Hearing Feng Ye say this, Feng Jiafa's expression softened a bit, and he felt relieved.
It's okay if I can't receive the squid from the Rising Sun, as long as I can receive other people's.
Even if they have a bumper harvest every day they go out to sea, they only have one boat, so the output is limited.
It can't compare to the combined catch of other fishing boats, so it won't affect the overall situation.
It would be terrible if they all got snatched up.
He doesn't need to work for the next month; he can close down.
"Business is getting harder and harder for us. Everyone has to keep their goods to dry themselves. Only a few can be sold."
"On the contrary, you guys are now collecting more and more kinds of things, dried fish, dried mussels, dried clams, dried scallops, etc., you collect everything and make money from everything."
"At least leave us vendors some scraps!"
Feng Jiafa looked helpless and grumbled.
After hearing this, Feng Ye rolled his eyes: "Come on, Uncle Fa, don't act innocent after getting the benefit. Others may not know your situation, but do you think I don't?"
On the surface, these middlemen have indeed suffered losses because of their purchase of dried goods.
He wasn't very clear about other people's situations, but he knew perfectly well whether Feng Jiafa had suffered any losses.
Because most of the miscellaneous fish and cheap goods that Feng Jiafa collected were sent to their workshop.
They made a lot of money easily, without having to spend time and effort sending it to the county.
Feng Jiafa laughed awkwardly: "Haha, not at all, not at all. I'm just trying to make a living."
"Alright, stop arguing and get it weighed quickly. We have things to do and need to get back."
"Alright, alright, here you go, we'll weigh them."
There aren't many goods today, but they're quite varied, with a wide variety of items.
It took quite a while to weigh everything, one bit here and one bit there.
While Feng Jiafa was tallying the figures, one of the fishermen who hadn't left asked curiously, "Ah Ye, what price are you planning to sell your dried squid for?"
Before Feng Ye could answer, the others started talking about it.
"It takes six catties of squid to produce one catty of dried product, so the cost is more than seven yuan. It must sell for eight, nine or even ten yuan, right?"
"Huh? It's so expensive?"
"This is way too expensive! Will anyone buy it? Who would be willing to eat something this pricey?"
"That's right, didn't we dry them together when we were in a group before? Nobody wanted them, so we ended up sharing them with everyone."
“You underestimate people. We country folk may be reluctant to spend money on food, but that doesn’t mean city people are.”
"Yes, just like when we occasionally catch something good, like a big cucumber, who would be willing to eat it? They all end up being sold to city dwellers."
"Yes, there are plenty of rich people in the city..."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Feng Ye felt a bit overwhelmed, but he couldn't remain silent.
He thought for a moment, then said, "We don't know the exact selling price yet, but we should at least show it off first and calculate the cost, right?"
Are you sure it takes six pounds to make one pound of dried goods?
"Of course I'm sure. My family dries some every year to keep for ourselves. We've calculated it."
"These squid come in different sizes. The larger ones weigh more than five pounds and yield one pound, while the smaller ones may weigh more than six pounds. On average, they yield about six pounds."
Feng Ye nodded after hearing this.
He knew that it took six pounds to make one pound, but he had only heard about it and had never made it himself.
Now that we've determined this ratio, things will be much easier.
He can calculate the cost in advance, add some profit, and then determine the selling price.
I just asked Feng Jiafa, and today's squid purchase price is 1.2 yuan, which is considered quite high.
Based on the calculation that six catties yield one catty of dried fish, the cost of the fish is 7.2 yuan.
Labor costs aren't much, but we still have to factor that in.
Adding a 10% profit margin, it would have to sell for at least 8 yuan per kilogram.
This is using squid they caught themselves to dry; if they needed someone else to dry it, the price would be even higher.
Such expensive stuff, it's not unreasonable to make 50 cents a pound by reselling it, right?
In other words, the final price for going out will have to be set at 8.5 yuan or higher.
Feng Ye was thinking that once the 200-pound squid was dried, he would have his father and Feng Jialing take samples to the city to find business owners with whom they had partnerships to promote it.
If they really don't sell well, just leave them in the shop and sell them slowly yourself.
If it sells well, they can openly display it.
At the same time, you can also place orders with families who have their own workshops and help them dry their crops.
By the way, dried squid isn't just a single product; there are also by-products that can be sold.
Those are cuttlefish eggs.
Although it has the word "egg" in its name, it is not actually a squid egg, but a dried squid ovary.
It is usually oval and slightly flattened in shape, milky white in color, and looks like a small egg.
This is a real delicacy, one of the eight treasures of the mountains and seas.
The reason why cuttlefish eggs are so precious is that they are rich in nutrients, delicious in taste, and have the effect of dispelling cold in winter and relieving heat in summer. They are also rich in a variety of trace elements that are essential to the human body.
However, this stuff doesn't keep well. At room temperature, it can only be kept for 12 hours at most, and even under refrigeration, it only lasts for about seven days.
Although it is a dried product, it does not actually need to be dried in the sun.
The preparation method is also very simple. Just cut off the egg gland of the fresh squid, marinate it with a mixture of alum and salt to dehydrate it and coagulate the protein, and the finished product is ready.
The squid they found today had already laid eggs; there were no cuttlefish eggs.
However, later on, when you use branches to lure and catch squid that have not yet laid eggs, you can obtain this precious ingredient.
It doesn't matter if they don't keep well; they can be sold wholesale to fishmongers at the seafood market.
Since it's just a secondary product, it doesn't matter if the price is a little lower.
Feng Ye became more and more excited as he thought about it.
One squid, three sources of income—how much money can you earn during the squid season in a month?
fifty thousand?
One hundred thousand?
Perhaps, it could be comparable to the income from catching small yellow croakers on an island in the sea for more than a month.
But he didn't realize that nothing had even started yet.
The dried squid hasn't started drying yet, so it's uncertain how well it will sell. What if it doesn't sell well?
However, people have to think, and people have to dream.
If you don't even dare to think about it or dream about it, then you might as well just be a fisherman and focus on fishing.
We should still have dreams, shouldn't we?
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