Chapter 79 Ye Ying starts making money again
The flour mill knew that there were still a lot of potatoes in their village that could not be sold, and they needed a large amount of potatoes to make potato starch.
If the villagers all agree to sell at this price, they can directly arrange for a large truck to go to their village to pick up potatoes.
When other farmers in the village who also grew a lot of potatoes found out about this, they all came to Ye Ying, wanting her to help them deal with the potatoes they couldn't sell.
Of course, Ye Ying is very happy to help if there is any profit to be made from the "price difference".
But after hearing that the price sold to the flour mill was only 15 cents per kilogram, these people felt that they were being taken advantage of and decided not to do it.
In the end, only the old man's potatoes were taken away by the flour mill, and Ye Ying made a small profit from it.
Although you won’t make a lot, it’s definitely easier than selling popsicles under the scorching sun.
She calculated that the potatoes produced by her grandfather's five acres of land were about 7,500 to 8,000 kilograms. At the price of 0.20 yuan per kilogram, they could be sold for about 1,500 yuan.
Then she received a commission of 0.05 per kilogram, which means she could earn at least 400 yuan from the price difference of nearly 8,000 kilograms of potatoes.
She was already very satisfied with the income of 400 yuan this time.
As for the eldest grandfather, he could get a minimum of about 1,200 yuan, which was actually very good according to the average monthly salary of people at that time. However, the difficulty was that it was the entire income of a family of more than ten people.
It's not that you'll suffer a loss, at most you'll just earn less.
Although the boss didn't earn much money per capita from the acres of potatoes he planted, his hard work was not wasted, nor did he end up being wasted.
Because of what he had been worrying about for the past few months, the eldest master praised Ye Ying to everyone he met.
As a result, her reputation in Dayan Village changed a little.
Ye Ying thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly someone found her a few days later and agreed to sell it to her for 1.5 cents.
The person who came over was Li Ergou's cousin Li Hui. Her family also planted a lot of potatoes, even more than the old man.
When Ye Ying saw that the visitor was a relative of Li Ergou's family, she initially didn't want to pay any attention to him.
But within a minute she changed her mind.
Even though she is not on good terms with Li Ergou, she won't be here for long, so why bother with money?
Thinking of this, Ye Ying happily agreed, and asked the flour mill to come and harvest potatoes on the third day.
Li Hui's family has many people. When she heard that the potatoes would be harvested in two days, she mobilized more than ten distant relatives to come and help. All the potatoes in the field were harvested in just a day and a half.
Even though her family planted six acres of potatoes, when they weighed the crops, the yield was not as much as that of the five acres of land of the eldest master's family!
It seems that the boss has put more thought into this.
Six acres of land only produced more than 6,000 kilograms of potatoes.
Therefore, the difference that Ye Ying earned from this would be a little less than what the boss earned.
But it doesn’t matter, it’s still a good income.
Before going to bed at night, Ye Ying counted carefully again and again. She didn't dare to go back to her hometown alone, but she earned enough income for many people in a year in just a few days!
After putting away the 700 yuan she earned, Ye Ying was so excited that she couldn't sleep.
With this lucky card, the money came too easily to her, as if she had picked it up easily.
But that’s not all. The next day, several more villagers came to the door and said they would accept the price for their potatoes as long as they could sell them all off.
They also said that they would sell all the potatoes of this season and would never plant them again.
Ye Ying didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. The next day, she rode her 28-bar motorcycle for more than 40 kilometers to the flour mill, found the person in charge, and asked him to arrange a truck to collect the flour.
After these households sold their potatoes, more people followed suit. In less than ten days, all the potatoes produced in Dayan Village were eaten up by that flour mill.
The villagers were of course not fools, they must have known that Ye Ying took a cut from it, but they all tacitly did not mention anything.
They also changed their initial mentality of "I would rather sell it in a rotten place than at a low price" to "the less loss, the better, and no loss is a profit."
It took less than half a month in total. There were about 500 households in Dayan Village, and the potato production from 200 acres of land was about 250 tons, all of which were harvested by the flour mill.
Not only that, the person in charge of the flour mill also said that if they continued to sell to them at this price, they would continue to buy, but the prerequisite was that they could guarantee the minimum production volume required by their factory.
Therefore, Ye Ying told the village chief Wang Lijun about this matter and asked him to seek opinions from the villagers.
If they are willing, he can come forward and sign a relevant cooperation agreement with the flour mill.
However, with the price of 1.5 cents per kilogram, the villagers all said that they felt they were at a loss and were basically unwilling to continue growing potatoes.
After Ye Ying found out, she thought about it for two days and decided not to take the five cent "price difference".
Anyway, she made a lot of money this time and would return to the county after the autumn harvest, so it was impossible for her to keep the five cents difference forever.
It would be better to raise the price and promote cooperation between Dayan Village and the flour mill as much as possible.
This cooperation opportunity is not a one-off or two-off. Once signed, it is a long-term one, which is a good thing for the villagers.
If no one in this village grows potatoes, and then everyone starts growing other crops, the final outcome will be exactly the same.
If supply exceeds demand, then naturally the price won’t be high enough.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Ye Ying took the initiative to find Wang Lijun.
She told him that the flour mill had raised the price to 0.2 yuan per kilogram, and asked him to go and promote it to the villagers again to see how many households would agree in the end.
Wang Lijun attached great importance to this matter. As the head of the village, he naturally cared more about the development of the village.
So this time he went door to door personally.
Finally, 20 households agreed, including the grandfather who said he would never grow potatoes again, and Li Hui's family.
As soon as Ye Ying saw the list, she knew that they were going to have a large-scale "Zhen Xiang" event.
0.20 yuan per kilogram, although it is cheaper than the price charged by the previous boss, it is more stable.
They probably agreed after weighing the pros and cons.
However, the 20 households should have 80-90 acres of land, and the output should be able to meet the needs of the flour mill.
After the deal was finalized, Wang Lijun, on behalf of Dayan Village and the flour mill, held a simple signing ceremony in the village and officially started the cooperation.
This can be regarded as the first long-term cooperation that Dayan Village has established with the outside world in a true sense.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
