"I also want to discuss it with you at the end of the year. If I don't have time to look at the store, it would be cost-effective to rent it. It's much more lively now than at the beginning of the year."

"I didn't expect you to come back this time and say you want to buy a store. I'll look for it for you later. I accidentally chatted with the store owners nearby and there are a few that are for sale."

"I heard that the location at entrance No. 3 and No. 4 is not very good. The fishmongers who come and go now all enter through entrance No. 1 and No. 2. There are no people at the entrance over there, close to the fields."

"You were just lucky at that time. You got the No. 1 and No. 2 slots. The best position was chosen for you, so it's easy to do business now."

Ye Yaodong silently endured the violent blow from his father-in-law. Despite his age, middle-aged and elderly people who are used to farm work are very strong. Fortunately, he is now much stronger.

"Well, it still has to be on the roadside and close to the entrance of the urban village. If it's at the back, it will cost time. I don't know when the surrounding area will be developed and lively."

"I'll ask around later. It would be best if there is someone selling it near the No. 2 opening."

"It's okay if someone sells it at Gate 3. If you buy it in advance and keep it for a year or two, you won't lose money anyway."

It only takes a few years for it to become lively. Wherever there are people, there will be corresponding demand. A market can drive the economic development of the surrounding area, and nearby industrial chains will gradually form.

"Okay, it just so happens that we are not very busy at this time. I will go and ask you around first."

Seeing that he was busy working, Ye Yaodong also walked towards the shop.

Mother Lin was greeting the customers, and there were only two or three people in the store, while Lin Xiuqing was weighing the customers, collecting money after the weighing, and using ropes to help tie up the dried fish and carry them.

The mother and daughter divide the work and cooperate.

At this time, it was already past the time when the market had the most people, and they were not busy. They sat down to rest after the customers left.

"Have you finished unloading the goods?"

"I just finished unloading, and dad went to ask us about the store."

"What store are you asking about?"

Lin Xiuqing told her mother about the couple's plan, and Lin's mother was in full agreement.

"It's okay to buy more shops. I was just about to tell you that I would like Adong to ask your elder brother if his shop is selling. Xiang Hui has been working in a breakfast shop for three months. He feels that the income is good now, and it is better than at home.

Taneda Qiang thought it would be best if he could buy the store."

It was no surprise to Ye Yaodong. His uncle had already tasted the benefits, and his ambitions would naturally expand. Of course he would want to buy a shop and work on his own, so as not to have to pay rent.

"My eldest brother probably doesn't know how to sell. We just came back from Zhejiang Province and made a fortune. He is not short of money at all."

The rent was only five to six hundred a year. His eldest brother was so clever that he would sell it. Even if he wanted to sell it, he would stop it.

Just let his brother-in-law buy someone else's.

"The only option is to let Xiang Hui look for it first. If there is a suitable one, he will buy it first and wait until the store expires before moving. It would be a pity because the rent has to be paid for a whole year."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Who knows that the business will be so good that my uncle will want to buy a store directly. Anyway, he will make money. And I guess there are more and more shops opening in the market now, and the shops near the No. 2 entrance are not good either.

purchase."

"Then it depends on his plan."

"I'm not busy right now. I'm going to visit my elder brother."

Lin Xiuqing also said quickly: "I'll go too."

The couple walked out together again, and Lin Xiuqing felt very curious when looking at everything around her.

Ye Yaodong saw his brother-in-law closing the stall and cleaning the countertop, so he stood and chatted with him for a while, asking how the business was doing during this period.

He also asked Mother Lin the same question, but Ye Yaodong also refused directly, saying that his elder brother would not sell it and asked him to make other plans.

Lin Xianghui also understood very well. He only collected five or six hundred yuan in rent a year, and it would only take a few years to get back the original investment. If there was no shortage of money, who would be willing to sell? He originally just wanted to ask casually, hoping for the worst.

mentality.

However, he has been renting it for a year now and the rent has not yet expired. He is not in a hurry to buy it. He can work on it first and save more capital.

The couple chatted with his brother-in-law and his wife for a while, and Ye Yaodong planned to take Lin Xiuqing around the market. He also took the opportunity to see how big the changes were? How many shops were opened? and the current price of fish in the market.

By the time they came out after shopping around, Father Lin had already returned to the store.

When they came back from shopping, Father Lin hurriedly greeted them.

"I asked around and there were a few for sale, but they were all at Gate 3 and Building 4, but no one was there."

"I also let the nearby shopkeepers know that we are going to buy a shop. If they have relatives or friends who have shops to sell, they can come to me at any time. I will call you then."

"Their shops are all closed and not open for business, so no one is waiting there. It won't be that fast when someone comes to the door. We'll have to take a look in a few days."

This is a bit of a pity.

Ye Yaodong said: "That's okay. It's normal for no one to be watching, but it's abnormal for someone to be watching. Anyway, our conversation has leaked out. Just wait and see. I guess it's not easy to ask for the phone number, right?

