Chapter 1161 Sold Out

By the time Ye Yaodong came out of the village committee, it was already lunch time, and he went home again under the bright sun.

Just when he was passing by the trail near Lin Jishang's house, he turned into his house again.

His wife was taking care of their two sons for dinner, and after asking a few questions, it turned out that he hadn't come back in the past two months, and he didn't even have time to come back during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He just made a phone call.

When asked when he would come back, he said he didn't know.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to give up and go home first.

The road to Lin Jishang seems to be dead. He looks busier than the president. Even his wife said she hasn't seen him a few times this year, and his son almost doesn't recognize what his biological father looks like.

After returning home, he told Lin Xiuqing about the matter again.

"Are you sure the machine you want can work? Is it useful?"

"If it's the same kind as the ice water in summer, it will be useful. I'll call tomorrow and ask in detail. The bag is also the key. I'll see if he can arrange it for me. Give him the specifications of the entire 500ml bag and let him match it. Just do it for me."

"Then you should see for yourself. If you are sure it will work, then buy it. If you want to spend more money, then spend more money. The key is that it must be useful."

"Usage is definitely useful. New things will always be replaced when they come out. Things are created to make life more convenient. Just think about it. All our fish sauces come in bags and one pound. It will be more convenient for people to sell it. ? You don’t have to carry bottles to punch, and it’s much more convenient to transport. You don’t need to carry one tank at a time, and it also reduces the chance of damage. If one tank breaks, it will be worth more than a hundred kilograms.”

"If the machine you bought doesn't work, tens of millions of dollars will be lost."

"Then don't worry. When we buy something, we must try it out on site. Only if it works can we pay for it and receive it."

"Um."

"Then I'll call and reply tomorrow. It happened to arrive before the end of the year. A large amount of fish sauce fermented in the first half of the year was filtered out and bagged during the Chinese New Year, and the volume in the second half of the year was also large."

"Those sold in the first half of the year have just paid back. Now we have to invest a lot of money, and we don't know when we will be able to pay back."

"It will pay off. This is considered a technological innovation, so investment is necessary."

"Um."

Lin Xiuqing said nothing more and only asked him to talk to her when he needed money.

There was nothing much to do in the afternoon. Many things were waiting for a result.

When he got up from his nap, he simply called Ye Yaohai to make the decision directly. Anyway, it made no difference whether it was earlier or later. However, he explained a lot of details, especially the plastic bag that needed to be packed in one pound. He tried his best to help him arrange the package. It also saves him searching everywhere.

After I finished the phone call, I had a casual chat with two kelp farmers and asked about the current progress.

However, several of his suggestions were immediately rejected. He just said that he had never done it before and that they were doing it now, so he didn't say much. Anyway, he had to wait until next year to successfully breed it.

It is still in the exploratory stage, and it has not been successfully planted yet, and it is not that easy to make some changes, so it is better to follow their old method and successfully plant it first.

After returning home, he met a relative who came to rent a boat. He rented out a new boat by the way. Now he went to the dock again, identified it, and told his brother that he had to collect another boat's cargo.

Another busy day passed by just like that.

He had not been idle in the past two days, and had been busy with trivial matters at home. It was only on the third day that he finally relaxed and could take a breath without having to run back and forth under the bright sun.

Father Ye also asked him after breakfast, "When do you plan to go to sea? I also rested at home for two days."

Ye Yaodong glanced at him angrily, "You've been resting at home for two days. I've been busy running around for two days. I'm exhausted and haven't even taken a breath yet."

Father Ye was silent for a moment and then said: "Then you have a day off today and go to sea tomorrow night?"

"It's okay if there are no accidents, but I feel that the sky outside is a little cloudy, as if it's going to rain? When I woke up in the morning, it was still very bright, and I felt like the sun was about to come out, but now it feels cloudy. Did the Harvest say when it will come back? ?"

"Where can I know? The ship is at sea. Whether it comes back depends on the weather and the harvest."

"Well, let's tentatively decide for tomorrow night. We'll see more details tomorrow."

I don’t know if he has a crow’s mouth. Just after chatting with his father in the morning, the sky became gloomy in the afternoon and it started to rain. When he took a nap, he listened to the sound of rain outside, and even the air smelled of something. Moist smell.

When he got up and opened the window, it was raining lightly. He had no choice but to treat it as a vacation and take a breather for two more days.

Autumn has just entered, with autumn rain and coolness.

He rubbed his arms. He had been sleeping shirtless recently. He felt a little cold when he got up, so he took out his long sleeves and put them on.

