Chapter 1 The Great Family
After getting the golden finger given by God, Qin Liufu's whole mind was focused on how to make money, it was not that he was eager for quick success, it was that their family had been too hard over the years.
Qin Liufu was born in a remote rural family in Baizhou County, Guizhou Province, with three older brothers and two sisters above, and one younger brother and two younger sisters below, making a total of nine brothers and sisters.
Nine brothers and sisters, what is this concept?
Even for a well-off family, raising nine children is an extremely heavy burden, not to mention the Qin family, a rural person whose ancestors have been digging in the field for generations, and the pressure of life is really not something that ordinary people can imagine.
In the early years, it was completely dependent on the help of relatives and friends to barely get by, and later Qin Liufu's eldest brother, second sister, third brother, and fourth brother successively dropped out of school to go out to work, and the family really survived the most difficult period.
However, although the family no longer has to worry about food and drink, even Qin Liufu and their five small study expenses have been covered by the four elder sisters. However, as the head of the family, Qin Youfu has not reduced the pressure in his heart.
After all, the eldest Qin Dabao is 31 years old this year, and even the second Qin Erying is 29 years old. But because the family is really difficult, the eldest can't marry a wife so far, and the second can't marry either.
Originally, the boss worked as a cook in a restaurant in the city, and although his income was not very high, he also received thousands of dollars every month, in exchange for other families in the village, even if the boss looked ordinary, he would not even be able to marry a wife.
But how realistic is this kind of society now, even if the woman was intentional at first, as soon as she heard that there were nine brothers and sisters in the old family, and the eldest was still the eldest brother in the family, 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 are not worried about getting married, even if their body appearance and even family background are ordinary, they will definitely be able to find their in-laws.
The premise is that there is no family burden.
And the second child not only has an ordinary figure and appearance, but also carries a family burden that can crush people, except for the second fool, the disabled or the old bachelor, who wants to marry a woman like the second child as a wife?
Therefore, Qin Youfu is sorrowful, seeing that relatives and friends of his generation marry a daughter-in-law today and a daughter tomorrow, but their family is not even willing to come to the matchmaker, the gap in this makes the pressure in his heart double.
Qin Youfu knew that if he wanted to change this situation, he must first improve his living conditions.
For example, first push the three dilapidated brick houses in the family, and then build a new house large enough for a family of nine to live in (at least each person must have their own separate room), so that they have some confidence to talk to the boss.
Qin Liufu knows about the marriage problems faced by the eldest brother and two sisters, and also knows that his parents and four older brothers and sisters have been saving money to build a new house in addition to providing for their five younger siblings to study in the past two years.
In the past, Qin Liufu, as a student party, couldn't help with making money, but now that he has graduated from high school, and he is lucky to get a magical fruit app to help, he is naturally anxious to make money to reduce the burden on his parents and siblings.
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Sunset.
Qin's mother, Qiu Xiaofang, was preparing a meal, while Qin Youfu and Qin Liufu's father and son were sitting at the door chatting.
After chatting with his father 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?"
Qin's father Qin Youfu, because of his perennial labor, he does all the coolies, he is only 55 years old this year, his face is already full of wrinkles, coupled with the long-term rain and sun, his skin looks black and rough, his hair is sparse and has turned white, and the whole person looks like a person who is almost 60 years old or nearly 70 years old.
Hearing his son's question, Qin Youfu held the hookah in his left hand, and kneaded the tobacco into a small ball and stuffed it into the pipe with his right hand, and replied with a smile: "This year's lychee harvest is a bumper harvest, and it should be able to pick about 17,800 catties." ”
When it comes to the bumper harvest, Qin Youfu is still very happy, after all, the yield of lychees has always been unstable, like last year's harvest was only three or two thousand catties, a difference of six or seven times from this year.
"So much, how much can black leaves sell for a pound now?" The reason why Qin Liufu only asked about the price of black leaves was because only one lychee variety such as black leaves was planted in his family's orchard.
"The price is much cheaper than last year, and it can be sold for more than four yuan at the highest time last year, and the purchase price given by others this year is only two yuan and eighty-one catties. Qin Youfu lit the cigarette with a 'pop', and then 'gurgling' took a few puffs of cigarette, then looked up at Qin Liufu and asked, "Why are you asking this?"
"Dad, I have already called the second sister in the morning, the black leaves in the provincial capital have just been listed, and it is said that they can be sold for seven or eight yuan a 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, and then took a few puffs of cigarette before shaking his head and saying: "Sixth, if you transport the lychee to the provincial capital or even to other provinces and cities to sell, it will definitely be sold at a high price, which is something that everyone in the village knows." But except for the groups of people in the village who harvest lychees every year, the other villagers are unwilling to do it, do you know why?"
Qin Liufu groaned slightly, and then said affirmatively: "That's because they have no market!"
Qin Youfu put down the hookah when he heard this, nodded and sighed: "Yes, there is no market, if there is a market, who is willing to sell the lychees at home to others cheaply to make money!"
Besides, what your second sister said was the final retail price, not the wholesale price. If you count the wholesale price, it is good to be able to sell it for four or five yuan. If you think about it, if you ask for a car to pull it to the provincial capital, you will have to take more than 2,000 freight for a car, and the profit will not be so big.
