Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

She had been selling boxed meals on the train for several years, but she had never sold out. She just didn't believe that Zhao Da'e could sell that many meals.

She guessed that Zhao Da'e was a rich kid who wanted to buy a boxed lunch to play with; he had too much money and too much free time.

Zhao Da'e nodded and said, "Don't worry, Sister Zhang, since I've bought these boxed meals, I won't ask you to return them. I'll go sell the boxed meals now."

With that, Zhao Da'e pushed the cart out.

Watching Zhao Da'e's retreating figure, the salesperson couldn't help but sigh, "What a silly rich kid. But if she comes back tonight and buys all my boxed meals, I can make a lot of money too."

Zhao Da'e was pushing his cart down the aisle of the train carriage, instantly attracting the attention of many people. It was such a rare sight; it was the first time they had ever seen a child selling things on a train.

As Zhao Da'e pushed his cart, he called out, "Selling boxed lunches! One box is four yuan, two boxes are six yuan."

The difference between the boxed meals sold by Zhao Da'e and those sold by other salespeople lies in the fact that she sells them in bundles, selling them in pairs, which makes them easier to sell.

"Selling boxed lunches! Only a few left. Four yuan a box, second box half price."

Buying two portions will save you two dollars compared to buying one portion.

Zhao Da'e walked slowly, which gave her enough time to look around the carriage. Several passengers looked over with interest, but hesitated, unsure whether to buy.

Just then, a young couple, who looked like they had recently gotten married, stopped Zhao Da'e and asked, "Little sister, is there a half-price discount when buying the second boxed meal?"

Zhao Da'e nodded and said, "Yes, sister, the second one is half price, and there are only a few left."

The woman was somewhat tempted, but the man still hesitated, even tugging at her arm, "Isn't this too expensive?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Da'e calmly said, "Brother, this discount is only available today. If you miss today, you'll have to pay four yuan per meal later."

Hearing this, the woman was even more tempted. She had taken the train many times, but this was the first time she had seen a train offer a buy-one-get-one-half-price deal on boxed meals. This was much more cost-effective than buying a single meal. Besides, she had been craving the boxed meals on the train for a long time, and she hadn't had time to eat anything while rushing to catch the train at noon. She was very hungry now. Before, when they sold boxed meals, one meal cost four yuan, and if you bought two, it would cost eight yuan, which she thought was expensive. She felt it wasn't worth spending so much money on food, but now the buy-one-get-one-half-price offer was quite appealing.

Zhao Da'e then added, "Moreover, we only have a few boxed meals left. If you two buy them, we'll also give you a free bottle of mineral water. The mineral water is limited and will be gone soon."

Upon hearing this, the woman's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "Then give me two servings."

In a woman's mind, it would be foolish not to take advantage of a good deal. Anyway, she was hungry, and it just so happened that the train was selling boxed meals at a discount today, and they even gave her a bottle of mineral water. No matter how you look at it, she felt like she got a good deal.

The woman readily paid, and Zhao Da'e smiled sweetly, handing her two boxed meals and a bottle of mineral water.

"Here you go, be careful, it's hot!" Zhao Da'e said considerately, then pushed the cart to the next carriage and continued calling out.

"Selling boxed lunches! One box costs four yuan, the second one is half price, and we'll also give you a free bottle of mineral water. Limited mineral water available, first come, first served."

Zhou Tianfu was also in this carriage. As soon as Zhao Da'e made a sound, Zhou Tianfu, who had been keeping his eyes closed, was instantly awakened. He looked up at the source of the sound and immediately saw Zhao Da'e selling boxed lunches. He was stunned and even rubbed his eyes in disbelief, unable to believe what he was seeing.

His seven-year-old cousin was selling boxed lunches. He wasn't mistaken, was he? He just closed his eyes for a short nap, and his little cousin was already selling boxed lunches?

Just then, Zhao Da'e passed by Zhou Tianfu. Zhou Tianfu nudged Zhao Da'e and said, "Da'e, what are you doing? Are you selling boxed lunches?"

Seeing Zhou Tianfu's bewildered look, Zhao Da'e knew that she couldn't explain it to him in a short time, so she whispered, "Big cousin, I'll come and explain to you after I finish selling the boxed lunches. You should wait until I finish selling the boxed lunches first."

With that, Zhao Da'e pushed her cart away to continue selling her boxed lunches. Since she was going to be on the train for another two days anyway, she was bored and restless, so she might as well find something to do.

Upon arriving at the next carriage, we saw a woman with two children buying boxed meals; she usually bought a second one as well.

