Chapter 319: Naye Deng Family, rising to fame.

After New Year's Day in 1986, members of the Naye Deng community moved into new homes every now and then. The houses were renovated so quickly because they basically did not have high requirements for decoration. For these members of the family, a simple decoration would make the house a very good one.

Every member of the clan who moves to a new home will inevitably invite relatives and friends to celebrate.

As a result, exclamations could be heard every now and then in the Naye Deng community. They were all made by relatives and friends who were invited by the Deng family to celebrate. Ninety-nine percent of these were relatives and friends from the countryside, and it was hard not to be moved when they saw a beautiful community like Naye Deng for the first time.

As more and more members of the tribe moved to their new homes, their relatives and friends would inevitably brag about the new homes in the village after they had broadened their horizons.

After all, their relatives and friends are awesome, and this is also a kind of bragging capital for them.

And relatives and friends have relatives and friends. After the virus started to spread from person to person, the name of the Naye Deng Community spread like wildfire, and from ten to a hundred. In this way, the name of the Naye Deng Community spread throughout the entire county. Naturally, along with the fame of the Naye Deng Community, the Naye Deng family also became famous.

Today, the Naye Deng family has become synonymous with unity and wealth!

Don't underestimate this reputation. In a place like Bobai with a strong clan culture, a clan that is both united and wealthy still has a strong deterrent power. The clan members may not be able to walk around arrogantly outside, but at least others will give you some face when they know you are a member of the Naye Deng family.

Deng Shirong has the most say in this regard.

In the 1990s in my previous life, there were more and more hooligans in Bobai, and even a lot of robbers were born.

I still remember one day in the 1990s, two guys were driving a motorcycle through Naye Village and saw a family on the roadside raising a lot of large castrated chickens. The two guys stopped the car, went straight into the family's house, grabbed three or four large castrated chickens in front of the owner, and then got in the car and left in a swagger.

It was broad daylight and the owner was at home, but he just went in and caught someone else's castrated chicken. This was extremely arrogant.

During this process, not only the owner of the castrated chicken witnessed it, but other villagers also saw it. However, none of them dared to say a word and just watched the chicken being taken away.

This is the result of clan disunity. If the Naye Deng family in the previous life was as united as it is now, let alone two people, even two hundred people would not have the courage to swagger into the village and take away other people's chickens.

In short, as the Naye Deng family became famous throughout the county, things like this would never happen again.

While the tribesmen were busy moving to new homes or renovating their houses, as the Spring Festival travel rush was approaching, Tenglong Bus Company added five more buses.

Of the previous 25 buses, six went to Shenzhen and Guangzhou, three to Dongguan, and two each to Foshan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Huizhou.

Now another year has passed, and the number of people going to Guangdong to work has increased again. After the Spring Festival travel rush, these 25 vehicles will definitely be in short supply. After all, Tenglong Bus Company has always insisted on operating in accordance with regulations and never overloading passengers. Its passenger carrying capacity is indeed not comparable to that of other large buses that overload passengers.

Therefore, we have to continue to increase the number of buses to cope with the increasing number of passengers every year.

It is worth mentioning that even in the off-season now, the passenger transport companies’ income is much higher than before.

In addition to the increase in the number of passengers in the county, another reason is that the passenger transport company adjusted its strategy and began to pick up passengers from Bobai to the cities in Guangdong.

Therefore, even though this year is the off-season, the passenger load factor of the company's 25 buses has remained between 70% and 75%, which can be said to be very good.

According to rough calculations by Tenglong Bus Company, long-distance buses of this era can break even if the passenger load factor can be maintained at around 15%. If the passenger load factor can be 70% to 75%, then there is no doubt that the company will make huge profits.

The five newly added buses were purchased with the profits from this year's off-season, and the company now has hundreds of thousands of dollars in working capital. You can imagine how profitable the passenger transport company is this year.

As the passenger transport company expands, the profits it generates will also increase. The company will no longer need to seek bank loans for future expansion. The profits generated by the company each year alone are enough to cope with the company's expansion.

Tenglong Passenger Transport Company has entered a period of virtuous cycle of development.

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Hepu County.

Yamaguchi Town.

On a popular street, there is a seafood restaurant called Abao. This seafood restaurant is the first store selling seafood in Shankou Town after the reform and opening up. The owner, Abao, is a middle-aged man in his forties.

At this time, A Bao was sitting at the door of the store with a hookah in his hand, smoking. His sad face was shrouded in the curling smoke.

Although he was the first person to open a seafood restaurant in the town since the reform and opening up, doing business is not something that means you will make money if you start early. Abao's seafood restaurant has been in business for more than five years, but business has been mediocre.

