Chapter 11 - Chapter 11：best selling mushrooms

The next morning, Li You got up early! Today, he not only has to go to the market to sell Liangpi, but also to sell mushrooms in the city, so he has to get up early. In view of the fact that business was booming yesterday, Li You prepared more flour today. He skillfully mixed Over 30 pounds of flour and made more than 150 pieces of Liangpi. He also brought washed and cut side dishes, and then drove the big red mule to the county town again. Since mushrooms will lose a lot of moisture once exposed to the sun, Li You decided to sell the mushrooms in the urban area first, and then set up a stall at the gate of the sugar factory. Instead of selling mushrooms at the street market, Li You went straight to the state-owned hotel in the center of the county. As far as Li You knows, in this era of Scarcity materials, the vast majority of ordinary people prefer fat meat slices, and few people like to eat mushrooms. If he sells these mushrooms on the street, he won't be able to sell them for much money. However, the state-owned hotel is different. The people who usually stay here are either leaders or rich people, and they are very rare for wild mushrooms. In recent years, the state-owned hotel will buy mushrooms from the countryside from time to time, and the price is also very good. Therefore, Li You decided to try his luck at the hotel first. Maybe he could become their mushroom supplier! The state-owned hotel is located in Xinglong Street, not far from the county government. This street is also the busiest street in Qingshan County. Although it is only more than 10 a.m., there are already a lot of people. I don't know where so many people come from in such a small county. When he came to the gate of the hotel, he was stopped by a girl with two braids: "Comrade, who are you looking for?" Li You hurriedly said, "Hello, I'm from a nearby village. I heard that your hotel buys mushrooms, so I came to ask!" "Buy mushrooms? Why haven't I heard of this?" The girl frowned and said. "It doesn't matter if you don't know. You can ask your leader. If you really don't buy them, I'll take them to other places. It's just one sentence. What do you think?" The little girl is also a kind-hearted person. She looked at Li You, who was dusty, hesitated a little, and still nodded. She first asked Li You to wait at the front desk and gave him a glass of hot water, and then walked quickly upstairs. Soon, the girl came back with a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit. After coming to Li You, the middle-aged man directly said, "Comrade, my name is Liu Jingshan, and I am the director of the hotel. I heard that you are here to sell mushrooms?" "Yes, authentic wild pine mushrooms and some trumpet mushrooms!" Li You said. "Can I have a look at your goods?" "Of course!" Then, Li You took Director Liu to his mule cart and lifted the two large baskets covered with grass curtains. When he saw the mushrooms in Li You's basket, Liu Jingshan was slightly surprised. It's not that there are many mushrooms in Li You's basket, but that these mushrooms are obviously processed, and all the dirt and impurities on each mushroom have been removed, so they look very attractive. In recent years, occasionally someone would bring the picked mushrooms to the hotel to sell, but the mushrooms they brought were full of dirt and weeds, looking dirty, and the kitchen was also troublesome to clean up. "How much do you plan to sell per catty?" "How much can you give?" Li You asked instead. Liu Jingshan thought for a while and said, "At present, the price of fresh mushrooms on the market is mostly 60 cents per catty, with a fluctuation of no more than 5 cents. Your mushrooms look good in color and are obviously carefully selected. I'll give you 70 cents per catty. What do you think?" "Okay!" "Then let's weigh it!" Subsequently, with the help of several staff members of the hotel, the two large baskets of mushrooms were weighed directly. 57 catties, a total of 39.9 yuan! Director Liu is also a straightforward person. He directly gave Li You four big unions! After the transaction was completed, Li You happily drove the mule cart away from the hotel! What made Li You happy was not only that he made 40 yuan by selling mushrooms, but more importantly, when he left, Director Liu said that if Li You still had such quality mushrooms in the future, they would all want them. It can be said that through this transaction, Li You found another way to get rich. Moreover, unlike the business of Liangpi, which is done alone, selling mushrooms requires the help of little brothers, so he can also lead his friends to get rich together. In a great mood, Li You soon arrived at the gate of the sugar factory. Although it was not yet 11 o'clock, many people had already gathered here, and by looking at their clothes, they knew they were factory workers. When they saw Li You coming, these workers quickly surrounded him, clamoring for Liangpi! Li You didn't hypocritically, quickly set up a stall and started today's business! Thanks to the spontaneous publicity of the workers yesterday, many people in the factory know about the delicious Liangpi and want to come and taste it, so the business is very good from the beginning. Although Li You had expected this situation and made a lot more, he still underestimated the enthusiasm of the workers. In less than an hour, 156 servings of Liangpi were sold out. Moreover, many people still haven't bought it, complaining that Li You didn't prepare more! When Li You heard this, he could only keep apologizing and promised that they would be able to eat Liangpi tomorrow, and then packed up and left! After packing up, Li You came to the supply and marketing agency again. However, he didn't go in immediately, but searched around the door. Although today's income is good, there is still a problem for him to buy things in the supply and marketing agency, that is, the lack of tickets. In this era when everything requires tickets, having money doesn't necessarily mean it's easy to use. For the same pound of grain, with a ticket, it only costs a few cents, while without a ticket, it costs twice as much. Moreover, for some things, even if you have money, you can't buy them without tickets, such as bicycles, sewing machines, and watches and other industrial products. However, there are policies and countermeasures. There are always some people who have tickets but no money, so a group of ticket scalpers have emerged. They roam around the supply and marketing agencies and state-owned restaurants, selling various tickets to people in need. Now what Li You is looking for is such a person, and he needs to exchange some tickets. Soon, Li You's sight was fixed on a 20-year-old young man. The young man was leaning against a utility pole, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth, and constantly scanning the passing pedestrians, looking rather like a thief. After parking the mule cart, Li You strode towards the young man! Li You didn't test around the corner. After arriving, he directly asked, "Hello, comrade, do you have tickets?" The young man's eyes suddenly brightened and he hurriedly said, "Yes, do you want food stamps or cloth stamps, or industrial coupons!" "Can you get industrial coupons?" "Yes, but it will take a few days!" "How much is an industrial coupon?" "10 yuan each!" "Okay, I'll take one, and I need 50 catties of flour tickets, 20 servings of oil tickets, 2 catties of sugar tickets, and 5 catties each of vinegar, soy sauce, and salt tickets!" Hearing Li You's words, the ticket scalper was OMG. He has never seen such a big customer in his small business, and the most important thing is that he doesn't have so many tickets! "Brother, I... I don't have so many tickets!" The young man said truthfully. Li You frowned and asked, "Tell me, what tickets do you have!" "40 catties of flour tickets, 20 catties of rice tickets, 20 catties of meat tickets, more than 10 pieces of cloth tickets, and some oil, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and salt tickets, but not many in quantity!" "I don't want meat tickets or cloth tickets. I want all the rest. Calculate how much it will cost!" "Well, let me round it off to 5 yuan!" To be honest, this price is really not cheap. After all, a catty of refined flour is only 16 cents, and a catty of rice is only 18 cents. 5 yuan can buy more than 30 catties of flour! But he needs it. If he can't buy seasonings such as oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, he won't be able to go out to set up a stall tomorrow. Compared with this loss, this little money is nothing! "Deal!" One hand pays the money and the other hand delivers the ticket. After the money and goods are settled, Li You tells the young man that he will come again tomorrow. If he can still get the ticket, he will send it over. Then, Li You walked into the supply and marketing agency with a lot of food stamps and money!