Originally, only the children wore long sleeves and long trousers, while the adults wore short sleeves as usual. It felt a bit colder after the rain in the afternoon.

When he walked out, Ah Qing was telling the old lady that the temperature had dropped, so he had to take out his autumn and winter clothes, and put away all his summer clothes...

"Sweater! My sweater! My rainbow sweater!"

Ye Xiaoxi was squatting and playing with dolls. When she heard this, she immediately yelled smartly. She suddenly remembered the rainbow sweater she wanted two days ago.

She had forgotten about it at first, but when she heard the temperature had dropped, she remembered the rainbow sweater that she had longed for.

"You look like a sweater to me!"

"Dad said..."

"Then let him knit it for you."

Ye Xiaoxi turned his head and looked around. He happened to see Ye Yaodong getting up and standing at the door. He immediately ran over and hugged his feet habitually and sat on his insteps.

"Dad, Mom said I look like a sweater."

"Looking for a fight?"

"No, mother asked you to knit a sweater for me. You said it, you said it, you said it..." Ye Xiaoxi hugged his legs reluctantly, shaking her head and acting coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, buy, buy, buy."

He responded casually, and she would definitely have forgotten it when she turned around later.

He changed the subject and asked Lin Xiuqing, "It's raining. Have you put away all the dried fish in the workshop?"

"It's harvested. The Harvest doesn't have much cargo until it docks. The ships at home bring back only groceries. The big ones are not dried much, but the small ones are fermented. They are all collected in a few times."

"This rain should only last for two or three days at most."

"Who knows, just listen to the weather forecast tonight and see."

"It's been two days, and your father hasn't called. I don't know how the sale of that batch of lighters has been?" Ye Yaodong sat at the table and propped his chin up and asked.

"If you're worried, why don't you call me and ask?"

"It's raining. Just wait until it stops. If you don't call back when it stops, I'll make a call and ask."

This matter is also very important to him. He has no place to spend the money on hand, and he can only hold more than 200,000 yuan in his hand, which makes him a little worried, fearing that it will depreciate.

If it sells well, he will make another trip to Zhejiang Province, bring back more goods, ask Fang Jingfu to buy some shares, and take two people over to watch.

The whole family was bored on a rainy day, and they didn't dare to turn on the TV, so they could only listen to the radio to pass the time.

But at dinner time, Ye Mu came over to eat and brought another piece of gossip.

It turned out that Ye Yaosheng's wife gave birth to a daughter in the afternoon. Aunt Ye was so angry that her face turned dark as soon as she held the baby in her hands.

"I'm telling you, I heard that if Asheng's mother-in-law hadn't been there at that time, his mother-in-law would have drowned that girl in the urine bucket. I don't know if it's true or not. Anyway, it's been said outside. The child was just born, and your second aunt I scolded him inside the house.”

Ye Yaodong got angry when he heard this, "Damn, this is about human affairs? Why are they all biological? There are still two children at home who are not biological, there is no reason to drown the biological one."

I have always heard that some families drowned their children in urine buckets because they had too many daughters. But if it happens to one of your own, you shouldn't just listen to it as a rumor. It's too cruel.

Mother Ye sighed, "You don't understand. They are a reorganized family. There are already two daughters in the family. As a result, Ah Sheng has not had his own child yet, so he can have another one, but he can only have one, regardless of gender. "

"Now the baby is born as a girl, so your second aunt's face is not good-looking. If she wants to give birth to the next baby, she will have to hide it. If she is caught, she will be aborted, the house will be destroyed, and she will be fined if she gives birth. "

"But I think it's just a rumor outside. Your second aunt can only say it verbally. It's impossible to drown the child. Ah Sheng doesn't have a child of his own yet. Although it's a girl, it's the only one he has. At most, he was unhappy and his speech was a bit unpleasant.”

"Maybe it was because of the harsh words spoken in the delivery room that the rumor came out that the child was going to be drowned."

Everyone didn't know what to say now. Only the old lady recited Amitabha.

Lin Xiuqing also frowned, "Sheng Du was born, and that was Ah Sheng's first biological child. Originally, he didn't even have a child of his own at this age, but now that he has one, his daughter is also a treasure to him."

"No, he was overjoyed when he heard the baby was born. But when he heard the scolding in the room later, he rushed in angrily, pulled his mother out, and drove him out of the door to let him I’ll never go to his house again.”

"This is too lenient. If you don't have a son to support you until you die, that's Brother Asheng's business. What kind of care does she have?"

