Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties-Chapter 47 - Selling Hazelnuts
47: Chapter 47 Selling Hazelnuts
47 -47 Selling Hazelnuts
Lin Xia and Lin Qiu had tidied up their home, and when Lin Xia found herself with some free time, she couldn’t help but muse over her eager desire to restock goods from the provincial capital.
However, she now had less than a hundred yuan left in her pocket.
The amount of goods she could stock up on with that money was limited!
And she didn’t know when she would be able to go next!
A silk scarf would cost two yuan and fifty cents.
She calculated the money in her pocket and, after deducting the round-trip train fare, could only buy thirty scarves.
If she were to make a profit of fifty cents per scarf, she would earn fifteen yuan.
After subtracting the seven yuan train fare, she would only make eight yuan.
Lin Xia wondered what else she could take to the provincial city to sell so she could afford more goods.
There was definitely no time to acquire anything new; she decided to check the stock in Jade’s room instead.
Lin Xia took the opportunity while Lin Qiu was out of the room and sneaked a look around Jade’s room.
Besides the two Lingzhi mushrooms on the dead tree stump, the most abundant items in Jade’s room were mushrooms and hazelnuts.
She was surprised to find that the mushrooms she had gathered from the mountain on her previous trip were still very fresh.
The skin of the hazelnuts had turned a yellow-green color, as though they had been drained of water.
Lin Xia couldn’t help thinking, did Jade’s room also have a drying function?
But why hadn’t the Lingzhi and mushrooms changed?
She thought and thought, and then it struck her—could it be because of the color?
But that seemed a bit too mystical, right?
Yet the reality was right before her eyes!
Seeing the heaps of hazelnuts on the floor, Lin Xia thought how convenient it would be if they could shed their husks by themselves.
No sooner had this thought crossed her mind than the hazelnuts magically fell out of their yellow-green husks.
Lin Xia was overjoyed!
Oh my God!
This was simply miraculous!
Initially, she had been wondering how to deal with so many hazelnuts, how to lay them out to dry and dehusk them, but this made things so much easier.
Although she didn’t know whether the mountain goods would be recognized or purchased in the provincial city, at least she had something to sell now, didn’t she?
Lin Xia packed all the dehusked hazelnuts into the adjacent sacks using her mind, filling two large sacks and more than half of another.
The mushrooms, still fresh as last time, could sell for two cents per bunch and make some money.
Lin Xia suddenly felt filled with strength.
She pretended to ride a bike to South Mountain, where she took the vegetable chopping board and the pine tree Mingzi from Jade’s room, and also brought back some wood for the fire.
“Xiaoqiu, I’m leaving you fifty cents for household expenses.
I’m catching the train tonight!” Lin Xia instructed Lin Qiu, while also telling her to take the money.
Lin Qiu knew her sister was going to restock.
She hesitated to take it, “Sister!
Take all the money!
We’ve got enough grain and vegetables at home, no need to spend money!”
Being out and about, there were many places to spend money.
An extra dime could still buy something to eat.
“Better to leave some just in case there’s something to buy!
I’m leaving tonight, and at the earliest, I won’t be back until the morning after tomorrow!” Lin Xia insisted, knowing all too well the feeling of an empty pocket.
Now that her stocking money was getting low, she would have insisted on leaving more if possible.
Lin Qiu quietly accepted it, thinking of her little brother, in case he needed to buy a notebook or something, he would need some money too.
After eating a bit, Lin Xia stuffed a few big flatbreads and some pickles into her bag, carried a metal tea caddy for getting hot water, and boarded the train to the provincial city that evening.
Compared to her first trip filled with confusion and anxiety, Lin Xia had a clear goal this time, and so she felt very calm.
Having endured a night on the green train, Lin Xia got off at her station feeling a bit swollen in her hands and feet, but she bit her lip and vigorously stamped her feet and clenched her fists, which made her feel much better instantly.
After leaving the train station, Lin Xia found out the bus route to the agricultural market and squeezed onto the bus with people heading to work.
This time, she definitely couldn’t go to the market where she had encountered Meifang, as she vividly remembered that woman called Meifang and had to be cautious.
What if she was seen by her again, and, out of dislike, Meifang made things difficult for her?
As an outsider, she wasn’t even a small shrimp; she needed to remain very careful.
The market she found was indeed crowded.
Lin Xia carefully avoided the crowd, entered the public restroom, and waited until there was no one inside and no noise outside.
She then carefully took out most of a sack of hazelnuts from the Jade room and placed the bag of mushrooms inside it, along with the plastic sheet she had used last time, tying up the opening and switching hands as she left the restroom.
She scanned the vendors around, most of whom were dressed as old farmers, clearly honest and simple folks.
All they had on offer this season were vegetables like cabbages and potatoes.
Ultimately, Lin Xia chose to set up near an old, thin man selling potatoes.
With her previous experience in setting up a stall, Lin Xia was much more composed.
She quickly spread out the plastic sheet on the ground, took out some mushrooms, and divided them into several small piles, doing the same with the hazelnuts.
Mushrooms were two cents per small pile, hazelnuts five cents per small pile, because she didn’t have a scale; that was the only way she could sell them.
The mushrooms sold quickly as they were cheap and fresh, good for two meals at home even for a small family.
Latterly, as people realized that hazelnuts were a type of nut with varied nutrition, there was still a lack of recognition and most just inquired without buying.
After thinking it over, Lin Xia decided she couldn’t waste her efforts, no matter how much money she made in the end, as long as she could sell the goods.
So she encouraged the people at her stall to try them.
That really drew a crowd!
In a short time, many people gathered, old and young, men and women, all eager to have a taste.
Lin Xia wiped the sweat from her forehead, grateful that these were wild-foraged with no cost.
If they were from her own cultivation, giving them away as samples would have pained her.
Yet among those trying, there were not only those looking for a freebie but also some genuinely interested in buying them to cook at home.
After all, these were rare compared to sunflower seeds and not easily found; some had never even seen such things before.
After being persuaded by Lin Xia, they all seemed to think these were great products.
The half sack of hazelnuts sold out quickly, even faster than the mushrooms, with people still waiting to buy.
Lin Xia grabbed two handfuls for an old man beside her, letting him eat them while asking him to watch her things, claiming she needed to fetch more goods from a relative’s house nearby.
Some kindly offered to go with her to help, but Lin Xia pleasantly declined.
How could she let people help?
That would give it all away!
Lin Xia staggered back with another whole bag, and as for the remaining, she decided to tamper with them while waiting for a moment when no one was around.
The sales were booming, and then a not-so-tall middle-aged man, who had been observing for a while, asked, “Young lady!
These are all foraged from the mountains, right?”
“Yes!
My brother and others collected them from the mountains!” Lin Xia said, observing him.
He had a scruffy beard, wore an old combat cap with frayed edges, but his eyes were particularly sharp.
The middle-aged man simply smiled and continued to watch. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Lin Xia blinked, not saying anything more.
She always felt that this man had something to say to her, probably waiting for a private moment due to the crowd at the stall.
Once the crowd had dispersed, indeed, the man shared his intentions.
He usually sold roasted sunflower seeds and other items with his wife in a movie theater.
Today, having seen her selling hazelnuts and having tried roasted hazelnuts before, he recognized their taste and nutritional value and thought about buying more to roast and sell at the theater.
