Chapter 1633

Qiaoqiao has been very diligent with his live streaming recently, while Chen Yunyun in the village, who used to hold her phone and wander around the village live streaming every day, has actually quieted down.

Yun Duo went over after work and dinner—mainly because her sister's food at home isn't as delicious as the canteen's.

Her brother-in-law is absent as usual. Now that the temperature has risen, he spends all day fussing over his own land; he doesn't feel at ease if he doesn't take a look at night.

The sisters chatted for a long while, and Yun Duo asked curiously: "Sister, didn't you want to open your own account and bring goods later when you slowly became popular? Why haven't you updated recently?"

She has been working for a while now and has gained quite a bit of insight: "If I have time, I can even be a moderator for your live stream."

Chen Yunyun has inevitably tanned a bit this summer, but the sisters' appearances are still delicate and pleasant to look at. She said to her at this moment:

"Don't apply the work experience you got from Qiaoqiao to me. There are so many people doing agricultural live streaming on the whole internet; who is the same as Qiaoqiao?"

"Some people just have that great luck and that eye-catching appeal that makes people like them; that's their ability. Your sister has been live streaming for over half a year, and I haven't even gathered 1,000 fans; what do I have to compare with others?"

Yun Duo also laughed: "Qiaoqiao is irreplicable; I can't apply that. But when you live stream, I can help you look at the barrage."

Chen Yunyun shook her head: "Many beautiful places in the village now belong to Qiaoqiao's family. I stopped streaming in early spring—using someone else's scenery to get my own traffic isn't how things should be done. What's more, Song Tan even pointed out a path for me."

She sat beside her sister excitedly: "Your brother-in-law's earthworm manure is almost ready to be sold. I'm hesitating whether to ask Qiaoqiao or ask Secretary Xiao Zhu to open that live stream in the village."

Before doing this earthworm manure, Yun Duo had already done the groundwork in advance and had also told Secretary Xiao Zhu to ask her for a favor to shout out in the live stream.

For farmers to find their own path and use the village's shared sales channels, Secretary Xiao Zhu's assistance in helping farmers is only right and proper.

But...

Chen Yunyun was a bit conflicted: "Your brother-in-law tosses and turns at night recently and can't sleep; he's under a lot of pressure. I didn't expect this earthworm manure to have such a high output, and I'm afraid it won't sell out and we won't recover the costs..."

After getting along for half a year, Yun Duo has indeed changed her view of the brother-in-law she originally looked down upon—

Regardless of what others think, his ability to do hard labor is top-notch. Listening to his wife is also top-notch.

Just take this earthworm manure; Chen Yunyun wanted to lend a hand, but he wouldn't let her, doing it all himself from morning till night.

Looking at other people's production factories, it seems quite easy, but that requires machinery.

Their family is small and poor; to save costs, they really didn't configure any machines and relied entirely on human labor.

Others build cement pools; her brother-in-law bought bundles of bamboo himself to build plastic sheds.

It's not durable, and bamboo isn't as sturdy as angle steel; it can't be built very high, and the ventilation conditions aren't as good as others'...

But just say if it's cheap or not!

Others use crushers to crush the earthworms' food scraps; her brother-in-law uses a chopper himself, cutting it meticulously once or twice every day.

For the thick plot of earthworm breeding beds, if you want to keep the earthworms unharmed and maintain fermentation efficiently, others use compost turners.

He is actually able to turn it from morning till night, turning this patch today and that patch tomorrow, carefully and without stopping for a single day.

The breeding beds also need to maintain a certain humidity, but they can't be too wet, so a spray system needs to be configured.

Their family only has two acres of land; installing this spray system actually isn't too expensive, or they could just pull two spray sprinkler carts or water pipe faucets.

The ones used by gardeners, a set for a few hundred yuan is already very good.

But to control costs, he actually carried a pesticide sprayer on a hot day, spraying water over and over again.

If you run into someone with a bit of brains, you really have to say 【money should be spent on the cutting edge】; doing it this way isn't worth it!

But for Chen Yunyun's husband, this is quite worth it!

All the flat land at home is used for this earthworm manure; he turns the earthworm beds just like he usually digs land and weeds.

Spraying is just like applying pesticide.

Building a shed and ventilating, drying, and preventing rain and cold every day is just troublesome, and it didn't take much effort!

As for how cumbersome crushing the feed is...

When planting land, you still have to worry about whether it rains or whether the sun comes out!

This is just another form of farming; if you invest too much money in farming, wouldn't you lose everything?