The old lady said: "If you raise a son for 100, you will worry about 99. Your second aunt is also worried that Asheng will not have a son in the future, and there will be no one to take care of him until his death, and there will be no one to break the basin after he dies."

"When the time comes, you will be dead, and you still have to worry about what happens after death. They are all dead anyway. What happens after death is not something you can worry about. This is what future generations should worry about."

"Second aunt will also be at the forefront from now on. How can she care about Brother Asheng in his later years? Is anyone throwing a pot? They are all because they are full."

"Raising a son may not necessarily provide for old age, and there are many unfilial sons. If I work harder and save more money while I am young, why can't I provide for myself in old age?"

"Besides, who says you can't be filial to your parents if you raise a daughter? At most, it's okay to have children who don't have your own surname. If you really want grandchildren, then wait until one of the children your daughter gives birth to has your own surname, and you can raise them by yourself. , isn’t it also half of my own blood?

Ye Yaodong's words were so avant-garde that everyone present had never heard of Fen Sunzi and were stunned by what he said.

"Who... who would be willing to share the grandchildren? No matter how many children you have, they belong to your family. And now a family can only have one or two, who will be willing to share them with you? You think too much."

Ye Mu only thought he was too naive.

Ye Yaodong did not argue, because this will be the case in the future. Because of this policy, many families born in the 80s and 90s only have two sisters or only children, or even grandchildren.

Father Ye knocked on the table, "This is my biological child anyway. Other people's children have been raised. There is no reason to kill the biological child. It's all spread randomly."

"That's what I said too."

"Anyway, having more than one child in the family is a happy event. At least Ah Sheng is now a real father and has his own child. Just wait two years and then secretly have another one. If someone from your work comes to visit, you have to cover up, but We can’t just be dragged away for sterilization.”

"I understand. As long as people from this unit step into the village, the whole village will know. Except for the pregnant ones who can't run away and can only hide, it's not the people in our own village who can tell how many people and children a family has. Forget it, hide the other children, and don’t register the newborn ones. If you kill only one, they will go to the next family, so they won’t be arrested and sterilized.”

"Committing evil...Amitabha..."

Mother Ye glared at the old lady, "Don't say anything about sin or Amitabha. It doesn't mean anything to others. What I say to you seems to be hoping for bad luck."

"I'll just say a few words of Buddha's name..."

“Didn’t Amitabha deserve this?”

"nonsense."

"Okay, let's eat. Just talk about other people's affairs and listen to them. Why are you arguing with yourself?"

Mother Ye looked at Father Ye like a fool, "Aren't we just chatting? Which of your eyes saw us arguing? You're crazy."

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "It's a good thing to have a child. We'll see what happens in two days and give out red envelopes."

"Yes, Asheng has only had his first child at this age. He will definitely have to send eggnog over in a few days."

Ye Yaodong changed the subject and asked his father, "Uncle and have you been there? Around the third day of October, they have to go to their hometown in the provincial capital to worship their ancestors. They all have to go, and my cousins ​​have to send two representatives to go with them."

"After you came back to talk about it at noon yesterday, you went to tell them yesterday afternoon. They all said they knew about it. They will discuss who will follow when the invitation arrives."

"When the time comes, we will sail and park at the dock in the provincial capital. We will hire a tractor after we get to the dock."

"Your eldest and second uncle said yesterday that it would be better to go directly on your tractor. It would be more convenient and you don't have to drive around to change vehicles."

He mocked, "It's convenient. You can't charge them for riding in my car. If we go out and ride on the road together, they will worry about it equally. They will either pay for it themselves. It's too embarrassing to ask me, a junior, to pay for it. It's unreasonable." fine."

"Then...it's really convenient to have a car at home." Father Ye didn't think there was anything wrong with this. If their family had money, it would be okay to pay some travel expenses.

"I don't want to ask them to pay. I just want people to go with me, identify my hometown, and find the ancestral temple. Riding on a tractor all the time is too much for my butt and people can't bear it. It's better to take a boat. I'll spend money after we dock. It’s not inconvenient to hire a tractor to deliver it to the village.”

"That's okay, then you have to think about it, then just do it. Anyway, they won't pay, and you have the final say on how to arrange it."

"Um."

If he goes to the provincial capital, he can also talk to Ye Yaohai about the filling machine in person. Talking in person is always more convenient than talking in detail over the phone, and he also has to ask about the plastic bag.

There will definitely be a constant need for plastic bags of fish sauce, so find out where you can buy them in advance.

