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On the night of New Year's Eve, Yuan Xia's grandparents have been busy frying melon seeds.

Yuan Xia has never done this before, so the first time it overturned, it was overcooked and a bit mushy.

When they were taken out to cool, the remaining temperature burned the melon seeds until they became more mushy, and they tasted bitter. Fortunately, they were not fried much for the first time.

They were frying melon seeds in the corridor, and there was quite a lot of movement. The neighbors came over curiously to watch the excitement.

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "It will be fried later, everyone will try it."

As a result, the first pot was mushy, and it was not good to eat by yourself, let alone give it away.

Li Yuying knows how to stir-fry melon seeds. First, she gave some theoretical advice. After learning that the car overturned, she came over to help: "I will help you to fry. In fact, it is better to fry melon seeds with washed river sand. It is not easy to burn. There is no sand. You can use table salt, but it’s a waste, and you won’t be able to eat this salt in the future.”

Yuan Xia said: "It's okay, let's use salt." This is a business, and there are costs involved, and a bag of salt is only [-] cents.

Pour a packet of salt into the pot, stir-fry the salt first, then add melon seeds, and stir-fry patiently, this time it is not burnt, it is just right.

However, during the process of pouring it out to cool, the melon seeds were heated by the residual temperature, which is still a little too much, but it does not affect the consumption.

They know that when the melon seeds are fried and poured out, they have to be stirred to dissipate heat, and if they can't be fried well, they don't care.

For the second pot of melon seeds, Yuan Xia asked his younger brothers and sisters to distribute them to the neighbors.

A few small ones gave melon seeds to the neighbors, and naturally the other party's return gifts were inevitable. Chongyang got a handful of white rabbit toffee, Yuanchun got a bag of glutinous rice sticks, and Yuandong was stuffed with an apple and two oranges, etc.

The whole floor was very lively because of Yuan Xia's house frying melon seeds, everyone visited each other, and the children were playing in the corridor, not to mention how lively it was.

Yuan Xia continued to wave the spatula, frying until his arms became sore, and finally he cooked two pots of melon seeds that were just right, weighing about seven or eight catties.

He twisted his arms and said with a smile: "It seems that the money is not easy to earn."

Yuan Qiu, who was cutting newspapers, said, "I said I would come, but you refused."

Yuan Xia said: "I feel so uncomfortable, can you bear it?"

The main reason is that the melon seeds have to be stir-fried all the time, otherwise they will be unevenly heated and burnt.

Yuanqiu used a measuring cylinder that held one or two to take out the melon seeds, poured them into a paper tube that was cut and rolled into a cone shape, and then folded and wrapped.

The measuring cylinder was made by Yuan Dehou just now. The end of a bamboo pole for drying clothes was sawed off and polished smooth.

The six grandparents and grandchildren listened to the New Year's Eve program on the ore radio, and spent a busy and expectant New Year's Eve lively.

None of their relatives are in the local area, so there is no need to leave relatives during the Chinese New Year.

Just like the tradition of celebrating the New Year in Suyang in previous years, the brothers and sisters went to pay New Year's greetings to the uncles and aunts in the building, and harvested bags full of candy.

Yuan Xia's family also prepared some sweets and snacks to treat the neighbors and children who came to visit.

However, most of the adults and children who came to their house this time were very caring, and they only took a little for food, and they didn't want to take more.

Yuan Xia entertained everyone with melon seeds, which are cheaper than candy snacks, grab a handful and put them in your pocket, they can be eaten for a long time, and everyone likes them.

After returning from a visit, Yuan Dong and Chong Yang asked eagerly, "Brother, when are we going to sell melon seeds?"

Yuan Xia said to Yuan Dong: "Don't worry, we'll have lunch later."

Finally, amidst the ardent anticipation of several small ones, Yuan Xia put the fried melon seeds wrapped in plastic bags to prevent moisture in a basket, and then packed the loose ones in cloth bags, and pushed a bicycle to sell melon seeds.

Today Yuan Dehou and the two girls will not go, Yuan Xia will take Yuan Dong and Chong Yang to test the market first, and let Yuan Dong go with grandpa tomorrow.

