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Chapter 626: Sending Mother-in-law to the City with a Priceless Wood

After hanging up the phone, Xu Ning frowned slightly. He thought that Pan Jizhua should be young, about the same age as Zheng Dazhi.

It is not easy for him to raise two younger brothers and sisters at his age, but no matter how difficult it is, he cannot let his younger sister enter the room.

Not to mention anything else, accommodation alone is a problem. Who will she live with?

Can I give her the entire shack to herself?

Xu Ning opened the Lengchang not for charity. If he brought anyone to the Lengchang, something bad could easily happen.

Because the gentlemen working in Lengchang are all full of energy, their eyes will definitely light up when they see a young girl.

If someone dies as a result, Xu Ning's reputation in the entire Qing'an will be ruined!
Moreover, after finishing his phone call with Zheng Dazhi, he immediately decided to separate the two groups of people from King Kong Village, Laoshanzi Village, and Malian Shuangfu Village, and have them work in four different places, so as to save them from having to stay together for warmth!

When he returned home, Yang Jun had been waiting for a long time. After Xu Ning reported the situation to his mother and was about to go to the battlefield, he saw Ma Liu coming in carrying three carps.

After asking, he found out that he met Da Laba when he was strolling at the east entrance of the village. Da Laba and Liu Daming went to Qingli to sell meat, and the carp was given by the people of Qingli. He also said that they would return home in the middle of the night because they had to go to Nanxing Village. Since they went to Nanxing Village, Liu Daming must have given some bear meat to Wang Minfu.

Afterwards, Xu Ning and Yang Jun led Yang Yi to the 28th yard, where they saw three piles of dried wood, which were basically all yellow pineapple and walnut wood, and there were countless oak, elm and other trees.

"There must be more than 20 trucks in this pile. We'll load them tomorrow and pick out the rough ones!"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "My brother Bao wants yellow pineapples now. Send him two batches first, and you can send him one by one later."

"Okay! Then let's pick some and load them onto the truck tomorrow. There's more than one truckload of yellow pineapples. There's still a lot of them at the 17-leng yard. I'll go with you tomorrow..."

"You can stay home tomorrow. I'll let Shitou take you to find Yu Kaihe and Lao Wei. You two can figure out how to start the work. Then we'll go and send them off. Then you can come directly with me to King Kong Village."

Yang Jun nodded: "Okay, then who will go with you tomorrow?"

"My father-in-law and mother-in-law sent them to my brother Bao's lumber mill."

"Ah, I remember you said last time that there was another group of people coming?"

"That's someone from Shuangfu Village in Malian. I met him when I went to Wanye to hike in the mountains. I'll go there myself when the time comes. You guys should just do your work."

After walking around the 28-row yard and selecting the wood to be loaded the next day, the two of them took the children and returned home.

At this moment, the old women were making dumplings around the dining table. Yang Jun greeted Liu Fenfang and then sat on the sofa to drink tea with Xu Ning.

After Xu Laonian and Wang Erli came back, they started talking about Yang Jun's divorce again. They learned that it had been properly handled and he had moved to Qing'an. Instead of giving him a few words of advice, they told him to just speak up if he had anything to say and not to be embarrassed. Yang Jun felt very warm inside.

The next day, Yang Jun drove over, threw Yang Yi to Liu Lizhen, and then went to the 28th field with Xu Ning, Wang Hu, Guan Lei, Li Fuqiang, Li Feng, Hu Zhiyong and Li Ye.

As soon as we arrived at the yard, we started loading the logs. Loading logs is a physically demanding job, and it requires some skill. If you don't know how to use your skill, you will definitely get tired and your arms and waist will ache.

Xu Ning demonstrated it briefly twice, and then Guan Lei invited him to the side. Li Fuqiang found a way out for his brother and said, "My brother has to drive to the city to deliver goods later, and he needs to keep his strength."

Everyone smiled and didn't take it seriously. In everyone's opinion, Xu Ning was a brainiac, so instead of asking him to do the work, it would be better to hire two people.

After loading the wood at around 9 o'clock, Xu Ning drove to the east entrance of the village. Seeing Meng Quezi, Liu Fenfang, and Meng Yinhe carrying two bags, he hurriedly pushed the door open to get out...

Meng Quezi waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, don't get off the car."

The old couple and Meng Yinhe squeezed in the passenger seat, with two bags full of clothes under their feet and on their legs.

After more than three hours of driving, the car slowly entered the city, drove straight to Xishan Street along the avenue on the outskirts of the city, and stopped in front of the Jinlong Furniture Factory at exactly 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The furniture factory was behind the shop, covering an area of ​​1 mu. There were eight wooden houses in the factory for the workers to sleep in. Zhang Jinbao and his family of three lived on the second floor of the shop, which had three rooms and a kitchen, but the toilet was on the first floor...

Zhang Jinbao had been waiting at the door of the shop for a long time. When he saw Xu Ning driving over with the wood, he quickly led him to the factory door at the back. He ran over to open the door and shouted, "Stop at the door! I'll find someone to unload the wood."

