Warm man's succulent garden

Thanks to her fondness for raising meat in her previous life, Zhang Jingye really knows where the best and cheapest flower pots are near the urban area: S Township, more than 60 miles away from their farm, is a famous planting base for flowers and plants, and there is a big flowerpot over there. In the flower wholesale market, there are also many wholesalers who specialize in wholesale flower pots.

Zhang Jingye's goal is to find a fixed, preferably a wholesaler with a fixed cooperative kiln factory through this batch of flower pots. In the future, he can order a batch of exquisite flower pots for those precious succulents in the greenhouse, or some Large landscaping planter.

Early the next morning, after eating the sweet potato porridge and fried steamed bun slices made by Grandma Wang, Zhang Jingye took Luo Jin, He Sheng, Cheng Weigang, and *an, 8 boys, to take a passenger bus to Huahua Township, S The base, a ticket of 7 yuan per person, can make Luo Jin feel bad: I knew how many people would go!

"Brother Jin, the flower pots are too heavy, and we don't have a car. If it's consignment, the shipping fee will be too expensive and it's not worth it. Why don't we go with a few more people to move it together. And I thought about it, let everyone familiarize themselves with the route first, and wait After everyone learns to drive, if we buy a small pickup truck and drive the flowerpots by ourselves, isn’t it much cheaper than taking the bus? And we can buy a lot at a time!” Zhang Jingye explained.

"Well, it's better for us to move by ourselves!" Luo Jin nodded.

Because there is a famous flower wholesale market in S Township, there are many large trucks passing by, so the road is also well repaired. In less than an hour, Zhang Jingye and the others arrived at the station in S Township. When they got out of the station, they found a bus going to the wholesale market. It took a bus to get to the wholesale market.

"Wow! It's so big!!!" A group of people got off the bus and saw a huge signboard of "S Township Seedlings and Flowers Market" in front of them. Trucks of all sizes were crowded on the side of the road, and there were many stalls beside them. The store sells beverages, mineral water, fried noodles and fried rice boxes, and it is so lively that it makes people dizzy.

Squeeze in along the crowd, follow the signs, and find the flowerpot wholesale area near the west side. A group of people are already sweating.Zhang Jingye gave everyone the mineral water she bought at the door just now, and then slowly started to walk around the market with them.

There are not many people raising succulents now, so it is difficult to find succulent-specific flowerpots of various materials and shapes in previous lives. Zhang Jingye finally saw a bunch of dirty small white porcelain pots with shallow bottoms in a store .

"Let me tell you, this is a special order for someone else to grow a kind of flower pot called succulents. Our family has it in this market! If you want it, I will count it as 8 yuan each!" The boss saw Someone came and hurried over to introduce him.He has had a backlog of these flower pots for a while. If it wasn’t for the fact that they couldn’t return them, he would have sent them back a long time ago. Who told the foreigner who ordered the flower pots to return them? He said that they thought their flower pots were not exquisite enough. fault!Aren't all white porcelain basins like this?Didn't you just forget to burn him a pair of angel wings on the flowerpot? !

"Hehe~~ Boss, are you trying to deceive us because we are young? I see that there is a lot of dust on your flower pots, so you can't sell them all the time?" Luo Jin looked at the boss amusedly.

"How is it possible! Well, I see that you are buying it sincerely, and I will give you a discount, 5 yuan apiece!" Finally, a customer came, and the boss didn't want to let it go, so he quickly disposed of this batch of inventory. .

"Boss, how many white porcelain pots do you have?" Zhang Jingye asked.

"There are more than 500 more, can you eat them all?" The boss was excited!

"If it costs five yuan each, we can't afford it. In this way, boss, we also want to set up a small flower stall to earn some money for buying books. We are all poor students. Look, it is to encourage us to work and study. , Let’s talk about a price sincerely, if it’s right, we’ll take it all!” Zhang Jingye said with a smile.

"That's it~~Then, I'll give you another [-] cents for each flower pot, it can't be any cheaper!" The boss wanted to make more money.

"Three yuan each! We want all five hundred. Boss, please don't worry. We are not only doing business for this time. Our family has a greenhouse dedicated to raising succulents. If these flower pots sell well, How about ordering all of our flower pots from you in the future?" Zhang Jingye directly cut the price to three yuan, because he knew that even if he didn't make any money, the boss would seize the opportunity to clean up these unsalable flower pots What's more, he paid three yuan each, and the boss could earn at least fifty cents for each flower pot.

"This~~ Alright! I, Lao Hu, have done a good deed today! Little guy, go back and tell your family that the flower pots here are all good things, and there is also a kiln factory for cooperation. I must come to take care of the business next time!" Boss Hu gritted his teeth.

"Oh, your surname is also Hu? Boss, I am also surnamed Hu, we are still a family!" *an shouted happily.

"Oh! That's really fate!" Boss Hu was also very happy. While letting the workers install flower pots, he let a few little guys in to sit down and rest, and poured tea for a few people.

"Boss, let them pack the flowerpots in boxes of fifty. We don't have a car, and we don't check it in. We take it with us." Zhang Jingye hurriedly reminded.

