Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Chapter 148 Selling Soy Sauce

Lin Qingyan stood up and walked to the two large vats that had just been placed behind the door. She said to Ye Yi, who was in deep thought, and Wang Lanlan, who was drinking water:

"Let me show you something."

At this time, Ye Yi and Wang Lanlan were both attracted by the two large vats.

"What is this? Such a big bucket?" The two of them walked to the bucket and bent down to look at it.

"This is a jar. I thought it was a bucket. How can there be a jar of this shape? Ye Yi, have you seen it?"

Wang Lanlan looked at this and found it was obviously different from the water tank at home. The tank at home was small at the bottom and got bigger as it went up. The mouth of the tank was very large, almost 2-3 times the size of the bottom.

The thickness of this cylinder is almost the same from top to bottom, except that the middle of the cylinder is slightly rounder.

"This kind of tank is indeed rare!" Ye Yi's attention was now attracted by the tank, and she no longer looked uneasy at all.

"Guess what's here?" Lin Qingyan asked them with a smile, putting her hand on the lid of the jar.

"Why do I smell a hint of vinegar?" Ye Yi asked, sniffing hard.

"It really smells like vinegar, Lin Qingyan, these two jars of yours are not filled with vinegar, are they? Where did you get so much vinegar? How long do you plan to eat it?"

Wang Lanlan launched into a series of deadly questions.

Lin Qingyan couldn't hold back any more, so she quickly took her hand off the lid and said to them, "Open it and see what it is."

Ye Yi carefully removed the lid, and there was a transparent seal inside. She turned around and asked Lin Qingyan who had already walked over to the kang and sat down.

“Can this be opened?”

"of course can."

While Ye Yi was still trying to figure out how to open it, Wang Lanlan had already violently torn it open with her hands.

Seeing Ye Yi was stunned. "Aren't you too rude?"

"It's okay. You two were the only ones who saw me being rude. I'm not worried about other people knowing. Even if they did, I wouldn't be afraid. I have money now."

Wang Lanlan's remarks about being a bachelor made several people laugh.

"It really is vinegar. It's such a big bar, it must weigh dozens of kilograms. What's in the other jar? It's not vinegar too, is it?" Ye Yi couldn't help but turn around and ask Lin Qingyan.

Lin Qingyan stopped teasing them and said to them happily, "The other jar is not vinegar, it's soy sauce."

"You got so much soy sauce and vinegar? What are you going to do?" Ye Yi continued to ask her.

"Help me figure out how to deal with these soy sauce and vinegar."

"Isn't it for us?" This time it was Wang Lanlan, pointing at her and Ye Yi.

Lin Qingyan looked at them and explained:

"Vinegar is different from clothes. The profit margin is small, and the jar is heavy and easily damaged. It is not suitable for you two to sell. I asked you to come here to help me think of a solution and see how to deal with it more appropriately."

Wang Lanlan patted her chest and said, "I almost thought it was for us. I was shocked to see such a big bar."

"Do you want them? If you are not afraid of hard work, it will be easier for you. I plan to give these soy sauces and vinegars to anyone at one cent per pound."

Lin Qingyan paused here and continued:

"Think about it yourself and ask yourself whether you are willing to sell it in other villages. If you don't want to, you can also sell it to the older children like Hu Zi.

It’s just that I don’t want to be involved in this matter, so you guys should find someone, is that okay with you?”

Lin Qingyan thought a lot. She originally wanted to buy some daily seasonings for Ye Yi and the others to earn some pocket money, but modern seasonings come in a wide variety of packaging.

She had a hard time finding this kind of bulk soy sauce, which was the main force in the market in the 70s and was suitable for that era.

To buy soy sauce, to buy soy sauce, is to buy this kind of bulk soy sauce. There are vendors selling soy sauce on the streets, and people who hear them will take their storage bottles to buy soy sauce.

This was the correct way to be a bystander in the 70s and even earlier.

"One cent per pound? What do you want?" Ye Yi was a little confused about Lin Qingyan's thoughts.

Lin Qingyan raised her eyes and looked at them firmly.

"I want to do my best to make everyone's life better and help as many people as possible. I can't help others for the time being.

But now I have some soy sauce, which can make their meals more flavorful. Even wild vegetables taste better if mixed with soy sauce.

Life is hard now, add some spice to make life more flavorful.”

Wang Lanlan recalled the dishes her mother cooked, which were boiled in water with a little salt and no oil at all.

If she wasn't afraid of being hungry, she really wouldn't want to eat it, but if she mixed it with soy sauce, it might taste better.

Thinking of this, she stretched out her finger, wiped the edge of the tub, and put it in her mouth. Her eyes lit up instantly.

"This vinegar tastes really good, and it's just the right amount of sour. I'll take this task, and I'll go find someone to take care of it."

Although Ye Yi didn't want to miss the opportunity to make money, looking at such a large tank, she was really worried that it would be damaged midway, so she decided to leave this opportunity to others.

"Qingyan, I think you can ask Xu Jianshan if he is willing to do it." Ye Yi hesitated, but still mentioned Xu Jianshan.

Lin Qingyan thought about her several encounters with Xu Jianshan. Although this man was a bit smooth, he had his own bottom line.

No matter in life or work, everyone has their own bottom line. It is good to have a bottom line. In this era, we are afraid of people having no bottom line.

"Will he be willing?" In fact, Lin Qingyan didn't know Xu Jianshan very well.

"He should be willing. His family is not well off, and they can't help him find connections to transfer back to the city. He hasn't given up completely over the years.

Unlike other educated youth, he did not marry and have children in the local area. He still persisted, but his family could not provide him with any help, so it was probably a bit difficult for him to persist. "

Ye Yi is relatively familiar with Xu Jianshan, and at least knows his general family conditions.

Since they were going to give the opportunity to other people, why not give it to Xu Jianshan? At least he had helped them, either openly or secretly.

Lin Qingyan had no reason to refuse, "Okay, I'll find a chance to talk to him."

Wang Lanlan, who had been listening quietly at the side, finally opened her mouth and asked, "Is the Xu Jianshan you are talking about the Xu Zhiqing who managed the educated youth site?"

"Yes, that's him."

"Xu Zhiqing is a good person. My father once said that he is honest and yet tactful.

He has the pride of an intellectual, but he can quickly adapt to rural life and communicate well. "Wang Lanlan thought of her father's rare praise for someone.

Lin Qingyan and Ye Yi looked at each other, smiled, and decided: "Okay, let's find a chance to ask him if he is willing. If he is not willing, then find someone else."

"Not willing? He's not stupid. Only a fool wouldn't want to do it. Although it's a bit tiring, he can at least earn some money and improve his life."

Xu Jianshan, who was also at the educated youth point, was reading a book in the room and had no idea that someone had already made arrangements for him.

As for why they were reading, it was because he saw Gu Yizhou reading and Fang Yunxing reading. Although he didn't know why they were reading,

But his intuition over the years told him that he would never go wrong if he followed them, and the worst that could happen would be a waste of some time.

Little did he know that his intuition helped him a lot.