Time passed quickly and it was the end of June. Just when Li Hongmei was getting ready to sell salted duck eggs, Ma Fuguo came back.
Lin Xiaoman calculated the time and guessed that Ma Fuguo would come back to talk about his girlfriend, and sure enough, it was true.
After Ma Jinhua passed away, the relationship between the three brothers eased a lot, at least on the surface they seemed quite harmonious.
Marriage is a big deal, and one has to inform the family. Ma Fuguo generously brought back two pounds of pork and a bottle of white wine. The eldest and second brothers' families each contributed some rice and vegetables, and Li Hongmei prepared a table for the three brothers to have dinner together.
During the meal, Ma Fuguo explained his purpose: he had a girlfriend in town and was ready to discuss marriage, and the girl's family wanted to come to their house to take a look. This time, it was obvious that without Ma Jinhua, Ma Fuguo had no scruples and simply became a live-in son-in-law.
Under the deep-rooted traditional ideas, Ma Jianguo and Ma Qiangguo were stunned by his decision. Just as they were about to say something to persuade him, Ma Fuguo said that he didn't want anything in the family anymore, including the land allocated to him, his house... he didn't want anything.
He was about to become a son-in-law of a successful family, and his career was just around the corner. Ma Fuguo didn't bother with the scrap metal at home.
I don't want anything. When these words were spoken, Ma Jianguo and Ma Qiangguo were immediately moved and swallowed the words of persuasion they had originally intended.
As farmers, land is their lifeblood. The Ma family's land was divided into three parts. Ma Jianguo and Ma Qiangguo both felt that it was not enough. Ma Fuguo didn't want the land anymore. The two brothers were definitely secretly happy.
After the topic of marrying into the wife's family passed, the few people talked about other things.
After steaming three salted duck eggs for the men to go with their wine, Li Hongmei mentioned the matter of selling salted duck eggs. After tasting the salted duck eggs, Ma Fuguo immediately said that he could go to the factory to ask, and if the canteen wanted them, he could act as a matchmaker.
Although Ma Fuguo did not give a definite answer, he gave Li Hongmei a great deal of confidence for no reason.
It was a very enjoyable meal.
After staying at home for one night, they agreed that the woman would come to visit in three days. Ma Fuguo gave Li Hongmei five yuan for food and asked her to prepare a sumptuous meal that day.
Time flew by and three days passed. Early in the morning, Ma Jianguo went to the butcher in the next village to buy meat, and then exchanged it for fish from someone in the village. Li Hongmei also killed a duck and prepared a table of delicious dishes.
The girl was still the same girl in Lin Xiaoman's memory, but this time, Ma Jinhua was gone. With the warm hospitality of Li Hongmei, the eldest sister-in-law, the meeting between the two sides was very harmonious. The girl's parents were even more satisfied with Ma Fuguo and started discussing the marriage directly.
Although it was said to be a discussion, in fact everything was arranged by the woman. Ma Jianguo and Ma Qiangguo, the man's brothers, had no objection at all.
The terms of Ma Fuguo's marriage were finalized on the same day.
Besides the wedding, Li Hongmei's first order was finalized that day. Ma Fuguo explained that thanks to his tireless efforts (actually, thanks to his father-in-law's connections), the factory cafeteria was willing to give him a chance. He initially brought 10 kilograms of the product home. If it tasted good and was well-received by the employees, it would be added to the cafeteria's regular purchase order.
Li Hongmei was so excited that she quickly got ready.
When Ma Fuguo returned to the factory, he brought 10 kilograms of salted duck eggs.
The cost of duck eggs bought from villagers is 1.6 cents per pound, plus the pickling ingredients it is about 1.8 cents, and they are sold for 30 cents. Ma Fuguo, as the "middleman", charges a commission of 2 cents per pound, and the profit of 1 cent per pound makes Li Hongmei very happy.
Because it takes about a month to pickle, and Li Hongmei is afraid of running out of stock, she hurriedly collected another 10 kilograms of duck eggs, pickled them and kept them.
Next, Li Hongmei collected 10 kilograms of duck eggs every day, pickled them and stored them.
A week later, taking advantage of the factory holiday, Ma Fuguo went back home and brought a message to Li Hongmei. The factory had decided on the purchase, tentatively set at 100 kilograms per month. He would bring another 60 kilograms this time, and then starting next month, he would deliver 50 kilograms to the factory canteen on the first and fifteenth of each month.
Not only did Ma Fuguo secure a big order for his own factory, he also took advantage of the situation and used his future father-in-law's network to develop a state-owned restaurant and a textile factory canteen.
I gave you the address and contact person. I will send you 10 kilograms tomorrow to give it a try.
Ma Jianguo and Li Hongmei were so happy that they almost jumped for joy, and Lin Xiaoman had to admire Ma Fuguo's business ability.
The couple warmly invited Ma Fuguo to have a sumptuous meal.
The next day, Ma Jianguo went to deliver the goods. Li Hongmei waved her hand and collected 50 kilograms of duck eggs. With Lin Xiaoman as her assistant, the mother and daughter were busy pickling the eggs.
Ma Jianguo's family started the salted duck egg business in a hurry. Ma Qiangguo and his wife were envious and grabbed Ma Fuguo and said, "You can't favor one over the other."
It's just a pity that Ma Fuguo said, "Okay, then tell me what you sell first."
Ma Qiangguo and his wife were immediately speechless. Not everyone can pickle salted duck eggs, at least Song Ping can't. As for other things? They couldn't think of anything for the time being, and they didn't have the energy for it.
Song Ping was so busy taking care of Ma Xiaobao, a naughty boy, even with a bulging belly that she couldn't even take care of the housework and needed Ma Qiangguo, her man, to help her.
When it comes to making money, the second son and his wife can only look on with envy.
Even the brothers were jealous, let alone He Liang, who was just an outsider. Seeing that Ma Jianguo was making money from salted duck eggs, several families in the village who knew how to pickle salted duck eggs followed suit and started pickling them as well.
After a month of pickling, people came to compete for the business.
However, as a farmer in the village, I couldn't even find the person in charge of the factory canteen, so I could only go the retail route.
Then they soon discovered that salted duck eggs were not that easy to sell and the money was not that easy to make.
After working hard to bring salted duck eggs to the town, if you are lucky you can sell a few, but if you are unlucky you can't sell any. You have paid the cost and labor, but the harvest is very little, which is completely not worth it.
As the earliest leader, and with Ma Fuguo, who was already married and living off her, and had a large network of relationships, Li Hongmei had already secured several stable customer sources.
Ma Jianguo, who originally thought Ma Fuguo was black-hearted and charged "two cents per pound" for doing nothing, now smiles every time he sees Ma Fuguo and treats him to all kinds of delicious food and wine.
Under the leadership of Li Hongmei, the family was vigorously developing the salted duck egg business. Time soon came to the end of August, and with Song Ping's cry of pain, the birth of No. 75 was imminent.
Song Ping is about to give birth!
Then, as Lin Xiaoman was eagerly waiting...something embarrassing happened.
There was no difficult delivery and Song Ping gave birth to a daughter smoothly!
Well, the girl with original packaging and original contents!
Absolutely, man proposes, God disposes!
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