Chapter 277 It’s None of Them
Shang Ruoting had a rare few days of relaxation and was thinking about raising poultry at home when news came out of the village again. The county notified each production team to contract out some industries such as farms to villagers.
Similarly, this time each family sent a representative to the production team for a meeting. Any family that wanted to contract these could submit an application. After review by the production team and the commune, those who met the requirements could sign the contract.
Shang Ruoting had no interest in the things in the contracting team. Her family's business was already quite big, and if she contracted other things, she would probably have no time to take care of them. What's more, these things did not interest her.
Although Shang Ruoting herself did not want to contract the team's original industry, she thought of some things for Yang Mei.
In the tofu shop of the team, Yang Mei has always been the only one responsible for making the braising sauce. Apart from her, no one else in the entire village can do this job.
Even if those people are willing to take over a tofu shop, it will be useless if they don’t know how to make the braising sauce.
Therefore, Shang Ruoting had already decided in her mind that Yang Mei was the only one who could be the contractor of the tofu shop.
The villagers all knew that running a tofu shop was a profitable business, and they wished they were the one who knew how to make braising sauce so that they could take over the tofu shop.
It’s a pity that they don’t know how to make braising sauce, and the only two people in the village who know how to make braising sauce, Shang Ruoting and Yang Mei, can’t tell them the method.
In this way, the two of them are most likely to be able to contract the tofu shop.
Zhao Fa and Deputy Captain Wang were also jealous of the tofu shop's business, but unfortunately, they didn't know how to make the stew.
They once wanted to learn it secretly, but Yangmei was always very strict in her work and never let anyone see her making the sauce.
Now they can only feel jealous.
Even so, many people still had this idea. In case Shang Ruoting and Yang Mei did not plan to contract the tofu shop, after they took over the contract, they could talk to Yang Mei and hire her to help with the braising process, even if the salary was higher.
The person who had this idea naturally didn't want to be left behind, and urged Zhao Fa, "Captain, let's quickly tell us the details of contracting the tofu shop!"
Zhao Fa naturally had to explain the contract details clearly.
"The production team's tofu shop was contracted out to an individual for 600 yuan per year."
When everyone heard the contract price, they were instantly shocked. Not to mention whether they had the skills to make braising sauce, even if they did, who could come up with so much money at once?
That’s not all. Making tofu is not something that can be done by one person alone. It requires a lot of people to handle the preliminary work and grind the soy milk, so a lot of manpower is required.
At that time, paying salaries to these hired workers will also be a considerable expense.
If you calculate it, you don’t dare to contract a tofu shop without 1,000 yuan.
At this time, those who originally had some ulterior motives also wilted, opening their mouths, not knowing what to say.
Yang Mei learned the skill of making braising sauce from Shang Ruoting. If Ruoting wanted to contract the tofu shop, she would definitely not snatch it away. She would just stand there quietly, observing Shang Ruoting's performance.
She could see that Shang Ruoting had no enthusiasm for contracting the tofu shop, and therefore concluded that her good sister had no such plan, and her heart perked up.
After building the greenhouse, Yang Mei had little money left, and even owed Shang Ruoting the money for fertilizer.
She originally thought that if the price of contracting the tofu shop was not too high, she could discuss it with the team and pay for one month or one quarter first.
Unexpectedly, the fee for contracting a tofu shop is an annual fee, and it is a sky-high price of 600 yuan.
Although Yang Mei knew the profit of the tofu shop, even if the annual contract fee was 600 yuan plus labor expenses, it would still be a profitable business, but she really couldn't come up with so much money at the moment.
At this time, everyone's eyes fell on Shang Ruoting and her. Yang Mei lowered her head in disappointment.
Shang Ruoting turned her head and glanced at Yang Mei. After almost a year of getting along with each other, she knew the latter very well.
Shang Ruoting gently nudged Yangmei with her elbow and signaled her with her eyes to come out with her.
Yang Mei didn't know Shang Ruoting's intention, so she followed her out of the crowd.
Shang Ruoting directly expressed her thoughts: "Yangmei, how about we jointly contract the tofu shop?"
Yang Mei stared with wide eyes, somewhat puzzled: "Partnership?"
Shang Ruoting nodded firmly. "Yes, it's a partnership. I'm sure you've noticed that I'm not very interested in contracting a tofu shop, and you can't afford the huge contracting fee. How about we form a partnership? I'll pay and you'll do the work."
Yang Mei has never backed down from doing physical work, and she understood what Shang Ruoting said, but she really didn't want to take advantage of her good sister anymore.
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