Plane Supermarket

Chapter 153

There is a busy street in front of you, the coachman is raising his whip, the ladies and ladies in long skirts are carefully stepping through the small pool on the side of the street with the support of the men beside them, and the children in hats are running barefoot on the street, occasionally bumping into pedestrians, Then ran to the alley to count his "loot".

Apu stood there blankly with a bag full of "goods" on his back.

For the first time since he had never left the country, he saw a really big town.

Not only Apu, but the boys who came out with Apu are all stupid.

People passing by would look at them from time to time, and then laughed at their companions in a low voice: "A group of country bumpkins."

"It's a carriage!" Apu excitedly turned his head and shouted at his companions.

The companions also stared at the carriage not far away.

The carriage stopped by the side of the road, and the first to get off was a young man wearing a top hat. He had a beautiful moustache. After getting out of the carriage, he stretched out his hand into the carriage. Soon, his white hand rested on his. On the back of his hand, a woman in a long skirt and a veil stepped out of the carriage with a fan in one hand.

"It turns out that the city is like this..." A group of "hillies" opened their eyes and were excited about everything they saw.

Even a lump of bird droppings on the ground seems to be more noble than the bird droppings in the countryside.

Fortunately, they still remembered what they were here for. Apu looked around, and he put the bag on his back on his chest—this was what the employee in the supermarket told him, and he could hang the backpack on his chest when he was walking outside. , so that it is not easy to be stolen.

Apu thinks the backpack is a good thing. He used to only know the cloth bag, with one shoulder slanted and the seat lowered. If it is stolen, he would not know. Moreover, the backpack is made of good materials, thick and ordinary blades. It can't be cut easily.

It was because of the fact that there are many thieves in big cities that Apu gritted his teeth and bought this backpack.

In order to make this trip, he emptied the whole house.

Fortunately, Mira supported him. If Mira hadn't helped him speak, his parents would not have allowed him to come out to do business.

In the mouth of parents, people in big cities are bad people, thieves and liars.

But if he doesn't come out, when will he be able to earn enough money for a new house by farming?

He and Mira are currently living in his room, and there is only one bed, and the cabinet can’t even fit in. Let alone doing something at night, the bed boards creak when you turn over, so that even though he is married now, But still a chicken.

Meera didn't want to go into the barn with him on errands.

She said that if that was the case, she would definitely feel sick after eating.

Apu thought about making this trip, and earning the money to build the house first.

Most of the boys who came out with him this time are from the same village, and the remaining few from different villages have a good relationship with him, and their families are not too bad. Some of them even can read, but they only know a few words.

"Find a hotel first," Apu said. "Let's get together and ask for a separate room so things won't be stolen."

Others agreed that these goods were bought after they emptied their own family. If they were stolen, the family would not be able to afford even a handful of salt in the future.

They walked along the street, although they also found people to ask about the seat of the hotel along the way, but no one was willing to answer them.

There was even a man who looked particularly scruffy and had greasy hair that could be used for cooking and shouted at them: "Hillbilly! Go back to the country!"

A group of young men clenched their fists. If Apu hadn't stopped him, they would beat up this man no matter what they said.

With no one to show them the way, they can just wander around the city like headless chickens.

At this time, they realized the disadvantages of the big city, it was too big, unlike the town where the supermarket was located, it would not take long to go from the beginning to the end, but here they could not go to the end at all.

Fortunately, there were many of them, and no one came to trouble them.

Occasionally, children bumped into them, and because they carried their bags on their chests, they were not stolen.

When it was getting dark, they finally found a dilapidated small hotel.

The business of the hotel is not good, the environment is not good, and the houses are more dilapidated than houses in the countryside where no one lives.

But also because it was dilapidated, the boss didn't drive them out, and because they paid for three days, he gave them a smiley face and reminded them: "Don't go out at night if you have nothing to do, it's messy at night."

