Cyclo drivers make a killing from transporting flowers and ornamental plants

(Baonghean.vn) - The cost of each trip depends on the distance, the size of the tree, but is not less than 50,000 VND per trip. There are many long trips that cost up to 200,000 - 300,000 VND per trip.

In the days leading up to Tet, on major streets in Vinh City such as: Lenin Avenue, Le Mao, Phan Dinh Phung, Tran Phu, Central Park, etc., the scene of buying and selling flowers and ornamental plants is bustling to serve the elegant entertainment as well as decoration during Tet. Along with the flower and ornamental plant markets is the service of delivering Tet goods to homes by cyclo drivers and motorbike drivers. Thanks to this job, many people earn millions of dong each day, have money to shop, and help their families have a warm Tet.

Each trip can earn from 50 - 400 thousand dong.

Mr. Nguyen Van Truyen (a person with many years of experience driving cyclo) confided: Starting from December 20th of the lunar calendar, we cyclo drivers have been excited and bustling to find places selling flowers and ornamental plants to deliver them to buyers' homes. The salary for each trip depends on the distance, the size of the tree, but it is not less than 50 thousand VND per trip. There are many trips to Cua Lo town that cost up to 200 - 300 thousand VND. As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Truyen was busy wiping away the sweat dripping in the freezing winter weather, getting on his cyclo and pedaling hastily because there were customers calling.

Mr. Hoang Huu Chien (from Hung Hoa commune, Vinh city) just loaded the bonsai pot onto the cyclo and told us: Today I have made 6 trips, the highest trip was 200 thousand, the lowest was 50 thousand. Up to now, I have made 700 thousand, bro. Try to earn a few more trips and then go home to rest and regain strength to continue tomorrow. Although it is a bit hard, but having more money to buy things for the house to welcome the ancestors, so cyclo drivers like us all feel happy.

Mr. Le Van Tam (living in Dong Vinh ward, Vinh city) just hired a cyclo to transport the Nhat Tan peach tree he bought for 8 million, saying: Compared to the amount of money I spent on the tree, the transportation fee is not much, hiring someone to transport it to my house is both safe and healthy.

Although their shirts were soaked with sweat, the cyclo drivers' faces were still very cheerful because they earned more money than usual to take care of their families during Tet.

Pham Hoa