The less than 40,000 pieces of clothing were all sold out in just one month.
Bai Jianmin and his team sold a total of 14,000 items, of which 10,000 were resold.
Although it was a resale business, the profits were substantial, with a direct income of 70,000 yuan.
Although the retail volume was small and the speed was slow, the profits were quite high. Earning 20 yuan per item, I made more than 70,000 yuan.
These 14,000 pieces of clothing earned Bai Jianmin and his team a total of over 140,000 yuan.
These days, although there are people with ten thousand yuan, they are still very few. This figure of over 140,000 yuan is like an astronomical number, which not only excited Bai Jianmin and his group, but also shocked and disbelieved Bai Lianshan.
Of those 140,000-plus tons, he also had a share. He raised 400 yuan to give to Bai Jianmin and the others when he got this batch of goods back from Qiao Qiru, and even Uncle Qiru contributed 200 yuan.
According to the proportions, he should get at least four or five dollars, and Uncle should get about two or three dollars.
Bai Jianmin and a few others contributed 8, 7, 6, 5, or 4 yuan each, with the smallest contribution being 3 yuan. In the end, they borrowed some money and raised a total of 60,000 yuan in capital.
They gave all 60,000 yuan to Qiao Ganru as soon as they arrived in Beijing. With that money, they could have gotten at most 400 pieces of goods. It was only because Qiao Ganru wanted to help everyone and trusted the Baigou Village production team and Uncle Bai Lianshan that they agreed to let them take all 10,000 pieces of clothing.
And indeed, Bai Jianmin and his team immediately wired the money to her after selling the goods, not a penny less, and even sent her two sacks of mountain delicacies, furs, and various kinds of cured meat.
“Captain, my suggestion is not to distribute the money we earned this time, but only the initial investment that everyone contributed. We can use this money to continue purchasing goods for Aunt Qiao.”
“That’s right, we’ve taken advantage of Auntie many times before. We didn’t have enough capital, so we had to be shameless. But now that we’ve made so much money, we can’t take advantage of her anymore. Put yourself in her shoes, if I were in her shoes, I wouldn’t let you take so much stuff.”
“Jianmin is right. Auntie helped us out of kindness, but kindness is something that disappears once it's gone, and it gets thinner and thinner over time. We can't do that again next time.”
“I agree. We won’t split the money we earn this time. We’ll work with Auntie and we’ll definitely get a share next time.”
"Yeah, if we don't split it this time, we'll definitely split it next time."
"That's right, it's good if we get a share of the capital we put in ourselves. I've put all the money out of my family's account and borrowed a lot more. I'm not sure what to do if there's no money at home. If something urgent happens, we can't do without money."
"Yes, yes, the money we earned this time is enough for our next order. I agree."
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Bai Jianmin, Bai Lianshan, and about a dozen others gathered in the production team headquarters, having a heated discussion about how to handle the money they had earned. In the end, they all agreed that the money would not be divided among themselves.
After the discussion, everyone planned to go to the bank the next day to withdraw the money they had pooled together and divide it among themselves.
"Uncle Captain, I don't want to farm anymore. Farming doesn't make much money. I plan to work for Aunt Qiao from now on."
They were supposed to disperse after the discussion, but Bai Jianmin suddenly blurted out this sentence.
His words surprised everyone and made them pause. Bai Lianshan also looked at him in astonishment.
Not farming?!
Does that mean we won't farm the land we've been allocated?! Not farming it isn't an option; the land can't be left barren, especially since we still have to pay taxes.
"Uncle, I talked to my aunt in Beijing this time. She said that if I don't want to farm, I can rent the land to someone else. I don't need to pay the rent, I just need the person who rents the land to pay my grain tax."
Bai Jianmin dropped such a bombshell. He had thought about it for a long time after returning from Beijing, and in the end, he decided not to farm.
"Jianmin, if you don't farm, what will your family eat?!"
This is the real problem. Although the land has been distributed to individual households, you still need coupons to buy things, especially grain, which requires both coupons and money.
Bai Jianmin had also asked Qiao Jiru about the major issue of food. What seemed extremely difficult to others was no problem at all for Aunt Qiao.
“I can buy grain with my own money, at market price. Now that the land has been distributed to individual households, each family here can get at least 30 mu of land. After paying the grain tax, there is definitely more grain than we can eat. One mu of land yields more than 400 jin, so 30 mu of land yields more than 10,000 jin. Only a dozen or so households are willing to sell me 500 jin each, which is more than 60 jin. My family can't eat that much.”
“Even if our production team doesn’t have enough households to sell me grain, I can buy it from the neighboring production teams. Everyone grows grain, and since we don’t have any other income, we need to exchange what we have for a year’s worth for some money, right?!”
Bai Jianmin simply couldn't believe that among so many households in their production team, not even ten would be willing to sell grain to him.
Even if there aren't ten households, just five or six will do. He can then go to the neighboring production teams to buy from them. Not to mention a few kilograms of grain, buying tens of thousands of kilograms wouldn't be a big problem.
How much does rice cost per pound?!
It's less than three cents.
This is still unhulled rice; it's worth at most 20 cents a pound.
"My aunt also said that if I'm worried about not being able to buy enough food, or if there isn't enough food to eat, my family will grow enough food for the whole family. If I can't earn money outside after a year, it's not too late to go back to farming."
After hearing Qiao Qiru's words, Bai Jianmin made a complete and thorough decision to stop farming and rent out his land.
"Aunt Qiao's words make a lot of sense, and I don't want to farm either."
"I want to farm and make money, what should I do?!"
“I think Auntie’s idea is great. Farming really doesn’t make much money, but you won’t starve. I think it’s good to grow enough for our own family’s needs, and then we can rent out the rest of the land.”
"Wouldn't leasing out the land violate government policies?! Could the land be taken back?!"
"Yes, I'm worried about that too. I'm sure someone will report me."
"That's right, some people just can't stand to see you doing well. Uncle Captain, this land has been allocated to us. If we don't want to farm it, can we rent it out?!"
"Yes, Captain, is this feasible?! Does it violate any regulations?!"
"If you won't let me rent it out, I'll have my uncle's or aunt's family grow it. That way it won't be against the rules, right?!"
"What you said is a possible solution."
"If it's feasible, I'll also ask relatives to plant some, so that my family can plant some and my relatives can plant some as well."
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