Chapter 551: Thinking Beautifully

Brother Wu smiled and said, "Too kind, too kind, everyone has inconveniences when going out, helping out is what should be done, not to mention just borrowing a scale, you are too kind..."

"Should be, you help others, I can't take it for granted, although these fish jerky dried by ourselves aren't worth much, they are quite fragrant with rice, take them home and taste them."

"Hehe, look at what you're saying, where are they not worth much? I see you're selling them for 45 cents a catty, there are several catties here."

Ye Yaodong smiled, he wasn't so honest as to take all toadfish jerky, those toadfish jerky dried out quite large, dried out very large, one piece was over a catty, if he really gave him ten pieces, it would be expensive.

Inside, he also mixed in other cheaper fish, such as small eels that weren't worth much, this fish was cut in cross-section and spread out to dry, it also looked like a very long piece, but one piece was only about 3 taels, but all together it was worth about two yuan, how much does a small scale cost.

"Take it, take it, don't be polite, hey~ a customer is here, you go ahead..."

"Hey good, good, good~"

The fish jerky was accepted with a smile back and forth.

Taking people's things makes one's hands short, the scale was passed back and forth, Brother Wu didn't have any unhappiness, instead, he was happy.

Until he sold the hundred catties of shrimp skins first, he didn't immediately collect the scale and leave, instead, he waited there.

This made Ye Yaodong a bit embarrassed, he brought about 300 catties of goods this trip, there were 5 sacks, and there were still two sacks left unsold.

"That, return the scale to you, you've sold out, I'm embarrassed to occupy yours, making you wait here, it's almost noon."

There weren't as many small stall owners around as there were at dawn, many people sold their goods and closed their stalls, some breakfast pushcarts or bicycles left, and some were organizing things, planning to close early.

"What time do you plan to sell until?"

"Maybe sell until one o'clock in the afternoon, if it's not sold out by one o'clock, I can only take it home, the car back says it's at two-thirty."

When coming at night, they hired a tractor from the village, because the Mazu Temple was being built there, and they had to transport sand every few days, today they were sent here at dawn, and just happened to transport a cart of sand back nearby.

Therefore, they had to go to the city to take the car back on the return trip, the tractor couldn't take them.

They had already asked yesterday, the car from the city to their county was at 9 o'clock in the morning and 2:30 in the afternoon, after arriving at the county, they had to transfer immediately, if there was no car, they might only be able to walk home.

Sigh, he didn't know whether to say his luck today was good or bad.

If it was good, he didn't run into a boss who could buy all these fish jerky at once; if it was bad, he sold a hundred catties of these sporadic ones, sold 70 or 80 yuan, now it's not even 10 o'clock in the morning, it can be considered quite okay.

But the later it gets, the fewer people there are, at this moment he felt there were no people, coming and going were all scattered, not as grand as the crowded scene at dawn, and it sold relatively slowly.

Estimated that by one o'clock in the afternoon, at most it could only sell another half bag, maybe only sell a dozen catties, but coming from so far away, as long as it can be sold, insist on selling a bit longer.

Without a scale, can only wait a while and borrow from someone nearby.

Brother Wu also looked at him with difficulty, he couldn't waste time waiting for him.

Ye Yaodong directly put the scale into his basket, "Many thanks, you've sold out, then you go back first."

"Alright then, remember to bring a scale tomorrow."

"Hmm."

Don't know if there's time to come tomorrow, selling sporadically like this is actually okay, selling one or two hundred catties a day, can sell out the stock in a few days.

It's just a pity; if he could run into someone who would take all the goods at once, he wouldn't have to be so conflicted, but that's just wishful thinking.

After returning the scale, the father and son sat on the ground again, using sacks to spread underneath, planning to wait and see, there is still time, sell a few catties if you can, at least earn more travel expenses back.

Until just past 12 o'clock, after they sold another 20 catties, the second person who borrowed the scale also finished work and went back, Ye Yaodong's stomach was growling with hunger, looked at his watch, and didn't have the patience to wait any longer.

"Dad, finish work and go back, don't wait, fewer and fewer people, waiting longer won't sell a few catties, and there's no scale, go to the station to wait for the car early, don't know how long it will take to walk over, in case we miss the bus back, it'll be troublesome."

"Alright, then carry the remaining two bags back."

Ye Fu stretched his neck again, looked at the large building that was almost covered in the open space in the distance, and said regretfully, "This market is built too slowly, if the shop was in hand, we wouldn't have to set up a stall here, and the goods wouldn't have to be transported back and forth so trouble."

"Soon, it should be almost built."

"Go, go, the stall owners around have almost left, wait a while to take the car, don't know how long to wait, don't let it leave early."

