Chapter 50 Gong Lisheng's Profit Sharing: The Price Difference
Seeing that Jiang Ji had agreed, Ye Liang was very happy.
At this moment, he was sitting at the dining table with Jiang Ji, Jiang Mai, and Jiang Ya.
A bowl of dumpling filling was placed on the corner of the dining table.
Next to the dumpling filling was a pot basket for holding the dumplings.
Ye Li grabbed a pile of rolled-out dumpling wrappers and put them on the pot rack. Seeing him grinning with his big teeth, she said, "Brother, don't be so happy yet. People in this town aren't as willing to spend money as people in the county."
"Furthermore, you used to only sell preserved eggs. People could buy two preserved eggs for four coins, but now they have to spend seven coins."
"Nine times out of ten, their businesses aren't as good as Gong Lisheng's."
Ye Liang grabbed a dumpling wrapper and said with a smile, "Then let's sell it for six coins a serving."
Compared to Gong Lisheng, his costs are lower.
He doesn't need to buy preserved eggs from others; he can make them himself.
One unit earns one coin; if one hundred units are sold, that's one hundred coins.
This hundred coins was earned on top of the two coins per egg.
In other words, he could only earn a little over a hundred coins for every two hundred small eggs he sold before.
But if he were to prepare these two hundred little eggs in a cold dish, he could earn an extra hundred coins on top of the already hundred-odd coins!
Is one hundred coins too little?
Not a bit less!
Back then, he carried heavy loads in town, and even if he was lucky enough to work a full day without stopping, he could only earn forty or fifty coins.
Now you can easily earn an extra hundred coins.
How could he not grin from ear to ear?
Moreover, his family's pancake sandwich business doesn't entirely rely on the town's residents.
Sometimes, if you're lucky, you might encounter a large caravan stopping in town for a rest, and you can buy up all the day's quota in one go.
Summer is a time of frequent business travel, and selling a hundred servings a day is by no means a problem.
Ye Li was surprised that Ye Liang lowered the price by one coin without any hesitation, and was immediately moved.
I'm so happy even if I only earn a penny.
Such simple working people.
He asked, "If you really sell cold preserved eggs, I'm afraid Brother Yi won't be able to handle it all by himself, right?"
“We can have Yu Ge’er help out,” Ye Liang said while kneading dumplings. “Ever since he came into the family, he’s taken over all the housework, which has made things much easier for Father.”
“If he goes to town to help, Father will just do the same things at home as before.”
“That works too.” Ye Li nodded.
He had a good impression of Tang Yu.
Selling food in town is hard work, but when there are no customers, I can stroll around the stall a little, which is better than always staying at home.
Especially since Tang Yu is young, only seventeen years old.
A young husband of this age would certainly like to go out and see more excitement.
He had previously heard Ye Liang say that ever since Tang Yu came into the family, the profit distribution of the Ye family's tofu puffs had changed.
Previously, Ye Liang and Liu Yi would hand over half of their profits.
Now, the profits are divided into three parts: Ye Liang and Liu Yi take 40%, Ye Wentang and Yu take 40%, and the remaining 20% is handed over to Ye's father.
Now that Liu Yi and Tang Yu have both gone to town to do business, it couldn't be fairer.
He added, "Brother, speaking of which, why don't you and Dad discuss buying a mule cart or oxcart first?"
“It’s not sustainable for you to keep running around like this every day. Besides, if you had a car, you could help Brother Yi and Brother Yu deliver food to town in the morning.”
Ye Liang nodded: "Let's wait until autumn, then we'll be busy for another month and see."
Although Ye Wencheng kept everything simple, it still cost nearly ten taels of silver in total.
Their family is poor.
We need to wait a bit longer.
But his home wasn't far from where he bought livestock, and if he included the income from cold preserved eggs, earning two hundred coins a day wouldn't be a problem.
That's six taels a month!
A mule cart costs about six or seven ounces.
Ox carts are more expensive, but oxen can pull more goods than mules.
They will then make a decision based on the amount of money they have.
“If you don’t have enough money, come to me. I have some money saved up now,” Ye Li said.
"That's enough, that's enough." Ye Liang shook his head with a smile.
“Brothers, Ya’er and I have money too. If you don’t have enough, we can lend you some.”
Jiang Mai, who was quietly making dumplings, suddenly spoke up.
Upon hearing this, Ye Li, Jiang Ji, and Ye Liang were all amused.
Ye Liang smiled and said, "Thank you, Xiaomai and Ya Ge'er, but we really don't have enough money at home. You two can save your money yourselves."
"We've saved up almost two hundred coins."
Jiang Mai added.
Recently, due to the hot weather, Ye Li has also given them a high-temperature allowance, and their wages have increased from one coin a day to two coins a day.
