Return to 1981 and start from breaking off the engagement

Chapter 6
Yao Weijun rode his bicycle home, carrying thirty kilograms of spiced peanuts on his back, and left Jianchang Village.

He rode all the way south, and after about an hour, he arrived at the Xiheba Joint Venture Area.

This is one of the sideline business centers organized and established by the county diversified business office. Large and small production workshops have been established with the help of geographical advantages and soil characteristics.

There are fisheries for breeding aquatic products, brick kilns for firing red bricks, and those engaged in weaving, printing and dyeing cotton cloth. Even the county offices and county breweries and chemical plants have moved here to facilitate management.

Xiheba Joint Venture Area covers an area of ​​several hundred acres. There are five to six thousand people engaged in production and labor here every day, and it is very famous throughout Shuyun County.

There are many factories and workshops here. In the middle area, there are six streets, three horizontal and three vertical. There are four-story tube buildings on both sides of the streets. The people living in them are basically managers and their income is not low.

Yao Weijun took a fancy to the spending power of those workers, so he chose to sell fried spiced peanuts here.

He came to one of the streets and looked around while pushing his bicycle.

Soon, he parked his bicycle next to a candy blower's stall and removed the bag containing peanuts from the back seat of the car.

At this moment, there were many children surrounding the candy man stall, and some old men and women were also among them. They couldn't resist the begging of their grandchildren and were waiting to buy the candy man.

In this era, candy figures were made by blowing air through the mouth. The finished candy figures were not only beautiful to look at, but also delicious. Generally, this kind of stall was the busiest, and the more people gathered around it.

Yao Weijun opened his bag calmly, filled an enamel jar with half of the spiced shelled peanuts, put them on the bag, and ate them slowly.

"Uncle, do your peanuts taste good?" Several children looked curious and stepped forward to ask.

"It's delicious. Each of you take three and you'll know after you taste it." Yao Weijun pointed at the enamel jar and gestured with a smile.

When the children heard that they could eat for free, they immediately came to the table.

It didn't matter if I tasted it, the five-spice peanuts became more fragrant the more I chewed them, and a group of children gathered around the bag and didn't want to leave.

"Comrade, how do you sell these peanuts? Please weigh them for me." The old man who was responsible for looking after the children next to him was so troubled by his grandson that he took the initiative to inquire about the price.

"I weighed it at home. This tea jar is exactly half a catty full. You can pay me seventy cents."

Yao Weijun picked up the small enamel jar on the bag, shook it, and continued to explain with a smile: "Don't worry, my five-spice peanuts are specially fried with the secret method learned from the master chef in the city, and I guarantee that both adults and children will love it.

Children use it as snacks, and when adults get off work, they just drink two cups with spiced peanuts, and there is no need to cook them as snacks, haha..."

"Okay, then just give me a pound." The old man was wearing a white shirt and really good trousers. He was much more upscale than the people in the village. He originally planned to buy half a pound, but when Yao Weijun said this, he changed his mind and wanted a pound. catty.

After Yao Weijun took the money, he filled a tea jar with peanuts and poured them into the child's two coat pockets.

"Old comrade, even though my peanuts are in shells, they are all clean. How about I just put them in your pocket?"

Yao Weijun filled the enamel jar again and signaled.

"Haha... we working class people are not so particular, come on." The old man opened his trouser pockets and nodded with a smile.

Plastic bags are not popular in this era, and Yao Weijun has neither money nor time to prepare these.

Fortunately, the pockets at this time are relatively large, and two square purses can probably hold seven or eight taels without any problem.

After completing the first transaction, the other children couldn't stand it anymore when they saw their companions eating the fragrant and crispy peanuts, and they all begged the adults to come forward and buy them.

In this way, Yao Weijun sold six or seven kilograms in a short time.

Not long after, adults began to take the initiative to buy, and Yao Weijun's pocket became more and more popular.

These people who live in Xiheba are either former leaders of various factories, or they are the family members of leaders or managers. Their purchasing power is much stronger than that of the villagers in the commune market.

Coupled with Yao Weijun's enthusiastic attitude, thirty pounds of five-spice shelled peanuts were almost gone.

"Comrade, can you give me the remaining peanuts in your bag?"

At this time, the middle-aged man playing the candy man next to him took advantage of the time of rubbing the candy with his hands and asked eagerly. "It's no problem. It doesn't matter who you sell it to. Brother, I'd love it if you could get it right." Yao Weijun nodded happily.

Seeing Yao Weijun so cheerful, the middle-aged man nodded happily.

He didn't care about playing with the candy man in his hand, and quickly found a nylon bag from the burden, counted the remaining kilograms of peanuts with Yao Weijun, and paid the money happily.

In less than two hours, all the thirty kilograms of peanuts brought by Yao Weijun were sold out.

The price of a pound is one yuan and forty cents. After excluding the cost, he can earn more than one yuan per pound. It only took him half a day to earn more than 30 yuan!

If you work in the village to earn work points, you may not earn so much in three months.

Yao Weijun was full of confidence, put away the bag, clamped it on the back seat of the bicycle, and rode the bicycle with the enamel jar in his hand to go home.

But I didn't go out a few steps.

The man playing the candy player called him from behind.

The man came closer in a few steps, took out a cigarette and handed it over, then whispered:

"My surname is Dai, you can just call me Lao Dai. I just want to ask, can I buy some goods from you in the future?"

Seeing Lao Dai pointing to the pocket in the back seat of the car, Yao Weijun suddenly understood.

Well, on the first day I went out to the stall, I met someone who wanted to distribute his peanuts.

"Don't worry, I guarantee that I won't be able to steal your business. You saw it just now. Children are willing to eat this stuff. I'm thinking that in the future, in addition to being a candy blower, I can also sell these spiced peanuts to earn some money. Money, hehe..."

Seeing Yao Weijun's slight hesitation, Lao Dai quickly explained with a smile.

"It's possible, but it's all fried using secret methods and the cost is high. I may not be able to give you a cheaper price..."

Yao Weijun looked embarrassed.

"No problem, just give me the original price. When we get to the village, I'll sell them by the piece, eight for five cents. San Ren'er's two counts as three, so I can make some money."

Lao Dai quickly expressed his stance with an expectant smile on his face.

"Then...let's do it. The day after tomorrow, it's still the same place. I'll bring you ten pounds. Is that enough?"

Yao Weijun thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Thank you, I will wait for you here then!"

Lao Dai was overjoyed and quickly took out a match and lit a cigarette for Yao Weijun.

"By the way, Lao Dai, I want to ask you something, where are the sunflowers growing in our area? It's September now, so the seeds should be harvested soon, right?"

Yao Weijun took a breath of cigarette and asked curiously.

"You are asking the right person, but we don't have any nearby. They are all in the outskirts of the county. You can go directly to Xingegezhuang and you will see them when you get there."

After speaking, Lao Dai's face was startled. He quickly thought of something and continued with a smile: "Are you also planning to make spiced melon seeds? Can you take care of me then?"

Yao Weijun smiled and said nothing.

I don’t know this Lao Dai well enough, so there is no need to agree to everything.

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(End of this chapter)