The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 52 I want to open a shop on the street!
After receiving a big order at one time, the shop in Xiakou finally looked like a factory.

In order to deliver this batch of work on time, Song Yingkui allocated the work of the personnel.Ding Huanyi, his second uncle and a helper temporarily hired from Yanchuanzizhuang were mainly responsible for making the frame.

Song Yingkui made the cast steel balls, and Jiang Xiaohu and the third brother were responsible for grinding and screening the cast steel balls.The steel balls were hot-cast by Song Yingkui. The cast scars were first polished with a grinder, and then polished in a hydraulic sand tank.After polishing, put it on a sieve bed with standard holes, screen out the ones that are too big and too small, and keep the most suitable ones for final inspection with calipers.

With this method, only [-]% to [-]% of the steel balls will be used in the end after casting a steel ball, which can be regarded as a rather rough production method.Fortunately, scrap steel balls of different sizes can be returned to the furnace for recasting, and the waste of raw materials will not be too large.

The main body of the wheel is made by Song Yingkui and Sanshu.At the beginning, it will be a little slower, and the speed will increase after the craftsmanship is mature.

Entering June and July, and catching up with the summer harvest, I have to make time to be busy with this matter, which can also delay a lot of time.

Although the family's yuba business has been getting better and better this year, my grandfather allocated two people from the Yinqili family to work at his own house.But at the tense moment of harvesting grain into the warehouse, the most important thing is to stop the work in the shop.Like Erjiu and Ding Huanyi’s family also has food to collect, so it is inevitable to ask for leave to go home.In short, during this period of time, all the urgent matters are rushed together, and one person divides into several parts to work.

When I pulled the wheat from the field to the field and started grinding the field, the busiest farming time finally came to an end.

"Kuiwa, I inquired about two good mules at Niujiagou, and I want to buy them home. When the time comes, one end will be used in your shop and the other end will be kept at home. What do you think?" During the milling time, Grandpa told Song Yingkui about the belongings he wanted to buy for the family next.

"Two mule foals? Can I use them after I buy them?" Mules are capable of both farm work and transportation, and are more practical than horses and cows. They are the favorite large animals of farmers in the northwest frontier.Grandpa wanted to buy a mule, and Song Yingkui of course supported it, but he was afraid that the mule he bought would be too small and he would have to raise it for a while before he could use it.

"The two mules are one year old, and their strength is relatively weak. As long as they don't do heavy work, they can still be used when they are in pain."

"Well, why don't you buy another big mule for the family? The mules and cows in the family are old, and they probably won't last for a few more years. Besides, the family has a lot of work now, and these few animals alone can't do it." After a calculation, the two mules and foals bought seem to be not enough for the family.The second uncle often needs to have one in the street and one in the shop, and the family still uses old mules and cows, as well as the donkey that was just bought this year to grind the mill.

"I'm thinking of replacing the old mule and buying a bigger mule." Song Tianshun also made the calculations. The family didn't have much land, and one cow and one mule were enough, so adding an extra mouth wasn't worth it.

"Buy it! The family doesn't lack the money to buy a mule now. It makes replacing people easier and makes more money."

"Anything can be done! The big mule was bought, and the old mule was sold when it was well adjusted. The cows are not used anymore, and I will pick them out when the spring of next year is over. Fortunately, in the past two years, you guys have earned a lot of money, otherwise you can't afford it just by changing animals."

"Grandpa, how is the yuba business at home doing recently, and how much money have you saved?" Now that he talked about investment, Song Yingkui thought of an important matter, and wanted to ask whether the family had enough money.

"If the three mules are bought, there will probably be six or seventy taels left, and the money for pressing the soybeans will be about twenty taels, right?" After all, he had money, Song Tianshun said that when the family had dozens of taels of silver savings, he looked calm and calm.Two years ago, it was difficult to come up with a big word in this family.

"More than 20 taels? I can scrape together a dozen or so taels in my shop, which is almost enough! Grandpa, explain to my second father that when he goes to the street recently, he will pay attention to see if there is a suitable shop with a yard. If there is any, we can discuss renting it and open a shop on the street." Now that we have savings, we naturally want to further develop.The location of the shop along the gorge is too far away and can only be used as a production base. If the Song family wants to develop, it is necessary to open a shop in Wuying Town.

"Open a shop on the street? Kuiwa, is it suitable for our family to open a shop on the street? The bean curd sticks and biendans at home are mainly purchased by your second grandfather and Gou's shop on consignment. It is not appropriate for your carpenter's shop to be moved to the street because there is water available at the mouth of the gorge. Isn't it free to pay rent for people if we buy a shop on the street?" Song Tianshun said this not because he was stingy, but because he was considering whether it is necessary to open a shop on Wuying Street.In his opinion, it doesn't matter whether the family has a shop on Wuying Street or not.

"Grandpa, it is very necessary to open a shop! I heard that it is not our family who sell bean curd sticks on the street now. Although customers still recognize our brand, there are no shops on the street. It is hard to say whether customers will recognize our brand in the future. The shops of Gou's and Second Grandpa's are not our own. Can they keep customers for us? For future business, we have to keep some customers ourselves, so that the business can last for a long time.

In addition, many of the jobs in my shop have to be marketed on the street in order to get bigger.For example, this time, Chuanjiao helped to fix the car. This means that someone came to the door. If he didn't find it, wouldn't other carpenters rush to do the business?The annual rent of a shop on the street is only a dozen or so taels. As long as you make a big order for me, you can make money, so it’s a good deal to keep it open. "To do a big business, you must have your own sales place and channels, and you can't rely entirely on word of mouth and others. This is the main reason why Song Yingkui wants to open a shop on the streets of Wuying Town.

"What you said is true. Our family wants to have a shop on the street. I just don't know if there are any more empty shops on the street now." Song Tianshun immediately changed his attitude after hearing what his grandson said. Besides, he himself had a dream of opening a shop on the street.

"Grandpa, when you're done, tell my second father that as long as the shop is close to the main street, it doesn't matter if it's a little far away from the bustling places. Our shop is mainly for the convenience of receiving large orders. The most important thing is to have a spacious shop, so that it's convenient for us to display samples and let people come have a cup of tea." Song Yingkui's positioning on the street of Wuying Town is mainly for sample display and reception of big customers, not a retail store.

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