Chapter 77: Money-hungry
Xu thought for a moment, patted her thigh, and gritted her teeth and said, "Peanut oil! I heard from the village head's wife that peanut oil is more fragrant than soybean oil. I haven't even tasted it. Anyway, one tael is one cent more expensive. Give me a pound."
Su Tai immediately asked Xu to go to the main room to take shelter from the wind, and she ran to the backyard with the oil bottle.
After a while, he filled a pot of oil for Xu.
Xu took it and weighed it twice, then exclaimed, "Oh! The weight is wrong, you gave too much!"
"It's not much, not much. It doesn't make a big difference anyway. Second Aunt can go back and try how it tastes. If it's good, I'll ask Chen Yi to bring back more next time." Su Tai narrowed her eyes, as if she had thought of a new way to make money.
Xu's oil bottle could hold a little over a pound of oil, and even if Su Tai wanted to give more, it wouldn't be enough, so she accepted her favor and put down a string of copper coins and sixty copper plates.
Su Tai's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward, picked up the ten coins and stuffed them back into Xu's arms, "Second Aunt, we are all family, so of course we can't make money from you. Don't worry, we won't lose money."
Xu's face flushed, she was so moved that she couldn't speak, and she said in a trembling voice: "Wait, I will go and help you shout now, whoever wants to buy oil can let them come to you."
After Xu left, Shen Yi immediately closed the courtyard door, breathed a sigh of relief, and explained: "I was pulling the oil pot into the village, and was seen by Second Aunt and a few villagers. I had to bite the bullet and lie. I guess someone will come to buy oil later."
"It's okay, it's okay! Is a pound of peanut oil outside one hundred and sixty cents?" Su Tai asked.
Shen Yi nodded, "The oil seller only started selling peanut oil this year, because peanuts are expensive and peanut oil is more fragrant than soybean oil. One pound costs 160 wen, which is 10 wen more expensive than soybean oil."
"That's right. Second Aunt gave me 160 cents, and I charged her 10 cents less. If villagers come to buy oil, I will charge them 5 cents less, and I can still make a lot of money!" Su Tai was secretly delighted.
The yield of the peanut oil she squeezed was 50%. Two kilograms of peanuts could produce one kilogram of oil. One kilogram of peanuts cost 35 cents, and two kilograms only cost 70 cents. With this operation, she made a net profit of 85 cents, which was still a considerable profit.
However, soybean oil is not that profitable. The cost of producing one pound of oil from four pounds of soybeans is 120 wen. One pound of soybean oil is sold for 145 wen, and only 25 wen can be made.
Seeing her happy, Shen Yi heaved a sigh of relief.
The two men hurriedly delivered the oil bottle into the warehouse.
After Shen Yi left, Su Tai immediately moved the oil bottle into the transfer station.
These oil bottles have different capacities, the largest is ten jin, the medium is five jin, and the smallest is one jin.
Even after filling them all up, there was still no room left. Fortunately, there were still a few empty large wine jars at home.
Su Tai used three large wine jars to get all the oil out of the transfer station.
Not long after she finished her work and sat down, there was a knock on the door.
There were a few village women who came together to buy oil, and they all held the same oil bottle.
Maybe it was because Xu praised it so much in front of them, these people asked to see the peanut oil as soon as they entered the door.
Su Tai didn't want to miss such a good business, so she immediately took them to the kitchen and took out a pot of five kilograms of peanut oil. "Smell it and see if it's the same as the ones you buy outside."
Several people had come here with a critical mindset, but when Su Tai opened the oil bottle, the aroma of the oil made them forget the words they had prepared, and they were left with only crazy excitement.
A woman grabbed her money bag and asked nervously, "Shen Yi's family, how much is this oil?"
Su Tai smiled and said, "Outside, a pound of peanut oil costs 160 wen. We are all from the same village, so I will give you a 5 wen discount per pound."
Everyone looked at each other and rushed to let Su Tai be the first to fill up the oil.
Su Tai called Shen Yi to help, and she was responsible for collecting the money.
Chen Yi followed Su Tai's instructions and put a little more oil in the oil bottle to ensure that there was no shortage of weight.
All the women who came to buy oil left with their oil bottles in their arms, satisfied.
After their promotion, villagers kept coming to buy oil in the next few days, and no one came until it snowed.
At this time, Su Tai only had 20 kilograms of peanut oil left, but there was more soybean oil left, about 35 kilograms. She earned nearly 50 taels just from selling the oil.
At the same time, she did not forget to fish. When she was lucky, she would cast the net twice a day and catch a dozen or twenty fish, some big and some small. When she was unlucky, she might catch nothing and the net might even break.
All the fish caught were sent by Shen Yi to the restaurant on the Daxun River by boat. Fish weighing less than one catty were sold at 50 wen per catty, those weighing more than one catty were sold at 60 wen per catty, and those weighing more than two catties were sold at 70 wen per catty.
A fish weighing more than three catties is considered a big fish and is sold by the piece. One fish can sell for three to five hundred coins, or even five to six hundred coins. It is considered a luxury dish in a restaurant.
Shen Yi didn't have many big fish, so he made a delivery once every three days, which was just enough to meet the needs of the restaurant. He also earned more than twenty taels during this period.
After a busy month, the couple finally had some time to rest. It happened that Su Tai had harvested the two acres of water chestnuts she had planted in the Earth Time and Space and sold them for 18,000 coins. Her virtual currency balance suddenly became more than 30,000.
With this money, she can hire another sixteen gophers and plant water chestnuts on the remaining eight acres of paddy field. She will be rich in no time.
Shen Yi recently felt that his wife was very strange. She would smile foolishly from time to time, as if she was expecting something, but she wouldn't say it. This made him spend the whole day trying to figure out what his wife was thinking and he couldn't take care of anything else.
When Su Tai appeared in front of Shen Yi again with a large bucket of fish, Shen Yi stopped her and said, "Wife, the Daxun River will be closed in half a month. Will we still sell fish then?"
Su Tai paused, looking pained, "Why is it so fast? I haven't earned enough money yet!"
Chen Yi laughed in silence, "There is no end to making money. We have been busy for a year and it is time to take a good rest. Also, do you want to go back to Dongmen Village before the heavy snow blocks the road?"
Su Tai patted her head in annoyance, "Fortunately you reminded me that I should go back to my mother's house and bring some oil to my parents. No, I should squeeze more oil and bring it back. The villagers will definitely appreciate it."
Shen Yi: “.”
Is his wife obsessed with money? Why does she never forget to make money wherever she goes? However, marrying such a wife who can make money is also a blessing from his previous life, so he must help her.
The two finished their discussion.
Su Tai squeezed another 500 kilograms of peanuts and 500 kilograms of soybeans, and asked Shen Yi to take a trip to Dongmen Village first.
It was snowing heavily, and Su Chunlin's family was hiding in the house for the winter. When they heard Shen Yi's voice, they thought it was hallucination.
Han kicked him off the bed and said, "Go out and take a look!"
Su Chunlin shivered and quickly put on the cotton-padded jacket that Su Tai made for him before going out.
Soon, Su Chunlin called everyone in the family out and shouted excitedly: "My son-in-law has bought a batch of peanut oil and soybean oil, which is five cents cheaper than outside. Go to the village and ask who is buying oil, and call them all over!"
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