Yuan Xia sat on the crossbeam of Erba Dalong, and behind him sat Yuan Dong, who had a basket hanging on his arm.Yuan Xia originally wanted to hang the basket on the faucet of the car, but Yuan Dong refused and insisted on carrying it on his own, as it was not too heavy.

Along the way, Yuandong chattered non-stop: "Brother, my classmate Sun Shengli wants me to help him make a ore radio, and he buys all the materials himself. I said that I would charge five yuan for the box and processing fee, but he said no." For the box, I will ask him for a processing fee of two yuan, what do you think?"

Yuan Xia laughed out loud: "Your classmate, do you still charge money?"

Yuan Dong said: "Why don't you want money? This is the result of my labor and wisdom. If he can do it, he can do it himself. Naturally, I won't take his money."

Yuan Xia laughed and praised him: "That's right, very smart. Labor is valuable, so you can do it for him. He is your classmate. You can ask grandpa to make a box for him, which is reasonable and reasonable."

Yuan Dong was still a little reluctant: "Grandpa has been bothering to make boxes, so I don't want to bother him."

Yuan Xia said: "But grandpa likes to do carpentry, even if he doesn't make money, he will be very happy if he thinks he has helped you."

Yuan Dong was dubious: "Really? Then I'll go back and ask Grandpa if he is willing to help."

While walking, Yuan Xia kept an eye on the crowd on the street to see where the crowd was going.

When passing by People's Park, I saw many young people and children playing in it, playing basketball, kicking shuttlecock, spinning top, rolling hoops, and some people with good conditions were rolling rollers.

It seems that in addition to the entrance of the cinema, it can also be sold in the park.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, except for the cinemas, all the state-run canteens and shops were closed. It was not easy for people to eat outside.

There are also people with the same ideas as Yuan Xia, who took advantage of the holiday and set up stalls with burdens, some selling fried fruits, some selling noodles, and some selling oranges.

There is an old lady selling melon seeds at the entrance of the cinema. She is sitting on a pony, with a small basket in front of her. On top of it is a basket with melon seeds in it. She is much more professional than Yuan Xia.

Yuan Xia parked his bicycle outside the gate, diagonally opposite to the old lady.Spread a clean plastic sheet on the ground, put a basket and a cloth bag on it, and open the cloth bag to reveal the melon seeds inside.

It was the first time for Yuan Dong and Chong Yang to sell things, and they were instinctively shy, not daring to stand in front of people, so they hid behind Yuan Xia and secretly watched the flow of people coming and going.

Yuan Xia stood there gracefully, with a warm smile on his face, without yelling, waiting for the guests to come to the door.

Today is the first day of setting up a stall, which is a test of the water, and the preparation is not sufficient, and I didn't even bring a small horse tie.

At the beginning of the year, there were quite a few people who watched movies. Today is a Yugoslav movie "The Bridge".

It has been a year since this movie was released in China, but it is still a new movie for Chinese people. Chinese people are curious about foreigners with high nose bridge, blue eyes and yellow hair, so many people come to watch the movie.

The old lady selling melon seeds across the street came early, so it is estimated that she often sells melon seeds here, and the business is very good.After Yuan Xia arrived for a while, he saw that the old lady had sold four or five orders, but her side hadn't opened yet.

Yuan Dong and Chong Yang watched anxiously, opened their mouths to shout, but couldn't, so they had to reach out and grab Yuan Xia's hem, looking anxiously at his elder brother, Yuan Xia looked down at his younger brothers and smiled: "Don't worry, just need some patience. "

His warm smile attracted a group of young girls watching the movie. They whispered a few words to each other, and then gathered around: "Is the little comrade selling sunflower seeds? How do you sell them?"

Yuan Xia looked up at them: "Happy New Year! Melon seeds cost a dime a pack, loose ones come in a dime a tube, and you can also pack them fresh. They are all newly stir-fried last night, and you can taste them for free."

A girl with her long hair tied up with a handkerchief knelt down, took a few from her pocket, tasted them, and nodded to her friends: "It's very fragrant. Let's just buy this, give us one, two...five packs."

