Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

In fact, according to current prices, pork costs 88 cents per pound, and rice costs 18 cents per pound.

Li Youcai's pound of forest frog costs 3 yuan, which is definitely not expensive.

After all, in later generations, the price of this thing raised is 2 to 3 yuan per kilogram.

The old man who asked the price squatted down, reached out and grabbed a forest frog to take a look. It was very big, with a bulging and round belly.

The forest frog was caught and kicked its legs.

Li Youcai turned the bucket over and took out the forest frogs on the bottom layer.

Every forest frog was kicking its legs, and each one was alive.

"Okay, wait a minute. I'll go back and get the basin. Give me three pounds."

"Okay, sir, I'll wait for you here."

Li Youcai said happily that with this first customer, his sales channel was opened up.

Sure enough, as soon as the old man turned around, other old men and women responded.

"I'll get the basin too."

One after another, grandpa and auntie took a look at the wood frog and turned to leave to go home to get the pot. Li Youcai also shouted happily: "Don't worry, uncle and aunt, go slowly, I will wait here."

This situation occurred not because Li Youcai was not well prepared and did not prepare plastic bags in advance, but because although plastic bags existed in this era, they were not widely popularized.

Although plastic bags are convenient, they are expensive, so naturally few people use them.

When ordinary people go to the market to buy vegetables, they still use cloth bags or vegetable baskets.

Li Youcai didn't have a penny in his pocket, so he naturally couldn't afford to buy a plastic bag.

After a while, the old men and women who had gone home to get the pots came back one after another, but this time there were more people rushing to buy the forest frogs.

It was all the result of word of mouth from the old men and women on their way home.

"Three pounds, weigh it." The old man held a big unity in his hand, and spoke in a loud and imposing voice.

Li Youcai was also very skillful. He put the scale pan directly into the bucket and started weighing in an orderly manner.

"Three pounds tall!"

After moving the weight into position in front of the customer, the scale bar is raised upwards to show that it is sufficient, which is also one of the peddlers' favorite tricks. Li Youcai shouted and poured the forest frog into the old man's basin.

"Uncle, please wait a moment. I don't have the change for you now. I will give you the change after I receive the money." Li Youcai's men were united and said with a smile.

"Okay." The old man was also happy.

"Give me two pounds."

"Give me two pounds too."

Li Youcai smiled as he weighed the forest frogs for these old men and women, but he was very happy in his heart.

There are fewer and fewer forest frogs in the bucket, and it is almost empty.

Li Youcai suddenly shouted at this time: "Don't leave yet, uncles and aunts. I still have some cicadas here. I will give them to you later as a small reward for thanking you for buying my forest frogs."

Li Youcai also took the ancient leaves from another bucket.

The crickets in the bucket were exposed.

"Hey, there's this good stuff, young man, why didn't you take it out earlier?"

"I originally wanted to exchange them for money, but several uncles and aunts have already bought my forest frogs, so I will give these cicadas to everyone for free. It's a little token of my appreciation." Li Youcai said with a smile.

Li Youcai learned this trick from a southern peddler named Ji Mao.

It's called four in and six out.

Even if you make one dollar, you cannot keep it all in your pocket. You have to give a portion of it back to the customers so that they can get a pleasant surprise and be more satisfied.

Moreover, you cannot lower the price easily when selling things, as that will only lower customers' expectations of your products, but you also have to take into account the customers' emotions.

How to do it?

You can wait until the deal is done and then give the other party some valuable items. This can not only satisfy the customer's desire to get a small bargain, but also bring you closer to the customer.

After learning this trick, Li Youcai practiced it a lot in his business and the effect was quite good.

More than 20 kilograms of forest frogs were quickly eaten up by a dozen uncles and aunts, and Li Youcai gave the five or six kilograms of crayfish to these uncles and aunts as a thank-you gift.

This made the old men and women very happy, and they all felt that they got great value for money.

"Young man, when will you come again? I'm so slow that I can't even catch up."

"That's right. I even walked a few steps faster, but I still couldn't catch up no matter how hard I tried."

Most of the buckets of forest frogs were sold out, and there were still quite a few people who had just arrived at the scene.

Many people felt uncomfortable after coming up empty-handed.

