Countless thoughts flashed across Yan Yu's mind in an instant.
"Dad! Why haven't you ever seen a ship hit us?"
"It's said that the river in our section is too narrow for large boats to pass. It is said that small boats can pass in previous years, but this year there is a drought and the water is shallow, so they won't go." Yan Laoer replied.
"Does that mean we can develop on waterways in the future?" Yan Yu's thinking began to diverge again.
Li Xuemei glanced at her and said calmly: "What is the purpose of development? The purpose of opening up transportation routes is for trade. How big of a business does our family need to transport on a large scale? Charcoal? Xiangjizi?"
Yan Yu felt that her mother's tone was very problematic, as she seemed to look down on her family's two major industries.
"Mom, as long as you make some money, no matter how your luck is, let alone charcoal, you may not be able to ship spicy rice in large quantities."
Li Xuemei analyzed it very objectively: "Fragrant soap is not a necessary thing. There are too many things that can replace it for cleaning. The price is about one tael of silver, and not many people can accept this price.
You sold a batch in Yongning City. I think the market needs to digest it for a while.
If you want to sell a lot, you have to lower its price.
For us, as long as there is sufficient supply of raw materials, it is still very profitable to make small profits but quick turnover, but that would be too eye-catching.
It’s not like there are no similar products on the market. There are always some reasons why people don’t sell them cheaply. I’ve wanted to tell you this for a long time. It’s best to control the shipment volume of Xiangjizi and sell them every month.
The amount should not exceed...fifty yuan."
Li Xuemei gave a number.
Fifty?
The father and daughter looked at her at the same time, glaring in the same way.
"Mom, fifty yuan, if we sell it in the store like we did before, it may be less than forty taels. Isn't it too little?!" Yan Yu was the first to protest.
Yan Laoer followed closely: "That's right, the average is only one or two per day..."
Li Xuemei said quietly: "Forty taels a month, just over one tael a day, which is already a lot. Look at the people in our village. They are very happy to earn dozens of taels. Cui Langzhong's family is even more so.
We were busy till late at night, and our daughter said that the couple could earn two to three hundred cents for a few days' hard work. Your sister was so happy that she almost fell down when she left our yard.
Now you two, father and daughter, are telling me, too few?"
Yan Laoer: Is my sister so unbearable...
Yan Yu: No! I feel like my little money is about to leave me...
"Mom, my uncle is now the household secretary of Huju City, so we don't need to be so careful, right?" She could understand her mother's concerns, but she still wanted to fight for it again.
"Temporary... petty official... unworthy..." Li Xuemei said softly.
Puff puff!
Every time he said something, it felt like a knife was inserted into Yan Yu's body...
This is...a fact!
"But mother, we need money to store food!" Yan Yu was struggling to her death.
Li Xuemei looked at Yan Laoer: "I still have fifty taels, and we still have two ginsengs.
With our current financial resources and current food prices, we can buy a lot.
Also, you can’t store too much, and you have to consider storage issues. If you don’t store it well, the more you buy, the more it will be wasted.”
Yan Yu: Surrender with both hands and feet.
She had indeed neglected the matter of storage, and it was not as comprehensive as her mother thought.
A mother is a mother, and she is always the one in charge of the family!
Yan Laoer slapped his thigh and said, "I almost forgot, we have to dig a cellar."
cellar!
Yan Yu also remembered: "How about adding an ice cellar? Store some ice in the winter, and wait for an ice drink in the summer... Wow! It feels cool and my heart is soaring!"
"Du Xiu Du Xiu." Yan Laoer nodded and said, "It's quite hot here in summer. Even if we don't eat, we can still use it as a refrigerator. We don't have to worry about not being able to store food in the future."
Yan Laoer started to talk to Master Lu about it, and Yan Yu also wanted to go and listen.
Li Xuemei had seen too many of their father and daughter's tricks and waved them away.
The two men walked out front and back as if they had been granted amnesty.
In a tacit understanding, we walked to a place where we were hiding from others.
Yan Laoer sighed and squatted down, Yan Yu followed suit.
"Your mother has made up her mind and can only think of ways to sell more money based on the unit price." Yan Laoer said with a frown.
"Dad, have you thought of anything?" Yan Yu asked.
Yan Laoer: "What else can I do? Open my own store and do terminal sales directly. It has to be opened in Fucheng. There are many people there and business is easy to do."
The rent is probably not cheap.
Also, I remember what your uncle said at the beginning, add this and that to this spicy sauce to improve the quality...it can also increase the price and take the premium route."
Yan Yu looked at her father with admiration: "Dad, I knew I wouldn't be able to trouble you."
"Tell me what's going on with the food hoarding," Yan Laoer said.
Yan Yu hurriedly told her father her speculations and what her uncle said.
Yan Laoer pinched his chin: "So your uncle is also in favor of buying grain. If we go further, where else can we go, Longxing or Fengming.
It just so happens that your father has just been there and the road is quite familiar. It is easier to go from Longxing to Fengming. You can go by land or water.
It would be great if the big ship could be brought to our side. It is pulled by a car, and the transportation capacity is limited. It will cost a lot of money for food and accommodation along the way. If there is an inspection by an official, some money will have to be given as accommodation.
It's really better to take the water route.
On this river, there is no chance of officialdom, and on the other hand, fish can be fished from the river at any time.
Gee, how much money will you save? If you can go all the way down the river from Fengming, it will probably be much faster than driving."
Yan Yu nodded his head repeatedly: "I also think this waterway has great potential. If we go upstream, we can go to Longxing and Fengming. If we go downstream, we can cross Gufeng to Changping, or even directly enter the sea, Changping
It is separated from Linhai Mansion by a river. If the boat is strong enough and goes all the way south along the coast, the map will be opened up..."
"Don't think so far ahead, focus on the present."
Yan Laoer rarely became serious: "The boatmen over there in Longxing are very arrogant."
He told Yan Yu about finding a boat to cross the river outside Longxing City.
"Then let's go downstream to find it, dad. In fact, it's best to have our own boat, so we don't have to be restricted by others."
"Not to mention that buying a boat seems expensive, who knows how to row it?"
Yan Yu: "Dad, you have forgotten. Sister Yu said that people in her place can build a raft and float around the world. Why can't we? Since the water level is low this year and it is difficult for the boat to move, let's build a raft and give it a try.
, the most you can do is fall into the water and just swim to the shore, the water in the river is so shallow..."
"When you think about it, you can swim or I can swim." Yan Laoer stared at her.
Yan Yu chuckled and said, "Dad, you know it, don't you know how to dog-paddle? Don't worry about how good it looks, as long as you can swim."
As for her, she is a complete landlubber.
"Besides, our family has advantages that others don't have. We are not afraid of trial and error." She said mysteriously.
"What advantage? Why didn't I know?" Yan Laoer was puzzled.