When someone buys the first one and then sees that the second one is available at half price, they'll think about buying it too, since the second one is cheaper anyway, costing only two yuan, and they even get a free bottle of mineral water.

There are water dispensers on trains, but they usually only provide boiled water. If you want to drink water directly, you have to wait for it to cool down a bit before you can drink it. It's much simpler to just drink bottled water, especially since this bottled water is given away with the boxed meal.

The first serving costs four yuan, and the second serving is half price, so two servings would cost six yuan. Instead of selling one serving for three yuan at the beginning, it would be better to sell the second serving at half price.

Firstly, this is a bundled sale; the half-price offer encourages customers to buy two items, which boosts sales. Secondly, it gives customers a sense of getting a good deal, whereas selling one item for three yuan directly wouldn't make them feel that way; instead, they would feel it's too expensive.

One of the passengers asked Zhao Da'e, "What kind of food do you have here?"

Zhao Da'e replied, "Grandpa, I have three kinds of local delicacies here: braised eggplant, sweet and sour pork ribs, and eggs. These are all grown in the countryside and made with the best ingredients. There are only a few servings left. Would you like one?"

The old man was somewhat tempted, but Zhao Da'e continued, "Grandpa, I've already sold several of these meals on my way here. Plus, the second meal is half price and comes with a free bottle of mineral water. There aren't many bottles of mineral water left. If you miss this opportunity, they won't be available next time."

While Zhao Da'e was speaking, a woman next to him was tempted and said, "Little friend, give me two servings!"

Zhao Da'e smiled even more broadly, "Okay, I'm coming right now."

Seeing that the boxed meals in the cart were running out, the old man was afraid that he would have nothing left to buy. A sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart, and he quickly called Zhao Da'e over and said, "Little girl, come here, I want to buy two boxes too."

"Okay, I'm coming right away!"

Zhao Da'e ran back and forth, and in no time he sold four more boxes.

After selling out in one carriage, she moved on to the next, and soon all the boxed meals in her cart were sold out.

She collected a total of sixty yuan, and after deducting the cost of forty yuan, she earned twenty yuan in less than an hour.

Zhao Da'e still felt that she should have bargained a bit more back then, because the price of the boxed meal was too high. In fact, the cost of the boxed meal was less than one yuan, including the water and electricity on the train.

But Zhao Da'e understands that this has to be done step by step. Next time, she can stock up on more boxed meals to sell, and the more she sells, the more money she will earn.

When Zhao Da'e finally returned the cart, the saleswoman, Sister Zhang, was shocked. She never expected that a young girl could actually sell all those boxed meals.

In just one hour, Zhao Da'e earned sixty yuan.

Zhang Jie was a little envious of how fast this girl was making money, but she also knew that the younger girl in front of her was more capable. She had a knack for buying things. She had just seen outside that the boxed meals were half price for the second one, and many passengers were tempted to buy a second one, so they sold out very quickly.

This is only because there are currently few boxed meals. If there were more boxed meals, perhaps more could be earned. This money is well-deserved for the young girl in front of me.

"Not bad, little sister. You really have a way to make so much money. How about you continue selling tonight? I can ask the kitchen staff to make some extra boxed meals and sell them to you for two yuan each. But I don't accept returns. How about it? Want to think about it?"

Sister Zhang wanted to buy more boxed meals for Zhao Da'e, since she also received a commission, and selling more would mean more profit.

Zhao Da'e said with some difficulty, "Sister Zhang, the cost price of this boxed meal is less than one yuan. You are selling it to me for two yuan a serving, which is so expensive. Moreover, you can't return it. If I can't sell the boxed meals, I will lose two yuan for each one. The reason I was able to sell them at noon today is purely because they took care of my business because I am a child. If I come back to sell them tonight, I don't think many people will come to buy them."

"I think I should just forget about it. I'm satisfied with the twenty yuan I've earned."

Zhao Da'e shook his head helplessly, then turned to leave.

Sister Zhang panicked immediately. She couldn't miss this rare opportunity to earn commission. So she grabbed Zhao Da'e and said, "We can talk this over, little sister. If you think this boxed lunch is too expensive and you'll lose money, how about I sell it to you for a lower price? How about 1.8 yuan per boxed lunch? You know, this boxed lunch originally sells for 4 yuan outside. Selling it to you for 1.8 yuan is already very cheap."

After hearing this, Zhao Da'e shook his head and started doing the math. "Sister Zhang, it's not that I'm saying this, but this boxed meal is really expensive. The cost of one serving is probably only a few cents. You sell it to me for 1.8 yuan, and I sell it to you at an even higher price. Where would any passengers buy it?"

