Chapter 161: Blood loss!

Jiang Xia glanced at Zhou Guohua who walked into the store and then retracted his gaze, smiling and replied to the Marquis: "This price is a bit expensive, the cost is high."

"Is this fried? It's normal that it's a little more expensive." The Marquis said to Jiang Xia while eating the dried fish: "You can make a lot of this fish. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and the Chinese New Year will be in a few months. It will definitely sell well! Make more. I'll charge you as much as you make. Make one that's a little spicier and one that's a little sweeter. Just package it like this! One pound or two pounds."

Jiang Xia shook his head: "For now, I can't make too much. This is fried, which consumes a lot of oil. It also requires other seasonings, such as salt, sugar, and sesame seeds. Sugar and sesame seeds are very expensive. It's also very laborious! It's very troublesome to make!"

The Marquis took another one and ate it: "I'll try to get you some tickets so you can make more. How much do you sell this little fish for per pound?"

Jiang Xia: "This is a bit expensive because the cost is high. Small fish are 5 yuan per catty, small yellow croaker are 7 yuan per catty, and miscellaneous fish are cheaper at 3.5 yuan per catty."

Jiang Xia quoted a price fifty cents higher than the budgeted price, giving the other party room for negotiation.

As a result, the Marquis thought that the cost of making these dried fish was more than double that of fresh fish, and then they needed oil, sesame seeds, and other sauces. All in all, the price was reasonable and not very high.

He said directly: "Okay, you can do a lot. I will charge you as much as you make. Just make more."

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "I really can't do more. I don't have oil coupons to buy oil, so I bought sesame seeds instead."

Everyone knows that doing business in large volume can make more money, but current conditions are limited and the volume cannot be large.

"I'll find a way to get it for you!" The Marquis pointed at the dried fish in the snakeskin bag and said, "Are they all dried golden pomfret?"

Jiang Xia: "No, there are several kinds of dried fish, including 373 catties of dried redwood fish, 146 catties of dried barramundi, 225 catties of skinned dried fish, 56 catties of dried shrimp, 63 catties of dried small squid, 56 catties of dried small octopus, and 100 catties of large golden oysters."

If the Mid-Autumn Festival was not approaching, Jiangxia would not have sold the previously dried oysters, and would have waited until the Chinese New Year to sell them. However, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, so we can take 100 kilograms to test the waters first. If they sell well, we can go to the islands to pry more and sell them during the Chinese New Year.

Anyway, they have already applied to contract that sea area, including the island.

"Okay, I'll take them all. Let me take a look at these dried fish..."

In the end, Jiang Xia kept the dried fish and small fish for Zhang Fuyan and Jiang Dong, and sold all the goods to the Marquis.

As for the redwood dried fish, the Marquis saw that it was dried well, of uniform size, and had its head removed, so he charged 2.70 yuan per pound, 1.35 yuan per pound for the barangay dried fish, 2 yuan per pound for the skinned dried fish, 3 yuan per pound for the shrimps of different sizes, 2.20 yuan per pound for the small dried squid, 2.50 yuan per pound for the small dried octopus, and 3.80 yuan per pound for the large golden oysters. All the dried fish together sold for 2,480 yuan and 80 yuan! Then the six large jars of small fish, small yellow croaker, and small miscellaneous fish, excluding the three jars of small fish, totaled 168 kilograms, 57 kilograms of spicy small yellow croaker, and 127 kilograms of spicy small miscellaneous fish. The six jars sold for a total of 1,683.50 yuan.

I will return the jars when the time comes.

The total sales this time were 4,164.3 yuan.

But Jiang Xia also spent a lot of money to collect the dried fish. She calculated that she made about 175 yuan, less than 200 yuan, from reselling the dried fish.

However, because she classified the dried fish she collected, she sold the larger ones that looked good as dried fish, and those that were too small she made into spicy small miscellaneous fish and spicy dried small yellow croaker, where she made more money. After deducting the cost, she could make about two yuan per pound from the spicy dried small miscellaneous fish, and about five yuan per pound from the spicy dried small yellow croaker.

So we made 539 yuan here, and split it in half with He Xinghuan, so each of us made 269.5 yuan.

In other words, she earned more than 400 yuan by herself from collecting dried fish this time.

