It really can’t be a price reduction; otherwise, there would be no way to raise prices later.
“Alright, give me a small bundle of each.”
The old lady also knew that these vegetables were indeed good; otherwise, she would have left long ago.
At their age, who wouldn’t know what truly good vegetables look like!
“Alright.”
Wei Lihua cheerfully weighed the vegetables for the old lady. After all, it was four and a half yuan—fortunately, it was a business with no cost.
Otherwise, she would definitely be losing money, especially when dealing with these highly competitive elderly customers.
“Auntie, that’s five and a half jin, twenty-five yuan and twenty cents. Just give me twenty-five!”
Wei Lihua also knew that her current variety of vegetables was too limited.
But as long as she got started, there shouldn’t be any problems in the future.
“Alright.”
The old lady took the vegetables and cheerfully handed the money to Wei Lihua. Since the vegetables were good,
she felt she hadn’t lost out today and, in fact, seemed to have gotten a good deal.
She just didn’t know whether she would come back tomorrow or not.
“Will you be here tomorrow?”
“Yes.”
Wei Lihua responded to the old lady’s question verbally, but her hands weren’t idle either—she put the money into her wallet and prepared to continue selling vegetables.
After all, there were quite a few people gathered around now.
“That’s good. If they taste good, I’ll come back tomorrow.”
Anyway, her family wasn’t short on money, and besides, how much could one really save by skimping on food?
As long as people stayed healthy, they could earn more money later!
“Alright, you’re welcome to come back tomorrow!”
After seeing the old lady off, Wei Lihua heard the people around her saying,
“Give me a bundle of bok choy and some spinach.”
“Give me one too!”
And so, Wei Lihua weighed vegetables and collected money at the same time.
Although the female shopkeeper next to her was a bit envious, she also knew that her own vegetables weren’t as good as Wei Lihua’s.
However, Wei Lihua’s vegetable stall had only two varieties.
Her own vegetables also ended up selling quite a bit as a result.
“Alright, please wait a moment. Take it easy, be careful when pulling—if you damage them, I’ll be at a huge loss.”
Wei Lihua said to those who were vigorously picking through the vegetables.
By the time all the vegetables on the tricycle were sold out, Wei Lihua was completely exhausted.
She had never known that selling vegetables could be so tiring, especially with so many buyers today.
There wasn’t a single moment of rest, but with a full tricycle of vegetables, she must have made quite a profit.
“Are there any more? If so, we’ll wait a bit.”
Seeing Wei Lihua’s empty tricycle, those who hadn’t managed to buy any vegetables asked.
“No more. Come earlier tomorrow!”
Actually, Wei Lihua thought about going to fetch another tricycle load, but after some consideration, she decided against it.
Today was just a trial run, especially since she hadn’t planned to sell for too long today.
Tomorrow, she would prepare more and arrange a few baskets. If things were like today again, no one would notice exactly how many vegetables she had.
“We saw so many people buying. Why don’t you come back in the afternoon?”
Those who wanted to buy vegetables didn’t know exactly how Wei Lihua’s vegetables tasted, but with so many people buying,
they believed the flavor couldn’t be bad.
“Alright, I’ll come back in the afternoon after lunch!”
The morning was out of the question. While selling vegetables, she had also taken some out from her Space.
She was worried that taking out too much would be noticed, so in the afternoon, as long as she was well-prepared, she believed she should earn more than she did in the morning.
“Alright, we’ll wait for you here in the afternoon. If your vegetables are really tasty, we’ll buy from you from now on!”
Sure enough, people love to follow trends. Besides, Wei Lihua’s vegetables did look quite good.
“Okay, I’ll come back in the afternoon. If you don’t show up, I’ll sell them to someone else!”
Even if she couldn’t sell them, she could always take them back and store them in her Space.
After working for so long, Wei Lihua felt hungry. She planned to have a good meal to reward herself.
But right now, the most important thing was to count today’s earnings and see if she had enough seeds left.
If not, she’d have to buy more, though the Space might be able to produce seeds on its own.
If she had to buy seeds frequently, it would become quite troublesome.
Especially after returning home—buying seeds would only be possible online.
Doing it herself would be not only troublesome but also require a trip to the city.
In places like her hometown, most seeds came from their own harvested vegetables.
Very few people bought seeds; at most, they’d exchange seeds with neighbors.
Or they’d ask others for some. In their area, almost no one bought seeds.
If there were seeds for sale, they’d likely be the common varieties.
Sigh, why is earning money so hard? I really wish money could fall from the sky.
Never mind, for now, she should go fill her stomach. But when it comes to eating, the food from the Space is so delicious.
Could she still eat outside food? If she cooked herself…
The vegetables outside weren’t great either, and the Space only had some leafy greens.
Ah, forget it. She’d just cook some noodles, add a little bok choy and an egg, and make do with that for now!
Things would get better in time. In the future, she could grow whatever she wanted in her Space and not worry about it.
And since the food from the Space was so delicious, she’d just eat from there from now on.
As for meat, she’d wait until she returned home and raised some herself before eating it!
As for outside food, Wei Lihua had no interest in it at all now.
