Li Long came back from the county and told Tao Daqiang about this when he and Tao Daqiang went to lower the net.
"If your elder brother wants to make money now, then go dig this Cynomorium sinensis, and I will collect as much as you dig. Of course, the dug Cynomorium sinensis must be complete and must not be damaged, and the top part must be removed. The soil is clean. Please tell me clearly. Don't let your brother bring a bunch of scraps. I won't accept it. You will be the one in trouble."
Tao Daqiang took note of Li Long's words carefully. .
"I only collect fresh ones, which costs five cents per kilogram. If you work hard, you can dig more than a hundred kilograms a day without any problem, and you can earn a few yuan, which is a lot." Li Long said again. What Tao Daqiang is most concerned about.
“That’s a lot.” Li Qingxia was listening and interjected.
Although Li Qingxia can now earn dozens of yuan a day, he has not forgotten what he was like before - five yuan a day was once the high salary he dreamed of!
Now I actually look down on it.
Although I know that the money I make now will definitely not last forever, why do I feel so superior?
Tao Daqiang naturally didn't know what Li Qingxia was thinking. He went over what Li Long said twice in his mind to make sure that he remembered it, and then he felt relieved.
In fact, when it comes to catching fish, Li Long also thought about gathering the people in Xiaohaizi who were fishing with nets, and he would just collect the fish and sell them to make a profit, but later Think about it.
The fish now are considered to be the limit of what they can transport. No matter how many fish you have, you need a bigger and faster car. Although the horse-drawn carriage can transport a lot, it is slow and many fish will die, making it difficult to sell. Unless you get a tractor or other motor vehicle, you won't be able to do this.
Of course, these people still need to take the initiative to bring this matter forward. Now they are selling fish in the market and have tasted the benefits. They can earn a few yuan or more than ten yuan a day. If they were asked to sell the fish to Li Long, they would definitely not be happy. After all, they would feel that Li Long made the difference.
This requires an opportunity.
This time Li Long still cast twelve nets. The fish sold on both sides is quite good, which is equivalent to attracting most people who like to eat fish in the two markets.
After the net was lowered, Li Long came out with the tire, but Li Qingxia was still casting the net there.
"Xiao Long, that fish is really delicious when cooked. Can the carp and Wu Dao Hei be cooked?"
"Yes." Li Long said with a smile, "Just add more seasonings and cook it." When cooking, use a knife to cut open the thick parts of the meat to allow the flavor to penetrate into the meat."
"Okay, cast more nets and cook more at night," Li Qingxia said with a smile.
After returning, Li Long had more work to do. Cut the fish open, leaving the fat and seeds, and feed the remaining intestines to the chicken.
Li Long simply rubbed the fish with green onions and ginger, made a few cuts on the thick parts, sprinkled with salt and chili powder, then wrapped a few more layers with prepared oil sunflower leaves and stuffed them. Go under the stove where there are still hot ashes.
"Mom and dad, be careful of the thorns when you eat them." Li Long reminded him, carrying two fish that had been peeled, and went to Lao Ma's.
Tao Daqiang has gone back with a few fish in advance, and he also wants to try the way Li Long said to eat them. After all, there was nothing much to do for the rest of the night. Although there was electricity and a radio, I still felt free. It would be nice to grab some snacks or something.
After all, eating too much salted and dried fish is not good. This roasted fish is obviously much better than salted and dried fish.
When Li Long came back from selling fish the next day, Tao Dayong had already pulled a sack of Cynomorium to the door of Li's house.
"Dayong, let me get the ugly words out of the way first." Li Long said, "If there is something damaged or dirty in this, I won't accept it."
"Don't worry!" Tao Dayong was very confident, "Daqiang told me everything, I know how to dig!"
"Then follow me, go to Laomahao, there is only that It’s nice to be out in the sun.” Li Long hung the scale at home on the handlebar and headed towards Laomahao.
There are many houses in Laomahao. There are ladders to go up to the roof, so it is better to bask in the sun on it. The Li family's house is not that big, and the roof is not as strong as the one in Ma Hao, so Li Long plans to deal with Cynomorium Cynomorium in Ma Hao, and there are many free houses there, so it is easy to store them.
When Tao Dayong carried the sacks and Li Long arrived at the horse number and poured out the Cynomorium cynomorium, Li Long took a rough look and found that it was not bad and basically complete.
Li Long picked out some scraps weighing about five or six kilograms, and he put them aside.
Tao Dayong was a little embarrassed. He blushed and explained:
"Xiaolong, this... most of these are caused by bumps..."
"Yes, I know." Li Long said , "But no matter what happens, I definitely can't take these, and I can't sell them if I take them."
