Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

In order to raise fish, the more water and the larger the space, the better, so Li Yuer and his friends decided to raise all the fish in a water tank in Nao Nao's house.

Nao Nao and the other two even went to Fuzhou Bay, which is the beach opposite Fushui Village, to break ice and pick up a full tank of sea water for raising fish.

Li Yu'er and his friend only took home the seafood they were going to eat, and left the rest to Nao Nao to take care of.

As soon as they entered the house, light snow began to fall from the sky. The snowflakes were falling and the temperature dropped accordingly.

"Erlang, Yu Baoer, come here quickly."

Zhao came out of the kitchen, wearing an apron, and waved to the two of them with a smile.

As I entered the kitchen, a warm air rushed towards me, making my body relax instantly.

"What is this, aunt? It smells so good." Yu Baoer rubbed her frozen hands and moved closer.

Zhao then served her a bowl of brown sugar ginger tea and handed it to her. "The fried shredded radish meatballs will be ready soon. Pick up a few and try them first."

Li Yuer took the ginger tea and felt warm to her hands, which was really comfortable. After taking a sip, the heat instantly spread from the stomach to the whole body, making people warm from head to toe.

This brown sugar ginger tea was left over from yesterday. The adults were reluctant to drink it, so Zhao left it to the children and kept it warm on the small stove.

Li Erlang also drank it, and his mouth became sweeter. "My aunt's cooking skills are amazing. This tea is amazing. I think it's not inferior to the tea brewed by the tea doctor in town."

Li Yuer narrowed her eyes at him: You've drunk Dr. Tea's tea, what a joke.

Zhao smiled and said modestly, "I just make some tea at home. How can I compare with the tea master?"

The Tea Doctor was originally an imperial court official who specialized in making tea for the royal family. However, with the change of dynasties and the passage of time, the position of Tea Doctor had long disappeared with the fall of the previous dynasty, but the title of Tea Doctor continued and became a title for masters of the tea ceremony.

"If my aunt opened a tea shop with this skill, it would definitely be packed with customers every day."

After Li Erlang drank the sweet tea, his mouth also became sweet. He kept talking to his aunt, calling her all the time.

In the end, each of them got a small bowl of shredded radish meatballs from Zhao before leaving.

The shredded radish meatballs seemed to be mixed with minced meat and fried in lard, which was very fragrant.

"Yu Baoer, come here for a moment." Old Mrs. Cai called Li Yuer from the door of the west wing.

When Mrs. Cai saw Li Erlang following, she said, "Erlang, you can have your fun. Yu Baoer can be alone."

Li Erlang watched Old Lady Cai and Li Yu'er enter the house and muttered, "Why are you being so mysterious and not letting me hear what you are saying?"

The west wing was very clean, with a big bed, a cabinet, and a table and chairs, which showed that Zhao was a diligent and clean woman.

Old man Li was sitting at the table drinking water. When he saw Li Yuer come in, a smile appeared on his face.

"Is it cold outside? Why do you have to go fishing by yourself? Let the third brother and Erlang go, so that these brats don't have to eat nothing but rice and enjoy their sister's food."

Li Yuer smiled and shook her head, saying, "No, that's Nao Nao's secret base, I can't just take anyone there. Big Brother had to get their consent to go today."

Mrs. Cai said, "We are already quite old. It is cold in the north. We have never seen a place where we can go to the sea in winter. Especially this year, the weather is unusually cold and the sea is frozen very deep. On normal days, Rabbit Island and Fuzhou Bay would not freeze together."

"Oh, Yubaoer." Old Mrs. Cai turned the topic to the key point. "What's the matter with the seashells you mentioned yesterday? Why are they collecting fish bubbles? What's the use of those things? Are they not learning how to make seashell oil lamps from our family?"

Li Yuer knew they would ask, and had already thought of her answer, "They are indeed planning to make oil lamps. Grandpa and grandma, you have seen that shell oil lamps are very easy to make. You can basically learn how to make them after just one look.

