Chapter 647

Several consecutive days of good weather made the village look busy and prosperous.

The entire village was once again hung with dried fish after a month. Ye Yaodong took advantage of the machine being broken to hire someone to repair it, and he rarely took a day off.

But he didn't go out to sea, and he started weighing goods again. The villagers had dried a large batch of fish in these past few days.

The ones in his house were basically still intact. Now he had to collect another large batch. Today, his eldest brother's and second brother's houses could still pile them up, but if he collected more in the next few days, they wouldn't fit.

He had to transport all the dried fish from home to the city to clear out space.

The army only wanted 2,000 jin that day and didn't want any more later. They probably hadn't finished consuming them, and he didn't know when they would want more. It was convenient to transport them all to the city to store them.

He also thought that he hadn't been to the city for five or six days. He would transport a batch of dried fish at night, take the opportunity to see how Lin Fu and Lin Mu were selling the goods, if they were used to it, and bring them some vegetables to eat.

He didn't expect the two elders to have adapted quite well. Not only had they become familiar with the only four or five shop owners around, but they had also planted mustard greens and chives on the roadside.

"It's a good thing you sent the dried fish over today. Otherwise, I would have had to call you after dawn. If we sold for another day or two, we would have sold out."

Ye Yaodong actually calculated the time before coming. If there wasn't an output of several hundred jin, just selling retail like this, it would be about finished in these two days.

And he hadn't received a call, which was a pity. He thought that the scalper Zhou Laoban could sell him a few thousand jin of goods, but now he could only leave them there to sell retail slowly.

At two or three in the morning, it was the time when the market had the most traffic. Ye Yaodong went to unload the goods first, and after unloading, he went to the shop to help.

Until the sun rose and the sky was bright, the people coming and going in the market decreased a little, but there were still many; it was just relatively not as busy.

Ye Yaodong was so busy that he took off his cotton jacket. It wasn't until eight or nine o'clock that he completely sat down to rest, caught his breath, and drank some tea.

"Dad, are there so many people every day recently? Why does it feel like there weren't this many when I came a few days ago?"

"That's right. It probably rained those days last week, and the new market had just opened, so there weren't many people. In the last few days, the number of people has increased day by day. Yesterday, from the moment we opened, we didn't even get to sit down."

"That's a good thing."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's a good thing. This shop was really opened correctly. I was worried that your money wasn't worth spending, but now it looks quite good. It won't be long before we can probably break even."

Lin Fu said while handing him the cloth bag he was carrying on his back: "The money from the morning sales is all inside. I collected the money from the sales of the past few days and hid it in another shop; otherwise, with people coming and going in the shop, if I put it in the drawer, I wouldn't even know when someone stole it."

Lin Mu also smiled and added: "There are several hundred. We don't even dare to keep it on us. As usual at this time, we go back to hide what's on us first, and then come back."

"Hey, it's a good thing you and Mom are here to help me watch and help me earn money; otherwise, I would have earned much less. Without you, I couldn't be such a relaxed shopkeeper."

This was his sincere talk. Now he also knew how much he had missed in his previous life.

He said while taking off his cotton jacket and pouring the money from the cloth bag into his own cloth bag.

"Hehe, we're all one family, why talk about thanks? It's just that you'd better bring a bit more over. I've noticed that there have been quite a lot of peddlers coming to buy dried fish in the last two days. Every day someone wants fifty or sixty jin, and even in the afternoon, people come to buy."

"There's no large Liberation truck; otherwise, one trip would finish it. I'll go around the market later to see if anyone knows how to drive a large Liberation truck, so the tractor doesn't have to make several trips. There's still work waiting for me at home, and I can't run here every day."

"Yes, yes, it's best if you can send it over in one trip, so you don't have to take time to run back and forth. The weather has been good these few days; if it doesn't come out for a day, it's a day's loss."

Ye Yaodong nodded: "I'll go around the market and buy some breakfast on the way back."

"No need, no need, we have a pot of porridge boiling on the stove, it's been simmering there. We'll just eat that later, don't spend money outside."

He also saw the coal stove in the corner. It was probably boiling from the moment they opened, and there wasn't much fire to be seen underneath.

"Then I'll buy a few meat buns, just right to go with the porridge."

There was no earthen stove here, only a coal stove, so cooking was a bit inconvenient. The two elders probably hadn't eaten anything decent these past few days, let alone meat. At most, they had some dried fish. Although they didn't eat meat a few times a year in the past, living here was indeed inconvenient.

If all the goods from home were transported to this shop, they probably wouldn't have space to sleep and move around.

Ye Yaodong thought while walking out. Maybe he could go to a nearby village later to see if there were any old houses to rent, or buy one if possible, but he didn't know if they would allow it.

Theoretically, it wasn't strictly managed now; as long as the village agreed, it would be fine.

Having a house nearby made it convenient to eat and live, and there was a market here. It was only a matter of time before the surrounding area developed. Getting a nest there wouldn't be a loss.

Old houses were very cheap now, and he was quite well-off. Buying a small one for the two elders to live in first wasn't a problem.