Xu Ning stepped on the accelerator, parked in the open space in front, turned off the engine, opened the door, jumped out of the car and said, "How many people are there in the factory?"

"There are 12 of us now, including the two of us apprentices, three masters, and the rest are apprentices."

Zhang Jinbao walked around the front of the car to meet Meng Quezi and Liu Fenfang. He smiled and said, "I'm stable now. Fengxia asked you to come over and take a look. You can stay a few more days this time!"

Meng Quezi said, "Didn't you ask me to come over and work?"

"Hey, Dad, how could you think like that? I was thinking of asking you to come over and give me some guidance..."

"That's the same idea! The ocean is not at home?"

"I'm going to school. It will be over soon. Let's go inside and eat! Fengxia is heating up the food in the room. The food has been prepared long ago. I've been waiting for her for so long that she's only here now..."

Xu Ning said, "It took quite a long time to load the truck. We have no experience. Seven or eight of us worked all morning and it was already 9:9 when we finished. We should load the truck early tomorrow and it should be here around o'clock. You can have people unload it quickly by then. I still have to go to Changshou."

"What are you going to do in Changshou?"

"Isn't Lengchang going to be opened? We have to go to Changshou to pick up the workers."

"Oh, OK. Loading is slow and unloading is fast. We can finish unloading in half an hour. How much does it cost to get the first truckload of wood from the yard?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "You can decide how much you want to give me. I also have shares in this 28-leng field. I make money from both ends."

“Hahaha!” Zhang Jinbao laughed. “Okay! Wait until they finish unloading, and I’ll come over to take a look at the size and quality.”

At this time, everyone walked to the shop in front. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Li Fengxia running down from upstairs. She was very enthusiastic when she saw Xu Ning, Meng Quezi and others.

"Aunt, please come upstairs quickly. The food is ready! Oh, I've been waiting for you to come. I said a few days ago that I would take you here to live with me for a few days, but Jinbao was too busy at that time..."

Li Fengxia loved to chat and started talking non-stop as soon as they met. Liu Fenfang chatted with her while Xu Ning, Meng Quezi and Meng Yinhe were looking at furniture samples on the first floor.

The first floor covers an area of ​​more than 130 square meters and is divided into two areas, one is the large furniture display area and the other is the small furniture display area.

The dazzling array of furniture is all based on the designs drawn by Xu Ning. All of these samples were made by Zhang Jinbao, including combination cabinets, TV cabinets, coffee tables, desks, tea tables and other items. It took Zhang Jinbao one and a half months to complete them.

"Before, this area was full of models. Later, a family of three came to buy something. Their child saw it and insisted on buying a model to play with! Later, I put all the models away and put them upstairs..."

Xu Ning turned around and asked, "Why are you putting it away? Brother Bao, isn't this also a way to make money? Since children like it, it means there should be a market for this toy. You should make more models. If people really buy them, wouldn't the profit be more than that of large furniture?"

Zhang Jinbao said: "I have thought about this, but I can't figure out the price. After all, the model is just a showpiece, it looks good but is not practical."

"How can you think like that? We think it's good-looking but useless, but the child loves it!" Meng Quezi nodded and said, "Listen to Erning, I think it's doable. Anyway, your apprentices have to make models, so there's no point in keeping them. Just sell them when you have a chance."

Meng Yinhe said: "Brother Bao, why don't I learn how to make models? Can't I make money?"

"You haven't even learned how to walk yet, and you're already thinking about running? Ask your brother Bao how long he learned from me before I taught him."

"Two or three years, Yinhe, you have to lay a solid foundation first, otherwise you won't know what to do when you run into difficulties in the future."

Zhang Jinbao turned his head and said, "Erning, do you think this is feasible? How do we set the price? This model is made entirely of scraps and is worthless. We are also worried that someone else will buy it and secretly learn to make the same furniture as us, thus competing with us."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "We definitely can't sell the models we use, but we can sell samples. For example, we can make a frame in the style of a reception room, fill it with coffee tables, sofas and other things, and then add some water tanks, pots and pans, etc. The little girl will definitely be happy to play with it..."

Meng Yinhe said: "Isn't this just playing house?"

"It's just playing house! Besides, as long as the furniture in our factory is sold, someone will copy it. There's no way to stop it."

Zhang Jinbao nodded: "Ah, what should we do then?"

"What else can I do? What's the purpose of this Golden Dragon Furniture that you named it? It's a brand! Brother Bao, you have to promote the name of Golden Dragon Furniture, let people in the city and even the provincial capital know the name of Golden Dragon Furniture, and then you can engrave Golden Dragon Furniture on the furniture in our factory and find a way to make an anti-counterfeiting label that others can't copy..."

At this time, Li Fengxia stood at the stairs and shouted, "Uncle, Erning, please go upstairs and have dinner. We can chat while we eat."

"Eh!"

