Chapter 28 Shop Around
After coming out of the store, Li Shaoan was puzzled and didn't understand why Zhao Xuemei suddenly pulled him away.
In Li Shaoan's opinion, he was only one step away from buying the cat-tooth rice species, but now he missed the cat-tooth rice species, so he was naturally unwilling to accept it.
"Xuemei, the boss just now offered the conditions very well, why didn't you buy it suddenly?"
Zhao Xuemei glanced at Li Shaoan helplessly, shook her head and said, "What a fool. That boss is slick. Do you believe what he said?"
"Uh, but I didn't feel it."
"He said that there were not many seeds, and then he said that everything was easy to discuss. He said that he would like to ask for 1.3 per pound, and everyone rushed to ask for it, and then he said that he would give it to you at the whole price. The most important thing in business is to be honest. How can such a confused guy believe it?"
After being said this, Li Shaoan's face turned red, he felt a little ashamed, and said with an awkward smile: "Xuemei, you are still smart, I am so stupid in front of you."
Zhao Xuemei covered her mouth and smiled cleverly, cursing softly: "You, don't say that to yourself, it's just that you just entered society and don't understand the complexity. I am a cashier and purchasing agent in the village. I can't deal with these people on weekdays, so I naturally know more than you."
"You are right. I don't understand these things at all. Why don't you come and help me in the future?" Li Shaoan giggled foolishly.
Zhao Xuemei glanced at him and cursed: "I think beautifully, can you pay me a salary?"
This look that seemed resentful but was actually full of tenderness made Li Shaoan blush and said in a daze: "If I open it, I will open it, as long as you are willing to help me."
"You want to, but I don't want to." Zhao Xuemei smiled so hard that she trembled.
Li Shaoan was still worried that he had missed the cat-tooth rice seeds and asked: "Xuemei, what if there are no other companies selling cat-tooth rice seeds in this market? "
"In such a big agricultural product market, how could the only one merchant selling cat-sea rice varieties besides? Don't be anxious. The key to buying things is to compare and check a few more before making decisions is not a bad thing."
"Let's go to the corner to see." Zhao Xuemei pointed to a farm supplies store not far ahead and led Li Shaoan over.
When they came to this small store that looked inconspicuous outside, Li Shaoan and Zhao Xuemei walked in and saw a little girl doing homework lying on the counter.
When the little girl saw the guest coming to the door, she shouted at the back of the house, "Mom, someone is here to buy something."
Then a woman with a short head, wearing a dark red dress, looked twenty-year-old, walked out of the inner room. When she saw Li Shaoan and Zhao Xuemei, she immediately greeted her with a smile.
"What do you two want to buy?"
Zhao Xuemei just said lightly: "Look at it casually."
The female boss observed that the two of them were not dressed like farmers and asked tentatively: "Did you buy them for the company? I have everything here, and the price is also cheaper than other places."
"Is there any cat teeth rice species?" Zhao Xuemei asked.
The female boss smiled and said, "Of course there are, there are not many people who buy this hybrid rice seed. The main reason is that everyone has never planted it before, and I don't know what the situation is. If you want it, I'll take it here."
"Take it first." Although Zhao Xuemei didn't understand the matter on rice, she was very calm and could not see any timidity.
The female boss took a pack of seeds from the inner room. Li Shaoan took it and saw that it was exactly the same as the cat-tooth rice seed that the family just saw.
"I will give you a break. The purchase price of this cat-tooth rice seed is 70 cents, and the merchants here sell for 1.3 yuan. If the two of you want more, I will make friends if I sell for 1.1 yuan." The female boss saw that Li Shaoan was so fond of this hybrid rice seed, so he asked, "I don't know how much do you want to buy?"
Li Shaoan said: "About 40 kilograms."
"To be honest, it's a little less than 40 pounds, and it's very difficult for me to sell 1 yuan. "The female boss was a little embarrassed. The number was too high or too low. Of course, what she thought was to be able to make small profits and sell more.
Judging from the female boss's words and behavior, he is reassuring. Zhao Xuemei is not in a hurry. She smiled and said in detail: "This is the thing. We will buy rice seeds for the village for the next year. We will first use more than ten acres of land as experimental fields in the spring next year. If the effect is very good, we will continue to expand the planting area of hybrid rice."
The implication of this sentence is already very clear. How can a businessman like the female boss not be able to hear the implicit meaning? As long as the cooperation between the two parties goes smoothly this time, will there be less cooperation in the future?
"So that's the case. The two of you actually came to buy rice seeds for the village. Please sit down and talk." The female boss asked the two to sit down and then made tea for them again, with a very enthusiastic attitude.
Li Shaoan was confused. Didn’t he buy rice seeds for his own fields? Why did he choose rice seeds for the village? His arm gently touched Zhao Xuemei’s arm, trying to understand. However, Zhao Xuemei turned around and smiled at him, winked, and signaled him not to speak out.
"My name is Liu Yulan, I don't know what the two call them?"
After talking to each other, the three of them became more familiar with each other. Liu Yulan was a divorced woman. She was 28 years old this year, and she opened a farm supplies store in the farmers' market with her eight-year-old daughter. The business was average and she barely managed to maintain the life of both mother and daughter.
When Liu Yulan learned that Li Shaoan and Zhao Xuemei were from Tieshanwan, she was even more excited. It turned out that she had a cousin from afar and was from Tieshanwan. This made everyone's relationship invisibly further.
"Sister Liu, then we will calculate it at 1.3 yuan this time." Zhao Xuemei said politely.
Liu Yulan waved her hand quickly and said, "If it's not possible, how can I make money for you today? 40 pounds, one pound is calculated as 1 yuan."
Zhao Xuemei hurriedly said, "How come this happens? Wouldn't we take advantage of this in vain?"
"Why didn't it work? I'll just make you two friends." Liu Yulan said cheerfully.
In the end, Li Shaoan bought 40 kilograms of cat teeth rice for only 40 yuan. Compared to the store just now, it was 12 yuan cheaper, which was almost equivalent to the first half of the month's income.
It was all thanks to Zhao Xuemei's torture that directly saved Li Shaoan a large amount of expenses. I have to say that Zhao Xuemei is really a meticulous and smart woman.
This time, the two of them not only bought satisfactory seeds, but also made friends with agricultural products merchants. They could come to Liu Yulan if they have any needs in the future.
After finishing the work of buying seeds, Li Shaoan and Zhao Xuemei came to the bus station, but the minibus from the county town to Yangqiao Town had already driven away.
Looking at the empty station, Li Shaoan was stunned. He just focused on selecting seeds and forgot about returning to Tieshanwan. He couldn't go back with Zhao Xuemei now. What should I do?
"I know a place where we can go to rest tonight."
Zhao Xuemei took Li Shaoan to a guesthouse in the county town. Sometimes when she came to the county town to do business, she would encounter situations where she couldn't catch the bus. She usually chose to spend the night in the guesthouse and wait for the next day's bus.
Chapter completed!