allendalepharm Chapter 406
Chapter 406
Seeing a man in his forties asking, Shen Fei stopped the car,
opened a bag in the back compartment, revealing the green dates inside, took one and handed it to the middle-aged man, and said with a smile:
"Brother, these are the green dates I planted at home, you try them. By the way, I want to ask you something, who buys green dates in our market?"
Seeing that there were bags of green dates in the back compartment of Shen Fei's car, the middle-aged man was slightly stunned, then he took the green dates handed over by Shen Fei and put them directly into his mouth and took a bite.
"Wow, thin, crispy and sweet skin, this is the taste! Milk dates from the other side!"
After eating a green date in three bites, the middle-aged man said to Shen Fei excitedly,
"Brother, all of your carloads are this kind of green dates, right? Don't look for others, I'll buy this one. If there are green dates in the back, send them to me, I'll buy them all."
Shen Fei was slightly stunned when he heard the middle-aged man's words.
There was no store that bought green dates in the whole market, so how come he ran into one when he asked? Was it such a coincidence?
He asked the middle-aged man directly:
"Brother, where is your store? I just looked around, but I didn't see any store that said they bought green dates?"
"Look, it's over there, Wenfeng Fruit Wholesale, my name is Li Wenfeng. What's your name, brother?" Li Wenfeng pointed to a store not far away and said to Shen Fei.
There was a sign hanging at the door of the store, saying that it bought citrus, grapefruit, and oranges, but there was no sign that said green dates.
In fact, in the wholesale market, most of the stores that bought citrus were buying citrus, and there were not many other fruits in season.
Shen Fei said, "My name is Shen Fei. Brother Li, I saw that there was no store that bought green dates here? Isn't it the season when green dates are ripe now?"
He didn't quite understand this.
Hearing his question, Li Wenfeng smiled and said:
"Brother, do you know how many farmers in our county grow green dates?
Some people grow one or two trees for their own consumption, but you are the only one who can really grow them on a large scale and sell them. So far, I have only seen you."
"It's not that we don't write about collecting green dates, but no one in our county has grown green dates before, so it's useless for us to write about it."
"Brother, which village are you from? When did you start growing green dates? Why haven't I heard of it before? Are there other people growing them in the village?
This milk date is a rare thing, a high-end fruit, and the price is considerable!"
Li Wenfeng's words finally solved the doubts in Shen Fei's heart.
It turns out that no one in the county grows this kind of green dates!
This... Come to think of it, he has not seen this kind of green dates in the vegetable market and various stores recently.
"I'm from Qicai Village. As far as I know, my family is the only one in our village that grows this kind of green dates."
"Brother Li, what price do you think you'd give me for buying green dates?"
After understanding the reason, Shen Fei went straight to the point and started talking about the price.
This kind of green dates was introduced from the other side of the river. In this era, it is still a relatively high-end and uncommon fruit, and the price should be slightly higher than most common fruits.
While the two of them were talking, several fruit businessmen had already looked over.
It seemed that they should also be interested in Shen Fei's truckload of green dates.
Li Wenfeng thought for a while and asked Shen Fei:
"Brother, before discussing the price, I want to know how many green dates you can pick? Is this the only batch or are there more to come?"
"It should be no problem to pick another four or five truckloads." Shen Fei answered confidently.
Li Wenfeng looked at the back of Shen Fei's tricycle, thought for a while, and said:
"To be honest, I have this kind of milk dates in my shop. They are wholesaled from Zhang City, and then sold to our local friends who have opened shops.
The wholesale price I give them is 2 yuan per catty, and I will buy yours at 1.5 yuan per catty. What do you think?"
The wholesale price for others is 2 yuan per catty, and the purchase price is 1.5 yuan per catty. After hearing what Li Wenfeng said, Shen Fei thought for a while and said:
"Can you buy it at 1.7 yuan?"
Leave a profit of 30 cents per catty for Li Wenfeng.
Hearing this, Li Wenfeng shook his head and said:
"No, brother, I have to preserve the fruits, package them, and do the labor. If they cannot be sold locally, they have to be sent to other places. These are all costs.
If they are not sold in time, the fruits will rot, and I will have to lose a lot of capital. This is a risk.
You think it is a 50 cents gross profit, but the actual gross profit is less than 20 cents, and the net profit is even lower."
After listening to his analysis, it seems to be the case.
But Shen Fei still discussed with him for a while, and finally the two of them agreed on the purchase price of 1.58 yuan.
This trip brought a total of 1,021 kilograms of green dates, and Shen Fei sold 1,000 kilograms.He left 21 jin and collected 1580 yuan from Li Wenfeng on the spot.
After selling the goods, Li Wenfeng gave him two grapefruits and asked him to deliver the goods next time.
Shen Fei agreed with a smile and turned around to drive away.
After leaving Li Wenfeng's shop, he did not go home directly, but took a detour to other fruit wholesale stores farther away to learn about the wholesale price of green dates.
It was similar to what Li Wenfeng said. Most of them said the wholesale price was 2.1 yuan, and some said 2.2 yuan, but Shen Fei estimated that it was possible to bargain down to 2 yuan.
After confirming that Li Wenfeng did not lie to him, Shen Fei did not ask any more questions and drove directly out of Qiaoyuan and went to the old Wu family in Qiaotou Village.
The old couple Wu Wenzheng and Wu Hongmei were very happy to see him coming and invited him into the house.
Shen Fei went in directly with a large bag of green dates, and said to Wu Hongmei with a smile:
"Mom, I picked some green dates recently and sent some to you. You can send some of these green dates to my eldest brother-in-law's house later and give them to their children. You can keep the rest."
Wu Yinglong is also from Qiaotou Village, which is not far from Wu Wenzheng and others. He can ask Wu Hongmei and others to help deliver it.
Hearing this, Wu Hongmei nodded and agreed with a smile.
Wu Wenzheng took Shen Fei to the living room for tea and asked about the recent situation of the three children, as well as the recent situation of Wu Qiuhong, Wu Qiujin, and Wu Yinglong.
Shen Fei smiled and said yes to all these, and they were all doing well.
After chatting for a while, Shen Fei asked about Wu Qiujin, saying:
"Dad, did Qiujin call you after arriving in the provincial capital? Why was she so anxious to go back this time?"
"Yes, she said her car broke down on the road that day, so she called and called the next morning to report that she was safe.
As for her anxiety to go back, she said that the department was busy recently and there was a shortage of staff, so she was asked to go back early."
Wu Wenzheng obviously didn't know much about Wu Qiujin's current situation, and he only talked about what Wu Qiujin had told Shen Fei and the others before.
Recalling the last time Jin Qiaomei took Wu Qiujin's money, Wu Qiujin didn't make a fuss in the end, and didn't tell Wu Wenzheng and his wife, which shows that.
Wu Qiujin is probably the kind of person who only reports good news but not bad news, and is used to handling things on her own.