Uncle Qian said that even if Nongchaolou didn’t do it, other merchants would. Anyway, this business wouldn’t last long, so instead of waiting for other merchants to do it first, it would be better to cooperate with Nongchaolou so that our family could still make some profit.”

Old man Li nodded and said, "That's right."

Although Mrs. Cai felt sorry for it, she also knew that this was the truth, so she asked again: "How do we collect the shells and fish bubbles? How do we make the difference?"

Li Yuer said: "Uncle Qian said that he would collect about 4,000 kilograms of shells and about 100 kilograms of dried fish bubbles."

Li Yuer's production estimate is that Xinpu Town has a population of about 100,000 people, with an average of five people per family, which means about 20,000 households. The surrounding villages and islands also have about 20,000 households.

Assuming that one out of every ten households buys a shell oil lamp, that would be more than 4,000 lamps, not counting those customers who buy more.

Of course, some people will buy other oil lamps, or they already have them at home. Even if we cut the price in half conservatively, that would be 2,000 oil lamps. If there are vendors who are sharp-eyed and seize this wave of profit, they can buy from her and sell them elsewhere, and the demand will be even greater.

If the shells needed for oil lamps are calculated by weight, the required shells will vary according to the grade. The better the grade of the oil lamp, the more shells it needs. On average, one lamp weighs one and a half kilograms of shells, which means three thousand kilograms of shells.

Add to that the shells that are screened out and those that are kept for after-sales, and calculate it at 1.5 times, that's kilograms, and gold is a conservative estimate.

According to the demand for oil lamps mentioned above, about 100 kilograms of fish maw should be prepared. One kilogram of fresh fish can produce half a kilogram of fish maw, and one kilogram of completely dried fish can produce one and a half kilograms of fish maw. In this season, most of the fish are dried fish, so about to kilograms of dried fish are needed.

Li Yuer planned to collect more. After all, there was extra fish glue, which could be used to stick soles of shoes or other things. Dried fish bubbles made into fish glue could also be a tonic. Li Yuer planned to collect 100 kilograms of dried fish bubbles.

"So much?" Old Mrs. Cai calculated in her mind, "How much silver does this cost?"

Li Yuer borrowed the name of Shopkeeper Qian and said, "Uncle Qian said that we can just buy it from the villagers and then sell it to Nongchaolou.

We buy two or three pounds of shells for one penny, and then sell them to Nongchaolou for one penny per pound, and we can make half the profit by reselling them.”

"Is this okay?" Old Mrs. Cai said with some concerns, "If the villagers knew about this, they would go to Nongchaolou to sell it themselves. Then, not only would we not make any money, but we would also offend people."

Li Yuer could understand Mrs. Cai’s thoughts. There is a saying that goes: The brave will die of overeating, while the timid will die of starvation.

If you don't want to take risks or take responsibilities, don't envy others for making a lot of money.

Li Yuer patiently explained: "Uncle Qian said that this shell oil lamp was my idea, and they don't accept shells from other people.

The reason why they asked us to collect shells is not only to take care of us, but also to help us check. They don’t have time to check the fake ones, the inferior ones, and the ones that put stones in them to weigh them down, so they asked us to help check them.”

"What's the big deal? Just help me check whether the items are good or not, and you can make half of the difference. The shopkeeper is really a good person!" Now, Mrs. Cai was completely relieved.

Old man Li also said happily: "That's right, you are worthy of being the owner of a big restaurant, you are generous and open in doing things."

Li Yuer was happy that the old man and his wife could accept the deal, but she also felt a little sad: the poor’s thinking was a major source of their poverty. This shell oil lamp was obviously the first one invented by their family, but in the end, because of their unequal status and other conditions, they could only watch others imitate it in vain, and then make a fortune with her creativity.

Just give them some tricks and they will be grateful.

