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"Old Wei said someone gave us some wild vegetables?"

Qian Cheng quickly greeted them: "Hello, boss. I'm from the countryside. I brought some wild vegetables for you to see."

The speaker was Cui Minggui, the owner of Qingping Restaurant.

Cui Minggui walked up to the basket on his back and looked down at it.

Cui Minggui himself came from the countryside, so he naturally knew about wild vegetables. Anything that was just a sham couldn't fool his eyes. He picked up a bracken fern, examined it carefully, and smelled it. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he nodded.

"Nice to look at. Which village are you from?"

Qian Cheng told the truth. He couldn't hide it even if he wanted to. With just a little investigation, people would know everything about his family. It would be better to tell them everything from the beginning to appear more sincere: "Laowozi Village, about sixty miles from the county seat."

Cui Minggui looked down at the ten pounds of wild vegetables in his basket, pondered for a moment, and then slowly asked, "Can you guarantee this quality every day?"

"Yes, our village has about a hundred households, and every family can go up the mountain to pick them. As long as you want them, we can deliver them every day."

Cui Minggui thought for a moment, then asked, "And the price?"

"Boss, the price is negotiable. You're a big restaurant in the county, so I definitely won't overcharge you. How about this: you can try these first, and if you like them, we can talk about the price later."

Cui Minggui glanced at Qian Cheng and smiled.

"You little rascal, you know how to talk."

He asked the head chef, Lao Wei, to bring in the wild vegetables and weigh them.

Old Wei poured the wild vegetables into a basket and weighed them: "Three jin of tender aralia shoots, three jin of dandelion, two jin of bracken, and two jin of wild garlic, a total of ten jin."

Cui Minggui looked at Qian Cheng: "What price do you want?"

Qian Cheng had already figured out how to quote a price.

"Boss, to be honest, there are costs involved in gathering the villagers together to collect these wild vegetables."

I have to run errands myself, take transportation, and ensure the quality. I also have to pay for it myself upfront, and if it breaks, I have to lose money...

Of course, I won't charge an exorbitant price. These days, as long as I can make a small profit, I'll deliver to you every day.

Cui Minggui listened and nodded.

He likes to hear honest words like this.

Don't be fooled by the simplicity of harvesting wild vegetables. If he were to do it himself or send someone to do it, it would take a while before he could get a mediocre harvest. Besides, the price wouldn't be much lower, and it would be exhausting. It would be better to let this pleasing young man in front of him earn the money.

Of course, this is all on the premise that the price Qian Cheng quoted does not exceed his expectations.

Before quoting a price, Qian Cheng took into account the specifications of Qingping Hotel.

Qingping Restaurant is one of the top restaurants in the county. The standard of such a restaurant is much higher than that of ordinary restaurants. A price that is too low would not be worthy of such a standard. If the price were too low, the restaurant would not serve such dishes. After all, if the guests knew that they were being served dishes that cost only a few cents, the guests might not say anything to their faces, but they would definitely not come back a second time.

They come here to eat, and a single meal can easily cost half a month's wages for an ordinary worker. Are they here to eat dishes that cost only a few cents?

Don't let them be disrespected.

Although ordinary people don't have much money these days, that doesn't stop a small group of people from being rich.

It's always been like this.

So Qian Cheng had already decided before he came that the prices he would pay the villagers were as follows: prickly ash shoots were precious at 15 cents a pound, dandelion was 10 cents, bracken was 10 cents, and wild garlic was 8 cents.

But the price quoted to Boss Cui was three times higher.

When Boss Cui heard Qian Cheng's quote, it was exactly what he expected, so he had no objection and agreed on the spot.

Boss Cui is very decisive in business and always keeps his word.

Cui Minggui asked Lao Wei to do the math, and Lao Wei fiddled with the abacus: "Three catties of tender thorn shoots, 45 cents a catty, that's 1.35 yuan."

Three catties of dandelion, three mao, nine mao.

Two pounds of bracken fern, three mao, six mao.

Two pounds of small garlic, 24 cents, or 48 cents.

That's three dollars and thirty-three cents in total.

Cui Minggui asked Lao Wei to go to the office, count out four yuan, and hand it to Qian Cheng.

Qian Cheng initially declined, but Lao Cui insisted that Qian Cheng accept it.

"Take it. I don't like haggling in business. If you don't accept this money, I'll have to find someone else."

"Consider this extra money as payment for your transportation."

Upon hearing this, Qian Cheng took out a pack of Nanjing cigarettes from his pocket and personally lit them for Boss Cui and the head chef, Lao Wei.

Old Cui didn't mind Qian Cheng lighting his cigarette for him.

He took a drag, and the smoke rings he exhaled made his vision a little blurry.

Looking at Qian Cheng in front of him, he felt as if he were seeing his former self.

I wasn't as shrewd and sensible as Qian Cheng is now, back then.

"Kid, keep up the good work, your future is limitless."

Old Cui patted Qian Cheng on the shoulder, a rare occurrence for him, and sighed with emotion at the impermanence of time.

Before he knew it, he was fifty.

After leaving Qingping Hotel, Qian Cheng felt much more at ease.

He tripled the price he charged Qingping Restaurant, but of course, he had to cover all the complicated procedures himself.

Qingping Restaurant requires ten catties of each type of wild vegetable every day.

Aralia elata sprouts are 15 cents, dandelion is 10 cents, bracken is 10 cents, and wild garlic is 8 cents.

This is the purchase price from the villagers.

If each item weighs ten jin.

That means he has to spend a total of four dollars and three cents every day.

He could then resell it to Qingping Restaurant for 12.9 yuan.

After deducting the cost of four yuan and three mao, plus the round-trip transportation fee of one yuan, I can earn seven yuan and six mao a day.

This is just one restaurant.

If he can get in touch with a few other restaurants of similar scale to Qingping Restaurant, as well as the canteens of factories in the county.

Earning 100 yuan a day, 3,000 yuan a month, and becoming a 10,000-yuan household in three months is not a dream!

Today, when Qian Cheng went to the county, he didn't expect to sell all ten jin of wild vegetables at just one restaurant.

However, Boss Cui was simply too wealthy and powerful.

He was at a loss.

There are no wild vegetables left, so he can't go to other households. He can only wait until tomorrow to deliver vegetables to the county and bring back more wild vegetables.

He went to the station to catch the train at noon.

There were few people on the bus, so he found a window seat and sat down, looking at the receding fields outside the window, pondering in his mind.

Starting tomorrow, we will be sending supplies to the county every day.

There are still a month or two left in the wild vegetable season, and I can earn quite a bit.

After the wild vegetables are harvested, we'll harvest mountain produce and eggs.

Take it one step at a time, and the road will become wider and wider.

The car swayed and bumped as it drove toward the town.

He didn't get home until the afternoon.

Hou Yufen was waiting inside. When she saw him return, she quickly asked, "How did it go?"

Qian Cheng took out the money he had earned that day and put it on the table.

It costs four yuan in total.

Hou Yufen's eyes lit up when she saw the four yuan.

Qian Cheng carried ten catties of wild vegetables this morning, and he was charged four yuan for this trip?

Qian Cheng explained that it was actually three yuan, thirty cents, and three fen.

It's mostly thanks to Boss Cui's generosity.

Hou Yufen counted on her fingers.

I bought ten catties of wild vegetables and earned three yuan and thirty-three cents.

Those thirty catties of wild vegetables cost about ten yuan.