Therefore, the family only has three sets of machinery so far, which really cannot be replaced—

A separation sieve, used to separate the earthworm manure.

A low-temperature dryer, used to dry the earthworm manure; otherwise, it's too wet and takes up too much weight, and it's not conducive to preservation.

And a packaging machine—it's just a very simple plastic bag with a pull-string seal. If you aren't skilled in operating it, the line is easy to pull crooked.

The biggest costs in the entire startup process are, firstly, buying earthworms, and secondly, buying what earthworms eat—

Fruit peels, vegetable scraps, residue, sawdust, cow, sheep, and rabbit manure; it's really hard to collect these in the village, so he could only aggrievedly spend money to find people in the city to buy them.

But looking at these raw materials, you know it's really not expensive.

The expensive part is that to facilitate transportation, he bought a tricycle.

Adding all these miscellaneous things together, saying it didn't cost money, it actually cost quite a bit.

Now that sales are about to start, the pressure has suddenly emerged again.

Although he listens to his wife, he actually doesn't understand the earthworm manure market very well and can't figure out what price this thing needs to be sold at for people to buy it.

The couple tossed and turned, pondering for a long time; there are all kinds of ways to sell it online, making it even harder to refer to.

Therefore, they are anxious about gains and losses and have even less confidence.

Yun Duo looked at her at this moment:

"Sister, is there a need for so much pressure?"

Chen Yunyun patted her:

"What are you saying? Your brother-in-law can't have worked hard for nothing for several months."

"Besides, if we weren't organizing this earthworm manure, how much money would those two acres of land have earned from planting vegetables? Look at Teacher Qi's grandfather; the little old man only has two or three cents of land, sowing some chicken feather greens and lettuce, and he can sell them once a month. They're 6 yuan a jin!"

Do chicken feather greens and lettuce need management?

Just loosen the soil and sow the seeds.

If you want them to grow neatly, you can just sow the seeds neatly; take time to look for bugs, moths, etc. It looks much simpler to make money than what they are doing.

If they lose money, it's not just the labor cost they've lost; they've also missed out on several months of wealth-making opportunities!

For a small family, how can they not feel the pain?

Yun Duo laughed:

"You can't say it like that; there are those who make money and those who get beaten. Some vegetables look old if they ripen on the tree for one more day."

"If no one buys these chicken feather greens this week, people will start picking and choosing next week. Although this business of yours delayed these few months, the output per batch is large. If it really all sells out, there can be at least four or five sales periods a year; isn't that quite good?"

There were people in the village who planted okra; I heard that many young people love eating this now.

As a result, the okra on the branches would get old if not picked for one day, but there weren't people coming to buy okra every day.

Later, there was no other way; after harvesting one batch, they ate it themselves, and no one planted this anymore.

Chen Yunyun sighed:

"Look, didn't we circle back to the original point after all that? I'm just worried that it won't sell out in a short while."

The output of earthworm manure is large; if it doesn't sell out once, it piles up, and next time more will pile up. They have to specifically clear a room to put these... it's also troublesome.

But, Yun Duo has no experience in selling earthworm manure either.

Searching online at this moment, she couldn't help but frown deeply:

"Why are the prices high and low?"

Yes.

Chen Yunyun pointed to the shop in front:

"Look at this; you can buy 20 or 30 jin for 30 yuan. And this one; it's 4 or 5 yuan a jin."

"Right now, firstly, I don't know how to set the price, and secondly, without a rough sales volume, it's hard to negotiate the price with the courier."

"Also, those large-scale managed earthworm manure operations can produce five or six tons per acre, or even more."

"Expert Yan and the others came to guide us, saying that this shed isn't high enough and the ventilation isn't enough. Furthermore, without machinery, the human precision still hasn't kept up. If it's really done well, everything that should be prepared must be prepared."

In addition, the bamboo-built shed isn't wind-resistant.

It's fine because the weather is good recently, but if there are thunderstorms and strong winds in summer, it's very easy to be blown away.

This will also require further investment later.

With all these things, Chen Yunyun just doesn't want to do farm work, but it's not that she doesn't feel sorry for her husband—

If they make money, they can at least afford more equipment!

The two sisters are really strangers to this industry. Expert Yan and the others can find people in this industry, but there's no reason for them to introduce their customers over!

Chen Yunyun's biggest worry—

"I'm mainly afraid that your brother-in-law won't recover his costs and will lose his spirit."

Whether it's farming or doing anything else, spirit is the most important thing. Once there's no hope, doing things will become perfunctory, and then things will only become more and more ruined.

