Angkor smiled and said: "You're too polite. When everyone is inconvenienced when going out, it's right to lend a hand, let alone borrow a scale. You're too polite..."
"Yes, you are helpful to others, and I can't take it for granted. Although this home-dried fish is not worth much, it is still delicious when eaten. You can try it when you take it home."
"Haha, look what you said, what's not worth the money? I see you're still selling it for 45 cents a pound, that's quite a few pounds here."
Ye Yaodong smiled, he was not so sincere and took all the dried toad fish. Those dried toad fish were quite big when dried, and they were very big. Each piece weighed more than a kilogram. If he really got ten of them, then
It's more expensive.
It is also mixed with other cheaper fish, such as small eels that are not worth much. This fish is cut cross-sectioned and spread out to dry. It looks very long, but one only costs about three taels, but
All added up, it's worth two yuan. How much does it cost to buy a small scale?
"Take it, take it, you're welcome, hey ~ there are guests coming, you go first..."
"Hey, good, good~"
The dried fish was just laughed at.
Although the person holding the scale had short hands, Angkor was not unhappy when passing the scale back and forth. Instead, he was always cheerful.
Until he sold out hundreds of kilograms of shrimp skin first, he did not immediately collect the scales and leave. Instead, he waited there.
This made Ye Yaodong a little embarrassed. He brought almost 300 kilograms of goods on this trip, including 5 sacks, and two sacks were left unsold.
"Well, I'll return the scale to you. Since you've sold out all the items, I'm too embarrassed to take them from you. I'll just let you wait here. It's almost noon."
There are not as many small vendors around as there were in the early morning. Many people have finished selling their goods and are closing their stalls. Some of the small carts or bicycles selling breakfast have also left, and some are packing up their things and planning to close their stalls in advance.
"What time do you plan to sell it?"
"It may be sold until one o'clock in the afternoon. If it is not sold out by one o'clock in the afternoon, you can only take it home. The bus back is said to be at two-thirty."
When I came at night, I hired a tractor from the village, because the Mazu Temple was being built there, and sand had to be transported several times every three days. I sent them here early this morning, and it happened to be nearby to transport a load of sand back.
Therefore, when they return, they have to go to the city and take a car back, and the tractor cannot take them.
Yesterday, they had already informed in advance that the bus from the city to their county seat leaves at 9:00 am and once at 2:30 pm. After arriving at the county seat, they have to change trains immediately. If there is no bus, they may not arrive by that time.
I can only walk home.
Alas, he didn't know whether his luck today was good or bad.
To be honest, he didn't meet a boss who could buy all his dried fish in one go; to be honest, he sold a few kilograms of these bits and pieces for more than a hundred kilograms, and sold them for seven
It’s eighty yuan, and it’s still not even ten o’clock in the morning, so it’s pretty good.
However, the further back he went, the fewer people there were. At this moment, he felt that there were not many people coming and going. It was not as crowded as the early morning, and the sales were slower.
I estimate that by one o'clock in the afternoon, I will only be able to sell half a bag at most, maybe only a dozen kilograms, but if I come all the way here, I'm sure I can sell it, so I'll hold on to selling it for a while.
If you don’t have a scale, you can only wait for a while and borrow it from someone around you.
Angkor also looked at him with a troubled expression. He couldn't wait for him and wasted his time here.
Ye Yaodong put the scale directly into his basket, "Thank you very much. You've sold out, so you can go back first."
"Okay then, remember to bring a steel scale tomorrow."
"Um."
I don’t know if I’ll be free tomorrow. It’s okay to sell them piecemeal like this. If I sell one or two hundred catties a day, I can sell out the inventory in a few days.
It's a pity. If he could meet someone who could take away all the goods at once, he wouldn't have to worry about it, but this is too taken for granted.
After returning the scale, the father and son continued to sit on the ground, with sacks spread under their buttocks, planning to wait and see if there was still time, how many kilograms could they sell, and at least earn some extra traveling expenses back.
It was not until early 12 o'clock in the afternoon that after they sold another 20 kilograms and went out, the person who borrowed the scale for the second time also called it a day and went back. Ye Yaodong's stomach growled with hunger. He looked at his watch and became impatient to wait any longer.
"Dad, call it a day and go back. Don't wait. There are fewer and fewer people. If you wait any longer, you won't be able to sell a few kilograms, and there's no scale. Go to the station early and wait for the bus. I don't know how long it will take to get there. In case you can't catch up.
The shuttle bus back will be troublesome.”
"Okay, let's take back the remaining two bags."
Father Ye stretched his neck again, looked at the large building that had been built in the open space in the distance, and said regretfully: "This market is being built too slowly. If we get the store, we don't need to set it up here."
If you have a stall, you don’t have to worry about transporting the goods back and forth.”
"It's almost done. It should be almost finished."
"Let's go, let's go. The stalls around have almost left. I'm going to take a bus later. I don't know how long I'll have to wait. I don't know if the bus is accurate, so don't leave early."