"

"It's hard to ask. I heard that some people are fishing at sea, and there are no telephones in some villages. Where can I ask? I can only ask if anyone I know from a nearby shop has returned, and I can send a message to someone to find him.

we."

"Then let's wait for the news. I see that the shops are not busy at the moment. I'll take Ah Qing to the city to have a look around."

"Don't worry, let's calculate the accounts for this period first. After that, you can go shopping around, and when it's time to leave, take the money with you and take it home."

"That's fine."

Father Lin took out a shabby book from the drawer. The cover had peeled off. He didn't know how many years he had used it, but he was still using it.

I wanted to buy him a new one just for accounting purposes, but he insisted that this one he had would be enough, so it was a waste of money.

Lin's father showed him the accounts after he left and how much he sold every day. He pointed them out to him one by one and read them to him.

"Last month you were not at home. I had accumulated so much money that I couldn't sleep well at night, so I found a gap when A Qing had someone deliver the goods. I followed the car back and brought the money back to her.

.”

"This month, I have basically sold two to three hundred yuan every day. In total, I have more than 8,200 yuan on hand now. I haven't even counted what I sold today. It's still in the drawer."

Ye Yaodong closed the account book and nodded, "There is no need to forget about today's business to save trouble. We will go back in the afternoon. Can you go back with me? Take a two-day break and come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival. It has been such a long time and you haven't had a proper rest."

After all, you still have to rest during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Father Lin quickly waved his hand, "The market is not closed, so why should we rest? If it is not open for a day, it will be a day's loss. In that case, we will make tens or hundreds of dollars less."

"Dad, you haven't had a proper rest this year, so you have to go home and take a look, right? It doesn't matter if your grandson doesn't take a look, but you don't take a look at the land at home? You don't take a look at the mountains either? The grapefruits are almost ripe, and the persimmons are almost ripe.

It’s already red too.”

"Then... isn't that great? Isn't it a good harvest?"

"Who knows if it's a good harvest? I didn't go home to take a look. You have to go back and take a look with your own eyes. What if the second brother doesn't take good care of the land? You can feel at ease."

How else to say that a daughter is her father's little cotton-padded jacket? Lin Xiuqing knows her father's weaknesses very well.

After farming all his life, even though he has moved into the city, the old man still misses the land at home, for fear that it will be abandoned and not taken care of well.

"But when we go back, no one is watching here..."

"We also make a lot of money, but we still have two days to spare. We still have to celebrate the holidays. Before we leave in the afternoon, we put a red paper on the door, saying that we should leave our number when we go home for the holidays and we will come back after the holidays.

It’s not more than a day or two." Ye Yaodong also said helpfully.

"That's...that's okay. Let's rest for two days and go back together in the afternoon. We'll celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow and come back the day after tomorrow."

Mother Lin asked, "Where's your eldest brother? He probably won't want to go back."

"Yes, my eldest brother and sister-in-law were reluctant to go back. They said they wouldn't go back, so I didn't try to persuade them. It's their own business. If they spend the rent money, they must be thinking about earning more."

"Then let's just go back. It's better to stay here and earn more money. You go out for a walk first, and we'll leave when we get back."

"Okay!" Lin Xiuqing responded happily.

"Why don't we close it early and go to the market together? You've been here for so long, so you probably only walked around the market and never went to the market, right?" Ye Yaodong invited his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

The two of them shook their heads in unison.

"We won't go. Let's take a look here and sell some more."

"You've already had two days of rest, what's the difference? You've been out for half a year, and you're going back for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Don't you have to bring something back to your children and relatives at home?"

Lin Xiuqing also advised, "Yes, we are all going back for the holidays, so let's go out and have a look together, otherwise people will ask you what is in the city, what do the people in the city eat and wear, and what are the supply and marketing cooperatives selling? You all

I can’t tell you, how embarrassing it is.”

Mother Lin glanced at Father Lin and responded first.

"That's true. Last time we went back, the villagers gathered around us asking this and that, but we couldn't tell us anything. We could only say that we stayed in the market and didn't go anywhere."

Lin Xiuqing happily held her mother's arm and said, "Right, so I still have to take a look."

Father Lin couldn't refuse, "Then let's tidy up the things in the shop first, and then lock the door. Ah Qing will write something on a piece of red paper and stick it on the door together."

"OK."

Several people worked in the shop for a while before finishing the cleaning and closing the shop.

While they were sorting things out, Ye Yaodong also went over to say something to Lin Xianghui, and then they got on Uncle Zhou's tractor and headed to the city center.

It was also the first time for Lin and his mother to go shopping. Like Lin Xiuqing, they were surprised by everything they saw, but they were a little better than her. After all, they had been there for more than half a year, and the entrance to the market was also very lively.

Ye Yaodong followed them with a basket and carried things for them.
To be continued...