"I'm so sorry, uncles and aunts."

Li Youcai quickly bowed and thought for a moment, then he came up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.

"How about this: if anyone wants some wood frogs, tell me the number. I'll send them to you tomorrow, and then you can come pick them up according to the number you agreed to. I won't sell them to anyone else. Is that okay?"

"That's a good idea. Remember it for me. I want three pounds too."

"I want two pounds."

Li Youcai didn't have any paper or pen on him, so an old man next to him helped him and lent him some.

Li Youcai wrote down the names and weights of the people who ordered forest frogs from him one by one.

"Are you still going to give away the cicadas?" an old lady suddenly asked.

"Of course I will give them to you. Don't worry, uncles and aunts. As long as you buy my forest frogs, I will give you cicadas for free. If there are not enough cicadas, I will use forest frogs instead." Li Youcai said with a smile.

"This young man is a good person and he is quite honest in his work."

When Li Youcai came out of the yard again carrying the shoulder pole, there was only a pair of rain boots and a portable scale left in the two metal buckets. Not a single frog or crayfish was left.

With the order paper in his pocket, Li Youcai was full of confidence.

Through this experiment, Li Youcai can be sure that the market prospects of the forest frog are still good.

As long as I can catch more forest frogs before it freezes completely and make a few hundred or a thousand dollars, it’s really not a big deal.

It’s just a pity that I was unlucky and didn’t get to wait for Wang Changlin.

It seems that I have to find another way.

His eyes rolled and he quickly thought of a way to take the initiative.

After walking a long way, Li Youcai found an empty corner, took out his money and quickly counted his gains for the day.

Four Great Unity tickets plus some individual tickets cost a total of 75 yuan.

Half a bucket of forest frogs was finally weighed to be 25 jin. In fact, the real weight must be more than 25 jin, but Li Youcai deliberately weighed more every time.

I gave all the cicadas away and didn't make a penny.

Holding the 75 yuan in his hand, Li Youcai felt both excited and a little amused.

Before his rebirth, the 75 yuan was not enough for him to buy a pack of cigarettes, but now he was actually happy because he earned 75 yuan.

What is this?

Li Youcai put the money away separately, stuffed the four big unity notes into the pocket of his cotton trousers, and put the loose notes into the pockets on both sides.

There are far more thieves in this era than in later generations, and their methods are more severe, so we should be more vigilant.

Picking up the shoulder pole again, Li Youcai went straight to the aquatic products company.

Tengxian Aquatic Products Company is a two-story building, with sales on the first floor and offices on the second floor.

Due to seasonal reasons, there is much less fresh fish than usual at this time, and it is not time to stock frozen goods yet. There are few people in the entire seafood sales hall.

Li Youcai just took a quick look, put the carrying pole against the corner of the wall, and went up the stairs to the second floor.

"What are you doing? Don't you know you're not allowed in? Go downstairs to buy some fish."

As soon as he walked into the second floor, Li Youcai was stopped by an old man with a red armband on his arm with the word "doorman" very conspicuous.

"I'm not buying fish. It's just like that. I'm also a fish farmer in the commune. I've come here several times but haven't seen our leader. The water is about to freeze over, and I've wasted a year. I just wanted to have a few words with the leader."

The old man glanced up and down at Li Youcai, but didn't take him seriously. He had seen many people like him, all wanting to deliver fish to their aquatic company.

"No one is here, come back another day."

"I've been here five or six times, and I don't expect to see the leader anymore. It's just that I haven't had a chance to talk to him. It's hard to explain to the public when I go back." Li Youcai looked around the corridor and saw that there was no one else. He quickly took out two yuan and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

"Hey hey...what are you doing?" the old man said hurriedly.

"Uncle, I don't ask you for anything. Just tell me the phone number of Section Chief Wang's office so I can have an explanation when I get back."

"Help me... Help me." Li Youcai said with a smile.

"Just the phone number?" the old man asked tentatively.

"Just the phone number."

The old man put his hands in his pockets and turned his face to the other side as if nothing had happened. He said in a low voice: "Call tomorrow morning, maybe we can find someone."

After saying that, the old man raised his voice again: "Let's go quickly, we don't let outsiders in here."