Chapter 283
As sales increased, Su Hui and the workshop workers tried every possible way to increase production.
The house on the half of the yard that we just bought was newly built later. Unlike the traditional sloping tile roof on the other side, this side is a flat-roofed bungalow.
Su Hui also used the space on the roof to dry papayas. She put up a wooden ladder and climbed up with her nimble figure. She spread a large piece of rainproof cloth and wiped it clean.
Then use a rope to pull up the wooden barrel containing the papaya strips, spread them evenly, and turn them over from time to time.
It is also convenient to put away. Just grab the corner of the mat, pull it up to the middle and shake it.
The average daily output can now reach 550 bottles, which is a good output for a purely handmade workshop, but Su Miao thinks that science and technology are productivity, so he needs to hire some mechanical workers.
The machine can be mainly used in several links. The first is peeling and cutting into strips, the second is thermal baking, the third is crushing seasonings, and the fourth is automatic packaging.
Thermal baking is not as good as natural drying at this stage in terms of taste and cost. It can only be used as a supplement on rainy days, and the current baking room can already meet this requirement.
Their packaging is a bit troublesome. The papaya shreds have to be canned and put into cards. The accuracy of the canning alone is difficult to achieve with ordinary machines, because there are requirements for the specific weight and proportion of papaya shreds and sauce seasonings. They usually use an electronic scale to check the packaging.
Maybe there are packaging machines that can meet this requirement now, but the price will definitely be very high, which is not cost-effective.
Now there are only two steps left to develop: peeling and cutting into strips and blending the seasonings.
For this kind of problem that requires resources, please look for the omnipotent Little Fatty Brother. Su Miao only needs to give Little Fatty Brother a call and he will come to the store immediately.
In fact, people outside no longer call him Little Fatty Brother, but Brother Pan instead, because after a period of healthy eating and exercise, he is not that fat anymore, just a little plump.
But our Miaomiao has his special permission not to change her words. After all, it’s because of our friendship, which is different from others.
Su Miao stuffed him with a handful of fried peanuts and took him directly to the workshop.
The fat boy walked around the drying racks, looked around, and then returned to the eaves and said to Su Miao, "Great! Boss Su! You've quietly built such a large workshop. If I hadn't seen you on TV, I wouldn't have known your papaya shreds business has grown so big."
Su Miao didn't need to be as humble and polite to Little Fatty as he was in front of others. He just said proudly, "Hey! Isn't that amazing? This is just the beginning. I want to promote shredded papaya and sell more to other places!"
"Amazing! You're incredible! You've come up with an activity like collecting cards for prizes. Many of our employees are collecting them now, and some are just two or three short."
Su Miao smiled secretly. That's right. Two rare cards are not so easy to get.
Su Hui and three employees were working. She and one of them were making the seasoning, and the other two were processing a new batch of papaya strips.
Su Miao briefly explained the general process of making shredded papaya to Little Fatty, and then went straight to the point: "Little Fatty, I can't do without you on my path to success! I won't beat around the bush. I came here today because I want to ask for your help."
The fat guy replied without any hesitation: "If you have something to say, just tell me. I eat a lot of food from you."
Su Miao pointed to the blender beside her and said, "At present, we use this blender to make papaya shreds. All other processes are done manually. I think this is a bit slow. I want to ask you if there is a machine that is suitable for us."
The fat guy asked carefully: "What specific functions do you want?"
"Based on the current process, I want an automatic strip cutter and an automatic crusher. The strip cutter is used to cut the papaya into strips for drying in the sun, and the crusher is used to crush spices such as chili peppers and garlic. These two processes are currently labor-intensive and time-consuming."
The fat boy looked at the aunt who was whirring the blender, nodded, and said, "It's really tiring. With so many spices, even if your sister Hui and this aunt took turns, the output would be limited after a day, and their arms would be unable to lift them."
"Yeah! Do you have an electric blender like that? You just pour the seasoning in, plug it in, and it works on its own."
The fat boy patted his head and said, "Yeah! There really is one! Do you know the Fengshou Food Factory? My uncle and I visited it before. They have an electric mincer there, but they use it to grind meat for sausages."
He paused and thought for two seconds, then smiled and said, "What a coincidence! They have everything you want. There's a workshop that makes dried sweet potatoes, which is to cut the sweet potatoes into strips and then dry them. I went in and saw how fast they were. I just threw it in and it was cut in two seconds. But the strips they cut are much larger than yours. I don't know if you can use them."
Fengshou Food Factory? Su Miao was embarrassed for two seconds. Wasn't the manager Zheng who had been driven away by him before from Fengshou Food Factory? And it was all for these shredded papaya.
When Su Miao told Brother Xiao Pang about what happened before, Brother Xiao Pan also laughed out loud: "Hahahaha! What a coincidence! You have already dealt with each other before. What's the big deal? They bought the machines they used, not built them themselves."
Su Miao touched his nose and said, "Big factories are different. They have such advanced equipment. If I had really cooperated with them at that time, my output would definitely be extraordinary now. However, I have my own considerations for giving up the cooperation."
"I know you never do things without a reason. It's fine if you choose to develop on your own. Who wants to be a subordinate when you can be the boss? It's not like your family doesn't have room for development. Look at your workshop. The shredded papaya you make is popular all over Nancheng. It's sure to get even more popular in the future."
Su Miao was not embarrassed to brag about himself, but felt a little embarrassed when others praised him. He said, "Brother Xiaopang, stop praising me. I'm in trouble. Do you have any way to help me get that machine?"
The fat guy said, "That's not difficult. We have a business partnership with him and often go have drinks with his boss. I'll go over there one of these days and just ask him where he bought the machine. After learning the directions, we can just go buy it ourselves, right? Anyway, there's no business conflict between us, so he won't be on guard."
"Little Fatty! This matter is entirely up to you! Oh my! I told you there's nothing I, Little Fatty, can't handle! These are just small matters!"
Su Miao's tone of flattery was so exaggerated that not only Fatty, but everyone in the workshop couldn't help but smile.
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