Even if the boss didn't remind them, Apu and the others wouldn't dare to go out at night.

In the bag is all their wealth, they can lose it themselves, but not their goods.

A group of people entered the room, and there was only one bed in the room, but they didn't care, they just cleaned the dust on the floor and sat on the floor, and they could lie down directly on the floor when they slept.

Apu also sat cross-legged on the ground. He took out bread and a bottle of water from his bag. This was his ration for today.

"We can't set up a stall." Apu said firmly, "I saw that those who set up a stall sell cheap things. If we also go to set up a stall, no one will buy it if it is expensive, and it will be impossible if it is cheap. Raise the price again."

The companions agreed with Apu's words, but they also said anxiously: "But who can we sell to?"

Someone said excitedly: "Those gentlemen and wives, I think they must be rich! They are taking a carriage!"

"Miss of the noble family!" Another person said, "They must like crystal balls! And those jewelry!"

There was a brave young man who spent all his money on glass jewelry. Unlike natural jewelry, glass jewelry is more transparent, with no impurities visible to the naked eye, and the style is novel and noble. At first glance, you can’t think of anything else except expensive. .

After listening to their chatter, Apu just shook his head in the end: "Don't even think about selling it to the ladies and wives."

Apu shared his observations after he entered the city: "I think they only go into the big stores."

There are not only street vendors in the city, but also specialized shops. This is the first time they have seen shops other than supermarkets.

Although they feel that these shops are pitifully small compared to supermarkets, this is a big city after all, even if it is just a small stall on the side of the road, it makes them feel novel.

"Sell to those big shops?" The companions looked at each other and thought it was a good idea. It was just a dream for those farmers who came from the countryside to sell what they had in their hands to the rich or aristocrats.

If it can be sold directly to the shop owner here, even if you earn a little less, it will be fine.

Apu nodded: "Then what price do you think is appropriate?"

They looked at each other, and they didn't know what price to set.

Someone tentatively whispered, "Why don't we earn two silver coins for each item?"

Two silver coins are a lot!How many farmers can earn less than two silver coins a year.

The others were silent for a while before someone answered: "Will two silver coins be too much? One?"

They didn’t spend much money on the way here, and they were reluctant to buy cattle or horses to travel. They all rely on a pair of legs, and the goods also rely on the back. In addition to the cost of goods, it is labor. In their view, labor is not counted as money, as long as it is sold. If the price of going is higher than the price of buying, it is a pure profit.

Apu dealt with the employees in the supermarket, and treated him to a meal, and got some pointers. He quickly said: "The supermarket is there, and other people besides us can buy goods. If we sell it, those merchants will soon know where our goods come from, and then we may not be able to earn this money."

"So we have to sell it at a high price now that we are the only ones who have these goods." Apu gritted his teeth, "Also we have to earn a gold coin!"

One hundred silver coins can be exchanged for one gold coin. They have never seen gold coins since they were young, not even their parents.

The companions swallowed their saliva together, looking at Apu as if he was going crazy.

A gold coin!

Now a large house only needs forty silver coins.

And not all the goods are added together to earn one gold coin, but the same goods earn one gold coin.

If it can be sold...

Then they will not have to worry about food and clothing in this life, and they can live the life of a small nobleman.

"City people...are they so rich?" The freckled red-haired boy blushed, "If it can be sold, my family can buy a large piece of land!"

"Maybe I can get married too."

Apu nodded firmly: "As long as you listen to me, you will be fine!"

Usually in the countryside, they would quit work after dark, go to bed early and get up early, but tonight they chatted for most of the night and didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn.

In the early morning of the next day, it was very bright, the mountains not far away were still surrounded by fog, there were no pedestrians on the street, and the shop assistants on the side of the road had just started work. Apu and his group had already had breakfast and walked onto the street .

"Only look for big stores." Apu hugged the bag, "Let's be careful."

Although nearby residents either ignored or mocked them when they saw them, they were still very careful.