"Okay." Seeing that Li Long had taken the rest, Tao Dayong felt relieved. He estimated that this sack should weigh more than fifty kilograms. Even if these five or six kilograms were removed, it would still cost more than two yuan.
Li Long and Tao Dayong put the remaining items into sacks and weighed them separately.
"The total is fifty-one kilograms, two dollars and a half, and the five cents are skinned." Li Long said, "How about it?"
"Okay." Tao Dayong was naturally willing.
Li Long took out the money, counted out two pieces worth one yuan, two pieces worth two cents, and one piece worth ten cents and handed them to him, saying:
“You can also dig with your wife. Use your dad's donkey cart to transport it. If you carry it yourself, it will be stained."
Tao Dayong's clothes on his back are all purple. This sack is even dyed red.
"Hey, I understand." Tao Dayong actually had the same idea, but he was worried that Li Long would not see any money here, so this sack was considered a trial sale.
Tao Dayong took the money and happily walked home with the sack. When he returned home, Ma Chunhong was serving rice. Seeing him come back, he immediately asked:
" Sold?”
“Sold, two yuan!”
Two yuan is a lot of money these days. The tuition and miscellaneous fees for the children at home are less than two yuan when they go to school.
"Just two yuan this morning?" Ma Chunhong suddenly became excited, "Then I will dig with you in the afternoon! This money is just like getting it for free!"
Rural people are not afraid of hardship, they are afraid of working in vain. . Not to mention now, even in thirty or forty years, most of the land in the team will have joined cooperatives. The idle people heard that bitter beans and splendens can be sold for money, and they will ride electric three-wheelers all over the Gobi to pick them. Come on, I'm not afraid of the sun that makes my skin sore.
"Okay." Tao Dayong also meant the same. "Xiaolong also said, if my dad is okay, let us call him up and pull him directly with a donkey cart. That way, the loss will be small - I dug it today Five or six kilograms were rotten, so Xiaolong confiscated it. It would definitely be better if it was transported on a donkey cart."
"That's right." Ma Chunhong also nodded. If a husband and wife dig together and carry it back, it will be extremely tiring. Besides, she also knew that it was not easy to wash since it was dyed. I only have a few pieces of clothing, how do I wear them after they are dyed? It doesn't matter if you're a man, but as a woman, you'd better be careful.
She suddenly thought of something and whispered to Tao Dayong:
"His dad, do you think Li Long is charging so much because he wants to make money? If we expose this thing ourselves and sell it, can we make more money?"
"You can go play ball!" "Tao Dayong directly denied his wife's statement, "That's what you said last time when you sold fish. What happened in the end? I was imprisoned!
I can see clearly that people make money. It’s all determined. We don’t have this way, so don’t think about those extravagant jobs! Let’s earn the money we should earn in a down-to-earth manner... Don’t end up with no money, and use the little bit of family capital that we finally saved. It's all gone!"
Ma Chunhong also thought of the original incident and said immediately:
"Yes, yes, I am obsessed with lard."
The news that the three Tao family members went to Jiantan to dig Cynomorium cynomorium soon spread throughout the village.
There is no way to hide this thing. When someone asked, Tao Dayong generously said that Li Long would take it. After all, even if he didn't ask, others would be able to find out. There are at least several thousand acres of land in this alkaline beach. No one can say how much Cynomorium cynomorium can be produced. It is impossible to dig it all by himself, so Tao Dayong did not hide it.
Li Long sent Tao Dayong away. Seeing that he didn't take away the remnants, he just picked up a shovel and threw them into the pig pen and the roe deer pen.
I remember I once saw on a short video platform that some farmers in neighboring provinces dug up this stuff. When they couldn’t sell it at a high price, they would rather not sell it and feed it to sheep and pigs. It was claimed to be health-preserving meat. As a result, there were many people buying meat.
This is just like mountain nectar. If you feed it well, can the quality of the meat not change? This is why everyone pursues wild ones, after all, they eat a variety of things.
In the afternoon, Li Long came back from the net. When he arrived at Laoma, Tao Jianshe and Tao Dayong drove a carriage and delivered two sacks of Cynomorium, one large and one small.
The small one was dug by Tao Jianshe, and the big one was dug by Tao Dayong. As usual, Li Long picked out the disabled ones and weighed them.
"Uncle Tao, there are forty-eight kilograms in your sack, two yuan and four." This time Li Long didn't remove the skin. After all, he was Daqiang's father, and he wanted to give him this face.
"Okay!" Tao Jianshe was a little embarrassed, so Li Long put the money into his hand.
"Dayong, here is eighty-six kilograms, four and three yuan, I'll give you the money." Li Long said, "Are you going to take the rest of them back or what to do with them?"