If there is a stable market, and someone will take over the lychees, then they will definitely make a lot more money than selling them at home, but if there is no market, who wants to take the risk of not being able to sell them and rotting in the car?"
Hearing this, Qin Liufu finally understood what the people in the village were thinking.
After all, lychee is one of the most difficult fruits to preserve, especially now that the weather is hot, without preservation technology, lychees will turn bad if they are left in the car for a day, and no one dares to pull the goods to find a market.
As for going out to find a market before the lychee is ripe, these honest croppers have never thought about it, after all, most of the middle-aged and elderly people in the village have not seen much of the world, and their activities are limited to a few nearby towns and villages.
And those who have seen the world, almost all have a business in operation, and there are basically not many lychee trees planted at home, after all, this thing is not planted there and waiting for the fruit, during the period of loosening the soil, weeding, fertilizing, pruning, killing insects or something, all need special labor to do.
If you have time to do this, you might as well spend more time running your own business.
It is precisely because of these reasons that the villagers of Qinghe Village almost never think of going out to find a market by themselves, and even if they have this idea, they don't bother to bother to toss it if they don't have many lychees at home.
"Dad, I want to discuss something with you!"
"What's the matter?"
Qin Liufu said: "I want to pick the lychees at home and transport them to the provincial capital to sell." ”
Qin Youfu frowned, and did not refuse directly, but asked, "Sixth, do you have a market in the provincial capital?"
"No!" Qin Liufu shook his head.
"Since there is no market, do you still want to pick the lychees at home and transport them to the provincial capital to sell?
"Dad, although I don't have a market in the provincial capital, I have a way to sell our lychees, and if it goes well, not only our family, but also maybe we can buy lychees in the village and sell them. Qin Liufu said confidently.
"Sixth, you don't have a fever, do you?" Qin Youfu put down the cigarette holder and reached out to touch Qin Liufu's forehead.
"Dad, I'm not talking nonsense, I really have a way!" Qin Liufu said solemnly.
"What can you do, talk about it?" Qin Youfu asked with a look of disbelieving.
Qin Liufu said: "As long as the second sister is asked to help rent a cheap warehouse in the provincial capital, and then pick all the lychees at home and transport them to the warehouse for storage and preservation, and then retail them at a slightly higher price than the wholesale price, I believe that within ten days and half a month, they will all be sold." ”
Qin Youfu shook his head, and said coldly: "Sixth, don't wait for ten days and half a month, this lychee will have changed its flavor in less than three days, not to mention that the wholesale price will be slightly higher than the wholesale price, it will be two or three yuan a catty, but I'm afraid that no one will want to buy it." ”
Qin Liufu said with a smile: "Dad, I've thought about this, if the lychee turns bad within three days, then there is a chance that the lychee will be smashed in your hand." But I understand the preservation technology of lychee, if nothing else, it should be no problem to keep it fresh for a month. ”
Qin Youfu naturally knows that the lychees are pulled to the provincial capital to be sold, and the preservation technology is the key, as long as it is really as the sixth person said, it can be kept fresh for a month, then it is not impossible to sell all the lychees at home in a retail way.
After all, for the same lychee variety, in the case of similar quality, others sell it for seven or eight yuan a catty, while their own only sells for five or six yuan, which is quite a big advantage.
"Sixth, this matter is not a joke, where did you learn that fresh-keeping technique, is it reliable?" Qin Youfu, who was a little excited, immediately asked.
"Dad, don't worry, this preservation technique is something I learned from a book, it's absolutely reliable, I don't know what the situation is in our family? If I'm not completely sure, I can't toss around!" Qin Liufu said in an affirmative tone.
Hearing the sixth child's affirmative answer, Qin Youfu felt a little embarrassed in his heart, and after thinking about it, he still couldn't make up his mind. After all, this matter is too important to their family, it is 17,800 catties of lychees, even if it is sold to the people in the village who buy lychees, one catty and two yuan 8, it can be sold for 40,000 or 50,000 yuan, which is the largest income of their family in decades.
However, the sixth child of his family has always been sensible, and if he is not absolutely sure, he should not fight the idea of lychee at home.
Seeing that his father was hesitant, Qin Liufu added the fire and said, "Dad, if you think it's too risky to do this, then you can also pick one or two thousand catties first and let me get them to the provincial capital to sell, and then it's not too late to pick them all and transport them all when everything goes well." The advantage of this is that you can rest assured that you don't have to take too much risk, and the disadvantage is that you will have to add one or two thousand more to the shipping cost. ”
Qin Youfu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "Sixth, Dad knows your character, and he must be sure to do this, but after all, this is the first time for us to do business in this area, Dad thinks that it should be based on stability, as you said, first pull one or two thousand catties up to try it, and then it's not too late to pick and transport it all when everything goes well." ”
"It's okay, Dad, then let's make up our minds, I'll call my second sister right away and ask her to help rent a cheap warehouse, and if it goes well, we'll act tomorrow." After all, now that the black leaves are beginning to ripen, it is the time when they can sell at the highest price, and they must race against time to maximize their benefits!" Qin Liufu said with a fighting spirit.
Qin Youfu nodded, and then continued to fill the tobacco, 'gurgling' and smoking the hookah......