More wages mean more savings.
"You're really capable!" Ye Liang couldn't help but praise.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ya couldn't help but puff out his little chest. He and his second brother were incredibly diligent!
He stared at Ye Liang with his big eyes: "Brother Liang, is your family really going to buy livestock?"
"That's the plan," Ye Liang nodded.
Having received the answer, he immediately went to check on Ye Li: "Brother Li, when are we going to buy livestock?"
“If we buy livestock, you and Xiaomai will be even busier,” Ye Li said with a smile.
As he spoke, he placed another stack of dumpling wrappers on the pot rack.
There were already about thirty dumplings on the pot rack.
Jiang Ji kept quietly making the package.
Ye Liang, Jiang Mai, and Jiang Ya didn't stop either, so they worked very quickly.
"It's alright, it just means we'll be cutting grass a little longer," Jiang Ya said.
He preferred cutting grass to feeding his livestock rather than playing.
"That makes sense, Brother Li. If you have any spare money, why not use it to buy livestock?"
“If you stay with your second uncle, he will definitely be willing to take you in.”
Ye Liangdao.
Jiang Dahe's family has a lot of land, and if they had livestock, they could save a lot of effort.
"Let's talk about that later."
Ye Li did not agree.
The main problem is that Jiang Ji has outstanding debts, and he needs to pay them off before he can even think about buying livestock.
Moreover, Jiang Ji will be going to take the imperial examination in another month.
He knew that a poor family should be generous on the road, so he would definitely prepare more travel expenses for Jiang Ji.
He has only been in the world for less than three months, and given his love of eating and drinking, his Engel coefficient is extremely high. Therefore, he cannot afford an oxcart or mule cart at present.
Furthermore, before buying livestock, he would definitely need to find Jiang Liu another job.
Jiang Ji listened to Ye Liang and Ye Li's conversation while silently making dumplings.
He doesn't earn money, he only spends it; Ye Li makes the decisions on important family matters.
Amidst their laughter and conversation, the pot rack was soon filled with dumplings.
We can start the fire and prepare to cook.
But at this time of year, starting a fire is a tough job.
Therefore, Ye Li said to Jiang Mai and Jiang Ya, "Xiaomai and Ya-ge, which of you two is willing to start the fire? Whoever does will get a penny."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ya quickly shook her head and said, "I want to make dumplings."
He doesn't spend any money.
It doesn't matter whether I make this money or not.
He'd rather make dumplings!
He's making rabbit-shaped dumplings.
Jiang Mai was a little older and understood the benefits of money even better.
There's nowhere to spend the money right now.
But there will always be a time when flowers bloom.
Jiang Mai patted her flour-covered hands, stood up, and said, "I'll go cook."
"Little wheat, go ahead, I'll get you the money after I roll out the dough," Ye Li said with a smile.
It was hot, so after making soy milk in the kitchen in the morning, Jiang Ji moved the large iron pot to the stove in the yard.
After Jiangmai boiled the water, Jiang Ji, Ye Liang, and Jiang Ya filled the pot with dumplings.
So Ye Li stopped rolling out the dough and picked up the pot rack to cook the dumplings.
Vegetarian dumplings cook easily, but because of their thin skin, the heat should not be too high, otherwise they will easily fall apart.
The dumplings were cooked after the water in the pot boiled three times.
The group picked up their bowls and began to eat.
Ye Li's filling is undoubtedly excellent, with a perfect balance of saltiness. The thin dumpling skin tightly wraps the filling, and with one bite, the texture is slightly firm yet full of savory flavor.
tasty!
Jiang Ya was the first to finish eating. He reluctantly put down his bowl, patted his little belly, and seeing how round it was, deliberately lifted his thin short jacket and showed it to Ye Li, saying, "Brother Li, Brother Li, doesn't it look like a watermelon?"
Ye Li was eating dumplings under the shed when she saw this, so she flicked his lower abdomen a few times with her finger: "It sounds like it! Judging from the sound, this melon is ripe. Can I eat it?"
After saying that, he scratched his lower abdomen a few more times.
Jiang Ya immediately laughed and hid behind her: "It's not tasty, you can't eat it."
Upon seeing this, Ye Liang smiled and said, "I'll bring you a watermelon tomorrow; they sell them in town."
"No need, it's too expensive," Ye Li hurriedly said.
There is little arable land in Beiyang County, and most of the limited land is used to grow grain.
Therefore, fruits such as artificially grown cherries and watermelons are very expensive.
Not to mention the watermelons are huge; buying just one is almost as expensive as buying meat.
"It's not like we eat it every day."
Ye Liang had already made up his mind.
He comes over every day to freeload, and yesterday Ye Li asked him to come over early to make dumplings, and specifically told him not to bring anything.
