Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Scarcity Marketing

That evening, Xu Shuhua took Yu Hai and Yu Nuannuan out again.

When they returned, they brought back another basket full of ground cherries.

No one in the Yu family found it strange that Xu Shuhua took Yu Nuannuan with her to pick ground cherries. After all, everyone knew just how much Xu Shuhua doted on Yu Nuannuan. If Xu Shuhua had any free time, she would definitely be holding Yu Nuannuan—wherever she went, she carried her along!

As for bringing Yu Hai, that was even easier to understand. Xu Shuhua needed to hold Yu Nuannuan and couldn’t pick the ground cherries herself, so of course Yu Hai, Nuannuan’s father, had to do the picking!

Early the next morning, Xu Shuhua took Yu Hai to the county town.

The two of them slipped out while the rest of the family wasn’t paying attention. Besides the ground cherries, they also brought some strawberries.

After a little more than half an hour, they arrived in town and set up their stall in their usual spot.

They had barely gotten settled when Zhang Cuifen rode up on her tricycle and parked right next to them.

Seeing Xu Shuhua and Yu Hai, Zhang Cuifen’s face lit up. “Auntie, you’re finally here! Why haven’t you come these past few days?”

Xu Shuhua was just about to answer when a few more people gathered around.

“Aiya, Auntie, you’re finally here! Didn’t you say you’d be here every day selling strawberries? How come you haven’t shown up these past few days?”

“Exactly! My little grandson has been fussing every day, saying he wants strawberries. Since you weren’t here, I bought some elsewhere, but they didn’t taste the same. The little rascal refused to eat them and just cried and made a fuss at home.”

“Same here! That’s why I came early this morning to check!”

“Alright, alright, enough talking! Don’t hold up my purchase! Oh, you have ground cherries today too? That’s great! I’ll take two jin of strawberries and four jin of ground cherries!”

“Hey, don’t cut in line! Serve me first! I want two jin of strawberries and four jin of ground cherries too!”

“And me! I’ll take one jin of strawberries and two jin of ground cherries!”

As they spoke, they were already counting out their money.

Seeing this, Xu Shuhua didn’t have time for pleasantries and hurriedly packed up the goods with Yu Hai.

Xu Shuhua had thought that after these few customers left, she’d finally get a breather. Who knew that as soon as one group left, another would arrive? There wasn’t a single moment to rest.

Zhang Cuifen had planned to wait until Xu Shuhua was less busy before coming over to buy, but seeing the situation, she didn’t dare wait any longer and squeezed in right away. What if she missed out?

Her two kids at home had also been clamoring for strawberries these past few days!

Business today was unexpectedly good—better even than the first day Xu Shuhua had come to sell. She hadn’t anticipated this at all.

She had brought plenty of ground cherries and strawberries, thinking it would take all morning to sell them. Who would have thought that in just over an hour, everything would be snatched up?

The latecomers looked at the two empty baskets with disappointment, grabbing Xu Shuhua to ask when she’d be back tomorrow—they were determined to come early next time!

Looking at all those eager faces, Xu Shuhua felt a little lightheaded.

It all seemed so unreal, like she was dreaming!

But who was Xu Shuhua? Even if she was dreaming, she was going to do it properly.

“Tomorrow? I won’t be here tomorrow! I’ll come the day after tomorrow, at seven in the morning! If you want to buy, come early!”

“Why not tomorrow? Are the fruits not ripe yet? Once they’re ripe, you’ll definitely bring them, right?”

If Yu Nuannuan knew about this, she’d definitely be amazed.

Xu Shuhua, who had just started doing business, had already mastered the art of scarcity marketing without anyone teaching her.

(That’s the end of the chapter! Everyone, please vote! Let’s help Nuannuan climb to the top of the new book rankings!)"

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