Chapter 765

The workshop to be built doesn't have to be very large, but the open space must be large so that it can be spread out for drying. By the way, he can also build a warehouse!

After drying, they can be directly stored in the warehouse and then transported to the city. The shop in the city can also be vacated for rent.

Seeing that the market is gradually becoming more crowded and shops are slowly increasing, it is estimated that someone will rent it soon.

Kill, dry, store—get everything done at once!

It saves him from building a warehouse separately, which would be opposed by his father and wife. Building a small workshop and fencing in a piece of open space for drying—they can't have any objections to that, right?

Otherwise, the courtyard can't dry such a large quantity now. Hanging them at his two brothers' doors all the time is not a solution, and it will affect other people's daily lives. Besides, what if there are thieves at night? He is a big household in the village now!

Lin Xiuqing was surprised for a moment, but she couldn't say anything against it. They had so many goods at home; they couldn't just dry them anywhere on the open ground, right?

It's fine during the day, but what about at night?

"This is going to cost a lot of money again, right?"

"Approving a piece of open space won't cost much money. However, it's urgent to be busy catching cuttlefish now, and there's no time to hire people to build it, but no matter what, the land must be bought first."

"I heard that the fellow villagers all think the feng shui around our area is good, so building houses there is now the first choice. Let's buy the land in advance first; otherwise, if it's bought by others, there will be no open space near us."

"After we get through this time, we'll build it slowly. We only need to take out a little bit of the money we earned to build it. Once it's built, we can dry toadfish in the winter."

"This year our four boats are fishing there, so there will definitely be more goods. This small workshop must be opened; otherwise, in our small courtyard, people won't even be able to squeeze in."

Lin Xiuqing felt that what he said was also very reasonable.

In the past, when several thousand jin of fresh fish goods were piled into the courtyard, people couldn't even walk, and they all had to pass through the back door. Today was the same.

If the quantity is even larger in the second half of the year, there must be an open space for people to kill fish, and there must also be a place for their own drying.

"Then let's buy a piece of land first, preferably one that's circled closer..."

"Just that piece of open space on the other side of the road next to the older brother's house. Circle it all in; the land is big enough. It won't affect the older brother and the others' farming or anything. Anyway, it's on the other side of the road and close to us. If anything happens, they can hear it."

The grass on that piece of land grew taller than a person. Originally, this area in front of the beach was all desolate because it was too close to the sea. No one built houses or farmed here; they all built houses by squeezing into the village.

Therefore, there were basically no courtyards to be seen in the village. Any empty space was used to build houses. Some houses had no empty space in front, behind, or on the sides, so they just added a second floor and built it into a multi-story building.

"But after the land is bought, we don't have stones or bricks to fence it in, so there's still no place to dry them. This quantity is too large and expensive. It's not safe to put them outside to dry. If we collect them and put them at home at night, they'll be smelly after being covered for a night..."

Lin Xiuqing suddenly realized that after this land is bought, there is no way to build it immediately for a while, so they still have no place to dry them. What he just said only made it convenient for the future; now they are still at a dead end.

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt it was right. This is convenient for the future. For the next few days, if they want to dry a large quantity of cuttlefish and dried fish, it will also be a problem.

Thinking about it, it's still more convenient to collect ready-made ones, directly letting the fellow villagers share the work. Once they dry them, he can just collect them.

But cuttlefish are too expensive. If he collects others', he has to pay money out, and he has to give others profit. Drying his own goods, calculated, only pays for his own labor costs.

"Otherwise, invite your older brother and second brother over? Let them take turns helping to watch at night, and calculate it as wages? There shouldn't be much work in the fields now, right? Your older sister-in-law and second sister-in-law should be able to handle it, right? By the way, call A-Yuan over, and I'll take him out to sea to let him go to the island to pick up cuttlefish? It can also let them earn a little more?"

Lin Xiuqing's eyes lit up. "That works. Call my older brother and second brother and let them come over to help us. Earning some wages is also fine. If the fields aren't busy, my two sisters-in-law can also be called over to help kill fish. Anyway, the children are all quite big, and they can cook for themselves. Every few days, they can take turns going back to check the fields, which is also fine."

"That works. Since you have no objections, I'll go call your older brother and second brother later and let them come over tomorrow. Anyway, A-Yuan won't study, so let him take half a month off. Your big niece can study, so let her stay at home to study well and take care of the group of little ones."

"Right, good."

"There's one more thing. You have to help me calculate the accounts. How much money is appropriate to sell the cuttlefish for? I've asked the fellow villagers and my father, and they all said that about five jin or a little over five jin can dry out one jin, and the difference isn't much."