There is money to be made and it is no problem to support a family, but it seems hopeless to make a fortune from this seafood restaurant.

Shankou Town is right on the seaside. The customers of the seafood restaurant here are not originally from Shankou. They all rely on customers from other towns to patronize the restaurant. If it were just his family doing seafood business, they would definitely make a lot of money in the past few years.

Unfortunately, this was impossible. Just half a year after he opened the seafood store, a competitor emerged.

Up to now, there are five seafood restaurants on Yamaguchi Street. Facing such fierce competition, it is already good enough for him to make money to support his family!

He didn't have much pressure in the past few years, but now his son has grown up and is about to get married, the house is old and needs a new one, and the two small children also need money to go to school. Money is needed everywhere, and his pressure naturally comes.

To be honest, he also thought about moving to another place to run a seafood store, but he had worked here for so many years and could still make money. Moving to a place where he was unfamiliar with the place and starting over again would raise the question of whether he could make money.

So, after hesitating for a long time, I still couldn't make up my mind.

A Bao was burning a cigarette while thinking about his worries.

Suddenly, the sound of a motorcycle came from the front. When he looked up, he saw a beautiful motorcycle driving towards him and stopped in front of his shop.

When he saw the motorcycle owner, Abao felt that he looked familiar.

Just as Abao was wondering where he had seen him before, the motorcycle owner smiled and said hello, "Boss, long time no see!"

Hearing this, A Bao suddenly remembered who the other person was and said excitedly, "A cousin, it turns out to be you. I haven't seen you for a few years. I almost didn't recognize you."

He remembered that this was a super big customer he met the year he first opened the seafood store.

At that time, this big customer not only bought up all the dried seafood such as sandworms and squids in his store, but also ordered dozens of kilograms of flower crabs, dozens of kilograms of prawns, dozens of kilograms of mudworms and other fresh goods. He was the largest customer he had met in the few years since he opened the store, and the impression was quite deep.

Seeing that the boss still recognized him, Deng Shirong couldn't help but smile as he got off the motorcycle: "Boss, I haven't seen you for a few years. Is your business still going well?"

"Alas, business is not good. I can barely support my family."

Ah Bao sighed, then handed over the hookah and said, "Uncle, light the hookah first."

Deng Shirong took the pipe, sat down on the stool next to him, and said, "Don't worry, boss. People don't have much money these years. In a few years, more and more people will be rich, and the seafood business will naturally become better and better."

A Bao smiled and said, "I hope so. But even if the seafood business is doing well, the competition here is great, so it's still hard to make money!"

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and after Deng Shirong had smoked a few cigarettes, he said, "Boss, I came here this time to discuss a big deal with you."

Ah Bao knew the big deal of this big customer. When he heard him mention the word "big business", his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "A cousin, how much goods do you want this time?"

Deng Shirong put the pipe aside and said with a smile, "Boss, I'll give you two days. I'll take as many of the three kinds of dry goods, sandworms, shrimps, and squids, as you can get. The same goes for the three kinds of fresh goods, flower crabs, prawns, and mudworms. I'll take as many as you can get."

Upon hearing this, Abao's eyes widened instantly, and he said in shock, "Abiao, are you serious? You want as much as I can get?"

Deng Shirong smiled and nodded, "Yes, there is no limit. I will take as much as you can get. As for the price..."

After hearing this, Abao was so excited that his whole body was shaking!

Big business, this is definitely a big business that he will rarely encounter in his life. As long as he seizes this opportunity, he may have enough money for his son to marry a wife and build a house...

A Bao immediately patted his chest and said, "A cousin, don't worry about the price. I will definitely give you the best price!"

"I don't like bargaining, boss, just tell me what kind of preferential price you can give me. If the price is right, then the deal is done!"

It is now 1986 in the Gregorian calendar, and the price of seafood is getting more expensive every year. While the current prices are still reasonable, Deng Shirong has come to Yamaguchi specially, intending to stock up on some seafood, whether to keep it for his family to eat slowly or to sell it in a few years.

A Bao has been in the seafood business for several years, and he knows the cost very well. He directly gave a very low price and said, "Uncle, I'll charge you 5 yuan per catty for the sandworms, the same price for the dried shrimps, 5.5 yuan per catty for the squids, 0.8 yuan per catty for the flower crabs, 1 yuan per catty for the prawns, and 0.4 yuan per catty for the mudworms. What do you think?"

Deng Shirong was very satisfied when he heard this. When he came to buy five years ago, sandworms were 3.3 yuan per catty, squids were 3.6 yuan per catty, flower crabs were 50 cents per catty, prawns were 80 cents per catty, and mudworms were 30 cents per catty. Now the prices have generally increased, but the increase is not that large.