Originally reluctant to leave early, but after talking, Ye Fu became anxious first, hurriedly folded the sack he was sitting on, stuffed it into the half-sold fish jerky bag, and then folded the other two empty bags and stuffed them in.

Ye Yaodong also folded the other two empty bags and stuffed them in, then tied a few circles with hemp rope, tied the mouth tightly, and tied another small hole to facilitate the shoulder pole to pass through and carry.

"Still two bags left, just right to carry. Sold three bags, almost 200 catties, not a loss to come here today."

As soon as he passed the shoulder pole through, his father walked to the middle and carried it.

"Then you carry first, carry half the road, or if you can't carry it, I'll carry it, take turns, this way we can rest, we've already entered the city, I guess we'll be there in a while."

"You forget it, you can carry two bags of grain and carry them into the ditch."

Ye Yaodong was speechless instantly, how long ago was that? What old sesame and rotten millet things are still being brought out to say.

"How long, still bringing it out to say."

"Not long, just things before the production team was dissolved a few years ago."

"Then you carry, you carry~"

Depressed!

Ye Fu grabbed the mouth of the sack on one side with one hand, carrying 100+ catties of goods, still appearing to have more than enough energy, walking without delay, and could chat with him while walking.

"If the weather is good later, we can continue to dry a bit more. Whenever it's windy and we can't go out to sea, we can come over to set up a stall and sell slowly. Although it's a bit troublesome, it's better than the wharf collecting it cheaply. When coming in the morning, I saw several large carts of toadfish, saying wholesale is 5 cents a catty..."

Ye Yaodong interrupted his father's words, "Not cost-effective, we only have a thousand catties a trip, sending it over is not cost-effective, a difference of 1.5 cents, the total is only a difference of ten yuan, and have to pay stall fees, and round-trip travel expenses. Didn't earn much more, can't compete with Acai for food, specifically collecting goods, right?"

"That's also true, it's more cost-effective to keep it at home and dry it."

"Actually, we can collect what everyone in the village dried, and mobilize the villagers to dry more, we collect it cheaply, earn some price difference in the middle, they can also earn more than selling fresh ones. Anyway, selling is also by the way, it's just selling relatively slowly, we don't have time to run to the city to set up a stall every day, otherwise it's quite feasible."

If only he could run into a wholesale merchant, he could boldly collect the fish jerky in the village and resell it, what a pity.

These few days of drying fish jerky, he was imagining it beautifully, but unfortunately...

"That's what I'm saying, although you can earn a lot of money in a day, if we have good weather, we still have to go out to sea to fish, we don't have so much free time to come over to set up a stall every day, can only come over to sell our own occasionally."

"Hmm, the shop is not in hand yet, collecting too much fish jerky at once, we have no place to store it, if it rains at the old house, it will leak into a sieve."

Regret~

The idea of getting rich is there, but the luck is a bit bad, didn't have time to keep up.

If the shop was handed over faster, he might be able to boldly let the villagers dry more when there is weather, collect their fish jerky, store it in the shop, and when it rains and is windy, he can come over to sell it when he has nothing to do.

Hiring people... he doesn't trust strangers, don't empty his goods, after all, he doesn't have time to come to the city every day, and relatives and friends don't seem to have suitable ones.

Headache, doing business seems quite difficult, it's better to fish, if it can be rented out, renting out the shop is the most trouble-free.

The father and son chatted while walking, after Ye Fu heard his proposal, he also felt very regretful.

Collecting some fish jerky in the village, setting up a stall casually can also earn money!

Now can only watch the opportunity to earn money slip away, which makes him quite uncomfortable.

Isn't Ye Yaodong the same?

"Dry and sell at home first, those dried at home are enough for us to sell for a few days, in case of rainy days, we can only sell fresh goods to Acai, can't dry them, can't sell them."

"Then wait until our goods are almost sold, if there is still no weather to go out to sea, collect some more from the village and send them over to sell?"

"Wait and see, who can say for sure about relying on heaven to eat? However, these few days, every household in the village has also dried a lot of fish jerky, when the time comes, if we sell out our own, we can consider it."

"Wait until the shop is in hand, if we run into good weather, we will dry more, tell your eldest brother and second brother to dry more, when the time comes, you collect them all, and collect the villagers' too, put them in the shop and you can buy more money."

"Thinking is all very good~ but you forgot? Eldest brother and second brother also have their own shops, where is it my turn to collect theirs?"

Ye Fu shook his head, "They are too honest, don't have your active brain, love to mess around, they at most follow behind you to sell their own little things."

Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, his father is praising him, right?

"Don't think too much, let's sell the goods at home first, today there are still so many left to go back."

"Bring less when coming tomorrow, save from having to carry them back."

"Bring one bag less, who knows how many goods can be sold every day? Hard to say how many can be sold."

"Also..." ===== CHAPTER 552 =====