diskusbooks Chapter 111 Selling Grain (6)
Chapter 111 Selling Grain (6)
111. Selling grain (6)
Is it simply a matter of not having enough space in the house?
Su Jinru shook her head: "There are other reasons as well. I can only get one truckload at a time."
The other party said nothing more.
However, Su Jinru was also quite anxious. She only sold five tons of potatoes once a week. When would she be able to sell all four hundred tons of potatoes in her space?
Moreover, every twenty days, she can harvest 50,000 jin of potatoes, or 25 tons, from the five mu of land in her space.
This size is getting bigger and bigger.
She planned to investigate Yuan Wenjie further to see if he was as trustworthy as he appeared.
If he is indeed someone she can get to know better, she can sell him more each time.
After meeting him three times, Su Jinru found that Yuan Wenjie was indeed a reliable person. He was very tactful, asking questions when he should ask questions and not saying things he shouldn't say.
On the next two occasions, Su Jinru asked them to pick up the goods during the day, because she was actually afraid that it would be bad for her at night.
No matter what Su Jinru said, they did it. Whether it was the agreed time or a small favor, they did it.
For example, if Su Jinru asks them to bring more sacks, she can pack the potatoes into the sacks beforehand, which will save time and effort when moving them, and the potatoes will be less damaged if they are in the sacks.
Yuan Wenjie immediately brought a hundred sacks.
In this way, Su Jinru can instantly move the potatoes from her spatial storage into the sack, and then simply tie it up.
And they always pay in cash. They're quick and efficient, never dragging their feet.
Having determined that Yuan Wenjie was an honest and trustworthy businessman, Su Jinru allowed him to come with two trucks each time, selling ten tons each time.
And so, little by little, Su Jinru sold off all the grain in her stockpile.
She couldn't supply the grain she sold to them at fixed times.
Once or twice a week, the time can be set on any day between Wednesday and Sunday.
At first, Su Jinru tentatively sent him the goods once a week.
Later it was twice a week.
The reason for doing it twice a week is to give them time to process it.
Potatoes can be kept fresh by storing them in a space.
If you give him too much at once, he won't be able to digest it all at once, and the potatoes won't keep.
A small amount of potatoes is easy to store, but a large amount is not easy to store.
However, Yuan Wenjie was quite capable; he could quickly sell out 20 tons of potatoes a week.
If they don't sell out, they won't be able to keep up with cash flow.
Seeing how readily he pays each time, exchanging money for goods on the spot, I know that this amount of money is no burden for him when he comes to pick up the goods.
It took more than six months for Su Jinru to sell all the potatoes in her inventory. During this period, another 135 tons of potatoes were produced in the space.
They then sold another ten tons of sweet potatoes.
In total, they earned 540,000 yuan.
Adding the 10,000 yuan she earned from selling to the production team, Su Jinru now has a huge sum of over 550,000 yuan.
After the last batch of goods in the inventory was sold out, at 1 p.m. on another Thursday, Su Jinru told Yuan Wenjie that it would be ten days before there would be any more goods.
Yuan Wenjie became anxious.
"It won't be available for another twenty days? Why is it taking so long this time?"
"Because we can only sell you goods after the harvest!"
"Do you have anything else? Like sweet potatoes, rice, or fruit?"
"I'll sell you another 200 jin of rice at two yuan per jin, and some apples, pears, peaches, grapes and watermelons, which is about four tons."
Yuan Wenjie exclaimed in surprise, "You have so much fruit! This is a rare find. How much is it per pound?"
Su Jinru thought that ordinary people with money would only buy some grain to fill their stomachs. People who could afford to buy fruit must not be hungry and must be rich. Why not make money from rich people?
Su Jinru said, "All fruits are eight yuan per pound."
Su Jinru thought the other party might try to bargain. Her target price was five yuan per jin, and the retail price would be around six to eight yuan.
Sure enough, the other party bargained down to five yuan per jin.
Su Jinru was already very satisfied with the price; just one truckload of four tons of fruit sold for more than 40,000 yuan.
Adding to the previous 550,000 yuan, she now has a huge sum of nearly 600,000 yuan in her hands.
What a pity! Even though she had money, there wasn't much she could buy.
She has her own food, but she can't wear anything too luxurious.
I don't dare buy a house; it would only bring trouble.
She has now bought a bicycle, which is considered the most luxurious thing in Daben Village.
After all, the average family's annual income is only enough for one bicycle.
Save it slowly! Money is always a good thing. Even if you can't spend it now, you can spend as much as you want later.
Subsequently, a fixed supply of 25 tons of potatoes was provided to Yuan Wenjie every 20 days.
In two months and sixty days, there will be a harvest of 75 tons of potatoes, which means that Su Jinru can earn 75,000 yuan every two months.
That's 450,000 yuan a year.
Another year has passed quickly.
At the beginning of that year, the state announced the dissolution of collective canteens.
The collective canteen was disbanded, and grain was distributed at the end of the year, with the amount of grain depending on the number of work points earned.
This means that if you don't go to work, you won't get any food. Without food to eat, anyone who has experienced famine has developed a severe psychological trauma related to hunger.
This kind of psychological shadow is more terrifying than death or ghosts, so after the collective canteen was disbanded, more people participated in labor and their enthusiasm increased.
This is also one of the benefits of disbanding the collective canteen.
With the dissolution of the communal canteen, the nursery also closed down.
Du Mei had to carry her nine-month-old daughter to work.
Before the collective canteen was disbanded, Du Mei stayed at home taking care of her child every day. Since she didn't work, she didn't have any money to spend and wouldn't go hungry. She could just go to the canteen to eat when it was open.
Moreover, the child is young; the village nursery only accepts children over one and a half years old.
Du Mei originally planned to raise her child until he was old enough to attend daycare before she went to work to earn work points.
But now it won't work.
Because Du Mei hadn't worked for more than half a year, and only Qi Zhengyang in her family earned work points, when the collective canteen was disbanded, the team exchanged work points for grain or money. All of their family's work points were exchanged for grain.
That little bit of food wasn't even enough to eat.
But they didn't have a single penny.
So Du Mei had to carry her child to work.
Qi Zhengyang had been hoping for a son, but Du Mei gave birth to a daughter.
Therefore, Qi Zhengyang was very disappointed and disliked his daughter. He rarely took care of the child, let alone carried her to work.
Du Mei carried her child on her back to work all day. She was so tired after work that her bones felt like they were about to fall apart, but she still had to drag her exhausted body to cook.