Of course, he also understood that if he had not said he wanted to buy in unlimited quantities, the boss would not have given him such a low price.

Therefore, Deng Shirong really didn't bargain, and nodded directly and said, "Okay, that's the price, but in terms of quality, you have to give me the best."

The quality of this seafood is very particular. Take dried sandworms for example. It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that each high-quality dried sandworm is as big as a thumb, but it is normal for each one to be as long as an index finger or a ballpoint pen.

Low-quality dried sandworms may not even be as long as a pencil or finger.

The same goes for dried squid. High-quality squid is big and thick, while low-quality squid is small and thin.

Therefore, the price difference between high-quality seafood and low-quality seafood is very large.

Take dried sandworms for example. The bigger they are, the more valuable they are. Many seafood stores buy them in three grades: large, medium and small. Then, in order to maximize profits, the merchants will pick out some medium-quality sandworms and mix them with high-quality sandworms to sell, and then pick out some low-quality sandworms and mix them with medium-quality sandworms to sell.

As long as the charge is not too high and it is not too obvious, and as long as customers don't know enough about seafood, the merchant can double his profit.

If you are not an expert in this field, you may be cheated to death without even knowing it.

However, this trick could only deceive customers in the 1980s and 1990s. In later generations, customers have become more and more sophisticated. In addition, customers who can afford to buy seafood that costs hundreds or thousands of yuan per pound are all well-informed people. It is unlikely to deceive people in this way, and it may even damage the reputation.

A Bao nodded repeatedly and said, "Don't worry, cousin. This is not the first time we have traded. I will definitely give you the best quality."

"It's settled then!"

Deng Shirong took out twenty big unity notes from his pocket and handed them over, saying, "Boss, this is the deposit, take it first, I'll come back the day after tomorrow to pick up the goods."

A Bao took the money, a stone in his heart fell to the ground, his face was as bright as a chrysanthemum: "Okay, cousin, I will prepare the goods and wait for you then."

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"Well, I'll be leaving first then!"

"Okay, take care, cousin!"

…

Two days later.

Deng Shirong rode his motorcycle to Abao Seafood Restaurant again.

At this time, Abao's family and many relatives were all in the seafood store. The inside and outside of the store were filled with all kinds of dried and fresh seafood, the quantity was astonishing.

Seeing Deng Shirong coming, Abao handed him the pipe with a smile on his face and said, "Cousin, light the pipe first. All the goods you want are here!"

Deng Shirong took the pipe and immediately observed the dried and fresh seafood in and outside the store through the perspective of the system space. He found that they were all of good quality. He was very satisfied and asked, "Boss, how much seafood do you have here?"

Po blurted out, "There are 832 kilograms of sandworms, 1358 kilograms of squid, 635 kilograms of shrimp, 1844 kilograms of flower crabs, 2231 kilograms of prawns, and 3670 kilograms of mudworms."

In order to get these goods, he really put in a lot of effort in the past two days. Not only did he mobilize all his relatives, friends and villagers, he also went to other villages to purchase dry goods door to door. Finally, he was able to collect so many goods.

Deng Shirong smoked a few cigarettes and said, "Okay, can you calculate the total amount?"

Abao had memorized all the data, so he answered directly, "Abiao, sandworms are 4,160 yuan, squids are 7,469 yuan, dried shrimps are 3,175 yuan, flower crabs are 1,475 yuan, prawns are 2,231 yuan, and mudworms are 1,468 yuan, a total of 19,978 yuan."

When Abao reported this number, his family and relatives were still a little confused.

Even in later times, those who purchased seafood worth nearly 20,000 yuan at one time would be considered big customers, let alone in this era, which directly refreshed their cognition.

Ten or twenty thousand yuan is really nothing to Deng Shirong now, but buying so many goods is enough to feed his family for a long time.

After paying, Deng Shirong said, "Boss, please deliver the goods to me at the intersection."

Po responded cheerfully, "No problem!"

Therefore, the whole family and relatives went out together and started transporting these dried and fresh seafood to the intersection more than a thousand meters away.

There is no need to say much about the dry goods. They are very easy to transport. Flower crabs and mudworms are also fine. The only troublesome thing is the prawns. These things need to be kept in seawater and will die if they are away from seawater for a long time.

At present, more than one ton of prawns are all raised in barrels and basins. Those in barrels are fine, as they can be directly picked up by people. However, those in basins are more troublesome.

In the end, Deng Shirong paid the money and asked the boss to send someone to buy ten pairs of wooden barrels, and put all the prawns in the basin into the barrels, which solved the problem.