"That's so tiring! Where are your adults?"

"Uh~~ Boss Hu, let me tell you the truth! We are all in an orphanage. This year, my brothers and sisters are all 18 years old. According to the law, they have to go out to find jobs to make a living. I don't want my brothers and sisters to be so It’s hard work, and I don’t want to be separated from them, and I happen to be able to grow succulents, so we set up a farm together, planning to raise succulents and sheep, at least it’s better than going to a small restaurant to wash dishes.”

"You are all orphans?!" Boss Hu's eyes widened in surprise. "It takes a lot of money to build a greenhouse and start a farm. Where did you get so much money?"

"Uncle Hu, the money Xiaoye earned by digging orchids and selling them. Originally, he could have kept it in the bank. It was all for us, so he used it to rent land and start a farm. So we must work hard, we can't Let Xiao Ye lose money!" *An explained.

Boss Hu: "...Good boy!" Looking at the young Zhang Jingye, Hu Yunfeng patted his head heavily, then turned and shouted at the workers, "Xiao Wang, I remember there are some unwanted sample flowers later. Basin, you fill them all! This is not counted in the total amount, I gave it!"

In the end, Boss Hu only charged for [-] flowerpots, and gave them the remaining odds and samples directly.They also asked the workers to find two flatbed carts to help them deliver the cardboard boxes containing the flower pots to the bus station.

"Hey! This Uncle Hu is really a good man!" On the way back, *an said excitedly.Because he has no relatives, he is very fond of everyone with the same surname as him.

"Yes! It costs three yuan for a flowerpot, haha! In this way, we can save a lot of money just for the flowerpot!" Luo Jin is also very satisfied with today's harvest.

After getting off the car, let Zhang Jingye and the others look at the flower pots, Cheng Weigang and * An went to the nearby area to rent four tricycles, and transported them back with the flower pots.

In the next few days, a group of people were busy repotting the succulent seedlings selected by Zhang Jingye.Even Grandma Wang took the time to help clean the flower pots.

This batch of white porcelain pots may have been piled up for too long, and there is a thick layer of dust on the surface. Grandma Wang, who loves to clean, found a lot of loofahs, and Xinxin and Lanlan used them to wash them with water. After a vigorous scrubbing with detergent water, the small white porcelain basins were restored to their beauty.

After the first batch of repotted succulents were arranged, everyone was surprised: I didn't expect this ordinary small white porcelain pot with succulents to be so delicate and beautiful!

"If I want to go shopping with my girlfriend, I also want to buy such a pot for her!" Cheng Weigang was thinking, and secretly glanced at Zhang Xin next to him.

"In this way, let's list the price list first. Both Chihuahua and Xiongtongzi cost 50 yuan a pot, leather-shaped blue stone lotus and Dongyun cost 30 yuan a pot, and Dahejin and Qingxing Beauty cost 20 yuan a pot. Let's make a group of two, starting tomorrow, each group will take 30 pots out for a try, is that okay?" Zhang Jingye wrote the price on a sticky note.

"Well, let me add that we all sell the same thing. I think it's better not to crowd them all in the pedestrian street. I see that there are also many people shopping in Huanhu Park, Food Street and Clothing City. In this way, we will divide into six groups into two groups. The group is in the pedestrian street, and the rest go to Huanhu Park, Food Street and Clothing City, so that more people can see these succulent bonsai if they are scattered." Luo Jin added.

"I think Ah Jin is right." Others echoed.

"Then it's decided! When we divide into groups, each group leader will come to me and receive 100 yuan as an activity fund. When we go out to set up a stall, we will have to pay for the car, food, and water." Zhang Jingye said.

Knowing that a few children were going out to set up a stall to sell things, Grandma Wang had no other choice but to make a big pot of herbal tea for everyone, pour it into empty drink bottles, and stuff two bottles for each person before departure.

Seeing that everyone was still carrying the torn schoolbags from school, Zhang Jingye's eyes darkened: I made money this time, so I must first buy everyone a new backpack!

After the discussion last night, Zhang Jingye and Luo Jin went to set up a stall in the central garden of the pedestrian street, Liu Wenhua and Xu Mengqing went to set up a stall in the small jewelry place on the pedestrian street, and the others went to Huanhu Park, Food Street and Clothing City respectively.

When they arrived at the place, Zhang Jingye took out two large newspapers and spread them on the ground, then took out the succulents that had sprouted from the cardboard box, and carefully placed them on the ground.The management here is pretty good. You only need to pay a sanitation management fee of five yuan a day to set up a stall.

"Oh! This is so cute! What is it? Flowers?" Before it even opened, a big sister selling hair clips came over and asked, pointing at the furry boy.

"This is called a succulent plant. This one that looks like a bear's paw is a bear boy. Isn't it cute? This kind is most suitable for girls to raise, and when they grow up, they can cut branches by themselves!" Zhang Jingye quickly recommended.

"how much is this?"

"We sell it for 50 yuan a pot. Sister, you are our first customer today. If you buy it, I will count you forty."

"Uh~ okay then! Can I choose myself?"

"Yes!" Zhang Jingye watched with a smile as she chose a pot of bear boys.