Sister Zhang hesitated for a moment, then said, "How about I sell you a boxed meal for 1.7 yuan? Let me tell you, you're lucky you found me. If you were looking for someone else to buy a boxed meal, they wouldn't sell it to you this cheaply. I have some connections with the train boxed meal contractor, which is why I was able to make the decision to sell it to you at this price. If you don't want to buy it, then forget it." Sister Zhang also wanted to scare Zhao Da'e.

But Zhao Dage wasn't fooled. She said, "Sister Zhang, let me put it this way: one yuan and fifty cents a boxed lunch. I need sixty boxed lunches tonight. How about it? Will you sell them to me?"

After thinking for a moment, Sister Zhang decided to sell Zhao Da'e's boxed lunches for 1.5 yuan each. She would give him 60 boxes that evening. Even if the boxed lunches were priced at 0.5 yuan each, she could still make a profit of 60 yuan. She would also get a commission of nearly 10 yuan.

Sister Zhang wanted to haggle further, lowering the price to 1.6 yuan, hoping to make as much profit as possible. But Zhao Da'e said, "Sister Zhang, I not only need to buy boxed lunches, but also some bottled water, candy, milk tablets, and things like that. If I buy more, can you sell them to me at a lower price? If these sell well, I'll come back to you to buy more tomorrow. My budget is a bit tight right now, and if your purchase price is too high, I won't be able to afford them."

The words of bargaining were on the tip of Zhang Jie's tongue, but she swallowed them back. If Zhao Da'e bought other things, she could still get her commission, so she wouldn't lose money either way. Selling them to Zhao Da'e at a lower price wouldn't hurt, so Zhang Jie nodded in agreement.

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Zhao Da'e wrote down a shopping list, which contained all the things she would buy that evening. Sixty boxed meals would cost 90 yuan, and then she would add ten large bags of candy and twenty bottles of mineral water, which would cost ten yuan each. Zhao Da'e spent a total of about one hundred yuan, and she paid thirty yuan as a deposit.

When Zhao Da'e returned to the carriage, Zhou Tianfu immediately waved for him to come over.

"Big Goose, tell your cousin the truth, were you really going to sell boxed lunches just now?"

Faced with Zhou Tianfu's question, Zhao Da'e explained directly, "Big Cousin, you've already seen it and you still ask me? I really am selling boxed lunches. I only came up with the idea after you fell asleep. Anyway, I'll be on the train for two days, so I thought I might as well find something to do. So I went to talk to the saleswoman about selling boxed lunches."

Zhou Tianfu was surprised to see that Zhao Da'e had such strong execution ability. She actually went to sell boxed lunches, and she actually succeeded. Moreover, it seemed that she sold them quite well.

Zhou Tianfu leaned close to Zhao Dage's ear and whispered, "So how much money did you make?"

Zhao Da'e said, "I only made 20 yuan after selling 20 boxed meals."

The main problem was that people didn't believe I, a child, could actually sell them and make money. Also, I didn't haggle much over the price of the boxed meals, and the cost was high. With only twenty boxed meals, the profit was small.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tianfu's eyes widened in surprise: Twenty yuan!

In the countryside, it's considered quite good for a normal person to earn ten yuan a day, but Zhou Tianfu was envious when he heard that his little cousin had earned twenty yuan selling boxed lunches in less than an hour.

To be fair, Zhao Da'e deserves to earn this money. If it were him, Zhou Tianfu probably wouldn't dare. Just walking down the corridor and loudly selling goods, Zhou Tianfu wouldn't have the courage, afraid of losing face and being laughed at.

However, I still have to say something: "Big Goose, I don't object to you selling boxed lunches to make money, but you have to tell me when you leave. Otherwise, I'll be very worried when I open my eyes and find you're not there. Also, there are a lot of people on the train, so you have to be careful and don't get scammed or go with strangers."

Zhao Da'e nodded. She had heard similar things all along, from her aunt at home, then her uncle, and then her cousin. She was so tired of hearing them.

This group of people is always afraid of being scammed. Their intentions are good, but sometimes you don't know whether you'll be fooled or not until you try.

You can't avoid doing anything just because you're afraid of failure, and be timid and hesitant. If you do that, you'll probably still end up achieving nothing.

However, she knew that her cousin was doing this for her own good, so Zhao Da'e didn't say anything. "I know, cousin. Don't worry. I was just buying boxed lunches, and a lot of passengers recognized me."