Chapter 17 Gradually improving
October 16th.
A quarter of the third batch of 20,000 eels have begun spawning.
According to the plan, in order to avoid long breaks in production, 5,000 eels will spawn every half a month or so, ensuring that the breeding base can produce 7.6 million glass eels every half month.
However, before these 7.6 million glass eels have hatched, 4.4 million have been reserved in advance by local and Chaoshan farmers.
After more than a month of breeding, the farmers who bought the glass eels in the previous batch found that according to the formula and special feed given by Hailufeng Company, a large part of the glass eels successfully turned into leaf eels.
Eels that have reached the leaf eel state do not need the "artificial sea snow feed" specially formulated by Hailufeng Company, and only need to feed ordinary eel feed.
Therefore, among those farmers, those with relatively large farms quickly called to ask if there were any eel fry.
The sales department said that the next batch would have to wait for about half a month, and they did not tell the farmers that these eel fry were artificially bred.
Those farmers didn't think too much, thinking that Hailufeng Company had a special import channel and imported glass eels from overseas.
The cannery received another 5,000 culled female eels, but this time they were not all used to produce braised eels. Instead, a more traditional canned braised eel was added.
After all, the online store only offers one type of canned eel, which is too monotonous.
However, the sales volume of the canned braised eel that was previously in stock increased a lot in October, mainly driven by repeat customers.
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Truly Supermarket in the city.
On the shelves in the canned food area, there were more than a dozen canned eels quietly placed on the shelves. They were braised canned eels from Hailufeng Cannery.
Xiaoli pushed the shopping cart and looked at the rows of cans on one side of the canned shelf.
‘Buy a box of dace with black bean sauce and fry lettuce? But my son doesn’t seem to like eating dace with black bean sauce...’
'Eh... eel? After my son ate at a Japanese restaurant last week, he still couldn't forget it. Why not buy a box of canned eel and take it home? ”
After looking at several kinds of canned eels, Xiaoli finally chose the braised eel canned by Hailufeng Cannery, mainly because it looks good and the price is quite cheap, 15 yuan a box.
Several more customers successively purchased cans from Hailufeng Cannery.
Xiaoli returned home.
My son had just come home from school and was lying on the sofa playing with his mobile phone.
"Don't lie down and play with your mobile phone all day. It's not good for your eyes. Go take a shower. We'll eat later. Mom bought a box of canned eels today."
"Got it."
"This child..." Xiaoli shook her head, then took the bag into the kitchen and started to get busy.
An hour later, when the rice was cooked and the dishes were almost done, she remembered the canned eel, quickly opened the can, poured it into a small plate, and heated it in the microwave for three minutes.
At this time, my husband also came back and was watching TV in the living room.
"It's time to eat."
Xiaoli held the small plate with a plate holder and placed the braised eel on the dining table.
The son who came out after washing his hands saw the eel on the plate and said unhappily: "Mom, is this the eel you are talking about? I want the kind from a Japanese restaurant, not this kind!"
"Huh? Aren't they all eels?" Xiaoli said angrily: "If you like to eat or not, I don't even care about your mother and my hard work!"
"Okay, Dad will take you to eat next time. Now have a good meal."
Seeing that his father also spoke, the naughty child didn't dare to speak anymore and hurriedly buried his head in eating.
Xiaoli saw that her son had not touched the plate of eel, so she could only eat it by herself, picked up a chopstick and put it into her mouth.
"Huh?" She was a little surprised and took another piece.
"What's wrong? Doesn't it taste good? This kind of canned fish must not taste good." The husband also took a bite. However, he was stunned for a moment: "Why does this taste seem familiar? Have I eaten it before?"
"No! It's my first time to buy canned eel." Xiaoli shook her head.
But the husband recalled the memories in his mind, and suddenly he finally remembered: "I know, this tastes very similar to the braised eel at the farmhouse in Nanfen, yes! This is the taste!"
"When did you go to eat?"
“A friend from my work unit took me there last year.”
"This eel tastes good, without any earthy smell, and the seasoning is also very good. The peanuts are very tasty and go well with rice." Xiaoli said, picking up another piece of eel meat and taking a big mouthful of rice.
Seeing his parents eating with gusto, the naughty kid couldn't help but take a piece: "Huh? It's delicious!"
Many people who ate Hailufeng canned eels for the first time had similar reactions to Xiaoli’s family.
This taste will be very surprising to people who eat it for the first time. In addition, the fish meat has no earthy smell, so even people who are usually picky will find it difficult to find fault.
Perhaps the only problem with canned eels is that the fish is not fresh enough.
After dinner, Xiaoli washed the dishes and then lay on the sofa and played with her mobile phone.
While playing around, she suddenly remembered that it would be better to go to Tao.com to look for the can. Online shopping should be cheaper.
I went to the kitchen trash can and took a look at the brand of the can. After typing in the search bar, only one store popped up.
"Hilufeng Agricultural Technology Company? Huh? Just sell cans? Or is it a local company?"
Xiaoli looked at the introduction of the online store, and then tried to chat with the customer service.
At this time, in the dormitory on the third floor of the headquarters of Hailufeng Company, Zhang Xinyi was lying on the bed playing Xiao Xiaole, when suddenly a message popped up from Tao.com customer service.
She quickly opened Taowang's merchant backend and responded to the customer's questions.
Soon Xiaoli found out that this company was over there in Magong Town, and their company produced the cans themselves.
The two of them chatted for half an hour without realizing it.
Xiaoli, who was chatting enthusiastically, felt a little embarrassed, so she placed an order for 10 cans of mixed canned eels.
Just after chatting with Xiaoli, Zhang Xinyi had not had time to take a sip of water when another customer asked, but this time the customer wanted to buy 10 boxes of braised eel at a time.
Zhang Xinyi used her authority to give the other party a 10% discount.
The customer this time bought it from a shop specializing in sushi takeout in the city. After they tried the braised eel from Hailufeng Cannery, they found that it could replace the more expensive canned kabayaki eel.
Moreover, the canned kabayaki eel I used before had a strong earthy smell once it was allowed to cool, which resulted in the store being complained about more than ten times
Therefore, the sushi restaurant owner kept thinking of ways until he came across the canned braised eel from Hailufeng Cannery. After trying it, a new world opened up.
The other party heard that Hailufeng Cannery was in Ma Palace and planned to come over to pick up the goods tomorrow.
Zhang Xinyi naturally has no objection. After all, the courier fee for 10 boxes of canned eels is also an expense.
Getting up from the bed, she stretched and looked in the mirror to cheer herself up: "Come on, it will get better!"
Although the boss didn't say anything, the tepid situation in the online store department still made Zhang Xinyi feel anxious.
Fortunately, in the past few days, there have been repeat customers one after another. In addition, she has negotiated the price on the shelves with supermarkets in the urban area, Haicheng County, and Lufeng City, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Just over halfway through October, the online store has sold 1,436 cans, with a turnover of 20,000 yuan, which greatly increased Zhang Xinyi's confidence.
Now, she could finally have a peaceful sleep.
Small staff have the troubles and helplessness of small staff, maybe this is life!
(End of chapter)