Once she got home, Wei Lihua didn’t cook. Instead, she took out the money from her wallet first.
Although the bills were mostly tens and twenties, there were a lot of them. After counting all the money on the bed,
She was stunned—879 yuan. She hadn’t expected to earn so much in just one morning.
It seemed selling vegetables was quite profitable, but she was like a rootless duckweed right now.
She couldn’t sell here for too long, or else someone with influence might lift a finger,
And they’d find out she had no one backing her. If they grew suspicious, the source of her vegetables would become a problem.
People disappearing around here was nothing unusual.
Time to eat. Nothing in the world mattered more than her empty stomach.
After Wei Lihua finished lunch and rested a bit,
She prepared to resume her business in the afternoon. No matter what, she’d take advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her yet and make some money first.
By the time someone noticed, she’d already be gone.
That way, the risk would be much smaller.
By the time those people investigated her information, she would probably have some of her defenses set up.
This way, those people would definitely find nothing.
In the afternoon, before Wei Lihua even reached her stall, she was spotted by those sharp-eyed customers.
“Little girl, why are you only coming now? I’ve been waiting for you for ages!”
The first old lady who bought vegetables from Wei Lihua greeted her warmly.
Wei Lihua felt a bit dizzy—it seemed there weren’t so many people buying from her in the morning.
“Auntie, it’s you! Did you finish all the vegetables you bought this morning?”
Although Wei Lihua knew her vegetables were delicious, the old lady had bought quite a lot in the morning—it shouldn’t have been finished in just one meal.
“Don’t even mention it. The vegetables from this morning are all gone. My little grandson still wants to eat them this afternoon, so I had no choice but to come here and try my luck.”
After saying this, the old lady paused and continued.
“Who would have thought, I heard from others that you’d come again in the afternoon. And my little grandson is so picky—I never expected him to eat an extra bowl of rice with the vegetables from this morning!”
As she said this, the old lady’s mood was clearly very good.
Nowadays, families have fewer children, so seeing her grandson eat more made her especially happy.
“That’s right, my daughter is the same. She ate so much bok choy this morning and kept saying how delicious it was. You know, my daughter never used to eat bok choy before.”
At this point, a middle-aged woman who had bought vegetables in the morning chimed in.
“Exactly, the vegetables from this morning were really tasty!”
Many people chimed in, one after another, praising the vegetables from the morning.
“Alright, stop crowding around here. Don’t you all want to buy vegetables? Let the young lady come through!”
At this moment, an old man clearly wanted to buy vegetables, but seeing the crowd around Wei Lihua, he decisively spoke up.
“That’s right, girl, hurry up and set up your stall. We’re all waiting to buy. If there’s not enough, you can go back and bring more!”
After saying this, the customers consciously made way for Wei Lihua. Otherwise, with everyone crowded there, she really wouldn’t have been able to get through.
In fact, Wei Lihua was in a good mood at this moment. More customers meant more money for her.
If things kept up like this, she would earn quite a bit by the time she went home.
“Alright, everyone, please wait. If there’s not enough, I’ll go back and make two more trips. But please line up, otherwise I won’t be able to handle it all by myself.”
Actually, seeing how good Wei Lihua’s business was, many other vegetable vendors were giving her sideways glances.
After all, they had been setting up stalls here for a long time, but their business was usually lukewarm.
Who would have thought a young girl’s business could be so good?
“Alright, we’ll wait here then!”
Everyone wanted to buy vegetables, especially such delicious ones.
Even if they had to spend a little more money, they felt it was worth it.
Moreover, the vegetables tasted great, and as Wei Lihua had said, they were organic.
Why not take the chance to buy more now? Who knew when she might stop selling them!
“Alright, everyone, can you tell me what you’d like to buy?”
In fact, Wei Lihua’s tricycle only had a few types of vegetables: bok choy, lettuce, and spinach.
There weren’t many varieties for customers to choose from, so they could only buy these few kinds.
“Alright, give me two bundles of bok choy, two bundles of spinach, and one bundle of lettuce.”
“Sure.”
Wei Lihua was busy weighing the vegetables and giving change while handing them over.
She was a bit overwhelmed, but even so, Wei Lihua felt quite happy.
Because being busy meant more money—if she weren’t busy, she’d probably be worried about her vegetables!
Throughout the afternoon, Wei Lihua restocked her vegetables three times, and in the end, many people still couldn’t buy any.
Feeling that it was getting late, Wei Lihua decided not to continue.
Besides, she noticed that many of the other vegetable vendors were looking displeased.
She didn’t want to take any risks. After all, she was just a young woman.
If those people had any ill intentions, even with her Space, she might not be able to guard against everything.
Right now, the variety of vegetables was limited, but if it increased in the future, who knew what those people might do!
She hoped that by the time they tried anything, she would already have left this place.
Otherwise, as a poor student from out of town, if anything happened, she’d just have to accept her bad luck.
“Alright, everyone, if you want to buy vegetables, come back tomorrow! I’ll continue setting up my stall here tomorrow!”
After saying this, Wei Lihua picked up her basket, placed it on the tricycle, and left the market.