After entering the house, Wu Meili took off the thick cotton-padded jacket with a hat on Little Baozi: "The house is warm by the fire, let's take off the hat...ah! What's wrong with Doudou? Why don't you take off the hat?"
Xu Suizhu held back her laughter and walked up to her sister-in-law and said, "I accidentally shaved my head. The little guy is so shy!"
Xu Xiuyuan raised the curtain and walked in. She happened to hear this sentence and disagreed: "It's such a winter, why do you think of shaving him? Isn't it cold?"
Lu Chixiao coughed lightly and told the whole story.
Xu Xiuyuan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't help laughing.
"It's so cute when we go around!"
"Come, my aunt has roasted chestnuts for you. Let your mother peel them for you to eat. My aunt is also steaming rice cakes on the stove. I will give them to Doudou later."
Eating the fragrant roasted chestnuts, Xu Suizhu sighed: "When I ate chestnuts last year, Doudou was only so big." She made a height comparison and said, "I can't walk, and I sit crookedly. Not to mention the chestnuts, rice cakes, and rice cakes are still sticky.
I didn’t add it. Look at it now, I can peel chestnuts myself.”
"Time flies, doesn't it?" Wu Meili sat on the edge, prying oysters, frying eggs, and continued, "When I came out of the rural factory, how many people said to me: Meili, it's not easy to be a team leader.
, why did you just go home? I have no guarantee of life at home, and only my work is my own. It’s not that I didn’t think about it at the time, it would not be so easy to go back after this happened. But I still believe in following along.
There is meat to eat! Look, there is meat to eat!”
Xu Suizhu was amused: "Haha! Sister-in-law, you deserve the award!"
"Really! Sui Sui, sister-in-law admires you! Why are you so capable!"
At this point, Wu Meili looked up at the couple and said with a smile, "You both can do it, and Axiao can do it too. If you do one thing after another, you can be successful in anything."
"Sister-in-law, are you trying to trick me into praising my brother for his potential?"
Xu Suizhu joked narrowly, making Wu Meili laugh.
"I'm very satisfied with your brother's current income."
The two sisters chatted for a while, talking about the comparison of income between the past and the present, and then talked about the current situation of the rural factory.
I haven't been paid for two months, and I don't know if I can settle it before the end of the year. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here next year, so ask me if there is more work here... What can I do to help them? I still rely on you for your blessing.
, where else can I find a job?"
Xu Suizhu asked: "I remember that the township-run factory made straw hats, headbands, and cloth buttons. Isn't this area profitable now?"
"I used to do this, but then I saw that the fishery contracting business was good. I don't know which leader made the decision: we introduced a packaging machine, set up a special workshop to produce packaged seafood, and launched new products in full swing.
Later, it seemed that the price could not be negotiated, few dealers came, and the factory leaders refused to lower the price, so the products accumulated in a warehouse. According to me, these leaders must be straw hats. They have been suffering from hair loss for a long time and did not think of eating it for a while.
The things have a shelf life, and they were overstocked for two or three months before they started to rush. But at this time, no dealers were willing to take the initiative to lower the price. In the end, the factory employees were asked to take turns to set up stalls in the county streets to sell..."
"Is there such a thing?" Xu Suizhu clicked his tongue. He imagined that factory workers in the township packed seafood in a basket and set up stalls in the east and west of the county. He got a little drunk thinking about it.
"No, who would have thought of it. But the factory leaders have a good intention. Nowadays, there are not as many orders for straw hats and head flowers as before. Just relying on these alone, we can't pay out bonuses at the end of the year. We are afraid that the workshop workers will have objections. See our sea again.
The cost of the product was low, so I thought of changing my career. But who made the packaging machine too expensive? It was said that it could vacuum and automatically package. After buying it, I naturally wanted to recover the cost, so the price was set high. In the end,
It’s like this…”
Wu Meili sighed and continued, "I estimate that the township-run factory will not be able to sustain for a few more years. Look at the township-run factory in Shikan Town next door, which was opened in the same year as our town. It specializes in the production of old-fashioned furniture. The business used to be
How great, there are often orders from big cities all over the world, but now? What kind of panel furniture has come out, it is cheap and light, everyone has chosen that one, and it has been delayed for half a year, and it was sold to an out-of-town businessman not long ago.
The number of workers has been reduced by one-third, alas..."
Xu Suizhu nodded with emotion, and suddenly thought of something: "Sister-in-law, ask the little sisters in the workshop to pay attention when you have time. If the factory wants to sell the packaging machine, I will buy it."
"You bought it?" Wu Meili opened her eyes in surprise, "Why did you buy it? Open a factory? You don't have the energy to use it yourself? It's such a big machine, so expensive, and the price-performance ratio is too low, so it's not cost-effective!"
Xu Suizhu was dumbfounded. Her sister-in-law knew so much about her! These two points were analyzed accurately enough.
but--
"Sister-in-law, I neither plan to open a factory nor use it exclusively for myself."
"Then what are you for?"
"Is the seafood from our fishery better raised than other fisheries?"
"That's right!" Wu Meili looked proud.
"Last time the TV station came to record a program, did you say it would be great if you could often eat seafood from our fishery?"
"Yes! We were also asked to open a seafood shop in the provincial capital. You said that our family can't take care of all the work at home, so how can we still have the energy to open a shop." Wu Meili was happy but troubled,
“I don’t feel safe leaving it to others.”
"So we can package the seafood at home, either raw or cooked, and put the trademark of 'Lin's Fishing Farm' on the packaging bags. This way, more people will know about our fishery."
The more Wu Meili listened, the more it made sense: "Sui Sui, how do you get the melon seeds in your head? How come you can come up with money-making ideas even after chatting all day long!"
Xu Suizhu smiled. This is nothing. When there is an online store in the future, Lin's Fishing Farm will definitely be able to go further.
"But don't be too deliberate. The rural factory won't sell it. We can ask them to process it when the time comes. If it sells it, we will buy it." Xu Suizhu warned.
"Okay, sister-in-law asked someone to keep an eye on it." Wu Meili assured her with a slap on her chest, and then said, "I know what to do next. I can sort out the raw and cooked varieties that are packaged... You are busy with your work.
, I went to Dr. Liu to do the ghostwriting, write everything down, and calculate the cost including labor and packaging. At that time, we will discuss a unified price, so that no one will ask about inconsistent prices and cause conflicts. "
Xu Suizhu gave her sister-in-law a thumbs up. Her sister-in-law is very good at drawing inferences from one example!
Wu Meili was even more happy when she was praised by her sister-in-law.
Originally, this batch of mother-of-pearls had produced pearls, but it was still early for the remaining oysters, so I felt like I was free. Now I have something to do! It’s a good day to be busy!