Super Orchard

Chapter 7 Selling Apples

The walk-behind tractor has four gears, except one for reverse, and three are forward gears. It is night and there are no vehicles on the country road. Tutu rushed to the county seat.

It's just that no matter how fast the tractor is, it can't go anywhere. It took a full hour to run the [-]-kilometer journey. It happened to be ten o'clock at night when we arrived at the county town. Two cars headed for the small supermarket one after the other.

This small supermarket was newly opened by Zheng Hao this year. Like the village, it is also called Xingwang Supermarket. In Zheng Hao's words, this is the first branch of the future chain giant.

Parked the tractor and van in front of the door, and the two walked into the store. A cashier girl was packing up her things and preparing to leave work. The small supermarket usually closes at ten o’clock. Because of Zheng Hao’s call, the cashier girl was in the store again. Waited for more than ten minutes.

This supermarket is much larger than the one in the village, covering more than 100 square meters. The first floor is filled with various shelves for business, and the second floor is divided into two. In addition to a small warehouse, there is also a room for business. It is Zheng Hao's office and bedroom.

After seeing off the cashier girl, Zheng Hao put down the shutter door, walked up to the second floor with Shen Yangguang, washed up briefly, and the two friends shared the same bed and fell asleep.

The summer in the Northeast is very early. After the five o'clock alarm clock woke up the two sleeping soundly, it was already dawn outside the window.

Shen Yangguang and Zheng Hao, who are used to sleeping late, knew that there were important things to do today, so they didn't stay in bed for the first time. After cleaning up, they drove the tractor straight to the fruit and vegetable market.

It was less than six o'clock when we came to the market, Shen Yangguang thought he had come too early, but he didn't expect that the vendors in the market came earlier, and all the counters had already released good goods, waiting for customers to buy.

Shen Yangguang hurriedly rented a booth, and moved apples to the counter with Zheng Hao. After working for more than half an hour, he bought soy milk fritters at the entrance of the market and ate them.

After another half an hour, the crowd in the market suddenly increased. It was very lively, but there was a sign of 30 yuan a catty of apples on the counter of Shen Yangguang. The customers just took a look and left. There was no one for a long time Buy.

Shen Yangguang was a little anxious. He went to the small shop next to him to buy a fruit knife and a disposable fruit plate. He cut up an apple and put it in the fruit plate. He was about to greet everyone with a loud voice for a free sample. A middle-aged woman hurried over and said Shen Yangguang said: "You are here!"

Zheng Hao, who was standing next to him cutting apples, saw this scene, and suddenly had a strange idea, nodded heavily at Shen Yangguang a few times, and said with a half-smile: "Your boy owed a romantic debt just after you came back. Aunt Nian will not let it go, brother admires it!"

Shen Yangguang ignored Zheng Hao, he didn't know this middle-aged woman, and he didn't know why she rushed towards him in such a hurry, he asked in confusion, "Sister, why are you looking for me? I don't seem to know you?"

After the woman stood still, she said out of breath: "Didn't you sell wild grapes here a while ago? I tasted it and it was delicious, so I bought some for my old father. He has high blood pressure and often has headaches. After eating After taking your wild grapes, I feel that the symptoms have become much lighter, and I wanted to buy more, but I couldn't find you for several days."

Shen Yangguang knew that the wild grapes moistened by the golden air flow were extremely delicious, but it was too false that eating a little could cure the disease, right?Uncertainly asked: "Are you sure that the old man's symptoms eased after eating wild grapes?"

"Is there a fake? The old man usually smokes a lot, and he often coughs with a lot of phlegm. He said that after eating your wild grapes, the cough and phlegm are less. There are many, I just want to ask you to buy more wild grapes, although this thing is expensive, but the taste is really bad, the key is to be good for the body, money can’t buy health, isn’t it?”

After talking on the phone for a long time, the eldest sister looked around on the counter, but found no sign of wild grapes, and asked nervously, "Young man, why are you selling apples now? Where are the wild grapes?"

"Uh, all the wild grapes are sold out, so we can only wait until next year."

The middle-aged woman was very disappointed when she heard this, and when she was about to leave, Shen Yangguang said again: "Sister, why don't you try this apple, it's as delicious as wild grapes, although the effect is not certain, but it can also nourish the lungs, reduce cholesterol."

The middle-aged woman picked up a piece of apple with a toothpick and put it into her mouth. After entering the mouth, it exudes a strong fruity aroma. When she bites it lightly, the crisp flesh flows out sweet juice, which flows between her lips and teeth, with a touch of coolness.

