Chapter 1368

Worried about not having other things, but afraid of not having people?

Now, the least lacking thing is labor, and the cheapest thing is also labor.

As long as they can earn money, even if you pay them a little less, there are people willing to do it. It's just that you have to be decent to your fellow villagers; otherwise, even if you can recruit people, they won't be happy working, and if there's any loss, you'll suffer a big loss yourself.

Ye Fu sighed, "Only now can these days be called having something to look forward to. The old stay home to earn money, the young go out to earn money, and the whole family can have an income."

"Mm."

"Eating and drinking don't cost money, and everything earned is saved. Our village has really been much better than the surrounding villages these past two years; everyone has bought big-ticket items."

"Mm."

"Then after you go up with your friend, you must call back often to report that you're safe. The phone line is connected at home, so it's convenient to call anytime. I'll wait until you leave before I go out to sea, and I'll look after things at home for two more days."

"That's fine, Secretary Chen and the others will help look after things a bit more."

"How can we keep bothering others? Besides, can you ask others to shovel manure?"

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh; his father was becoming self-aware.

"You handle it yourself."

The father and son chatted all the way to the village pier; unloading was another major project.

Lin Xiuqing had also arranged it in advance, knowing the fresh-catch boat was returning today, and the workers were waiting there. It was a surprise that Ye Fu also returned today, so they just unloaded together.

"Dad returned together too, what a coincidence. I was wondering why you hadn't returned in the afternoon, all the way until evening."

"Almost finished unloading the goods in the morning, and just happened to have Dad return, so we just kept unloading, and by the way, hauled the goods to the city to process, and it's been like this until now."

"You guys go eat first, I'll watch here, anyway, everything has to be unloaded, right."

"Mm, then I'll leave it to you to watch. The goods to be unloaded are all on the deck, just let them move them."

The whole village was at its liveliest when the fishing boats docked; hundreds of men and women were in motion, instantly bustling with activity, people coming and going, carts coming and going, loading and transporting.

The nearby children also went wherever there was excitement; seeing them so busy here, full of people, they also liked to run around their workshop.

When Ye Fu returned to eat, he saw two little bald heads on the way and was stunned, thinking whose children these were, getting shaved bald in May.

When the two children ran toward him, he saw clearly that they were his own.

"No, why are these two shaved bald? It's only May, the weather hasn't even warmed up yet, they'll catch a cold, how could Huimei not even know this..."

After Ye Fu finished speaking, he squatted down, happily spreading his arms, wanting to hug his two grandsons.

Who knew the two little guys would dodge to the side and hug Ye Yaodong's thigh, "Uncle!"

Ye Yaodong rubbed a bald head with each hand, "Don't say, it's really nice to touch, really fun."

"Why did they get shaved bald, what time is it now?"

"Xiao Jiu and Xiao Yu picked a pile of burrs two days ago and stuck them all on these two heads. Well, that whole head of hair couldn't be saved, so they had to use scissors to cut them off first, and then take them to get shaved bald."

"These two kids are mischievous when they get together, even teasing their younger brothers like this," Ye Fu also went to touch their heads, "Don't follow your sisters all the time next time."

"Those two are still sleeping with their Great-Grandma, not moving at all."

"That's good too, let the old one help Huimei watch the kids, it can also reduce her burden a bit. The older ones and the two younger ones aren't even two years apart, and now the older ones are easily ignored."

"Mm, watch the kids if they like, let them stay wherever they want."

Ye Yaodong originally wanted to pick the two up and send them home, but who knew that as soon as he squatted down and reached out, both retreated, then ran to the side to continue chasing that group of older children.

"Only tiny tots, and they still want to follow that group of older children, truly something."

"Then don't worry about them."

The father and son took a look at the workshop; everything was being unloaded and slaughtered in an orderly fashion, so they went back to eat first.

With this boatload of goods unloaded, the only pending matter in Ye Yaodong's heart was settled. Now he didn't need to worry about anything; the things that needed to be done were basically done, and the rest could be summarized when he returned.

The layman came on the 9th to haul a truckload of goods; he estimated, following the previous trajectory, the next time he came might really be on the 15th or 16th.

The previous time was on the 2nd to haul goods.

He also gave instructions to the three children at home: in case the home phone rang and they weren't at home, but at the workshop, they must remember to go to the workshop to call their parents to answer the phone.

By the way, he also gave instructions to the old lady, telling her to just sit at home and wait for the phone, and not to follow them back and forth between the workshop and home with her cane.

And over these two days, he also let Ah Qing pack his luggage in advance, so that whenever there was a notification, he could leave immediately without making people wait.

"Then what about the money, how much do you plan to take up?"

"To lay the foundation and build a row of houses, wanting to accommodate about 300 people, that would need at least 30 rooms. I plan to build a multi-story building, build a row of 15 rooms upstairs and downstairs, first take 5,000 yuan, and if there's a need later, I'll remit more. It's not good to carry too much money on me."

"5,000 yuan is also a lot."