As the older brother, he's eating so deliciously right now, he definitely has to show his appreciation.
Seeing that Ye Liang really wanted to buy it, Ye Li didn't stop her anymore.
He also wanted to eat watermelon.
Soon, after lunch, Jiang Ji went to fry tofu puffs.
Ye Li and Ye Liang were busy finishing wrapping the remaining dumpling filling.
The two little ones didn't sleep well last night, so they went back to their room to catch up on sleep.
After finishing wrapping the dumplings, Ye Li brought out a small stove and boiled a pot of cold water.
He left the boiled water to cool slowly on the stove, then took out walnuts, black sesame seeds, and rice, preparing to stir-fry them.
Just then, a mule cart arrived at the gate.
Immediately afterwards, Bao Beiyuan's voice rang out: "Jiang Ji!"
Jiang Ji immediately put down the long chopsticks in his hand, got up from the stool, and walked towards the door.
Ye Liang, who was tending the fire, also got up.
Ye Li put down the walnut kernels in her hand and walked towards the courtyard gate.
At the entrance of the courtyard, Bao Beiyuan came in carrying a piece of pork.
Jiang Ji asked curiously, "Why are you here at this time?"
He wouldn't come even when I called him yesterday.
Bao Beiyuan smiled and pointed to Gong Lisheng behind him: "Brother Sheng's preserved eggs are sold out. He was afraid of delaying his evening business, so he asked me to come with him."
Therefore, Gong Lisheng specially used a mule cart to help him deliver drinks.
Therefore, he finished work early today.
At this moment, Gong Lisheng also appeared at the gate of the courtyard.
He was carrying two baskets, each filled with watermelons.
As soon as he saw Jiang Ji, he smiled and said, "Without the 'egg,' there's not much business in the shop, so Xiao Yuan and I came here together."
"Did I disturb you?"
"No disturbance, no disturbance, please come in and have a seat."
Jiang Ji smiled and gestured for Gong Lisheng to come in, then introduced Ye Liang to him.
Gong Lisheng greeted Ye Liang warmly and even took a watermelon out of his basket, intending to cut it open and eat it on the spot.
After some polite refusals, Ye Li took a kitchen knife from the kitchen and cut the basketball-sized watermelon in half.
The watermelon wasn't very sweet, but it was crisp and juicy.
It tastes quite like watermelon.
Ancient fruits cannot compare to modern ones; I would be quite satisfied with just a watermelon-flavored fruit.
After finishing two slices of watermelon, he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and got down to business.
Jiang Ji greeted Jiang Liu this morning.
Jiang Liu had also told Jiang Tong.
Later, Jiang Ji can lead Gong Lisheng to these two stores to buy preserved eggs.
The batch of eggs from the Ye family will be delivered tomorrow.
Because Ye Liang goes to town every day to buy eggs, it's convenient for the Ye family. Therefore, for now, the Ye family has the largest stall in the small business of preserved eggs.
This batch alone has more than 1,200.
There are still thousands of sealed jars that haven't improved.
However, after this batch was sold to Gong Lisheng, there was no more.
Although the matter was awkward, Ye Li chose to address it face-to-face to avoid any misunderstandings.
Ye Liang hadn't signed an agreement with Gong Lisheng in the first place.
Upon hearing this, Gong Lisheng immediately replied, "It's only right. I'm already very grateful that you sold this batch to me."
"Actually, the reason I came here today is to talk to you and Jiang Ji about this matter."
“The cold-dressed preserved eggs are really popular. I might even find some villagers who want to sell them in the county town. So I was thinking, could I make a contract with the villagers first? If they are willing to sell their preserved eggs to me, I am willing to pay an extra 150 coins for every 500 eggs.”
Five hundred eggs, two per serving, that's two hundred and fifty servings.
He earns two coins per serving, so he can earn five hundred coins from two hundred and fifty servings.
This number is so impressive that it makes you grin from ear to ear.
But he remembered that Ye Li could also do the math, and in order to make this business last, he was willing to give up 150 coins.
In this way, for every 500 sold, his profit would be 500 coins minus 150 coins, leaving 350 coins.
These days, preserved eggs are incredibly popular. Selling a hundred servings a day is no problem, earning two hundred coins a day, which amounts to six taels a month!
Of course, this is on the premise that he has that many eggs to sell.
Suppressing his inner reverie, he said to Ye Li, "Moreover, I should also compensate you for the 150 coins I bought from you before."
As he spoke, he reached out to touch the basket on his back.
He placed the coin under the watermelon.
Ye Li was surprised that he had already made up his mind, and he generously gave up one-third of the profits!
However, after a slight pause, Ye Li immediately stopped her: "Brother Sheng, don't be so polite. You bought so many watermelons today."
