, the more you get.

Soon, they returned to the front shop again. Qiu Cheng moved cornmeal from the car, and the staff in the shop also brought soybeans from the garage at the back. They each weighed the corresponding weight and completed the task. transaction.

After moving several hundred catties of beans into the car, Qiu Cheng started the pickup truck and drove to Xinnan City. It was just after eleven o'clock, the sun was at its highest in the day, and the sun was always shining in June. The two of them were driving The window was opened, the car was speeding on the road, and the summer wind kept pouring into the car, blowing the hair of the two of them flying.

Ah Chang sat in the car, looking at the passing scenery on both sides of the road, with an excited expression on his face. Although he didn't take the car many times, he didn't feel scared at all. The faster Qiu Cheng drove the car, the happier he was.

"Want to learn to drive?" Qiu Cheng asked him with a smile as the car drove on the highway.

"En." Ah Chang looked at the steering wheel in Qiu Cheng's hand for a while, and at the accelerator and brake he was stepping on, with a look of interest on his face.

"In the future, we will buy a car by ourselves, and we will teach you slowly when the time comes." Qiu Cheng narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"When?" Ah Chang has learned a bit now, and he knows that the word in the future is very vague, it may be a few days later, or it may be several months later.

"In another month." Qiu Cheng thought for a while and said.

"What car do you want to buy?" Ah Chang asked again.When he went to rent a car with Qiu Cheng yesterday, he saw a tall, big, and long red car, and he felt very majestic.

"What do you want?" Qiu Cheng asked him.

"Jianghuai." Ah Chang immediately replied, he saw these two words on that cart yesterday.

"Hey." Qiu Cheng couldn't help grinning: "That truck is too big and consumes too much gas, we can't afford it." Yesterday Ah Chang's enthusiasm for that big truck was also seen by Qiu Cheng, but they didn't care. What's the point of buying a big truck for freight?

"Is it good to eat?" Ah Chang was a little entangled immediately, it's not good to be too good to eat.

"Very tasty." Qiu Cheng nodded.

"Then buy a smaller one." Ah Chang simply gave up. Although it looked good, it was too tasty, so forget it.

When we returned to Xinnan City, it was only two o'clock. Qiu Cheng drove to the train station to find Wang Chengliang, but when he got there, he saw Wang Chengliang's two nephews.

"Where's your third uncle?" Qiu Cheng had seen these two boys, and they had brought him wood together with the adults in the family.

"Third Uncle has gone back to take a shower, come over at night." The boy who looked younger said.

"I'm going to visit your house, which one of you will guide me?" Qiu Cheng asked.

"I'll come, I'll come." The younger one didn't wait for his brother to speak, he stood up from the stool, ran to Qiu Cheng and his car, and turned back to his brother and said, "Brother, take a good look at me." I'll be back soon."

"Cut." His brother was a little annoyed, but he didn't want to argue with his brother in front of Qiu Cheng, so he bared his face and pretended to be unreasonable.

Qiu Cheng drove to Wang Chengliang's house. Their house was in a village on the outskirts of the city. It was quite a distance to walk, but it was actually very fast by car. It took about [-] minutes to arrive. There are a lot of miscellaneous things, and every household in this village seems to be like this.

"Second uncle, where is third uncle? His classmate is looking for him." Wang Chengliang's second nephew was the first to run into the yard when he got out of the car.

At this time, Wang Laoer was resting in the yard with the batch of tofu baskets he had made a few days ago.In the ditches and fields outside, I have dug all the places that can be dug, but I can't dig up one or two voles. It's better to rest these guys at home, and then I will really make tofu, and it will be easy to make.

"Your third uncle is sleeping, don't disturb him." Hearing what his nephew said, Wang Laoer knew that it must be Qiu Cheng and the others. When he looked up, he saw him coming in from the outside.

"The soybeans are ready." Qiu Cheng said with a smile.

"Then I will start making tofu tomorrow. I have everything ready." Wang Er Er stood up and said.

"I just rented a car today, can I help you move your things there? The soybeans should also be unloaded there." Qiu Cheng said again.

"There are not many things. I have already moved all that can be moved, only these wooden baskets are left, because they have to be soaked in water for two days to remove the smell, and now they are almost the same." Wang Lao Er looked a little embarrassed.

The soybeans were produced by Qiu Cheng, and the place where the soybeans were made was also arranged by Qiu Cheng, so they put in a lot of effort and shared half of the profits.You know, since Qiu Cheng has this capital, if he opens a tofu shop by himself and hires one or two workers to work, he will definitely earn more. The current labor cost is not to mention how cheap.

"That's okay, do you want to go there alone or with your family?" Qiu Cheng asked again.One person must be too busy to make tofu, and if he goes out to sell tofu every morning, there are so many beans in the house that he has to be watched by someone.

"My eldest brother and sister-in-law are tidying up the yard over there today. Wait a minute, and I'll call my daughter-in-law." Wang Er Er went out after speaking, and came back with a group of young and old after a while. It should have been on the ground just now.

Old man Wang also came back. As soon as he came back, he first looked at the soybeans that Qiu Chengzai had brought over. He poked a hole in a woven bag with a key hanging on his waist, picked out a few beans from it, and turned them over in his hands. After looking at it for a while, he said: "This bean is very good. Second child, you should pack up your things and go there quickly. Don't waste time, soak the bean in a while, and start selling tofu tomorrow. Make less on the first day. See Look at the market, remember how much income you will have every day in the future, and remember to give half of the profits to people at the end of each month."

"I don't want half of the profit." Qiu Cheng thought about it several times. It is definitely inappropriate for him not to share it, and the Wang family can't agree, but he felt that taking half of the profit was a bit too much, so So I thought of a compromise: "Give me [-]% of the profit, and also send me the bean dregs left over from making tofu every day."

"Twenty percent is not enough?" The Wang family immediately went into a rage. Originally, they asked Qiu Cheng to produce the beans out of the yard, and they only worked hard to get the half of the profit, which was not very reliable. Now he said that as long as Twenty percent, how can you agree?

In the car not far away, Ah Chang yawned boredly, watching Qiu Cheng push back and forth with these people, and finally Qiu Cheng made a concession, agreeing to take [-]% of the profit every month and the daily bean dregs.

After discussing the matter, Qiu Cheng drove Wang Lao Er, his wife and children to the courtyard in the city. The boy who had just led them wanted to join in the fun, but was detained by his grandparents and asked him to stay at home. To help catch bugs, he almost jumped with hatred.

"Why do you want bean dregs?" Ah Chang couldn't help asking when the two returned home at night.

Some time ago, they made tofu at home, and there was some bean dregs left over. Qiu Cheng tried to make bean dregs cakes, but Ah Chang didn’t like it very much. Now that Qiu Cheng brought back so much bean dregs, do they have to eat this every day in the future? ?

"To feed pigs?" Qiu Cheng just took a shower, came out of the bathroom refreshed, sat down on his own sofa, and sighed comfortably.

"For pigs?" Ah Chang was surprised. Wasn't it intended for him?