bookcurios Chapter 236
Chapter 236
A few days later, Butler Fang's carriage stopped at the gate of the small courtyard.
"Uncle Fang, your Fang family needs so many. Can I ask where you want to ship them to sell them?" Zhong Ruyi asked.
She waited for a few days and finally Butler Fang arrived, but the amount he asked for was so much that it made her feel overwhelmed.
They wanted two thousand cans of three kinds of canned food, one thousand cans of pork jerky, and five hundred each for chili sauce and meat floss. Zhong Ruyi doubted whether they could sell so many.
Moreover, she heard from Mrs. Yu when she came to pick up the last batch of goods yesterday that this time they would basically have the fleet transport all the canned goods to Jinzhou.
People there like spicy food, so they order more.
Zhong Ruyi was worried that the Fang family would compete with the Yu family. What would she do if so many cans of food were thrown into their hands?
Butler Fang nodded and said, "We are shipping them to Jinzhou and Nanzhou. We go to Nanzhou a lot, so the pork jerky and meat floss should sell well. We can also try to sell the chili sauce there. If it doesn't work, we will send it to Jinzhou."
Seeing Zhong Ruyi frown, he explained, "Don't worry about us confronting the Yu family. Jinzhou is such a big state, we only need to go around a few counties and they will be sold out."
Jinzhou is indeed big and has many mountains. As long as the two families don't sell in the same place, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell the products.
But two thousand cans were still too many, and Zhong Ruyi did not agree at the moment. She just said that she wanted to go and see the raw materials for making the cans.
The raw materials are nothing more than chili peppers for making chili sauce. This father planted one acre of land, and the 800 cans of chili sauce that Mrs. Yu wanted before have already consumed a lot of it.
Although peppers will continue to bloom and bear fruit for several months after being planted, five hundred cans probably are not enough.
Dad saw that he did use a lot of peppers, so he planted another two acres a few days ago. However, it will take another two or three months for them to grow.
Zhong Ruyi mentioned this during dinner that there might not be enough peppers. Father Zhong frowned slightly and said, "If I had known, I should have planted more peppers. You wouldn't have run out of peppers now that you need them."
It’s not that there’s no more, but she’s just afraid that it’s not enough, so Zhong Ruyi doesn’t dare to agree to it rashly.
There were some in the space too, but the quantity was so large that she didn't dare take them out.
Li Guihua said casually, "Aren't there a lot of wild ones in the mountains? Can't we just ask people to pick them and buy them for us?"
Yes, there are wild ones on the mountain. Zhong Ruyi’s eyes lit up.
At that time, we can just pretend that the peppers in the space were picked from the mountain. At least we have a reason to take out the peppers in the space.
Zhong Ruyi gave Li Guihua a thumbs up and said, "Sister-in-law, you are really awesome. But picking peppers can be done by the children in our village. We can pay them five cents per pound and let them pick the peppers and send them to the small courtyard."
"Okay, let Cuicui tell the children in the village tomorrow. They will definitely be happy to do it!"
Five cents per pound. When the villagers heard this, they were all surprised. When did this wild spicy fruit become worth so much money?
Some people didn't believe it and went to the Zhong family to ask, "Ruyi, is it really five cents per pound? You are not lying to us, are you?"
Zhong Ruyi did not give a perfunctory answer. Once she told everyone that she needed so many chili peppers to make the sauce, everyone believed her.
Didn't she rent a yard to make canned food before? This month, the small yard has returned to peace. The villagers have asked those who helped Zhong Ruyi make canned food, but no one is willing to say.
Even Aunt Tian, who usually talks a lot, kept her mouth shut and didn't utter a word.
Now everyone in the village who could go to pick peppers went there, and some diligent children could pick dozens of kilograms a day.
After picking the fruits, we took them to Zhong's house, weighed them, and paid them on the spot.
Children must be accompanied by an adult to take the money, otherwise with so much money in a child's hands, it is inevitable that they will be targeted by someone with ulterior motives.
The braised food store in the town has put up a sign stating that the owner's wife is going to have a baby and the store will need to be closed for a month.
Mother Zhong counted out fifty coins and said to the little girl in front of her, "Go and call your parents over, otherwise I can't give you this money. What if you lose it?"
The child who rushed home to find his parents soon came back, this time with his mother.
The woman rubbed her hands, her face full of excitement, "Aunt, I'm here to help Eryue collect her wages."
Mother Zhong didn't give it to her directly. She just waved to the little girl who was watching them talking and said, "Come here. This salary is yours. I have to give it to you. You can give it to whoever you want."
Er Yue took the fifty coins handed over by Zhong's mother with sparkling eyes and smiled brightly. She turned to the woman and said, "Mom, let's go back. I'll buy you a new set of clothes tomorrow!"
The woman's eyes were slightly red. The child still remembered that his mother-in-law favored his eldest sister-in-law and bought a piece of cloth for her to make clothes, but he himself did not even receive a piece of scraps.
The mother and daughter went home hand in hand. There were several other children present who were called back by Zhong's mother and asked the adults at home to come and collect the money.
"Auntie, please help me see how heavy it is!" Wang Laizi came forward with a backpack, smiling.
He can't help people build houses, but he can pick peppers.
As soon as he heard that the Zhong family was going to collect wild spicy fruits from the mountain, Wang Laizi, his father and mother, carried their backpacks and went up the mountain.
But they are all lazy people. No matter how motivated they are, they work slowly and leisurely.
Mother Zhong didn't say anything. She took the basket he handed over and weighed it on the beam scale. "Eleven catties, five cents per catty, a total of fifty-five cents."
How embarrassing, Zhong's mother thought, she couldn't even compare to the little girl in front, who picked ten kilograms and earned fifty cents.
Wang Laizi went with three other people to pick the fruits, but they only picked eleven kilograms.
I counted out fifty-five coins and gave them to Wang Laizi. He was actually quite happy to receive the money. He smiled and said, "Thank you, auntie. Will you still accept it tomorrow?"
It is true that lazy people have good fortune. As long as you earn enough to spend, it's enough and you don't force yourself. This is also good.
Mother Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, you can pick them and send them over. If you don't want to accept them, we will tell you in advance."
It wasn't until it was completely dark that fewer people came to deliver peppers.
The harvested peppers were placed in the warehouse. Zhong Ruyi slipped in when no one was paying attention and came out quickly.
She had already put a lot of peppers in the warehouse, and she would come over to put them there whenever she had time.
The next day, Butler Fang came again, and this time Zhong Ruyi agreed directly.
However, the goods are not delivered all at once. You have to pay three hundred each first, and then someone will come to pick up the rest.
After agreeing on the order, Zhong Ruyi rubbed his hands and smiled embarrassedly, "Uncle Fang, the price I give to the Yu family is 150 coins per can. The original price is 200 coins per can. You also know that my cost is not low."
Butler Fang already knew how much Zhong Ruyi offered the Yu family. He nodded in understanding, "You need to collect half of the deposit first, right?"
Zhong Ruyi smiled reservedly, "Yes, Uncle Fang, it's not that I don't trust you, but we'd better not use money to test people's hearts, right? After all, we haven't signed a contract or anything. What if you don't want this thing after I make it, then I will be miserable, right?"
"It just so happens that I brought some silver here today. Here are two hundred taels. I'll give you the rest after all the goods are delivered." Butler Fang didn't say anything more and placed a heavy bag of silver on the table.