Yun Duo thought for a moment and laughed: "Then let's just go ask the boss."

"Even Qiaoqiao knows that if you don't understand, you have to learn. We really don't understand; asking and mentioning it isn't a bad thing!"

"If Qiaoqiao feels he can help, sister, you can give him a gold pendant to thank him. It's not much money, but it's our heart."

"If it's inconvenient on his side—we have to understand this; the things their family sells are different, and we can't waste the fans' trust like this."

"Then we have Secretary Xiao Zhu's live stream to fall back on."

"Think about it; our village has such a leader; isn't it much easier than others having to find their own path when starting a business? Otherwise, why would you think of just doing it?"

"So! What's the pressure? If there's pressure, we'll just straighten things out one by one."

"Where's my brother-in-law? Tell him to stop tidying the land tonight; it's his own business, so he should listen to what he should listen to."

She said this series of words, not forgetting to send a message to Song Tan to ask in advance.

After getting a reply, just as she was about to give Chen Yunyun a bright smile, she saw her sister looking at her with an exceptionally complex expression, and then she touched her forehead.

"I told you you should study! After studying more and working for a period of time, people become more spiritual."

She suddenly laughed again: "I used to pull you all along; now you're pulling me along too."

The Song family had finished their meal and were strolling and chatting in the square. The villagers now spend their daily leisure time here, talking endlessly about small matters from all around.

But how could these small matters be as interesting as earthworm manure!

Not to mention Chen Yunyun and Yun Duo, who were confused about this, the Song family hadn't been in contact with it either.

They only know that their own fertilizer is composted and fermented on the river beach, but they haven't figured out the specific principles of how to do it yet.

Song Tan thought for a moment and replied to Yun Duo: "You can ask Sister Yanran and the others to come and discuss it together."

When it comes to professionalism, it has to be these few!

It's just that it's after-work hours now, so of course, the sincerity for Chen Yunyun's business must come from her.

However, Yun Duo had already done the favor in advance. Now that she asked for help, the three senior and junior fellow apprentices ran over quickly—

Anyway, they were idle, and there was no entertainment in the village.

But.

Earthworm manure! It's also a good topic!

The group gathered at the Song family's house.

If there's any improvement in life after having money, it's that Wu Lan is very willing to turn on the air conditioning.

The central air conditioning basically never stops; it's no longer the stingy habit of having to finish quickly whenever opening the refrigerator!

Everyone sat in the living room; the room was cool. It was late at night, and there was no tea, but there were various snacks and fruits—

Fragrant melons, sweet watermelons, lotus leaf and dark plum tea to drink at will, and even a basin of golden-yellow fried rice with various diced meat and scrambled eggs inside.

Wu Lan couldn't be more enthusiastic. Seeing that everyone had arrived, she carried a basin of melons to the kitchen, cut them in half with a crack, scooped out the pulp, and gave everyone a spoon.

There's no need to cut them finely; everyone can bite them with a spoon or just gnaw on them directly, always able to fill their stomachs.

Especially the fragrance of the melon.

It's thick and sweet; smelling it makes one's appetite open wide.

The three of them, Sister Yanran, looked at each other and knew that if they were diligent, there would be benefits!

Chen Yunyun was quite embarrassed, but she was never a coy person. Gratitude didn't mean much just by saying it, so she went straight to the point:

"My family's earthworm manure has been collected a bit now. Firstly, I don't know how to set the price, and secondly, I'm not sure if it can be sold, so we're a bit unsure."

After speaking, she pushed her husband.

The honest 40-year-old man sat there, unable to say a word. Hearing this, he opened his mouth.

He opened it and closed it again.

Finally, he smiled embarrassedly: "I only know how to work; it's better to listen to Chen Yunyun."

He thought for a moment and added: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't sell; we'll just save more and sell it slowly. We'll bury the rest in our own land; the vegetables will grow well next year, so we won't lose money."

Song Tan laughed instantly: "With this mindset, you will succeed in whatever you do."

Lu Chuan was also quite interested—rural life has made up for many of his common sense shortcomings, and now writing things and portraying characters makes it even more impressive.

At this moment, he asked the first question:

"Regarding this pricing, do you have any rough ideas in your mind?"

Chen Yunyun pursed her lips, a bit nervous: "I have to buy packaging bags and send couriers; the courier cost is estimated to take up the bulk."

"I was thinking, can it be similar to the good prices online, like 9.9 yuan for two jin."

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