One of the reasons why Li Yuer did not directly lead all the members of the Li family to do the oil lamp business was "poor thinking".

This is not a derogatory term, but a cruel reality.

No one can choose the environment around him when he is born, and the thinking pattern formed by the environment will become the essence of a person over time.

It’s like there was a question about human nature in the previous life: One day, you won five million in the lottery, would you give the money to your family?

The result of the survey is that most people choose to hide the news of winning the lottery from their families, but are willing to spend a reasonable amount of money to make their families live better: for example, buying a house for their parents, paying for their younger siblings' education, etc.

Why? Is it because people are selfish? There is a certain reason, but it is definitely not the main reason. The answer is that people like to have free control over their own wealth.

After winning the lottery, another problem the winner faces is: how to use the money?

Different people will make different choices, and the thinking behind this choice shows: "poverty" and "getting rich"

Some people deposit the money in the bank to earn interest, some invest the money, some use the money to buy a house and collect rent, and some just ignore it and spend lavishly on food and drink.

People who invest, no matter what kind of investment, have a "get rich" mindset and want money to make money.

Those who eat and spend money recklessly are extremely poor.

Of course, the mindset of getting rich does not necessarily result in making money; it may also result in losing money, but you must first have this mindset.

Li Yuer analyzed the Li family's "poverty of thinking": the younger generation of the Li family is still young and has a strong ability to accept ideas, so it is easy to change this "poverty of thinking". Even the eldest cousin Li Yanshou, who has the most conservative ideas, can gradually accept "getting rich through thinking" under her guidance.

If Li Yuer handed over the oil lamp business to the Li family now, how would the Li family deal with it? I don't know, but they are most likely to buy land for farming and save money.

This goes against her future plans. At the same time, everyone has the right to manage their own wealth, and it should not be dominated by their parents, especially since she is not a real child and is capable of handling it better.

Now that she is rich, she will never mistreat those who are truly good to her, but she also doesn't like to leave everything to her family and rely on them for everything.

In the future, their family will have many ways to make money. Li Yuer wants every member of the Li family to have their own wealth and live a free and happy life.

Li Yuer seemed to have foreseen that the shell oil lamp would bring her the first fortune, laying a solid foundation for her larger business empire, and then using this as a cornerstone to continue to grow and develop, reaching the pinnacle of her life!

"Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Li Yuer was filled with pride for a moment and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hey!" Li Erlang patted Li Yu'er on the shoulder. "You are laughing so wildly. What conspiracy are you planning? Or, who are you plotting against?"

Li Erlang's face was infinitely magnified in front of Li Yuer.

"Snap!" Li Yu'er slapped it subconsciously. She had just left the west wing and was thinking while walking. Unknowingly, she had walked to the main room in the upper house.

"Ah! Li Yu'er, you, you, you! You, murdered your own brother!" Li Erlang covered his face and accused Li Yu'er, "Tell me the truth, what are you guys plotting?"

Li Yuer raised a wicked smile, hooked his finger at Li Erlang, and said, "Come closer to my ear, I will only tell you."

Li Erlang happily put her face close to him and said, "You are worthy of being my biological sister. Li Laosan, you see, in Yu Baoer's heart, you are not as good as me, her biological brother."

Li Yuer quickly jumped up, flicked his head and said, "Go ask grandma if you have the guts!"

Then, he ran towards the east room, like a slippery fish, and slipped into the room in an instant, closing the door with a "bang".

"Li Yuer! How dare you tease me! Get out here!" Li Erlang chased after him and started knocking on the door.

"Erlang, what are you doing?" The furious voice of Old Lady Cai came from behind, "How dare you bully Yu Baoer, you glutton who eats everything and is incompetent at everything! I will beat you up today!"

Li Erlang turned around, put on a smiling face, and said flatteringly: "Grandma, I didn't, Yu Baoer and I were just joking!"

"If you don't believe me, I'm leaving now!"

After saying that, Li Erlang slipped away quickly like a loach.