Reborn in 1977

Chapter 113: So Enthusiastic!

Victory Street headed south, and after leaving the street, it opened into a flat area of ​​thousands of square meters.

This flat ground clearly had been artificially leveled.

That wasn't the main point. Even thousands of square meters couldn't accommodate 20,000 people, let alone a market.

The flat ground was just the entrance. Further inside, there was actually an L-shaped body of water, twice the size of a football stadium. At this moment, a gentle breeze came, and the lake surface rippled.

Around this lake, there was also a circle of dikes about 20-30 meters wide.

The dikes surrounded the lake in the middle, and then connected to Victory Street through the open space of thousands of square meters in front.

Including the dikes, let alone 20,000 people, even another 20,000 wouldn't be a problem.

Chen Fan stopped the donkey cart and turned to look behind.

Master Liu had already driven up with the mule, pointing with his whip to a temporary thatched hut on the left front, "That should be the management office. Let's go ask."

As he spoke, he drove the cart over, and Chen Fan quickly followed behind.

When they arrived, Master Liu didn't get out of the cart. Sitting on the cart board, he shouted, "Little Brain Tiger, is that you?"

A young man wearing a black cotton-padded jacket and a hat with earflaps immediately came out, grinning and shouting, "Uncle-Grandpa, I'm already married, and you still call me Little Brain Tiger."

Master Liu laughed heartily, "I've already forgotten what your name is."

The others in the shed also got up and walked over. One of them laughed, "Old Uncle-Grandpa, just call him Little Brain Tiger. Even when he's seventy or eighty, he'll still be Little Brain Tiger."

The one called "Little Brain Tiger" kicked him with a smile, "Get lost."

The person who spoke wasn't annoyed and jumped back a step, "I said you can live to be eighty-something, isn't that good?"

Little Brain Tiger ignored him, walked up to Master Liu, and then looked at Chen Fan and Jiang Lili. He turned his head and said with a smile, "Uncle-Grandpa, are these the educated youths from your team?"

Master Liu glanced back, pointed at Chen Fan, and said with a beaming face, "This is Master Chen from our Team 6. Have you heard of him?"

"Oh?"

Little Brain Tiger's eyes lit up immediately, and he cupped his hands at Chen Fan, "So it's Master Chen. I've heard so much about you."

The others also gathered around.

"Master Chen, you write good articles."

"Our Nanhu has never been in the Prefectural Committee Daily before. Master Chen put pen to paper and got us in. Amazing!"

"Are these things all yours? Are you setting up a stall?"

Someone enthusiastically came over to give directions, "The area up front is the location for your Lujiawan. If you need any help, just shout."

There was also someone who offered to lead the way, "How about I take you over there?"

Chen Fan quickly cupped his hands and thanked him, "Thank you, thank you. No need to trouble yourself, I can go by myself."

Master Liu also waved his whip, "Alright, with me here, you guys should stand guard properly. There will probably be a lot of people coming today, so you have to keep a close eye."

Little Brain Tiger smiled, "Uncle-Grandpa, don't worry. Today, all of our Nanhu militia company members are here, plus the people from the Gan Family Village militia company. We guarantee everything will be foolproof."

Master Liu waved his hand, "That's good. Let's go."

Several people immediately made way for them to pass.

Chen Fan turned his head back and chuckled, just about to say how enthusiastic the people here were.

Then he saw Little Brain Tiger stop a group of people pushing wheelbarrows, his tone as if he had changed into a different person.

"Where are you from?"

"Yangshan Commune? Coming across the river?"

"Bring the goods over for inspection. If you have any industrial products, take them out quickly. If we find them during our inspection, it won't be the same."

Seeing the group obediently pushing the wheelbarrows to the management office shed, Chen Fan couldn't help but swallow, quietly following behind Master Liu into the market.

The location of Lujiawan was right at the entrance. As soon as the two carts entered, someone shouted, "Sixth Uncle-Grandpa, over here."

"Master Chen is here? I saved a spot for you, right at the entrance."

"Who asked you to save a spot? Master Chen will definitely come to our Team 6's side. Master Chen, come here."

A bunch of people from Lujiawan came over to help. Chen Fan knew some of them, and some he didn't. He smiled and thanked them all.

Then, with the help of a group of people, the two carts stopped not far from the exit on the lakeside.