The woman's brows, which were originally tight because of disappointment, suddenly relaxed, grabbed the plastic bag and began to put apples in it, and after one bag was filled, another bag was filled, which contained a full hundred catties of apples.

Shen Yangguang was stunned and asked, "Sister, can you handle so many apples? And the price is a bit expensive, only 30 yuan."

The woman said nonchalantly: "It's worth the money! This apple is as delicious as the wild grape last time, and the effect must be the same. I will buy more this time, in case it is robbed like a wild grape again." If you can’t buy it, it’s too late to regret it, but unfortunately I didn’t bring enough money today, otherwise I would have bought all these apples!”

The woman who was talking non-stop like a machine gun suddenly slapped herself on the forehead, a little annoyed and said to herself, "I forgot that Jianguo is here too!" After speaking, she took out her mobile phone and started calling.

After a while, a man with his hair combed back walked over. He looked about 40 years old and his figure was a bit fat.

Seeing Dabei's head, the anxious woman pulled her over and said, "This is the man I was talking about. The old man's symptoms improved a lot after eating the wild grapes he sold."

Dabeitou had been doing fruit wholesale business in the county before, and he heard about it after returning home last time. Based on his more than 20 years of experience in buying and selling fruits, he guessed that his sister and father must have been cheated.

Seeing that my sister was going to be cheated again, I persuaded with my head back: "It's okay for the old man to be deceived when he is old, but why are you so easy to be deceived when you are not old? How can there be such delicious fruits in the world as you said? Even There must have been some special chemical preparations, such as sweeteners and the like."

Shen Yangguang, who was standing by the side, couldn't listen anymore: "Brother, don't draw conclusions if you haven't tasted it before. Try my apples and I can tell you that not only do my fruits not use those sweeteners, Red agent swelling agent and other messy things, even ordinary pesticides and fertilizers have never been used!"

Da Beitou has long regarded Shen Yangguang as an illegal trader. He has never eaten the wild grapes and apples. From his experience, what he said is not wrong, so he frowned and forked a piece of apple into his mouth. , after chewing for a while, a shocked look appeared on his face.

At this time, he didn't care about any sweeteners. As long as such a delicious fruit doesn't endanger human health, even some chemicals can be accepted, so he quickly stretched out his hand and said, "I'm really sorry, my brother just made a mistake. My name is Zhou Jianguo, I'm in the fruit wholesale business, I don't know what to call my little brother?"

Shen Yangguang stretched out his hand and shook it lightly, and replied, "Shen Yangguang."

Zhou Jianguo laughed dryly and said, "It's like this. I think your apples are really delicious. I want to buy them all. I wonder if you still have the supply. I can eat any more, but at this price?"

The so-called people who stretch out their hands and don't hit smiling faces, Shen Yangguang saw that the other party was more polite, and if the other party was really willing to buy all the apples, he would save a lot of trouble, so he said: "There are more than 100 mu of apple fields in my family, but the price is lower. There are a lot of points, only 30 yuan a catty."

Zhou Jianguo was a little helpless when he saw this stunned young man. Buying in bulk in the business field would definitely be much cheaper than retailing, and he continued: "Your apples are really delicious, and the retail price is acceptable, but your apples are ordinary varieties. Usually it’s only two yuan a catty, and even if it’s delicious, it can cost as much as ten yuan, why can’t I buy it at the retail price in bulk?”

"Boss Zhou, I plan to sell this apple for 50 yuan a catty. I sell it at a low price considering our consumption level here. To be honest, my apples have never been treated with pesticides or fertilizers, and the yield is very low. If you don't believe me, you can buy them with me." I'm going to see the orchard."

Zhou Jianguo didn't really believe that such delicious apples were pure natural. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's make a bet. I'll take a few people with you to the orchard for on-site testing. If there are really no chemicals, I will Buy it at 30 yuan a catty, if there are chemicals, as long as they are not harmful to the human body, I will also buy them, but the price will be reduced by half, 15 yuan a catty, what do you think?"

I know my own apple fields, not to mention chemicals, not even a little fertilizer in the past few years, so Shen Yangguang immediately agreed to this gamble.

After Zhou Jianguo made a few phone calls, a small truck and two commercial vehicles stopped at the entrance of the market. The small truck was driven by Zhou Jianguo’s sister who strongly demanded to buy the 900-jin apples, and the commercial vehicle was Zhou Jianguo’s. The other car took a few people with some instruments and was responsible for testing the pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables.

(End of this chapter)