"Then I'll calculate the cost. We hire four people to kill them, nearly two thousand jin, and the wages will be six or seven yuan. I asked my mother a few days ago, and she said cuttlefish are light-dried and don't need salt..."

Lin Xiuqing wrote and recorded while speaking...

"How many jin are these that the older brother and second brother just sent back?"

"920 jin, adding up to a little over 2000 jin. Calculated by cost, the goods in our courtyard are about 660, and the wages aren't much. Let's calculate it as 670..."

"A little over two thousand jin, drying out less than 400 jin. Let's calculate it as 400 jin first. The cost per jin is about 1.67 yuan. If calculated as 380 jin, it's 1.76 yuan. How much do you think is appropriate to sell for?"

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and said what he had thought on the road just now, "It hasn't been dried yet, and there's no accurate number. We can only estimate an approximate one. Calculated at 1.8 yuan, it has to be sold for 2.8 yuan, so that we can earn three or four hundred more a day!"

"Ah! Drying them, earning so much more a day... Will it be too much? Our own two boats fishing for a day only sell for this much."

Lin Xiuqing was surprised. Is this profit calculated too high?

"Is it much?"

"Isn't it much? Our own two boats can originally sell for over 300 a day. If these are taken back to be dried and then sold, won't we earn seven or eight hundred a day in total?"

"And if you want to sell for 2.8 yuan, others will collect them, transport them on the road, and there will be road fees. Then they will wholesale them out. If they wholesale them for over 3 yuan, won't they have to sell them for 4 or 5 yuan retail?"

"Is it too expensive? If others can't sell them, can they still ask to buy from us? This price can be calculated by others, and they can basically estimate an approximate cost. Selling too expensive is also not appropriate."

Ye Yaodong touched his chin and thought that he indeed seemed to be a bit greedy.

He has to give others room to make money so that he can sell a little more. Otherwise, if it's a one-off deal, won't his subsequent goods be unsellable?

"Then how much money do you think is appropriate to sell to others?"

"These cuttlefish of ours are all dried by ourselves, and we don't need to collect ready-made ones from outside, nor do we need to give money to others to earn. Calculated, it's all earned by ourselves, so it's fine if we buy them cheaper. Let's calculate it as 2.5 yuan? Then if others want to bargain, we'll give them a discount of one or two mao?"

"Then 2.3 or 2.4 yuan? Calculated at a cost of 1.8 yuan, earning 5 or 6 mao? If three or four hundred jin are dried out a day, we'll earn one or two hundred more?"

Calculated this way, it doesn't seem to be a small amount?

One or two hundred is worth his going to drag nets for two or three days. And this only requires hiring people to come over to dry them. After all, he is considered the wholesale source, so he must give others room to make money.

"Yeah, think about it. We don't need to do very tiring work. Just take the goods back and hire people to kill and dry them, and we can earn one or two hundred more a day. And as the goods become more and more plentiful, we can definitely earn more a day. Earning 200 is definitely possible. Calculated, isn't it also a lot?"

"This fishing season can last for ten days or half a month. Earning two or three thousand more in half a month, isn't it also a lot? Last year, we didn't stop for the whole fishing season and only earned about 2000 yuan. This year you don't need to be too troublesome; just dry them and you can double it."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Makes sense. Small profits but quick turnover. After all, the fishing season has just begun. There are so many days later, and we are still counting on earning more money. We can't scare people away."

"Yeah, anyway, as long as we earn money, it's fine. And earning 5 mao per jin is also earning a lot. Fresh ones are only 3.5 mao per jin."

"Fine, then I'll call and tell others 2.5 yuan, giving them room to bargain, and by the way, call your older brother and second brother and A-Yuan over to help."

"Good. If others still want it cheaper, we can make it cheaper by one or two mao. Anyway, we didn't collect goods from others; they were caught by ourselves."

"I'll see the situation."

Making it cheaper by one or two mao is a lot. After all, he is only estimating an approximate one now, and they haven't been dried yet.

"Do you want to wait until after dinner to go? You've been running back and forth, and haven't sat down to rest for a while."

"It's fine. I went out after 12 o'clock today and didn't work for many hours before coming back. I don't feel very tired. It's fine once the matter is handled."

"That works. You go first. I'll just cook a soup. Father also went home to take a bath first. By the time you finish the phone call and come back, we can eat together."

"No need to wait for me. If they come over, you guys just eat first. Just leave me a mouthful of rice."

Ye Yaodong said while walking toward the back door. When he came back just now, he parked his bicycle at the back door. The courtyard was too crowded.

Riding his bicycle all the way, he pondered it again in his heart and felt that he couldn't be too ruthless or earn too much.

When the price drops day by day, he will have to lower the price to sell later. Others must be familiar with the market price.