Chapter 342: Selling Shrimp for Money
“What’s going on?” Lin Heng put down his daughter and asked while lying on the sofa.
“Yesterday, three wild boars came down from the mountain to eat soybeans in broad daylight, and they also beat the people in the village. Wang Kaidian and his group went to fight, but Wang Bing wanted to take the credit, but his legs were bitten by the wild boars. ”
Xiulan said while eating grapes.
"Haha, this is indeed very interesting. That kid is too smart and short-handed, and something will happen sooner or later." Lin Heng couldn't help but smile, then turned around and asked, "Did they finally hit the wild boar?"
Xiulan nodded and said: "A dozen people killed one, which is said to be more than two hundred and twenty kilograms. The remaining two small ones ran away. My mother even went to see the wild boar when it was being killed."
Lin Heng nodded, turned to look at Xiulan and said: "It seems that wild boars are very common this year. I will kill a few when I have time. I just have enough meat at home."
At home. The only meat left was two pieces of meat and a ham. After a summer, they not only eat it themselves, but also often give it to their parents.
The ham is prepared to continue fermenting. The flavor of ham stored for one year is still average, but the taste of ham stored for two to three years will be richer.
As a result, there are only two piglets left in the family, and the piglets at home are not big. If we don’t hunt wild boars, the family will soon run out of meat, which is absolutely unacceptable.
"Don't worry, just take your time. You can still eat the pork at home for a long time." Xiulan looked at him and said.
After that, she added: "Let's eat first. I specially made chestnut rice, a large plate of stir-fried tea tree mushrooms, and egg yolk soup."
During this time When the chestnuts were ripe, every household went up the mountain to pick up a lot. She even peeled the chestnuts and mixed them with rice to make fragrant, glutinous and delicious chestnut rice.
"Wait a moment, I'll go to my parents and tell them and I'll be back in a few minutes." Lin Heng said, picking a small branch from her hair.
"Okay." Xiulan nodded in agreement.
"Dad, I want to go with you." Xiaoxia heard that Lin Heng was about to go out and ran over to stick to him.
"Okay, I'll carry you on my back." Lin Heng picked her up and took her out. He came back just as he reached the door.
Run to the small storage box in front of Bian Sanlun, took out a tied flower, returned to the house and gave it to Xiulan: "I almost forgot, I picked this for you in the afternoon."< br>
As he spoke, he took one out and inserted it into Xiulan's hair beside her ear. The ponytail made her look more elegant and quiet.
Xiulan took the flowers and blinked, then smiled softly and said: "Go to Hongfeng Mountain quickly, and then come back for dinner."
"Okay."
Lin Heng carried Xiaoxia out of the yard and carried her to Hongfeng Mountain. At this moment, Father Lin had just finished feeding the green shrimps and was sorting out the harvest from today's trip to the mountains with Mother Lin.
Three large bamboo dustpans have chestnuts drying in the air, two dustpans have wild lilies and polygonatum and other Chinese medicinal materials drying, and one bamboo dustpan has a dustpan full of lotus pods drying in the air.
Seeing Lin Heng, Father Lin asked with a smile: "Son, when did you come back?"
Lin Heng put down Xiaoxia and said: "Not long ago, the shrimp business The conversation is almost over, we have to go down tomorrow.”
When Xiaoxia landed, she ran to peel the lotus seeds and eat them. She was very smart and recognized that they were delicious at a glance.
Father Lin and Mother Lin didn’t stop her, because this was originally prepared for her granddaughter.
"Have we agreed?" Father Lin was a little surprised.
"Yes, if nothing else happens, it will be successful, and the selling price will be much higher than those offered by wholesalers." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Then he explained the general situation to his parents in detail. The two parents were a little shocked after hearing this. It was exactly as Lin Heng said, there is no need to worry about selling good things.
"Then let's get out of the cage now." Father Lin said quickly.
"You go, I'll keep an eye on Xiaoxia." Mother Lin nodded and said.
Lin Heng went into the house and took two ground cages, wrapped feed in cloth as bait, and threw them into the two shrimp ponds respectively.
“You have made a lot of chestnuts these days.” Lin Heng said when returning.
Father Lin said with a smile: "It's over at Lizi Mountain. The chestnuts this year are better than last year, and there are a lot of wild boar excrement and footprints there."
"Then when I sell out the green shrimps, I'll go take a look and hunt down some wild boars to eat." Lin Heng said.
"Okay, let's wait until the time comes." Father Lin said.
After returning to the house, Mother Lin prepared food, including vegetables, lotus pods and chestnuts.
"By the way, remember to buy some varieties of rapeseed and wheat. We still have to plant some crops." Mother Lin warned.