There is no need to say more. The location chosen by Deng Shirong is the intersection of the Shankou Expressway in later generations. If you want to go from Bobai to Nanning, you can also take this route. This place is more convenient for taking a car, but at that time no one had built houses around it. Except for the occasional car passing by, it was basically sparsely populated.

Therefore, after everyone left, Deng Shirong put all the seafood into the system space without any hesitation, and then rode away on his motorcycle.

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Soon, the 1986 Spring Festival travel rush officially arrived.

Before the Spring Festival travel rush began, all major universities and colleges began to close for holidays and buses from all over the country began to be fully booked.

When the Spring Festival travel rush officially arrived, factories across the country began to close for holidays and buses across the country began to be packed. The 30 buses of Tenglong Bus Company were no exception. All of them returning from Guangdong were packed.

It's a pity that the buses from Bobai to Guangdong don't have many passengers at this time, and there are often empty buses running to Guangdong. Otherwise, if they were full both ways, the bus company would really make a lot of money! ...

Naye Deng’s Community.

Deng Shirong's house is being renovated. Originally, they planned to do it after the New Year, but their eldest daughter has decided to register after the New Year, and they don't know when the wedding will be held, so the house allocated to her has to be renovated first.

According to the rules in Bobai, the houses in the family are distributed in such a way that the eldest brother lives on the first floor, the second brother lives on the second floor, the third brother lives on the third floor, and so on.

Deng Shirong did not intend to break this rule, but he decided to distribute the houses in his family according to age, including his sons. The eldest son would live on the first floor, the eldest daughter on the second floor, the second son on the third floor, the youngest daughter on the fourth floor, the third son on the fifth floor, the fourth son on the sixth floor, and the youngest son on the seventh floor.

Therefore, the second floor allocated to the eldest daughter is being renovated now.

Deng Shirong chose a European and American style for his eldest daughter, which is the most fashionable and trendy decoration at present. Although he thinks that this decoration effect will gradually become outdated in a dozen years, it has to be said that within three to five years, this decoration style is still very cool.

As for the future, if you feel that the decoration is old-fashioned, you can just tear it down and rebuild it. Anyway, the family is not short of money.

Another important reason for choosing the European and American style is that this style of decoration is faster, unlike the ancient style decoration that incorporates the characteristics of various dynasties, which requires a lot of time to achieve the desired effect.

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Now that Yongjia Supermarket's operations are on the right track, Zhang Xiuping has some free time and no longer has to stay in the supermarket every day.

So during this period of time, Zhang Xiuping, who had nothing to do, would take her children to the Ou sisters' clothing store from time to time to chat about family matters.

On this day, Zhang Xiuping brought Xiaodong'er here again.

After chatting with the sisters for a while, Zhang Xiuping asked, "Ah Fang, Ah Hua, when are you going to close the shop and go back home for the New Year?"

Ou Guofang smiled and said, "We can go back after we sell this batch of goods. When do you plan to go back, Sister Ping?"

Zhang Xiuping said: "In previous years, when the year was coming to an end, whether it was people who ate commercial grain or did business, they were all busy, and the restaurant didn't have much business, so they went home earlier. But this year, the supermarket is different. The supermarket has the best business when the year is coming to an end, and we can't go home until at least 27 or 28."

Ou Guohua nodded and said, "It's almost the end of the year, and everyone is busy preparing for the New Year. Supermarkets do have the best business at this time."

Ou Guofang sighed, "We were originally planning to go back with you, Sister Ping, but if you can't go back until the 27th or 28th, then we have no choice but to go back first!"

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "You guys go back first, you don't have to wait for us. You still have a lot of things to do when you go back, especially Ah Hua. You have already separated from the family and are living alone. Everything at home is waiting for you to go back and take care of it. It's not like before!"

Ou Guohua hummed and said, "Yes, after returning home, I have to clean the house, make ash water dumplings and sweet dumplings, and offer sacrifices to the ancestors, return blessings, etc. In addition, my little one is still at my mother's house, so I have to go back to my mother's house to bring him back for the New Year. It is indeed very busy."

Zhang Xiuping said, "Just be busy. It's good to be the boss of your own household. Just like this year, you made a lot of money from running the clothing store. You can put all the money into your own pocket instead of handing it over to your mother-in-law like before."

When this was mentioned, Ou Guohua couldn't hide the smile on her face.

This year, the total profit of the clothing store of the two sisters exceeded 20,000 yuan, and each of them could get tens of thousands of yuan. Such a large amount of money is under their control and they can spend it however they want. The days when they would be nagged by their mother-in-law if they bought some fruits or snacks are gone forever.

Ou Guohua said with a smile: "Yes, now the days are truly full of hope."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiuping and Ou Guofang couldn't help but smile at each other.

(End of this chapter)