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Chapter 1 The Big Family

After receiving the golden finger given by God, Qin Liufu focused on how to make money. This was not because he was eager for quick success or instant benefits, but because their family had been living too hard over the years.

Qin Liufu was born in a remote rural family in Baizhou County, Guizhou Province. He had three brothers and two sisters on it, and a younger brother and two younger sisters on it, totaling nine brothers and sisters on it.

Nine brothers and sisters, what does this mean?

Even for a well-off family, raising nine children is an extremely heavy burden, not to mention rural people like the Qin family who have been digging food in the fields for generations, so the pressure of life is really beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

In the early years, it was entirely due to the help of relatives and friends that I could barely live my life. Later, Qin Liufu's eldest brother, second sister, third brother and fourth brother went out to work one after another. This family really survived that most difficult period.

However, although the family no longer has to worry about food and drink, even the five small study fees of Qin Liufu and his four sisters have been compensated. However, as the head of the family, Qin Youfu faced no less of the pressure in his heart.

After all, the eldest brother Qin Dabao is 31 years old this year, and even the second brother Qin Erying is 29 years old. However, because the family is really difficult, the eldest brother can't marry his wife, and the second brother can't marry him either.

Originally, the boss worked as a chef in a restaurant in the city. Although his income was not very high, he earned several thousand yuan a month. If it were other families in the village, even if the boss looked ordinary, he would not even be able to marry a wife.

But this kind of society is so realistic now. Even if the woman intentionally started, she heard that there were nine siblings among the old people, and the eldest brother was the eldest brother at home, the woman chose to say goodbye without hesitation.

The same is true for the second child. In today's society where there are more men and fewer women, women originally had no worries about marrying. Even if their figure and appearance and even family background were ordinary, they would definitely find a family in-laws.

The premise is that there is no family burden.

The second child not only has an ordinary figure and appearance, but also has a family burden that can crush people. Except for the second fool, disabled or old bachelor, who would like to marry a woman like the second child as a wife?

Therefore, Qin Youfu was worried. Seeing that relatives and friends of his generation married their daughter-in-law today and their daughter tomorrow, but even the matchmakers were unwilling to come to visit the house. The gap between them doubled the pressure in his heart.

Qin Youfu knew that if he wanted to change this situation, he had to improve his living conditions first.

For example, first push the three dilapidated brick and tile houses in the family, and then build a new house that is enough for the family of nine to live in (at least each must have his own separate room) so that he can have some confidence to ask someone to match the boss.

Qin Liufu knew about the marriage problems faced by his elder brother and second sister, and also knew that his parents and four elder sisters had been saving money to build a new house in the past two years, in addition to providing their five younger brothers and sisters with their studies.

In the past, Qin Liufu, as a student party, was unable to help with making money. Now he has graduated from high school and is lucky enough to get a magical fruit app to help him. Naturally, he is eager to make money to reduce the burden on his parents, brothers and sisters.

...

The sun sets.

Qin's mother Qiu Xiaofang was organizing food, while Qin Youfu, Qin Liufu and his son were sitting at the door chatting.

After chatting with my dad for a few words, Qin Liufu changed the topic and asked: "Dad, I want to ask you a question, how is our lychee harvest this year? How many kilograms can we pick?"

Qin’s father Qin Youfu, because he worked all year round and worked as a coolie. He is only 55 years old this year and his face is covered with wrinkles. In addition, he has been exposed to rain and sun for a long time, and his skin looks dark and rough, his hair is sparse and white, and he looks like he is in his 60s and nearly 70 years old.

Hearing his son Lao Liu’s question, Qin Youfu held a hookah in his left hand and rubbed the tobacco into a small ball and stuffed it on the cigarette pipe with his right hand. He replied with a smile: “This year, the lychee harvest is a bumper harvest, and it should be able to pick about 17,800 kilograms.”

When it comes to a bumper harvest, Qin Youfu was still very happy. After all, the yield of lychees has always been unstable, and the harvest last year was only 3,000 or 2,000 kilograms, which is a complete difference of six or seven times that of this year.

"So many, how much can black leaves be sold per pound now?" Qin Liufu only asked about the price of black leaves because only a variety of lychee such as black leaves are planted in the orchard at home.

"The price is much cheaper than last year. It was sold for more than four yuan at the highest last year. This year, the purchase price given by others was only 281 pounds." Qin Youfu lit the tobacco with a "bang" and then sucked a few puffs of cigarettes, then looked up at Qin Liufu and asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"Dad, I have called my second sister in the morning. The black leaves in the provincial capital have just been launched. It is said that they can be sold for seven or eight yuan per catty. Why don't we pick all the black leaves at home and transport them to the provincial capital to sell? This is almost three times the price difference!" Qin Liufu said with bright eyes.

Qin Youfu skillfully changed the tobacco, then sucked a few puffs of cigarettes, then shook his head and said, "Lao Liu, transporting lychees to the provincial capital or even to other provinces and cities for sale will definitely be sold at a high price. This is something everyone in the village knows. But except for the group of people in the village who collect lychees every year, other villagers are unwilling to do it. Do you know why?"

Qin Liufu pondered for a moment and said affirmatively: "That's because they have no sales!"

Qin Youfu put down the hookah when he heard this, nodded and sighed: "Yes, there is no sales. If there is sales, who would be willing to sell the lychees at home to others to make money!

