Little wealth

"Oh-oh-"

A rooster crowed in the distance, and the roosters in the village crowed accordingly.

Early in the morning, there was a babbling sound of the door opening from someone's yard, and then the door next door opened.

Some people’s houses in the village were lit, and the men in the family went out with their burdens. They went to the Zhao’s oil workshop in small groups. They could smell the oil fragrance from the oil workshop from a distance, and they knew the oil workshop. Someone is already extracting oil over there.

"Third brother, why did you come so early?"

"Morning, you're here too."

A group of men all know each other, and they greet each other when they meet.

When they arrived at the Zhaojia Youfang, there was a big pot in front of the door, and gruel was being boiled in the pot, and there were steamed buns in the steamer next to it, two pennies, the size of a fist, they could take whatever they wanted. They calculated the money by themselves, put a jar next to them, and threw the money into the jar by themselves, and no one cared about them.

There is no money for porridge, and they can drink as much as they like.

But everyone is embarrassed to only drink porridge and not buy steamed buns, so most people will still spend a penny to buy two steamed buns, and some people will buy two more, eat two in the morning, and save two for lunch when they are hungry.They went out so early in the morning, and the breakfast at home hadn't been cooked yet, and they didn't bother to ask their wives to get up early in the morning to cook breakfast for them. Why don't they come to Zhao's house and spend a penny to buy it? Two steamed buns also give porridge water.

The porridge delivered is not all water, there is still a lot of rice in it, the porridge made by those who come early is thicker, and the porridge made by those who come late has no rice.

On such a cold day, drinking a bowl of warm porridge water warms the stomach and warms the whole body.

They all know that the Zhao family is doing this to make it easier for men like them who go to sell oil to have a full meal in the morning, so as not to go to sell things hungry. Their money may have to be used to build some firewood and labor.

They are not totally ungrateful people. The Zhao family gave them this convenience, and they wanted to sell more oil to the Zhao family. In this way, not only the Zhao family made money, but they could also get more share.Going to sell oil for a while, they all saved a little money on hand, at least this year, they can buy an extra two catties of meat to eat at home.

A group of men gathered together in twos and threes, squatting in front of Zhaojia Youfang, drinking porridge and eating steamed buns, while talking about what happened to them recently when selling oil.Here they are also divided into those who have a relatively good relationship, and those who have an average relationship. Those who get closer have a better relationship, and they often go to sell oil together.

The man who was called the third brother just now asked the brothers around him: "I want to sell some oil to Lucheng before it snows. Do you work with me? We will come back after making a fortune." Chinese New Year."

Now a lot of people from their village come to Zhaojia Oil Factory to get oil and sell it, and everyone sells oil near here.And now the Zhao family has opened an oil shop in the town, and the people in the town like to go to the oil shop to buy oil, and it is no longer easy for them to sell oil in the town.There are also some people who go to some nearby villages to sell. Those who go to sell early have already selected a place. They come late and it is not easy to compete with others for the land, so the best way is to open the land by themselves.

The few men who were with Liu Laosan came later. They usually go to work at the pier. Now that there are no boats at the pier, they can’t get work, so they go back to the village. Go sell oil with everyone.If they go to steal other people's business at this time, not to mention whether the Zhaojia Oil Factory is allowed or not, it's just a village where everyone doesn't look up and look down. There will inevitably be conflicts when it comes to stealing other people's business.

So Liu Laosan felt that instead of grabbing other people's land, it would be better for them to sell it elsewhere, and maybe they could do more business.

"To Lucheng?" Several men looked at each other, and someone asked: "Is it too far for us to go to Lucheng?"

"It's not too far away. I've counted the time. Let's take a boat from the pier in the town. We'll leave in the morning and we'll be there at noon. If the oil is easy to sell, we'll be back the same day we sell it. Otherwise, just make do with staying there for one night and come back the next day.” Liu Laosan is a courageous person, he has even calculated the round-trip route and how much it will cost, “You see, this is what we have here in Anyang. There are many restaurants and restaurants, there must be more restaurants and restaurants in Lucheng than here, you see that kid Cao Ping got on the line of several restaurants and restaurants in the town, and became the shopkeeper of Zhao's oil shop."

"Let's not talk about finding a shopkeeper from Zhao's oil workshop. If we can build a line with the restaurants and restaurants over there, and sell two hundred catties of oil a month, we can earn half a tael of silver a month. I Thinking that we can take a hundred catties of oil to sell over there first, and if it is easy to sell, we will come back to get the oil."

The oil price that the Zhao family gave them was a wholesale price of eleven cents if it was less than one hundred catties at a time. They could only sell twelve cents per catty of oil, and they couldn’t sell more. These were all stipulated by the Zhao family oil workshop. s price.Since it was the regulations issued by Zhaojia Youfang, they had no choice but to abide by them.But if they can get more than one hundred catties of oil at a time, the wholesale price is ten cents a catty, that is, they sell oil for twelve cents a catty, and they can make a profit of two cents, and the hundred catties of oil are sold out. You can earn two hundred coins.

