"Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang, this matter has to be done as I say. After all, it's not easy for the children to be out there in this cold weather."

"All right!"

"Mom, why can't we go?"

"Because you are too young."

"But we also want to make money."

"I know! That's why you have a mission too."

"What task, Mom? Tell me."

"You all go and pick peanuts for me, only the good ones, not the bad ones, otherwise they'll give me a stomachache."

"Mom, how much will you pay us for the work?"

"What, you want money for helping Mom with chores too?!"

"Isn't this...isn't it because I wanted to buy firecrackers to play with during the Chinese New Year?"

"Okay! Your older brother and the others get one yuan a day, and you little ones get fifty cents!"

"Dad, if business is good before the Chinese New Year this year, I plan to hire a few people next year to sell this product. I'll need your help then!"

Tell me about it.

"Here's what I'm thinking: if business is good before the New Year, we'll do some deep processing in that house in Xicheng District after the New Year. Then, I'll have Aunt Wang bring some people to roast peanuts at home, and we'll see if we can cooperate with the supply and marketing cooperative."

"The idea is good, but how many people would we need?"

"That depends on how business is before the New Year, but we need at least five."

"Alright, in that case, let's start with the people facing the most difficulties."

"good"

"Dad, I want to know how many comrades like Uncle Wang are in Beijing. Although I don't plan to use too many people right now, I want to get to know them first and see what their special skills are. If they are suitable, I will try to arrange the work they are best at."

Another advantage is that this method is convenient for management, ensures a clear understanding of the situation, and doesn't waste anyone's time.

"That's a good idea."

Before the Lunar New Year, I didn't plan to sell much. Also, there weren't many people coming to help. But with several children to take care of, selling 200 jin (100 catties) wouldn't be a problem.

The supply and marketing cooperative sells raw peanuts for 40 cents a pound. These are peanuts in their shells, which can yield 7 ounces of peanuts. Adding the cost of seasonings, production costs, and labor, selling them for 60 cents a pound is not expensive.

Uncle Wang's family has three boys. The oldest is fifteen years old today, and the youngest is as big as a steamed bun. They were all born in 1969 and are nine years old this year.

For convenience, he even bought a second-hand tricycle. He put several baskets on it, and his second son Wang Jie and third son Wang Feng were on one side, his eldest son Wang Yong and Mantou were on the other, and he himself was on the other side with his three children.

The location had already been chosen; it was in one of the busiest areas with a high volume of people coming and going.

The two groups each weighed 50 jin (25 kg), while I weighed 100 jin (50 kg).

I knew how they sold it, so I just handed it all over to them. And then I heard Doubao shouting over there:

"Take a stroll and have a look, don't miss out! From the south to the north, everyone who has traveled south or north, come and see our homemade, secret-recipe salted peanuts, delicious and perfect with rice..."

"How much is it?"

"Grandpa, these peanuts are 60 cents a pound."

"A bit expensive"

"It's alright, you can try it first. Today is the first day of sale, so anything over one pound will be 50 cents a pound. Tomorrow the price will be 60 cents a pound."

"Not bad, it tastes great, give me a pound."

Okay.

"Give me a pound too."

"Okay, just a moment."

To my surprise, they were all sold out in just one morning, and the other two sets had been sold out more than an hour earlier.

When they arrived, they saw that I was still busy there, so they quickly came over to help sell the goods.

Back in the courtyard in Xicheng District, after drinking some water, we settled the accounts there.

I bought 200 jin of peanuts at 5 mao per jin. I earned a total of 98 yuan today. I used two jin to taste and eat.

"Comrade Li, what do you think? Should we make a little more tomorrow?"

"Sure, but we don't have many people right now, so we can only add 100 jin (50 catties). If we can sell out quickly in a couple of days, then the rest of our family members will be on holiday and can come and help."

"good"

I didn't expect that in just three days, after selling for 200 yuan per kilogram on the first day, 300 kilograms wouldn't be enough to meet demand in the last two days.

Fortunately, my sister-in-law and her family were also on holiday, so we let the three of them each take one child to sell, while we stayed behind to roast peanuts.

There was no other way; we needed help with this. Besides myself and Aunt Wang, Mom brought Xiao Shi to help as well.

Uncle Wang still had to go to his workplace to guard the gate, but even so, he would get up several hours early before going to work and help out quite a bit.

It's fair to say that since my sister-in-law and her family arrived, even 500 jin of peanuts a day isn't enough.

But right now there are only three of us, and even if we work overtime there, we can only finish 500 jin (250 catties). We can't do any more, otherwise our bodies won't be able to handle it.

And the best-received product was indeed the spiced peanuts. Since that's the case, let's make more of them. But no matter what, we still need to have a variety of kinds.

On New Year's Eve, they sold out until 1 p.m., and everyone had finished buying and returned home.

He sat in the house doing the final accounts while the others ate at home.

They sold for a total of fourteen days. The children were paid 98 yuan a day, and the younger ones were paid 35 yuan a day. The adults were paid 3 yuan a day, which was 86 yuan a day.

There were a total of 200 jin of peanuts in the space. They were all grown before, and I had already cooked them myself.

When I went to the countryside to collect peanuts, I bought them for 15 cents each. Over the past few days, I've collected a total of 6,300 jin (3,500 catties) and spent a total of 945 yuan.

The seasonings didn't cost much, less than 100 yuan, so let's say 100 yuan. After deducting these, I made a total of 2296 yuan.

I harvested 1,000 jin of peanuts in the countryside this time, and I still have 3,900 jin left. I expect to sell them all before the start of the new school year.

"All the money has been distributed. Although tomorrow is the New Year, Uncle Wang, we probably won't be able to come over tomorrow. If you want to sell, you can sell a small amount at a time near the movie theater. There will definitely be plenty of people there."

But you don't need to come too early, nine o'clock is fine.

"Yes! There will definitely be some couples going to the movies tomorrow."

"Sure, no problem, we have nothing to do at home anyway."

"We came here on the second day of junior high school, and we'll definitely sell the remaining 3,000 jin (1,500 catties) before school starts."

"Okay, thank you, Comrade Li."

"You're welcome. This is the result of everyone's hard work."

"You're back! Hurry up and eat. You must be exhausted after these past two weeks."