Chapter 427: Chapter 427
What did he say about how to explain those off-season vegetables that are hard to buy nearby?
He just said he wholesaled them from the city market because they were rare, hence expensive, and he only displayed two or three jin of each fruit. If sold out, he would take more out from the "space" if asked, and if not asked, he wouldn’t prepare more to ensure the fruits’ freshness to the greatest extent.
The fruits in the "space" are sorted by Level. At Level 15, each plot yields fifteen jin, and he always kept the yield from one plot in the "space" to slowly sell.
Currently, the fruits being sold included red dates, walnuts, strawberries, apples, bananas, peaches, sugarcane, oranges, watermelon, and grapes.
As for vegetables, the variety was more comprehensive: red and white radish, garlic, cabbage, baby bok choy, potato, mustard greens, eggplant, chives, broccoli, tomato, peas, lotus root, chili, celeriac, cucumber, pumpkin, soybean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and loofah. Among these vegetables, some could be grown in his land, while others, like lotus root, pumpkin, cucumber, and loofah, which either needed trellises or grew in water and occupied more space, he didn’t bother to plant and would directly take them from the "space."
The "space" had granted him access to roses, and he would make rose pastries twice a month. Since he had sold them before, the regular customers found them quite rare and extremely memorable. So, before mid-month and month-end, he would ask if anyone wanted to pre-order, and then he would prepare according to the pre-ordered quantity, always receiving good reviews.
After summer arrived, he would offer freshly squeezed juices, chilled, which always attracted a crowd, mainly because they could afford it. Since he would dilute the juice with some water to balance the sweetness or sourness, even if the price was slightly lower, he wouldn’t be at a loss.
Overall, although the shop was small, Zheng’s Vegetable and Fruit Store had accumulated quite a popularity in the area due to the owner’s variety of offerings.
Of course, the result was that he became busier and earned more.
Managing the "space" land, worldly land, by the stove, taking care of the child, he was exceedingly busy. Sometimes, he even had to look after the business while holding the child since even the well-behaved Niuniu couldn’t always be quiet and calm. So, when necessary, he would let the customers weigh the items themselves, and he would handle the calculations, and then the customers would pay.
Since sometimes they couldn’t figure out the calculations, and he had a calculator, his method was faster.
However, a person’s energy is ultimately limited, and managing both sides simultaneously was difficult. The best solution was to hire someone mainly to mind the store while he would handle the transportation.
Thinking this, he immediately wrote a hiring sign and placed it at the front door, specifying the age from thirty to forty, as people of this age generally have more life experience. They would work eight hours a day, with a salary of thirty yuan per month. In early 1983, thirty yuan a month was not considered small.
After all, in the 1970s, an average worker’s salary was still around thirty yuan, and even in the early 1980s, it only rose to about fifty yuan at most.
Sure enough, as soon as his notice was posted, many people came for the interview. He was looking specifically for at least primary school graduates who could calculate well. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novᴇlfire.net
After several rounds of elimination, he hired a thirty-year-old divorced lady named Ma Rong.
She was divorced because she had a daughter, while her husband had an affair and fathered a son. Under the family planning policy, he staged his own infidelity to logically divorce and then marry that woman, while she and her ten-year-old daughter were kicked out.