It was absolutely not an easy thing to weave vegetable baskets and fruit plates with bamboo. First, the
bamboo needed to be squeezed, and then refined into bamboo pieces. After that, the bamboo was
dissected into green bamboo pieces and yellow bamboo pieces. And then, according to the need, the
bamboo skin part was divided into green strips or steel strings. The wide strips, which had been
carefully designed, were going to be thick and even, with green and white sharply contrasted. Next,
different parts of them were becoming different sections.
In a word, the work of cutting and sharpening was very detailed, and it needed many years of practice
before one could become proficient in it. Fortunately, Wendy had been doing the work in the past few
years, and it was not difficult to do it for her.
In the following three days, Wendy made nine delicate vegetable baskets and eighteen fruit plates.
Celia just made some small pieces like birds. In addition, on the mountain, there were a few wild fruit
trees covered with red persimmons. So each of them picked a basket of persimmons and went to the
city.
For there were more than forty miles away from the town, Celia and her mother got up early at 3 a.m.
Usually, the dustpans and boults they made were sold in the market that was less than ten miles away.
Very few people went to the city. After all, the residents there didn't follow the plough, so they didn't
need such things. But the food baskets and fruit plates were different, which were more close to the
needs of the city people.
It took Celia and her mother more than four and a half hours. When they arrived at the town, it was
almost 8 o'clock.
"Celia, the town is so big. We are unfamiliar with the place. Where can we sell these food baskets and
fruit plates? Standing in the city and watching people coming and going, Wendy was confused and
didn't know what to do.
"Market! After all, there are a lot of people shopping for groceries there. " Celia said without any
hesitation. She seemed to have a plan in mind already.
"Celia, do you think there will be anyone who likes the vegetable baskets and fruit dishes I make?"
Wendy looked at Celia sheepishly and felt rather uneasy.
"Mom, don't we agree that you're the one in charge of the braid and I'll sell them? Now you don't have
to worry about anything. All you need to do is to stand by and watch. I promise I will sell all these
vegetable baskets and fruits plates. " Celia said with confidence. She was at least the CEO of the
world's top five hundred. If she couldn't sell such things, she wouldn't have to stay.
The two of them found a relatively wide space in front of a large food market of the town and then
placed their vegetable baskets and fruits plates straight. It was bustling with flow.
There were almost everything you could sell in the market, except bamboo baskets and fruit trays.
At the beginning, no one came to buy their products. After all, these people came to the market to buy
food, and it was convenient for them to just use plastic bags. So few people stop by at their place.
About ten minutes later, Wendy, who had been squatting next to Celia, got a little nervous. She said
anxiously, "Celia, is this going to work? I constantly feel that these vegetable baskets and fruits plates
can't be sold out. Are they not good-looking? Shall we go back? "
Wendy felt guilty. She was afraid that she didn't do things well. When the basket hadn't been sold at the
moment, she looked for problems on herself first and thought that she messed things up
However, Celia was very calm and said peacefully, "Mom, we've just been here for about ten minutes.
Take your time. Besides, you have seen the flow of people here. There will be someone who likes our
bamboo products. "
As she spoke, a little girl with two small pigtails came over and squatted in front of them. She stared at
the bamboo birds woven by Celia and had a great affection for the birds.
Seeing this, Celia picked up a bird and asked softly, "little sweetie, do you like this?"
"Yes, I do." She gave Celia a timid look and said innocently.
"Okay, I'll give it to you." Celia gave the little toy to the little girl without hesitation. She was satisfied
with her generosity now. After all, it was rare to see someone like the things she made.
Taking over the bird made of bamboo strips, the little girl smiled sweetly, thanked her and ran away
happily.
Then, Celia, with a basket in her right hand and a fruit plate in the other hand, came to the crowd at the
entrance of the food market under the surprised gaze of her mother, Wendy. She began to persuade
the people there to buy her goods excitedly.
"Don't miss the chance. The pollution-free bamboo baskets and fruit plates are sold cheaply.
Everybody, come and have a look."
"Girl, this basket is good-looking. How much is it?" As Celia had expected, good wine also needs bush.
Just when Celia was bluffing, a large crowd swarmed. A couple in their sixties, took out a basket,
examined it carefully and asked.
"Uncle, aunt, this basket is made by my mother herself. They are all made from superior bamboo and
have no pollution. If you really like it, just give me 4 dollars," Celia said briskly.
"Four dollars is too much. Can you lower the price for a little bit?" The woman asked kindly.
"If you really want to buy it, you can give me five dollars to buy it together with the fruit plate. The fruit
plate is two dollars if you only buy it," Celia said calmly as she handed the woman a fruit plate.
The couple were also straightforward and they really liked this kind of bamboo made products. So They
carefully selected a basket and a fruit tray to pay for.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. After the opening, within an hour, nine baskets and eighteen
fruit plates were all sold out.
In addition, Celia also sold out the red and swollen persimmons that she picked in the mountain.
There were a total of 12 birds that she packed by herself. She sold the rest of them at the price of one
by five cents.
In general, the nine baskets and fruit trays sold 45 dollars together, and the rest 9 fruit plates sold 18
dollars. 55 persimmons sold 5.5 dollars, coupled with 11 birds sold 5.5. That was to say, their income in
the past three days was 74 dollars.
They had never dared to imagine that the selling of vegetable baskets and fruit trays were so good in
the city, and the price was not low. It was obvious that even if a fruit baskets were sold at the price of
three dollars in the market, only a few people would buy them. However, the products were rather
popular among urban residents, which let Celia saw a glimmer of hope.
So in the end, looking at the stack of cash, Wendy was too excited to say anything. Tears started to
well up in her eyes.
"Just as I said, you are such a good craftsman. There must be market for these vegetable baskets and
fruit plates. Now you believe me?" Holding her mother's hand, Celia said excitedly.
"You know how to sell. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to sell these products. But I had
never expected that you have such a talent! ." Wendy looked at her daughter with joy and said with
tears of joy.
When you say nothing at all.
In the morning, in order to set out early, they two didn't have breakfast. When Celia was about to cook,
the girl who was given a bird toy as a gift came back. A middle-aged man in his early fifties was with
her.
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