"If we can earn two hundred yuan a day for a trip, we can earn more by working together with three or four people than we used to go to the wharf to carry goods for a day." Liu Laosan went back and pondered for several days, and figured out this A way to make money, "It's not the Chinese New Year, let's take advantage of the Chinese New Year to make a fortune and have a good year!"

"Do you want to do it with me? Let's go!"

"Done!" Several people, headed by Liu Laosan, heard what Liu Laosan said, they all thought this was a way to make money, so everyone agreed.

He had to get up early in the morning and go to the oil workshop to manage oil production and keep accounts. Steward Ah Qiu was sitting at the desk while yawning.

Someone helped him move the table to a leeward place, and there was a wall next to it, but it couldn't resist the cold wind in such an early morning. A gust of wind blew his whole body from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, so cold that he didn't feel good His face turned pale.

Seeing him coming at this time, before he shouted, someone had already come to line up to get the oil.

The person who wanted to take the oil came to him to register, and after paying the money, he went to the Zhang brothers to get the oil.

"Aqiu, I want twenty catties of oil today."

"Get a fingerprint here, and take a note to find Zhang Wen to get oil. Next..."

After yawning a few times, Aqiu remembered something. He took out a box from below and opened it. Inside the box were lotus root candies cut into small pieces and put them on the table, "Oh, there are lotus root candies today. You can Try it. The bid is [-] Wen a catty, and the selling price is [-] Wen a catty. There is only a small amount of goods for the time being, and each person is limited to no more than five catties. If you want to sell, you can register with me. Accept the reservation, Tell me the day before."

"Can we taste it?"

"can."

A group of men ran up one by one when they heard that there was something free to taste.

However, the lotus root candy given to them was not much, and each of them could only taste a small sip at most, and it was gone before they tasted anything.So someone asked: "Why is this thing more expensive than oil?"

"This is lotus root and candy. Do you think that candy doesn't cost money?" Ah Qiu rolled his eyes at the person who asked the question.If the master hadn't said to try it from today, these lotus root candies are their rations, and now they are all sold out, we can see how painful his heart is!

"Oh, that's how it is." The man rubbed his nose, not daring to provoke the manager of the oil shop who seemed to be in a bad mood.

At first, the group of men thought that the little brother with the scar on his face was a coward, but who knew that when he got angry, he was no different from these men. He could choke them half to death with a single word, but they didn't dare to go Mess with this little brother.If people are annoyed, they won't be able to do business if they don't have oil for the day.

So after someone tasted it, they felt that this lotus root candy was a bit special, so they took three or two catties to try it out.

Liu Laosan deliberately lagged a little behind, and when it was their turn, he stepped forward and said, "Brother Ah Qiu, let's discuss something with you."

"Oh, tell me." Ah Qiu has long been used to it. Generally, people who say this want to pay on credit. It's not that they don't allow credit now, but the conditions are stricter than before.

After all, these people have come to them for so long to sell the oil. If they still can't save the capital, it means that this person is not suitable for business, or that he has the capital in his hand and is unwilling to pay it, and he deliberately comes on credit. Their accounts, generally they will not pay such accounts.

They are in business, not trying to keep a bunch of scoundrels.

So now basically no one comes to credit. They buy as much oil as they want that day. If you can’t sell it all, you can come back and discuss with them to return the oil, but the refund will be [-]% less than the price of the oil. , This is also to avoid people who often cannot sell out the oil and bring it back to them for refund.If everyone does this, will their oil workshop still be in business?

So now there are more rules than before, and basically anyone who has come to get oil knows these rules.

"It's like this. Our brothers wanted to go to Lucheng, so we wanted to get more oil today." Liu Laosan took out the money they had collected just now from his pocket and put it on the table, shyly Asked cheekily: "We have five hundred wen here, we just want to take one hundred catties of oil, give half credit and half credit, and pay the rest when we come back. I wonder if it is possible?"

"Are you going to Lucheng?" Ah Qiu looked at the four men standing in front of him, and he had some impressions of them, knowing that they came here recently.

"Well, yes." Liu Laosan nodded, with a serious and sincere expression on his face.

"Four people, only one hundred catties of oil?" Ah Qiu looked at you, are you joking?Four people only get a hundred catties of oil when they go to Lucheng, and others get twenty catties of oil when they go to a nearby village alone, so it only takes a hundred catties of oil to go all the way to Lucheng?

"Well, it just so happens that the owner wants to find someone to go to Lucheng. You guys go over and try. I can make the decision here. I can give you an extra one hundred catties, that is, two hundred catties of oil. The five hundred Wen will be treated as A small change, and the rest of the bill will be settled when you come back?"

Liu Laosan took a look at the brothers and saw that none of them objected, so he agreed, "Okay!"

"There are still two catties of lotus root candies left here, you can try them together. If anyone wants them, you can order them first, and then come back to get the goods." Aqiu took out the remaining lotus root candies, Let Liu Changhong take a few to try.

Liu Laosan had no objection to this, and several people stamped their fingerprints on the credit bill, and took the bill to get oil.