Yuan Xia said: "Okay. Do you want to wrap it up or do it now?"

The girl said, "Let's wrap it up, the movie is about to start, it's too late."

Yuan Xia said: "Then you take it yourself."

She handed the packs of melon seeds to her companion, grabbed the last pack in her hand, and then took out a new purple five-cent note for a weaving woman from her pocket and handed it over.

Yuan Xia took it with both hands: "Thank you! I wish you a happy new year!"

The girl smiled and said, "Happy New Year to you too!"

Waiting for the girls to leave, Yuan Dong and Chong Yang excitedly gathered around to see the money in brother's hand: "Brother, it's really sold! Let me see, let me see!"

Yuan Xia showed them the banknotes, then put them in his pocket, raised his hand and flicked the foreheads of Yuan Dong and Chong Yang: "It's very simple, isn't it?"

After opening, the business will be much easier, and soon people will come to buy melon seeds. The movie will start soon, and more and more people will come to watch the movie.For the sake of convenience, people take the wrapped melon seeds directly, which is more sought-after than the old lady who mainly packs them in bulk.

Seeing that the packaged melon seeds were selling quickly, Yuan Xia said, "Dongdong and Yangyang, you take the money, and I will pack the melon seeds."

He squatted down, took the pre-cut newspaper, measured the melon seeds and began to pack them.

Before the movie started, a large number of spectators poured out of the movie theater. Generally speaking, buying melon seeds is the mainstream, and you can watch the movie.

But there are also people who like to eat melon seeds, buy a pack before entering the market, and continue to buy after leaving the market.

So at the end of the show, they sold another wave, and by the time the movie started, less than one-third of the melon seeds they brought had been sold out.

Both Yuan Dong and Chong Yang were very excited: "Brother, when the next movie starts, we will be able to sell them all."

Yuan Xia said: "Let's not sell it anymore, let's go to the park to sell it."

Obviously, the melon seeds wrapped in newspaper sold much faster than those of the old lady on the other side. The old lady over there had already looked this way several times with a sad look in her eyes.

Firstly, Yuan Xia wanted not to affect the old lady, and secondly, he wanted to find more places to experiment, so that grandpa would have a place to sell melon seeds in the future.

The three brothers packed up their things and rode away.Before leaving, Yuan Xia looked back at the old lady, she was obviously relieved.

The business in the park is not as good as that at the entrance of the cinema, because the customers are not so concentrated. The advantage is that people buy it one after another, and there is no rush like the entrance of the cinema. After a while, you have to wait for the next movie.

Before four o'clock, the melon seeds were sold out.

Yuan Xia said to his two younger brothers: "Okay, it's time for us to go home. Shall I buy you a candied haws?"

Both Yuan Dong and Chong Yang shook their heads: "No, there are still a lot of delicious food at home."

The two little brothers know how hard it is to make money, and they are not willing to spend money recklessly.

Yuan Xia didn't insist either, and took her brother back home.As soon as they got downstairs, Yuan Dong and Chong Yang couldn't wait to run upstairs, they were eager to tell their grandfather about the situation of selling melon seeds today.

Yuan Xia locked the car, and slowly went upstairs to go home. In the anticipation of everyone, he took out the money he sold today, and without him doing it, the younger ones hurriedly sorted out the money and started counting.

A total of 7.2 yuan was sold, and the total weight was nearly 7 catties. There was a small loss, and the net profit was 3.8 yuan.

This is only two or three hours of income, which is much higher than that of ordinary workers.

If the supply of goods is sufficient, it is possible to earn 200 yuan a month. No wonder the first group of people who became rich after the reform and opening up were self-employed.

Yuan Qiu did some calculations, and the 45 catties of melon seeds, after deducting losses and food for himself, can earn about [-] yuan, which is almost equivalent to a month's wages of a third-grade worker.

Yuan Dong said with some regret: "It's a pity that our family only has one hundred catties of melon seeds. It would be great if there are more in the future."

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "Let's talk about the future, besides, you can still make money."

Yuan Dong's eyes lit up, and he immediately cheered up: "Yes, I can also help people make radios to make money."