Ye Yaodong also felt he had earned plenty this time. There was no need to risk putting all the money back into stockpiling goods. Time was a cost too.
Having so much stock piled up carried risks as well. Natural disasters and man-made calamities were sometimes hard to predict.
When he went to the market that morning, he had seen two or three similar dried goods shops. His father-in-law had mentioned them to him a while ago too. They also sold dried fish and dried shrimp there, though he had not seen any dried squid. After all, the cost was rather high, and people just starting out in dried goods probably would not dare deal in it.
It was fine to slowly sell off the three or four thousand jin he currently had on hand. That amount of unsold stock was not particularly large for him. If it did not sell, keeping it a little longer would be fine. Buying more, however, would put him under pressure.
He had earned so much already, and that was plenty. He still had dried fish too. Leaving the arrangements to A-Cai would save him a lot of trouble.
As for squid, he would simply dry however much he could buy at the pier each day from now on. There was no need to get too greedy.
"When I take the payment to A-Cai later, I'll tell him to give me the squid he bought today too, and have him send us whatever small amounts he gets from now on."
Hearing him say that, Lin Xiuqing let out a long breath of relief. She had been afraid he would refuse to listen and insist on having his way, getting carried away after making money and wanting to stockpile more to earn even more.
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