Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Lin Xiuqing glared at the two children, "If you are so full that you have nothing to do, go and bring me the firewood over there. Go quickly."

"I know." Ye Chengyang ran towards the firewood piled in the corner.

"Humph~"

Ye Chenghu snorted at Ye Chengyang's back and followed him obediently to move firewood.

"Shall we eat first? There are so many here, I won't be able to finish cooking in a while."

"You go take a shower first, and I'll turn up the fire first. Then you can eat and cook at the same time. The inner and outer pots are burning at the same time. This will make it faster. Otherwise, with such a large quantity, you will have to work until midnight."

"Ok."

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Xiaoxi's little one and followed her two brothers to get firewood. He just rubbed her short hair when she passed by him.

She didn't know how noisy it was, and the strands of hair on her forehead were soaked with sweat, clinging to her forehead one by one. Her face was red, and she was grinning as she ran.

He ran to the back door and took a quick bath. While taking a bath, he heard the excited voice of her second sister-in-law next door.

"How can we divide so much? It's only been a few days, how can it be hundreds of dollars a month?"

"Oh, I should invest in a few more shares..."

"Then we can get back our capital in a few months? Aren't all the dividends from now on earned?"

"Great……"

"Ah! Then big brother suffered a big loss..."

"Why can't you say..."

"Then... did you give all those trash fish and shrimps to Adong? Don't you want some too? You idiot... so many quantities..."

"I've been spending some time at home recently...it's really..."

Don't suffer from lack and inequality, and don't suffer from poverty and anxiety.

So when it's time to count money, you still have to count money, even if it is worthless things, but since you have caught it, of course everyone has a share. It is not appropriate for him to keep it all for himself. He will have to explain it clearly to A Guang's house later.

If you should buy it, you still have to use it, so that it can last for a long time.

After washing, Ye Yaodong picked up the water from the basin, rinsed his feet, rubbed his heels back and forth a few times, then threw the towel into the basin and took it into the room, then sat at the table and wiped his feet with a footcloth. slippers.

There were already three or four bowls of food on the table. The ones he brought back were not cooked yet, so two or three more bowls would be enough.

The old lady was killing fish at this time, and was boiling small tubes in the pot. There was also a plate of washed shrimps on the stove, waiting to be boiled in turn.

She turned around and said to him distractedly: "If you are hungry, eat first. I will ask Cheng Hu to ask your parents to come over for dinner first, otherwise they will probably be busy with those trash fishes."

"I'll call you. I'm the only one with nothing to do. I can ride my bike faster."

"Then you go and come back quickly. The tube is ready. You can cook shrimps and fish. It will be quick."

"Ah."

The three brothers and sisters were carrying things back and forth at the door, working as hard as little bees. Smiles appeared on the faces of the two brothers again, and they were still laughing and competing to see who got more.

They were the ones who beat them, they were the ones who laughed, and they reconciled in just a short while.

He shook his head.

"It's time to eat, why are you pushing your bicycle out?"

"Go to the old house and ask my parents to come over for dinner, so that they don't have to look at the pile of fish and worry about eating."

"How can I be worried..."

Ye Yaodong listened to the voice behind him, without turning his head or responding, he got on his bicycle and went out first.

Mother Ye is indeed worried, the quantity is suddenly too much. Before, they only made a few dozen kilograms a day, but it is easy and trouble-free to make more than a hundred kilograms.

At this time, a thousand kilograms were brought back for her to cook, and the rest was okay, but there was no container. With such a large amount, she would not be able to use the water tank at home.

When he arrived, Ye's father and Ye's mother were discussing how to buy some large wooden barrels to help them out.

It’s not a problem to hold three hundred kilograms in a big wooden barrel. Buy a few more and marinate them first to avoid them becoming stale after being left overnight. Anyway, the wooden barrels can be reused after they are purchased.

Even if you buy more barrels, you will need to spend a lot of money, so the couple is a little hesitant.

"Dad, go buy it. I'll pay for it." Ye Yaodong got off his bicycle and interrupted.

The neighbors on the left and right should have seen the excitement. No one has been crowding around their door, and it's dinner time now. Now only his father and his mother are discussing at the door.

Ye Yaodong also thought that if the fish sauce was sold in his shop, all the money would go into his pocket, and it would be sold together with other products, and they would all be mixed together.If separated separately, it would be difficult for his father-in-law to do accounting. After all, they are both illiterate.

There is no separate packaging for this fish sauce. It is just like making soy sauce or vinegar in a large tank. It is filled with bottles and cans. The selling price is mixed with the dried fish. How can I have time to pick it out separately and record it as sold today? How many pounds?

It would be better for him to pay all the costs, and then give his mother some extra wages, so that she doesn't need to take risks and just has to produce a labor craft.

After all, she is getting older, so she can be more stable and take it if she has money. She doesn't have to worry about profits and losses. It would be better to worry less.

"You pay?"

Ye Yaodong called his parents into the house and told them about the matter. He had to explain it clearly, otherwise they couldn't keep working for him in vain, and he wasn't the only son.