Chen Fan looked left and right and smiled, "Good luck, this is a good location."

This location was indeed good, not far from the exit, and not close to it, so the people coming in and out were not affected.

Captain Yang saw the movement and strode over, laughing loudly, "This isn't luck. The rule for the Nanhua market is to arrange positions according to location. Lujiawan is in the north, so of course it must be arranged at the north end of the venue."

Then he looked at the things on the two carts and couldn't help but click his tongue, "You really have a lot of stuff."

Then he looked at the earthen stove and pot, and his face was speechless, "You even brought the stove, you're the first one!"

Chen Fan laughed heartily, "That's just right, doing an exclusive business."

After everyone greeted each other, they dispersed. Some continued to set up stalls, some continued to shop, and Chen Fan prepared to pack up and set up his stall.

Master Liu came over to remove the cart harness and explained the essentials to Chen Fan.

He liked this quick-learning young man very much. In addition, Chen Fan was a broadcaster and could write articles, so he wouldn't threaten his position as a feeder and cart driver. He taught him without any scruples.

The feeder was a lucrative job. Other commune members could earn about 3,000 work points a year, which was almost the limit, but the feeder could earn more than 5,000 points, which was higher than the captain's. In addition, work points were added every time he drove the cart. Although Master Liu was already in his seventies, the work points he earned could top two strong laborers. It could be said that he was the undisputed "richest man" in the team.

Even Liu Accountant was able to become an accountant thanks to him.

There was no way around it. A "technician" who could take care of livestock was that awesome.

After removing the two sets of cart harnesses and placing the flatbed cart steadily on the side of the road, Master Liu led the mule and donkey to the place to store livestock, and Chen Fan began to fiddle with the earthen stove.

First, he took out the firewood from the earthen stove and put it aside, put the pot on the stove, went to the lake behind him to fetch a bucket of water, put the lid on the pot, and started boiling water.

Jiang Lili was busy moving the cured meat and cured fish off the cart, untying the ropes of the stacked quilts, placing the quilts flat on the flatbed cart, and then turned around to help Chen Fan light the fire.

At this time, it was almost 10 o'clock, and more and more people came to the market. Chen Fan's stall was soon crowded with people.

Someone touched the quilt, "Master, how do you sell this quilt?"

Seeing Jiang Lili was lighting the fire, Chen Fan got up and walked over, first looking at the person's clothes and complexion, which were quite different from the farmers, obviously from the town.

He immediately smiled and said, "The same as the supply and marketing cooperative, 1.4 yuan per catty, but you don't need cotton coupons."

The man clicked his tongue, seeming to hesitate whether to buy it or not. Just as he was about to ask if it could be cheaper, an old lady rushed over with great joy, "Oh, what a beautiful double happiness character, 1.4 yuan, right? How many catties does this quilt weigh?"

Chen Fan, "The thinner ones are 4 catties, and the thicker ones are 6 catties."

The old lady said without hesitation, "I'll buy two 6-catty ones."

She said while taking out money, "I'm going to the management office to weigh it."

Chen Fan smiled, "Don't worry, go and weigh it. If it's less, I'll refund twice the money."

The old lady stopped talking when she heard that, and immediately counted a stack of money from the handkerchief and handed it to him, "16.8 yuan, you count it."

Then she beckoned the two young men behind her to come over to carry the quilt.

Chen Fan blinked, my stall hasn't even been set up yet, and it's already open?

He took the money, and the person who was still hesitating just now didn't hesitate anymore, "I want one 4-catty one and one 6-catty one."

Saying that, he handed over 14 yuan.

A total of 6 quilts, in the blink of an eye, only two 4-catty ones were left.

Before Chen Fan could recover, two more women came and regretfully bought the last two.

Chen Fan looked at the empty flatbed cart and then at the 42 yuan in his hand, feeling that this was unreal.

But the reality was that the stalls set up by the Team 6 members who came early had already been emptied.

The basket of eggs brought by Liu Accountant's family was sold out, and at a high price of 4 cents each. Huang's administrator's family brought a few bamboo chairs, and in the end, even the small bench he was sitting on was bought.

Captain Yang didn't know where he bought a wild rabbit. He ran over to ask if Chen Fan knew how to cook it. Hearing Chen Fan say he could, he happily went to other places to shop.

Chen Fan scratched his head. Was this business a little too easy?