Not bad, not bad!
After the built earthen house was simply smoked with firewood, Lin Rui went in with the beans. There was no other way, time was tight and the task was urgent!
To save time, the workshop only temporarily built a small one, only about a dozen square meters, more than enough for Lin Rui and San Liang. To save space, Lin Rui also asked his sister-in-law and Sister Cao'er to weave some wall-mounted bamboo baskets, which would later be used to store the buckets and pots for growing bean sprouts.
The germination rates of soybeans and mung beans are different. One pound of soybeans can produce about ten pounds of bean sprouts, while one pound of mung beans can produce about fifteen pounds of bean sprouts.
The choice of two types of beans for sprouting is entirely based on individual tastes. For example, Lin Rui really dislikes soybean sprouts. He finds cooked soybean sprouts to have an indescribable fishy smell that makes him nauseous. However, his college dorm friend loves soybean sprouts and eats them almost every meal. His favorite mung bean sprouts, however, are chewy and soft to his friend.
Another roommate really likes to eat enoki mushrooms, which can get stuck in teeth. Every time he bites them, the mushrooms make a crunching sound, and his teeth feel sour when he hears it.
The price of mung beans is more than double that of soybeans, and the theoretical germination rate is only five pounds higher than that of soybeans. But who can blame him for liking them? He doesn't think everyone likes soybean sprouts.
Sanliang brought two bags of soybeans into the workshop, and Mu Tou poked his head in: "Uncle, do you need my help?"
"Let your cattle run wild, and don't go where there's a commotion. We'll call you when we need you." Lin Rui said with a smile.
"Okay." Mu Tou and Er Mao left with laughter, and took the two big blue cows at home to the Huangmo River to graze.
There are three elements to growing bean sprouts: moisturizing, breathable and avoiding light. At this stage, it is the easiest for him to operate. He doesn’t even need to look at his phone or walk around. This project was assigned as homework by his biology teacher when he was in junior high school. He completed it quickly and well.
However, back in middle school, he only used a home-sized portion of mung beans, about 100 grams. To save trouble, he still used a steamer that was breathable and water-permeable. However, now he wanted to grow all the bean sprouts at once, so he needed enough containers.
He and his uncles gathered up the temporarily unused pots, bamboo baskets and bamboo weavings to use for growing bean sprouts. For a while, the entire Lin family had so few pots that they had to share one for washing their faces and feet.
The first step in sprouting bean sprouts is to soak the beans in water for eight hours. After the skin breaks, take them out and control the water. Place them on a layer of gauze with excellent breathability, cover them with gauze, and then pour some water on them.
After completing the preliminary work, Lin Rui and two or three others blocked the windows of the workshop tightly with leaves and firewood, so that no light from outside could get in. It was pitch black inside, and the door was also tightly blocked with a thermal blanket to eliminate any possibility of bean sprouts failing.
The next morning, when Lin Rui went to check, he found that the soybeans and bean sprouts had successfully begun to sprout. He repeated the previous steps until the fifth day, and the bean sprouts were ready to be harvested.
When Lin Rui brought the bean sprouts to Lin Changhe and Feng Zhenniang, they were stunned: "What is this?"
Lin Rui crossed his arms, looking at the vibrant bean sprouts in a workshop, feeling a sense of accomplishment: "Bean sprouts, they are made from these soybeans and mung beans."
"Can I eat it?" Feng Zhenniang had carefully picked a bean sprout from the bean sprouts and put it to her mouth.
"Of course." Isn't this thing made to be sold?
"Oh, so crispy!" Feng Zhenniang widened her eyes and moved her lips slightly, as if she was still savoring the crisp feeling of the bean sprout in her mouth.
Lin Changxi saw a business opportunity in bean sprouts. It was freezing cold in Huangmo Pass, and even winter wheat couldn't be planted, let alone other vegetables. Most of the people in Huangmo Pass ate pickled vegetables from their homes in summer and autumn, and those were scarce. After all, there were plenty of vegetables, but salt was precious. How could they use all the salt on pickled vegetables? At most, they could make enough to last them through the winter.
The winter in Huangmo Pass is long, and it is unbearable to eat pickles all day long. After people have solved the problem of food and clothing, they begin to satisfy their appetite. Isn’t it normal to improve the quality of life within their ability?
He bought 30 jin of soybeans and mung beans, spending a total of 200 coins, and planned to make some to test the waters. If sales were good, he would continue to make them. If sales were not good, they would not be wasted. If they could not finish them at home, they could share them with their uncles and aunts.
Unless the wealthy could grow vegetables in greenhouses heated by charcoal fires during the winter, how could ordinary people afford fresh vegetables in the winter? Lin Rui could achieve a monopoly with this technology. Winter vegetables were in short supply, and the poor couldn't afford them. Huangmoguan was filled with wealthy families who had fled the war. Could it be that they couldn't afford to eat, or didn't want to?
Zhao Qing couldn't help but stare at Lin Rui with shining eyes when he saw the fresh bean sprouts. "Chief, how are you going to set the price?"
Vegetables in winter are completely a buyer's market, and since Lin Rui is the only one who possesses the technology, it seems that he can decide the price at any price.
The soybeans and mung beans only cost a total of 200 wen, so Lin Rui wasn't so unscrupulous as to sell them for 200 wen per jin. He calculated the germination rate of his soybean sprouts and found that they were of high quality, reaching 100%. One jin of soybeans would produce about 12 jin of sprouts. The mung beans were just as expected, producing 15 jin of sprouts per jin.
If the soybean sprouts were sold at the price of two wen per catty and the mung bean sprouts at four wen per catty, the final profit would be 1,240 wen. After deducting the cost of the beans and simple labor, there would be a net profit of one thousand wen, equivalent to one tael of silver. The price was not too high, and the money earned was still a huge profit compared to the cost.
As expected, business is the fastest way to make money! If Lin Changxi, Lin Zijun and others had gone to the town to do hard labor during the off-season, they would have worked themselves to death and only earned two taels of silver a month.
For Lin Rui, if the yield of bean sprouts is increased, one day's work will be enough to make up for the hard work they have done in those years.
Lin Rui and San Liang loaded more than 300 kilograms of bean sprouts onto the truck one by one. This scene made Lin Zijun, Lin Zicheng and the others unable to sit still. They ran over without paying attention to their muddy legs and feet, staring at the fresh and tender bean sprouts with wide eyes: "What is this, clan leader!"
Lin Rui smiled and said, "This is the business I was talking about. Let's take it out and test the waters first. If it sells well, our clan will do this business and buy the wasteland and the general's mansion. We will spend money to hire workers and let others farm for us."
What he said made Lin Zijun and others feel moved. If there was a second way, who would want to dig in the soil for food? They used to think that life in poverty was unbearable, but now that Lin Rui has become the patriarch, they feel that it will soon be their turn to become rich.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