Apu was afraid of accidents, so he only brought some "samples" out, and left someone in the hotel to look at other goods.

Even if they were cheated by the store owner and their things were confiscated, they would not lose everything.

Soon, they came to the door of a big shop. The guy had just opened the door and was sorting out the things inside.

Apu looked across the street for a while, looked carefully, and found that the store sold all jewelry, including fans and jewelry. He had good eyesight, so he could tell that the jewelry sold in the store was not as good as the ones they bought from the supermarket.

Those jewels were all dusty without their sparkle.

This gave Apu a little more confidence, he took a deep breath, and carefully carried the things in his arms into it.

Apu cheered himself up, he has even been in a supermarket, is he still afraid of such a small store?

"Why are you here?" The guy who was sorting the goods just now stood up straight, and he stared at Apu who came in with a bad expression. "You guys can't come to this kind of place, get out of here."

He made a repelling gesture, but it was an animal repelling gesture.

"You!" The two companions behind Apu understood his gesture and wanted to rush over angrily.

It was Apu who stopped them, and Apu smiled at the guy: "We are here to sell things, and they are all good things. I wonder if your boss is here?"

The guy sneered: "What can a group of country bumpkins sell? If it's a trinket made by a village girl or a peasant woman in your country, don't show it to shame. No one wants to give it away for free."

"Can you speak?!" The red-haired boy shouted at him, "Why do you look down on people so much?!"

Apu growled: "Dro!"

The red-haired boy Dro couldn't listen to Apu's words anymore, and he scolded angrily: "We didn't eat your food, we didn't use your food, why do you look down on us!"

The man glanced at him and said sarcastically, "You country bumpkin, how can you make me think highly of you?"

Dro was panting like a bull, and if Apu hadn't held his arm tightly, he would have rushed over at this moment.

"Let's go." Apu didn't want to cause trouble, he dragged Delo out, "Can we change to another house and stop selling them?"

Dro was so angry that his eyes were red, he was forced to leave the store and stood on the street, Dro still kicked on the stone on the side of the road.

"Country people, what's wrong with the country?!" Delo stretched out his hand and wiped his eyes, "Country people can't enter their store?! Can the floor of their store recognize people? Can you tell who is from the city and who is from the country? people?!"

Apu sighed: "What's there to be angry about? No one in this city thinks highly of us except country folks like us."

Dro: "There are no people in the supermarket! They don't look down on us! Such a big supermarket!"

Dro said incoherently: "Every time I go, even if I don't buy anything, they all smile at me."

Apu patted Delo on the shoulder: "Get used to it early, this is not the countryside, and those stores are not supermarkets."

"We're not here to fight against them, we're here to do business."

"Even if you fight with him and beat him up, does he think highly of you?"

Apu thought of his wife at home: "It doesn't matter what they think, as long as we can make money."

"Money is the most important thing."

Dro took a deep breath, and nodded with red eyes.

The three continued to walk along the street, and the store just now was already the largest store they had seen after walking three streets.

From the very beginning, Apu didn't consider small shops. Small shops would definitely not be able to pay that much money. Only big shops could buy all their goods at one go in order to monopolize.

After walking another two streets, they finally saw a big store again, but at this time there were already customers in that store.

They can only squat on the side of the street, waiting for the guests to leave before entering.

Apu did not explain the reason to them, fearing that they would be angry again.

If the customers don't buy because of them "hillies" come into the store, then the buddy and the boss will definitely drive them out.

Apu squatted on the ground and wiped his face. He looked up at the passers-by who had already walked out of the house.

Those people looked at them with deep contempt in their eyes.

Just because they are not from the city, and because they are wearing clothes that only farmers wear.

Apu rubbed his face.

Why are they all from the city, but the people in the supermarket have never shown such eyes?

He was a little homesick, but he couldn't tell.

This time it was he who took the lead, he was the backbone, anyone could back down, but he couldn't.