Ye Yaodong put down the basket he and Acai were carrying, and looked at the purchasing point to see that the goods were already piled all over the floor.
He pointed and said, "Do you know how much these toad fish can be sold for? Brother Cai said that one catty is three and a half centimeters. There are about 1,200 to 1,300 catties here, so they can only be sold for about 40 yuan."
"It's only 40 yuan. I can only sell 1,200 to 1,300 kilograms of goods for 40 yuan. I feel so distressed when I hear the price. How can I sell it? How can I sell it?"
Ye's father and mother looked at each other. Although they knew that the fish had always been cheap, they still felt a little distressed after calculating the price like this.
If it were any other fish, if it cost 80 or 90 cents, it would be worth more than 100 yuan, and they wouldn't feel bad about it.
Father Ye frowned and asked him, "So what are you going to do?"
"Leave them all here, and hire someone to dry them tomorrow. It happens to be rainless these two days, and it's a north windy day with some sunshine. They'll dry well if they're blown and dried in the sun."
He had just roughly calculated in his mind that one pound of dried food would cost at least 40 cents.
Toadfish contains a lot of water, so if 5-6 jin can be dried into one jin, he can still earn half of it. The labor cost is very cheap, and he can hire one or two people to do it, and each person will only earn more than 1 yuan a day.
Then the 1200~1300 kilograms here can only be sold for more than 40 yuan. If they are dried by themselves, wouldn’t it be worth twice as much, 80 or 90 yuan? This is still his underestimate. If he overestimated it a little, 100 yuan would not be a problem.
And this is just the harvest from today’s trip. What if the same amount happens every few days in the future
That's a lot worse.
Mother Ye didn't dare to take the risk. "What if I spend so much effort to dry it and no one wants it? This fish is so cheap to begin with. Fresh fish are worthless. How can anyone want dried fish?"
"Dried fish tastes good, can be stored, and is easier to transport than fresh fish. Fresh fish is difficult to transport to other places, so this kind of dried fish is just right."
As he said this, he slapped his thigh. It was just something he blurted out at first, but now he felt that it made so much sense.
Why didn’t you think of shipping fresh products that are not good, but shipping fresh products that are good
Father Ye also agreed, "That's right. Dried ones are more convenient than fresh ones. Fresh ones can't be transported too far, and seafood can easily go bad if you're not careful."
Ah Cai also said: "That's the reason, so the traders have also set their sights on the dry goods market."
"It will sell well indeed, but you have to go through a few more processes. You have to kill and dry them, transport them to the city, and sell them yourself, which is quite laborious."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "This is easy, just hire someone, there are already shops in the city anyway."
He made the decision very decisively. After thinking it over and figuring it out, he decided to stay and bask in the sun by himself.
Just invite his eldest and second sister-in-law to kill and show off tomorrow.
As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family, and the money should be earned first.
You can earn an extra 40 to 50 yuan each time you go out to sea, and an extra 400 to 500 yuan if you go out ten times. If you are away from spring for three or four months and can go a few more times, it is no problem to earn an extra thousand yuan.
And he doesn’t have to wait until the store is fully delivered before selling it in the city.
When he sees that the quantity is enough, or there is no room for them at home, he can find a day that is not suitable for going out to sea and take the time to sell some, and then just put the fish at the entrance of the market.
In a short period of time, he had figured it out clearly in his mind.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Father Ye thought it would be good to double the money. He would not just go out to sea for today, there would be a steady stream of people to come.
"Okay, if you want to stay and dry them yourself and sell them later, then you can stay. It's just right for you to ask your two sisters-in-law to do it, and you don't need to hire outsiders. Your mother has to work and she won't be available, otherwise you can ask her to help with some work."
Mother Ye opened her mouth to speak but stopped herself, "Then go ahead and dry them yourself. If you don't have enough bamboo strips, go back to your hometown or borrow some from your eldest sister-in-law or second sister-in-law."
"I know."
"Then you go and weigh these dozen baskets of frogfish first. Your mother and I will move them aside, load a few baskets onto the cart, and push them back first. We will have to make two trips to transport all of them."
"Well, you guys can do whatever you want. Push it back first." Ye Yaodong agreed without turning his head. He was helping Acai carry a basket of shoe-sole fish to the scale.
In addition to the toad fish, the shoe fish is the second most numerous, weighing 260 kilograms, which is worth about 30 yuan.
Other goods were also gradually lifted onto the scale.
Not until all the goods had been weighed did Ye Yaodong's stomach growl and then he yawned wildly.
After Acai had recorded all of his gains, he took the list and said goodbye to him while looking at it. He had been busy from morning till night today and was really exhausted.
However, he stopped immediately after taking just two steps out, "That's not right, how come it's only 112.32 yuan? I didn't sell the toadfish, so after deducting 40 yuan, shouldn't it be 160 or 170 yuan..."
"Brother, please don't blackmail me. How can I have so much?"
Ye Yaodong immediately slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand, "Damn, there are three more otters tied up and put in the cabin. I forgot about that."
At that time, because the three cats kept barking and were too noisy, he threw them directly into the cabin and forgot about them when he got off the boat to carry the cargo.
No wonder he felt the price was wrong when he looked at the delivery note just now. He had clearly estimated that today's catch should be over 200. After deducting the money for the toadfish, it shouldn't be just over 110.
"Otter? What otter?"
"Wait a minute, there's more cargo on the boat." After saying that, he quickly folded the list and put it back in his pocket, then trotted towards the fishing boat.
When Ye's father and mother came back after delivering the things, they saw him hurriedly running back onto the boat.
"What are you doing? Have you sold all the goods?"
"There were three otters left in the cabin, and we forgot to take them down."
"Oh, yes! I almost forgot about it. There were too many goods on the ship. I was busy moving them around and forgot about the three."
When Ye's mother heard that there were three more otters, she was surprised. "How could you forget about putting them on the boat? What's wrong with your brains?"
"Isn't this too much work? We have been rushing around since dark and have long forgotten about those three."
Ye Yaodong went to the boat and caught the three guys and put them in front of Acai. Acai was surprised and quickly reached out to take one, held it in his hand, and looked at it from left to right.
"You caught a great otter today! Someone is collecting otters there recently."
"Well, is it because of its fur and liver?"
"Who knows? But I heard someone is researching how to raise this."
"That's fine. How much do you want for these three?"
"Okay, you don't need to weigh them. I'll charge you by piece. I'll charge you 20 yuan for one piece, and 60 yuan for three pieces. How about that? Am I being generous?"
Ye Yaodong pursed his lips. No matter how righteous he was, he had to make some money from him.