Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 31: Price is basically determined
The middle-aged man was initially prepared to take the cigarette.

But after seeing the details of the smoke.

The outstretched hand immediately stiffened, and his eyes shone brightly as he stared at Fang Hongan from head to toe.

No one took the cigarette he handed out, and Fang Hongan did not take it back. He kept handing out the cigarette, facing the other person's scrutinizing gaze without any nervousness or embarrassment. He smiled frankly and explained in a flattering tone: "Leader, I don't mean anything else. It's just that my family is in a hurry to buy some honey. I just went to the supply and marketing store and saw that there was no honey for sale. I wanted to ask you if the county supply and marketing cooperative sells it? What's the approximate price?"

"You look like a leader on the street, so... I'm sorry to bother you for a moment!"

As he spoke, Fang Hongan once again moved the cigarette in his hand forward.

"Honey?"

I heard that this is what Fang Hongan was inquiring about.

The middle-aged man was stunned again, and his originally vigilant attitude suddenly relaxed.

Subconsciously, he took the cigarette from Fang Hongan's hand, and watched Fang Hongan light a match and approach him without avoiding, and replied affirmatively: "Yes! Yes! I just took my wife to buy one two months ago!"

"Then you've asked the right person!" Fang Hongan smiled warmly.

"What about the price?" The middle-aged man took a puff of his cigarette and muttered with his head held high, "It's been a while. I need to think about it carefully!"

"Is it one dollar and eighty-five cents or one dollar and ninety-five cents..."

He thought about it for a long time, but there seemed to be no definite answer.

But the two numbers given were very close to Fang Hongan's answer. Fang Hongan was about to express his gratitude when he suddenly slapped his head and said, "Look at my bad memory!"

As he spoke, he reached into his cloth bag and quickly pulled out a red-covered notebook.

He opened the notebook and flipped through it quickly in front of Fang Hongan.

Fang Hongan glanced and saw words like rice, noodles, meat, and oil.

Behind these words are numbers.

It looks like this should be the notebook he uses for accounting.

In other words, he should have also recorded the expenses for buying honey two months ago.

This is really a good habit!

Fang Hongan smiled, feeling fortunate for his luck.

"found it!"

At this time, the middle-aged man finally turned over that number.

Pointing at the number, he excitedly said to Fang Hongan: "Yes - 1.95 yuan a bottle, one bottle is exactly one kilogram, I remember it very clearly!"

"Okay! Thank you very much!"

Fang Hongan hurriedly thanked him repeatedly.

The middle-aged man saw Fang Hongan was about to leave, but he did not forget to remind him: "Young man! We are selling them, but if you want to buy them, you must have candy tickets. If you don't have them, you can go to Zhangshu Street and find someone to exchange them for candy tickets!
If you really can't find any, you can also go to the small black market behind Jiefang Road Square to have a look. Maybe someone is selling it there, but the price will be 30 to 50 cents more expensive...

I suggest you change your ticket first..."

After this cigarette, the middle-aged man not only eliminated his vigilance, but his attitude also became quite enthusiastic. He took the initiative to pull Fang Hongan to help him come up with ideas.

"Okay! I'll listen to you! Thank you!"

After expressing his gratitude, Fang Hongan quickly left.

One dollar and ninety-five cents per pound.

This price is slightly higher than expected.

Moreover, this price is only available to the supply and marketing cooperatives with sugar coupons, which is a flat price. Therefore, theoretically, in this free market, it can be sold at a higher price than this.

That is to say, the price in the small market that the middle-aged man mentioned is 30 to 50 cents more expensive.

But considering the purchasing power and the fact that I am in a hurry to sell it, the retail price of RMB 1.95 per pound in this market is completely acceptable, which is on par with this price.

After finding out the official selling price, Fang Hongan did not rush to reply.

He turned around and found someone in the market to find out the location of the purchasing station, then quickly walked towards the station.

Purchasing stations are state-owned and exist in almost every town and village. They are mainly responsible for purchasing goods such as grain, food, livestock and poultry.

In the days when agriculture supported industry, every rural household needed to sell a portion of low-priced grain and livestock to purchasing stations according to standards every year, so the purchasing stations were very busy.

Fang Hongan aimed at an empty purchasing entrance and hurried over.

The person in charge of the purchasing was a big bald man in his thirties, with a big head, thick neck, and a rather fierce-looking face.

As usual, he handed over a cigarette and said a few words to get familiar with the man. Then, seeing that the time was right, Fang Hongan asked about the purchase price of the honey.

"Honey?"

The big receiver was obviously stunned for a moment, repeated his confirmation, stared at Fang Hongan and looked him over. He must have made sure that Fang Hongan was not here to cause trouble, then he hurried to the back room.

After nearly 10 minutes, he came back and said, "It depends on the quality. The lowest price is yuan and the highest is yuan. We will not buy anything that does not meet the purchase standards."

After listening to this, Fang Hongan nodded and prepared to leave.

"Little brother!"

At this time, the big guy also grabbed Fang Hongan and said, "If you really have honey to sell, I can help you negotiate the price!"

"it is good!"

Fang Hongan nodded, turned and left without saying anything more.

The price offered by the purchasing station did not surprise Fang Hongan.

In this era when agriculture supported industry, people in the city who had food coupons ate affordable food, and the purchase prices of the purchasing stations in the towns and villages were all affordable.
The price per kilogram is 20 to 30 percent lower than the selling price at the supply and marketing cooperative, which is within a completely normal range.

Of course, for goods like honey that do not have to be surrendered, there is actually a certain amount of room for fluctuation in the purchase price.

That’s why the big delivery clerk said that we could talk more.

As for why the big guy was so proactive and enthusiastic, on the one hand it was because of the cigarette, but more importantly it was because he must really want to receive it.

Many people don’t know that state-owned purchasing stations like this actually have missions.

There are basically all kinds of indicators.

In a big mountain area like this, food and livestock are easy to come by.

Sugar is a bit more difficult.

Usually, they can only rely on brown sugar squeezed from a local kind of bamboo sugarcane to complete the task.

But in recent years, as corn and sweet potatoes have become more and more productive, fewer and fewer people are growing this kind of bamboo sugarcane.

Their purchasing station is already struggling to complete its annual sugar purchasing task.

Hearing Fang Hongan inquiring about the purchase price of honey, implying that he had honey to sell, was actually equivalent to a bank in later generations seeing a user with large deposits!
Fang Hongan had heard some of this information in his previous life, and the attitude of this big deliveryman further confirmed it.

After finding out these two prices, Fang Hongan basically had an idea of ​​the next selling price and sales strategy.

The next step is to decide on the location for the stall.

(End of this chapter)