The man had not dealt with Zheng Bajin once or twice. After listening to his words, he smiled and said: "Of course, you won't owe me the money for two hams, but I heard that your canteen sells salt?"
Zheng Bajin nodded and said with a smile: "Exactly, it turns out that you want salt. This is easier to do. It depends on how much your two hams are worth. When the time comes, I will directly exchange it for you with salt?"
"Okay, I'm worried that I don't have money to sell salt. These meats need salt to marinate. So tell me, how much does a pound of salt cost?"
"Well, let's talk about it the same way. According to the current market price, fat meat costs one pound per pound. As for ham, it has big bones and little meat. It can't be sold at this price. However, the folks in the countryside won't bargain for you, just According to the price of fat meat, does it count as one piece?" Zheng Bajin smiled and sat directly on the stool, looking like he was not in a hurry and was talking slowly.
"Okay, eight pounds is still refreshing. Then tell me how much salt is one pound."
"The current market price is 3 cents and 8 cents. If you exchange meat for it, it will cost you 3 cents and 6 cents?" Zheng Bajin gave up two cents.
Instead, the other party became a little unhappy. He looked at Zheng Bajin and said, "I heard that you bought the salt before, but it didn't have such a high price. Isn't it too shameful to earn so much in one go?"
"I'm just saying something at the moment. Now it's 3.8 cents. It's the same no matter where you go. I'm giving you two cents for the sake of the folks in the village. And I'll also give you a high price for the ham. You Do the math yourself." Zheng Bajin was amused. This person only sees the previous price, which is already in the past and will never happen again.
"Forget it, give it to him instead. If you take it to the street now, you may not be able to sell it for a piece." An old man persuaded.
"Okay, just take the scale and weigh it." The other party thought for a while and agreed with Zheng Bajin.
Zheng Bajin was naturally happy and took out the scale from the basket.
Only then did people discover that he had two full baskets of salt under the plastic sheet.
Under one scale, two hams total 50 pounds, which is 50 yuan. After converting the price difference, this person has to pay 138.88 kilograms. Zheng Bajin was generous again and said the weight was 139 pounds.
The man was a little hesitant. With so much salt, 10 kilograms of cured meat was enough. If the price drops then, it will be a huge loss.
However, I am afraid that the salt will rise again, which is really embarrassing.
After pondering for a moment, the man said: "Well, give me 60 kilograms of salt, and the rest will be regarded as money. This salt is not enough, but it cannot be used as food. The most important thing is to leave some money to buy fertilizer." .”
Zheng Bajin nodded in agreement.
He understood that this man was afraid of being fooled by him again. However, what they said is true. A year's fertilizer depends on these two hams. As a result, when the salt rises, the situation is completely disrupted.
I really wanted to tell him that I needed to buy fertilizer as soon as possible, but I didn't dare to reveal the price, so I just went to another store with the remaining salt.
The man made a joke and said: "Take your ham away, aren't you afraid that I will regret it?"
"It's okay. The ham is still yours now. After I finish changing the salt, I will pay you back later and pick out your ham."
People laughed when they heard this and joked about the man: "Zheng Bajin is no longer the same Bajin he used to be. Now he is so tricky!"
The man was speechless for a moment.
Zheng Bajin has left.
Others did not share the same thoughts as this family, and would rather give the ham to Zheng Bajin on credit than exchange it for salt.
What they were thinking was that a sudden increase like this had never happened in the history of Shili Village. It must be temporary and prices would definitely drop.
Seeing how much this kid has put in, he will definitely lose money when the time comes, and he will pick up the slack again.
At that time, a small part of the money from the two hams was used to buy salt, and the rest was used as production cushion, which also saved change expenses.
In just one day, Zheng Bajin obtained more than 200 kilograms of ham and mixed it with a meal of butchered pig.
Nian Jian'an is a little worried. If this continues, how many years and months will it take for him to sell all the salt? What will he use as capital?
However, Zheng Bajin didn't worry about it and asked him to buy two kilograms of wine and some pepper noodles.
First, rub wine on your hands and press to squeeze out the blood from the blood vessels on the ham. Then rub it on the ham with salt, peppercorns, and a small amount of wine.
Finally, place the hams one by one.
Nian Jian'an has also cured a lot of hams, but this is the first time he has seen the method of serving wine first like Zheng Bajing's. Moreover, it is a lot of salt given at one time. Who can eat it by then?
Zheng Bajin saw what he was thinking and said: "Don't worry, use wine to grind out the light blood water inside first, to ensure that there will be no maggots and no smell. As for why you put so much salt, then you can knew."
The next day, the ham Zheng Bajin bought had the same process, but the proportion of salt was obviously reduced by half, returning to normal.
Nian Jian'an was surprised again, and he couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Young man doesn't understand! This time it was like bacon.
However, he didn't say it. It was good to be able to listen to his own words and gain experience so quickly.
However, what happened next confused Nian Jianan again.
Zheng Bajin divides it into two pickling methods, one is willing to use a lot of salt, and the other is within a reasonable range.
Meats marinated in two different ways are placed separately.
About a week later, Zheng Bajin hung up the ham and burned firewood underneath.
At this time, Zheng Laohai and Zheng Baliang, who didn't have much to do, were assigned by Zheng Bajin to go to the mountains to look for firewood.
The two of them were not happy, but Zheng Bajin said that according to his arrangement, in addition to having three meals a day, each of them would also receive a pack of cigarettes a day.
If you don't listen, please do it yourself.
The two of them were dumbfounded: "..."
In my heart, I scolded Zheng Bajin for not being a son of a human being and unable to tell the difference between closeness and distance.
Obviously next year Jian'an is an outsider, but he does light work.
One of them is his biological father and the other is his biological brother, and they have to collect firewood.
However, for the sake of one pack of cigarettes a day, the two finally agreed.
However, within a few days, Zheng Baliang couldn't stand it anymore and came to Zheng Bajin to complain.
Zheng Bajin didn't have any sympathy and cursed a few words: "Do it if you can, if you can't afford it, get out, lest you look disgusting."
Zheng Baliang: "..."
Qingqing and Nian Jian'an couldn't stand it, but they didn't say it in front of Zheng Baliang. Instead, they said to Zheng Bajin afterwards: "He is your brother after all. Doesn't this create some separation?"
"It's not too much. When dealing with such a person, you can't give him a good look. Otherwise, if you give him a smile, he will think it's spring. If you give him a little color, he will think he can open a dyeing room." Zheng Bajin said seriously.
In his previous life, he had seen many people like this.
Moreover, it was enough for him to take them in regardless of his past grudges. Otherwise, it would not be an exaggeration to drive them out of the house based on how harsh they were to the original owner.
The most important thing is that Zheng Bajin will be the one to start a company in the future. Regardless of family ties, only focusing on performance is the way for the company to survive.
The mall itself is like a battlefield, without any human feelings at all.