At first he was reluctant to leave early, but as he spoke, Father Ye became anxious. He quickly folded up the sacks that were sitting on the ground and stuffed them into the half-sold dried fish bags.
Ye Yaodong also folded the other two short-selling bags and stuffed them inside, then tied them a few times with hemp rope, tied the openings tightly, and tied a small hole to make it easier for a pole to pass through and pick them up.
"Fortunately, there are only two bags left, so I just picked it up. I also sold three bags, which is almost 200 kilograms. It's not a loss if I come today."
As soon as he put the pole through, his father walked to the middle and picked it up.
"Then you pick first, pick halfway, or if you can't pick anymore, pick for me."
"Come on, you can carry two bags of millet into the ditch."
Ye Yaodong was immediately speechless. How long ago did it happen? He even mentioned everything about sesame seeds and rotten millet.
"How long has it been, and you're still telling me."
"It didn't take long, it was just a few years ago before the production team was disbanded."
"Then you choose, you choose~"
depressed!
Father Ye grasped the opening of the sack on one side with one hand and carried more than 100 kilograms of goods with ease. He walked without any sluggishness and could even chat with him while walking.
"If the weather is good, we can continue to bask in the sun a little longer. When the wind blows and we can't go out to sea, we can come over and set up a stall to sell slowly. Although it is a little troublesome, it is better than buying it cheaply from the dock. In the morning
When I came here, I saw several large carts of toad fish, which were said to be wholesale for five cents a pound..."
Ye Yaodong interrupted his father, "It's not cost-effective. We only need a thousand kilograms per trip. It's not cost-effective to send it over. The difference is only one point and a half, and the total difference is only a dozen yuan. We also have to pay for the stall fee and the round trip expenses."
.You don’t earn much, so you can’t compete with Ah Cai for your job and just accept the goods, right?”
"That's right, it's more cost-effective to keep it at home and dry it."
"Actually, we can also collect what everyone in the village is drying, and then mobilize the villagers to dry more together. We can collect it cheaper and make a profit in the middle. They can also make a little more than selling the fresh ones. Anyway, we are selling them.
By the way, even though the sales are slow, we don’t have time to go to the market every day to set up a stall, otherwise it’s quite feasible.”
It would be great if I could meet a wholesaler. He could boldly collect all the dried fish in the village and resell it, but it would be a pity.
During the past few days when he was drying fish, he had a wonderful imagination, but...
"That's it, although we can make a lot of money from sales in a day, we still have to go fishing when the weather is good. We don't have much free time to come here every day to set up a stall. We can only come here occasionally to sell our own products."
"Well, we haven't arrived at the store yet. We collected too much dried fish at once and we don't have room to store it. If it rains, the old house will leak like a sieve."
Sorry~
I had the idea to make a fortune, but I was a bit unlucky and didn't have time to follow up.
As long as the shop pays for it faster, he might be brave enough to ask the villagers to dry it more when the weather is good, collect all their dried fish, and store it in the shop. When it rains and winds, he can come over when he has nothing to do.
Sell ​​and sell.
If you want to hire someone...he can't trust strangers, so don't empty out his goods. After all, he doesn't have time to come to the city every day, and his relatives and friends don't seem to have thought of any suitable ones.
It’s a headache. It seems that doing business is quite difficult. It’s easier to fish. If you can rent it out, renting out the shop is the easiest way.
The father and son talked while walking. After hearing his suggestion, Father Ye also felt very regretful.
Go to the village to collect more dried fish, and you can make money just by setting up a stall!
Now he can only watch the opportunity to make money slip away, which makes him very uncomfortable.
Why not Ye Yaodong?
"We will sell them at home first. The ones we sell at home are enough for us to sell for a few days. If it rains, we will have to sell all the fresh goods to Ah Cai, but we will not be able to dry them or sell them."
"Then when our products are almost sold, if there is no weather to go out to sea, we can collect some more from the village and send them over to sell?"
"Let's take a look first. Who can say for sure how to rely on the weather for food? However, every household in the village has dried a lot of dried fish in the past few days. If you sell out all the fish at home, you can consider taking a look."
"After we get the store, if we encounter good weather, we will dry it more and ask your eldest and second brothers to dry it more. When the time comes, you can collect them all, as well as those of the fellow villagers. You can also put them in the store.
Buy more money.”
"Those are all good ideas~ But have you forgotten? The eldest brother and the second brother also have their own shops, so how can I take them in?"
Father Ye shook his head, "They are too honest. They are not as smart as you and like to do all kinds of things. The most they can do is follow you and sell what they have."
Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched. Was his father praising him?
"Don't think too much. It's better to sell all the goods at home first. I still have so much left to take home today."
"Pull less when you come here tomorrow, so you don't have to pick them back."
"It's better to take one less bag. Who knows how many goods can be sold every day? It's hard to say how much we will sell."
"Too……"
Chapter completed!