"Let's forget about the previous batch; from now on, we'll just follow this price."
"Don't worry, I don't have the energy to go to the county town to sell them myself, but I will definitely supply what I make to you."
Gong Lisheng chuckled and said, "I've already counted them and strung them together with a rope, so just take them. Business is good, one hundred and fifty coins won't make a difference."
"That's right, Brother Li, just take it."
Bao Beiyuan also offered his advice.
He and Sheng Ge are now relying on Li Ge for their livelihood. It's just 150 coins, so they can't let Li Ge feel uncomfortable about it.
Gong Lisheng genuinely wanted to give it to Ye Li, and considering the profits from the cold-dressed preserved eggs, she accepted it.
Since Gong Lisheng is straightforward and doesn't pretend to be confused, he will definitely lend a hand.
So he said, "Brother Sheng, I'll go find the clan chief later and ask him to gather the villagers and tell them about your decision."
"Come back in a couple of days. If any villagers are willing to sign a contract, then you can pay a deposit to settle the matter."
"no problem!"
Gong Lisheng was very pleased and immediately agreed.
Although this move cost some money, there was nothing we could do, since the egg-changing creature came from Wild Jujube Slope.
If the seller refuses to sell to him, there's nothing he can do.
Yezaopo is close to the county town, so it's quite convenient for the villagers to set up their own small stalls.
Moreover, even with the discounts, he still makes a considerable profit.
Hehe, six taels a month!
However, the prerequisite for earning six taels is that the villagers of Yezaopo are willing to sell him preserved eggs.
In reality, even if he were willing to offer a discount, there would certainly be people who wouldn't sell to him.
But that's all he wants to give right now.
There must be villagers who don't have time to sell cold preserved eggs.
Perhaps some villagers were afraid of the trouble and just wanted to sell everything at once to get the money.
Moreover, setting up a stall in a county town is not easy.
If you push a cart into town to do business, you have to pay a few coins as an entrance fee.
After entering the city, the stalls on both sides of the main street had long been occupied by people, and ordinary villagers had no way to set up stalls on the main street.
Villagers could only sell their wares along the streets or set up stalls in places with few people.
It's really uncertain how business will turn out then.
Villagers can go to the city to sell vegetables, chickens, ducks, baskets, mats, etc., and people in the county town won't look down on them.
However, if food is sold directly, many people would definitely prefer to go to the jelly shop for the same price.
Therefore, he only wants to give this number for now.
He first checked things out.
If the number of eggs acquired is too small, he will continue to offer discounts.
Actually, he has already shown great sincerity.
He wants to make money by selling eggs, but he needs to do it in large quantities.
Cucumbers need to be bought and washed, right?
Garlic paste requires someone to peel and someone to mash it, right?
Not to mention, the couple also had to make jelly.
Ye Li also felt that Gong Lisheng was quite sincere.
According to Ye Liang's plan, he would sell each egg in town for six coins, earning one coin per egg. For every five hundred eggs sold, which is two hundred and fifty eggs, he could earn an extra two hundred and fifty coins on top of the original profit.
Now Gong Lisheng is giving an extra 150 wen, so the price difference is 100 wen.
One hundred coins is certainly not a small amount.
This is a very large number for the villagers.
But setting up a stall in the city is quite troublesome. Running a mobile stall is hard work. You sell a little bit every day, and after many days of hard work, you finally earn an extra hundred coins.
If it were him, he certainly wouldn't bother with that effort.
However, he was not an ancient person after all. Moreover, he calculated the price difference based on the selling price of Ye Liang. If the villagers also sold it for seven coins a serving, they could earn two coins a serving, and the price difference would be three hundred and fifty coins.
Therefore, he couldn't make any guarantees for Gong Lisheng.
After Jiang Ji led Gong Lisheng and Bao Beiyuan to Jiang Tong and Jiang Liu's house to buy preserved eggs, he asked Ye Liang to fry tofu puffs, while he himself carried a watermelon and went to Jiang Fuzheng's house.
The temperature was high at the moment, and Jiang Fuzheng's family members were all enjoying the cool air under the locust tree in front of the door, instead of going out to work.
He first stated his purpose, and then calculated the costs for Jiang Fuzheng's family. If they sold the preserved eggs to Gong Lisheng in one go, the loss would be at least one hundred coins and at most three hundred and fifty coins.
If you want to make a profit from the price difference, you have to go to the city yourself to set up a stall and sell your wares.
No one can guarantee the final outcome.
After listening, Jiang Fuzheng nodded and said, "Alright, before everyone gets out of bed, I'll have Mantang bring the gong and call everyone over."
"It's up to them to choose, we won't force them."
It was a large sum of money, and he was somewhat tempted.
But he was an official, and it would be beneath his dignity for his family to sell things on the street.
well.
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