They went up to the second floor. After Xu Ning washed his hands, he sat down at the dining table. On the table were cucumbers and pig ears, beans and pork ribs, pork head and chives fried eggs. When Li Fengxia served chicken stewed with mushrooms and home-cooked mixed vegetables, Zhang Jinbao unscrewed the wine pot and asked, "Er Ning, can you drink less?"

"Don't let him drink, he will have to go back later." Liu Fenfang said.

Xu Ning nodded: "Yeah, no more drinking, I'll eat more food, Sister Xia, please stop working."

"Hey..." After Li Fengxia came back, she put the soda in her hand on the table and said with a smile: "You two have some of this."

Then, everyone started to have lunch.

During the period, Xu Ning and Zhang Jinbao talked a lot about business ideas and management methods, but Xu Ning was completely indifferent. Why? Because he had never managed a company with more than 10 people before.

In his previous life, he and Guan Lei were middlemen who made their fortunes by reselling. All his experiences were summarized from watching the news or TV. After all, he had 30 years more foresight and vision than others.

This was enough to benefit Zhang Jinbao greatly. Although Zhang Jinbao could have made a fortune on his own in his previous life, Xu Ning's words could help him avoid many detours.

After lunch, Xu Ning and Zhang Jinbao went to the factory at the back. The wood had been unloaded and neatly stacked near the wood house.

Zhang Jinbao looked at the yellow pineapple that had not shed its skin and examined it carefully. He said, "This wood is quite good. It is of first-class quality. The current market price of this kind of wood is about 90 yuan per cubic meter. Moreover, the bark has not been shaved off. The bark can also be sold to pharmacies..."

The inner layer of the bark of the yellow pineapple can be used as medicine. It tastes bitter and is cold in nature. It can clear away heat and detoxify, purge fire and dry dampness. It is mainly used to treat acute bacterial dysentery, acute enteritis, etc. It can also be used externally to treat burns, otitis media, etc.

The wood is relatively hard, the sapwood is light yellow, and the heartwood is yellowish brown. It is mainly used to make gun stocks and furniture.

In later generations, it was also loved by those who like to play with cultural relics. Because its patterns are similar to the overlapping mountains, people in the circle call it pagoda pattern. It has very high observation value and playing value, but in later generations it became a protected plant and can only be viewed from a distance and not played with up close.

Since it has become a protected plant, the value of the yellow pineapple at this time can be imagined. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a wood of sky-high price.

"The price has dropped a lot now. If it can reach more than 100 yuan in the first half of the year, this truckload is about 15 cubic meters, but I have to scrape off the bark and cut the material before I can calculate how much it is."

Xu Ning nodded: "Okay, there's no rush for this, you can give it to me anytime. Is there enough working capital in the factory now?"

"Enough! Someone placed an order, I'll collect the deposit first. I've made a lot of money during this period, I estimate it's more than 2000 yuan."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "You still have to work hard. If you don't have a 4% gross profit from the timber business, it's all in vain."

"Well, isn't this because we want to attract some mainstream customers in the early stages? We're giving them a lot cheaper prices."

Xu Ning shook his head: "Don't be cheap in the future. We attract customers with our quality and reputation. If you lower the price, others will think there is something fishy, ​​and it will hurt customers."

"Ah, I see that Lao Jin and the others are offering discounts. I heard that when I was chatting with him and Liu Xuemin a few days ago..."

"The situation is different. They are making a donkey riding backwards. This thing does not require much technical skills. Any motorcycle repairman can make it. The reason why they are asked to lower the price and give discounts is to attract more customers to win by quantity. Besides, even if the price of the donkey riding backwards is reduced, they still have half of the profit!"

"Half of the profit? Oh my god, this is how you make money by riding a donkey?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "The profit was higher at the beginning, but now it's just the beginning. Okay, Brother Bao, I have to go back, or I'll be late when I get home."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at the door around nine o'clock tomorrow."

"Okay, go back to the house and tell my sister Xia that I'm leaving."

Xu Ning opened the car door and got into the driver's seat, started the car, waved to Zhang Jinbao, drove out of the sawmill, and then rushed towards Qing'an.

It was already 5: when he got home, and he entered the house just in time for dinner.

Yang Jun looked at him expectantly. Seeing that he was holding back and not daring to ask, Xu Ning said, "Brother Jun, guess how much a truckload of wood can sell for?"

"How much?" Yang Jun suddenly stood up and asked.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "90 yuan per cubic meter, you can calculate it yourself."

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Then this truck must be more than 30 cubic meters! Two thousand seven hundred yuan?"

"How can there be so many? My brother Bao calculated the price based on the planks after cutting, not the price of round logs. If it was the price of round logs, it would definitely be much cheaper."

Yang Jun was quite smart and said, "Then wouldn't we save the processing fee for cutting the material?"

"Well, the price of round wood is more than 20 yuan, and it will double when it is made into boards."

"Hey, your brother Bao is quite particular! I'll thank him later..."

"We are all my friends. What's there to thank me for? Besides, I also have shares in the lumber mill. I just transfer all the money from one hand to the other."

"Hahaha, that's what you should take."

(End of this chapter)