"The child will come tomorrow morning, why are you talking about this now." Father Lin looked at her and said.
"I'm afraid I'll forget it tomorrow, why don't I say it again first?" Mother Lin glared at her husband.
"I understand." Lin Heng agreed and hugged Xiaoxia back home.
Opening the door, Xiulan had already placed the dishes on the table and was waiting for them.
“I poured you sweet wine.” Xiulan said with a smile.
"Okay." Lin Heng smiled and sat down and took a sip of rice wine, then picked up his chopsticks and took a mouthful of stir-fried tea tree mushrooms.
This kind of mushroom is very chewy after being stir-fried with lard, and it also has the aroma of mushroom itself. It can be said that it is a perfect match with rice.
In addition to this, Xiulan also made fried winter melon and fried pork with pickled beans.
"It's a pity that I didn't pick up tea tree mushrooms this year, so I won't be able to eat them next year." Xiulan said regretfully.
“The fungi are generally not good this year. Let’s see what happens next year.” Lin Heng said.
Compared with last year, it is much more difficult to pick up fungi this year, especially good fungi such as matsutake mushrooms are not easy to pick up.
"I hope it will be more next year, and I will be able to pick up fungi by then." Xiulan said with a smile. It was also a helpless thing for her to not be able to go up the mountain with a big belly.
"Okay, I will accompany you then." Lin Heng said with a smile.
While chatting and eating, the chestnut rice was particularly sweet, Xiaoxia liked it the most.
It was already half past nine after eating and washing up. The late autumn was getting colder. The three of them didn't stay in the yard for long and went back to the bedroom to rest early.
The next morning, Lin Heng got up early, ate some breakfast, and went to Hongfeng Mountain with his eldest brother.
After oxygenating and loading the fresh shrimps, the two drove to the city.
Lin Heng first went to the largest Taibai Hotel and asked them to inspect the goods.
After confirming that there was no problem, the order was confirmed immediately. We asked for two hundred kilograms of fresh shrimps. After agreeing on a time, Lin Heng went to other restaurants and negotiated many orders in one day. .
We also talked about several state-owned companies that specialize in purchasing aquatic products, because there are still relatively few restaurants after all, and larger ones have to be sold by these companies.
After the negotiation is completed, the next step is to match the money and goods. Originally, he asked Liu Sheng to help deliver the goods, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not yet time, so he should take his time first.
After renting a tractor and buying a few new bottles of oxygen, Lin Heng finally sold the first batch of fresh shrimps for five days.
With this first batch of business, it will become easier to do other business in the future.
In the next few days, Lin Heng negotiated with a state-owned company that specializes in purchasing aquatic products. After the negotiation, all the freshwater shrimps were sold in five batches.
Many people in the village are watching these days, because every once in a while there are cars going to Hongfeng Mountain to bring goods, and everyone in the village also knows that the fresh shrimps farmed by Lin Heng are mature.
The most lively discussion in the village these days is about whether Lin Heng's green shrimps are losing money or making money.
In the blink of an eye, it is already November 1st. There are no more cars coming from Hongfeng Mountain, and most of the fresh shrimps in Lin Heng’s pond have been sold.
The payment for goods is also arriving one after another.
This afternoon, at Hongfeng Mountain, Lin Heng was holding an account book and calculating various expenses and income, calculating how much money they made.
Sitting in front of him were Xiulan, Father Lin and Mother Lin.
The reason why the settlement of accounts was delayed until today was because Lin Heng did not want to reveal prematurely whether he was making money or losing money.
People like his eldest brother, third father, cousin Lin Hai and others have come to help before. They all wanted to know Lin Heng's profit results.
But Lin Heng has never settled the accounts, and has delayed the settlement until today.
Seeing Lin Heng stop writing, Xiulan and Lin's father and mother both looked expectant.
Lin Heng shook his head and said: "It seems that raising shrimps is not suitable."
Father Lin couldn't help but said nervously: "What's wrong? Did you lose money?"
"It's impossible, right?" Mother Lin said in disbelief.
Lin Heng smiled and shook his head: "There was no loss. This time the fresh shrimps were sold for a total of 16,218 yuan. After deducting various costs, we finally made a profit of 10,000 yuan."
"That's not enough, it's a big profit!" Lin's father said in surprise. He didn't know where to put his hands for a while, and he started spinning around in the room.
“That’s right, making more than 10,000 yuan a year, this is a huge fortune!” Mother Lin couldn’t close her mouth with joy, she patted Lin Heng on the shoulder and said, “Son, you still talk about raising money? The shrimp is not suitable, is it deliberately trying to scare us?”
Even Xiulan nodded and said: "It's good that I didn't lose money in the first year and made so much money."