"If you No, I'll take him back." Tao Dayong naturally couldn't leave garbage for Li Long in front of his father.
"I fed the pigs." Li Long said.
"Then you can keep it." Tao Dayong said proudly.
The remaining weight was only ten kilograms, and Tao Dayong did the job.
This time it was more than four yuan, which was quite a lot! At the end of the day, I earn more than Daqiang, and I can feel proud this time!
"Dayong, help me lift these Cynomorium cynomorium to the roof - don't break it."
"Okay!" Strength is nothing, Tao Dayong readily agreed.
That night, Tao Dayong showed up at the team's sales department and proudly bought 30 cents of bulk wine.
As soon as he finished drinking, when others asked, he couldn't help but spread the word about selling Cynomorium Cynomorium, and also told the conditions Li Long said.
Now everyone knows that you can make money by digging Cynomorium cynomorium.
After drinking, Tao Dayong went home and went to bed. When he got up early the next morning, he felt a little regretful when he thought about it.
But I’ve already said it, so there’s nothing I can do about it.
When the three people took the donkey cart to the nearby Alkali Beach, they found that there were at least a dozen people digging Cynomorium Cynomorium on the Alkali Beach!
Ma Chunhong and Tao Jianshe still didn’t know what was going on, and Tao Dayong knew something was wrong.
"Let's change places." Tao Jianshe had the right idea, "The alkali beach over Dongdagou is bigger and there are a lot of Cynomorium. We have a donkey cart and we are not afraid of a long journey. There should be no people in that place."
"Yes, yes," Tao Dayong hurriedly agreed, and then the three of them took a donkey cart to the alkali beach further away.
In the next few days, Li Long received hundreds of kilograms of Cynomorium every day.
The strong sun now can dry out the Cynomorium cynomorium in three days, and then Li Long was asked to put it away in a sack.
That afternoon, he took a sack of Cynomorium Cynomorium to the medicinal material company and found the director.
"The quality is good. I'll accept these. If the same thing happens in the future, I'll accept them again." The director's attitude was very kind. After Li Long showed the certificate, he no longer regarded Li Long as a medicine digger. This person is definitely a middleman, but it doesn't matter, as long as he can receive good things.
A sack of dry goods Cynomorium sinensis is not heavy. In order to ensure the quality, Li Long did not pack a lot. It weighed 62 kilograms and Li Long received thirty-one dollars.
Although it is not as good as selling fish, it is easier!
There are still five or six sacks dried in the Mahao warehouse. There are also patches on the roof. These are all money!
Of course, this thing should have been dug a few months earlier for the season, but it can be done now. Li Long plans to do it next year, right? Harvest in season from the beginning, and the quality will be better at that time.
Some people in the team saw Li Long collecting Cynomorium cynomorium, and naturally knew that this thing could be sold for money, and some people got interested.
Why can Li Long sell so much money? There are only a few purchase points in the county. If he can sell it, others can naturally sell it too.
That’s what Qian Zhongxin thinks.
Qian Zhongxin only came to the team two years ago. He came with his family and took refuge with relatives. It was not difficult to settle down at that time. After settling in, I built an adobe house with the help of relatives. This year I was allocated land, so I can at least have enough to eat.
But the human heart is always dissatisfied. The lessons taught by Tao Dayong and Gu Ermao were too stupid in Qian Zhongxin's opinion.
If you run away when you see something is wrong, how can you be caught? Nothing matters to anyone.
Of course, there are not so many things to do in Cynomorium Cynomorium this time, as long as you find the right place.
He first sold more than 40 kilograms of Cynomorium Cynomorium to Li Long, of which more than five kilograms were picked out. Qian Zhongxin took the more than five kilograms back.
He dried what he dug the next day, including the remnants.
He felt that Li Long singled out these disabled people to find trouble and take advantage. It’s the same as Chinese medicinal materials, what’s wrong with the remaining ones? Doesn't it have any effect? At most, it's just that the quality is not good and the selling price is a little lower, but that's still money.
Then he carried the dried Cynomorium cynomorium on his back to the purchasing station.
Then he was politely let out by Chen Hongjun.
“We won’t accept it.”
Qian Zhongxin is not discouraged, he will try one by one anyway.
The supply and marketing cooperative will naturally not accept it.
So he found a medicinal material company. After all, Cynomorium cynomorium was a medicinal material.
But he was "invited" out without even meeting the director. The main reason is that he is holding a handful of Cynomorium Cynomorium, and an expert can tell at a glance that he is dealing with a layman, and there is something leftover.
These people also know what the director means. Now that we have bulk purchases, don’t accept bulk goods. It’s too troublesome! (End of this chapter)