Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 121 The Fish Seller
Jiang Tian accepted Han Jisong's favor of tipping off the person, and then secretly told the matter to her grandparents.
She didn't dare tell her aunt, mainly because Jiang Xiuxiu was too thin-skinned. It was Jiang Huihui who had done something wrong , and she was making a big fuss at home, but Jiang Xiuxiu was too embarrassed to go out.
Recently I have been hiding in the kitchen helping with cooking.
Grandma Hu expressed her approval of her granddaughter's actions.
"You are right to do this. Your aunt is very proud. Her second sister has made such a fool of herself. If our family had not built a house here, I suspect she would have run back to her hometown right now."
Grandma Hu's tone was very relaxed, and Jiang Tian knew that Grandma must have come up with an idea.
"Okay, I'll talk to your mom about this. If you have nothing to do, go help your uncle figure out how to make the furniture for the new house."
"Let's hurry up and open the new store before it snows. When it rains and snows, the roads will be difficult to travel on, and the restaurant's business will be better."
When it comes to making money, Jiang Tian is not sleepy at all.
The new houses for my two uncles and my grandfather are almost built. Now all that’s left are the backyard wall and the tables and benches in the house.
Now that the whole family has tasted the sweetness of selling food on the provincial road, it is time to be full of energy.
Not to mention that Jiang Huihui is just a relative's child, even if she was their own child, it would be impossible for her to delay the family from making money at this time.
Jiang Tian rode her bike and soon arrived at her grandfather's new house.
There was no trace of the original garbage dump anymore, and instead, there were nine large red brick and tiled houses built side by side along the road.
There is a large open space in front of the house. We didn't afford to buy cement for the floor, but we brought a lot of gravel and coal slag over and paved it simply. This way, it would be much more convenient to park when large trucks drive in to eat.
After entering, in the spacious hall, my uncle and second uncle were leading people doing carpentry work.
Originally, Grandpa Hu let the two brothers decide what kind of store to open, but after discussing it, the brothers decided not to give up anything, so they decided to just go into business together.
The current structure of the two companies is like this:
The three front rooms of my uncle's house were connected and he was going to use them to open a restaurant. Just like my younger sister's, they both sell boxed lunches.
The three front rooms of my second uncle's house were not connected. The one on the left was intended to be a small store, selling cigarettes, alcohol, groceries, fruits, etc. The middle was reserved for Grandma Hu to sell rice balls and rice dumplings, and the one on the right was intended to be a car repair shop.
With so much traffic on the provincial road, auto repair shops are definitely a sure-win business.
Although my second uncle doesn’t know how to repair cars, as he is his own boss, he doesn’t necessarily have to do everything himself.
Hu Jianjun planned to hire a car repairman and a few apprentices after his own restaurant opened.
Apart from anything else, I should be able to make some money every year just by repairing tires, replacing tires, and replacing other parts for cars.
The most important thing is that opening a car repair shop has another benefit, which is to attract customers for your own restaurant or convenience store.
The car broke down and it certainly couldn't be fixed in a short time, so the driver and the people in the car would have to eat and drink, right? Isn't this a coincidence? My family has boxed lunches, rice dumplings and rice balls, and the canteen has all kinds of food and drinks. As long as the price is not outrageously expensive, there will be customers.
In fact, Jiang Tian had already discussed with her two uncles how much furniture and what styles of furniture to have for these stores.
However, furniture is too expensive and takes a long time to make. Jiang Tian does not dare to be careless and comes to check the progress every two days. If there is anything wrong, he can make timely adjustments.
Unexpectedly, I met Han Jisong here.
Now that the weather has turned cooler, Jiang Tian has changed into a sweater, while Han Jisong is still wearing a patched thick cloth jacket. They are carrying a bucket and digging eels by the ditch behind the new house.
This small ditch looked inconspicuous, but unexpectedly there were so many "big goods" in it. Jiang Tian leaned over to take a look and found that there were actually several fat old eels in the bucket, as well as some loaches and so on.
Jiang Tian was immediately amused: "How do you know there are eels in this ditch?"
Han Jisong chuckled and said, "I brought reed mats to your house a few days ago. I heard from your uncle that there used to be a small ditch behind the house, and it was a pool of running water. So I came to take a look, and sure enough, there were quite a few eel holes."
"Now that the weather is cold, it's hard to catch eels, so I just pick small, dry ditches like this. They're easy to dig when the water is dry!"
Is it embarrassing to be seen by a pretty and lovely girl that you are poor and miserable?
Han Jisong didn't feel ashamed at all, he really needed money now.
His grandfather was old and had severe rheumatism. He had saved some money and planned to take his grandfather to a big hospital in the provincial capital for treatment.
But this era is not like later generations, when ordinary people have medical insurance to cover their medical expenses. In rural areas today, if an elderly person in a family gets a serious illness, they basically just have to wait for death at home and accept their fate.
Han Jisong didn't want to accept his fate.
He is an orphan and his only relative is his grandfather. If even his grandfather passes away, he will have no relatives in this world.
He had never been to a big hospital in the provincial capital, so he didn't know how much it would cost to see a doctor, but it was always a good idea to prepare some extra money.
The weather has been cold recently, so it's hard to catch eels, but the price is higher than in summer. Han Jisong has almost formed a conditioned reflex now. When he sees a small ditch, he can't help but run out to see if there are any eel holes.
A pound of eels costs 2.3 yuan, and ten pounds costs 23 yuan. Moreover, this job requires no capital. If you are lucky, you can earn dozens of yuan a day.
Han Jisong was anxious to make money, and Jiang Tian just happened to have a job that was quite suitable for him.
"Brother Han, don't you have a bicycle? The winter solstice is coming soon. I plan to have my family buy a truckload of hairtail to sell."
"Every household here has to fry hairtail during the winter solstice. In the past, we had to queue up at the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it, but now the market has been liberalized. Just recently, a convoy came to my house and said they were going to the south to buy hairtail. They could bring a truckload of goods here for my family."
"If you are willing to do it, I can make the decision and give you the wholesale price. You can buy the goods from me and set up a stall in the countryside to make a profit. If you sell well, you can earn as much as you earn from digging eels in a day in just one morning."
"Can you get cheap hairtail?" Han Jisong almost jumped for joy.
Jiang Tian chuckled: "What do you think? Otherwise, why would I let my family open a restaurant on the provincial highway?"
Han Jisong agreed without thinking.
"Okay! I owe you a favor. When will the hairtail you ordered arrive? If the price is right, I'll take 200 kilograms back to sell."
Two hundred kilograms was just his conservative estimate. In fact, if this business didn't require a high capital investment , he would have wanted to ask Jiang Tian to order two thousand kilograms in one go!
This is hairtail. Over here, no matter how poor the family is, they will buy two and fry them during the winter solstice, okay?
As long as the price is right, he is confident that he can sell 2,000 kilograms!
