It’s just wearing a suit and tie to sell vegetables as flowers
An uncle selling vegetables at Panzhihua Vegetable Market became popular for his unique flower and vegetable stalls.
At the Jiufu Sixth Vegetable Market in the East District of Panzhihua City, Sichuan, there is a fashionable uncle who sells vegetables. His business is so good every day. His name is Wang Meicheng.
At the age of 50 this year, he has been selling vegetables for more than 6 years, and everyone calls him "Wang Huaxian."
His vegetable stall is unique, with colorful flowers: green vegetables with canna, celery with gardenia, convolvulus with chrysanthemum, chives and safflower... He wears a suit and tie to sell vegetables, facing customers, always It is cheerful.
His optimism touched many people, and business was booming.
Recently, his video of selling vegetables was posted on the Internet, with more than 2.5 million views. Netizens commented that he loved life and lived out a sense of ritual, "This is a romance from the vegetable market."
On November 10, Wang Meicheng told reporters that selling vegetables is such a common thing, but he did not expect to make himself an Internet celebrity. “Whether you encounter good or bad things in your life, you have to smile in full sun. I think this is one thing. A positive attitude towards life."
He decorated the vegetable stall with flowers
Selling vegetables in a suit and tie
It was just in the dark, and the Jiufu Sixth Vegetable Market in the East District of Panzhihua City was crowded with people. Wang Meicheng placed the dishes on the stalls, then arranged them in various shapes, and then decorated them with flowers, in stark contrast with other vegetable stalls.
In Wang Meicheng's view, selling vegetables is like arranging flowers. It can not only make money, but also cultivate sentiment.
Wang Meicheng is more particular about the display of vegetables. He likes to match vegetables with flowers and put them in a nice shape.
Standing in front of the vegetable stall, Wang Chengmei was wearing a suit and a black tie.
"Usually I wear a suit and tie in winter. It's too hot in summer. I only wear a shirt." He believes that clothes are not about how well they are worn, but they must be clean and tidy. Kind of respect."
Stick to the stall for 6 years
Vegetables and flowers are grown in-house
"At that time, my child was studying at Chengdu University of Technology, and my family was under great financial pressure." Six years ago, Wang Meicheng took over from his wife and started selling vegetables in urban areas. He found that sometimes vegetables were not easy to sell.
"Once I went to a hotel for a banquet and saw that some of the dishes in the hotel were decorated very nicely, I wondered if I could also decorate the flowers on the food stall. After trying it, I found that the effect was good, everyone liked it."
As a result, Wang Meicheng picked up discarded wine bottles for flower arrangements in vases. Different vegetables were placed under each vase. Every day, seven or eight different shapes of vegetable patterns could be seen on the stall.
For 6 years, he has insisted on setting up a stall, matching with different flowers in different seasons.
"I grow the vegetables by myself. I use farmyard manure. The flowers are also grown by us. Flowers bloom all year round in my home and yard. When I sell vegetables, I also sell flowers." Wang Meicheng decorated the vegetable stall with flowers. The action infected many people, and many people took photos and posted them to Moments, which played a better role in publicity, and his business became popular as a result.
Wang Meicheng told reporters that when his family’s dishes are hot, they can be sold out after 9 o’clock in the morning, and when the business is almost running, they will be sold out by noon at the latest.
"Compared with other vegetable vendors in the vegetable market, his family's vegetables are sold at the fastest speed." A stall owner in the market said with a smile, Wang Meicheng's sales method is very novel.
Everyone called him "Wang Huaxian"
The son praised his father for a good mentality
Many uncles and aunts who often come to buy food are very familiar with Wang Meicheng, and even gave him the nickname "Wang Huaxian".
He said that he liked this title very much, "I am not embarrassed."
"There are different flowers in each season in the house. Dad thinks about what flowers to decorate the vegetable stand the next day." Wang Meicheng's son Wang Jun said. His father's mentality infected him and made him more optimistic. "Dad is happy every day. In the face of customers, the house is also very clean. Our whole family supports him in doing this."
Several customers who bought food said that they found Wang Meicheng to decorate the food stall with flowers very creative and looked more comfortable. In addition, his food was relatively cheap, so everyone was willing to take care of his business.
"I have been taking care of his business for several years, and his stall has moved several times. Wherever he moves to sell vegetables, I will follow him to buy vegetables." A customer said with a smile.
The reporter saw that even with WeChat payment, Wang Meicheng still insisted on saving customers a small amount. For example, he weighed 2.2 yuan, and he only charged 2 yuan.
Every day, Wang Meicheng insists on posting his WeChat Moments, mainly recording videos of picking vegetables by himself and dressing up vegetables with flowers. "I want everyone to see the green vegetables they grow and share the happiness with everyone."
Wang Meicheng is content with his current life. “I earn more than 100,000 yuan from growing vegetables and selling vegetables a year. I think it’s better than part-time job before. Now my child has graduated from university and worked, and our family is living well.”
Over 2.5 million views of vegetable selling videos
Netizen: This is the romance from the vegetable market
Recently, Wang Meicheng's video of setting up a flower and vegetable stall was spread on the Internet, which caused many netizens to like him. He also became a vegetable seller.
Up to now, this video has more than 2.5 million views.
"I'm very busy every day, and I haven't had time to read the news on the Internet. I think selling vegetables is an ordinary thing. I didn't expect so many people to pay attention to me. It was too surprising." Wang Meicheng said, and he thanked everyone very much.
Netizens praised him as a person who loves life. Netizens commented: "Live out a sense of ritual." "Differentiated competition." "Perceive life with your heart, not constrained by ordinary people." "As long as you want, you can also be ordinary and trivial. Create a beautiful situation."
Netizen Shanshan Jiujiu said: "The uncle is really good, especially optimistic. Anyone who has bought his food will be infected by him. The day before he goes out, he will pick the vegetables in the ground, at 5 o'clock the next morning. Get up and pick the flowers you plant, drive to the market at 6 o'clock, set up a stall at 7 o'clock, and diligently sell vegetables every day."
Some netizens said that this is the romance from the vegetable market. "The romance of life comes from everything in the ordinary. This is the romance from the vegetable market." "Romantic people are romantic everywhere." "Do simple things well. Live life into poetry, and have a rich and romantic heart, no matter where you are, you will be brilliant..."
Wang Meicheng confessed to reporters that more than 80% of the grocery shopping customers are female customers. “Maybe women like romance. Some customers are not here to buy vegetables, they are specifically for flowers.”
The reporter saw at the scene that a female customer did not buy vegetables and directly asked Wang Meicheng, "'Wang Huaxian', how much does this bunch of gardenia cost?" Wang Meicheng replied with a smile, "I don't sell this, it is used to decorate dishes. It's a stall." However, the customer insisted on buying gardenias and eventually gave him 5 cents.
At home, Wang Meicheng is also a romantic person. Sometimes when the flowers he planted are blooming, he will pick some of them and dress them up at home, or give one to his wife.
Wang Meicheng said that he doesn't care about becoming popular, "I will continue to sell vegetables and hope that everyone faces life as happily as I am."
Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Jiang Long