After hearing this, Father Ye and Mother Ye looked at each other for a moment, and Mother Ye rarely thought about it seriously, "That's okay, you pay for the cost and materials, it's simpler, I will help with some work, and you can do the math as you like. wages.”

"Then I went out and said, your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law will not gossip. They think that we two old immortals are all looking for you and will help you with everything. If we calculate the wages, we can also shut their mouths."

"Also, we need to buy more coarse salt. We'd better order a few larger and taller wooden barrels. Otherwise, there will be too many and it will take up space. After all, you are not just fermenting. Several thousand kilograms.”

"I think you will be able to send back several thousand kilograms every few days. It is best to use one or two large barrels for one batch, pour them all in and ferment them. In the future, you can also know which barrel was fermented and how long it took to ferment it. Good fermentation.”

"After all, it won't be long before you have your own big ship. Then there will be more fermentation. This fermentation will take at least a year. If the fermentation continues during this year, more barrels will be needed."

Mother Ye became serious and spoke and acted in a clear and logical manner.

"What mother said makes sense, but it's hard to say how much fermentation can be done in the future. Let's ferment the ones that can be fermented now. Let's go eat now and wait until after the meal. Don't rush it now, wait. After dinner, I’ll ask Ah Qing to get you some money.”

"Dad will ride my bicycle to the carpenter's shop in Dongqiao Village next door to see how big the biggest barrels are. Buy a few, and then order ten large barrels that can hold [-] kilograms. If necessary, we will add more later. Also buy more coarse salt. return."

Father Ye was a little worried, "Although Aguang and the others said they would give you free money for those trash fish, these barrels are not cheap if you buy them in large quantities. Are you sure you can make money by making them? Will they be easy to sell? Quantity Is it too much? What if I can’t sell it?”

Mother Ye also asked, "Have all the ones I made last year been sold out?"

Ye Yaodong didn't mention Zayu's plan to calculate the money for A Guang. It wouldn't be much money anyway.

"It has been sold out for a long time, and it was sold out in less than a month. Some weighed one or two kilograms and sent them back, while others came over with jars and weighed twenty or thirty kilograms. After two and a half, they were gone. There was not much quantity in the first place. "

"Some people who have repurchased it later came to ask, but they couldn't buy it yet. They were very sorry. They kept asking when they would get it. I only asked my father-in-law to wait for a year and a half because it hadn't fermented yet."

"My mother's craftsmanship is very good. The fish we use to make fish sauce is very fresh. The fish sauce we make is salty and fragrant and sells well. After selling it once, why do you have to worry about selling it?"

"Once this is done, it won't go bad if you put it there. You can sell it slowly. It only costs the initial cost of the barrel. You don't need anything else. The small fish are all homemade, and the cost of the salt is not bad."

There is no packaging now, and we all use our own bottles. Later, it can be packaged in plastic bags or bottles. By then, there will be large quantities of ready-made fish sauce, and the assembly line will be out, right?

It will take a year for these to ferment. It will be good to take a look at it then. Otherwise, you can transport a large tank to the market store to sell it. There is a piece of paper on the door saying that wholesale sales of large quantities of fish sauce. Her mother's craftsmanship is good, so she must be. Easy to sell.

Ye Yaodong is not worried about sales at all.

Mother Ye was very happy to be praised by him. Her craftsmanship was recognized and someone could repurchase it. She kept asking questions. She was quite pleasantly surprised.

"There are really so many people saying yes? Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"What's the use of saying it earlier? We don't have that many trash fish. Most people use their own nets to feed chickens, ducks and pigs. There is still some left over for others."

"Then if you tell me earlier, it will make me happy, but I won't know anything."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. If he had said it earlier, his mother would have proudly told half of the village that he was very popular because of his good craftsmanship.

"Keep a low profile. Your son and son-in-law are very popular in the village now. Everyone in the village is envious of him. We don't need to tell the whole world what we do."

Father Ye also nodded in agreement, "Yes, don't go out and yell about everything. Just know your own affairs, so as not to make others jealous, like Dongzi was reported before."

"I know, I know." Mother Ye said impatiently and depressedly. She couldn't share the happy things yet. What should I do if my heart is broken?
"Let's go and eat first. Lock the door first and leave these fish outside. No one will take them anyway."

"Let's go, let's go eat first. After dinner, there is still work to do. There are so many fish, and we have to put them in the bucket with salt layer by layer. We have to work all night."

Father Ye went out first, while Mother Ye lagged behind with a bunch of keys in her hand, locked the door, and then trotted to follow the father and son.

On the road, I met some neighbors who were standing at the door with rice bowls in their hands. When I saw them, I would ask, "Have you eaten?"

The most classic and favorite greeting of the Chinese people!

Some people didn't know that Father Ye was back, and when they saw it, they asked kindly, "When did you come back?"The harvest should be good, right?
Father Ye's popularity in the village is quite good, especially after his three sons and one son-in-law have all achieved success, their status has obviously increased.

He smiled and answered all questions.

Ye Yaodong couldn't stand his parents stopping to talk while walking, so he rode his bicycle back first.

He finally understood why he sometimes asked his children to call someone for dinner. The child would come back soon and said that the person was behind him, but his mother had to wait half an hour before arriving at his house.