Chapter 444: Either making money or on the way to making money
After Gao Mingli got married, he only lived in the village for two days before returning to the county, saying that he was going to work.
But in fact, the sugar factory was not busy at that time, and as long as he wanted to take a leave, he could always take two more days off.
Marriage is a big deal, and since he has Gao Guobing behind him, the factory will not make things difficult for him.
It’s just that Gao Mingli himself didn’t want to take such a long leave and stay in the village, so he used the excuse of work to return to the county.
His decision surprised everyone, but it was just a surprise because it was summer vacation and Gao Mingcheng was extremely busy.
He first cleared out the inventory of the clothing store. He would rather sell last year's old styles at a discount this year to make a profit. The new styles sold very well, so when he went to Guangzhou, he had to order another batch of goods.
In this case, you need to prepare the money for purchasing the goods.
Gao Mingcheng cleared out a pile of clothes and said to Xuanyuemei, "Don't hang these clothes in the store. Put an iron rack in front of the store and hang them there. Then put up a big-character poster saying that the store is holding a promotion and all the clothes are being sold at a low price."
The clothes he cleared out were all old styles from last year, both summer and winter.
When Gao Mingcheng purchased goods, although he had the vision of later generations and knew roughly which goods were easy to sell, every place had its own aesthetic taste. Ninety percent of the goods he purchased were sold successfully, but there were always ten percent that were difficult to sell.
This is unavoidable, even luxury stores have unsold inventory.
After clearing the inventory and checking the account books, Gao Mingcheng reluctantly paid for the goods.
At night, Xiao Xuxu was already fast asleep. Xuanyuemei stayed by Gao Mingcheng's side, watching him settle the accounts.
Gao Mingcheng whispered, "Duomei, I'm going to the village to shake honey tomorrow. You should work harder to sell some goods in the next two days. Although the money now is enough, it's better to carry more money with you."
Many bees understood what Gao Mingcheng meant. If Gao Mingcheng encountered any good opportunity to make money outside, he would need to have capital.
A poor family may lead to a rich road, but this is the truth that people have always practiced.
She nodded and said, "Okay, I'll try to sell as many as possible."
After they had settled the matter, the couple turned off the lights and went to bed.
The next morning, Gao Mingcheng drove a tractor to the market to buy a batch of large plastic bottles for honey, and then drove to Gaojia Village.
After parking the car in front of his house, Gao Mingcheng unloaded the plastic bottles from the car and moved them to the yard.
When the two dogs saw him, they jumped out from the bushes in the distance and circled around him affectionately.
Gao Mingcheng stretched out his big hand and touched the two dogs' heads, then said with a smile, "I have something else to do. I'll play with you guys when I have time."
He opened the kitchen door, took out the bucket, and quickly drew a bucket of water from the well.
These newly bought plastic bottles may have some dust and dirt in them. They need to be cleaned and drained before they can be used to store honey.
Honey is something that is ingested, so hygiene is naturally required.
These bottles are all thick bottles used to hold liquor, some hold ten kilograms and some hold twenty kilograms. Gao Mingcheng is now wholesale honey to Fan Chengyao, so he buys all of them in twenty-kilogram bottles to make it easier to stack the goods.
While he was washing bottles in the yard, Chen Duofu walked in.
Seeing the bottle drying on the bench, he immediately said, "Mingcheng, there is honey in the beehive. Are you back to shake the honey?"
Gao Mingcheng said: "Yes, let's go to the mountains to shake honey later!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Duofu immediately went to the utility room to get the honey extractor.
"Then I'll take the honey extractor over first, and the beehives will still be placed in the same valley as before." After Chen Duofu finished speaking, he took the honey extractor and left first.
After each honey extraction, the honey extractor must be cleaned, dried, and then covered with a plastic sheet to prevent dust, insects, and rodents from entering.
So when shaking honey, just use it directly.
Chen Duofu went ahead to work in the mountains. Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry. After washing the plastic bottles, he washed a large basin and turned it upside down on the bench to drain the water.
This big basin will be used to temporarily store honey for sedimentation later.
The June sun shines down on this farmyard, and a gentle breeze blows from the mountains, drying the bottles and jars turned upside down on the bench as quickly as possible.
Gao Mingcheng picked up a straw hat and put it on, then walked towards the valley where the beehives were located with the two dogs.
There are blooming flowers and singing birds all the way.
The plants and trees cherish time very much. They grow wildly and show their vitality wantonly.