She once thought about how to comfort Lin Heng because he lost money, but she didn't expect that in the end I made a profit, it was unexpected, and I felt relaxed immediately.
Lin Heng explained: "It takes too much effort to raise shrimps. I have to guard the pond every day to check the water quality and observe the condition of the green shrimps. In the end, I only earn so much, so I feel it is not worth it."
The reason why he can make money this time is largely due to his breeding experience in his previous life. He has paid the tuition fees in his previous life, so he can directly succeed in this life.
But he found that this thing was a little too fine. The cost of feed was already high, and now the transportation is underdeveloped and there is no cold chain transportation. There is not even a large cold storage in the city.
Although green shrimp is expensive, it costs a lot of money in all aspects, which is very troublesome.
Also, although there are rivers here, most of them are mountainous, making it difficult to expand the scale of breeding.
Lin Heng added: "Furthermore, if we include a series of expenses for building the shrimp pond last year, the final profit will only be one thousand yuan."
Lin Heng’s mother did not agree with Lin Heng’s idea. : "I think it's pretty good. We have initially mastered the breeding skills this year. It will be good to earn 10,000 yuan every year from now on."
Father Lin smiled and patted Lin Heng's shoulder and said, "I think it's pretty good too. There aren't many businesses that can make 10,000 yuan a year these days, so it doesn't matter if you put in some effort. It still takes a lot of effort to grow crops, but in the end we don’t even earn much from raising shrimps. If it weren’t for the new seeds and fertilizers, we wouldn’t have enough to eat.”
Compared with Lin Heng's thoughts, Lin's father and mother are completely of the mentality of being content with being rich, and they think this is good enough.
Xiulan understood what Lin Heng was thinking, looked at him and said: "My parents are right, we don't have to worry about food and clothing now. Do other things slowly and slowly accumulate. Yes."
She knew that Lin Heng wanted to open a feed mill. It would take three or four years to afford the machine with this profit, which was too slow for him.
Lin Heng thought for a while, smiled and sighed: "Oh, you are right, I am indeed a little greedy."
Xiulan's reminder made him wake up, and he It's really a bit of a dead end. He feels that now is a good time to start a feed mill, so that he can directly take advantage of the reform in four years.
So he couldn't wait to get the feed mill up and running.
But as soon as his parents and Xiulan reminded him, he woke up. Yes, what if we can’t open the feed mill? You can still make money by investing the money you earn in other industries.
There is absolutely no point in worrying about what you can’t get. Anyway, you still have opportunities in the next forty years, and you have plenty of room for error.
Lin Heng said with a smile: "Once the money is earned, it is time to spend it. Dad, Mom, Xiulan, if you want to buy anything, let us go and buy it directly. It can be considered as a year of hard work to give It’s my own reward.”
Xiulan said with a smile: “You and I don’t have to be so separated. Let’s see what our parents want to buy.”
"Spend whatever you want, save it all. I don't want to buy anything, just ask your mother." Lin's father looked at him and said.
Mother Lin also shook her head: "I don't want to buy anything, so don't spend it randomly."
Lin Heng said with a smile: "This is definitely not possible. If you don't want to spend it, I'll give it to you. You have worked hard for a year with one thousand as salary each."
Father Lin said quickly: "I really don’t want to buy anything. Yes, you keep the money, it will cost a lot for the birth of two children next year. Your mother and I have made hundreds of dollars from catching scorpions, so you don’t have to worry about the money.”
"If you really want to buy it, just give us a set of clothes. Don't spend anything else randomly." Mother Lin said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll just buy you some simple things, and then we'll have a good celebration." Lin Heng said.
He understands the mentality of his parents very well. If you insist on spending a lot of money, they will definitely not be willing to do it. Besides, they will accept it if you spend a small amount of money.
Xiulan reminded: "Remember to buy something for your eldest brother and third father. They have also helped a lot this year."
"I will remember this." Lin Heng nodded. He shook his head, took a deep breath, and looked at the warm sun outside with some joy.
It was late autumn at this time, and both sides of the bank were covered with dense forests. The red and yellow leaves reflected the blue sky and clear water, which was simply beautiful.
Just like the mood of Lin Heng's family at this moment, they are surrounded by various colorful emotions.
"Dad, can you buy me toys? This year... I helped feed the chickens." Xiaoxia grabbed Lin Heng's clothes hanger, looked at him with big watery eyes behind her hand, and thought about it. It took me a while to come up with a reason.
Everyone was immediately amused by her milky voice.
"Of course, Xiaoxia is also very well-behaved and very powerful this year." Lin Heng picked her up and kissed her.
"Yes, Xiaoxia can tell stories to others and can also write. She is so good that grandma also buys you toys." Mother Lin said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)