"Oh, yes, I will take Ah Hai with me when the time comes. He is the eldest grandson."

Father Ye nodded.

"Did those two workers quit?"

"I've resigned. I've replaced you with Xiaowu and Aqiang as you mentioned. If those two sad-faced ones insist on giving me a reason, I'll just tell them clearly that you don't like people with crooked ideas, and then the two of them will I have nothing to say. But I am still eyeing your boat and asking me if I can rent the new boat. I just said that you have already rented it, so there is no need to say anything. "

"Well, we've already fired them, how can we rent a boat to them again? It doesn't matter if we open it, let them know where they went wrong, otherwise they will think that we are unkind and agree to hire a fixed number of workers, but end up alone They both quit."

"When I go to sea in two days, I would like to mention a few words by the way and give the others a beating. Don't have any evil intentions."

"Um."

It rained continuously for two days before it cleared up again.

Ye Yaodong also happened to take advantage of these two rainy days to rest at home for two days.

Now that the rain has stopped, he has made an agreement with his father to wait for the Harvest to go to sea together the next day.

The Harvest also came back yesterday. It happened to be a two-day break. We can go out together tomorrow night.

However, he saw that the Harvest's harvest yesterday was not very good. It was said that most of the fish caught were crabs. For people like them who went far away, the crabs would die after being stored for a long time and could only be thrown back into the sea.

Ye Yaodong also knows that crabs are getting fatter in autumn, which is the season for eating crabs, and there is nothing they can do about the large number.

I brought back a lot of groceries. It happened to be sunny today, and work started in the workshop. Moreover, it was still the weekend. The children at home were all very energetic. They all ran to help work to earn money. In the workshop The efficiency has improved a lot. It was only half an afternoon that everything was dried and the work was done.

After receiving the wages from Lin Xiuqing, each of the children happily ran towards the canteen in the village.

I don’t get much wages for working part-time for a day, so I just treat it like buying snacks for the children. Sister-in-law Ye and Sister-in-law Ye won’t search for it. Unless they work for many days in a row and accumulate several yuan, then adults really won’t look at it. The child has so much money in his hands.

These children are now smart enough to take money after doing something, without accumulating it, and they go buy something to eat immediately after taking it. What they eat in their stomachs is theirs.

Ye Yaodong also took advantage of the weather to clear up and called Mr. Lin in the city in the afternoon when the shops were not supposed to be busy to inquire about the sales situation of lighters.

Father Lin was smiling from ear to ear on the other end of the phone.

"I called you in the morning, but I don't know if it's raining heavily here and the signal is not good. All the lighters you sent are sold out, and let me tell you, those lighters are all 10 yuan each. , and the wholesale price was 10 yuan each, and they were all bought together.”

He was surprised and said, "Didn't you tell anyone about wholesale for 8 yuan?"

"At the beginning, some people asked about it in the store, but not many people were willing to buy it. Although it was cheaper than the Friendship Store with less than 10% discount, they were only asking for a single item, so although there were many people asking in the first two days , but no one is willing to wholesale so much, so they only sell dozens of them individually.”

"But someone came to my door yesterday and said that he bought our lighters outside and wanted to come here to wholesale. I kept an eye on it and asked him how much he bought it for. He told me not to worry about how much he bought it and just asked me. How much does it cost to wholesale?”

"I told him directly that it was 10 yuan, and I wanted to wait for him to counteroffer, but he returned the offer without saying anything. He wanted to take away 1,000 yuan. He came over this morning and took the rest."

"I also thought that if he kept bargaining for a while, I would give him a lower price. Originally, bargaining was done between you and me, and in the past two days, when people came to ask about wholesale, I only said 9 yuan for more than 20 pieces. , I didn’t say 8 yuan, just leave some bottom line.”

"Yesterday, I looked at that person and thought he was unfamiliar. He was not a merchant or hawker who often comes to our store for wholesale. I also heard that he bought it from someone outside. I thought he should have bought it for at least ten yuan, so I said 10 Chuan, there was no rush to let go.”

"But I saw that he seemed to be in a hurry, so I didn't let him go, so he asked me to take him to inspect the goods first. After the inspection, he bargained with me. I saw that he was in a hurry to leave, and there were people urging me, so I held tight. He didn’t let go, so he had no choice but to give the money immediately.”

"His big truck was right outside and he moved it right away, within half an hour."

"Then this morning he brought a large truck over and moved the remaining 900 goods we had."

Ye Yaodong beamed, "Dad, you are really good at doing business. Please pay me the right amount. I will give you a big red envelope tomorrow for selling all these goods so quickly."

