Chapter 203 A lot of money
Chapter 203 A lot of money
At around nine o'clock, everyone killed and cleaned the cuttlefish, arranged them and sent them to Chen Yongwei's house. They stretched the cuttlefish with bamboo strips and hung them on a bamboo rack.
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Luckily, Dad got up early in the morning and asked a few uncles to help make the frame and weave a lot of bamboo strips, otherwise we would be at a loss now."
Li Changle said proudly: "So, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared."
The sister-in-law in the next room laughed and said, "Ah Le has learned a lot from Teacher Zhou, and his speech has become more elegant."
"Of course it's different when you have a teacher at home!"
With strength in numbers, it didn't take long to hang up all the cuttlefish. Mrs. Li took the women who helped her home to get their wages.
Grandma Chen asked Chen Yongwei and Li Changle to move the unused small bed in the attic to the eaves, install it and hang up the mosquito net, planning to sleep outside and keep watch tonight.
Although her yard is surrounded by a wall, there are cuttlefish worth hundreds of dollars hanging inside, as well as dried shrimps and silver pomfret heads.
It’s okay during the day, but at night I’m afraid three hands will climb over the wall and steal things.
Chen Yongwei originally thought that he was the one keeping watch outside, and after hearing this, he hurriedly said, "Grandma, you don't sleep much anyway, so it would be better for me to keep watch outside."
"How can you guard here?" Grandma Chen looked at him with a smile, "You couldn't even hear the thunder when you fell asleep. The thieves came in and took away all the dried fish, and you didn't even know it."
Chen Yongwei: "I brought Da Huang home, and someone's dog barked twice, and I woke up."
"It would be good to bring the dog with me, so that I don't have poor hearing and can't hear clearly."
Grandma Chen looked at her grandson lovingly, "Grandma, you can take a nap during the day. You have to go out to sea early tomorrow morning. Dozing off on the boat is no joke."
"Ah Wei, just listen to grandma." Li Changle said, "Let's go back and help peel the remaining mantis shrimps. We need to share the money from today's sales later!"
Chen Yongwei smiled and nodded, and the two brothers walked out.
"Brother, I heard from my sister-in-law that there are a few beads that are sold for 280 yuan each?"
"Nine beads for two hundred and eighty! Before you left, I asked your sister-in-law to pick out three small beads to keep, and also picked out some interesting beads from the unformed beads. When you have some spare money in the future, I'll have them make some jewelry."
"Why don't you let your sister-in-law keep a few good ones?"
"She said she doesn't like big ones, she only likes small ones, what can I do?"
"Obviously the bigger one is better looking. I think my sister-in-law is just like my grandma. She is reluctant to spend money and says the smaller one is better."
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?" After hearing this, Li Changle suddenly felt that what Silly Awei said made sense. It was very likely that Anan was reluctant to spend money, so she said she liked the small beads.
If I sell it now, I won't get the same price when I buy it back. There are many shellfish in the sea that produce pearls. I will find her better pearls later.
When they got home, they had almost finished peeling the last pot of mantis shrimp.
Xiang Xiaoyu was no longer as reserved as he had been when he first arrived, and Xiang Xiaoxing also became much more lively, talking and laughing while playing with the Li family's other children.
"Go wash your hands, have some snacks, and then go back to bed, so you don't wake up hungry in the middle of the night and can't fall asleep." Zhou Ruonan and Li's mother came out with rice and flour and said to the children.
Li Xiaohai said hurriedly: "Mother, I ate a lot of mantis shrimp, I want a small bowl."
"Okay!" Zhou Ruonan put the small bowl in front of him and said to Xiang Xiaoyu who was about to leave, "Xiaoyu, Xiaoxing, don't leave yet. Eat at grandma's house before going back."
Xiang Xiaoyu pulled his brother and said, "Teacher Zhou, let's eat..."
Mother Li smiled and said, "Xiao Yu, I'm hungry now after dinner. Grandma's cooking is not delicious, so just have one bowl."
Li Xiaoqing put the noodles in front of Xiang Xiaoyu and his brother, "Sit down and eat. Boys should be more straightforward. Don't be so shy like little A Nan."
Li Xiaoyang nodded, "Yes, you treated us to rice candy before."
"Thank you, Grandma Li, Teacher Zhou!"
Xiang Xiaoyu thanked him and took his brother to sit down, thinking about their life since their parents left...
As the two brothers were eating, tears began to fall uncontrollably. They quickly wiped their tears and started eating again with big mouthfuls.
After Li Changle and his brothers finished their meal, they went to his house to divide the money and talk about the matter.
Brother Li closed the door and took out the 8,240 yuan sent by Chen Dong from the sack and placed it on the table, "This is the money sent by A Dong, and the more than 80 yuan sold today.
I'm telling you, your sister-in-law said that ever since she got the money, she felt uneasy about where to put it, so when she went to work on the new foundation, she asked her father and mother to watch outside, fearing that someone would sneak into the house and steal it."
"With so much money, I wouldn't feel comfortable with it."
Chen Yongwei said as he took out the money from selling octopus and bulk goods today, "I still have 500 yuan here!"
"I have some too." Li Changle went back to the house and took out the list and money, and took out the bundles of Great Unity and put them on the table.
Several people looked at the bundles of oysters on the table and their eyes widened. More than 10,000 yuan! They earned it all. Brother Li and Chen Yongwei never dared to dream that there would be a day when they could earn tens of thousands of yuan, and even thousands of yuan by opening oysters.
