Joe's Farming

"It seems that there are a lot of literature posts on Thursday?"

Qiao Yu shook his head.

Li Xin scratched his head embarrassedly. He originally wanted to write a unique advertising copy, but he didn't expect that after thinking hard in front of paper and pen, he would end up with something like this.

Gu Feng looked curiously at the piece of paper with the most words written on it. After learning Chinese from Qiao Yu for more than half a year, he finally recognized half of it and read out the contents of the text haltingly.

Qiao Xing: "Brother Li Xin, you have shouldered so much, I..."

Qiao Xing didn’t know how to comfort her.

Gu Xiaoxue was even more direct: "Brother, let's give all the money we saved to Brother Li Xin."

Gu Xiaoyan also nodded quickly, tears in her eyes: "Wow... Brother Li Xin is so miserable, how could they do this to you."

Li Xin waved her hands hurriedly: "No, no, it's the three treasures. That's the advertising slogan, it's just made up to attract people."

Although his background in this world is not that strong.

The three children looked at Qiao Yu, who nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "He is lying."

Gu Feng also realized that these were words written by Li Xin specifically to attract customers to the market.

He frowned and said seriously: "Forget it. It would be bad if someone comes and finds out that we are a liar."

"Hey, I was wrong. I won't write like that anymore. I won't write like that anymore."

"I think what I wrote above is pretty good, short and catchy. Okay, let's eat first. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

As soon as Qiao Yu spoke, everyone couldn't wait to eat the braised pork belly that was stewed today.

The fat and skin are easily broken off with a pinch, and the meat absorbs the soup, it is so delicious.

"Hmm~" Qiao Yu took a bite with satisfaction, "This dish is good, we can add it to the menu of the villa."

Li Xin: "So do I count as having made a contribution?"

Qiao Yu: "Okay, you can go to Sister Lan and get two taels of silver as a reward."

"That's great! Thank you, brother. I can buy new clothes now."

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As soon as Xu Yuan learned that Qiao Yu was going to open a market, he brought Xu Ning to the courtyard the next day.

Mr. Xu and Madam Xu went to the provincial capital for something, so they didn't come this time.

Just then the village chief told Qiao Yu that the Gu family was going to hold a market, so he asked Xu Yuan and Xu Ning to help him select the sellers.

In principle, Qiao Yu accepts everyone to set up a stall.

However, in order to ensure the customer experience, stalls at the market still need to be screened.

We don’t require every stall to sell different products, but at least we have to know what they are selling, and cleanliness and hygiene are a must.

There was a constant stream of people coming to register in the morning, and Li Xin was responsible for recording them.

Qiao Yu arranged booth addresses for them according to the order of registration.

The open space in front of the villa was divided into fifty stalls. Qiao Yu did not charge any stall fees, but only asked them to abide by the rules of setting up stalls in the villa.

You cannot cheat on the weight, you cannot speak badly to customers, and you cannot have conflicts with other stall owners.

Once violated, you will not be allowed to participate in the market held by the villa in the future.

Most villagers sell agricultural products, such as eggs, vegetables, etc.

Qiao Yu reminded them: "Aren't there a lot of wild fruits and vegetables in the mountains recently? These things are rare, you can collect them and sell them for a higher price. And you can wash the shells of eggs. It doesn't look good if they are covered with chicken shit."

Immediately, a villager replied: "Pick and wash the vegetables, and buy two more coins."

Qiao Yu gave a thumbs up: "Smart!"

Xu Yuan: "You can pick them in small handfuls, one or two coins per handful, and you don't have to weigh them, which saves time."

Qiao Yu praised: "Yes, this is a good idea."

Li Li'niang's husband also signed up to sell some small bamboo baskets.

Wen'er's mother was planning to sell some of her own embroidery. The embroidery she brought was in very good condition. Xu Yuan bought an inner garment embroidered with peonies for Xu Ning on the spot, but unfortunately Xu Ning didn't seem to like it very much.

Xu Ning whispered: "Only girls wear this, right?"

Xu Yuan hid quietly, his face not red and his heart not beating: "Ahem, let's talk about it when we get back."

Qiao Yu looked over curiously and saw Xu Ning's face was so red that it seemed like blood was about to drip out.

There was also an old man in the village who made wine and asked his son to sign up. Together with Qiao Yu's own agricultural products and the soap brought by Xu Yuan, the fifty stalls were quickly sold out.

If you want to set up a stall later, you can only do so on the roadside outside the villa.

The stalls are ready, and the next step is to attract people.

Qiao Yu plans to open the market for three days to test the waters. If the flow of people is good, he will continue. If it is too bad, he will not hold it next time.

Considering that it was inconvenient for people in the town to come to the village, Gu Feng asked Lin Da to hire ten more ox carts. It only cost one cent for a round trip from Qingyuan Town, and only two cents to come from Taoyuan Town.

The loss of the ox cart will be paid by the villa.

Then, Qiao Yu asked his subordinates such as Hong Ge'er to help with the promotion when they returned to their respective villages.

The people at the snack bar also used Li Xin’s advertising slogan and distributed “flyers” at the dock.

Because paper is expensive, we tell people that each flyer needs to be recycled.

And just like that, three days later, Lingyun Market officially opened.

The children woke up excitedly early in the morning, got up, had breakfast, and ran down the mountain.

Qiao Yu gave them a stall. Qiao Xing prepared to fry potatoes and sell them. He bought ten kilograms of potatoes from Qiao Yu for twenty cents.

Then I spent another twenty-five cents to buy chili powder and rapeseed oil.

Qiao Yu didn't want to charge any money at first. The children wanted to set up a stall and earn money by themselves, so as a father he would definitely support them with all his strength.

But Qiao Xing refused, saying that it was the first time he was doing business with his younger siblings, so he had to settle the accounts clearly.

In the end, Qiao Yu could only sell the ingredients to them at the market price.

Looking at the three little ones, each carrying a small backpack and walking down the mountain, Qiao Yu smiled helplessly at Gu Feng: "I really don't have high expectations for them, I just want them to grow up safely. I didn't expect them to fall in love with making money at such a young age."

Gu Feng was quite proud: "Be more diligent, so that you can live a better life in the future."

Gu Gang enviously said, "I really hope my son can be as capable as me in the future."

Hongxiu glared at him when she heard this: "What if it's a girl, will you let her do the work?"

Gu Gang immediately laughed and said, "How is that possible! I'll work for the girl and make her look down on those stinky boys out there!"

The old man was worried, so after breakfast he followed his three children to the market.

Qiao Xing carried firewood, Gu Xiaoxue carried spices, bamboo sticks, and large leaves, and Gu Xiaoyan carried onions and ginger dug from the vegetable field. The three children happily hummed the nursery rhymes that Li Xin taught them along the way.

Qiao Xing was the first to notice that the old man was following them, so he let his younger brothers and sisters go first and he went with the old man.

Of course Gu Xiaoxue and Gu Xiaoyan refused to do that, so they also stopped and waited for the old man.

Qiao Xing: "Grandpa, it's still early, you can come later. You don't have to follow us so early."

Gu Xiaoyan: "Yes, yes, it's too early now, Brother Li Xin hasn't even gotten up yet."

"I'm still in good health, I'll come and help you guys soon. Do you think I'm not worthy of you?"

After the old man came to the Gu family, his health improved and he had nothing to worry about every day. He went to the village entrance every day to chat with other old men and was in good spirits.

The three children shook their heads quickly.

But Qiao Xing still insisted: "Then you can just help us collect the money when the time comes."