Besides, what your second sister is talking about is the final retail price, not the wholesale price. If the wholesale price is calculated, it would be good to sell for four or five yuan. Think about it, if you take a car to the provincial capital, you will have to pay more than 2,000 yuan per car, and the profit will not be that big.

If there is a stable sales channel and someone takes over it, the profit will definitely be much more than selling at home. But if there is no sales channel, who is willing to risk being unable to sell and rot in the car?”

After hearing this, Qin Liufu finally understood what the villagers were thinking.

After all, lychees are one of the hardest fruits to preserve, especially now that the weather is hot and there is no preservation technology, lychees will become odorous if they are stuffed in the car for a day. No one dares to take goods to find sales.

As for going out to find sales before the lychees mature, these honest and honest farmers never thought about it. After all, most of the middle-aged and elderly people in the village have never seen much, and their activities are limited to several nearby towns.

Almost all those who have seen the world have businesses in business, and there are basically not many lychee trees planted at home. After all, this thing is not just planted there and waiting for fruition. During the period, it requires special labor to loosen soil, weeding, fertilizing, pruning, insect killing, etc.

If you have time to work on this, it’s better to spend more time running your own business.

Because of this reason, almost no villagers in Qinghe Village thought of going out to find sales. Even if people with this idea were not too lazy to spend that effort on their own, they would not be too lazy to make trouble at home.

"Dad, I want to discuss something with you!"

"What's the matter? You said!"

Qin Liufu said: "I want to pick the lychees at home and transport them to the provincial capital to sell them."

Qin Youfu frowned and did not refuse directly, but asked: "Lao Liu, do you have any sales in the provincial capital?"

"No!" Qin Liufu shook his head.

"Since there is no sales, do you still want to pick the lychees at home and go to the provincial capital to sell them? Are you not afraid that you can't sell them and they will all be rotten in the car?" Qin Youfu said unhappily.

"Dad, although I have no sales in the provincial capital, I have a way to sell our lychees. If it goes well, not only our family, but also in the village, they may also be able to buy lychees and sell them." Qin Liufu said confidently.

"Lao Liu, don't you have a fever?" Qin Youfu put down the chimney and reached out to touch Qin Liufu's forehead.

"Dad, I didn't talk nonsense. I really have a way!" Qin Liufu said seriously.

"What are you going to do? Tell me?" Qin Youfu asked with disbelief.

Qin Liufu said: "Just ask my second sister to help rent a cheap warehouse in the provincial capital, then pick all the lychees at home and transport them to the warehouse for storage and preservation, and then retail at a price slightly higher than the wholesale price. I believe that in less than ten days or half a month, all of them can be sold."

Qin Youfu shook his head and bought cold water, saying, "Old Liu, don't wait ten or half a month, the lychee will change in less than three days. At that time, it will be slightly higher than the wholesale price, and it will cost two or three yuan per catty. I'm afraid no one is willing to buy it."

Qin Liufu smiled and said, "Dad, I have considered this. If the lychees change after less than three days, then most of the lychees will be smashed into your hands. But I understand the preservation technology of lychees. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be fine to keep them for a few months."

Qin Youfu naturally knew that he would take lychees to the provincial capital to sell them. Preservation technology is the key. As long as it can be kept fresh for a few months as Lao Liu said, it would be impossible to sell all the lychees at home in retail.

After all, if the same lychee variety is of similar quality, others sell for seven or eight yuan per catty, while their own sells for only five or six yuan. That is a great advantage.

"Lao Liu, this is no joke. Where did you learn the preservation technology? Is it reliable?" Qin Youfu, who was a little moved, immediately asked.

"Dad, don't worry, I learned this preservation technology from books, it is absolutely reliable. I don't know what the situation in our family is? If I'm not sure, I can't go around it!" Qin Liufu said in a affirmative tone.

After hearing Lao Liu's affirmative answer, Qin Youfu felt a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, he still couldn't make up his mind. After all, this matter was too important to their family. It was 17,000 kilograms of lychees. Even if it was sold to the people who bought lychees in the village, it could be sold for 40,000 or 50,000 yuan per kilogram. This was the largest income in decades.

However, my elder brother Liu has always been sensible. If he is not sure, he will not have the idea of ​​making lychees at home.

Seeing that my dad was hesitant, Qin Liufu added fire and said, "Dad, if you think this is too risky, you can pick one or two thousand pounds and let me sell it in the provincial capital. It is not too late to pick and transport it all when everything goes well. The advantage of doing this is that you can rest assured that you don't have to take too much risk. The disadvantage is that you need to increase the shipping fee by one or two thousand more."

Qin Youfu's eyes lit up when he heard this and said, "Lao Liu, Dad knows your personality and must be sure to do this. But this is the first time we are doing this business in this area. Dad thinks it should be more stable. As you said, you should try it out by pulling one or two thousand pounds first, and then picking and transporting it all when everything goes well."

"Okay, dad, then we'll make up. I'll call my second sister immediately and ask her to help rent a cheap warehouse. If it goes well, we'll take action tomorrow. After all, the black leaves are now ripe, and it's the time when they can sell at the best price. We must race against time to maximize the benefits!" Qin Liufu said with fighting spirit.

Qin Youfu nodded, then continued to fill in the tobacco, smoking the hookah with a 'guru'...
Chapter completed!
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