Father Lin also smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. "It's just luck. I happened to meet him. Otherwise, if I sold them one by one, it would probably take a month or two."

"It definitely won't take that long. We can sell dozens of them in the first two days. Once the reputation spreads, people will naturally be willing to wholesale. Everything is difficult at the beginning."

"You're right. In the afternoon, two or three people came over and wanted to wholesale 20 lighters. I said they were sold out and waiting for the next batch. It's so profitable and easy to sell. Hurry up and get another batch. Come here, don’t miss it.”

"Really? I said, at first people just looked at this thing, bought a novelty, put it on a load and sold it, or put it in a shop to try it out. When I saw some people asking, some people bought it, naturally Will come to my door and want to wholesale.”

"That's right, take a look and see when the next batch of goods will be available, so I can give an explanation to the customers who come to ask."

Ye Yaodong pondered for a moment, "Just say three or four days."

Originally, he wanted to go to sea with the Harvest tomorrow, but it seemed that he could only wait a few days. Tomorrow, he would have to go to Zhejiang Province first and then bring back thousands of lighters.

You're a bastard who doesn't make money.

This trip can earn you 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, which is much faster and less troublesome than going out to sea to fish.

No wonder so many people engage in smuggling and stop fishing...

He thought that he would get some more during this trip and sell them slowly, otherwise he would not have time to go back and forth every now and then.

I just don’t know how much quantity Fang Jingfu can squeeze out for him first? Damn, the output is also a problem, and he can't have the quantity he wants.

"Can it be available in three or four days? Okay, I understand. If someone comes to the door, I will let them wait three or four days to wait..."

"Hang up first, dad. I have to make a call first to place an order. Otherwise, we may not have much goods in three or four days."

"Okay, then you call first and I'll hang up here first."

Ye Yaodong hung up the phone and immediately called Fang Jingfu.

I don’t know if he was just waiting in front of the phone. He answered the call as soon as he called, and there was no need to send a message, it was directly from him.

"No need to look for me, I am Fang Jingfu, who are you?"

"I am Ye Yaodong."

"Ah, brother, what are you thinking about? Do you want to form a partnership? God, tmd, it's too difficult to borrow money."

"Uh...haven't you been waiting for my call?"

"No, there will be people calling me to place orders for lighters, so I have been at the research institute these two days, sitting in front of the phone and waiting for the call. Otherwise, if anyone else answers, it will be Fang Jingfu. Call me, this phone number has almost been contracted by me, it is my phone all day long, it rings non-stop..."

Ye Yaodong ignored his nonsense, interrupted him and asked, "Can't I get a bank loan? Isn't it easy to get a bank loan?"

"Hey, are you afraid of risks? You don't know that just a few days ago, I heard that someone was disassembling our lighters and comparing them with the goods of Friendship Store, and they were also studying it."

"I also want to find someone to share the risk with. Who knows what will happen in the future? Now the order volume is large, but there are also many people who follow the trend. There is no technical content in the first place, it is very simple."

"If you go to the bank, then you have to pay back the loan yourself, right? Find someone to share the risk, reduce the risk, and don't you bear less yourself?"

"Besides, bank loans still need approval, and the approval process is not that fast, and they may not lend me that much."

"Oh, I'm telling you the truth, I'm just afraid of taking the risk myself. I have too many loans and too much pressure. I originally planned to set up a small workshop and do it casually. Who knew it would be so out of control and the stall would be so big all of a sudden. I am so worried..."

"Brother, you don't know how much pressure I have been under recently. My hair has fallen out in clumps. I have pulled a lot of hair out. I didn't pay attention to the money, but I have invested a lot. I dare not tell my parents."

"I want to take out a loan. They will definitely know and scold me...It's okay to invest money from my family, but I have to prepare for loans and owe money to the country..."

Ye Yaodong didn't say a few words, and I heard him talking like beans pouring beans. I understood it, but I really felt that he talked too much.

I interrupted him quickly, otherwise he would talk endlessly and didn't get to the point.

"How much do you need?"

"Oh, at least 50,000. You need to advance the money to buy materials. If you don't plan to invest, then I can only bite the bullet and apply for a loan. I will do it without asking my parents. They will scold me. There is nothing I can do. The order has been received, but the materials have not been placed. The previous orders have not been completed..."

"You can call more workers anyway, the materials are ready..."

"No, the materials are being produced. The ready-made materials have been pulled over. I have hired more than 50 workers now."