Chapter 50: The Little Workshop
"His father, since my aunt's family is developing so well in the capital, you said that I went to ask Dongzi to help our family Zhengwei arrange a job, will Dongzi agree?"
Late at night, my aunt had insomnia, so I just pulled my uncle to chat. Zhengwei is their eldest son, who is already married, has a son and a daughter, and his daughter-in-law became pregnant again at the beginning of the year. He works in the town next door, and to put it bluntly, it is manual work, and he has little money and no family, and his aunt has long been distressed.
"Pull it down, you think the capital is so easy to enter, I heard that I want a temporary residence permit over there, it's very troublesome." The eldest uncle also wants to find a better job for his eldest son, but he has to consider the reality, if he annoys the eldest sister because of this, it will be more than worth the loss.
"Bah, you coward, I didn't say that I had to go to the capital, and the city was fine, even if it was a big girl's job, I was satisfied."
The eldest aunt thinks that the eldest daughter has a good life, the work is easy, and she also has food and accommodation, and her monthly salary plus bonus is about 300 yuan, which is not envious of anyone in the village. The bonus was set by Li Dong himself after Lu Xiumei left, in order to mobilize the initiative and enthusiasm of the sisters.
"I don't think it's a show, next year the eldest sister and her whole family will have to move to the capital, even Lu Ling and Lu Feng will have to go with them, and the shops in the city will close sooner or later.
In my opinion, it's better to wait for two years, and when Dongzi has gained a firm foothold in the capital, it will not be a matter of words. "Uncle's analysis is reasonable, and it seems that he usually thinks about it.
"Forget it, let Zhengwei stay up for another two years." The eldest aunt said in frustration.
"By the way, didn't A-Niang call you out halfway, what did you say?" At dinner in the evening, my grandmother called my three daughters-in-law out together, and my uncle was very curious.
The eldest aunt did not speak, but got out of bed and took out a red envelope from the drawer, threw it to the uncle, and explained:
"It's nothing, A-Niang subsidizes our family, don't count, a family is 800 yuan, A-Niang has a lot of blood this time."
"I don't think so, although A-Niang said that she didn't want a salary, you think the eldest sister will take it seriously, it must be subsidized in private." The uncle had a knowing expression on his face.
"You're really right, A-Niang said it herself, these are the pocket money they usually save, I thought it was my aunt and they had a lot of money to spend." The eldest aunt suddenly realized.
"Okay, put it away, go back and divide two hundred for the eldest and second, don't be too picky at ordinary times, you still have to spend what you should spend." Uncle commanded.
"What about the third child?" The eldest aunt felt sorry for her younger son.
"He's still in school, and he hasn't got a family, so don't worry about it." Uncle has always looked down on this little son, he can't study and loves to get into trouble, if it weren't for A-Niang's protection, he would have been ready to die.
The eldest aunt didn't say anything more, she still understands the uncle's temper, he is easy to admit death, and it is useless to persuade him.
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After staying at home for four days, Li Dong took care of everything, the inventory of the shop was replenished, and the scrap iron from the scrap yard was also collected, and finally decided to leave.
went to the village to pick up his grandmother and grandfather, and in the compliments of his aunts, Li Dong set off with the souvenirs he had given to his family. After getting off the train, I didn't stop in the city, but went straight back to the Yangming community.
"Auntie, big brother, they're okay." Lu Xiumei took the duffel bag and asked with concern.
"It's all good, with Lu Ling and Lu Feng's subsidies, the family is much better, and the children have meat on their faces." Grandma was full of emotion for a while, but fortunately with the support of her eldest daughter, otherwise there would be no time for this day.
"That's good, dad and mother, you go and rest for a while, and I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you." After Lu Xiumei finished speaking, she entered the kitchen.
The next day, in addition to preparing vegetables and daily necessities for Lu Xiumei, Li Dong also specially purchased more than 2,000 woven bags. These are used to hold wheat, which is ripe and ready to be harvested.
In the following week, Li Dong turned into a farmer and harvested more than 120 acres of wheat. The specific output was not calculated, it was too much, there were about 1,900 bags packed, and the estimated total output should be around 180,000 catties.
The price of wheat on the market is relatively stable, generally around two yuan, and if Li Dong pulls this batch of wheat directly to the market and sells it, he can get 360,000 yuan at one time.
Of course, Li Dong is more greedy, he plans to process it himself, and then sell it in his own store, so that the profit can at least quadruple.
There are more than 2,000 people in Yangming community, and the daily flour consumption is at least 2,000 catties, which is 60,000 catties a month.
The flour grinding machine, Li Dong also asked, the general small flour grinding machine can grind 600 catties in an hour, and it only takes 300 hours to grind all the flour, which is enough time for a month.
In addition, the price of a small dough grinder is also very cheap, one is less than 5,000 yuan, and the investment is very small. And the location has also been chosen, in the warehouse that the community rents to itself for free, anyway, it is big enough, and the space is absolutely enough.
"Team Leader Zhou, I'm busy."
Li Dong came to the neighborhood committee, although the flour mill is only a small workshop, but it also needs to be approved by the neighborhood committee, and the flour must be randomly checked, and it can only be listed after passing the test.
"Boss Li, it's you, what's wrong? Xiao Zhao, go pour a glass of water for Boss Li. Team Leader Zhou instructed the staff on the side.
"Brother Zhou, I want to contract the flour supply for the community, do you think it's okay?" Li Dong said tentatively.
"Wrap the flour, Boss Li, do you know how much flour the community needs in a day?" Team Leader Zhou asked in surprise.
"Is a ton enough?"
"Well, enough is enough, but how do you guarantee your supply capacity? If there is a shortage of food, the problem will be serious. "Team Leader Zhou is still a little skeptical of Li Dong's strength, this is not like vegetables, food is a necessity, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.
"Don't worry, I'm ready for wheat, as long as you rent me the hovercraft for a few nights. In addition, I want to set up a small flour mill in the warehouse I rented, and the milled flour will be stored in the warehouse, and the neighborhood committee can go and inspect it at any time. Li Dong said confidently.
"In this way, you wait, I'll ask Director Ma's opinion, I can't be the master." Team Leader Zhou motioned for Li Dong to wait for a while, got up and went to Director Ma's office.
After a while, Director Ma came out with Team Leader Zhou.
"Boss Li, we met again, and I knew that Boss Li, you are young and promising, and you are a person with great skills." Director Ma let out a hearty laugh after speaking.
"Director Ma, you have won the award, do you think about it?"
"No problem, you don't have to worry about the formalities, we have it all, as long as you can ensure a safe and sufficient supply of flour." Director Ma has long been troubled by the food supply problem, the merchants are afraid that they can't make money, and the residents complain about the lack of supply, and the result is not pleasing to both ends.
"Then thank you Director Ma, don't worry, I am here to guarantee that the flour stock in the warehouse will definitely not be less than 10 tons." Li Dong immediately made a guarantee.
"Don't be so rigid, I still have confidence in Boss Li's strength." Although Director Ma said so, Li Dong must not take it seriously, and 10 tons will be the bottom line in the future.
Next, Team Leader Zhou handled the formalities for Li Dong as quickly as possible, as for the quality inspection, it was more troublesome, and Li Dong needed to go to the city to handle it himself, but Team Leader Zhou promised that he would give the greatest support.