It is a bit troublesome because I have to collect the dried fish and share them, but it is not bad because it is extra money after all.

And now, Grandma and He Xinghuan have taken over the work of collecting fish, sorting and drying fish. They feel embarrassed to share 40% of the money just to help with drying and frying the fish.

So Jiang Xia simply let them do both the collection and distribution of dried fish, and gave them half of the profits. He was only responsible for selling and making small fish of various flavors.

After selling the goods and making an appointment with the Marquis to contact him by phone, Jiang Xia happily left the city dock with four thousand dollars and headed straight for the train station.

After Zhou Chenglei drove away on his tractor, Zhou Guohua came out of the store and quickly took two bags of Daqianmen to Houye and handed them to him: "Comrade, I also sell dried fish here, do you still want to buy it? Alei and I are from the same village. He also buys dried fish from villagers, and so do I."

The Marquis took a look at the cigarette he handed over, waved his hand and didn't take it, only saying: "Let me see your dried fish."

Zhou Guohua quickly took him to the bags of dried fish.

"My dried fish are all very dry, just like A-lei's. If you buy them all, I can sell them for one cent per pound cheaper than him. Take a look at my dried fish."

The Marquis took a look and was too lazy to even turn it over. He couldn't help but think: The same dried fish? But it's so different!

Comrade Zhou Chenglei and Xiao Xia’s dried fish have been sorted, and each one is of uniform size and looks very appetizing.

These dried fish and redwood fish were all of different sizes, and they were not sorted. Who knew how many small fish were mixed in? The Marquis directly offered a price: "Redwood fish is 2.10 yuan per pound, and dried fish is 1.30 yuan per pound."

Zhou Guohua was dumbfounded: What? So cheap? At this price, the redwood fish alone is losing 52 cents per pound! How to sell it? Zhou Chenglei and his team buy redwood dried fish at 2.5 yuan per pound, and miscellaneous fish at 1 yuan per pound. They can't sell it at a loss! At least they should make 10 cents or 20 cents, right? Zhou Guohua couldn't help but say, "Redwood fish at 2 yuan per pound is too cheap! Redwood fish at 2.6 yuan per pound, miscellaneous fish at 1.1 yuan per pound, how about it?"

The Marquis looked at him as if he were an idiot and shook his head: "I have collected enough dried fish. I won't collect any more."

After saying that, he left.

Do you think he's a fool? Who sells this kind of small fish for more than one yuan per pound? Seventy cents per pound is already the highest!

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Zhou Guohua watched the Marquis leave, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't sell it at a loss! The price he offered was already very low, and there was no profit to be made.

After all, he had to pay for the bus fare, and a few bags of dried fish cost him one dollar and fifty cents to reserve a seat.

If it goes any cheaper, it will be a waste of time!

The result of not selling at a cheap price was that he waited until four o'clock in the afternoon and didn't sell a single pound.

At this time, a trader came over and asked him if he wanted to sell dried fish. "Redwood dried fish is two dollars a pound, and miscellaneous dried fish is fifty-five cents a pound. Do you want to sell it?"

Zhou Guohua asked: "Can you increase the price a little more?"

The dealer turned around and left.

Zhou Guohua quickly called out to him: "Comrade, I'll sell it!"

If he doesn't sell it, he can't take it back, right? It's getting late, and he still has to pick up Wen Wan.

Moreover, it would cost another fare to bring it back home, and it would cost another fare to bring it to the city to sell next time. The trip back and forth would be even more of a loss! So, he sold it at a loss. He lost 62 cents for a pound of redwood fish and 47 cents for a pound of miscellaneous fish. It was a huge loss! He still had hundreds of pounds of dried fish stored at home! He continued to collect them every day! What should he do? ***At the other end, Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei arrived at the city railway station after leaving the city dock.

Zhou Chenglei entered the station carrying six large snakeskin bags, while Jiang Xia only carried a basket. It was she who insisted on carrying it, otherwise Zhou Chenglei could have carried it with one hand. Now he used his free hand to hold Jiang Xia's hand to prevent her from being bumped by people passing by.

The train stations of this era are really crowded, especially when the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching! There are so many people, each carrying a big bag or a load of luggage.

Jiang Xia tightly grasped the more than four thousand dollars in his pocket.

The two of them finally squeezed in and found the stationmaster.

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