However, the green grass on the roadside was ruthlessly trampled by a pair of big feet and was forced to bear tremendous pressure. But after the big feet left, the grass shook its body and regained its previous charm in the wind.
Gao Mingcheng came to the place where the beehives were placed and saw Chen Duofu working.
Shaking honey is also a physically demanding job. If you do it alone, it will be very tiring.
Gao Mingcheng looked at how fast he was shaking the honey and couldn't help but smile, "Okay, I'll shake the honey, and you go cut off the wax on the honey comb."
Chen Duofu did not force it and obediently gave the honey extractor to Gao Mingcheng, while he went to the beehive to get other beehives.
Before shaking the honey, you need to cut off the beeswax with a knife so that the honey in the honey comb can be gathered at the bottom of the honey shaker through centrifugal force.
Compared to Gao Mingcheng's casualness, Chen Duofu deliberately wore long sleeves and long pants, and a pair of work gloves on his hands. Even his head and face were wrapped with a cloth, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
If honey attacks him, he just needs to cover his eyes with his arms in time.
For the next whole day, the two people divided the work between them. Gao Mingcheng was responsible for shaking the honey, while Chen Duofu was responsible for cutting the beeswax.
In this way, with the cooperation of the two, they finally managed to shake forty boxes of honey.
Gao Mingcheng has already carried the honey extractor back and forth several times. The large basin at home is already full of honey. He fills up the honey that has settled first, and then pours in new honey to let it settle.
In the evening, Gao Mingcheng was still busy with these things. After filling most of the honey, the remaining honey needed to be filtered with clean gauze to filter out the residue.
Chen Duofu came over with a large bowl and said, "Mingcheng, let's eat first! Today my mom fried Castanopsis tofu with lots of minced garlic and chili peppers. It goes really well with rice!"
When Gao Mingcheng smelled the fragrance of the food, his stomach immediately started to growl.
The work in his hands had come to an end, so he took the bowl and started eating with relish.
The dishes are quite ordinary, including Castanopsis tofu, fried eggplant with peppers, and stir-fried sweet potato.
Sweet potato leaves are the young leaves of sweet potato. They are fried with minced garlic and taste very good. It is a home-cooked dish in summer.
Gao Mingcheng came back suddenly, and Aunt Liu didn't prepare any meat. Ordinary villagers only eat meat a few times a year.
Besides, if you want to eat meat, you have to wait until the market to buy it.
Gao Mingcheng didn't care about this. He had meat for every meal at home anyway, so it didn't matter if he had one or two meals without meat occasionally.
He ate very quickly and soon the whole bowl of food was gone.
After handing the empty bowl to Chen Duofu, Gao Mingcheng said, "I have to go back to the county early tomorrow morning. You have to pay more attention to the beehives. Move the beehives to places with more honey sources and try to get more honey this year."
Before hiring Chen Duofu, Gao Mingcheng was the only one who took care of all these household chores. Even so, he could produce several hundred kilograms of honey throughout the year.
Now that Chen Duofu has been hired to manage the beehives full-time, Gao Mingcheng hopes to produce at least an extra 100 kilograms of honey.
These one hundred kilograms of honey are equivalent to the salary of hiring Chen Duofu.
Chen Duofu listened carefully, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to it. Now that the Chinese tallow tree is in bloom, I plan to move the beehives to the Chinese tallow tree forest tomorrow evening."
Sapium wilfordii is a common tree species in Jiangxi Province and the main source of nectar in the local area in summer. It blooms from early June to the end of June, with a flowering period of about 30 days. When the weather is clear, it secretes more nectar, which can attract many honey bees to collect nectar.
However, the honey of Sapium wilfordii also has a disadvantage, that is, the quality of the honey is average, and the crystals are coarse like white sugar. Some people who don't understand it think it is honey shaken out by feeding white sugar.
However, the Tung oil trees in the mountains do not grow in large patches, but grow naturally in scattered patterns. In the Tung oil tree forest, there are other nectar-producing plants. When bees collect honey, they do not only pick honey from Tung oil trees. Therefore, the final honey is a multi-flower honey, and the quality of the honey will not be too bad.
In addition to providing nectar for bees when it blooms, the seeds of the Sapium sebiferum are also very useful. The seeds can be used to extract oil. Although they are poisonous and inedible, they can be used as industrial materials, such as lamp oil or to make soap.
Every year when the Tung oil tree bears seeds, some people in the village go into the mountains to pick the seeds and then take them to the market to sell them.
(End of this chapter)
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