Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

This month, the vegetable store sold a total of 72,000 catties of oyster mushrooms at 3 mao per catty, earning 21,600 yuan.

In addition, 11,400 mushroom bags were sold at five yuan each, generating an income of 57,000 yuan.

The two items together amount to 78,600 yuan.

Although retail prices are not as stable as contract prices, the profit margins are high, and one-third of the manufacturers and businesses signed contracts with us after learning about us from vegetable shops.

Therefore, I think it's essential to keep the grocery stores, and after the Lunar New Year, I plan to open at least ten more in Bincheng, covering all districts of the city.

So it seems that vegetable stores are selling a lot of them? But it's also because of the Lunar New Year this month. Normally, no one would be willing to buy a 5-yuan mushroom bag as a gift.

Su Wanqing gave a thumbs up again: "Okay, you go find a suitable location. Whichever place you like, I'll just pay for it. Then I'll find Old Man Wang to find someone to do some basic renovations. The rest of opening the shop is up to you."

Chen Xiuer sorted out all the accounts and finally summarized them as follows:

"Our total income this month is 90,000 yuan from contracted supply and 78,600 yuan from retail, totaling 168,600 yuan."

After deducting all employee wages, overtime pay, bonuses, and costs of auxiliary materials, water, electricity, transportation, etc., totaling 45,000 yuan, and then deducting the cost of mycelium, which is 10,000 yuan, the total cost is 55,000 yuan.

After deducting one-tenth of the profit as a development fund, the final net profit is 102,200 yuan.

According to the profit-sharing ratio, Dr. Su, you get 60%, which is 61,320 yuan.

In addition, the base used 5,000 mycelium test tubes this month, each costing two yuan, so the cost of the mycelium is 10,000 yuan, which I will also give to you.

So, Dr. Su, you've earned a total of 71,320 yuan.

I received 25% (25,550 yuan); Brother Guo received 10% (10,220 yuan); and my mother received 5.5% (5,110 yuan).

When Aunt Wang heard that she had received more than 5,000 yuan, her eyes widened and she exclaimed, "That's too much! I'm not worth that much!"

Su Wanqing smiled and patted her hand: "Auntie, you and everyone have been working day and night, you can take this money with a clear conscience."

Aunt Wang then accepted it with tears in her eyes.

Chen Xiuer closed the ledger. "Mom, we need to earn even more money in the future. In any case, we must never forget Dr. Su no matter what we do in the future."

Su Wanqing nodded repeatedly, "However, I didn't expect to have so much income in such a short time. Our production capacity couldn't keep up at all. It's because you've been working day and night that we've achieved what we have today. After the New Year, you can go all out and I'll contact the manager of the cannery next door and ask them to allocate a piece of land for us to continue expanding our production scale."

Chen Xiuer distributed money to everyone on the spot. Each person filled a box with a thick wad of banknotes, and the heavy weight of the money made them feel particularly at ease.

Grandma Wang was so happy she almost fainted. She touched the money again in disbelief, tears welling up in her eyes: "I've worked my whole life and only managed to save a few hundred yuan. I never thought I could get so much money. I used to think that renting that place was a bit expensive, but now I think... maybe we can buy a better one."

Chen Xiuer's family had money in their hands. Although they still wanted to do business, they wanted to improve their lives with the money.

Guo Mingyuan pushed up his glasses and said seriously, "Then let's find a bigger place and learn from Dr. Su to build a big house with a yard where we can grow vegetables and raise chickens and ducks. I see there are a few houses for sale around here, so let's just buy them and build a big house together. Houses aren't expensive now, and a house with land costs only a few thousand yuan."

Grandma Wang gasped in surprise: "Several courtyards built together? How big would that be? Several thousand yuan a unit?"

She was about to say it was expensive, but then she looked down at the money in her hand—this was just one month's bonus, and she would be making money every month thereafter.

She finally gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, let's build a big courtyard! But not too big. Although we've started reform and opening up now, who knows when the wind will change again? What if they start attacking landlords again, and we're the ones who get attacked? We can't handle that."

In short, the Chinese are inherently inclined to build big houses. Although Aunt Wang expressed her worries, her eyes were full of anticipation.

Su Wanqing smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Buying land now is definitely the right choice; it will only get more expensive in the future. Alright, let's call it a day and call it a day. Tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve, come to my house for dinner and watch TV together."

Chen Xiuer and the others immediately agreed: "Dr. Su, you're the closest person to us here, so naturally we should spend the New Year together."

Su Wanqing continued, "Now that the money has been distributed, let's work hard for the next year to continue to grow and strengthen our business. However, the employee bonuses have all been paid, but yours haven't been paid yet."

Aunt Wang quickly waved her hand: "Dr. Su, you've already paid us such high salaries. We're all part of the shareholding system, and as you said, we're also part of the factory. What more bonus do we need? This money is too hot to handle."

Su Wanqing smiled and insisted, "Auntie, business is good this year, of course there will be a reward. Come on, I've already thought of something, I'll reward you with a diesel tricycle as a benefit from our factory. Everyone has worked hard, with a tricycle it will be easier to get goods and transport things, it's also for the sake of work."

"A three-wheeled diesel truck? Those things aren't cheap!" Chen Xiuer said in shock.

"Oh, let's go take a look first."

After much persuasion, Su Wanqing got the group into the car and had Xiao Wang drive to the hardware and electrical machinery street in Bincheng.

When we arrived, they were already preparing to close up shop. These diesel tricycles aren't cheap, costing several thousand yuan each. Currently, not many people buy them; only some organizations use them, and individual business owners can't afford them.

Normally, even when people have transportation needs, they have to carry the goods by hand using handcarts.

The car dealer was preparing to close up shop when he saw so many people and immediately greeted them with a smile:

"Oh, are you here to buy a tricycle? We have hand-cranked and diesel ones. You can buy one today and ride it home today. It's easy to operate, no need to learn. Just one throttle and one brake. Even the elderly and children can drive it."

Su Wanqing got straight to the point, saying, "Tell me about your most expensive, best-performing, and largest diesel tricycle."

The boss's eyes lit up, and he immediately led everyone to a gleaming blue tricycle: "This is our new model this year, priced at 3,680 yuan. It can hold 15 liters of diesel and has a reinforced canopy in the back. It can carry people and transport goods conveniently. It's lighter than a four-wheeled car, and you don't need a test or driver's license to drive it on the road. It also has a hand crank start, so it's easy to use in winter, and the shock absorption is good, so you won't feel jolted on bumpy roads."