The two elders called from behind, telling him not to buy, that they could just eat porridge. Ye Yaodong pondered this matter and didn't look back.

"Shop No. 12, Ye Yaodong's call, Shop No. 12, Ye Yaodong's call..."

A half-grown teenager ran past him like a gust of wind, shouting as he ran, instantly pulling his thoughts back.

He hurriedly turned back and trotted to catch the young man: "I have a call? Where is it?"

"Ah? You're Ye Yaodong? It's inside the market, they said they'd call back in five minutes, go wait."

"Lead the way, lead the way..." Ye Yaodong pulled the young man and hurried toward the market, his heart burning hot. He only left the phone number in the market for Aqing and Zhou Laoban.

If there was nothing, Aqing wouldn't call. He was more inclined to think it was that Zhou Laoban calling.

There were too many dried fish piled up at home. Although selling them slowly wasn't a worry, they couldn't be piled up anymore. Selling them off early could save some trouble, and the two elders could go home to stay for a few days and rest.

When Ye Yaodong entered the market, his steps were hurried, but when he came out, his steps became incomparably light, and his face was full of spring breeze. Even a fool could see that something good had happened.

Thinking about this, he felt much more comfortable in his heart. Although the value of the things compared to the tripod was like heaven and earth, at least it was better than the top but better than the bottom, and Mazu also benefited.

It was incredibly easy, and he lowered the price to 40 cents a jin, which was equivalent to him selling off all the dried fish at home at once.

Business was indeed easy to do these days; everything could be sold.

He happily bought five large meat buns and returned to the shop. Lin Fu and Lin Mu were already eating porridge, and they even filled a bowl for him, placing it on the side to cool.

And on the table, there were two small bowls, one with a few pieces of dried fish, one with half dried radish and half pickled mustard, and on the side were two small jars, which were the jars for the radish and pickled mustard, exactly the same as the meal from a few days ago when they first arrived.

He thought that a few days ago was just because they had just arrived, hadn't fully settled down, and weren't familiar with the surroundings, so they just ate casually. He didn't expect it to still be like this now...

No, at least there was an extra bowl of dried fish...

He could already imagine their lunch and dinner...

A miscalculation. It's a good thing he discovered it early.

He estimated that the bowl of porridge on the table was also something they saved from their own mouths and specially filled for him; otherwise, they wouldn't have known he came early this morning.

He would go and rent a house for them first later. They had to have an earthen stove to properly cook some meals, and having a house would also allow them to sleep more securely.

Living in the village would also allow them to exchange for some vegetables with the villagers, which would be more convenient.

"Eat two buns to get full, they're still warm."

"You eat, you eat, we have enough porridge..."

"I've already eaten two just now, one more is enough. You each eat two; otherwise, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

They would probably only be willing to eat if they knew he ate more than them.

Lin Mu smiled happily: "Although your business is good, you can't spend money like this. Five large meat buns cost 50 cents."

"Eat, it's nothing, it's just the money for one jin of dried fish. You can help me sell two or three hundred jin a day."

After eating, he would go to the nearby village to take a look.

Lin Fu asked curiously: "Just now, from far away, it seemed like I heard someone say there was a call for you, right? I saw you follow that child."

"Ah, yes!" When he came back, his attention was diverted by the food, and now he had to hurry to rent a house for them, forgetting to tell them.

"Zhou Laoban, who came a few days ago, called and said he wanted 3,000 jin and would come to pick up the goods tomorrow. I said the tractor wouldn't necessarily arrive here at what time tomorrow. He said he would directly call someone to drive a large Liberation truck to my village to load them."

He had to ensure the quality and so on; if it wasn't good, he wouldn't take it. There was no need to say these later words; this was certain, and he had confidence in his own things. He had basically touched every bag.

Lin Fu was happy: "3,000 jin, buying such a large quantity all at once?"

"Is this person so rich? With such a large quantity, how are they going to sell it after taking it back?"

"You're stupid. They have a large Liberation truck, are they worried about selling? They must be running all over the country to sell it. Isn't this better than us just selling here?"

Lin Mu smiled and patted her forehead: "Look at me, I was so happy I became stupid. That large Liberation truck runs long distances, back and forth all over the country, what isn't easy to sell? Selling so much at once is much easier than us selling a few jin by a few jin."

"Who says it isn't?" Lin Fu looked at Ye Yaodong again: "Can we have such a quantity at home?"

"Yes, yesterday I weighed a few hundred jin, and this morning I pulled a cart over. The rest should be almost enough. If it's not enough, I'll collect a bit more when I go back in the evening."

The weather has been good these few days, and in the next few days, we can store another few thousand jin. I was originally worried that there was no place to put the goods and that I would have to transport them to the city several times, but now it's good, it's much easier. When the goods here in the city are sold out, we can go back to the village to rest for a few days."

"We don't mind, your earning money here is important. Eat first, eat first. After eating, let's go to the other shop. I'll give you the money from selling goods these past few days. You count it and take it back in the afternoon, so it's not safe to leave it with me with people coming and going."

Ye Yaodong nodded.

After getting this money, he estimated that the final payment for the large boat was enough, and he wouldn't be short of money.