Li Changle looked at the three people with a smile, and took out two hundred and fourty from his trouser pocket, "This is the money for the three small beads that An Nan took.
Together with the 5,800 yuan from the gold shop and the 130 yuan from the pharmacy, the total sales amounted to 6,170 yuan.
We took away 575 kilograms of dried oyster meat, which we sold for $1.20 per kilogram, for a total of $690. We also took away 124 kilograms of eels and mackerel heads, which we sold for $186.
Twenty-five pounds of dried shrimps were sold at 2 yuan per pound for fifty yuan, and one hundred and sixteen pounds of green croaker heads were sold at 20 cents per pound for twenty-three yuan after rounding off.
Thirty pounds of dried water fish were sold for nine yuan at three points per pound. I spent ninety yuan in total on buying cigarettes, making friends, and the transportation and making the container.
Collecting fish and shrimp this afternoon, plus hiring people, cost a total of 767 yuan, leaving a total of 6,270 yuan here. "
Brother Li and his friends looked at the money on the table and were so happy that they didn't know what to say. "That's good. After the house is built, there will be some extra money at home."
Chen Yongwei just smiled foolishly.
Brother Li rubbed his hands happily, "I thought if I was lucky, I would have to work until the end of the year to pay back the money I owed for building the house, but I didn't expect to have extra money in the blink of an eye."
Li Changle was also very happy. "My family has some extra money. I plan to go to the pier and the shipyard to inquire about the price of the iron boat after receiving the reward tomorrow afternoon. If it's suitable, I'll order the boat."
Chen Yongwei smiled innocently and said, "Brother, don't give me my money. Use it to buy a steel boat. Don't think of leaving me behind to work alone."
Big Brother Li and Second Brother Li immediately followed up, "As for us, let's order a bigger one this time. By the time the boat is built, the money we have saved should be enough."
Li Changle said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, brothers fight tigers together. Even if you don't mention this, I will drag you to do it together.
Now is different from the past. You can make money by going out to sea and by selling dry goods. I have calculated that, excluding labor, Shuichan and Qingzhangan have half of the profit.
The profit margins for mackerel and eel are nearly half, and for dried shrimp is only 40%. The school has to send several hundred kilograms of dried food every two weeks, and the school earns several hundred yuan a month. "
Brother Li and the other two did the math and found that if Shuichan and Qing took half of the profit, that would be one cent, 40% of the dried shrimp would be eight cents, and mackerel and eel would be seven cents.
Looking at him in surprise, "If you hadn't told us, we wouldn't have discovered that selling dry goods is much better than selling fresh goods."
"It won't be that much if you count the wages." Li Changle looked at them, "School is about to start, and Anan has to go to work. All the housework depends on the three old people and my sister-in-law to help.
This way, they won’t have time to make nets or sun hats to earn wages, so I think we should pay them some wages.”
Big Brother Li smiled and said, "It's only right that we pay Grandma Chen, my mother, and my father. Your sister-in-law and the others should help with the work. We give them all the money we earn."
Brother Li nodded, "That's right, how can you pay people for working for your own family?"
Li Changle shook his head and said, "Brother, you can't calculate the account like this. You also know that after the dry goods business is established, the work of washing and drying is not a matter of one or two months. I decided to pay them one dollar a day starting from September."
When we went there, Anan said that their family accounted for the majority of the dry goods business, and the three old men helped with the work, and they would never complain no matter how long they worked.
But it’s different for the two sisters-in-law. They may be able to work for a month or two, but after a long time, they are bound to complain.
It’s not that they are petty and narrow-minded, because that’s how human nature is, and she would be the same if she were in their shoes.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, the three of them had no choice but to nod.
"The family matters are settled now." Li Changle looked at the three of them, "Let's talk about the shop in Lucheng.
My mother-in-law said that once we have enough goods ready to put on the shelves, she will charge us 30 yuan a month for rent, and then it will be a matter of commission. You two can discuss how much we should give her for each pound of dry goods?"
Chen Yongwei was very straightforward, "Brother, I don't know how much is appropriate, I'll give you whatever you say."
Brother Li thought about it for a while, but couldn't come up with a solution. "That's right, we don't understand this, just do it yourself!"
Brother Li also said, "We haven't even sold anything before, how can we know how much is appropriate? Why don't you ask your grandmother how the people in the city give, and then we can give the same amount!"
Li Changle: "My mother-in-law said that everyone in the city does business on their own and doesn't sell for others, so she doesn't care how much it is.
All I hope is that we can start off in harmony, and when we quit, we can also part ways in harmony.
But I don't think this is a good idea, because once we start doing it, it won't be a one-year or two-year thing. We should set the rules first to avoid any rifts in people's hearts later.
Go back and discuss it with sister-in-law and grandma, and tell me before the fish ordered by the school is dried."
Chen Yongwei felt that this was impossible.
Brother Li and Brother Li II thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, but they really had no idea how much was appropriate to give.
"Okay, let's go back and discuss it with your sister-in-law and then tell you."
Li Changle picked up the money and said, "We have to collect fish and shrimps to dry tomorrow. We'll keep one thousand yuan as capital and divide the rest. When I find a good boat, I'll see how much the deposit is and then I'll ask you for the money."
(End of this chapter)