Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 102 This fishmonger was born in the wrong era
This world is so unfair.
Some people don't appreciate the effort others put in to plan for them.
But some people fight to the point of bleeding just to struggle to survive.
Miss Tong was reluctant to learn how to make rice balls from Granny Hu, but seventeen-year-old Han Jisong, like Jiang Tian back then, was going door to door under the scorching sun, selling his pickled fish and shrimps.
This is a new way to make money that he has discovered.
There are no big rivers near Shuangfeng Town, and no fish farms. River fish and shrimps are all sold from other nearby towns and villages. Transportation conditions are poor now, and he often goes to the countryside to collect river fish. Sometimes, if he is not careful, the fish and shrimps he collects die of lack of oxygen. He has to sell them . After a hard trip, he may even lose money in the end.
Speaking of which, the discovery of this "road to wealth" was thanks to Jiang Tian's family's lunch box stall.
A few days ago, Han Jisong "reluctantly" spent one yuan to buy a box lunch from Jiang Tian. As it turned out, there was a meat dish that day, which was fried dried fish with chili peppers.
Why didn't he think of it earlier?
It is true that there is money to be made from fresh fish and shrimp, but it is also easy to lose money.
But dried fish and shrimp are different!
As long as they are stored carefully, the dried fish and shrimp can be stored for a long time.
Although the profit from dried fish is not as much as that from fresh fish and shrimp, if we can find more big customers like "Fang Jie Lunch" and supply these restaurants and lunch box stores, we can make as much money as selling fish by selling small profits but quick turnover.
Moreover, in this way, he could do "mobile sales" and only need to visit big clients, and he would not have to spend money to rent the fish stall in the town.
He was also very nervous because he was surrounded by a bunch of aunts and sisters-in-law and treated like a monkey all day long.
He was afraid that one day a man would pass by and mistakenly think that he was seducing his wife, and then find someone to beat him up... It's not his fault that he is good-looking. If others insist on looking at him, can he just put on a mask to cover his face?
What’s even more infuriating is that a bunch of people gathered around his stall, just to look and not buy, which scared away those who really wanted to buy fish and shrimps.
After a morning market, the fish and shrimps on other stalls were almost sold out, but he still had more than half left.
Han Jisong felt like crying.
It is said that good-looking girls are "a source of trouble", can boys also become "a source of trouble"?
Seeing that he would starve to death sooner or later if he continued to sell fish in the town, Han Jisong decisively closed his stall.
He would rather carry fish and shrimp and sell them from street to street than be watched like a monkey here.
He took home all the fish and shrimp that were not sold that day and made them into salted fish and dried shrimp.
He originally planned to exchange it for the town's grocery store, but when he ate the fried dried fish with chili peppers made by Jiang Tian at "Sister Fang's Lunch" that day, he immediately changed his mind.
It is definitely better to sell it directly to customers than to exchange it with a convenience store.
Han Jisong didn't know that Jiang Tian could also be the head of the family. After finishing his lunch, he ran home to get the salted fish and dried shrimps he had made, as well as a few pounds of dried loaches that he had saved up before, and ran to Hu Qiongfang to sell them.
"Hey? Aren't you selling fish in town? Why haven't I seen you these two days?" Hu Qiongfang actually still remembered him!
Someone who looks like Han Jisong would be hard to forget once you have seen him.
Ordinary people in those days were generally malnourished and most of them were short, but Han Jisong was tall and straight, and as energetic as a pine tree standing proudly after a heavy snow.
With long eyelashes, deep double eyelids, bright blue eyes, and angular facial features, it is obvious that this child is not a local. Instead, he looks a bit like the mixed-race children shown on TV.
In short, this is a face that you will never forget once you see it.
When Hu Qiongfang asked this, Han Jisong blushed.
"My elderly family member is ill and can't leave. I won't set up a stall in town anymore. I'll just dry the fish and sell it myself. Madam, do you want dried fish? If you buy it for a long time, I can give you a discount."
I don't know when Jiang Tian came over.
I looked at the basket in Han Jisong's hand. The dried fish inside were wrapped in a clean plastic bag, so they were clean.
Unlike other shops selling dried fish in town, they just open the dried fish and put it in the basket, which is often covered with a bunch of green-headed flies.
"How do you sell this dried fish?"
Han Jisong named a price.
I didn’t expect it to be so cheap!
Jiang Tian nodded, squatted down and looked through the basket, then simply collected all the dried fish, dried shrimp and dried loach in his basket.
Their lunch box business is getting better and better now. This little bit of dried fish is actually not enough for a meal.
The price Han Jisong quoted was five cents per pound cheaper than what they bought in town. Jiang Tian guessed that he went to the town to find out the retail price first and then came to sell it to them.
She is very familiar with this routine.
Isn't this what she and Hu Qiongfang did when they were selling loaches and eels?
"Brother Han, let's discuss something. I need 200 kilograms of dried fish a month. Can you give me a discount of 50 cents per kilogram?"
Han Jisong just wanted to roll his eyes at her.
I didn’t expect this girl to be so beautiful, and she thought she was even more beautiful.
If it's 50 cents cheaper per pound, then he can only earn the money from running errands?
"No, no! I'll give you two cents at most. Look at my dried fish, boss. It's not made from dead fish. And I dry it in the sun. It's not like the salted dried fish in town. They're wet and heavy. If you don't believe me, ask the guests at your house. Are the dishes made from my dried fish chewier than those bought elsewhere?"
Jiang Tian nodded, but still didn't give up bargaining.
"Our store needs a lot of quantity. Even if you only make 50 cents per kilogram, you can make 100 yuan a month with 200 kilograms of salted fish! Think about it, if we are really salesmen in the supply and marketing cooperative, our monthly salary is less than 100 yuan, right?"
Han Jisong pursed his lips, hesitated for a long time, and then reluctantly said: "One pound can be reduced by another 30 cents, no more!"
Jiang Tian blinked her big eyes and looked at him: "Si Mao! From now on, I will come to you when I buy fish and shrimps for my family."
Han Jisong's beautiful amber eyes lit up.
"I come to your house every day. If you need anything, tell me one day in advance and I will definitely deliver it to you the next morning."
Jiang Tian nodded: "Then it's settled. Let me make it clear first, you have to give me live fish, and the price has to be cheaper than the ones sold in town, okay?"
Han Jisong finally revealed a smug smile, and the dimples at the corners of his mouth flashed, almost blinding Jiang Tian's eyes.
Wow~ She has lived for several decades in her two lifetimes, and she has never seen such a handsome boy around her.
I have seen them on TV, but they were all big stars.
This fishmonger must have been born in the wrong era!
If he was born thirty years later, wouldn't all the major entertainment companies be fighting over him?