Lin Xiuqing muttered in her heart, now he's talking so big, 5,000 yuan isn't even considered a lot, and he even said it's not good to carry too much money.

"5,000 can only be considered a fraction. The three buildings for our three brothers cost over 4,000 to build at the time, and that's because the food and drink were all produced by ourselves, and the whole family was helping there, saving a lot of labor."

"Now we need to build about 15 rooms; although building a single room doesn't need that much area, the cost of building above is definitely higher, I estimate it might be more expensive than at home."

"I roughly estimated it myself, it might take about 20,000 to 30,000."

"But we definitely can't pay all the money to others as soon as we start working. I'll take 5,000 on hand, which should be more than enough. At that time, pay a little deposit first, then leave a few workers to supervise, and pay as we go. I'll transfer it directly to the foreman, and the workers only need to supervise and report the progress."

This was also what he had thought of in advance.

After all, it was impossible for him to stay up there and supervise all the time, and then do a little bit, and pay a part of it on the spot.

Like this, he could just take people up to supervise, and the payment for goods wouldn't pass through his hands.

Once the current progress was finished and more payment was needed, after the workers verified it, he would transfer the money and notify the workers to continue supervising, forming an effective cycle.

He could be at ease without watching from above, and wouldn't have to worry about giving out a sum of money and having people run away.

"20,000 to 30,000..." Lin Xiuqing repeated this amount, silently calculating in her heart if it was worth it.

"Once built, we can collect a sum of rent as soon as we go up in the second half of the year, and start recovering the capital. Think about it, the monthly rent is 20 yuan, from September to February is 6 months, 120 yuan, 15 rooms is 1,800 yuan. Other times can be rented again, so one year is 3,600."

"In the future, without doing anything, just collecting rent is 3,600 yuan a year, and the rent increases every year. I heard the rent up there is rising very fiercely, it definitely won't take 10 years to recover the capital, and everything after that is profit."

"It's mainly for convenience; our own family can use it. With so many workers at home, the trouble saved from renting houses doesn't know how much work can be done, how much money can be earned, and everyone can gather together, which is safer."

Lin Xiuqing had already taken the key to open the box and get money for him, "Got it, I'll count the money for you first, put it in the password box, and take it with you when the time comes."

"Mm, pack my clothes a bit more decently, and bring the toad sunglasses too."

"What for?"

"Clothes make the man, gold makes the Buddha. Going up isn't to go out to sea to work, and I'm still the Vice President of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce, so of course I have to look decent. Haven't been up there for a few months, definitely have to attend meetings and exchanges. I estimate the Chamber of Commerce center is also built; I'm a big contributor."

"Got it."

"Dress better, so when I go out, everyone knows I'm a rich boss, and they'll have to give me a bit more face."

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes, continued to count money for him, and after counting, put the money in a cloth bag for him, and then stuffed it into the password box.

"Do you want to take one or two guns, just in case?"

"Yes, by the way, pack two or three sets of bedding for me, put them in a sack, and I'll hide the guns in them when the time comes. Anyway, I have to bring my own quilts when I go up."

"Okay, the quilts are all packed for you. If you need to prepare for the workers, I'll stuff a few more sacks."

"Yes, need to prepare for the workers."

Lin Xiuqing later simply prepared pots, bowls, and ladles, anyway, they could all be used when they went up in the second half of the year.

Those workers wouldn't return halfway after going up, and they would have to wait for the main force to meet up after the houses were built. The things brought up in advance could also be used when the time came.

She prepared everything, and the miscellaneous items were packed into several sacks, all piled in the corner, just waiting for the notification of when to set off to leave.

Ye Yaodong was also tearing off the calendar every day, keeping an eye on the date.

Later, it was Ye Xiaoxi who rushed to the workshop to shout that there was a phone call for him, and he hurried back with a trot.

"Whose phone call, did they say?"

This was already the 3rd time this girl had run over to shout that there was a phone call for him in the past few days, and every time she shouted happily that there was a phone call for him.

The first two times were phone calls from Lin's father, making him happy for nothing.

"He said he was looking for Comrade Ye Yaodong. I asked Great-Grandma who Ye Yaodong was, and Great-Grandma said it was you, and told me to come call you."

"You don't even know what your father's name is?"

"Dad is called Adong, Dongzi, Salty Fish Dong! Dad, how come you have several names, and I only have two!"

Ye Xiaoxi fell behind with a trot, not forgetting to shout back at him.

The surrounding children heard this and said one after another that they only had one name, and some also said they had two.

Ye Yaodong didn't care about the little person's problem behind him.

Running home to answer, this time it was finally the layman.

After all, it was his own home phone, so he didn't feel bad about the phone bill, and the phone wasn't hung up, just left on the side waiting.

The layman said they would return to Zhoushan the day after tomorrow, the 16th, and would go to the city to pick him up early in the morning, telling him to prepare in advance.

Ps: Too sleepy and tired, my eyelids were fighting since 12 o'clock, kept forcing myself to finish writing.